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Kingkiller Chronicles Speculation (Spoilers for both books)
This thread is for speculation about the content of the Kingkiller Chronicles. This thread is not for discussion of the relative merits of the series, so please do not be part of it degenerating into one of those oh so fun internet brawls .
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I am currently listening to The Wise Man's Fear and am intrigued by the trouper boy's rhyme about the Lackless door.
Seven things stand before
The entrance to the Lackless door.
One of them a ring unworn
One a word that is foresworn
One a time that must be right
One a candle without light
One a son who brings the blood
One a door that holds the flood
One a thing tight-held in keeping
Then comes that which comes with sleeping.
Of these I think "a son who brings the blood", is probably the most obvious - which may make it the most suspect given Rothfuss's predelictions . I suspect most people have heard this all before, but for the benefit of those who have not...
Kvothe's mother "Laurian" was a noble who ran away with his father. There is a brief mention of Kvothe recalling staying with a noble family when he was very young, but I think we can dismiss this as a red herring - can't seem to find it and I don't think it too important.
It is revealed that Melowyn Lackless has a sister who was seduced by a Ruh trooper engendering her hatred of the "ravel", "I'd started a second bottle of wine by the time I read that young Netalia Lockless had run away with a troupe of traveling performers. Her parents had disowned her, of course, leaving Melaun the only heir to the lackless lands." Kvothe feels like he recognizes Melowyn the first time he meets her, presumably because of the similarities between her and his mother. We almost get this identity confirmed if we look back at Kvothe's drunken conversation with Wil and Sim while waiting to cross the bridge. Kvothe sings them a song his father wrote which got him kicked out of the wagon for the night, because of the bad meter rather than the lyrics according to Kvothe.
Dark Laurian, Arliden's wife,
Has a face like a blade of a knife
Has a voice like a prickledown burr
But can tally a sum like a moneylender.
My sweet Tally cannot cook.
But she keeps a tidy ledger-book
For all her faults I do confess
It's worth my life
To make my wife
Not tally a lot less...
To make my wife Not tally a lot less = To make my wife Netalia Lackless. Too much of a coincidence, especially when coupled with Tally being used as a name. It makes a deal more sense that Laurian would be angered over him endangering them by risking revealing her identity than because a song had bad meter - especially one that was obviously very tongue in cheek. Kvothe also repeats a rhyme he heard about Lady Lackless - might have been Lockless but its mentioned the name morphs a little - which upsets his mother, and she says he can make it up to her and the lady by gathering nettles, etc. And here, thanks to Contrarius, is that rhyme,
"Seven things has Lady Lackless
Keeps them underneath her black dress
One a ring that's not for wearing
One a sharp word, not for swearing
Right beside her husband's candle
There's a door without a handle
In a box, no lid or locks
Lackless keeps her husband's rocks
There's a secret she's been keeping
She's been dreaming and not sleeping
On a road, that's not for traveling
Lackless likes her riddle raveling."
Rothfuss is not exactly being subtle with this, which to my mind is the biggest reason to be sceptical about the theory!
As for the other six things...
One of them a ring unworn - There is a mention of Kvothe's rings, a poem even,
On his first hand he wore rings of stone,
Iron, amber, wood and bone.
There were rings unseen on his second hand.
One was blood in a flowing band.
One of air all whisper thin,
And the ring of ice had a flaw within.
Full faintly shone the ring of flame,
and the final ring was without name.
There are also a few rings which may or may not be those mentioned in the rhyme. Auri gives Kvothe a ring that "holds secrets", Stapes gives him a ring of bone, and Melowyn gives him a ring of wood - the later two are probably those mentioned in the rhyme. It seems odd perhaps that the rhymn suggests these rings are actually worn by Kvothe, but given the nature of stories and the fact that the giving of the rings of wood and bone were significant and unusual that might make sense. For me those three are the prime candidates for "a ring unworn". Though Denna's blue stone ring might also be a candidate.
"One a word that is foresworn", could well be a name, perhaps the name of the fellow who stole the moon? I don't believe he is named by Felurian, though the female mercenary - what was her name? - does name him in her story as Jax I believe. The word foresworn could be his true name.
As for, "a time that must be right", I would guess that this might have something to do with the moon and ites relationship with the doors between the fae and mortal worlds. Felurian tells Kvothe that a full moon allows easy access between the worlds for those seeking to pass between them, and that a moonless night makes it possible to slip betweenworlds accidently and become trapped in the fae. Of course I am sure there are plenty of other options here, but the aforementioned is the only one which springs to my mind.
"One a candle with out light", has me pretty stumped, at a stretch perhaps something to do with Kilvin's search for an everburning lamp? Kilvin also has some ancient magical artefacts - though I am sure they are not so called - do any of them fit the bill? Not that I recall.
"One a door that holds the flood", um, the door in the archives? No idea really.
"One a thing tight-held in keeping", seems the most ambiguous, Denna's ring perhaps? Kvothe treasure his lute, but he goes through so many that hardly seems likely .
"Then comes that which comes with sleeping", nightmares perhaps? We could assume that the Skrael and the bodysnatching thingemy are from beyond the door, and they might be justifiably called nightmarish. Still that seems a little obvious for Rothfuss, I am expecting something clever.
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For the sake of completeness, here's the Lackless rhyme that Kvothe recites early in NOTW:
Seven things has Lady Lackless
Keeps them underneath her black dress
One a ring thats not for wearing
One a sharp word, not for swearing
Right beside her husbands candle
Theres a door without a handle
In a box, no lid or locks
Lackless keeps her husbands rocks
Theres a secret shes been keeping
Shes been dreaming and not sleeping
On a road, thats not for traveling
Lackless likes her riddle raveling.
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The number 7
Has anyone else noticed the significance of the number 7 in the Kingkiller chronicles?
Seven things has lady lackless.
Seven words to make a woman love you
Seven chandrian (Chand- rian) Seven of them.
I know there are other references. I just can't quite remember them.
