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The Arc of Riverside County hosts My Play Club®, a monthly play date program for children with and without disabilities, designed to promote inclusion and break down barriers. On the third Saturday of each month, The Arc brings families together at Riverside's Fairmount Park Universally Accessible Playground to participate in a fun-filled event bringing friendship and awareness to hundreds of children in the community.
"This is the kind of event that is helping Riverside become a city of diversity and inclusion," said Mike Gardner, City Councilman for Ward 1. "When children with and without disabilities play together they're learning that they have much more in common than they have differences. It is wonderful to see so many families benefit from this great facility."
My Play Club was originated by Shane's Inspiration, a non-profit organization devoted to creating inclusive playgrounds and programs that unite children with all abilities. My Play Club is co-sponsored by Riverside's Parks and Recreation Department and the Inland Empire Health Plan. It is also endorsed by the Commission on Disabilities for the city of Riverside.
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Rising to the Challenge
A look at challenges, misfortune, and modifiers in WFRP |
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | Published 11 September 2009 |
In the grim setting of the Old World, life can be difficult, and things rarely go exactly as planned. Obstacles crop up, other characters offer resistance, and some actions are just inherently more difficult than others. In Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, these difficulties and complications are represented by challenge levels and misfortune.
Thankfully, sometimes things do go in the character's favour, whether it's having the right tool for the job, gaining tactical advantages, or simply having fortune on his side. These minor beneficial effects are often managed with the use of fortune dice. These factors can influence task resolution just as the adventurer's characteristics and training can.
Challenge Dice & Challenge Levels
For standard tasks, there are five challenge levels – Simple, Easy, Average, Hard, and Daunting. A standard task's challenge level is a general indication of how difficult something is to accomplish, or how much resistance there is to achieving success. It represents the baseline, default difficulty inherent to the task. In addition to providing a general classification to describe difficulty, the challenge level also indicates how many of the purple challenge dice are added to a dice pool when attempting that particular task.
For example, the steepness of a cliff doesn't change depending on who is trying to climb it. The complexity of a lock securing the baron's keepsakes is the same regardless of which thief is trying to pick it. These represent the basic challenge posed by the task -- how difficult the task is to accomplish based on its own intrinsic complexities.
By comparison, an average task represents a routine action where success is common enough to be expected, but failure is not surprising when it does occur. A typical character with the proper training, resources, and the right approach to the situation should reasonably expect to succeed at average tasks more often than he fails. An average task adds two purple challenge dice to the action's dice pool.
While challenge levels represent the default difficulty of a task, few tasks are attempted in a complete vacuum, immune to outside influences. A variety of factors can impact success and failure. The niggling complications that undermine success are referred to as misfortunes. Misfortunes come in many shapes and forms, but are represented in the same manner – black misfortune dice added to the dice pool.
For each complication that makes this particular attempt less likely to succeed, the Game Master adds a misfortune die to the dice pool. Misfortune can represent a variety of factors – bad weather, lack of proper equipment, being pressured and out of time, the effects of a nagging critical wound, or being vastly outnumbered are just a few examples.
The white dice are fortune dice, and represent small ways that things tend to go right for a character. The fortune dice have a few sides with beneficial symbols, and no detrimental symbols. Fortune dice most often represent things working in favour of the character like having the proper equipment or resources, ample time, or a good strategy. Fortune dice can also be awarded by the GM for clever thinking, enjoyable roleplaying, or tactical advantages. Finally, players can spend fortune points to add fortune dice to their dice pools. Each fortune point spent allows the player to add one fortune die to his pool.
An Example Using Challenge, Misfortune, and Fortune
On two separate days, two different characters reach the same spot at the base of a cliff and attempt to climb it to reach the summit. The cliff is the same steepness each day -- it isn't changing. The default difficulty for climbing the cliff is based on the inherent challenge posed by the cliff itself, and not other factors. In this case, the GM determines that climbing the steep cliff is a Hard challenge, which adds three challenge dice to the pool.
On day one, Mellerion the wood elf hunter arrives at the base of the cliff. It's a crisp, clear day. It's bright and sunny out. He's got ample time. He has a rope, pitons, and some climbing gear. The difficulty of the cliff hasn't changed -- but the circumstances surrounding this particular attempt to climb it are pretty favourable. Rather than impose misfortune dice on the task, the GM would more likely award several fortune dice, reflecting the optimum conditions and appropriate equipment.
On day two, Aldo the human thief arrives at the cliff. It's pouring rain, and he arrives in the thick of night. While he's being chased by the town watch. While he's carrying a heavy, cumbersome bag filled with his ill-gotten gains from tonight's haul. And he slipped in the mud on his way here and sprained his ankle. Again, the default difficulty posed by the cliff or the climb itself hasn't changed – it's still the same height and steepness as when Mellerion attempted his ascent the day before.
However, now there are a variety of factors undermining Aldo's chances for success on this particular attempt. The GM would probably add several misfortune dice to Aldo's dice pool – reflecting the darkness, the slick conditions from the rain, the awkwardness of the heavy bag Aldo is carrying, the fact Aldo twisted his ankle, and so on. Exactly how many misfortune dice are added is up to the GM, based on how the story has progressed, and how significant a factor he feels these circumstances are to success or failure.
Combat Tactics & Modifiers
Advantages and disadvantages during combat work the same way as advantages or disadvantages work while attempting skill checks or social actions – the application of fortune and misfortune dice. The GM should be willing to add fortune dice to actions that benefit from advantages, and likewise impose misfortune dice to actions suffering from disadvantages. The more significant a particular advantage or disadvantage, the more dice the condition can add to the action. There are a number of possible conditions and situations that could warrant modifiers.
Here are several examples of possible advantages that could warrant fortune dice being added to a combat action's dice pool:
And here are several examples of possible disadvantages that could warrant misfortune dice being added to a combat action's dice pool:
A Guest Speaker
As an added bonus, I wanted to share the stage for a moment, and present a guest spot by one of the contributors to the project. Clive Oldfield worked on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay as both a writer and a playtest lead. WFRP fans may recognise Clive's name from his contributions to previous editions of the game, and his involvement in Warpstone magazine.
When I asked Clive what he liked most about the new edition, as both a writer and playtest GM, here's what he had to say:
When I first read the dice rules, I admit I wasn't sure what to make of them. They were certainly unusual and I had never seen anything like them before. And as I sat there for many hours painstakingly cutting out hundreds of little coloured stickers and sticking them on my dice blanks to assemble the prototype for my playtest group (including even sticking blank stickers to the blank sides of blank dice, for some reason) I wondered what might be going on and how this strange system was going to play out. But seconds into the game it all became clear and this seemingly complex, multi-coloured dice system was suddenly simple and intuitive.
The use of dice as difficulty modifiers is a fast and clear way of representing the contributing factors to any task. Add an extra black dice for something the GM thinks is bad, a white one for anything the players collectively think is good. Simple.
And the factors that contribute to task resolution are colour-coded and easy to see. The factors that result in successes and boons and the ones that result in challenges and banes are clear. For example, a hunter fleeing his pursuers might fail to jump a flooded brook in the rain. Based on the dice results, you can see perhaps the task was too difficult for him, he could never have made it. Perhaps it was the rain and the sodden conditions under foot that made him fail. Or perhaps his training was inadequate. Or he simply wasn't strong enough to make it. All this can be woven into the game's narrative however the players and GM like.
Sure, this is all stuff you can make up when you play any game, but the system in WFRP puts that information in front of the players, ready to use – if they want to. Just because this information is there, the players aren't being forced to use it. Sometimes the pace of the game or the nature of the resolution means you only want to know success or fail, boon or bane. And that works, too. It's an extremely versatile tool.
Set in the grim world of Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy universe, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is a roleplaying game that sets unlikely heroes on the road to perilous adventure. Players will venture into the dark corners of the Empire, guided by luck and Fate, and challenge the threats that others cannot or will not face.
While the dice mechanic has been a little controversial for some here in the FFG community, it's the first time that an FFG rpg has really had the "FFG feel" to me. I've been a fan of FFG since the first edition of Twilight Imperium and became a die hard fan during the Disk Wars halcyon days. The overall quality of the company's games, board and rpg, has always been high, but the rpgs always seemed to lack that unique FFG feel. Fireborn was a great game, but it seemed different mechanically from other FFG offerings. Then the company produced a couple of d20 lines. Great products, but they too lacked the mechanical feel established in the company's games, maybe as best exemplified in Descent, Doom, and the Runebound series. Grimm came a little closer, but this new Warhammer Game is the first time that I've really felt the design hand of the crew here at Fantasy Flight.
