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If Plato or Machiavelli wrote about Mississippi government for the last couple years, perhaps they would describe recent lobbying trends in state government with a fitting aphorism: He who pays for lawmakers' trips, he who pays for lawmakers' swag, and he who writes the lawmakers' bills is the true lawmaker.
The organization alluded to as the true lawmaker in our aphorism is the American Legislative Exchange Council, and if you haven't heard of them before, that may be by design. Prior to recent controversies over Voter ID and Stand-Your-Ground laws, the non-profit organization remained below the radar of our national political debate for almost four decades.
The first part of this report is a general introduction to ALEC and its anti-democratic influence on Mississippi's lawmaking process. The second part of this report is about the ALEC All-Stars that seem to be enjoying their political afterlife as "Super-Lawmakers" that influence policy across the nation, eclipsing the influence they held in their prior experience as mere lawmakers.
Some of those featured are political losers; some are political wannabes; but all of the ALEC All-Stars described in this report help to demonstrate the corrupting corporate influence on our democratic process in Mississippi.
The questions to bear in mind throughout your reading of this report are two-fold: (1) Why is it still legal for corporations to funnel money through a non-profit organization to lawmakers, former lawmakers, and their families to huddle in task forces in secret, swanky boardrooms to draft model legislation that becomes state laws across the nation? (2) If we resign ourselves to the legality of this institutionalized corruption, why is there not more outrage over the lawmakers who choose to be corrupted by this process?
ALEC Conference: Chicago, August 2013
An organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held its annual conference in Chicago back in August 2013. The conference made headlines mostly because legions of anti-ALEC protestors engaged in mass civil disobedience against ALEC's pro-corporate (anti-democratic, anti-worker, anti-environment, and anti-public-education) policies.
But inside the posh Palmer House, protected from the sound and the fury of the protestors outside, there operated a "shadow state government" that effectively brainwashed and bribed state lawmakers, including many of Mississippi's own, in hopes that the lawmakers will propose and pass ALEC's corporate-sponsored model legislation around the country. At least that is how the dean of Mississippi political journalists, Bill Minor, described the modus operandi by which ALEC gains personal and policy influence over state governments.
Maybe brainwashed and bribed are too strong. I prefer the more colloquial political phrase "wined and dined." Although first-hand accounts such as the scathing Bill Moyers special on ALEC describe a week of lobbyist/lawmaker mixer parties with free cigars and cocktails on demand, the legislators aren't just wined and dined. They receive tangible goods as well as intangible recreational benefits during their corporate-sponsored vacations.
In Chicago last year, corporations treated Tea Party hacks from briar-patch districts in Arkansas like Hollywood one-percenters, as nefarious industries and more innocent venders like Roll Call pushed swag bags, exclusive recreational opportunities (White Sox tickets for the kiddos!), and ego-stroking micro-advertising (e.g., one vender booth was emblazoned with the flattering phrase, "Informing the Influential").
Koch Brother Kool-Aid: How ALEC Influences Jackson
ALEC is funded by corporations generally, but the real godfathers of ALEC are the controversial, billionaire Koch Brothers who love to support free-market causes (i.e., anti-consumer, anti-worker, anti-public-education, anti-democracy, anti-environmental causes). And Mississippi seems to be imbibing more Koch brother Kool-Aid than other states, to-wit:
1) BRIBERY: A report lists Mississippi as the number two state to receive corporate "scholarships" for state lawmakers' trips and recreational activities at posh resorts like the annual conference held at the Palmer House in Chicago last August. These "scholarships" come from a controversial corporate "slush fund" that has raised questions in some states as to whether the practice violates gift bans to public officials in those states.
2) LOBBYING: And if the "scholarships" (lawmaker bribery) aren't bad enough, the lobbying power operating in our state right now on behalf of ALEC should make anyone who cares about the process of lawmaking scrutinize anything that comes to Jackson from the ALEC bill mill. Mississippi's top lobbyist, Steve Seale, now serves as national Chairman of the Private Enterprise Advisory Council at ALEC for the 2013-2014 term. (Seale is profiled at length below.)
3) FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: One of ALEC's headliner speakers at its 2013 ALEC conference in Chicago was heir apparent to the Governor's mansion in Mississippi, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. Since he was a featured speaker, ALEC itself picked up the tab for Reeves' stay at the Palmer House. Mississippi's own top lobbyist Steve Seale, now Chairman of the Private Enterprise Advisory Council at ALEC, introduced Reeves.
4) LAWMAKING: ALEC's bill mill reputation is deserved. In his speech at a closing lunch at the annual ALEC conference in Chicago last year, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves admitted that Mississippi is no stranger to ALEC-shopped bills: "I thank ALEC for helping legislators craft laws that support the free market principles that will lead our states…" Everything from the recent outbreak of Voter ID laws to Stand Your Ground laws to anti-worker laws to the bills proposing privatization and virtualization of public schools — many of which have become legislative priorities, if not yet laws, in Mississippi — can be traced back to ALEC. As one Mississippi lawmaker put it:
"You'd think ALEC was voting us in office rather than the voters, the way these politicians here follow their orders."
Mississippi's ALEC All-Stars Are Not So Good at Politics
So who is the mystery man who is *believed* to be depicted in the headline photograph? To paraphrase the converse of a famous Reagan quote, "They're not from the government, and they're not here to help." The Institute for Southern Studies referred to Charlie Ross and another lawmaker described below as ALEC All-Stars, so I've appropriated the monicker for this report.
