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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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Reviews by GotWad629:
3.95/5 rDev -4.8%
2013 Bigfoot
Poured a dark amber with a tiny head that dissipates quickly.
It smells delicious. Notes of sherry, floral hops, toffee, and sweet malt.
The taste is similar to the smell. Sherry, and sweet malt with lots of hop bitterness. The malt is trying to poke through with some creaminess that gets quickly dried up with bitterness of the hops. The bitterness really lingers on the back of the tongue.
I appreciate the American character with the huge hop profile but I'm thinking I'll get another and let it age for a year or so to let the hop bite mellow. I'd like more malt to poke through and blend with the hops.
01-27-2013 22:20:12 | More by GotWad629
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North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
2006 Expedition,pours a deep rich amber with a slightly off white one finger head that leaves a light amount of laces behind as it settled,aromas of brown sugar and pine and I mean big on the pine like whole hop cones just beautiful.Very nice medium to full mouthfeel wich is still slick and easy sliding down,this is one of the defining American barley wines at least this years full and sweet up front with brown sugar and dark fruit but a big resiny/piney hop note takes over midway and in to the finish.This is comparable to my personal favorite Old Ruffian in its big hop character,it dont get much better than a big American barley wine in my opinion.
02-12-2006 00:53:50 | More by oberon
3.98/5 rDev -4.1%
2013 vintage poured into Mr. Pint.
Appearance: Beautiful, beautiful dark orangish color. Head is slow to dissipate. Leaves a little lacing on the glass as it dies down.
Smell: I could smell this bad boy the moment I poured it from the bottle. WOW. That is a stong, sweet nose. Raisins, for sure. Not really any hops to be detected. Complex.
Taste: That's... interesting. It's softer than last year, but definitely with a hop-forward taste that quickly goes bitter. Weird. It's not as sweet as I was hoping.
Mouthfeel: That bitterness sits around here for a bit.
Overall: I think it needs a little more aging - it's like it's in transition to something spectacular.
03-25-2014 00:45:05 | More by don1481
Ontario (Canada)
4.22/5 rDev +1.7%
A very nice looking dark amber pour with a small, off-white head. Semi-cloudy appearance.
The nose is sweet and malty. Hints of honey and raw sugars as well as caramel and a touch of dark, over-ripened fruit.
The taste is big and very upfront with dense caramel-fudge sweetness. Hints of maple are very prominent beneath all the over-the-top malts. Towards the finish there is a small trace of orange & lemon peel which adds a kick of bitterness and dryness on the tongue. Big hoppiness beneath all the clutter. The sweetness and itterness maintain throughout the experience and linger nice and long with a numbing effect on the tongue and a warming effect on the mind. Huge alcohol kick to this one.
The mouthfeel is both very rich and full. A drying out taste towards the finish. Sugary bitterness stays at the back of my mouth the giving this beer great staying power.
Quite an overwhelming beer. Not big on drinkability but great for the right occassion...winter warmer, apertif, dessert beer.
04-04-2004 18:35:12 | More by Popsinc
4.83/5 rDev +16.4%
Appearance Gorgeous, monster head that rose brilliantly, went down slow, and actually laced the glass which was impressive considering the high ABV. The body was a beautiful orange/brown color, thick and solid.
Smell There are some big, floral hops to this one. These things filled the room. The deep, ripe, fruity scents are there as well. This ale has a tremendous bouquet.
Taste This is monster flavor. It reminds me of The Guardian. Every type of hop flavor is represented here. This one will pucker your cheeks for sure. Then comes the classic barley wine sweetness. Theres also some smoke in there to boot. The only thing thats missing is a sensation of alcohol from this 9.6 ABV ale.
Mouthfeel This is the fullest beer that I have tasted to date. Every sip fills the mouth and bloats the cheeks.
Drinkability This is dinner tonight. You dont drink Bigfoot Barley wine, you eat it.
Update I wrote the initial review with a 2003 sample. I enjoy this immensely every year but though Id offer an update with a fresh 2006 vintage.
The consistency is amazing from year to year. If you get it fresh the ale is so big and explosive it makes you literally shake your head and call a friend. The ABW ages nicely, too, so you can burn the candle by both ends. Just an amazing ale all around.
09-26-2003 02:23:50 | More by RoyalT
4.05/5 rDev -2.4%
Simultaneous tasting of 2000, 2003, and 2006 vintages in midwinter of 2006.
Appearance: The 06 and 03 are fairly equal in terms of carbonation and head. 00 is lacking. All three are semi-cloudy, light orange/ruby brown. 00 lacks some life in color and body.
Aroma: The 06 reminds me more of an IPA than a Barley Wine. Im still getting used to American Barley Wines so this is a learning experience as much as anything. Pine sap is oozing out of the 06. I think I could smell it clear across the room just checked I could. Strong alcoholic caramel notes are also present but really covered by the hops. Citrus and floral spice are strong as well. Everything hops are supposed to be and more can be found within these confines. As expected, the 03 is less blistering but still heavily hopped actually to a degree considerably greater than I would have expected. One can tell that SN really loads the hops into this one. After three years, a lot of hop oils must have broken down yet the 03 barley wine still ranks with the hoppier of American Barley Wines that Ive tasted. Its pretty cool. Also as expected, the 00 has really lost most of its hops. This isnt exactly a bad thing. I prefer English Barley Wine and I find the 00 to be just delicious. The caramel is a alive as ever. Its deeply earthy and subtle dark fruit flavors that go entirely missed in the younger vintages are present here. I think I pick up cherries and plums.
Taste: Following aroma, the 06 is largely hops with some minimal caramel content. Hop lingering in the finish is up there with perhaps the 5 hoppiest beers Ive had. One sip leaves a hop oil residue for a good two minutes. Intensity is exceptional. The 03 is a step down but once again surprises with some pretty discombobulating hops. Caramel flavors are more pronounced but only slightly. Some wood and sweet grains are present. The 00 vintage on the other hand is loaded with sweet caramel, earth, dates, and Japanese plum wine.
Mouthfeel: Obviously, the 06 is dry as Antarctica and blisteringly bitter. Beyond that the sweet alcohol plays a large roll as does lively biting carbonation. 03 compares as in the aroma and flavor same as the 06 but smaller, although bitterness in the finish is considerably lessened here. The 00, despite its many fine qualities, has lost a lot of its zing here. Carbonation levels are below where they should be. A lot of the bite is gone. All that remains is a burn from the alcohol but even that seems mellow in comparison to the ass kicking tongue attack of the 06 and 03. Body is too flat and lifeless compared to following years.
Drinkability: The combination of high ABV and crazy hops in the younger vintages is a problem for me when it comes to drinkability. My taste buds simply arent that mature (read old and dead) yet, maybe if I started smoking At any rate, its not a knock on the beer, just personal preferences coming into play. The 00 would be more drinkable for me because of the hop mellowing but the lack of vitality in the body becomes a problem.
Overall: Impressive beer that ages well and changes drastically, although not necessarily for the worse, over time. I am pleased by all three vintages and curious to try others. Peak seems to be sometime before the beer hits three years.
06-19-2006 15:01:42 | More by DaPeculierDane
3.75/5 rDev -9.6%
04-26-2014 10:58:42 | More by DanGeo
3.86/5 rDev -7%
Pours a hazy, copper-amber color with a light tan head; recedes pretty quickly and leaves very small amount of lacing here and there along the glass. Aroma is full of deep, sweet fruits; dates, figs, and plums, some light boozy notes on the nose, maybe some woodiness in the background.
Taste is full of what you'd expect in an American barleywine, and it follows the nose quite nicely; booze-soaked, dark fruits, dates, figs, plums, raisins. Ripe, juicy, and sweet; brown sugar, burnt caramel, light toffee. Some fairly heavy, floral hop notes travel up and down the palate to bring a fighting edge to the sweetness. The brew gets slightly bitter for a second, but remains a primarily sweet beer from the heaviness of the malt. Definitely hopped up quite a bit, though.
The booze is heavy, not quite hot, but slightly more than just "warming" - almost bourbon-like in character with a slight vanilla and butterscotch undertone. Thick, mildly syrupy, and just a little sticky on the palate, a bit on the lower side of the carbonation scale.
