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Can somebody run one on my behalf today ?
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No, plenty of time this week to get your runs sorted.
Just to clarify Gaz, that was a joke !
I never thought otherwise
tritalk team are beating us
just back from my 1st jantastic run, will log it in a bit.
Did something a bit different, rather than pound the streets in the dark as I would normally do on a Tuesday night, took a headtorch and went through the woods and along the canal towpath really enjoyed it, but it was only really dark for the last bit.
i did my first run today - i was going to update in one go after my last run for the week. Are we meant to upate day by day?
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Khanivore - you can update daily, or weekly. As long as you update the full weeks runs before the weekly deadline it doesn't matter.
That sounds so wrong doesnt it.
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Whenever you like, as long as its by 8am the following tuesday.
I like to log mine as and when I do them.
This will soudn daft, but do I just select 1 run, tehn submit (for teh first run) then 2 runs and submit again for the second, and so on?
I thought you just ran a wek then submitted the number of runs you managed?
Yes, but as I said above, it's up to you when you enter your runs.
You don't get extra for running more runs, but you do lose points if you run less.
I've just done some more logging too...
At least we are beating that shower at Team Minni !!
Double logging.....we have quite a few blanks at the mo
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You shooting blanks FF
NIce early run this morning, done in frosty conditions, I do like this time of year, so fresh
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Flat Foo..ted wrote (see) Double logging.....we have quite a few blanks at the mo You shooting blanks FF
If he is I wonder how his Mrs got pregnant
i've done 3 out of my 4 runs. I will update on sunday night - hope that is ok.
Run 3 of 3 will be tomorrow then, cos I'm currently running alternate days, run 4 of 3 will be on Sunday. Next week there's only 3 running days, week after is 4 again, then bac to 3.
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The problem investigated in this study was how individuals participate in the local units of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and particularly how their participation relates to the program and policy initiatives of the national association. The purpose was to understand and describe how individuals experience branch membership, how they respond to the current program and policy initiatives of the association, and to examine some of the differences between members with regard to the salience of the initiatives. The research issues concerned why women join and retain their membership in local units, how they participate, and how they promote the program and policies of the national association. The grounded theory method was used to perform this qualitative study. Ten participants, in two branches, were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed, using The Ethnograph tool, and then open, axial, and selective coding was carried out to discern patterns and themes from the data. The findings, which emerged from the data, resulted in a model of four stages of increasing social activism and responsiveness to the national agenda. Attending to the mission of the association--to promote equity, lifelong education, and positive societal change--became increasingly important to some members as they moved through the stages. During the first stage, Participates, members simply attended meetings, took part in activities and fund-raisers, and some performed a branch role. During the second stage, Supports, they promoted education opportunities for specific women and girls, by setting up study groups, providing for local scholarships, or other educational activities. During the third stage, Facilitates, members actually promoted equity by disseminating information in the community concerning the association's issues. During the fourth stage, Advocates, members worked in the community to make changes based on issues from the national agenda. The conclusions addressed member motivation, the importance of the social capital built through participation, and the internal consequences of membership. While most women joined and retained their membership in the local units for social contact, some joined because of the organization's mission. Their motivation to join and retain their membership made a difference in their level and kind of branch involvement. The importance of the social capital built during participation in branch activities, often diminished, is of utmost importance to the usually, conservative members as some of them became more engaged in the activist, national agenda. The internal consequences of membership in the local units of the voluntary association were more important to members than the external consequences, which led to incongruence between the national office and the branches. This study adds to the body of knowledge regarding voluntary associations, particularly with respect to understanding how individuals experience membership at the local level, their goal orientation, and their motivation to participate over time.
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Lagarfljót Worm
Sub grouping | Lake monster |
First reported | 1345 |
Last reported | 2012 |
Other name(s) | Lagarfljótsormur |
Country | Iceland |
Habitat | Lagarfljót |
The Lagarfljótsormur, Lagarfljót worm, (or simply Iceland Worm Monster) is an Icelandic lake cryptid which is purported to live in Lagarfljót in Egilsstaðir. Sightings have been logged since 1345 and continue into the 21st century including a 2012 video supposedly showing the creature swimming, and an origin of the creature is given in Jón Árnason's collection of Icelandic folktales and legends published in 1862 and 1864.