ALEC All-Star #1: Charlie Ross is a Harvard-educated attorney and former state senator whose manner and appearance remind one of a cross between Richard Nixon and Don Draper. He has never been elected to more than the legislative minor league in Jackson, despite multiple attempts.
Mr. Ross is a failed candidate for Lieutenant Governor, having lost the GOP primary to current Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant in 2007. But Ross was not done losing yet. Just a year later, Ross failed again during the GOP primary, this time a bid for Congress that he lost to current 3rd District Congressman Greg Harper in 2008.
Mr. Ross's biggest claim to fame as a state senator was that he takes credit for passing tort reform in the state of Mississippi, a development that he states was necessary to preserve the rule of law but which any honest lawyer over forty will admit killed the non-governmental legal economy of the state and effectively closed the courthouse door to many worthy victims seeking relief against corporate neglect. For reasons that are beyond the scope of this report, but are worth mentioning, Ross's tort reform was not all he promised (See Cottonmouth blog post referencing Bill Minor's and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's takes on Ross's claims). For Ross's efforts, ALEC chose Mr. Ross as its Public Sector Chairman of the Civil Justice Task force. Then ALEC gave Mr. Ross its "Legislator of the Year" Award in 2007.
What the hell Ross was doing at the ALEC conference last year, six years after his last stint as a legislator ended, if indeed the man on the left in the photograph at the top of this post is him, is anyone's guess. But his alumnus status as an honored member of ALEC may have something to do with it. More likely, Ross has figured out that the best way for political failures to maintain or even gain political power in Mississippi is through influence peddling for the private sector, particularly at ALEC. Then there is Ross's direct connection to current ALEC All-Star, Steve Seale. Seale and Ross work for the same Jackson, Mississippi law firm.
ALEC All-Star #2: Steve Seale, a former state legislator like Charlie Ross, has been called the state's highest-paid lobbyist. Not only does Seale work at the same law firm as fellow ALEC All-Star Charlie Ross, he also received one of ALEC's annual awards in 2011 — apparently only one of three Mississippians so honored by ALEC in the organization's forty-plus years. And like Ross, Seale also claims direct credit for tort reform, but his claim is based upon lobbying efforts on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the federal class-action level rather than the state level.
Unlike Ross who was honored for his work as a state legislator, Seale won the award for Private Sector Member of the Year for 2011 as a corporate lobbyist on behalf of his client, SAP America. But the jewel of Seale's CV is his current post as ALEC's National Chairman of the Private Enterprise Advisory Council.
Seale's lobbying is but one of many interesting facets to his checkered career. At one time, one of Seale's government clients included Madison County. As its federal lobbyist, he was paid $75,000 per year, but apparently that was not enough. He went back to the Madison County Board of Supervisors with his hand out and received an extra $2,500 per month to influence his former colleagues in the legislature in Jackson. That meant that whatever Madison County's real state legislators annually made, $10,000 plus per diem for days they were in session, Seale earned much much more as Madison County's hired gun.
Such a private capture of a basic public function at a healthy profit is enough to make a Koch brother wince. What does it say about our democracy that a county resorts to an influence peddler to represent its interest at a much higher rate than the real lawmakers earn? Hell, why not privatize public service completely?
Seale's efforts to replace a real lawmaker — at perhaps a higher multiple of the salary if you include the federal lobbying — earn Seale the monicker of "political wannabe" rather than "political loser." But he also deserves the wannabe title for a bizarre, sort-of-high-profile announcement he made in 2012. Seale claimed in an email to friends that because of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of Obamacare, he had decided to challenge Attorney General Jim Hood in 2015 — strange timing for that announcement considering Hood had just won another four-year term just a few months prior. Seale has been mum on his campaign to become AG since, and perhaps his new gig at ALEC has made him change his mind on the AG race.
After Seale's service as a state legislator but before his most recent work as a lobbyist, Seale's biggest political achievement remained his work as Chief Counsel to then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Seale's work as Chairman of ALEC's Private Enterprise Advisory Council so far has, if anything, worsened the image of ALEC. Consider the following anecdote since Seale took the helm:
As an oil executive took to the podium to warn the audience at the ALEC annual conference in Chicago last year about the dangers of environmental regulations, Steve Seale admonished legislators to keep their chatter down:"The private-sector members spent a lot of money to get your attention and let you hear their messages during this event," Seale said.
And here's another example: Apparently one of the solemn duties of ALEC All-Stars is to defend the organization's honor on the editorial page anytime a journalist scrutinizes ALEC for its crimes against democracy. When respected Mississippi political journalist Bill Minor asked legitimate questions about ALEC's wooing of Mississippi's lawmakers, Seale shot back with a letter to the editor at the Clarion Ledger reasserting ALEC's role as just a humble forum to share ideas.
Yeah, right. And I suppose the Pentagon just discusses military history all day. As if Seale's criticism of Minor was not a sufficient response on behalf of ALEC, the man Seale introduced at the annual conference, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, took some shots at Minor during his speech too.
ALEC All-Star #3: Jim Ellington, the third of the former Mississippi State legislators featured as ALEC All-Stars in this DHM report, fits the pattern. Like Charlie Ross, the same year Ellington was honored with an ALEC award for Legislator of the Year (apparently only one of three award recipients from the Magnolia state in the organization's forty-plus years) for his service in the Mississippi House of Representatives, Ellington lost his seat in 2011.