I for one am excited. Will the game be perfect? Will it be great, or even good? I don't know, but I do know that I am eagerly waiting to see how the first "FFG feel" rpg plays out.
Love it! Seems like a very vibrant and interesting system both for players and GMs.
Armrek - my words were sarcasm...:]
I can't see how a dice system is the death of roleplaying, if you want to just use it as a basic succeed/fail system (though this misses the benefits) I can't see it will really take any longer than a d100 roll.
I also think that not knowing what the percentage change of success is a good thing, removes the players number crunching from the characters actions. Yes I think it will take a while to get an idea of how likely you are to succeed with this system but it will be more of a feeling than I have a 73% chance of success shall I go for this or not?
And to Sivar all I have to say is:
If the Dices replaces the GM then it is as close to a board game as it can get. Imagination and improvisation drives a true RPG...
I'd have to say that I agree partly with King Kull here. This seems overdone. The thing about 2nd Ed. was to simplify and optimize the game mechanics. This looks overdone.
I know that all the fanzy coloured dices will appeal to a lot of buyers at first glance but this seems over complicated. We still need to see a live session on the gameplay from character generation to Experience point delivery...
Count Zero, read the FAQ. Three players it the suggested number for the starting box. The additional components in the Adventurer's Toolkit make it easier for larger groups, but it is not required.
As others have pointed out in the WFRP forum, the price is comparable to a 3 or 4 book starter set for other RPGs, the only real issue I see is getting it all at once. (So v3 starter ~= PHB, MM, DMG and the Adventurer's Toolkit ~= PHB2).
let the dices to replace a GM.. who needs a GM when dices tell You everything :D
I dig what you're saying Nova, but what is problematic for me is the necessity of all these components at such a high price. I've been GMing for decades so I find having transparent rules helps keep the narrative flowing. Stopping to count dice pools is a hiccup. On the other hand, a new GM might find them valuable. I could certainly get behind it with time but $100 sets a bad precedent for future RPGs from FFG.
Also - I think, most of the time - it makes a BIG difference - visually, theatrically - whether or not the hero's sword bounces off of a chaos warrior's armor, or whether he missing by a mile due to lack of training, or the chaos warrior parries the blow, or whether the hero just barely is able to heft up his blade because he/she is terribly weak, or wounded. Yes, it's nice to say 'oh just let the GM describe it', but as a GM, I really like the idea of knowing what I'm looking at or dealing with, before describing the events that unfold.
The dice system looks sleek and easy, and I think it definitely adds something to the game, both mechanically and in terms of storytelling and narration. It reminds me of Alternity's MOGA system - a difficult task is still difficult, no matter how skilled your character is, and an easy enough one might be accomplished by anybody given the right circumstances. The GM needs only to slide up or down on a scale.
I think people who keep mentioning how simple and easy it is to roll 2d10s are totally missing the big picture behind the curtain: that the GM actually has to mentally keep track of all those +10% / -10% modifiers in his/her head, and remember that the maximum is +/- 60, and then do a little bit of math before rolling. Here it's just spelled out in front of everyone, not only the difficulty, but also the why of the difficulty. Not that I myself mind them, but there aren't even any numbers - how nice is that?
King Kull said, "Dice as method to tell a story?!"
-Uh, yes, the dice are rather integral part. Those little polyhedrals of fate and chance determine life and death, glory or misfortune for the heroes and villains. Like it or not, unless your GM 'fudges' the dice, those dice are that important.
I'm not totally on board with all the mechanics of this new system yet (I don't think I care much for those puzzle piece -things either), but I really like the dice, and the other simplifications. I'm still a little on the fence, but I'm feeling more psyched than discouraged.
from the information we have been given, the way they say the dice tell the story is what dice gave you the success. was it a fortune dice? then you were just lucky. was it expertise? was it your reckless nature. it still requires a good GM to describe everything. then again you don't have to describe a thing.

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Ninebark Does anyone have any experience with this one? Need to establish some shrubs and small specimen trees then get busy and fill in with perennials and some annuals.
Thanks K PS Is it a Yew that smells like cat urine? I want to avoid the evergreen that smells like that! :-) |
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- Posted by cfmuehling 7b DC/MD 'burbs (My Page) on Wed, Mar 28, 07 at 13:58
I can't speak about the cat pee thing, other than what my 7 copiously produce. However, I have two ninebarks, the 'Coppertina' and 'Diablo.' ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. They're both full sun, and if it's at my house and full sun? It's FULL sun. The 'Coppertina' is shiner than a new copper penny in the spring, darkening to a deep coppery orange. The 'Diablo' is almost black, and mine at 3 years old is about 9' tall. I think these are gorgeous. I plan to pick up the yellow one with which 'Diablo' was crossed to produce the 'Coppertina.' I love them. You might want to look at some of the low-growing wegelia such as 'Summer Wine' or some of the Elderberries (I forget their latin name right now) such as the 'Black Lace.' Gorgeous. C. |
Elderberry = Sambucus racemosa. I had the dark one and it didn't make it. (But it was a 6" inch cutting, so who knows.) The Sutherland Gold and a variegated are bulletproof. Of the physocarpus I have 3 Diablo and one Summer Wine. SW is growing akwardly. I'm waiting for it to shape up. It may not be a true dwarf just a very slow grower. I'm more than pleased with my Diablos. Just stunning and hold their color all summer. If it's at my house (to paraphrase Christine) it's shade, always shade. These get the most sun I can offer which isn't much. I wouldn't put them in full shade, but they can handle part shade and hold their color. |
Boxwood smells like cat urine to some people. |
- Posted by lots2learn 7 N.E. MD (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 07 at 9:36
Thanks to both of you for all your great info. They sound really great! I will admit that I do not want something nine foot tall....but have read that you determine the size you want by yearly pruning. Do the blooms have any fragrance? K |
- Posted by cfmuehling 7b DC/MD 'burbs (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 07 at 9:10
Blossoms? I must be losing my mind, but I don't recall flowers on these at all. I guess I'm loving the foliage so much I never noticed? C. |
- Posted by lots2learn 7 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 07 at 11:11
C- Lol! Well, I am looking for foliage interest so your reply is perfect! :-) Say hi to your kitties. Here's what I found on Coppertina Uses: Features: Growing Tips: |
- Posted by lots2learn 7 NE MD (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 07 at 10:24
I went to a garden center this weekend and discovered the evergreeen that smells like cat urine. Juniper. Gag. (I did notice however that not all junipers smelled that way.) :-) |
- Posted by cfmuehling 7b DC/MD 'burbs (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 07 at 14:36
Berries? Yeah, mine is in horribly, dry, mean sun and soil. It's gorgeous. Full sun gets the best color. Yeah! |
I'm regretting not ordering a Coppertina. It'll go nicely in my mostly Orange and purple bed. Darn! |
- Posted by cfmuehling 7b DC/MD 'burbs (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 07 at 15:30
Do you want me to keep an eye out for one over here? Let me know how much is too much, and I will. C. |
- Posted by lots2learn 7 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 3, 07 at 9:25
Ok...I am sold. I was excited to see a physocarpus Diablo on "A Gardener's Diary" this morning. It was beautiful! The host asked about the flowers only to be told they were actually the berries left after the bloom. So that cleared up the berry/bloom question. I have called some local centers and they say they will be getting some in. Almost all places have said at least 29.99. Eek! Geez I'm cheap. Anyway, they will call when they come in so I can check them out in person. I'd love to see Summer Wine, Diablo, Coppertina and Dart's Gold. (Is Dart's Gold the yellow one you were talking about?) Anywho....Thanks everyone for your suggestions! K |
- Posted by cfmuehling 7b DC/MD 'burbs (My Page) on Wed, Apr 4, 07 at 10:22
Yes, Dart's Gold is the golden one. I want one of those for my last year's Yellow/Gold and Burgundy/Dark Purple garden. LOVE it! Don't worry about them being expensive. I can promise, these are shrubs that do not disappoint. C. |
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There was just one problem, no one told the 1-8 Rhea County they weren't supposed to win.