This is a nice take on the American barleywine style, and it's relatively cheap for a six pack. I plan on aging some of these to see how they pan out. My guess it that the hops will fade a bit and the brew will get a little sweeter, and hopefully a touch more mellow.
01-02-2013 04:21:10 | More by tectactoe
4.47/5 rDev +7.7%
Serving date: 2009-04-10. Vintage 2008. Cellared for about 1 year.
A: Hazy dark amber with a quite big pale beige head that slowly settles into some lacings.
S: Rich aromas of both malts and hops. Pleasant fruity aromas (gooseberries, red grapefruit, lemon peel) blend with a large amount of sweet chocolate. Hints of raisin and vanilla. A very sturdy malty backbone. All in all, the smell is very powerful, rich and dense. Very complex and very pleasant.
T: Big caramel flavor, sweet fudge and chocolate. Sweet and ripe fruit - citric notes, grapefruit, cherries. Notes of almonds. Vanilla and licorice in the middle. The finish is very bitter with notes of grassy hops and raisins. A well integrated taste of alcohol delivers a spicy layer on top of the sweetness. Very nice!
M: Full bodied, smooth and soft mouthfeel with a slightly chewy finish. Medium carbonation.
D: A very good beer. Complex and well balanced. One year of cellaring is really suitable for this one.
2005 vintage. Serving date: 2009-04-10. Cellared for about 4 years, parallel tasted with the 2008 vintage.
A: Much darker than the 2008 vintage, and with a smaller head that dissipates faster.
S: Not as impressive as the 2008 vintage, but still good. Not as powerful and not as complex. A similar fruitiness, but with a slightly tart edge and it is harder to pinpoint exact components. A big malty backbone, but not as sturdy as the 2008 vintage. Still plenty of chocolate and raisins. One of two funky notes and a prominent aged character.
T: A prominent taste of dusty cellar, somewhat sweet but mostly funky - not unpleasantly funky though. Sweet fruits (currants, grapefruit and some cherries). Hints of wood. The flavors have in general a very mature character. More sweetness in the form of chocolate and some vanilla. The finish is not as bitter as the 2008 vintage. The hops have faded significantly. The alcohol is not as prominent as in the 2008 vintage, and it is very well integrated. All in all, the flavors in the 2005 vintage are a little edgier than in the 2008, and it is not as complex. The 2005 vintage has some notes resembling sherry, and I did not pick that out in the 2008 vintage.
M: Basically the same as the 2008 vintage.
D: This is still a very good beer, but I think the 2008 vintage was better on almost all accounts (except for the well integrated alcohol and some of the mature notes in the 2005 vintage).
Grades: A: 4, S: 4, T: 4, M: 4,5, D: 4, Total: 4,05 (A-).
2009 vintage. Serving date: 2009-08-04. Cellared about 7 months.
A: Reddish amber, slightly hazy. Pale beige head that leaves some lacings.
S: Lots of grapefruit and hop resins. Notes of pine-needles. A hint of vanilla. The malty caramel background is noticeable, but muted by the powerful hops. Compared to the cellared 08 vintage, this one is clearly more hoppy and not as balanced.
T: Lots of grapefruit and tropical fruits. Hints of vanilla and toffee. Juicy caramel malts in the background, but clearly overpowered by the hops. Rather sweet. The finish is massively bitter, really aggressive, with lots of piny and spicy hops and sweet and spicy alcohol.
M: Same as the other vintages.
D: A bottle this young is much more hop forward than older ones. The beer is quite different when it's young compared to when it's cellared. The sweet and chewy vinous character of a barleywine is considerably held back in favor of the hoppy flavors. Not as well-balanced as especially the cellared 08 vintage. I enjoyed the latter more than this one.
Grades: A: 4, S: 4, T: 3,5, M: 4, D: 4, Total: 3,8 (B+).
06-21-2009 12:07:57 | More by ricke
4.53/5 rDev +9.2%
Found a 2008 and 2006 version at local beer stores today so figured I'd try them both.
2006: Pours over a finger of creamy tan head with a deep dark brownish red body. Head winds up as a thin layer, not covering the glass. Trace amounts of lacing on the sides of my snifter.
Wow what a thick aroma. Caramel and chocolate blended well with earthy, woody hops. Butterscotch also pulls through.
Taste is of sweet caramel and butter with citrus hops at the back of the throat on the finish. Hops have obviously mellowed with age. Alcohol certainly hasn't, and gives my nasal passage a nice cleansing with each sip.
Very smooth, chewy, silky mouthfeel. Very drinkable for a barleywine. Now on to the '08.
2008: Label has a brief description of the beer and mentions the "25th Expedition" of Bigfoot Barelywine. Also shows Bigfoot sitting around with two woodsmen sharing a brew. Nice. Twist-off replaced with a pop-off as with their other beers.
Color is very similar to 06 but pours with more head and lacing. Wow! Smell is almost all hops with this one, nothing like the 06. Clean fruit and flowers.
Smell translates to the taste, with more citrus hop bitterness up front but still very pleasant. It's hard to review such different beers at once, but I'll take the best qualities of each.
Mouthfeel is still very silky, maybe a bit thinner than the 06. Alcohol not quite as noticable but maybe I'm getting used to it.
Very impressive and easily the best Sierra Nevada has to offer. Also very reasonably priced, but I wish they'd produce some 22 oz. bombers.
02-15-2008 22:37:46 | More by boston2bburg
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
04-25-2013 03:38:04 | More by haygood
3.93/5 rDev -5.3%
2010 vintage. Any beer that has Sasquatch on the label has to be good, right? Time to find out.
A: Poured into an oversized wine glass. Really pretty ruby-brown that, when held to the light, has a very jewel-like quality to it. About a finger head. The lacing is sinewy and sticky.
S: Mmmmm, piney hops. That is the overriding kick to the nostrils in this one. I can smell the malt hiding in the background, though. A slight caramel aroma is also present. Not really complex, but I do like the dry hop character.
T: Definitely more of a balance between the malt and hop flavor in the taste than in the smell. I was expecting more of a hop-bomb based on the bouquet. The piney-hop dryness is present throughout the sip, but the malt sweetness is there until the very end to complement the hop flavor. Some really dry citrus flavors and a little breadiness are also in there.
M: A nice, full, puckering feel. Pretty dry at the end. It's not a full-out party in the mouth, but it's enjoyable. Good carbonation to support the taste.
D: I enjoyed drinking this brew thoroughly, but the dry hop flavor really affects my palate and I wouldn't want more than one, or maybe two in a sitting.
02-15-2010 03:31:58 | More by TCHopCraver
New York
4.75/5 rDev +14.5%
03-27-2013 03:06:06 | More by MadScientist
4/5 rDev -3.6%
06-16-2012 00:02:33 | More by Zakk
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
2006 vintage poured into a new belgium snifter.
Appearance- deep ruby with a substantial dirty white head.
Nose- Burnt carmel, piney hops, a touch of oak, and a whiff of alcohol.
Mouthfeel- reveals a slighty syrupy medium body.
Taste- Up front is a malt bomb all the way with toffee and citrus showing. The finish ends dry with aggressive hops(a little more than I was hoping for considering three years age) and a touch of warming alcohol.
Overall, this beer needs more time to develop into what I want from an aged bigfoot but shows great change and I can't wait to revisit in about three more years.
07-05-2009 21:15:40 | More by brownbeer
4.83/5 rDev +16.4%
This is a dense, deep, dark, amber- ruby colored brew with a muted glow and a big bright off-white head that fades fast and leaves some delicate lacing.
The nose is amazing. First thing that hits is hops. They are old, resinous, herbal, and quite inviting. Amazingly subdued alcohol is nicely blended with yeasty aromas. The more I sniff the more I just smell grapefruit. Continued quaffing just makes this grapefruit smell more intesne. I am very impressed at the way niether the alcohol, esters, or malt are running the show here and it avoids that vapory smell. Those qualities are left in the taste, where I feel they belong.