Has anyone got any theories about this? I'd be really interested to know.
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Hello, all.
This may have already been addressed, and I apologize if so, but I found no evidence of it being brought up. Did anyone else read Alveron and Stapes as homosexual? This has root in bigotry, but it seemed painfully obvious to me. I mean:
older and unmarried
references to a wild or rebellious youth
the scene where they embrace and Stapes calls the Maer by his first name
the jealousy with which Stapes treats Kvothe (a handsome, young man) at first, and his gratitude later
This only came to my attention as going unnoticed when I was talking about the books with a friend I had turned on to it, mentioned it casually and he interrupted my sentence. Thoughts?
Also, while this is unlikely (sadly so), if Denna is not *The Girl* and Devi is, I will hail Patrick Rothfuss as one of the truest masters of the literary Kansas-City Shuffle.
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Has there been any realistic projection as to release date for the next in this series?
I guess I don't want it rushed along since I am hoping book 3 intrigues me the way Book 1 did, rather than disappoint me like book 2 did.
It seems like back when I read NoTW I ran across something from Rothfuss indicating that the entire series was already written and just needed some polish. Anyone else get that impression at one time?
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My view is that it will be at least two years at the earliest before the book could be published. This is based upon how book 2 developed. I read Rothfuss's blog and his postings are similar to where they where between book one and two. I'd expect a missed deadline with an extension by the publisher. He is busier in real life it appears but at least he is beginning to employ staff.
That said, I care little how long it takes as long as its up the the standard set forth in the first two books. The clues and hints presented so far continue to amaze me and if he can pull it off this will be a work to set a benchmark for a generation.
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Number 7 (continued)
Seven chandrian.
Seven string troupers lute.
Seven days of High Mourning.
Menda-Tehlu- Son of himself- Became a full grown man on the seventh span.
"in the end seven stayed on the other side" -- Story told my Trapis
"At the end of seven years, tehlu's feet had"-- " " " "
"For six days Encanis fled, and six great cities he destroyed. But on the seventh day, Tehlu drew near before
Encanis could bring his power to bear and the seventh city was saved."-- " "
"That is why seven is a lucky number"
"Do you know the seven words to make a woman love you"
"If I were looking for a good number I'd have to go up to seven... or down to three"
"Expect disaster every seven years"
Thats just some of the references to the number 7 from TNOTW.
I know it might seem a little mundane. But I'd really like to know what the fascination is with the number 7.
Is there anything special about it? Or is it just something that is part of the general make-up of the book. Like us saying 13 is unlucky. Or there are seven days to a week.
Is the number seven important? And if so why?
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Okay, my two cents:
I think we have to consider the format of how the next book will play out. Unlike the first two, I doubt it will be 95% flashbacks and storytelling. Most likely, the first 60% will be Kvothe catching the readers up to the current day. The other 40% will be Kvothe having regained his powers (somehow, possibly Bast bringing Denna to the Inn in a last ditch attempt) and Kvothe going after the rest of the Chandrian, however many still survive.
Kvothe obviously (whether on purpose, or accidentally) started the war that rages the lands in the present day and he holds himself SO personally responsible for his actions (Most likely he couldn't stomach seeing so many die due to his actions) that he locks his powers away in that chest with a name of some sort.
Near the end of the TWMF Kvothe makes an attempt to open the chest, but can't. This is interesting because it leads me to believe that HE has the ability to open it himself, but still can't get through his own mental barriers to actually DO it. Hence why he makes an ATTEMPT to fight off the soldiers hired by Bast, but still gets his ass handed to him anyways. A part of Kvothe OBVIOUSLY wants his powers back, but a larger portion of him, (His sleeping mind perhaps) is still keeping him from taking that next step in his recovery from trauma.
I believe Bast feels that he needs to up his efforts another notch and does try to bring some surviving character or characters from the story to him to help wake him up. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bast suddenly up and leave when the third book begins and go off looking for something or someone to help while Kvothe continues telling his tale to Chronicler.
It's also possibly that Bast goes in search for Felurian as his 'ace in the hole'. Letting her know where Kvothe is. If anyone outside of Denna could 'wake up Kvothe' from his trauma, I think it would be Felurian.
As for the 'Doors of Stone', I don't think any of the Chandrian are held or imprisoned by the doors. It's possible that it is a prison though for REAL names and that somehow those doors open, unleashing chaos around the world as Kvothe or whomever suddenly has unthinkable power over those names.
Despite where the second book leaves off, I do strongly believe that the 3rd book ends with a showdown between Haliax and Kvothe ala 'Voldemort VS. Potter'. Whatever crimes Kvothe may have done himself, he would want the ultimate redemption, kill Haliax and bring peace to the land.
Also, I don't think Master Ash is Cinder. Cinder is 'otherworldly' obviously, and I doubt that he would have a walking stick after being injured by an arrow. The only reason Cinder flees the bandit camp is because of secrecy. I believe Cinder could have wiped out the party had he not tried to be hidden and kept things secretive.
It's also possible that the box Lady Lackless owns holds the true name of someone very important, most likely Haliax/Lanre himself. We're obviously not done with that box of hers, and the age of the box would coincide with some of the legends and tales we've heard about Lanre.
Sorry if I rambled a little. Also, I apologize for any spelling errors, I listened to the audiobooks, so I didn't see any of these names in print yet.
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Firstly I believe that whats behind the doors of stone is Iax.
Now several points before I start quoting: Iax was the one who stole the moon. Jax in Hespe's story trapped the moon in a box. Felurian mentions that the guy who ripped the moon out of the sky is trapped behind the doors of stone. (obviously Iax and Jax... same person. Stories just changed his name)
"She held up the smooth stone. but still one moon. And it all round and cozy in the mortal sky. Her smile faded. but one shaper was greater than the rest. For him the making of a star was not enough. He stretched his will across the world and pulled her from her home..."No calling of names here. I will not speak of that one, though he is shut beyond the doors of stone."
So.... guy who stole the moon... shut beyond the doors of stone. Iax.