Description and habitat[edit]
The serpentine creature is said to live and often be sighted raising its back above the water in Lagarfljót,[1][2] a freshwater, below-sea-level, glacial-fed lake which has very poor visibility as a result of siltation.[3] It is described as longer than a great white shark or 30 ft, and has also been reported outside the water, lying coiled up or slithering into the trees.[4] Sometimes it is said to be as long as the lake itself, 30 kilometres (19 mi).[5] It is a "many humps" type of lake monster, rather than the simply serpentine type of, for example, the Loch Ness Monster.[5]
The Lagarfljót Worm has been sighted several times in modern times, including in 1963 by the head of the Icelandic National Forest Service, Sigurður Blöndal, and in 1998 by a teacher and students at Hallormsstaðir School.[5] In 1983, contractors laying a telephone cable measured a large shifting mass near the eastern shore when performing preliminary depth measurements, and when they later retrieved the non-functional cable, found that it was broken where it had lain over the anomaly:
"This cable that was specially engineered so it wouldn't kink was wound in several places and badly torn and damaged in 22 different places . . . . I believe we dragged the cable directly over the belly of the beast. Unless it was through its mouth."[5]
In February 2012, the Icelandic national broadcaster, RÚV, published a video thought to show the Lagarfljót Worm swimming in snow-covered icy water.[2] Subsequently this was explained as probably being an inanimate object moved by the rapid current, since it was making no progress through the water.[6] A truth commission reported in August 2014 that members were divided about the video but saw no reason to doubt the existence of the creature,[7] and an expert panel later judged the video genuine.[8][9]
A sightseeing boat named Lagarfljótsormurinn after it began operations on the lake in 1999,[3] and the Gunnar Gunnarsson Institution in Skriðuklaustur seeks to preserve the traditions of the Lagarfljót Worm for cultural and tourism purposes.[5]
The legend of the worm is first mentioned in the Icelandic Annals of 1345. Sightings were considered to portend a great event such as a natural disaster.[5]
According to the folk tradition recorded by Jón Árnason, the great serpent in Lagarfljót grew out of a small "lingworm" or heath-dragon; a girl was given a gold ring by her mother, and asked how she might best derive profit from the gold, was told to place it under a lingworm.[1] She did so, and put it in the top of her linen chest for a few days, but then found that the little dragon had grown so large, it had broken open the chest. Frightened, she threw both it and the gold into the lake,[2] where the serpent continued to grow and terrorized the countryside, spitting poison and killing people and animals. Two Finns called in to destroy it and retrieve the gold said that they had managed to tie its head and tail to the bottom of the lake[5] but it was impossible to kill it because there was a still larger dragon underneath.
Suggested explanations[edit]
Gases rising from the lakebed create openings in the ice,[3] blow debris from the lake bottom to the surface, and sometimes warp the atmosphere, creating optical illusions. Flotsam from the mountain sides and glaciers also collects in tangles that can look like some sort of monster. According to Helgi Hallgrímsson, an Icelandic biologist who has extensively studied the lake, both of these could explain some but not all of the sightings, while traditional legendary material could explain some of the stories.[5]
- ^ a b East Iceland, Iceland regions, Iceland on the web
- ^ a b c "Er þetta Lagarfljótsormurinn?", RÚV February 2, 2012 (Icelandic), with video
- ^ a b c Lagarfljot, Travel Guide East, Nordic Adventure Travel, retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ Worm Monster, Season 2, Destination Truth, Sci-Fi Channel, archived at the Wayback Machine February 7, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, Chasing Monsters in East-Iceland, The Reykjavík Grapevine May 9, 2008
- ^ Benjamin Radford, Discovery News, "Icelandic River Monster Mystery Solved," at LiveScience, retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ "Ekki ástæða til að efast um Lagarfljótsorminn", Morgunblaðið, 24 August 2014 (Icelandic)
- ^ Dallas Jensen, "Is That You, Lagarfljótsormur?", Slate.com, 24 September 2014.
- ^ Dion Dassanayake, "Independent commission rule video of Iceland's Loch Ness monster is REAL", Daily Express, 3 October 2014.
- ^ Devparna Acharya, "Nessie lives: Video of Iceland's Loch Ness monster is not fake, says expert panel", Firstpost.com, 5 October 2014.
- Ormurinn í Lagarfljóti from Jón Árnason, Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur og Æfintýri, at Netútgáfan (Icelandic)
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After several weeks of caresses You seduce me to lock my soul inside a jar I'm glad and sad I'm not the only one Glad that I'm not the only stupid Sad that women make mistakes repeated You classify us by our characteristics Treat us emotionally sadistic You make us feel pathetic You are to rate us and decide who'll be retired To be dumped and spitted After your several testing phases How many jars been decorating your shelf? How can we escape from you and temptation towards ourselves? (24/01/2012)


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When people want to protect their computer from outside threats, the first thing they usually think of is installing antivirus or anto-malware software. Those applications do an excellent job at blocking known viruses and malware from infecting your PC. We've covered plenty of them here at MUO, like Justin's list of the 10 best free anti-virus applications, or the AV options listed in Aibek's roundup of must-have PC apps.