The taste starts off with sweet, sweet, malt and citrusy and herbal hops. Vapor alcohol and berry esters show for just a second. Next comes a sublime bouquet of dark berry, red apple, and citrus fruit flavors which are scrubbed off by a slight yeast bite in the finish. Damn that is good.
The mouthfeel is light bodied but thick feeling. It is amazingly NOT slick. It does not feel like my tounge is lifting weights like other barleywines do and it really helps this beer's dangerous drinkability.
As a rule, I'm not that into barleywine. I love this one because I think it retains all the complexity of the style, yet avoids all the things I dislike usually. My favorite barleywine easily.
ADDING ON JAN 2010 - I aged a bottle of this from 2008 beer for 2 years? The longest Michael Jackson suggests in old book of his. The nose, interestingly, developed an amazing complexity, and I have very nice things to say there. Hop aroma has taken a backseat to a host of other aromas including fig, date, sage, with candied fruit flavors intensifying in the flavor and dominating a mix which also included anise, blackberry, mint, and a leathery finish. The alcohol character became a liitle oppressive and despite all the fascinating complexity this beer developed, I felt its drinkability declined severely.
03-08-2006 22:58:17 | More by JudgeRoughneck
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
08-07-2013 20:32:53 | More by npala86
4.88/5 rDev +17.6%
on tap at the Publick House for almost 2 months now.
This beer is a beast and very different on draught then in the bottle. Huge creamy fluffy head that leaves tons of stick all over the glass. Enormous nose of hops, oil, pine, resin, redwoods, california fog, damp bark and wet forest just to name a few. doubt me? go to chico and you'll see. extrememly balanced taste of spicy, prickly hops and sweet coating malt. flashes of fruit, brown sugar, malt backbone, drying hops. super complex and super quenching at the same time. im at a loss, this beer is just that good on tap. in the bottle its a different story and needs some cellaring for my taste. suffers slightly in drinkability cause its so dangerous and high alcohol. if youre not careful this beer will kick your ass. right on sierra. one of my all time favorites.
03-09-2006 05:29:55 | More by kaimcm
4.75/5 rDev +14.5%
01-10-2014 05:01:20 | More by Tiernan
North Carolina
4.22/5 rDev +1.7%
Copper pour with very nice lacing that sticks around the whole time I'm drinking this beer. Smell-It's Sierra Nevada. You know what it smells like-hops. But can smell the alcohol on this one. There is a sweeter scent that's reflected in the taste. Taste is a sweet malt backbone with some caramel and fruit esthers coming forward, but the hops are what jump up and hit you. Slick and vinous there is the typical grapefruit pine hoppiness that plays in the mix. Alot of flavors-I notice a different dominant flavor on each sip. Good mouth feel and deceptively strong at almost 10% ABV.
02-08-2008 16:08:59 | More by hopsleeroy
4.45/5 rDev +7.2%
2008 vintage - Poured into my 20oz tulip
It pours a deep amber/ red with a small less than finger widths head after an aggressive pour.
The smell is this wonderful rich caramel sweet smell with just a little bit of alcohol presence inviting you in. The hop aroma is virtually undetectable compared to a fresh bottle.
The taste starts off with a mild alcohol bite to remind you of its strength then fades away to a sweet malty rich taste and ends crisp and on the dry side. As sweet as the aroma is it finishes well and not cloying in the least.
Mouthfeel is smooth with the exception of the upfront alcohol bite. That upfront taste is subtle though, and needed in a beer of this gravity to remind the drinker that this is a beer to savor and not a sessionable ale.
I've had this beer many times before and I will say that for being the most assessable barleywine available it is an excellent representation. It isn't mind blowing in any way but it is unoffensive and a great beer to sip to relax and unwind after a hard days work. Also in terms of bang for your buck (which is a big factor in my ratings) this beer scores very high. Not many other barley wines you can buy for $10.99/ sixer
11-08-2009 04:06:17 | More by weatherdog
4/5 rDev -3.6%
02-02-2013 00:18:39 | More by tbryan5
4/5 rDev -3.6%
01-17-2014 01:07:09 | More by TimBeaulieu
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
08-07-2014 14:05:24 | More by GameOfBeers
4.75/5 rDev +14.5%
06-02-2012 00:07:10 | More by Shakerman
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
93 out of 100 based on 6,238 ratings.


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• Guest Bedroom B: 1 King bed
Hacienda Pinilla is a gated community immersed in acres of amazing natural landscape that includes residential areas, a JW Marriot hotel, a private Beach Club and Spa, 18 hole Mike Young designed golf course, an equestrian center and 3 miles of Costa Rica´s most beautiful beaches.
At Hacienda Pinilla you´ll have no trouble discovering the mysteries of nature´s attractions. Rivers, lakes, beaches and wildlife refuges are part of this residential development, home to a wide variety of birds, insects, amphibeans, reptiles and mammals ranging from toucans and butterflies to frogs, turtles, iguanas and monkeys.
Along it´s three miles of Pacific coastline on the Guanacaste Peninsula, Hacienda Pinilla boasts 3 beautiful beaches, including two of the best surf spots in Central America and Playa Langosta, awarded the Blue Flag certificate for its beauty, clean water and superior services.
Both Casa Oasis and its surroundings ensure a memorable vacation to relax, surf, swim, play golf….Enjoy!
An additional benefit of renting this property is having access to our Concierge Services. This service is provided to enhance your vacation rental experience. We have some of the best connections and itineraries for you to enjoy during your vacation rental time. We can assist in a variety of needs such as providing for a driver, personal chef, express market, errand running, restaurant recommendations and reservations, custom designed tours and airport pick up, among others. Our mission is to ensure you have the best, most memorable vacation possible.
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Property Type
- 1 story house
- floor area 5471 sq. ft.
- guests provide their own meals
Location Type
- Hacienda Pinilla boasts 6 kilometers of Costa Rica's most beautiful beaches including Playa Avellanas and Playa Langosta
- Hacienda Pinilla is Costa Rica's premier gated beach/resort community
- beach
- romantic
- family
- away from it all
- adventure
- washing machine
- clothes dryer
- telephone
- air conditioning
- linens provided
- living room
- iron & board
- internet
- towels provided
- parking
- coffee maker
- toaster
- kitchen
- pantry items
- dishes & utensils
- dishwasher
- refrigerator
- stove
- microwave
- dining
- dining area
Pool / Spa
- private pool
- Bathrooms
- 5 bathrooms
- master bathroom: toilet, shower, jetted tub
- exterior suite bathroom: toilet, shower, jetted tub
- guest bedroom a bathroom: toilet, shower
- guest bedroom b bathroom: toilet, shower
- bathroom 5: toilet, shower
- Bedrooms
- 4 bedrooms, sleeps 10, beds for 10
- master bedroom: 1 king
- guest bedroom a: 1 king
- guest bedroom b: 1 king
- exterior suite: 2 queen, Includes walking closet and bathroom with jetted tub
- dvd player
- games
- toys
- television
- satellite / cable
- deck / patio
- outdoor grill
- Access to Hacienda Pinilla's Tennis Courts
- Access to Hacienda Pinilla's Golf Course
- lawn / garden
- pets not allowed
- non smoking only
- wheelchair accessible
- children welcome
- minimum age limit for renters
Onsite Services
- concierge
activities and attractions in Playa Avellana Costa Rica
- waterfalls
- churches
- playground
- forests
- reefs
- restaurants
- volcano
Leisure Activities
- eco tourism
- horseback riding
- walking
- scenic drives
- photography
- bird watching
- paddle boating
- sight seeing
Sports & Adventure Activities
- snorkeling
- surf fishing
- golf privileges optional
- deepsea fishing
- hiking
- jet skiing
- scuba diving or snorkeling
- surfing
- golf
- mountain biking
- sailing
- cycling
- fishing
- swimming
- tennis
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Emily Getty
Volunteer: Emily Getty
I grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, acquired an ivy league education, landed a great job and decided I needed more education and experience. Living, learning and acquiring another degree with Cornell University and Peace Corps.
Simply put, I tasted the seductive flavors of world travel and can't seem to get enough. Current flavor? Mamaliga!