Ellington once bragged about his ALEC bonafides as a 24-year member of the organization and a former national board of directors member. Unlike Seale and Ross, however, there is not any particular achievement that stands out for which Ellington was honored by ALEC. But ALEC apparently likes Ellington enough to continue picking up his restaurant tabs at its national shindigs, despite Ellington's ouster from Mississippi politics, according to an insightful post by the Mississippi politics bloggers at Cottonmouth in 2012.
Aside from his deeply rooted ALEC connections, on the campaign trail, Ellington used to be a frequent speaker at Council of Conservative Citizens meetings as recent as the early 2000s. For those unaware of the CCC, they are similar to the White Citizen's Councils from a generation ago but have become even more fringy and overtly racist, for example likening African-Americans to a "retrograde species of humanity."
Fellow ALEC All-Star Steve Seale's former boss, U.S. Senator Trent Lott, spoke to the CCC five times too. What is it about racist southern legislators fitting hand-in-glove into states' rights organizations like ALEC? Can't they just prostitute themselves to corporations without all the racist stuff? But I digress.
And while Ellington continues to enjoy back-scratching at ALEC's corporate-sponsored expense, he returns the favor on the public relations front. Like Seale, Ellington wrote a prickly letter to the editor of the Clarion Ledger defending ALEC by suggesting that ALEC's failure to directly fund campaigns eliminates any appearance of impropriety. He did not, however, address the issue of corporate-sponsored scholarships for lawmaker junkets like the one to Chicago that apparently involved daycare packages with White Sox games, nor did Ellington address the issue of corporate ALEC members directly contributing to campaigns of the ALEC members they wine and dine.
Finally, Ellington suggested in his letter that since "ALEC members are under no obligation to introduce any ALEC-drafted legislation," we should all ignore the fact that his wife is carrying the corporate swag bag in the corporate-sponsored family vacation photo below at the swanky New Orleans Marriott hotel.
ALEC Rising Stars (And Future Political Losers?)
The most recent corporate-sponsored ALEC junket for Mississippi lawmakers saw a high participation rate. The Speaker of the House, Lieutenant Governor, and a host of Republican lawmakers formed a large delegation at the event in Chicago.
Chris McDaniel: Candidate for U.S. Senate and tea partier Chris McDaniel famously used the ALEC conference as his alibi when he was accused of attending a neo-confederate event the same week in August. A list of attendees at the ALEC conference based upon signatures attached to a letter to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin can be found on the Internet.
Notably, McDaniel is missing from the list of attendees, even though other lawmakers show up multiple times as signatories to the letter, including duplicate signatures by fellow Mississippi Senate Conservative Coalition lawmaker Tony Smith, Euguene Clarke, Terry Burton, and Rita Martinson.
One explanation for the duplicative signatures is perhaps that the letter was circulated during more than one session, and those four lawmakers absentmindedly signed it twice. But that would suggest that lawmakers who made the trip to Chicago like McDaniel and his favorite Mississippi Senate Conservative Coalition sidekicks, Senator Melanie Sojourner and Senator Michael Watson, either neglected to sign the letter at least twice or were absent from multiple sessions. What were they doing? Wooing higher ups from various conservative organizations to the McDaniel U.S. Senate cause? Sleeping in at their corporate sponsors' expense?
Whatever the curious case of McDaniel's trip to Chicago portends to the future of ALEC in Mississippi (there is also no record of McDaniel as a member of ALEC), the corrupting corporate influence over Mississippi's political process can only increase with Mississippi Senate Conservative Coalition members and others attending these conferences in some cases three times per year.
ALEC: A Corporation/Politician Dating Service
A lawmaker who infiltrated one of the ALEC conferences in 2011 likened the process of corporate courtship of lawmakers to a corporation/politician dating service. In an unrelated instance, commenting on the high profile divorce instigated by an affair between Republican State Representative Pat Nelson and Republican State Senator Sally Doty, one insider in Jackson referred to our legislature as "the biggest swingers club in the State of Mississippi."
Let's hope that our lawmakers have a little more self-control when it comes to extra-legislative affairs with corporations than they do with extra-marital affairs with colleagues.
CORRECTION UPDATE: The original version of this report stated that the man on the right in the headline photo may be Steve Seale. A source confirmed that it was not Steve Seale. DHM only stated that it may be Steve Seale, but we'll take the source's word that it is not. However, Seale was at the conference, and DHM stands by the rest of the report.
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The hospital wing is not a fun place to stay the night with a broken arm and leg. My name is Blake Finnigan and for the most part I am your average 6th year Hogwarts student...extremely sick of school and Slytherin. Today was no exception when two Slytherins in my year decided they would taunt me 'bout my parents today after our double Defense Against the Dark Arts, in which I proceded to send a tiger made of flames after one of them, then the other sent a stunning spell which sent me flying over the 5th floor railing, and being unconcious it wasn't like I could do anything either. Luckily for me a kid in seventh year sent a badly cast cushioning charm at the last moment onto the floors of the entry hall, saving my spine from breaking into a bilion pieces.
Now as I sit in the bed at the far end of the wing, dozens of monarch butterfly's hover above my bed slowly morphing into bubbles. Being my usual self I was so focused on the spell I did not noticed the tall and amazingly handsom auburn haired teen walking up to my bed until it was too late. Jumping on my bed and suddenly distracting me, made me flick my wand in the wrong direction making all my butterfly's/bubbles turn into water. Also with James being his usual self, did not help the fact by "accidently" pouring his water all over me.
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"I did not see a reason not to do it if that makes you feel better" James Potter said with his boyish smirk.
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"Hey so i sent a letter to my mum letting her know what happened" James said looking everywhere but my face knowing what anger will ensue.