So Iax is trapped behind the doors of stone.
Now as for the Lackless box. I believe simply enough that the Lackless box holds a part of the Moon's name.
"Something metal, by the way the weight shifts when I tilt it. I closed my eyes and listened to the padded thump of its contents moving in the box. No. By the weight of it, perhaps something made of glass or stone."---> I have a strong feeling that this holds the moon's name.
As for what Kvothe keeps in the box. I would be horribly disappointed in Rothfuss if it turned out to be something as simple as his name and powers etc.
When Denna, Dinnae, Dianneh etc makes Kvothe promise not to look for her patron Kvothe swears "I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand. I swear it by the ever-moving moon."
Now there's a significant amount of evidence to go with this:
1st: No music "left hand more nimble, as a rule" Kvothe can't play music anymore because his left hand is no good to him. He can't play properly. We know he can still sing because "With the fire shining in his hair, he sang Tinker Tanner, with more verses than anyone had heard before, and no one minded in the least."
So we know Kvothe can sing. He still has a lovely singing voice from all appearances. But he won't play music.... Why? He can't... His left hand can't chord on his lute.
2nd: When making the wreaths "The innkeepers fingers fumbled clumsily" When have we ever heard of Kvothe's fingers being clumsy. This is absolutely against everything we know about him.
I know there's more that I could dig up but I can't be bothered.
So to summarise:
Iax/Jax is trapped behind the doors of stone.
Iax was the one who stole the moon and sealed it in a special box.
The Lackless box holds the final part to the moon's name.
Kvothe swore not to look for Denna's patron and did. Thus binding his powers and hand.
Finally: Someone mentioned earlier a theory about Lorren being a member of the Amyr. I haven't seen any evidence for it, but I genuinely enjoy the idea of him being one of the Amyr.
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Just came across this forum after rereading the books a second time.
9 pages of backreading later, please excuse this wall of text o.O
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hame So bears the shadows hame would mean covered in shadow.
Even if it was definition 2, the harness, it sounds like it describes a shackle, so Id guess it meant locked in shadow more-so than controlled by shadow, given that we know Selitos cursed him in that manner.
If she isn't a cracked student and is part of the moon, what connection does she have to the 4-plate door in the Archives I wonder? Are the "Doors of Stone" the Greystones? Or is it the 4-plate door?
Her comparison of Kvoth being like the Ciridae may also be a mark in favor of her agelessness (who knows what they looked like in this age?).
The more significant thing is between Denna and Kvothe, have you ever noticed they seem to play a game about speaking in 7s? A LOT of the exchanges between them are 7 word sentences. I cant give you quotes but the last time I read it through I kept being struck by how often Denna spoke in 7s. I was wondering if that was just chance, but apparently the average English sentence length is 15-20 words. Perhaps it has to do with meter then? Rothfuss is a helluva writer either way.
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Marginally more original thoughts:
Ademre ..Edema Ruh visually the words are quite different, but Ive never heard them pronounced aloud. Now that I think about it the pronounciation would be pretty similar though. Ah-deh-mera ..Eh-deh-me-ra. I definitely just converted to the Ademre and Edema Ruh once being the same group of people.
I think its also note-worthy that Kvothes domination of Felurian came in the form of seeing her true nature and singing the four notes (chords?) of song at the heart of her being \. There may be a connection between him and the Singers.
August 23rd, 2011, 06:55 AM #12
I will also put forward a pet theory, which is likely way off the mark and supported by little or no evidence. I wonder if Denna might be a Lackless to. There is a sliver of a chance she is Netalia Lackless, but I think it more likely she is the daugher of Melowyn Lackless. Melowyn seems to have the right look, and the right age to be Denna's mother - if we assume she had her at a tender age.
If Denna is Melowyn's daughter and Netalia is Kvothe's mother then they are cousins. Being related might explain them being drawn to each other, and Rothfuss's careful choice to have them avoid doing anything that given that relation might be icky.
August 23rd, 2011, 06:57 AM #13
Ah, excellent, thanks Contrarius! I will put that into the first post if you do not mind
What about Denna's patron? I've seem a lot of theories, Cinder, a Jackiss, another of the Chandrian, an Amyr, etc. But for me the most convincing is Bredon, Gavin advanced this theory on facebook,
"Denna's Patron is Bredon: he plays a game old enough for the Fae to know of it;, he mentioned starting to take dancing lessons the same time Denna mentioned her suitor doing so; his trips coincide with the time Denna leaves Vintas; and his wolfhead walking stick is mentioned prominently and Cthaeh reveals that Denna's patron has recently taken to beating her with his walking stick."
If all of that is true, which I believe it is, but cannot confirm, then I think him a prime candidate.
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August 23rd, 2011, 07:17 AM #15
Legal, but icky, and if television and film has taught me anything a surefire way to end up with a family of mutant looking perverts who live in the back of beyond and don't have cable.
While I'm theorizing, how about Bast being Kvothe's son? I don't think its likely he mentions being one hundred and fifty years old or something, but if we consider that Kvothe was in the fae world for three days and appeared to spend many months there it becomes a slim possibility. If 3 days equals a year then it would only take a year for Bast to be 100, etc. It might explain Bast's tender devotion to his Reshi. If so I would suspec that Kvothe did not know about it. Feluruan would seem to fit fairly well as Bast's mother.
"Chronicler, I would like you to meet Bastas, son of Remmen, Prince of Twilight and the Telwyth Mael..." page 120 NOTW, would seem to counter this though, and I think Bast being his grandson is reaching a little too much for even for me, though o0f course he could have simply lied to Kvothe.
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Cato & Reason
The number of genuine and exciting libertarian publications is small. Cato & Reason are the two publishers known to most people.
The Cato Institute's political analysis is among the among the best in America, and a match for any other ideology's think tanks. But all of its work is intentionally that of a think tank: a work product is aimed at academics and well-schooled laypeople.