The Golden Eagles came out onto Raider field and played the game of their season, upsetting Cleveland by a stunning final of 29-27, ending Cleveland's season and their hopes of reaching the 2012 state playoffs.
Gutsy play from the visitors paid dividends all night as Rhea running backs fought hard for first downs that helped the offense eat huge chunks of yardage and clock.
Defensively, the Golden Eagles gained 13 early points, helped in large part by two of Cleveland's four turnovers on the night.
Penalties were also once again an issue for the Blue Raiders as they picked up another four unsportsmanlike like conduct penalties, three of which occurred late in the second half while the team attempted to mount a comeback.
From the get-go it was apparent Rhea County had come to play. During the opening drive of game, the Golden Eagles marched from their own 27 to the opposite 19-yard line in 13 plays, catching many, Raider defense included, a little by surprise.
Luckily for home squad, Rhea came away empty when they missed 36-yard field goal attempt.
Having dodged a bullet, Cleveland's ensuing drive got off to a promising start when Austin Herink found Reeves Morgan for a 20-yard gain right out of the gate.
But, on the next play of the drive the Raider offense put the ball on the ground, and Eagle defenders were quick to swarm to the ball and retake possession.
Rhea didn't squander the opportunity. Five plays and 50 yards later Eagle running back Desmond Sharp found paydirt to give his team an shocking 6-0 lead.
Shocking was upgraded to alarming two plays later when Rhea's David Loden picked off a Herink pass and scrambled to another Eagle touchdown.
To their credit, Cleveland strapped on the helmets and capped their ensuing drive with four straight first downs that put C.J. Bryant within five yards of the goal line. He didn't disappoint, breaking through the defense to put the Raiders on the board 13-6 with 1:16 left to play in the first quarter.
Rhea was undeterred by the Cleveland score. The Eagles answered back with 19-play, 78-yard drive that saw three fourth down conversions on the way to their third touchdown of the first half. That put the score at 20-6, a tally that stood going into halftime.
There was an evident increase in competitive fire when the Raiders retook the field for the second half. It was a fire that reached inferno status when Reed Allison got the first second half highlight by picking off a Rhea pass.
The Raiders further fanned the flames when Herink found Morgan for a 40-yard pitch-and-catch that put Cleveland on the 1-yard line. Herink carried it himself on the next play, making it a 20-13 ball game.
Again Rhea answered with another lengthy drive, this one ending in a 40-yard field goal.
Morgan struck again for Cleveland when he brought the kickoff return back to the Golden Eagle 24 and injected some more life into the home sideline. David Morgan capped the drive with a 1-yard power run to bring the Raiders within three points.
And again the Eagles answered, this time through the air when quarterback Austin Dotson completed a 25-yard pass to Taylor Jenkins for another Rhea County score, putting the visitors up 29-20 with 8:29 left to play.
One Cleveland play later and Rhea took back over when Herink was picked off for the second time, giving the Eagles valuable downs to drain the clock.
While the Raider defense kept Rhea out of the end zone, plenty of damage had been done as precious seconds continued to tick off the clock.
Taking over on downs on their own 11-yard line Cleveland went to the air as Herink found five different Raider receivers, completing the drive with a 29-touchdown catch by D.J. Jones to put Cleveland within two points (29-27) with 1:40 left to play.
The imminent on-side kick was safely recovered by Rhea County, but the Raider defense kept the home team in the game when they forced a very quick three-and-out to give the offense the ball back with 29 seconds left on the clock.
Cleveland opened the drive with Herink going back to Jones for an 18-yard gain, putting the Raiders on their own 39-yard line.
In the end, the clock and Rhea's defense proved just too much as the Raiders' season came to an end with a stunning 29-27 District-5AAA loss to the Eagles, moving Cleveland to 5-5 on the year and out of playoff contention.
"We were fighting not to let last week's defeat to Bradley beat us twice. But, I think you have to give Rhea a lot of credit. Their coaching staff and their kids came in here and battled. We just struggled to get them stopped," expressed Cleveland head coach Ron Crawford after the game.
"We turned the ball over uncharacteristically and had some things pop up that we have to eliminate if we want to get this program where I think the community wants it."
Unfortunately for the Raiders, that's where this year's football story ends. After waking up Friday morning to apparent news that they had made the TSSAA playoffs and would be traveling to Columbia to face the 8-2 Lions, news broke late Saturday night that the TSSAA had made a mistake in the playoff selection process and the final postseason bid would instead go to Sullivan South High School.
"I feel like we made a lot of improvement during the season. Obviously, we are all extremely disappointed with our finish. No one more than myself," lamented Crawford.
"We need to be thoughtful in our actions and thoughtful in our comments. You hate this for our seniors. They hung in and battled. I appreciate the way everyone has accepted me and our staff, and we will be continuously working to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Rhea County 13 7 3 6 — 29
Cleveland 6 0 14 7 — 27
First Quarter
RC — Desmond Sharp 10-yd. run (kick failed), 4:31
RC — David Loden 40-yd. interception (Wyatt Maerki kick), 3:51
CHS — C.J. Bryant 5-yd. run (kick failed), 1:16
Second Quarter
RC — Jacob Revis 2-yd. run (Maerki kick), 4:02
Third Quarter
CHS — Austin Herink 1-yd. run (Jesse Jones kick); 6:34
RC — Maerki 40-yd. field goal; 3:24
CHS — David Morgan 1-yd. run (Jones kick); 0:21
Fourth Quarter
RC — Taylor Jenkins 25-yd. pass form Austin Dotson (kick failed), 8:29
CHS — D.J. Jones 29-yd. pass from Herink (Jones kick), 1:40
Team stats RC CHS
First downs 17 15
Rushes-yards 46-179 16-60
Passing yards 170 307
Total yards 349 367
Comp-Att-Int 16-25-1 23-35-2
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties 6-59 6-70
Individual stats
Rushing: Morgan 2-11 TD, Bryant 11-56 TD, Herink 3-(-7) TD (CHS); Jeremy Moffett 16-93, Sharp 16-50 (Rhea).
Passing: Herink 23-35-2 307 TD (CHS); Dotson 16-25-1 170 TD (Rhea).
Receiving: Reeves Morgan 3-72, Jackson Earle 2-17, Morgan 2-36, Parker Smith 5-67, Jones 4-62, Tyler Davis 2-43, Bryant 3-10 (CHS); Jenkins 4-62 TD, Demitrius Patterson 6-44, Sharp 4-61 (Rhea).
Records: Rhea County 2-8, 1-5 District 5-AAA; Cleveland 5-5, 3-3 District 5-AAA.


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In a garden bed no less!
None in the woods just yet....... |
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- Posted by cheri_mn_524 zone4 -MN (My Page) on Mon, May 8, 06 at 9:22
foolish me, I have sampled some mushroom in my yard, some were good 1 was not , after that I quit until I know better,, I think I get 10 different types in my yard. wish I knew what was what, some look so much alike. |
Morels-Yum! A friend of ours gave us a few morels to try last night. Very tasty. He has about 12 "secret spots" mapped out on his GPS. One of these years, I'd like to go try and find some on my own. |
Cheri, Do be careful eating unidentified mushrooms! We'd like to keep on enjoying the pleasure of your company.... |
Oh yes- do be carefull!! They can be DEADLY! As well as having some other um, side effects! I do hope this will be a good year for them.... I finally tried them last year- and boy- they are VERY good just browned in butter ( well what isn't?) So glad to hear they are showing up around the area! |
I love morels... we used to gather them back 'home' in Nebraska. I like them dipped in beaten egg, then rolled in a cornmeal and flour mix, and (like Julie) browned in butter! DE-licious! |
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About three weeks ago Michael Vick made a grave error when speaking to the assembled media in Philadelphia. He didn't insult a teammate or a coach, and he didn't criticize the team's offense. He didn't say something awful about a teammate's wife publicly (yes, that's happened), and he didn't engage in the sacred ritual of June smack talk while supplying an opponent with something to put on a bulletin board.
Hell, he didn't even say the words "dream team". His mistake was being honest and open.