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James looks down and of coarse I fall for his ploy "Professor Sprout put you up to it didn't she?"
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I hear the doors open and there struts Ginny Weasley who was in the middle of arguing with our Headmistress, I knew this night was not going to be fun.
<A/N> I finally got the courage to work on this story again. Fixed some mistakes I found and seperated the last paragraph so it is easy to read. I will also have another chapter up sometime soon hopefully :)
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but..the appearence of the vampires made thee storyline better.
Now Kurono nemesis is his brother...so imagine a final battle between Kurono and Akira,someone will die....great ending...right?
ah..thaks Cooler!!!!
but..the appearence of the vampires made thee storyline better.
Now Kurono nemesis is his brother...so imagine a final battle between Kurono and Akira,someone will die....great ending...right?
ah..thaks Cooler!!!!
I'm actually not expecting the brothers to fight. Really I'm expecting either Akira to die protecting his brother from the vampires, thus giving Kurouno reason to declare war on vampires, or they join forces with each other for whatever mindfuckuberhentaialienmonster that comes around for the final mission.Originally Posted by NiShi JoIcHiro
I dont agree, mainly because i hate vampires, exceptions being hellsing, i find all others to be cliché including that anime where vampire have vampires, blood trinity or something like that...Urgh so lame.Originally Posted by NiShi JoIcHiro
Anyway after the Oni mission most were going on about how there would be a vampire mission, i hardly see how this is possible at this point, and im even more dissapointed that the so called 'elite' vampires were cut down so easily (go izumi!!) leaving just one. I was so looking foward to seeing the old vampire fight suzuki or something. Im just glad that the story has taken turns that you wouldnt of expected it to. As for a vampire mission as most hoped, as Cooler said, with their numbers as they are, i doubt they will last.
The vampires both as individuals and organization have a greatly inflated belief in their own importance and abilities.
I think Gantz will just continue to ignore them
So my idea is mainly based on previous chaps,so relook them (If you still have them, i mean man, 1 Gb!!!). Kurono, well, he was elected as a leader in Dino mission, so he felt "kinda cozy inside". Citate:"Everyone is looking at me. Even Reika... the idiol... is looking at me". So i think the whole team will somehow know that Vamps are going after Kei (that Paparacy isn`t badass after all, he warned kei). they are going to defend him, look at him, and puff - memories back. Of course old man will explain everything to Kurono and his head will blow up.
But personally for me it would be a good plot, when main char is Black Ball, and peaple coma - people go, leader appear, leaders free themselves. Like a reality show.
But Oku has a Mad fantasy, so you can`t perdict anything, thats why i like this manga, cause i like surprises, and moders Tv series'+movies are z0000 predictable...
Hey..Tet...i don't like the vampires...
But their appearnce made the storyline better...it would be bored..if the gantzers only have to kill aliens one night every two weeks...
In my personal oppinion..i don't care if they're vampires...wolfmans...or mumies...for me is the same...
But what i like of those characters...are that they're always hunting the gantzers..so they can't live in peace..while they're waiting the next mission.
for example: Hey Tet..do you remember when Kurono,Tae,Izumi and his girldfriend..were walking and then..the vampires attack them...you've to addmit it...that part was totally awsome!!!!...when Izumi killed all the vampires and then he killed thier boss "Saitou".
and Oku, do an excellent move..when he include Kurono's brother,Akira in the Vamps organization...so a final battle..betweens the last vampires..and the "dream team" (is how i call the Gantz team, Izumi, Oldman, Rieka, Sakurai,Sakata,Kaze..etc...)...and Kurono and his brother...it would be awsome.
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the fact that there were schools for vampires means that the population of vampires are really really large. i think there' ill be more vampires stronger than the 4
I think that the vampires...were a poor population of aliens(when they came to earth)...and then they manage to rise their population...and want to kill all the gantzers first and take control all over the earth...
Heh, i will admit that scene where Izumi destroyed the vampires after they attacked him and the others was badass, but it just seems pathetic how they are getting taken out at the moment.
But i dont think the vampires were aliens, i think they were a man made experiment that went loose, then the same people made gantz to correct that mistake. This does bring the question up... Why not just use trained soldiers instead of normal dead people?
Also it was mentioned that nanomachines were discovered a few hundred years ago, now if it were the same nanites that turn people into vampires, its possible that the creators of both Gantz and the vampires (if my above theory is true) have died out and both experiments have gone out of control.
I was just checking through the chapter 163 again (akira's debut) and i saw something...
Resemblance? I think so.