Reason, by contrast, aims for a broader audience. It's evident, though, that part of Reason's mission is to convince libertarians that the GOP is, or very soon may be, a welcoming party for defenders of the freedom philosophy.
(I don't think that Nick Gillespie will tire of trying to convince current libertarians that former libertarians Charles and David Koch are well-meaning and freedom-advancing philanthropists.)
We need something else; we need it soon.
One Year Later
America's first real debate about the 21st century surveillance state began one year ago. There had, of course, been no previous shortage of hearings, op-eds, and panels mulling the appropriate "balance between privacy and security" in the post-9/11 era. But for the masses who lacked a security clearance, these had the character of a middle school playground conversation about sex—a largely speculative discussion among participants who'd learned a few of the key terms, but with only the vaguest sense of the reality they described. Secrecy meant abstraction, and in a conflict between abstract fears and the all-too-visible horror of a burning skyscraper, there could be little question which would prevail. The panoptic infrastructure of surveillance developed well out of public view.
A more meaningfully informed public debate finally became possible via a series of unprecedented disclosures about the global surveillance apparatus operated by the National Security Agency—disclosures for which the word "leak" seems almost preposterously inadequate. It was a torrent of information, and it gave even the most dedicated newshounds a glimmer of what intelligence officials mean when they complain about "drinking from the fire hose" of planet-spanning communications networks….
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A Debate Challenge About the Powers Under ObamaCare
The contention:
States have the power to block major provisions of ObamaCare, including punitive taxes the law imposes on their employers and individual residents. That simple claim, backed by the statute's clear language and legislative history, has riled many of the law's supporters. Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, issues a debate challenge to those who disagree.
The challenge:
Will Jonathan Gruber or others take Cannon's challenge?
Forgetting about Civil Liberties at the Major-Party Conventions
How Government Discourages Savings
One often hears that Americans don't save enough, but why is that? For a few, it's probably the consequence of spending too much, conspicuously, to keep up appearances. For most people, though, that's not true: the percentage of lavish, status-conscious spenders is a small part of most communities.
One of the reasons Americans don't save enough is that government taxation and spending discourages savings.
See, from CNBC's Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo, a discussion of savings in which Cato's Dan Mitchell contends government bears significant responsibility for a low savings rate.
For Mitchell's position in greater detail, see Big Government Cripples Incentives to Save, Promotes Risky Culture of Immediate Gratification.
The End of the Koch-Cato War
On a day when all America is talking about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, I'm thinking about the Koch-Cato war, now resolved.
Bob Levy explains the dispute and its resolution:
In the end, this was a win for Cato, and an abandonment of the shareholder structure through which the Kochs sought to control the think tank. For more on that view, see Cato at Peace.
More than a victory, though, a reminder: libertarianism may be ruined through an association or control by major-party partisans.
The Armistice in the Koch Brothers War for the Cato Institute
The Cato Institute and prominent Republican donors Charles and David Koch are set to settle their legal fight over control of the libertarian think tank….
The settlement involves an agreement to dissolve the shareholder agreement. In addition, Crane is expected to retire under a deal that allows him to select his successor, though the Koch brothers could veto the choice.
Via National Journal.
We'll see. It's heartening, though, that the press has stopped calling the Kochs libertarians, and begun to describe them as they are – former libertarians and current Republicans.
The Washingtonian's recent story on the Kochs bid to seize Cato described them accurately, too:
Although Charles Koch, 76, had once been a die-hard libertarian, he has emerged as a major financial champion of Republican causes. He and his brother plan to direct more than $200 million to conservative groups before Election Day, according to Politico.
They are no longer libertarians, and will never be dependable libertarian allies.
Domestic drones as a threat to liberty
America's use of drones against her foreign enemies, for surveillance and lethal strikes, has been notably successful. We are sure to build new and more advanced drones for similar uses, and to expand our naval power without placing aviators at risk.
Yet, something that has served so well in combat was sure to be proposed for domestic surveillance.
The risk to liberty, as Gene Healy observes, is profound:
Over the past decade, the creeping militarization of the homefront has proceeded almost unnoticed, with DHS grants subsidizing the proliferation of security cameras and military ordnance for local police departments.
On April 19, Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-chairs of the Congressional Bipartisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the head of the FAA urging the adoption of privacy protections, given the "potential for drone technology to enable invasive and pervasive surveillance." But Congress needn't wait on Obama's FAA to start protecting Americans' privacy rights.
It's well past time we stopped sleepwalking toward dystopia and had a serious public debate about where the lines should be drawn.
We've developed the dangerous habit of taking the weapons and devices designed to defend Americans in war and then using them against our fellow citizens. The line between military and civilian should be much clearer.
See, Gene Healy @ Cato.
Thirty Think Tank Leaders from Latin America Support Cato's Independence
In a part of the world that needs sound, non-partisan analysis so much, a sign of support for an independent Cato that the Koch brothers wouldn't control.
It's an issue on which all libertarians, and those supporting independent analysis, should take a strong stand.
FreedomWorks sides with Cato against the Koch Brothers
The Tea Party activists at FreedomWorks have now condemned Charles and David Koch's war to control the Cato Institute.
Though they value independence themselves, they've received Koch money, and funding like that softens resolve. To their credit, FreedomWorks stayed true to their oft-professed belief in independence:
The work of the Cato Institute – producing top quality intellectual ammunition unyielding in its defense of economic freedom and the unalienable rights of the individual over the encroachments of big government – is clearly threatened by the decision of Charles and David Koch to file a lawsuit against the Institute and Bill Niskanen's widow, Kathryn Washburn. These actions put an internal governance dispute into the light of day, and the enemies of liberty are having a field day exploiting the distraction. We don't always agree with individual Cato scholars, but that is precisely the point. They are independent, and their independence is their most valuable asset in the push and pull of the public debate.
It is our hope that the parties at Koch Industries will reconsider their ill-conceived actions so that Cato is there in the future, intact, aggressively holding both Democrats and Republicans to account for any and all efforts to grow the size and reach of government."