The man paid too, with far too many inches in newspaper columns dedicated to the pursuit of trying to decipher what he meant with his scathing words, and how the state of the universe was altered. To refresh, here are the words in question. First this…
"It's tough. I have to continue to be a professional and put my feelings and emotions to the side, and just continue to compete. But it's hard. I would be lying if I said it wasn't, but that's just what I have to deal with, and I'm going to keep dealing with it until I see otherwise."
But mostly this…
"Hopefully, Chip makes a decision before training camp and we won't have to answer questions. So we can go out there as quarterbacks and just focus on this season and not answer questions about competition every day."
Those comments led to an interesting little adventure which showcased the deepest flaw with both how the NFL is covered, and the sort of comments that fans indirectly ask the media to pursue during beat guy-player exchanges.
I already ranted at length on that, so I won't invest much more time here. In short, though, Vick's comments above and other similar comments which arise almost weekly around NFL locker rooms demonstrate that we — the football-watching public, and by extension then, the media and beat writers with daily access — deeply desire both entertaining quotes and narratives, but also to fight back against any comment which is different (or honest), and therefore inherently entertaining. It can be a dizzying and odd cycle.
Today when he made an appearance at Jeremy Maclin's football camp, Vick was asked to reflect on his comments again. We can now confirm his unthinkable crime: he was answering a question.
From Sheil Kapadia:
"I was very surprised because I didn't try to say it in a derogatory way where I felt like Coach should make a decision or there's pressure on him to make a decision. I was just asked a question, and I answered it the best way that I could. But Coach is totally involved in our team and what we've got going on and what needs to be done. Like I said, we're all going to sit back and make sure that we do exactly what he asks us to do, regardless of who's out there on the field."
There, it looks like he's learned his lesson. Never say something interesting.


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Today's Times story, for instance, examines the non-role played by President Obama in shaping the legislation and traces the administration's lack of enthusiasm to Treasury Secretary Geithner.
While Mr. Obama reaffirmed his support for the proposal shortly after becoming president, administration officials barely participated in the negotiations, a factor that lobbyists said significantly strengthened their hand. Lawmakers who have discussed the issue with the administration said that the president's senior aides had concluded that a searing fight with the industry was simply not worth the cost.Moreover, Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, did not seem to share Mr. Obama's enthusiasm for the bankruptcy change.
Mr. Geithner was lobbied by the industry early. Two days after he was sworn in, he invited Mr. Fine from the community bankers to his office for a private meeting. The association, with influential members in every Congressional district, is one of Washington's most powerful trade groups.
A senior adviser to Mr. Geithner said the administration supported the cramdown proposal, but it preferred that distressed homeowners seek to modify their loans through the Treasury's new $75 billion program, which rewarded banks if they modified home loans, rather than through bankruptcy court.
Mr. Durbin [the Illinois Senator who supported the provision] acknowledges that it was a mistake not to call on the administration for help.
If the recent raft of legislative, rule-making, lobbying and policy stories is an indication that the financial press has learned its lesson from its inattention to how financial policy is made, that's all to the good.
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Turkey Potpie
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The familiar blend of poultry, vegetables and pastry is a comforting part of American food culture, but traditional versions are not as nourishing as the cozy name implies. Our enlightened potpie uses reduced-fat sour cream to make a rich sauce and tops the filling with scrumptious whole-wheat buttermilk biscuits.
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Calories | 375 |
Total Fat | 11g |
Saturated Fat | 4g |
Cholesterol | 55mg |
Sodium | 666mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 39g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 26g |
Calcium | 0 |
Serves: 6
Total Time: 1 hr 50 min
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- 3 teaspoon(s) canola oil, divided
- 1 cup(s) frozen small onions, thawed
- 1 cup(s) peeled baby carrots
- 10 ounce(s) cremini mushrooms, wiped clean and halved
- 2.5 cup(s) reduced-sodium chicken broth, divided
- 1/4 cup(s) cornstarch
- 2.5 cup(s) diced cooked turkey, or chicken
- 1 cup(s) frozen peas, thawed
- 1/4 cup(s) reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt, or to taste
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 3/4 cup(s) whole-wheat pastry flour (see Tips & Techniques)
- 3/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon(s) sugar
- 1.25 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon(s) dried thyme
- 1.5 tablespoon(s) cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup(s) buttermilk, or equivalent buttermilk powder (see Tips & Techniques)
- 1 tablespoon(s) canola oil
- To prepare filling: Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onions and carrots; cook, stirring, until golden brown and tender, about 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until browned and their liquid has evaporated, 5 to 7 minutes. Return the onions and carrots to the pan. Add 2 cups broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Mix cornstarch with the remaining 1/2 cup broth; add to the pan and cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Stir in turkey (or chicken), peas, sour cream, salt and pepper. Transfer the filling to a 2-quart baking dish.
- To prepare biscuit topping and bake potpie: Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and thyme in a large bowl. Using your fingertips or 2 knives, cut butter into the dry ingredients until crumbly. Add buttermilk and oil; stir until just combined. Drop the dough onto the filling in 5 or 6 even portions. Set the baking dish on a baking sheet.
- Bake the potpie until the topping is golden and the filling is bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes; serve.
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Ingredient Note: Whole-wheat pastry flour is milled from soft wheat. It contains less gluten than regular whole-wheat flour and helps ensure a tender result in delicate baked goods while providing the nutritional benefits of whole grains. Available in large supermarkets and in natural-foods stores. Store in the freezer.
No buttermilk? You can use buttermilk powder prepared according to package directions. Or make "sour milk": mix 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk.
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The Joe-the-Plumberization of the GOP
With CPAC upon us, I had wanted to write a state-of-the-movement piece, and describing what I felt had gone wrong. But I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It hit me like a ton of bricks when I saw this:
It could have been like any other of the hundreds of pieces I had seen in the last few months touting Joe's latest exploits. Joe the Plumber -- a one or two day campaign gimmick -- has become a poster boy for conservatism. To say that the McCain campaign milked Joe Wurzelbacher's story and then some would be the understatement of the century. Now, conservatives are making him a foreign war correspondent and he is sure to be feted at CPAC -- so I'm sure to get a certain amount of grief for what I'm writing now.
If you want to get a sense of how unserious and ungrounded most Americans think the Republican Party is, look no further than how conservatives elevate Joe the Plumber as a spokesman. The movement has become so gimmick-driven that Wurzelbacher will be a conservative hero long after people have forgotten what his legitimate policy beef with Obama was.
A movement self-confident in its place in American society would not have made Joe the Plumber a bigger story than he actually was. Since its very beginnings as a movement, conservatism has bought into liberalism's dominant place in the American political process. They controlled all the major institutions: the media, academia, Hollywood, the Democratic Party, large segments of the Republican Party, and consequently, the government. Liberalism's image of conservatives in the '50s and '60s as paranoid Birchers gave birth to a conservative movement self-conscious of its minority status. As in any tribe that is small in number and can't fully trust its most natural allies (i.e. the business community or the Republican Party), the meta-debate of who is inside and outside the tribe is magnified exponentially.
The legacy of that early movement -- alive and well at CPAC and in the conservative institutions that still exist today -- is one driven inordinately by this question of identity. We have paeans to Reagan (as if we needed to be reminded again of just how much things suck in comparison today), memorabilia honoring 18th century philosophers that we wouldn't actually wear in the outside world, and code-word laden speeches that focus on a few hot button issues that leave us ill-equipped to actually govern conservatively on 80% of issues when we actually do get elected.
This culture of identity politics means we get especially defensive about the Liberal Majority's main lines of attack, because we think of our position as inherently fragile. The one that spawned the Cult of Joe the Plumber was the meme that Republicans want tax cuts only for the rich and that we don't stand for working Americans. When find a highly visible figure who contradicts this notion, we swing into action. And we go on to press the argument to the point to absurdity, replete with plungers and custom "Joe" yard signs to prove our working class chops. These are the not the marks of a movement that assumes it operates (or should operate) from a position of political and cultural supremacy.