^ the eyebrows, the specs and the shape of the eye looks different to me


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My wonderful SIL bought me a KitchenAid mixer. I always thought I would buy one of these myself. Now that I have it I don't love it. It is much heavier than I thought. Even to tilt back to install the attachments is heavy. I planned on keeping it on my counter but it is so heavy to pull out away from the wall every time I want to use it. I can't keep it in the middle of my counter all the time. I do love the way it mixes and just very quickly (much quicker than my old mixer) whipped up a batch of pizza dough for tonight. I know I've seen these in your kitchens! |
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I am sure you will get many helpful responses and solve your problem. The posters here are incredibly generous about sharing. That said, I don't have a KA myself but I've seen discussions about Handy Caddy and Magic Sliders elsewhere if you want to Google those until others respond. Good luck! |
- Posted by loyalandtrue (My Page) on Fri, Apr 18, 14 at 17:37
I absolutely love my KA. I leave mine on my countertop with a beautiful towel I bought in Italy covering the bowl so that dust doesn't get in and is always ready for use. It is very heavy (part of l the beauty, to me) and does sort of stick when I slide it forward, but it is worth the effort. I think PhoneLady's suggestion of the sliders is definitely worth looking into. I hope you can find something that works so that you can get full use of it. Good luck! |
i love my ka mixer but it is heavy! i leave it on the counter always. hope you like yours more as you get used to it! |
- Posted by maid_o_cliff (My Page) on Fri, Apr 18, 14 at 19:20
I put what looks like felt pads, that you peel the back off and stick to mixer. It is really easy to pull forward on countertop and push back when through! Thy sell them at Home Depot, Lowes, and BB&B I think! Red |
I love my Majestic Yellow, but I totally get how it's awkward and heavy to move around. Mine seems to go back into its spot when I push it more easily than when it's been sitting and I try to slide it forward. I kind of have walk it out. Where mine sits is different from where I use it in my prep zone. If I'm just doing a little job, I'll use a hand-mixer or maybe just a wooden spoon. Felt pads sound good, but does it then tend to move when it's doing heavy mixing? |
- Posted by andreak100 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 18, 14 at 19:39
I've had mine since I first started keeping house, back a "few" years ago. I love it. But, yes, it is quite heavy. In my old kitchens, it used to sit on the countertop. In the kitchen that I had up until a few months ago, it was in the basement...unused because of it's weight...and there was no place to keep it up in the kitchen. In the remodel, one of my main requirements when we first started considering a new kitchen was a cabinet to put it in with a lift because I didn't want it sitting out on our counter. We got the Knape & Vogt lift because it has a gas assist cylinder that makes it easy to raise and lower...I've had opportunity to raise and lower it with the mixer on it, but haven't been able to use it yet there because we've been waiting for about two months now for the GC to get in gear with electric and get the outlet in the cabinet. I'm not sure that I would want to put anything on the bottom to make it slide easier though since part of the thing that's good about it is that with the weight, when you are mixing, it doesn't jump around. Maybe it would still be okay, I don't know. |
- Posted by greenhaven (My Page) on Fri, Apr 18, 14 at 22:43
The thing about the stick-on pads is if you find they are not appropriate you can always just take them off. Good reading, since I have always wondered what I will do when I get my KA at long last. |
Thanks loyalandtrue for the idea on the towel over the bowl. |
I keep mine on a table in the dining room because counter space is at a premium in the kitchen (and the wall cabinets are down too far so it doesn't really fit under them... so many problems with the kitchen...). Anyway. I just wanted to let you know that you can shred cooked chicken breast (boneless) in the mixer with the "tree"-like attachment. I have been using a KA for (give or take) 30 years, and I didn't know this until a couple of months ago. Life-changing. All of a sudden I want to seek out recipes that use shredded chicken just because it is so easy to shred. |
- Posted by terri_pacnw (My Page) on Fri, Apr 18, 14 at 23:33
My KA is a pro lever lift. It lives on it's very own counter at our current house..and it will have to live on the counter somewhere in the new house in a few weeks. I use mine every week..some times daily.. So I am not lifting that thing up and out of a cupboard every time I need it. |
My cabinet maker built this crazy awesome set up where I leave the KA plugged in inside the cabinet I just slide it forward to use, then slide back. No more lifting. I love it. |
- Posted by rococogurl (My Page) on Sat, Apr 19, 14 at 7:51
The whole point of a KA is that it's heavy. Otherwise, it would walk around the counter while you're kneading pizza dough. I also have a hand mixer that I use for lighter jobs. But when you need the KA you need it. My Mom had hers on a lift -- believe Rev A Shelf has them -- but I used to bump into it and it sort of jiggled. Made me nervous. When I was using it all the time I just left it out on the counter. I don't care for covers but I've seen them for the mixer. If you want to love, it make an old-fashioned cake. No appliance creams creams butter and sugar better for a cake. No appliance mixes a heavy batter as evenly. |
In my new kitchen I have a purpose-built cabinet under the island for the KA. It's on a pull out shelf so it's easy to lift onto the counter. In my old kitchen it was on the corner countertop tucked back under the upper cabinets so it was out of the way when not in use. I sat it on one of those flexible cutting mats from the dollar store, trimmed to a right angle on one end to fit into the corner. That made it easy to pull out and it didn't walk around much. If you were making something that would be likely to walk (bread dough) you could slip the mat out. |
- Posted by debrak2008 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 19, 14 at 10:39
Thank you all for ideas! Sum5463, thats looks like a nice idea for our next kitchen. gr8day, that cheesecake looks wonderful and is good inspiration to get cooking. When I came downstairs this morning, DH had put a thin flexible cutting board under it. I can now slide it. I do plan on keeping it on the counter but need to determine exactly where. Right now I have more items on the counter than I want. I got to pick the color and it is crimson red so I don't mind people seeing it. I can see how a lift would be very convenient. I can't imagine this mixer walking anywhere when in use. My 30 year old Oster mixer which is light weight never moved when mixing heavy dough. Sounds like this mixer really makes a difference in cooking. jil314, I will keep that in mind. I never liked making pulled pork because it was too much work schreding. I read to let your mixer do it. It actually worked pretty well in my Oster and now hearing about chicken I'm thinking it may work really well with pork too in the KA. |
cevamal, brilliant solution! |
- Posted by scpalmetto (My Page) on Sat, Apr 19, 14 at 11:37
I have been using a pro KA for over 45 years. I am on my second, the first one went after 35 years. Like everything else, these new models are not nearly as strong as the older ones. My KD put a waist high roll out shelf in the pantry so I can just lift it out and transfer it to the counter. I have been lifting it up from a lower cabinet forever so this will be a big improvement. I may be old but I am still tough enough to tote it. LOL. That mixer has been an important part of my kitchen over the years. Both of my sons asked for KA's when they moved out on their own. |