Contributions from Emily Getty
Happy Memorial Easter!
In Moldova we celebrate not only Eastern Orthodox Easter but one week later we also go to the cemetery for Memorial Easter. We bring with us sweets, breads, chocolates, colored eggs and wine to be blessed and eaten in honor of the souls of the deceased.
Rough Rider
In Moldova it is common to see old cars, motorcycles, tractors, trucks and jeeps. Many of which are still around from WWII which is pretty amazing that they are still running. The men and women of Moldova take very good care of their machines and it is a small miracle that they are so well maintained especially if you look at the road infrastructure.
Duck herding
Here in Moldova ducks are a common food source and learning to herd them can be a tricky process. Luckily, my neighbor was a great teacher and I quickly learned the important techniques of keeping my quacking friends in line.
Going back to my roots...
So I decided today that I needed to get my hair back to its natural color. Although I was born with white/blonde hair it turned dirty blonde and then a sort of mousey brown in my late teens. So in Moldova I have decided to attempt using a box of hair dye (with directions in Russian) to change my hair back to the color of my roots. Because I cannot read Russian, I have enlisted the help of my host mom to help me dye my hair. So apparently, I thought my host mom was going to help me ...
Just Kiddin' Around
Goats are a major part of the agricultural industry in Moldova as a source for meat, milk and clothing. Most families own their own small herd consisting of a couple Nannies and a few kids. This little guy was just hanging around one day while I was walking through my pre-service training village.
Hilltop Views
This photograph was taken on a hike in my training village of Milestii Mici, Moldova. It was a beautiful sunny day and a welcome break from our Romanian lessons.
Peace Corps Panel for FLEX Participants in Moldova
Future Leaders Exchange program is a US Government sponsored program which offers the opportunity to spend one academic year in the US studying in an American high school living with an American host family. Recipients of FLEX scholarships are selected by an independent panel of experienced educators in the United States of the basis of merit demonstrated in application materials. (http://www.americancouncils.md/news/279)A group of Peace Corps Volunteers attended the FLEX preparation su...
GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) Seminars in Socola, Soldanesti, Moldova
GLOW was contacted by the director of the local school in Socola, Soldanesti to come and conduct a seminar on a variety of topics. The first day we worked with the younger women (who ended up returning the second day as well) and the second day we worked with the older women. Our topics ranged from how to plan a seminar and future planning to nutrition, health and self esteem. This seminar has probably been one of the most memorable for me because our host was amazing and opened not ...
Happy Easter!
Peresecina, Orhei, Moldova after a delicious Easter Dinner I decided to play on the farm.
March 2011: Folkloric Competition Orhei
Hello my name is Emily Getty and I am an Agriculture and Rural Business Development Volunteer in the Republic of Moldova. Moldovan folkloric music is an integral part of the culture here. I not only have the amazing opportunity to attend and watch folkloric competitions in my municipality center (raion or Orhei) but there is also a very talented and active women's folkloric choir in my town called Bastina. My host mom and host work partner are both members and recently I was asked to...
Folkloric Competition Orhei: Bastina
This is the video of the local Folkloric group competition in the municipality center of Orhei. This video is of the Folkloric Group, Bastina from my village and their performance at the competition. The word Bastina (Bah-shti-na) means motherland or homeland.
Caruta Ride
After completing one day of our weekend seminar in Socola, Soldanesti our host offered to take us up to "the hill" where her farm is. She then informed us we would be taking a Caruta or horse and cart to our destination. We were overjoyed with the opportunity to take our first caruta ride in Moldova!!!
Team Xtreme in Rezina, Moldova
While visiting my friend in Rezina, Moldova we were invited to attend a seminar/performance at one of the local high schools. This was a REALLY great organization that works throughout the world to spread the positive messages of love, tolerance, patience and kindness through Xtreme sports. It really had an impact on the young men in the audience that is for sure!!! The man who organized the competition asked me to translate for them but instead we asked one of my friend's best stude...
Bird Brain
Today, March 14, 2011 a bird flew into my office and stayed for about an hour flying back and forth between the agricultural pamphlets and the plant that sits over my partner's desk. My partner just laughed at me when I stood in the corner and waited for him to leave. When he finally flew out she called after him "Mai intrati" meaning... "Come again!"
Transporation in Moldova: Riding and elevator
Transportation can be quirky and creepy here in Moldova. One of the scariest parts of Moldovan transportation infrastructure is the Elevator or Lift. Enjoy our ride from the 1st to the 14th floor.
Kids in Peresecina, Orhei, Moldova
My host partner's goat had babies in Peresecina, Moldova! I was given the honor of naming the new babies and so the little brown girl is named Cinnamon and the boy is Billy Bob. Apparently you are not supposed to give animals human names because it is not a good omen. The animals are typically named for the day they are born on. However, I convinced my partner and her neighbor that it was okay to use American pet names and that in fact this might be a really good omen.
When the USA visits Moldova
This is the utter excitement that occurs when our family and friends come to visit us Peace Corps Volunteers in Moldova. So friends and family: when are you coming?
GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) Seminars in Moldova
This video is part 1 in a series of GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) videos taking place in Moldova and made possible by hard working Peace Corps Volunteers."GLOW or Girls Leading Our World is a program utilized and adapted in many Peace Corps countries by volunteers who believe that the impact of female empowerment can truly transform the development process. Here in Moldova we not only hold week-long GLOW Camps throughout the summer but we also have GLOW day seminars on weekends ...
Transporation in Moldova: Trolleybus
This is yet another video in my transportation in Moldova series. Riding the trolleybus certainly is cheap (only 2 lei) and definitely a greener way of getting around the three biggest cities in Moldova (Chisinau, Balti and Cahul) it still isn't entirely carbon free but we can always hope for that day.
Transportation in Moldova: Rutiera
My friend Sarah and I traveling from the town of Floresti to Balti for jewelry club supplies on the Monday before International Women's Day, March 7, 2011.
Breakfast with Maria
One of my good friends in my village is the hairdresser who has an office or salon in the same building where my office is. She is the cutest lady and I enjoy our frequent conversations and moments giggling over a cup of tea and a few biscuits or cookies. She is always asking me questions, inquiring about my family, life in the USA and how to use a computer better. I even taught her to play "Heart and Soul" on the piano. Maria has really helped me to get through my service...
Goat Herdin'
After a weekend filled with gorging ourselves at Easter celebrations, Emily and I decided to take a walk around her village of Peresecina for some exercise. We eventually found ourselves walking along a path discussing very important matters, such as the name of the strange bugs that kept buzzing around our heads, when we stumbled upon a herd of goats and their very enthusiastic shepherd. The shepherd was in a very festive mood and happy to meet the two of us and our camera. It was a f...
Folkloric Group Rehearsal
Folkloric song and dance is a rich part of Moldovan culture and in my town I am very fortunate to have an active folkloric choir. The director, Natalia, is a music teacher at the local school and most of the members of the group are in some way connected to me (my host mom, my work partner, the director of the NGO for physically handicapped children, teachers, librarians, etc.). This group of women not only enjoys to sing, dance and overall have a great time but they also have become...
April 5, 2011: Teaching volunteerism through bottle cap collection
January 18, 2011 marked the inception of my local English Club. Building up to my English Club I posted announcements on the bulletin board outside the mayor's office, at the kindergarten, outside my office, at the school and even the discoteca. My announcement advertised a fun way to learn English in a less formal setting. The first class included 13 participants with an age range from 8 - 55 and professions from student and librarian to NGO director and farmer. There was definite...


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Last week, we showed some of the emails
between Decatur Mayor Don Kyle and the Animal Services director, ordering her
to get the animal population down from more than 300 to 45 by Oct. 31.
Decatur Animal Services is not at that target
number as of Nov. 1, and the director said that may not be the number they have
to get to as she works with the city to figure out what it should be.
Carol Wicks said they did set a record in October
with 226 animals going out through adoptions and rescue groups. They also
euthanized 91 animals, which she said is lower than average. Right now, they
have about 220 animals in the shelter, far more than what Mayor Kyle asked for,
but she said the population is lower than it has been in a long time.