This is so different than the psychology of the left. The left assumes that it is culturally superior and the natural party of government and fights aggressively to frame any conservative incursion on that turf as somehow alien and unnatural. (The "Oh God..." whisper being the perfect illustration.) They dominate Hollywood not by actively branding liberalism in their movies, but by cooly associating liberal policy ideas with sentiments everyone feels, like love (gay marriage) or fairness (the little guy vs. some evil corporate stiff). Though I think Andrew Breitbart is spot on in raising a red flag on the threat we face in Hollywood, I fear that the conservative movement of today would only produce a response as agitprop and sarcastic as the Joe the Plumber phenomenon. In other words, some amusing slapstick comedies but not sweeping cultural epics that will be remembered 50 years from now. When you assume liberals are dominant culturally, you tend toward sarcasm or one-off gimmicks to knock the majority of its game -- but never an all encompassing argument for conservative cultural and political relevance -- something we have lacked for a long time, since Buckley was in his prime.
Conservatives should not need Joe the Plumber to prove their middle class bona fides. We are naturally the party of the middle, and we don't need gimmicks to prove it. Demographically, Democrats rely on being the party of the upper sixth and the lower third, while Republicans tend to do better with everyone in between. When we start losing the middle class and the suburbs, we lose big like we did in 2008.
Put another way, Republicans thrive as the party of normal Americans -- the people in the middle culturally and economically. This is true of our leadership as well -- we have a history of nominating figures who came first from outside politics. Our base is the common-sense voter in the middle who bought a house she could afford and didn't lavishly overspend in good times and who is now subsidizing the person who didn't.
When you think about it, a majority built around this solid middle-American base should beat the disjointed liberal rich/poor coalition. This sense of frugality, orderliness, and personal responsibility is something everything aspires to in difficult times. This is why Obama's pitch is fundamentally off-key if framed correctly. People's first instincts in a recession are not to overspend, but to tighten their belts. Obama's address last night assumed that no one is responsible for anything, except maybe corporate CEOs. The banks as institutions are not ultimately responsible. People who took out risky mortgages are not responsible. The Administration is not responsible for sharing in the pain by postponing longer-term projects like health care. And even if they are, everything in a recession is subsumed to the need to throw money at the problem in an attempt to stabilize the system. The risk for Obama in embracing the bailout mentality is that it catches up to you: this is not how ordinary people act in their daily lives without major consequences down the road.
In these serious times, conservatives need to get serious and ditch the gimmicks and the self-referential credentializing and talk to the entire country. If the average apolitical American walked into CPAC or any movement conservative gathering would they feel like they learned something new or that we presented a vision compelling to them in their daily lives? Or would it all be talk of a President from 25 years ago and Adam Smith lapel pins? This is why I love Newt's emphasis on finding 80/20 issues and defining them in completely non-ideological terms. We need to advance our ideas without ever once saying the word "conservative" or "Republican" in a speech. We need to define these ideas not as conservative, but as American. We need to be confident, like the left is, that we are the natural governing party because our ideas are in alignment with basic American principles, and quit treating middle class, working class, or rural Americans like an interest group to be mollified by symbolic, substance-free BS.
Should wet back to K-streetization of the GOP?
Sorry Patrick, but the reason Joe the Plumber caught on was that he could articulate basic economic principles better than McCain, with his army of GOP consultants, could.
Joe the Plumber is not what has "gone wrong with the movement", it's the win first, principles second mentality led primarily by the K-Street, lobbyist class (e.g..some of the folks running CPAC, who also lobby for earmarks for their clients). Why would I want Republicans to win? As am not a GOP consultant, I don't get earmarks or contracts when Republicans are in office, my focus is only on changing public policies.
By citing Newt, you are instead suggesting we adopt olicies that will help get Republicans elected (it is ironic, because Newt criticizes consultants and candidates who use polls to determine what they believe, then suggests Republicans should adopt a platform based poll numbers). Newt's 80/20 concept is what I call "Easy" Real Change - he stands for basically nothing and certainly doesn't articulate a vision of a better America.
Making English the official language of government? Keeping "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? These should be among our top priorities? These aren't solutions that will improve our country in any meaningful way.
School choice, free market health care reforms, limited government - these should be part of the conserstone of the vision for America. These may not be 80-20 issues. There may be some disagreement on them. But there is a divide between what we on right (conservative, liberartian, Republicans, what have you) believe this country needs and what the left believes. We are losing this battle not because our ideas are wrong, but because we are refusing to take the field on these issues.
That is why the GOP needs candidates and leaders who can articulate these principles, this vision for America (like Reagan once did), not hacks who rely on polls to pick principles for them.
Wurzelbacher ?
Who the heck does this Wurzelbacher guy think he is criticizing Obama. no one even knows who this no name is. Jeeze. I'm going back to playing MMORPG Games
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Are you seriously telling me that you can account for every democrat and republican politician out there and know what they are thinking and what their intentions are/were?
I didn't cite any inner
I didn't cite any inner psyches. I cited what people said. Johnson said that he was writing off the South for a generation. Diulio said that there were no policy concerns in tbe Bush administration.
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I've been thinking a lot about the Newt 80/20 formulation, but it needs to go beyond that. We need to start with those issues and do some education on top. (The Cato videos on Keynsiansim and the Laffer curve were good... cut 'em down to 30 seconds and put 'em on TV.) More of the public needs to "get" conservatism. A string of issues couched in non-ideological terms leaves us perpetually looking for another set of issues. Sooner or later we run out of things for government to do, mostly by virtue of the fact that we don't think government should do everything.
Looking forward to CPAC.
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exactly. who don't people just write a thesis paper instead to vent their frustrations
My 2 cents
I'm a HUGE Joe the Plumber fan (to the degree that when I needed a Plumber two weeks ago, I called around until I found a guy named Joe) who was nontheless horrified by the degree to which John "Loser" McCain overplayed this winning hand. JTP was, and remains, one of the best things to happen to the GOP (and the conservative movement) in the last 5 years. That said, he represents what was wrong with John McCain's General Election campaign far more than he represents anything fundamentally wrong with the GOP or the conservative movement.
Rush regularly talks about how one of his great frustrations is that elected Republicans don't articulate a conservative message to the broader public. That's where JTP comes in. JTP, himself, was and remains a great symbol; the problem was that our last Presidential candidate (as opposed to his running mate) couldn't articulate why conservative economics is better for the middle class than President Obama's redistributive trickle up poverty. Thus, our 2008 nominee used JTP as a central argument when JTP should have been a mild compliment to a well shaped narrative.
Moving forward, we need to embrace and advertise every single JTP who falls in our lap. That said, we also need to nominate candidates who can embrace JTP symbolism while explaining why conservative economic polices will make everyone's bank account bigger at the end of the day.
Put differently -- Let's not throw the Joe the Plumber baby out with the John McCain bathwater.
I hope this helps.
That is all.
Cahnman out.
I Too am A Joe The Plumber Fan
Unless of course that you realize that Joe is not really a licensed plumber and doesn't bother to pay taxes, then who wouldn't be a fan. Why bother with the little details in life. Some people work very hard to get a license and to pay their taxes like the rest of us. Others, well they're just too busy for those little details. My hero.
But if you like the stuff that Joe that goes with Joe's job, then you'll probably like Joe too.
He's one of us
Not a licensed plumber? That means he avoids a social contract in restraint of trade.
Doesn't pay taxes? That means he avoids that legalized ripoff.
<< When you think about it, a
<< When you think about it, a majority built around this solid middle-American base should beat the disjointed liberal rich/poor coalition.>>
You are kidding me. We have seen throughout the years the destruction of the middle class. We have seen the worst from republicans. All for the rich, take the jobs and send them overseas. Take the money and send it to Iraq. And neglect the infrastructure and everything else.
This is like that book, "Men are from Mars, and women are from Venus."
We are still not connecting.
The man, the myth
Aside from JTP himself, the two main promoters of JTP have been McCain and Pajamas Media, and that should pretty much tell you all you need to know. The latter took someone who got famous for asking a question and then converted him into a "reporter" and the host of an online show that no one watched. The issue isn't just glomming onto a convenient symbol, it's also that your leaders have no real interest in doing anything and just want to put on a show.
In case JTP is reading this, here's another opportunity to reclaim the magic and ask a question, and here's a question he can ask.
Just Bizarre ...
that Rush is the Commisar of the GOP and Joe The Plumber is the Propaganda-in-Chief. It's as if Keith Olbermann and Sean The Actor ran the democrats. I am pretty sure dems don't check on the opinions of the liberal media elites before making a decision or grovel for forgiveness afterwards.