What if antivirus and malware-blockers aren't enough? What if there is a person or a group of people that are targeting you, but their IP addresses are not blacklisted anywhere that would prompt your AV software to protect you from that traffic?
Here's an example. I do a lot of research into Chinese corruption, and I have published a lot of articles on the subject. Let's say that I suspect something is going on, due to odd traffic patterns that I've logged with some of my Internet logging utilities. What if this odd traffic comes from criminals that want to hack my PC, as Guy once described that criminals can do?
How do you stop select traffic – by blocking specific IP addresses – from accessing your computer? Sure you could mess around with your router settings, but if you want to do it straight from your PC, then you should use a tool like PeerBlock.
Protecting Yourself With PeerBlock
If you think about it, this can really come in handy. Maybe you are on a school dormitory network and you know that a friend is an avid hacker and likes to play practical jokes on you by hacking into your computer. Or maybe you live in a country where government surveillance is the order of business.
With PeerBlock, you can identify known IP addresses or range of addresses and completely block all traffic to and from those locations. Setting it up starts the moment you run the install, when you're given the option as to what typical types of traffic you want to block.
If you select options like spyware or ads, the software will automatically download known IP ranges of spyware culprits, for example.
Please remember, before you start blocking ads, that ads pay for most of the free content that you enjoy online, as Matt has pointed out. Adding your own custom IP ranges to block is really easy. On one of the setup screens you have the option to create an IP list. You can import these from anywhere on the web, like IPBlockList.com. Name the file and then add that file to your list.
In addition to importing known lists, you can also customize your own specific IP ranges. For example, in my case I want to block all traffic from China. To do this, just click "Create List", give the list a name and also give the file where the range will be stored a name.
You will then be presented with a screen where you can specifically name an IP range that you want to block all traffic.
Now, I'm not sure what the IP range is for the entire country of China, so I just head on over to IPAddressLocation.org and use the Country 2 IP tool to selection a country and get all IP ranges assigned to that region of the world.
You can just copy and paste those ranges into a text file, named with a .p2p extension and PeerBlock can read in the data. Now you can see on the "Customize Lists" page of the startup Wizard, I now have two files listed that contain all of the customized IP ranges I'm blocking.
When you finish with your customized lists, you'll see the main screen where you can monitor everything that's going on. You'll see all new IP addresses that are blocked in the central pane, but you can also click on the "View History" button to see all of the activity on PeerBlock while you were away.
The software will log not only IP addresses that are blocked, but if you enable it, it will also log all IP addresses that were allowed. This is actually a pretty sweet way to see all inbound and outbound traffic from your PC, just to be sure there aren't any surprises. However, you might want to leave the "Allowed" logging inactive, as it could consume a fair amount of space in a short time.
The history also lets you select a past date from the calendar on the right to view traffic at some point in the past.
To see if the software was really working, I decided to add just one specific IP range that included the IP of my own blog. You do this by clicking the "List Manager" button and clicking the "Create List" button. Instead of loading a file, you can just manually type in the IP range.
Once I enabled the software to block this IP, I opened up a browser window and tried to visit my site. Sure enough, the browser said that it couldn't access the site, and you could see that PeerBlock blocked my PC's traffic to that IP address. Sweet!
The block list also alerted me to some traffic being blocked from PeerBlock's standard malicious IP list that I was unaware of. So it's obvious the software is very effective at putting an end to any applications or scripts that may have some back-door into your computer.
As you can probably imagine, maintaining IP lists yourself is a bit more complicated than just leaving the job to your antivirus or anti-malware software, but if you know of certain IP ranges of specific people or organizations that you want to block, this is a perfect app to do it.
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Topic: Mississippi
Thad Cochran Gets Creative
In the wake of Eric Cantor's surprise primary defeat earlier this month, there were musings (which appear to have been incorrect) that Democrats may have cost Cantor his seat by crossing over and voting in the GOP primary. Democratic involvement in such races has recently taken the form of meddling on behalf of the most conservative–and therefore, to Democrats, most beatable–Republican candidate. It is usually unwelcome. But not always.
Homeland Security Replacing the Color-Coded Terror Alert System
Homeland Security is finally getting around to replacing those five-step color-coded terror alerts put into place after the 9/11 attacks. According to reports, the old system will be phased out over the next 90 days:
Among the changes: Passengers will no longer hear the public-service recordings at airports announcing the alert level. The aviation threat has been on orange, or "high" alert, since 2006.