We asked if that was because of anything the
shelter is doing differently, and Wicks responded that was not the case. She
said the media publicity surrounding the issue has led to fewer people bringing
in animals because they fear they will be euthanized, and has led to more
"Because of the publicity, we have people
coming in here who have never, ever been to animal services in their lives.
People have said, 'I never realized you had nice animals here. I always thought
of them being aggressive, stray, mangy, and they're very pleasantly surprised,'"
said Wicks.
Wicks said she will be consulting with animal
shelter experts to come up with a number she feels is right for the staffing
and space they have. Then she will take her findings to city officials to see
if something can be agreed upon.
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By Marjorie Nesin
Staff Writer
---- — Police are holding one fugitive from justice without bail and another man on $500 bail, after a drug investigation led to a police chase and the subsequent arrest of the pair Monday afternoon.
Latrell Ayers, a 28-year-old Alabama man who had been living in Gloucester, and Dorchester resident Tobias E. Ward, 34, were charged with possession of "crack" cocaine with intentions to distribute the class B drug, according to city police, who noted that both men are facing additional charges.
The two were arraigned in Gloucester District Court Tuesday, with Ayers held on $500 bail on the drug charges and that bail added to a pre-existing $300 bail on charges in another case.
Ward was held without bail on fugitive warrants out of two states, pending extradition proceedings, as well as an additional $10,000 bail on the new charges that resulted from Monday's arrest.
According to police, officers carrying out surveillance at Grant Circle had apparently spotted Ward as he drove near the Cape Ann Plaza just off the circle Monday about 4:30 p.m.
When Ward spotted the police, he allegedly swerved onto the sidewalk and swiped telephone poles — with three passengers along for the ride, including the 4-year-old daughter of the vehicle's owner, Charlene Whitt of Dorchester, as well as Whitt and Ayers, Police Chief Leonard Campanello said.
"He began driving erratically, driving up and over sidewalks and scraping against telephone poles, in an attempt to evade," Campanello said.
Police managed to stop the vehicle "a short distance later," according to Campanello. Massachusetts State Police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which had assisted with the investigation, also helped with arrests.
Police detained Ayers quickly as he exited the vehicle, and then arrested Ward, charging him with unlicensed driving and being a fugitive from justice after a check of records confirmed that he is unlicensed and wanted in both Louisiana and Texas.
Ward also faces charges of resisting arrest, operating to endanger, unlicensed driving, child endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident that caused property damage.
Ayers was arraigned on the crack cocaine charges, resulting in his $500 bail, plus he faces another $300 in bail on charges of domestic assault and battery and cocaine possession that had resulted from a separate arrest last Monday afternoon at a Main Street home.
In that case, officers responding to a 911 hangup call had found Ayers screaming at a woman, then observed cocaine on a table, police said. The woman told police that Ayers "came at her and contact (was) made" while she was holding an infant, according to police.
Marjorie Nesin can be reached at 978-283-7000, x3451, or at email@example.com.


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Making a Gift
Capital Projects
In the past several years, the college has completed funding for several major construction projects. These include:
• Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art
• Smith-Williams Art Studios Instructional Building
• Arrendale Amphitheater
• Swanson Center for Performing Arts and Communications
• Stewart Hall, a new math, science and technology center;
• The Johnny Mize Athletic Center and Baseball Museum;
• Remodeling of the former science building to house the Walker School of Business in the newly dedicated Camp Hall
• The Center for Worship and Music, which includes an addition to house classrooms and recital hall, as well as the remodeling of the chapel and installation of a 3,750-pipe mechanical action organ.
• Loudermilk Baseball Field
• The Swanson Center for Performing Arts and Communications
• Expansion of the Athens Campus on Prince Avenue
Make a gift toward a Capital Project at Piedmont College. Call 1-800-868-1641 to discuss naming opportunities.
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Cheap but tasty. A typical strong lager - malty sweet, and it gets you stoned. Clear golden colored with a huge white head. Malty aroma of grain and sulphur. Malty flavour of grain and hay. A few off-flavors. Slips down soft and sweet. If you like alcoholic sugar, you'll love this. Very average and probably better if in a bottle.
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Obtained from a Casino Supermarket on the South of France, the 50cl can clearly stated it was brewed for this Supermarket chain and was 7%ABV.
Opened during a 'heavy can tasting evening' in my mates holiday villa on 17th Sep 2013: we shared each can (but still woke up hung-over). Looked fine in our tumblers, golden, clean and clear with a thin white covering on each glass.
The nose had hints of sweet pale malts and other grains, as did the taste, this is a semi-sweet brew with enough alcohol to cut through what flavour there was in the beer.
A cheap supermarket beer (but not cheap in the South of France) in every way. Against Amsterdam Navigator, Rince Cochon and Kronenbourg 7.2 it came in second to last, the Navigator being far too sweet for it's own good.
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Each day, MLB.com selects one player from each game whose performance stands out:
Jake Arrieta | Orioles 5, Yankees 0
Arrieta allowed five hits over eight scoreless innings to lead the Orioles to a series win in the Bronx.
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Beltran broke out of a slump in a big way, drilling a pair of three-run homers and driving in a career-high seven runs.
Highlights » Yunel Escobar | Blue Jays 11, Rangers 5
Escobar drove in three runs and was just a homer short of hitting for the cycle against the Rangers.
Highlights » Chris Getz | Royals 3, Tigers 2
Getz had a pair of hits, including the go-ahead single in the ninth inning that scored Mike Moustakas.
Highlights » Carlos Gonzalez | Rockies 8, Dodgers 5
Gonzalez hit a pair of home runs off Clayton Kershaw, including a two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth that gave the Rockies a 5-3 lead.
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Harper had two doubles and scored twice, with his ninth-inning two-bagger setting the table for the walk-off win.
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Highlights » Chipper Jones | Braves 15, Phillies 13 (11)
After helping Atlanta rally twice from big deficits, Jones ended a long night with a walk-off homer in the 11th.
Highlights » Brandon McCarthy | A's 4, Red Sox 2
The righty yielded just one run over 6 2/3 frames to put the A's back at .500.
Highlights » Jeff Samardzija | Cubs 3, Reds 1
Samardzija allowed one run on three hits while striking out seven to improve to 3-1.
Highlights » Carlos Santana | Indians 6, White Sox 3
Santana hit a 430-foot three-run homer, one of U.S. Cellular Field's longest blasts this year.
Highlights » Luke Scott | Rays 5, Mariners 4
Scott broke a 4-4 tie with a solo home run in the sixth to lead the Rays to their eighth straight home win.
Highlights » Giancarlo Stanton | Marlins 3, Giants 2 (10)
Stanton was 3-for-5, including a go-ahead solo homer in the tenth inning.
Highlights » Jeff Suppan | Padres 5, Brewers 0
Suppan, making his first Major League start since 2010, pitched five scoreless innings and escaped two bases-loaded jams for the win.
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[Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications]
May I date myself?
In my earliest days as an activist, in southern churches in the forefront of the civil rights movement, preachers engaged in call and response. There would be a fiery statement from the pulpit and a loud amen from the congregation.
People would be on their feet waving their hands, singing songs of affirmation and solidarity. Anthems like "We Shall Overcome" were not just spiritual declarations but statements of defiance and intent. Speechifying was in vogue from Dr King's eloquent orations to Malcolm's angry admonitions.
Those were Movement days, when masses were in motion, and not just out as street fighters or marchers in occasional mass mobilizations. It was a time of engagement and activism that people lived in their lives and cultures, not just in their intellects. That movement triggered a righteous anger and involvement. It defined decades. Sometimes it shook our country.
I lived it again in the anti-war movement and observed it up close and personally in the fight against apartheid in the townships of South Africa. We saw that resolve at Tiananmen and Tehran. It is still happening in other nations, sometimes now under the banner of Islam or issue related indignation in Honduras, Argentina, or in occasional anti-globalization protests even if the battle in Seattle seems a distant reality.