Rush and Joe repel more voters than they attract and the sooner the GOP distance themselves from the Gutter Twins the better.
what's truly bizarre
Rush has done more to promote the cause of conservatism than a thousand RNC chairs could ever do. The GOP should worship the ground Rush walks on because they know that they would be in a WHOLE lot worse shape had Rush never come along. Rush brings ethereal, eclectic conservatism to the masses with humor and passion. What's truly bizarre is any conservative advocating that Republicans should distance themselves from their most successful messenger.
Rush Into An Abyss
Rush has done more to promote the cause of conservatism than a thousand RNC chairs could ever do.
True that. He's made the republicans more conservative at the expense of moderates and liberals in the party.
The GOP should worship the ground Rush walks on because they know that they would be in a WHOLE lot worse shape had Rush never come along.
I say he peaked in 2000 and 9/11 extended his influence awhile longer. It's bad now for conservatives, but it can get a lot worse when democrats slap Rush as the face of the republicans.
Rush brings ethereal, eclectic conservatism to the masses with humor and passion.
Do you mean floating etherealy from all the hot air he spews? His humor is cheap and mean-spirited. Is he still mocking Micheal J. Fox's Parkinson condition? This Gallup poll shows him to be polarizing and since 70% of Americans are not conservatives, I don't see how he helps republicans. I suppose you can argue Americans are becoming more conservatives, but I doubt either of us will be alive when 50% + 1 of Americans will be conservatives.
What's truly bizarre is any conservative advocating that Republicans should distance themselves from their most successful messenger.
Would it be bizarre for a democrat to wish a principled opposition exists to keep the majority in check instead of a demagogue ruling the republican party?
My mistake.
Oh, right, you're not a conservative. Of course that's why you think Republicans should throw Rush under the bus. You just don't get it. Have you even listened to the guy for more than, say, one show?
You're damn right he's polarizing because he tells it like it is. He's polarizing in the same sense that Keith Olbermann is polarizing. Maybe you should advocate for Olbermann to be taken off the air.
Oh and it's not our job to keep the majority in check. It is our job to become the majority. As you liberals constantly reminded us over the past 8 years, if the majority party screws up and goes out of control, it's nobody's fault but the majority's. And, incidentally, even if we were simply content to try to restrain the worst excesses of the majority, we have precious little power in DC these days to do so. The nation is going to get unbridled, unrestrained, humongous-government liberalism. The conservatives whom your colleagues recklessly branded as Nazis, fascists and traitors are now out of power. Congratulations! You got exactly what you asked for!
Hey Patrick! Hey Jon! Here's your problem
This IS your base. Right here. Someone who thinks a fatuous hypocrtitical liar is the guy who "gets it," who leads your party and tells it like it is.
Patrick, Jon,
I appreciate and understand that you're interested in grounding the party in reality, and trying to find market based solutions rather than government solutions for social and economic problems. I get that you're trying to lead your party out of a wilderness of fantasy and falsehood.
The trouble is that all that's left of the base is the people, like chemjeff (unfortunate handle, that) who have drunk the KoolAid.
And, of course, that you have no effective policy solutions.
advice from liberals: worth what you paid for it
Yes, Patrick et al, by all means, take your advice from liberals who have a vested interest in giving us very bad advice. And what is so damn unfortunate about my handle?
The handle suggests, perhaps, that you are under the influence of something.
And, indeed, I hope that you people completely take over the party. You're well on your way.
go away
You moron, my handle reflects the fact that I'm actually a chemist, not some druggie. Just go away. If this were Kos I'd offer some four-letter words right about now.
You asked
And it is suggestive is in just that way. ChemistJeff, or jeffthechemist wouldn't be unintentionally humorous in this way.
And, yes, I can see you're getting kinda steamy. This thread has been a hilarious demonstration of just how deep a hole the party has dug itself into.
It's personal.
Oh no, my reaction to you has nothing to do with the GOP. It has to do with your arrogant condescension and your personally insulting tone. I have used this handle for a long time and you are the first person ever to insinuate that it may be because I'm some sort of crackhead. And then you have the gall to suggest "proper" handles that I "should have" chosen? How dare you. I wouldn't want to be in a political organization with cretins like you. You are the embodiment of liberal elitism. F.O.A.D.
considering how many masters of the universe
are potheads or crackheads, you should take that as a compliment ;-)
Lol compliment, really? Or
Lol compliment, really? Or Not
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How double dare you!
Nah nah boo boo. How double dare you that you criticize ChemJeff. Don't you know who he is? He's a chemist! You don't warrant holding his shorts for him to slide into in the morning! You are so pathetic that your probably a liberal! Wait that's redundant. Go back to kindergarden where you belong! Your mama was a welfare crack dealer not a chemist! Nah nah I got fingers in my nose!
what do you study?
I went to an ACS convention a long time back -- most of the organizers were physicists. [top ten signs your chemistry dept sucks: when the physics dept. has to organize the ACS meeting]
I am a physical chemist. I do computational chemistry. Chemistry is, in fact, my passion. It is what excites me about my job, which makes it even more insulting when assholes like JayAckroyd compare it to substance abuse.
what in particular? you've piqued my interest...
I wish I could qualify for a comp chemistry position. only ones I ever see, you need big time degrees for (not my silly undergrad)
computational chemistry
Well, I have the big-time degree. I'm working on a whole bunch of projects right now actually, but my real passion is theoretical understanding of hydrogen bonding. It's just so...cool.
And did you, by any chance, attend any publicly-funded education
And did you, by any chance, attend any publicly-funded educational institutions while pursuing that "big-time" degree? And are you in fact currently employed at some taxpayer-funded institution?
Big time degrees? Yup, you
Big time degrees? Yup, you definitely need some.
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I don't have any such vested interest!
single party rule is bad for ALL. Republicans ought to remember that fact, and not try to make Permanent Majorities through voter disenfranchisement (including kidnapping), and gerrymandering.
don't make me haul out the kidnapping report. that was hilarious.
single party rule
If you really believed "single party rule is bad for ALL", then maybe you and your liberal cohorts should spend less time on the abject demonization of the other side. Spirited discussion is fine; calling the president a Nazi is not. Because, guess what, if you are actually successful in convincing people that the "other side" are full of a bunch of evil twisted Nazis, then you'll get single party rule!
boo on the folks calling him a nazi
if you're going to make a fuckign argument that he's a fucking fascist, well make the god damn argument, don't just demagogue.
Course, if he was a fascist, he'd have been more pro-union.
Some people are just morons, and I think we both share a particular ineffable hatred for them.
Rush regularly talks about
Rush regularly talks about how one of his great frustrations is that elected Republicans don't articulate a conservative message to the broader public. That's where JTP comes in. JTP, himself, was and remains a great symbol; the problem was that our last Presidential candidate (as opposed to his running mate) couldn't articulate why conservative economics is better for the middle class than President Obama's redistributive trickle up poverty. Thus, our 2008 nominee used JTP as a central argument when JTP should have been a mild compliment to a well shaped narrative. infant car seat | infant formula | infant shoes
Olbermann is not regarded by anybody as the voice of liberalism, while pretty much everyone thinks Rush is the voice of conservatism. That's the difference.
Are Republicans the party of "normal" Americans when Rush is widely regarded as the de facto head of the GOP? Are most "normal" middle-class Americans fans of Rush?
"Normal" Americans thought Jindal's response was a joke, yet Rush defends him and calls anyone who disagrees with him an idiot. This is the Rush that most people see.
I highly recommend this insightful article regarding talk radio's effect on the conservative movement: www.amconmag.com/article/2009/feb/23/00006/
Nancy and Harry Are Right
You're damn right he's polarizing because he tells it like it is. He's polarizing in the same sense that Keith Olbermann is polarizing. Maybe you should advocate for Olbermann to be taken off the air.
I like Olbermann's politics, but I don't watch his show since I'm not a fan of his fake outrage or sarcasm. I would never advocate censorship, but people don't have to listen to crap and leaders should not grovel to gas bags.
Oh and it's not our job to keep the majority in check. It is our job to become the majority. As you liberals constantly reminded us over the past 8 years, if the majority party screws up and goes out of control, it's nobody's fault but the majority's. And, incidentally, even if we were simply content to try to restrain the worst excesses of the majority, we have precious little power in DC these days to do so.