Well-said, true, and welcome to the friends of Cato in their struggle to defend the finest libertarian research institute in the world.
The Kochs double down on their war for Cato
Of course they do – there was not the slightest chance that men accustomed to having their way, and defining the world in the grandiose way they prefer, would relent.
So, it's a second lawsuit to control Cato, this one insisting that the libertarian Cato Institute is impermissibly packing its ranks with….libertarians. Not any libertarians, mind you, but the very ones the Kochs insisted on replacing with supine, non-libertarian supporters.
The Kochs may accurately be known as former libertarians.
See, Koch vs. Cato: Koch brothers file second lawsuit over 'Board-packing scheme' – Think Tanked – The Washington Post.
Does Koch-supporter Kevin Gentry think everyone else in America is gullible?
At CNN, a Charles Koch-backed Cato Institute board member insists that the Kochs have always supported libertarianism, and that they want an independent Cato.
Kevin Gentry must think that libertarians, and lots of other people, are particularly gullible. We're not.
If Gentry thinks the Kochs have always been true to libertarianism, he might want to explain why the Kochs have poured so much money into Americans for Prosperity. An AFP event is likely to be a showcase for anti-libertarian politicians like Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, or Herman Cain.
Those are favored candidates for GOP activists, but they're not libertarians. The Kochs may spend their money as they want, but when they spend for those who are against libertarianism, we may reasonably doubt the claim that the Kochs remain faithful libertarians.
As for the second claim, that the Kochs want an independent Cato Institute by making it a dependent part of their family-controlled financial empire, one may ask: What do they and Gentry think it means to be independent?
They should know that real independence means something more than what the Kochs insist it means. Independence is an actual quality, not an industrialist's talking point.
One can see from Gentry's editorial that the Kochs are surprised that their lawsuit to control Cato has met with such strong libertarian criticism. They're surprised out of confusion: they're no longer what they still claim to be, and we're still committed to what we have always been.
The Koch Brothers' Political Avarice
Over at the Huffington Post, Dan Froomkin states succinctly the difference between serious libertarianism and the conservatism of the Koch brothers:
The Cato Institute is a Washington think tank with a long history of rigorous scholarship in the name of championing individual liberty It's known for taking positions outside the conservative mainstream on issues like civil liberties, the war on drugs and U.S. militarism, regardless of the political consequences.
Charles and David Koch, by contrast, are all about winning. Their massive underwriting of bellicose Tea Party groups and super PACs appears to have three main goals: ousting President Barack Obama, busting unions, and reducing the tax and regulatory burden on companies like their own.
I don't see the Kochs' plan as bold as much as avaricious, and Froomkin would probably agree. Their machinations are not just any kind of bold.
But if the Kochs have been bold, it's at the expense of rigor. If one hears another time that stopping Pres. Obama is about stopping socialism, one will have heard it for the thousandth time.
Froomkin cites David Koch's admission that he, Koch, believed "that the Republican Party, however flawed, represented the best chance of stopping the current rush to socialism…"
Obama's not a socialist, but in outlook a conventional progressive, and genuine socialism simply isn't in the cards (for which we may all be grateful). It's simply dumbing down our politics, and battening on others' ignorance, to call efforts against Obama a war against socialism. No one knowledgeable need pretend to be ignorant to slake the Kochs' thirst for the grandiose.
Libertarianism is not, and never has been, simply a subspecies of the GOP, of Democrats, or any other party. Americans for Prosperity, however much many of us once hoped otherwise, is little more than a GOP front group.
We are our own movement, a tradition with liberty at its core, hopeful friends to all, but subservient to none.
The Kochs, once part of libertarianism, are no longer so. We owe them no deference for their past contributions when their present actions are so injurious to the liberty movement.
See, Koch Brothers' Attempted Takeover of Cato Could Be Part of Bold Plan.
PJ O'Rourke on What the Koch Brothers Would Really Get from Control of Cato
If the Kochs win the pot, they'll have to piss in it. It will be empty otherwise.
See, @ The Weekly Standard, Family Feud.
Refuting Charles Koch's Statement about Controlling Cato
Charles Koch recently released a statement about the Koch Brothers' lawsuit to control the Cato Institute, and chairman of Cato Bob Levy's issued a point-by-point response
That Levy answers Charles Koch's statement with such specificity tells three things. First, Koch's professions of an enduring commitment to libertarianism are platitudes easily disputed.
Second, that years of ginning GOP-talking points through Americans for Prosperity must have convinced Koch that any flimsy statement would suffice.
Third, that airy and self-serving rhetoric about the rule of law or principles of a free society cannot dissuade libertarians from a rigorous defense of the liberty movement's independence.
The Former Libertarians
It's well-past time to acknowledge Charles and David Koch as former libertarians. ABC does as much in a story about them. One can expect their efforts to control the libertarian Cato Institute for the benefit of the Republican-friendly Americans for Prosperity will only lead to more descriptions like this:
While the case is pending in a Kansas court, the short-term result has been a public debate over the role of Cato, and whether the mainstream Republican Koch brothers would ruin its libertarian reputation.
(Emphasis added.)
Via In a Power Grab, the Kochs' Struggles Are Revealed – ABC News.
The Think-Tank Addiction to Koch Money
Over at Politico, one can read paragraph after paragraph of think-tank spokesmen insisting that they would never, ever be impressionable from the Koch brothers.
Their statements would be more credible if (1) they were all on the record, and (2) if those who were on the record didn't pretend the Cato-Koch conflict was something far-removed from their own concerns.
It's not, of course, as the story fails to describe adequately both the Kochs' well-known insistence on having their way and their level of funding (Mercatus being an example).
It's also telling that many of the think-tanks & groups the Kochs now support aren't independently libertarian, but are instead conservative, and GOP-leaning.
That's one of the problems with their effort to grab Cato for themselves: after millions for Americans for Prosperity, for example, the Kochs are partisans in everything but the name.