I'm still on my first, the original Hobart model, a tilt-back like the OP's, from 1968 and still going strong. It sits on the counter, where I use it regularly. I'm not sure about the pulling-out problem. I see no need to pull mine out, I use it where it is, and only shift it to clean underneath. |
I love my mixer. I can't imagine being without it. It really does so much more than other mixers. Since I got mine I have not used a hand mixer which was just tiring and unable to handle many tasks. It aces any kind of baking and makes it so much easier to add the ingredients. The ease of making a pizza dough or making my own whipped cream is totally worth it. A great recipe to make you love your KA mixer is Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake. I don't like much on my counters but I do leave mine on the counter. If you don't push it completely back to the wall you don't have to move it back and forth. Station it just back from the wall far enough to get the top portion to fall back when you lift it. It's prettier than a microwave on the counter... |
I love my KA Mixer! I just got it a few years ago and now can't imagine how I went so long without it. It stays on my kitchen counter, tucked away in a corner, and it is heavy to pull out. Felt pads on the bottom sounds like an good idea! |
I have to ask, which attachment is it that looks like a tree? I would like to do that with the pulled pork or chicken but as I look at my attachments, none of them really looks like a tree. My imagination must not be on high!! |
- Posted by debrak2008 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 20, 14 at 9:51
Here is a link to ka mixers and attachments. I think the "tree" attachment is the triangle shaped one that has "stems" inside it. I can't leave my mixer out that far on the counter. It has to sit under the cabinets until ready to use. I can't use it under the cabinets as there isn't room for the head to tilt back. It can't sit in front of the cabinets as it would be right in the middle of prime prep area. This old photo shows the area of the kitchen (betweent the sink and the range) the KA mixer will have to sit. |
Here is a link that might be useful: KA Mixer and attachments
Thank you for posting the link, to original KA attachments. I would never have figured out the tree one, so thanks so much again! Can't wait to try it. Just wanted to warn people when buying attachments for the KA make sure they are the real KA ones that are made of steel and not the knock off plastic ones because they will break off in your heavier doughs. At first it looks like a great deal and that you'd be savvy to take advantage of it but it's not a good deal because it is plastic and breaks. It is hard to tell that it isn't an original KA product in the advertising so be careful : ))) |
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I am currently researching a bed purchase. I need a king bed with storage drawers underneath. I found a few styles but after looking at reviews for Pottery Barn, and West Elm I think I would be an idiot to purchase the bed I like. Any advice out there? There is, of course, a price limit. I thought I was spending a fortune at the PB price... |
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- Posted by carmin_casa (My Page) on Mon, May 18, 09 at 21:27
Are your needs due to having a King size Mattress. OMG they are almost extinct when it comes to home design. That is the biggest part of your problem .. I am sorry but its true. King Size Mattresses went away I believe in the mid 70's. I know your not liking my post but for what its worth .. You may find getting a Queen Mattress, Your options will be so much wider and cheaper. I wish I could say otherwise and help you - One site that I can think of that you may try is called Humble Abode. http://www.humbleabode.com I wish you the Best CC |
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"Are your needs due to having a King size Mattress. OMG they are almost extinct when it comes to home design." That is SO NOT TRUE! --- "King Size Mattresses went away I believe in the mid 70's" Really? Do you have a source for that? I wonder what all those "larger than a queen" mattresses are in my local stores then.... if they are not kings, what are they? |
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You can buy a bed without drawers, then buy or make the drawers, or have them made. I've seen them on a couple of the DIY television shows. It's just a wooden box on wheels, with a pull handle. The drawers requirement will overly reduce your available selections, and add to the price. |
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Yes, in a nice high end consignment shop! Ha!! Is there a RITZY town near you with a higher income bracket? If so, look for furniture consignment shops in that area for REAL wood furniture. There are two shops near me and both have some really nice all wood furniture. I seldom get any used furniture with fabric on it unless I know where it comes from. But with today's prices, it would be better to recover and put in new cushions if the wood furniture is in good condition. My neighbor bought a new bedroom set from a nice local furniture store and got into a jam on the delivery time. So I said I would help and be there when the delivery guy came. Well... the delivery guys dropped the head board in the driveway and a poster knob fell off the head board. It was WHITE PLASTIC under a thin coat of pecan color wood or something that looked like wood. I was shocked as it was a nice furniture store and she paid around $3,000. for the bedroom set. They also scratched one of the night stands and there was WHITE under that... and when I took a closer look, I made a list of each little thingy wrong. So this el cheapo PLASTIC is under some of that wood in the new stores. I thought about getting a new set as I want to go from a King to a Queen but I will NEVER give up my nice all wood bedroom set if PLASTIC wood is what they are selling now days. Old English scratch remover and I are best friends. I was the delivery guys worst nightmare. :) I had a long list of every tiny mark and insisted they mark it all on the receipt. Ha! Ha! I pick out every little mark, scratch, the loose ill fitting door and the two drawers and did not nicely slide. Then I saw he was not putting all the screws in the bed frame and asked WHY... so they got more screws from their truck. Duh! The set looks very nice... a pecan color... sort of a bamboo flavor design... King bed, 2 night stands, l long double dresser and one high boy with room to insert a med. size TV and a couple of drawers under that... all for around $3,100. including a 10% off sale. I have not bought furniture in a while, so I had no idea they were using PLASTIC under a lot of that new furniture. My neighbor said a new all WOOD set would be around $8,000. for the same type of pieces and that was out of their price range. |
- Posted by hapyfrustrated (My Page) on Wed, Jun 17, 09 at 17:38
I agree, there are many consignment shops with nice all wood furniture, it may take you a while to find what you want, but if you are patient and not in a hurry, you could find a gem! I don't know if you are needing king size, but there are plenty of king mattresses, sheets, comfortors and bedding sets all over the place. Good Luck, and please show us your pics! |
If you're in the mood to spend real money, try Hardwood Artisans. I got some furniture from them in 1987 for my kid, and it's still in wonderful condition. The drawers slide like a dream. I was able to have the furniture customized to my needs. They may have some items in stock, but usually they build to order. |
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This paper that he was clutching in his hand - and he was dead - this paper also disappeared. And they did not get a certificate from a medical expert that he had died naturally; they immediately embalmed the body without telling anyone. After embalming the body there is no way to find whether the person has been poisoned or not.