The most "effective" opposition to American imperial intervention in many countries is no longer in the streets of America but from armed insurgents in conflict zones whose vision and political aspirations are not necessarily ones we share. No one I know believed that Terrorism, either ours or theirs, will bring peace or change.
Why is it that our movements are so quiescent even as the situation in the world grows in so many ways worse than ever? Why did our movements splinter into subcultures, descend and divide into debates about identity politics and loose a mass organizing principle and focus on economic justice?
How did collective anger fragment into a collection of issue-oriented campaigners that rarely work together under common roof or big tent? Why are so many of us much clearer about what we oppose than what we are for. Is it just easier to tail after the Democratic Party than build organized movements with a real base outside of it?
Blame it on the depoliticizing impact of the mass media or mass entertainment. Credit the Democratic Party for co-opting our agendas, the mass spectacle for diverting our interests.
Is it that we have aged—surely not if you watch Noam Chomsky in action in his 80′s traveling the world and patiently explaining his analysis to anyone who will listen. Have we lost the patience to listen or work together in our speeded up ADD culture where TWITTER becomes the perfect expression what we used to call KISS—Keep it stupid and simple.
We all know it is easier to fire off angry emails than work as organizers in the long march through issues and institutions. For some it's easier to embrace injustice in other lands than to focus on the political sewer of our own politics. It's more fun to watch John Stewart or Bill Maher and laugh at the idiocy, which can also leave you feeling superior and smug.
Most of us lived with American administrations that were easier to expose than the Obamacrats who came to power my appealing the desire for change with all the symbolism of civil rights and opposition to war driving it. It elected a President who remains popular, often says the right thing
Following our Breaking News media just forces us to respond to new developments rather than create issues and campaigns that they have to respond to.
Isn't THE issue not right in front of us? Can't we see it? Can't we respond to the opportunity that all the specialized reform groups—environmentalists, media reformers, election fixer and even the unions seem to be missing when it comes to a unified response.
Clearly, we are, if we ever were, in a revolutionary time. The world economy is imploding. Unemployment is growing with the IMF predicting hundreds of millions out of work amidst fears of mass starvation. In our country all the stimulus programs and bailouts are not up to the task of economic recovery. Even liberal economists like Robert Reich and Paul Krugman see that. The right wing senses that this is the issue, the ticket, to get back into power because Obama's programs will most certainly fail.
A recent article in Harpers compares Barack Obama not to FDR but to Herbert Hoover convinced that the economy will be his waterloo.
The best indications now are that he will fail, because he will be unable—indeed he will refuse—to seize the radical moment at hand.
Every instinct the president has honed, every voice he hears in Washington, every inclination of our political culture urges incrementalism, urges deliberation, if any significant change is to be brought about. The trouble is that we are at one of those rare moments in history when the radical becomes pragmatic, when deliberation and compromise foster disaster. The question is not what can be done but what must be done."
So, my friends, colleagues and comrades, what must be done?
It's the oldest question the left has ever raised and often failed to answer.
At the same time, if there is one issue that progressives, radicals, and revolutions have focused on historically, have identified with and been identified with is how to bring about economic justice. Surely that was the basis of Marx's work, of the drive to form unions, even the Civil rights movement, which culminated in a March on Washington that demanded, let us not forget, JOBS and Justice.
Why are we not today, at this very moment, in the forefront of the fight for economic justice as so millions lose jobs, workplaces, homes and hope? Why are we not tracking the economic decline and helping to organize a fight back.
This challenge has to be at the top of our agenda.
How can we re-imagine society without challenging the economic domination of the many by the few, and challenge the banksters and politicians who are robbing us all?
That's why I'd like to make an argument for a campaign focus on the economy even as there seems to be so little activism on it—protests at the banks, rallies at factory closings, consumers opposing credit card companies. sieges at the investment houses, disruptions of foreclosure sales, challenging racially discriminatory disparities (ie. Twice as many blacks out of work here in New York according to today's Times), or for that matter the creation of any program of insight and action outlining what we are against and what we are for, what kind of economy we are prepared to fight for and live in. Where is our manifesto on this central issue.
It is towards that end that I share these thoughts.
Some years ago, I made a film called IN DEBT WE Trust because I was tired of just reaching out to people I agreed with. It exposed the financialization of our economy, and way millions were becoming prisoners of debt and literally being turned into serfs. I was one of the first to expose subprime lending and warn of a coming credit crunch.
Predictably I was called an alarmist and doom and gloomer. And not just from the mainstream. Most activists were not seemingly very interested in economic issues—how credit card companies and avaricious banks were transferring wealth from working people to the richest institutions, from our pockets to theirs. They were focused on the war and other issues like getting Obama or Kucinich or Nader elected.
The issue was given some lip service but few saw it as a way to organize. Groups like ACORN or NACA (Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America who were fighting big banks and foreclosures were rarely supported. The suffering in our poorest communities wasn't even getting much attention—with some exceptions—in what was left of the left press.
Left presses were not receptive either to the book I wrote" investigating our Economic Calamity" called PLUNDER. It came out a week before Lehman Brothers went bankrupt.
I am sure I was not alone in fearing that I w as talking to myself even as I wrote blogs for Mediachannel.org and commentaries on these issues for a host of websites including Z NET
The response to this crisis has been pathetic.
Now I am working on trying to reframe this crisis in perhaps a more populist way in language that most people can relate to—as a CRIME story. I am finishing a new film and book called THE CRIME OF OUR TIME. (For which, hint, hint, I am still hunting for a publisher and distributor!) Film screenings could be one tool in organizing outreach.
I believe this approach should be part of a major new GLOBAL campaign to take on the men FDR called BANKSTERS and challenge the complicity between governments, the financial sector and the major media in continuing a massive rip-0ff and wealth transfer that is stealing the value of our pensions and retirement funds, homes and livelihoods.
The large number of victims of this crisis can and must be mobilized. As I learned years ago, "its not the ship that makes the wave, it's the motion on the ocean."
My sense is that a mighty mass anger is growing. Did you know that more American men are out of work than anytime in our history?
Will this rage be co-opted by the right, by demagogues like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck et.al. with their electronic soap boxes, or fanatics and anti-Semites who are already blaming minorities defrauded in subprime scams? Trust me, the militias are mobilizing deluded into believing that socialism is taking over. This is a country with a long history of violence and class warfare.
Even people who don't like to talk about money will talk about this. The anger we saw expressed in the revulsion to the first round of AIG bonuses—the so-called "pitchforks"—is but the tip of a melting iceberg.
Overseas observers like the economics editor of the Guardian, Larry Eliot observed more than a year ago:
"It is now clear that no end is in sight to the turmoil, and the reason for that is that the Fed and the US treasury are no closer to solving the underlying problem than they were eight months ago."
He expects a social explosion when homeowners understand the way they were targeted, writing, "It is somewhat surprising that there is not already rioting in the streets, given the gigantic fraud perpetrated by the financial elite at the expense of ordinary Americans."
Why aren't we encouraging this explosion and offering some insights on its direction perhaps with a campaign of national teach-ins in communities and campuses, when the universities are back in the fall? (Recall the Vietnam teach-ins seeded the anti-war movement and radicalized it?)
Slowly, the existence of pervasive financial crime and fraud is more visible—a subject we can all popularize and build a movement to end
As the current implosion deepened, as business and banks melted down, as billions were spent on bailouts and stimulus packages, as ordinarily un-beat commentators began to fear a systemic collapse. President Bush spoke openly of the danger of a "great depression greater than the great depression." The arc of political punditry didn't change much in the fall and winter of 2008, but it was clear something very mysterious and serious was going on.
We were in crisis mode, but what was behind it? A string of failures were cited—a failure of judgment, an industry failure, a risk failure, a regulatory failure, a policy failure etcetera, etcetera. The blame game had begun. The media frame became we were all too blame, guilty of greed, overspending and under-saving.
And when it's everyone's fault, no one can be held responsible. The circle is quickly closed.
As the crisis lurched forward, from bad to worse, from Wall Street to Main Street and then worldwide, the story only became more challenging to understand and explain.
A financial crisis has created a social crisis. The public, quiet at first, uncertain of what was happening or why was ready to led its new President handle things.