Charles Koch's Latest Absurd & Grandiose Claim
Is there no one who can tell Charles Koch that he's become an embodiment of grandiosity? All that money, but no hireling to tell him that he's arrived at self-parody? I remarked on his rapid descent Wednesday, of Koch's over-the-top insistence that trying to take control of Cato was about defending 'the rule of law.'
In a statement just released, Koch drapes himself in equally resplendent, bejeweled clothing, insisting on the dangers "if Cato's leaders abandon the principles they are supposed to uphold or otherwise violate the core values of a free society."
Charles (and presumably David, although Charles does most of the talking) Koch: defenders of the core values of a free society.
Washington, Lincoln, Koch – there you have it.


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Where can I buy a Never-MT?
Can anyone let me know where I can buy the Never-MT? Ideally, a place that ships to Canada...
the Never-MT is inexpensive enough that the shipping is about the same price.
Don't let that deter you!!!!
In fact, take them up on their "buy 3, get 1 free" offer, and give the extras away as Mother's Day presents (along w/ a humongous bottle of whatever dish soap they normally use)--you'll give those moms the freedom from one little, annoying chore for a whole year. That's a pretty great present!
Have you thought of DIY neverMT? Ppl on this site have done this and I'm considering it too. I noticed that the tube from the garbage disposal button is long and fits the soap dispenser too. What else is needed? Silicone the hose to the cap (with a hole in the top) of the LARGE dish/hand soap jug?
Isn't that about it? Not sure, but worth a try for $3 or so : )
I t hink DIY'ing the NeverMT is a waste of time.
You have to figure out what size of tubing to use.
And you have to drill a hole, and use silicone, and always buy the same exact size of detergent bottle. etc.
W/the NeverMT, you get:
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-a check valve
-a series of caps--four or five of them, in sizes perfect for every size of soap bottle, even little ones
-perfectly drilled holes, sized so that the tube fits VERY snugly, which minimizes risk of spilling (also means the extra caps store right on the tube)
-a set of Velcro straps you can screw to the back wall of your cabinet to keep the bottle from tipping over.
You order it, it works. My time is too valuable to spend DIYing something so fiddly.
I live in Canada and really wanted a Never-MT for our kitchen reno last summer. I e-mailed the Custom Inserts people and asked if they would ship to Canada and said I was willing to pay for any extra costs they incurred but they nicely but flat-out said they didn't ship anywhere outside of the US. Luckily a nice GWer mailed me an extra one she had. I love how it works, it was so easy to install and have never had any trouble with it. Good luck in your quest for one! If you know someone in the US, maybe they would order one for you and mail it to you.
There is another solution at HD where they sell individual soap dispensers. There is a line of dispensers that includes both the screw on plastic bottle AND a tube with a tapered stopper that fits various sizes of container openings. The price is dependent on the model of pump and the finish and runs from $23 to $30. If you are looking for a new pump and want to use a large container under your sink, this is a viable option.
On the other hand, I just made my own tube set-up. If you notice, the picture of the Never MT inserts shows two holes in each - one for the tube and a tiny one for air. I drilled the hole in the cap of a 3 qt container 1/64 th inch smaller than the outside diameter of the soft, flexible tubing so the fit is quite snug. Then I drilled an air hole. Hope this helps others. The only thing left to do is to determine if the soap we use (Amway LOC) needs to have a check valve installed. Will know by tomorrow. Hope this helps.
I'm very interested in this Never MT idea (from HD or online, whichever is faster) We are having granite templated next week. I am assuming that I need to have them make an extra hole in the granite near the faucet? Is there a standard size or do I buy a soap dispenser pump thing and tell them to install it?
Do the granite fabricators charge much to have a hole made for this type of thing?
What is the best pump thing to buy? I don't want to bother with it if it drips soap under there, but it sounds like some people like them a lot, so I better decide soon!


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Special permission was necessary for the memorial, however, since Hope is neither deceased nor a veteran. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the bill, and on Wednesday the Senate approved it. Only President Bush's signature is needed. If that comes as expected on Wednesday, Hope's 99th birthday, the Bob Hope Veteran's Chapel will be dedicated that afternoon.
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What is the biggest challenge facing the Oregon Food Bank?
Our biggest challenge is growing the food supply at a pace that can keep up with the growing need. We are not meeting our goals for growing the food supply through donated sources. We're just keeping our noses above water by buying a lot of food.
How is the OFB securing additional food and financial resources?
Oregon Food Bank used some of its strategic plan funds to launch a program called Farmers Ending Hunger. That group is working directly with farmers who commit to planned production for the food bank. Wheat growers donate wheat that will produce baking mix and dairy farmers donate "retired cows" which brings in ground beef. We're investing a significant amount of capital equipment in Fresh Alliance, a retail recovery program which is kind of the last untapped low-hanging fruit.
You've gotten creative with the partnerships you've formed.
Back in the early 1990s, the first time the USDA commodities took a major nosedive, we had to find ways to handle more direct product from the farm, more fresh product, more frozen product. We began thinking of food donations as not just in and out but as ingredients. Years ago we would have said we can't get anyone to take a 50-gallon drum of tomato paste. But we have developed partnerships over time so now if we get a donation like that we can turn it into tomato soup or turn French fries into potato soup.
Which organizations have been some of your strongest partners?
There are a number: Fred Meyer, Safeway, NORPAC Foods, Pacific Natural Food, NW Natural, Montecucco Farms, Pendleton Wheat Growers, USF Reddaway Trucking and Henningsen Cold Storage. In just about every aspect of this complex system, there is an element of donation involved in getting the job done.
Will any of the 915 member agencies likely close?
We always live in fear of that. As things tighten up it may be an impetus for several small programs to come together to create improved access. That could result in some improved service or ways to better manage the flow of inventory.
How will the economy affect your five-year plan which calls for increasing supplies and Oregonians served?
We are six months into this strategic plan. It seems too early to go back and rewrite it. But we have recognized a crisis, and that's why we can't wait five years to grow our inventory by 10 million pounds. We need those extra million pounds a month now.