As far as I can see, he was certainly murdered because he was going against the criminal bank, and against the criminal attitude of the Christians - they go on being against abortion, against birth control pills, against any kind of method that can prevent the population explosion.
This is not a unique case.
Who crucified Jesus? The religious rabbis, the high priest, the head rabbi of the great temple of the Jews in Jerusalem. They all, without any exception, wanted this innocent young man, who was only thirty-three years old, to be crucified, for no reason at all. He had not committed any crime. He had not murdered anyone, he had not raped anyone.
Even the Roman governor of Judea was surprised to know that they wanted to crucify Jesus. And the Roman governor present in Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate, wanted to free him, because he could not see any harm. "Perhaps he says things which Jews don't want to hear, so close your ears and go on your way. Don't listen! But this is not a cultured and human way. Because you disagree with him and you cannot even give arguments to this uneducated Jesus, crucifixion is the answer.?" But Pontius Pilate hoped that at the last moment.
Every year when the Jewish holidays start, the criminals who have been condemned are crucified. Three persons, three criminals were going to be crucified, and one was Jesus, who was not a criminal at all. Pontius Pilate was hoping that the high priest of the temple - the highest post for the rabbis, the learned scholars of Judaism, who had the right to release one person from crucifixion - would ask for Jesus to be released, because he had not committed any crime. But even the high priest, with all the thousands of rabbis surrounding the temple, shouted that Barabbas, a criminal beyond conception.
Barabbas had murdered seven people, he had raped many women; he was a perfect drunkard. He had remained in jail almost his whole life. Every time he was released, within two days he would be back - he had murdered somebody or he had raped some woman. Now finally they decided he should be crucified - he was incurable. It was a shock to Pontius Pilate, but all the rabbis, including the chief rabbi, shouted, "We want Barabbas to be released."
Even Barabbas could not believe it. He knew Jesus. Once in a while he had heard him, and he had loved the young man. He was saying beautiful things. He had hoped that if he could remain out of jail, he could listen more to this young man.
Jesus had been talking to people for only three years, and not to many people, because everybody was afraid of the religious hierarchy: if you are found in company with Jesus you may be punished also. So only a few young people, who had the courage and the guts, followed him and listened to him.


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The image above is home. It is the place where all but five hundred of the over ten billion humans have lived and will live their entire lives. It is the only place we know of that contains our scale of life. This place is amazing to us, for it gives us physical locations of shelter, warmth, chilling, cyclical seasons, and the chance for us to learn about its inner-most workings.
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If you've recently been hiding under a rock (or not reading r/atheism), you might have missed the amazing story of 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist and her recent lawsuit to remove a prayer banner in her public high school. Just last week, a federal judge ruled in her favor and it looks like the school district will take down the banner rather than continuing to futilely challenge the Constitution with taxpayer money.
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drawing will happen in seven days or when the list hits 12 people.
drawing will happen in seven days or when the list hits 12 people.
oooh I have needed a new helmet since mine got crushed during the move. PLEASE put me on the list.
Hi, please put me on the list, please
Throw me on the list please
add me too please....
put me on the list
Put me on the list please
TK2647 is the winner
wow, wish i would have seen this
dang! some people have all the luck, how many karma's you won now? :P lol congrats man
WOW!! Won again?? Haha...dang it!
Congrats man, but geez i REALLY needed that helmet lol!
Dang he has won before? i guess he is just super lucky.
Wow, I´ve won ?
Can´t wait to get this nice buckle...
PM´ed ya and I´ll start the next KARMA-round next week...
OK, Comic Con is over and we are back to normal. The ESB sidearm was mailed today to ilikebmxbikes.
sounds good. i wasnt sweating. TK, i will send the helmet to you later this week. i need to find a box and make sure this thing is packed right for its trip to germany.
WOW, I wish I would of got in on that! I couldn't top that mind you, but I still wish I would of gotten on the list.
OK, here´s my Karma for the next round:
- set of FP v2 untrimmed knees
- calculator-board
- resin-beacon and stabilizer
- dental-expander (from Korbanth)
- aluminium parts for shin-tools
- scope rings (from Sidewinder-kit)
This round will end on August 16th with getting 10 people minimum. Good luck to you all !
The list:
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- Wolfie
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- Simon Fett
- mrgr8ness
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just a little BUMP...