I see. Power for power's sake. Sorry, America, you rank behind power on our conservative agenda. Harry and Nancy were right to not involve conservatives when writing the stimulus since conservatives were only interested in delay, obstruction and demagoguery. Conservatives are saying, "Too bad, America, if you have to suffer needlessly, so be it. You'll have to vote us back in."
welcome to reality
Hey guess what, welcome to the world of electoral politics. Do you think Harry Reid said "the war is lost" because it was an objective assessment of the war? Do you think Democrats in 2005 lied and demagoguged about Bush's social security reform plan because it was the unbiased recommendations of their experts? Do you think Democrats voted for the war when it was popular and then (coincidentally around election time) proceeded to trash and undermine the war effort because it was the moral thing to do? No, they did it all to win votes. At the end it is ALL about power, both for Democrats and for Republicans. I want Republicans in power because, even at their worst, Republicans aren't going to be offering runaway socialism and at their best will actually do something to roll back huge government. I DON'T want Republicans content simply to offer polite objections to Democrats' agenda items and then feel like they accomplished something. That was the bad old Bob Michel days.
And yes America, sadly, IS going to suffer for the next several years because America unwisely voted for a bunch of socialists to run the government. Republicans can't do damn much to slow down the big government freight train that is coming down the pike, and frankly, yes we do have a vested interest in seeing socialism fail. This is all going to happen DESPITE our efforts and wishes.
I know you're not going to accept this, but this idea that it's all about power is projection. While it is true that there are Democrats, Chuck Schumer for example,who are more concerned about power than they are about policy, most democrats are much more concerned about getting power for the purpose of accomplishing policy goals. It's pretty clearly the case that this is not true of most conservatives. As we are watching republicans do all they can make Obama's plans fail, at expense of the country's welfare,we are reminded of the fact that for republicans it is party before country.
And what do you have to back that statement up with?
Geez. TheNextRight truly is overrun with liberals.
Well first
They say so. Kristol's column today, as with his letter saying that universal health care had to be stopped at any cost wasn't because he thought those were policies that would be bad for Americans. He feared they'd be GOOD for most Americans, and would therefore keep Democrats in power,
Contrast that with Lyndon Johnson, who signed Civil Rights legislation, in the full knowledge that it would damage the ability of Democrats to retain power.
Second, look at the complete absence of any kind of effective polilcy-making under the Bush administration. With the possible exception of No Child Left Behind, you can't point to a single new policy that was implemented, while it is easy to point to instances where the administration directed that the law be disobeyed rather than explicitly adopt a new policy.
People who were there at the time said so:
"There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus," says DiIulio. "What you've got is everything—and I mean everything—being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis."
In a seven-page letter sent a few weeks after our first conversation, DiIulio, who still considers himself a passionate supporter of the president, offers a detailed account and critique of the time he spent in the Bush White House.
"I heard many, many staff discussions but not three meaningful, substantive policy discussions," he writes. "There were no actual policy white papers on domestic issues. There were, truth be told, only a couple of people in the West Wing who worried at all about policy substance and analysis, and they were even more overworked than the stereotypical nonstop, twenty-hour-a-day White House staff. Every modern presidency moves on the fly, but on social policy and related issues, the lack of even basic policy knowledge, and the only casual interest in knowing more, was somewhat breathtaking: discussions by fairly senior people who meant Medicaid but were talking Medicare; near-instant shifts from discussing any actual policy pros and cons to discussing political communications, media strategy, et cetera. Even quite junior staff would sometimes hear quite senior staff pooh-pooh any need to dig deeper for pertinent information on a given issue."
Paul O'Neill left Treasury because he was given no policy input--because there was no policy to have input to. He objected to deficits as bad policy, and Cheney's response was Reagan proved defictis don't matter.
Now this is, I grant you, a recent development. Bush the first did try to engage in actually policy-making, in particular in foreign policy. And Reagan had both a broad policy vision, and the willingness to work pragmatically with the Congress to get elements of his vision implemented. (I'm talking about the real Reagan, not the mythical one who singled-handedly won the cold war by standing up to the Soviets. You know, the guy who cut and ran in Lebanon and worked with US enemies to get theater nukes out of Europe.)
But this is the face of the modern Republican party. Not a single credible policy idea. Bumper sticker slogans that turned out to be simple lies. As long as the base is in denial about this, the Ruffinis and the Douthats are doomed to fail.
Look both ways
Firstly, a broad brush cannot be painted across either party though there may be dominate trends.
Second, you need not explain to me how republicans have demonstrated a thirst for power above all else, but you cannot argue that Democrats are somehow saints.
Just listen to Rahm Emanual talking about not letting a "good crises go to waste". Such as the one we're in now that the Democrats used as perfect cover to push through a ton of pet projects as opposed to simply stimulus in a supposed stimulus bill.


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Nissan has released some offical pictures of the 2012 US(2011 world) Nissan GT-R also known as DBA-R35.
Stay tuned for the full specifications.Here is the full color lineup including the new Aurora Flare Blue Pearl
Aurora Flare Blue Pearl
Meteor Flake Black Pearl
Brilliant white pearl
Dark metal gray
Vibrant Red
Ultimate metal silver
The new Save mode for the transmission.
New interior carbon finisher
Carbon strut tower brace
390 mm brake rotor
Japan only Egoist model
Egoist wheel
Egoist interior
Egoist interior
Engine and Transmission Enhancements
By modifying the boost pressure of the turbocharger, valve timing and air mixture ratio, reducing intake air resistance by enlarging the inlet pipe diameter, and reducing exhaust air resistance through use of an enlarged section of exhaust pipe, fuel economy is improved to 8.5km/L (10-15 mode) or 8.6km/L (JC08 mode).
At the same time, the engine output is significantly improved to 390kW(530ps)/6,400rpm with maximum torque of 612N·m(62.5kgf·m) from 3,200 to 6,000 rpm. A new red color engine cover is used to demonstrate its greater performance.
Cleaner emissions are realized through adopting an ultra-low precious metal catalyst and ECM with high-capacity microprocessor - achieving SU-LEV certification levels (emitting 75% fewer emissions than Japan's 2005 exhaust emission standards).
A new SAVE mode is adopted, which optimizes driving torque and modifies the shift schedule to improve actual fuel economy when driving highways or open roads. This mode also helps reduce ankle fatigue.
Starting performance while selecting "R mode" for the transmission and VDC-R is improved.
To control tight corner braking phenomenon, which can occur when starting the vehicle while turning the steering wheel, 2WD mode is added to temporarily shift to 2WD driving.
* When the vehicle speed is below 10km/h and the steering wheel is turned more than halfway.
Body Strengthening
A highly rigid, lightweight strut supporting bar, made of carbon composite with aluminum honeycomb material, is installed in the partition wall of the engine compartment. By linking the right and left struts to quickly receive suspension input, the vehicle body's responsiveness to driving operation is enhanced.
An additional support member is installed in the passenger side of the instrument panel. Responsiveness of the vehicle body is further improved by enhanced rigidity for connection with the engine compartment.
For further production accuracy, the fitting precision of the body panels is enhanced and a higher-precision G sensor is utilized in checking the instrument panel during the vibration testing of each vehicle body.
Suspension and Braking Modifications
For the front suspension, the lever ratio of the springs, shock absorbers and stabilizer bar is modified to improve the vertical load response of the tires. Front caster angle is increased from 5°35 to 6°00 to improve tire road holding ability when turning and stability while driving straight.
For the rear suspension, toe performance is modified by changing the roll center height to a lower position in order to improve tire grip while making turns and to better communicate driving feel.
An aluminum free-piston shock absorber design is newly developed which generates more precise damping force to constantly provide stable road holding and a load shift that quickly responds to driver's intention. Reduced friction in the shock absorbers provides high quality, smooth ride comfort.
A thin, large-diameter rotor (F390) developed uniquely by Nissan is adopted to improve braking force, fade resistance, pedal control ability and extend brake rotor life for sporty driving.
Wheels and Tires
The 11MY GT-R also features newly designed, lighter weight and more rigid forged aluminum-alloy wheels. Made by Rays, the wheels help improve tire responsiveness to vertical load. Knurling inside the wheel is modified to avoid deviation of tire rotation direction caused by the higher engine output. On the wheel surface, a new Hyper Blue Black Chrome color is adopted, which expresses high quality and high-performance feel. The wheels' deep gloss is created by utilization of a five-layer coating process.