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We've talked a lot about it being Brain Injury Awareness Month, but did you know that March is also Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month? DVT is a serious medical condition – one that could lead to life-threatening complications – and being hurt in an accident can raise your risk of developing it.
DVT is the development of a blood clot in a "deep" vein of your body, such as a leg or arm, that partially or completely blocks the vein. Photo Credit: Corbis Images.
The Deadly Consequences of DVT
DVT can have fatal complications. Nearly one-third of patients with deep vein thrombosis develop what's called a pulmonary embolism, a condition in which a blood clot travels into the lungs, WebMD reported. Each year, an estimated 600,000 people die from pulmonary embolisms. Less common – but no less dangerous – is the risk of the clot traveling to the heart, causing a heart attack, or the brain, leading to a stroke. Approximately 30 percent – or, by some estimates, up to 60 percent – of DVT patients also develop a condition called post-thrombotic syndrome, a long-term condition characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration.
What Raises Your Risks for a Blood Clot
Technically, a blood clot could happen to anyone, without an apparent cause. However, a number of risk factors for DVT are tied to accidents and injuries.
You might be at risk if you:
- Required the use of a central venous catheter
- Suffered paralysis as a result of a spinal cord injury
- Sustained any injury, including a broken bone, that diminished blood flow to any body part
- Underwent surgery that decreased blood flow to any body part
- Underwent surgery on your abdomen, calf, chest, hip, knee, or leg – including emergency trauma surgery or surgery to set a broken bone
- Underwent orthopedic surgery, or surgery to any part of your musculoskeletal system (including bones, nerves, joints, muscles, and tendons)
- Were forced to remain on bed rest for longer than three days as a result of your injury
You don't have to sustain catastrophic physical damage to put you at risk of developing DVT. About eight percent – which may sound small, but translates to an estimated more than 70,000 people a year – of DVTs originated from minor leg injuries that never required a cast or immobilization, WebMD reported. Maybe you thought you were lucky to only suffer that sprained ankle or pulled muscle, but the frightening reality is that you might not be in the clear just yet.
What to Do If You Suspect a Blood Clot
Know the symptoms of DVT. Get medical help right away if you notice symptoms like the following:
- Pain, tenderness, or swelling in just one leg or thigh
- Redness or warmth in just one leg or thigh
About half of all blood clots never produce noticeable symptoms, but they can still lead to dangerous complications. If you suspect a blood clot for any reason, see your doctor or get emergency medical care immediately. Expect your physician to examine your leg, perform an ultrasound, and order blood tests to determine whether or not you have a blood clot.
If you have developed DVT, you will likely need to take a blood-thinner or anticoagulant medication like Heparin or Coumadin in either injection or pill format for months, possibly even longer. You also may need to be hospitalized for a few days. Depending on the circumstances, doctors may recommend that you wear a pressure stocking or compression stocking on your affected leg to prevent future clots. Some patients undergo surgery to remove an especially large clot or to insert a filter that will make sure the blood clot can't move into your lungs.
After an accident, you may be so preoccupied with the major injuries you have already suffered that it's easy to overlook additional risks, like the possibility of developing a blood clot. If you know you're at risk because of the injuries you suffered or the medical interventions you endured, ask your doctor if there's anything you can do to prevent a blood clot before it happens.


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so after spending a few weeks reading through this forum, following links, reading some more I have started my first winter sowing containers. Thanks for all of the posted info, I haven't any questions (yet) as it seems they've all been asked.
I have spreadsheets with germination requirements, ordered seeds from suppliers recommended here, neighbors saving milk jugs, seeds organized by germination needs, tagging items and even a soldering iron to poke drain holes in plastic.
Yesterday I seeded 25 milk jugs with a slew more to do over the next few weeks. They are in a protected area with decent mid-day sun, not too much...Of course while implementing my well studied winter sowing strategy I got beginners angst - do I have enough drainage holes? Are my containers too venty? I used the twist tie method due to hot spells we get so would be a lot of covering & uncovering. I decided to stop over thinking. Most of the plants I have selected are easy to grow natives so there shouldn't be problems.
But I did want to say thanks for all of the info. Even the seed types I was looking at seem to have been mentioned someplace - it changed my sowing order, talked me out of things and talked me into things. I'm having a blast.
Welcome! Be sure to jointhe container count fun by adding your daily sowing totals to the thread. Zone 7 needs all the help we can get at the moment. Lynda's trying to rustle us out of a win this season, again. But I have my secrets in the basement. ;)
What part of zone 7b do you come from? I'm in NC, about 30 miles north of the border in the Piedmont. Wintersowing is fantastic. We're glad you joined us!
Greetings karyls!! I'll second Token's welcome from here in the deep freeze Zone 6 northern CT. This is my first year winter sowing too. You'll find you've got quite a bit of company. I was going to start out small and just sow 12 half gallon milk jugs. Thanks to all the enablers on this forum my total is now 73 and I've got a couple dozen more in the works. More seeds arrived in today's mail. It's fun having something constructive to do this time of year. Maybe by the time my WS flowers start blooming I'll have figured out how to post pictures of them on here for others to enjoy.
Hi Karyls. I'm new at this too, and like gardenweed I was only going to do one thing...really...
It is so easy to spiral out of control. :)
I have had all the same anxieties as you: Did I poke too many holes? Not enough? Is this container too small? And oh my gosh, when they start sprouting in the spring I'm sure I'm going to have an anxiety attack trying to figure out what to do! LOL
But like you, I am sowing a lot of easy natives, so I'm sure I'm getting all worked up over nothing. It will be the most interesting spring on record for me, that's for sure!
token28001 - I am in GA about an hour south of the TN border. I'll add to the count but was really hoping I could practice a bit of denial and not actually count the containers I am doing even while looking out at a sea of milk jugs. The reason I stopped is because I ran out of jugs. Posted on Freecylce that I am looking for more.
gardenweed - ordered more seeds today myself. It is fun having something constructive to do this time of year. I just got busier than I am in summer.
connietn - I began this out of control. I'm okay with that. It's harmless...I think...and when things sprout we'll be having anxiety attacks together, nice to know I will be in good company.