Now resentment is growing as cutbacks lead tear up what there is of a social safety net with schools closing and services shut off. The most vulnerable among us are feeling this and food pantries report record attendance. Think of what's going to happen when unemployment benefits and welfare assistance tapers off.
Many of Obamas most fervent supporters are becoming critical.
As strange anomalies appeared, there was growing interest from law enforcement into patterns of fraud and white-collar crime. This was not unexpected given the recent history of high-profile intersections of corporate behavior and crime.
Bernie Madoff was not alone. Investigators say there is a "ponzinomium" underway.
Even if our society has a amnesia problem with yesterday's news like the S&L crisis or fall of business giants like Enron and WorldCom, the very thought that recent history could be a guide to contemporary events doesn't resonate that widely. Our news cycles are firmly grounded in the moment of now; the breaking news presents, and has little time for context, background or connecting dots.
So it took me awhile to realize that the inquiry into how this could have just happened was largely missing and that the best our top media outlets could do was come up with lists of factors that were always somehow unrelated like some lone gunman in the Texas Book Depository.
There was broad disagreement on what and who was to blame. Donald Trump, that icon of American capitalism, called today's financial collapse an act of God and blamed bankers for intensifying it. He used that argument to try to convince a Court to allow him to default on a construction loan to the Deutsche Bank under the Force Majur clause of his contract. (Ie. He was not at fault.)
Brazil's president Lula, noting that poor people the world over were suffering through no fault of their own, condemned "white people with blue eyes on Wall Street."
The New York Times offered neither a racial view nor divine assessment instead devoting an acre of print to explain the SIX "errors" behind the crisis. (Oddly, eight months later President Obama unveiled a financial reform package to fix what he also called "mistakes.")
The Times offered up this list all endorsing a "how we blew it" analysis:
Nowhere did this list reference predatory lending or "white collar crime." Challenging this view was Professor/author Michael Hudson, former chief economist at the Chase Bank (and, as it turns out, a cousin of Leon Trotsky, a relationship that Chase was probably unaware of.)
He told me: "In practice, fraud is what has brought down almost every single expansion, every bank take over, the saving and loan crisis in the 1980′s, the stock market crisis in the 1920′s…"
In fact, a closer look at what happened in both of these events was substantial corporate larceny.
William Black was one of the bank regulators who disentangled the S&L crisis. He told Bill Moyers that the banks that that failed were deliberately brought down.
"The way that you do it is to make really bad loans, because they pay better. Then you grow extremely rapidly, in other words, you're a Ponzi-like scheme. And the third thing you do is, we call it leverage. That just means borrowing a lot of money, and the combination creates a situation where you have guaranteed record profits in the early years. That makes you rich, through the bonuses that modern executive compensation has produced. It also makes it inevitable that there's going to be a disaster down the road."
Moyers asked, "So you're suggesting, saying that CEOs of some of these banks and mortgage firms in order to increase their own personal income, deliberately set out to make bad loans?"
William Black: "Yes."
Flash back the Great Crash of 1929 and you have legendary economists like the late John Kenneth Galbraith who I met and interviewed before he died arguing that it occurred largely because Capitalism is inherently unstable compounded by widespread "corporate larceny."
Galbraith cited the findings or the Pecora Commission, which in 1932 investigated the causes of the 1929 crash. It uncovered a wide range of abusive practices on the part of banks and bank affiliates. They were widespread fostered by many conflicts of interest involved underwriting securities later recognized as unsound order to pay off bad bank loans as well as "pool operations" to support the price of bank stocks.
There was outrage then when banker JP Morgan admitted he had paid no taxes for two years. He was then one of the richest men in the country.
Historian Steve Fraser discussed how the con men and criminal of this period were regarded:
"With the crash of 1929, some fled the country; others committed suicide. The president of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, whose blood lines went back to the Mayflower, whose brother was a senior partner at J.P. Morgan, who had been educated at Groton and Harvard, who hunted foxes and took for granted his right to rule, was carted off to Sing Sing after being convicted of fraud and embezzlement."
From Duer (An Early American Speculator who ended up in debtor'sprison) to Whitney, the sorry doings of these businessmen inspired two public responses. One was to lock them up (sometimes preceded by chasing them through the streets). The second was to attempt to treat the institutional roots of the problem through government regulation."
In the 1930′s, The commission's Chief Counsel Ferdinand Pecora concluded, "Legal chicanery and pitch darkness were the banker's stoutest allies."
And today?
• There has been more than legal chicanery with a total rewriting of the laws themselves creating a deregulated environment that allowed formerly illegal practices to be considered legal.
• That environment was promoted through the expenditure of hundreds of millions for lobbying legislators and campaign contributions and extensive collusion by politicians of both parties.
• There were cutbacks in government monitoring of financial practices with fines and "settlements" in large part (with some exceptions) replacing vigilant oversight and the prosecution of wrong doers at the federal and state level.
• The environment was enabled by privately controlled but nominally publicly accountable institutions like the Federal Reserve Bank operating in tandem with Treasury Departments staffed by industry appointees.
• Today's "pitch darkness" was provided by many media institutions that looked the other way as when it mattered at the growth and fusion of shady securitization practices with subprime and other predatory lending
• There's been the creation of a "shadow banking system operation" outside and above the law with trillions of dollars unregulated and in some cases unaccounted for in off shore financial hideaways.
• There has been collusion between top firms and their "counter parties' with fraudulent practices, crimes and rip-offs of massive proportions.
None of this was new. It was a phenomenon denounced centuries ago by the French free market apostle Frederic Bastiat who showed how law could be rewritten to permit plunder:
"The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous that wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder."
But because this has happened before in a system that has little interest in learning from history does not make it any more urgent to reframe and redefine what's happening now.
To come to the view that the financial crisis is at its origins a crime story involved my interviewing insiders as well as economic experts and historians. My research is ongoing as each day seems to bring new arrests and charges by regulators and courts who can no longer ignore the stench in their midst.
When I started moving in this direction, I felt very alone because book after book by insiders purporting to explain the collapse of a "house of cards" -the cliché de jure—avoided or minimized the criminal aspects discussed in this book.
But there were others who saw it too.
Nomi Prins was a former banker at Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns who helped fashion some of the derivative products at the center of our economic collapse.
I interviewed her on Wall Street on a freezing December day as a large BRINKS document destruction trucks prowled out of alleys behind the Stock Exchange and nearly hit our cameraman. She saw where I was going at once and joined in.
"This is the most expensive takeout, the biggest crime in world history," was her lead.
"We're talking about a crime we can't even quantify because so many assets were created and so much money was borrowed on the idea that they would exist and so much of that has disappeared. You're talking double-digit trillions of dollars minimum already in the beginning of 2009 and we are nowhere near done with finding out how much loss there really is."
One estimate of monies lost, value depreciated, and spent to try to stabilize the system came to $197.4 Trillion, and that may be low.
At the same time, back in 2008, the year of the meltdown, the number one crime story on TV was the case of Casey Anthony and her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, which had captured the attention of the nation as no other in recent history. OJ Simpson's arrest rated second, The Jennifer Hudson family murders third, etc and so forth.
Lists like these define crime in terms of perpetrators and victims. Financial crimes, however huge and that do more damage, didn't make the list.
Yet, you would think that a crime of this proportion would not escape media attention.
It didn't, at least in the eyes of one editor of a slick upscale monthly that covers the elite, and which carried many articles on aspects of this crime. Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter wounded up and pitched this J' Accuse down the middle but few of his colleagues swung at it.
I am going to put it in a box because it deserves to be etched on the wall of the well-protected New York Stock Exchange.
It can fairly be said that the chain of catastrophic bets made over the past decade by a few hundred bankers may well turn out to be the greatest nonviolent crime against humanity in history. They've brought the world's economy to its knees, lost tens of millions of people their jobs and their homes, and trashed the retirement plans of a generation, and they could drive an estimated 200 million people worldwide into dire poverty.
In other words, never before have so few, done so much, to so many. (Emphasis mine)
Harvard Business School Professor Shoshanna Zuboff goes even further comparing some Wall Street financiers to the Third Reich's Adolph Eichmann in the sense that there was a "banality of evil" in both eras.