I'd like in on that please.
I tried being a FP V2 knee set once.....It was hard.I am a FP V2 knee-set, calculator-board, dental-expander, etc...
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Add me to that lis, if you please sir.
add me to that list too!!! scope parts and shin tool parts would SERIOUSLY help me out lol
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Quick question -or so I hope!- about Nicoleta Dascalu making the semis at the 10k Antalya tournament. It looks like the 6 pts she would get here based on making it this far should be enough to get her in the top 1000. Is that right or did I miss some rule that would prevent that from happening?
Nicoleta is currently ranked 1007, with her semifinal appearance in Antalya this week, she'll be ranked around 870 or better on September 23 (ITF points awarded in lower than 50K tournaments are added after 2 weeks).
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I really don't want a war with my neighbors but their chickens are forever in my yard. I've made it clear I don't like this as they dig up the garden etc. Anyone know what would keep them away? I was wondering if they don't like the smell of moth balls or something not too toxic. Thanks anyone who has ideas. PQ
A dog would work - hopefully not a bird dog type - they would tear them up. But a nice guard dog - well trained - to protect your property would be a BIG discouragement to your neighbors chickens.
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Build a coop and gather the eggs! Your neighbor will wonder what happened to his chickens and come to investigate. Just kidding, but if you don't want them to free range at your place, you will have to talk to your neighbor about it. If you don't want a war, you may have to fence your area against the chickens. You have to decide how far you want to go with it. Maybe build a chicken tractor, and let them use it everyday, and send them home at night.
Take your time, or someone else will.
Chickens can't smell. I would just call them every time they were in the garden and nicely ask them to come and get the birds because they are digging in the garden. Be sure to smile A LOT!
I had one chicken that was bound and determined to cross the street and go to my only close neighbor. The neighbor shot him. Good on him. Stupid chicken.
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Tell them you are thinking about getting a dog and you wanted to warn them so they could keep their chickens put up so the dog wouldnt kill them. It might work for a little while until they figure out you didnt get a new dog. That worked when my neighbors got some ducks. I have a fence and didnt lie when I told them if the ducks came into my yard my dog would kill them. They kept them put up after that.
Paintball gun?
Put KFC signs around your yard
Do you have fences? If so, check for small spaces the chooks can squeeze through, and fill them in. If they fly over an existing fence, catch them one by one and clip ONE of their wings. They won't be able to get over the fence then, and if they try to fly, they'll be all wonky and won't get so high or so far. If there are no fences, put one up! Failing all that, tell your neighbour that you intend to spray your weeds with poison that is likely to kill the chooks if they eat it. You will be doing this on a regular basis until the weeds are eradicated. If he doesn't want his chooks poisoned, best to keep them out of your place! I'm not sure that any dog would be helpful. My dog was very protective of my chooks! AND next-door's ducks! Even brought me an escaped budgie in her mouth once - totally uninjured (but a nervous wreck, understandably!). Definitely speak to your neighbour about it before doing anything drastic. A good neighbour will do his best to keep his animals from straying.
put a fence up (or repair the one that there), problem solved. There is a reason people say "fences make good neighbors".
I've never had any luck keeping the chickens out of the garden without fencing one or the other. I love letting my chickens free range, but I love my gardens too. After one year of having the chickens dig up and destroy a lot of perennials, I gave in and the chickens are now confined behind a 4' tall fence. If your neighbor has heavy breeds, a fence may work. If he's got light breeds, expect nothing without a cover will keep them in. I fenced mine, clipped the wings of those that chose to fly over, and shot those with clipped wings that still figured out how to escape. Dispatched my favorite rooster, as he figured it out, and then would get on the other side of the fence and call to the hens encouraging them to try to get over the fence. I'm hoping to have a fence around my perennial flower beds at some point, but until then the chickens are confined. I keep the vegetable garden fenced, but I have other critters that would lunch there if they could. I love my chickens, but I love my gardens too! Cathy
Fence. I think it really is your neighbor's responsibility to contain their livestock, but sometimes it is easier and better in the long run if you just fence off the areas you want to keep them out of, if you don't want to have a big hassle with neighbors.
maybe just put one in a pot for supper each week till they rgone.
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Get the dog. Put a long wire along their side of your property, and tie your dog to the wire so he can run the length of it but not get on their property. If you get a young mongrel out of the Free column in the newspaper, You can almost bet he'll kill any chicken he can catch. (saves on dog food)LOL
Boy howdy, I love this site! and realize how lucky I am to not have neighbors living anywhere close by. One of my cousins went hunting on his place (next door) last year and complained about my chickens and guineas making racket (200 yds away ). I told him I'd only had em about 15 years... he'd heard em for the first time... So so so so glad I control the access to the electrical grid, and he, and other potentially unpleasant neighbors cannot access it!!!!
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Ya know if you got a dog it could just be a lil ankle biter. My folks have one and they bring that thing over here she thinks shes so big LOL. She chases the chickens but if the roo catches wind of her here she comes running back scared to death!!! LOL Anyways, a small dog will chase chickens away.
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As tends to happen when people drink and ride public transportation during the holiday season, fights break out. It's unclear how this brawl between these two potty-mouthed passengers on the Long Island Rail Road began, but it doesn't really matter how it started (apparently the drunk man was yelling while the woman was on the phone with her kids), it's far more important how it ended: with the hurling of genital-related insults. After the jump, an abbreviated transcript of the fight. Take notes for the next time you get in a drunken public transpo kerfuffle and don't have any zingers at the ready. Keep reading »
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