There is no denial. Just don't keep a running total. Just post every time you add jugs to the pile. At the end, Brandy will surprise you by citing the total number you've sown this year. Don't bother counting them yourself. It's too painful.
I'm keeping a running tally of how many containers I've got of each type of seed because I'm growing certain types of perennials for neighbors and their families who don't have a lot in their gardens yet. I'm sowing multiples of BES, Shasta daisy, stokesia, Echinacea and a few other "hard to kill" varieties for newbie gardening friends. Next door neighbor will want one of everything for his garden too. It's a friendly neighborhood.
If you are short on containers, Starbucks always has a great supply. As long as they are not super busy, they will usually load up a couple large trash bags for me. Just make sure you rinse them out a.s.a.p. or they get very stinky. Welcome to the addiction!
gardenluv - believe it or not, I live in a town with no Starbucks. There is one about 40 minutes away but in a direction I never go. May be worth a trip though! Perhaps I can get brave (am shy) & phone before I go and ask. That's a good tip, thank you. Yesterday I posted in Freecycle and got one local response, it's a start!
gardenweed - ours is a friendly neighborhood as well, although I don't know a lot of people here. Hopefully I'll get good at WS and be able to give away plants like yourself but can't count my seeds before they sprout. Echinacea is one I started several cultivars of. Know they are easy to germinate and am hoping for a successful start, it will keep me addicted. What is BES? You'll answer and I'll think, "oh yeah, I knew that..."
token - denial is my friend. It's a highly underrated coping skill.


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In his annual statement marking the Persian new year, President Obama said he believes that Iran and the U.S. "should be able" to resolve the dispute over the mullahs' nuclear program "peacefully, with diplomacy."
With his very next words, Obama said the following: "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon."
Of course, the existence of Khamenei's alleged fatwa is hotly disputed. If the president is so confident it exists, then his administration should be able to produce a copy of the fatwa, revealing when it was written and what it says. The Washington Post's fact checker went looking for the fatwa in November 2013, as administration officials were citing it at the time, and couldn't find it.
The Iranians are well aware of the controversy over Khamenei's supposed declaration. They have countered by pointing to Khamenei's public statements, in which he has said that Iran considers "the use of such weapons as haram (religiously forbidden)." In 2013, USA Today's Oren Dorell reported that Iran's press office at the United Nations cited one of Khamenei's speeches in 2006 as evidence that the fatwa was real. With respect to building nuclear weapons, Khamenei said, "any benefit would not be worth the cost."
The Iranians were, therefore, trying to substitute Khamenei's public rhetoric for a formal, binding religious edict. (The very nature of such edicts, and whether they are binding or not, is itself in dispute.) Importantly, the Iranians' argument at the time was an implicit concession that no such edict, or fatwa, actually exists. If it did, then they could easily produce it. They still haven't.
There is another basic logical problem with the Iranians' argument. Khamenei says all sorts of things, many of which we know are false – blatantly so. For example, he has repeatedly claimed that the Obama administration supports the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
And Khamenei has clearly lied about Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
In February 2012, Khamenei reportedly said the following (emphasis added):
"The Iranian nation has never pursued and will never pursue nuclear weapons. There is no doubt that the decision makers in the countries opposing us know well that Iran is not after nuclear weapons because the Islamic Republic, logically, religiously and theoretically, considers the possession of nuclear weapons a grave sin and believes the proliferation of such weapons is senseless, destructive and dangerous."
No one seriously believes this. The U.S. intelligence community, which erroneously argued in 2007 that Iran had "halted its nuclear weapons program" in 2003, doesn't think this is true. Even at that time, the intelligence community noted Iran had been pursuing a bomb. The Iranians couldn't halt those efforts if they didn't pursue them in the first place. There are conflicting assessments about how quickly Iran can assemble a bomb, but the intelligence doesn't support Khamenei's claim that Iran "has never pursued" such a weapon. The evidence collected by the IAEA also shows the opposite is true.
Amazingly, according to a column by the Washington Post's David Ignatius, Obama believed that these same remarks by Khamenei in February 2012 marked "a potential starting point" for serious negotiations. That is, Obama viewed a blatant lie about Iran's nuclear past as a diplomatic opening.
Khamenei was indeed lying in 2012 when he said Iran had "never pursued…nuclear weapons." It stands to reason, therefore, that none of his public statements on Iran's nuclear program can be taken at face value, let alone portrayed as a binding religious ruling.
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With attention focused on the situation in Crimea and the Ukraine, Iran has been less in the news of late. But it is still there, still dangerous. At the conclusion of a recent speech, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, former CENTCOM commander, was asked about Iran and current diplomatic efforts to prevent its becoming a nuclear power.
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Twenty-nine years ago yesterday, December 12, 1983, Hezbollah and operatives of the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite group Da'wa carried out a series of seven coordinated bombings in Kuwait, killing six people and wounding nearly ninety more. The targets included the American and French embassies, the Kuwait airport, the grounds of the Raytheon Corporation, a Kuwait National Petroleum Company oil rig, and a government-owned power station. An attack outside a post office was thwarted.
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Based on last week's debate, both President Obama and Governor Romney believe that squeezing the Iranians economically is the best way—and perhaps the only way—to end their nuclear-weapons program without resorting to a military strike. Of course, nobody knows if sanctions will actually work. But if the United States is truly serious about crushing Iran's economy, it must pursue a more aggressive strategy, and it must put more pressure on Iranian trading partners.
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Sculpture - Greenville Street Park - Newnan, GA
The name of the sculpture is "Flight Lessons." It was a commissioned piece for the park created by prominent Atlanta sculptor Martin Dawe. The sculpture is described on Dawe's list of commissions as a "30 feet tall sculpture of a cast stone family grouping around a pole that supports a stainless steel mobile of abstract birds." It was placed in the park in 2008.