"The economic crisis is not the Holocaust, "she writes, "but I would argue it derives from the same business model that routinely produced a similar kind of remoteness and thoughtlessness by a widespread abrogation of individual moral judgment. As we learn more about the behavior within our financial institutions we see that just about everybody accepted a reckless system that rewards transactions but rejects responsibility for the consequences of those responsibilities."
I wondered how a convicted white-collar criminal would feel about this indictment. I turned to Sam Antar, once the CFO at the long-closed Crazy Eddies, a New York electronics chain, who says he and members of his family stole millions until he was caught and turned by federal prosecutors.
He didn't say, "crime, what crime?" Quite the opposite. He went in to considerable detail in a distinct Brooklyn accent:
"This crime has been 10, 15 years in the making. It's been going on. We're only finding out about it for one specific reason: the tanking economy. Imagine if the economy didn't tank? Imagine if this was allowed to go on for 4 or 5, 6, 7 years? Imagine how big it would've gotten then?"
How did they get away with, I asked. Antar spoke to me like a little boy who was naïve about the big bad world
"The white-collar criminal has no legal constraints. You subpoena documents, we destroy documents; you subpoena witnesses, we lie. So you are at a disadvantage when it comes to the white-collar criminal. In effect, we're economic predators. We're serial economic predators; we impose a collective harm on society."
Moreover he says many "legitimate" businessmen are at heart opportunists and will break the law when they think they can get away with it or when they are feeling pressure to make drive up revenues.
Now a blogger about white-collar crime, Antar cited research: "The ACFE, the Association of Certified Floor Examiners, does a study every year. About 90 to 95 percent of all white-collared criminals have no previous criminal record. And the higher the economic value of the crime, the less likely white-collared criminals will have a criminal record. So therefore, it's very hard to profile these guys."
How do they get away with it?
"Most white-collar criminals are pillars within their communities. They've never had criminal records; most of them are very good parents; most of them give money to the arts. Enron's Ken Lay built stadiums and gave millions to the arts. But most people often, most people are fooled by the wall of false integrity that white-collared criminals build around them."
How will we fill in the blanks in our collective knowledge about practices that are deliberately camouflaged and kept secret? As I write, new white-collar crime cases are trickling out, but usually, one at a time, with little connecting them in a public mind whose attention span is defined by distraction occasionally interrupted by a focus on individual bad guys but not institutional practices and patterns.
At the same time, from time to time, you hear complaints of prosecutors being too aggressive. Historian Steve Fraser comments on that canard
"Complaints about overzealousness on the part of government prosecutors are not only the height of hypocrisy, they betray a willful blindness to the lessons of the past, even when the past is repeating itself all around us."
We need a new Pecora Commission with subpoena power to investigate the causes of this crisis—and it's too bad that a man with the stature of John Kenneth Gailbraith is not alive to chair it.
Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for just such a commission complete with an investigative staff and subpoena powers. Why don't all progressive groups, media, unions, and concerned organizations endorse this call? Probably because most are not paying attention.
Yet even if Commission is formed, there is no certainty that it will get at the truth. Economist Dean Baker fears that a proposed Commission to assess blame is being undercut, writing, "there is a real possibility" that the commission appointed by Congress may cover-up the real criminals.
"Instead of striving to uncover the truth, it may seek to conceal it," he fears.
That should not stop us. Why not convene our own commission or even TRIBUNAL like the one I covered in Stockholm back in the l960′s—Bertrand Russell's Vietnam Crimes Tribunal. We need a tribunal on the crimes that are stealing our future from us and will impoverish our people.
I have been thinking a lot about a program for change. It can be simple and tap into the anger that's out there. For starters, may I suggest looking at how a new online advocacy group that calls itself A NEW WAY FORWARD (anewwayforward.org)
Our plan: Real structural change of Wall Street
Any bank that's "too big to fail" means that it's too big for a free market to function. The financial corporations that caused this mess must be broken up and sold back to the private market with strong, new regulatory and antitrust rules in place — new banks, managed by new people. An independent regulatory body must protect consumers from predatory practices.
As Wall St. corporations grew bigger and bigger until they were "too big to fail," they also became so politically powerful that they led to distorted and unfair policies that served companies, not citizens.
Its not enough to try to patch up the current system. We demand serious reform that fixes the root problems in our political and economic system: excessive influence of banks, dangerous compensation systems, and massive consolidation. And we demand that the reform happen in an open and transparent manner.
Big bankers ruined our economy and now they are gaming the political system so they can profit even more off the crisis they caused. They must be stopped."
Well, this is a star, a program to be built on and popularized, but it but it also shows some energy and opposition emerging outside left circles. Can't it be encouraged, supported and dialogued with?
We need a national people's Congress on a large scale, a meeting over several days to discuss these issues with as many interested organizations and individual , debate a major way forward and come up with an action plan.
This does not necessarily mean an abandonment of our traditional concern and responsibility to the world, and the victims of imperial intervention. We are all concerned about Gaza and Palestine and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan and Honduras and Venezuela and Mexico and all of the issues and causes that have from time to time brought us and others to the barricades worldwide. We have to continue to support the rights of all peoples seeking respect, self-determination and justice. We can remain internationalists in an age of interdependence.
But we also have to, as a matter of some priority, focus more on what is happening in our country and to our country. Surely, the rest of the world knows that a real change in American policies will make change more possible elsewhere.
At the same time, if the left is to survive, if it is to grow, if is to educate and radicalize, we need to renew, rebuild, and revive with new activists who build bridges between generations and races and everyone with a stake in creating a more just world order, we need to find issues with appeal that we can organize around.
And I mean, organize, organize, organize.
We are in a new period of possibilities. It calls us to think in fresh ways and abandon tactics and dead ends that have rendered many of our movements invisible or ineffective.
The call of 2009 is an old one with a new potential.
It is time to unite—and act.
ML King called us so many years ago, to respond to the "urgency of now."
I am ready to respond again. Are you?
Danny Schechter, "the News Dissector" has been politically active for longer than he would like to admit. He edits and blogs for Mediachannel.org, has written ten books, made 30 films, went from the streets to the suites, and back again and remains mad as hell.


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on Nov 22, 2012 at 10:50 am
This marks the second day I've had power outages, and I'm in Crescent Park, not Midtown.
Yesterday my power went out for a moment, and then right back on, enough to "blink" all my clocks and power-cycle all my computer and network stuff. Is the City going to pay me when something electronic breaks from all this nonsense?
Now today as well, and in Crescent Park too ... what the you-know-what is wrong with Palo Alto power? And why do they have to lie about it on the City web page?
And then, if you call the number to report power outages, they will not pick up or let you report unless your phone is from a verified Palo Alto prefix. I happen to have a cell phone that I keep with my old Mountain View number on it so they do not even do me the respect of answering the line.
No, Crescent Park was not mentioned in their outage report. I don't know, maybe it
was just a surge or transient on the line, but they do not even seem to know about it.
This is crappy service in my opinion. I don't get many outages, but then they start turning off and on my power daily and pretend it did not happen, it tends to bother me.
Power outage in Midtown Thursday, November 22
Most customers were restored to power at 8:22 AM, except for about 40 customers. Utility crews will continue to work and make repairs to restore power to the remaining customers still without power.
At 6:40 AM on Thanksgiving morning, a power outage occurred in Midtown impacting nearly 2,000 customers. The cause is currently unknown; however a three-person utility crew arrived on scene at about 8 AM to assess the situation and begin repairs.
on Nov 22, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Don't worry, our infrastructure is fine. Nothing to see here.
No need to rebuild or improve.
No need to put un/underemployed Americans back to work.
Nothing to see here.
Carry on.
on Nov 22, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Are you guys serious? To imply it is intentional? Gimme a break! We probably have the most reliable supply here than any place on the planet! Have you ever spent any time in a city where it is common to lose power several times a day? That s an infrastructure issue. Stop whining and if you have sensitive electronics its your responsibility to put them on a ups, not the city's! Get off your high house!


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