The Dunlop SP SPORT MAXX GT 600 DSST CTT tires have a new compound to improve tire grip. With renewed structure and improved tread and sidewall rigidity, straight-line stability in rutted roads is enhanced.
Exterior and aerodynamics
Even with GT-R's already intense and stable form, its world-leading aerodynamics performance is further improved through a number of significant enhancements. Downforce is increased by about 10%, while the coefficient of drag is further reduced from 0.27 to 0.26.
Stability is improved by enlarged bumper and grille openings
The front bumper is newly designed with double rectifier fins and Hyper Daylight with a large-diameter reflecting surface and high intensity white-color LED lights. The design increases front downforce by about 10%, while also reducing air resistance inside the engine compartment. The volume of air that passes through the radiator and cools down the front brakes is also increased.
Additional plated parts are used for headlight inner panels, enhancing the car's strong presence.
The redesigned rear bumper features a lower center of gravity than the previous design, created by a sculptured lower portion and extended length. Underfloor cooling performance is enhanced with air resistance reduced by extending a rear diffuser.
Cooling performance for the muffler is improved and rear downforce is increased by about 10% through use of a new rear bumper air outlet, which helps remove air in the rear wheelhouses.
A newly designed tailpipe finisher with enlarged diameter is adopted. Rear high-intensity LED fog lamps are provided as standard equipment to help improve visibility from vehicles behind in rainy or snowy conditions.
Six exterior colors are available, including two new colors: Meteo Flake Black Pearl (2P) and Aurora Flare Blue Pearl (2P). (Both are special colors.)
A newly shaped instrument panel pad and navigation system display finisher are adopted, with stitch lines changed to express an enhanced quality feel.
Real carbon center cluster finisher is used, along with matte black finished switches.
The GT-R emblem at the center of the steering wheel has a new velour-like coating, expressing a glossy texture. For the paddle shift, a coating exposing the magnesium base material is applied.
Chrome-plated rings in the console and air-conditioner outlets are finished with a new black smoky coating, expressing greater sportiness.
Seats for Pure edition and Premium edition provide an improved level of comfort and safety while cornering. In addition, fatigue levels are reduced for the thighs and lower back by changing the shape, extending the length of seating surface and refurbishing the cushion stroke. A new seatback design seatback is adopted to improve fit.
The Black edition has leather-appointed bucket seats using a Recaro design based on the structure of Pure edition and Premium edition seats.
Modifications applicable only to the SpecV are as follows:
Engine modifications are the same as the base model with improved maximum power output and torque, as well as enhanced fuel economy, except maximum torque is improved to 612N·m(62.5kgf·m)/ 3,200~6,000rpm (632N·m(64.5kgf·m)/ 3,600~5,600rpm). (Figures in parenthesis are when high geared boost is used.)
To improve abrasion resistance and stability in racing circuit driving, rear brake pad material is changed and VDC (Vehicle Dynamic Control) balance under braking is modified.
Dunlop SP SPORT MAXX GT 600 DSST CTT tire is adopted as a standard feature.
Special Rays lightweight aluminum forging wheels for the SpecV are adopted from the previous model with the color changed to Metallic Black.
EGOIST is the first and only Nissan GT-R in the world exclusively created by Takumi, or "master with greatest skills." Each customer can choose a combination of interior colors among 20 choices. In addition, the Bose® sound system is exclusively tuned according to the driving position of each driver to meet every customer's needs. This is the ultimate expression of the Nissan GT-R.
Customers can choose a combination of interior colors among 20 choices, four upper area interior colors and 10 lower area interior colors. Interior parts are sent to Seton Company, Inc. Muelheim an der Ruhr in Germany and leather master craftsmen sew and stick carefully selected leather by hand.
Seats are an exclusive quilted design with single and double stitching combined in a reticular pattern. Enhanced body grip performance (suitable for racing circuit driving), smoothness and fit are all provided.
Wajima Lacquer (Maki-e) Emblem
Wajima Maki-e with deep coloring and glaze created by Mr. Sakae Kubota, an accredited traditional craftsman for Japanese lacquer, is used for the GT-R emblem at the center of the steering wheel. The beautiful coloring of Maki-e changes as time goes by.
Bose® Precision Sound System
Specially developed carbon composite-based woofers, which can cancel vibrations through their high rigidity and damping, are installed. In addition, sound quality is adjusted by Bose® exclusively for each owner, depending on individual driving position.
Carbon Rear Spoiler
EGOIST adopts a dry carbon rear spoiler (also used in the SpecV). Providing stable aerodynamic performance, even when driving at more than 300km/h, the rear spoiler gives an intense look in the rear with its black carbon color.
RAYS Forged Aluminum-Alloy Wheels
Lightweight and highly rigid forged aluminum-alloy wheels, also used in the SpecV, reduce unsprung weight and help provide a supple ride feel. Newly developed five-layer Blue Sword Chrome Color Coating is adopted.
Titanium Exhaust System
EGOIST uses a Titanium exhaust system, also used in the SpecV, providing agile accelerator response and a clear, exhilarating exhaust sound.
Source : Nissan and NAGTROC


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Fortunately, the rhizomes are NOT penetrating the hardpan 4" deep. 1. I'm installing a life long lasting 1/8" thick, 8" deep, 8' long, polyethylene sheets (6 pieces) that will have 3' overlaps (5 total) where the ends will also be wrapped with several layers of 6mil polyethylene sheet that come on a roll. 2. I've dug out 2" of soil from the entire yard, it's fit for the trash. 3. I'm going to Roundup all viewable foliage cum Spring. 4. I'm going to Solarize the proper way when it's hot. 5. I'm going to lay a minimum 2" layer of Mushroom mulch at the correct time in Fall before sowing the grass seeds. I do still need to figure out who has the most absolute premium 100% Tall Fescue Grass Seed, any idea? And what do you think of the attack plan above? NOTES: <none>
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to catch the setting sun it takes brush in hand to paint the chasing clouds in royalty decorations dimness of sight brings out the light of Moon lit shadows eve our labors lay before us a mess of stalks, vines branches and twigs but we sit down having just got round the gardens treasure trove for in we reached into that tangled mass to bring out fairy gold tomato, onions, beans we sit right there right there in that chair to nibble sweet corn or a peppers heat Ahhh but we go from there for waters on the boil to melt this gold into our evening meal but tomorrow we'll return to hunt this treasure trove as the mountains rise to catch the setting sun |
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dear all,
how to make new hatch palettes? pl. suggest me.
I used a full hatch pallet in my 2008 ARCH ACAD. I have spent two days trying to import the .xtp file and/or loading a new hatch pallet from scratch into ACA 2011, with no luck so far. I too would like this tool repaired, or explained.
There are two kinds of palettes in ACA and they are not interchangeable: not a problem found in plain AutoCAD where you are posting. And I think the OP wants to create new ones in R2008 but forgot to elaborate on the exact issue.
It seems your ACA forum posting got a lot of eyes (and a few comments from me) but not much else. Consider refreshing it by adding to it to bump it back up the list.
I probably should rewrite this on the ACA board. I am having this problem on ACA 2011.
The Arch 208 is the revision where I created and used the .xpt every day. It is a great tool but I can't seem to transfer it or even reload the hatches one at a time.
Please help
How would I transfer this post to ACA
I suspect... You probably ran ACA2008 "as AutoCAD". Regardless of what the box or the pop-up says, it's a feature of all the verticals.
You are not running ACA2011 "as AutoCAD": to do that, see screenshot of OPTIONS command>Profiles Tab in ACA2011.
There is nothing to fix therefore, you need to correctly install all of ACA2011's features and activate the correct profile.
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Drake Bows Out of Grammy Nominations Concert
So which intern is in charge of Drake's Google Calendars? He or she has some explaining to do, now Drake has had to bail on tomorrow's Grammy Nominations Concert in L.A. Good going, guys. Drake's rep issued an apology via TMZ, citing Drake's ongoing Would You Like A Tour? commitments without giving a specific reason for his absence. Poor guy. As if he didn't have enough to sigh about whilst staring out a penthouse window.


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Martin Prado connects on an RBI single during the seventh inning of Friday's game against the Phillies. The host Diamondbacks won 3-2 despite another sluggish start from pitcher Ian Kennedy.
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