"The old color-coded system taught Americans to be scared, not prepared," said Rep. Bennie Thompson , D-Miss., the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee. "Each and every time the threat level was raised, very rarely did the public know the reason, how to proceed, or for how long to be on alert."
It's about time the color-coded system was put to rest. It was forgivable when it was first created — there was no real precedent for a public terror-threat-warning system at the time — but it's surprising that it was kept around for so long.
The five-tiered system gives the government an incentive to over-warn the public about terror threats — and a disincentive to lower these warnings — which is probably why the threat level has stayed frozen at "orange" (high-alert) since 2006. Keeping the terror-alert level high provides intelligence agencies with some semblance of political cover in case there happens to be a terrorist attack at any point.
And that has made it impossible for the public to know the true seriousness of the threat level. A clearer and more detailed alert system will be a welcome change.
Follow the States, But Only the Right Ones
This report makes the point that, unlike the federal government, state officials have had to make hard choices to balance their books. The impression one gets listening to the mainstream media and incumbent politicians is that budget balancing is nearly impossible. The states have shown otherwise:
In the past three years, 29 states have raised fees on, or cut services for, the elderly and people with disabilities, says the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning research group. Fifteen states raised sales or income taxes in 2009 or 2010, according to the Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning Washington research outfit.
Let's see if you notice the pattern:
One popular state tactic has obvious—and ironic—national implications. New Jersey, Indiana and Minnesota, among others, have trimmed state spending by sending less money to local governments. That pushes onto local officials politically tough decisions about raising taxes, cutting spending or finding major money-saving efficiencies. …
Now, in Illinois and California, "the political system has done little more than lurch to the end of the fiscal year." While in Mississippi, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Indiana, governors pushed for real fiscal reform. A sample:
New Jersey's Chris Christie has cut pensions for future state and local employees, vetoed a tax increase on income over $1 million and cut $1.26 billion in aid to schools and municipalities, which local officials said would drive up property taxes. …
In Indiana, Gov. Mitch Daniels, a second-term Republican and the former White House budget director for President George W. Bush, moved the state from deficit to surplus by paring spending in good times. Indiana swung from a nearly $200 million deficit in 2004, the year Mr. Daniels was first elected, to a $1.3 billion surplus last year. It was not without controversy: On his second day in office, Mr. Daniels issued an executive order that ended collective-bargaining rights for state employees. …
In May, Minnesota lawmakers approved a budget widely seen as a victory for outgoing Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, because it ratified spending cuts he had made unilaterally and it didn't raise taxes.
And, likewise, Bob McDonnell got elected in 2009 in Virginia on the promise to balance the budget without raising taxes. And he has done just that.
OK, you see point. These budget balancers and spending cutters are successful Republican governors, all of whom have been mentioned as 2012 presidential contenders. And in the 2010 midterms, their ranks expanded with Republicans elected in New Mexico, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. That's a lot of GOP governors who have the opportunity to lead on fiscal discipline.
Not only does this dispel the liberal myths that we need massive taxes to balance our books or that the public won't accept reduced services; but is provides Republicans with a wealth of talent for the 2012 and future presidential races. The country seems poised to get serious on tax and budget reform and has grown weary of a president whose not much into governance. That suggests a unique opportunity for these GOP governors — provided they stick to their sober approach to governance.
And on the other hand, we have the example of California which has yet to get its spending and public employee unions under control. It's the beauty of federalism — 50 labratories in which we can see what works and what doesn't. So far a lot of GOP governors are showing how to do it right.
A Dwindling Band
I share the general joy on the right regarding the outcome of this election, but I am sorry to see go some of the Democrats who wound up losing — in particular, Reps. Ike Skelton of Missouri, John Spratt of South Carolina, and Gene Taylor of Mississippi.
All were longtime members of the House Armed Services Committee (Skelton is the outgoing chairman, Spratt the second-ranking Democrat, Taylor a subcommittee chairman). They are part of a dwindling band of centrist, strong-on-defense Democrats — a tradition stretching back to the days of Stuart Symington and Scoop Jackson. These days, alas, the Democrats are led by the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The fact that so many Blue Dog Democrats have been knocked off is good news for the short term, but it will have parlous consequences at some point in the future when Democrats succeed in taking back the House. The Democratic leaders on defense and foreign policy issues in the future are likely to be considerably to the left of today's crop.
A Democrat by Any Other Name
In the final week of the campaign, the Democrats are reduced to a series of Hail Marys and a string of unbelievable claims, one wackier than the next. The campaign "suddenly" went south for them when Karl Rove's anonymous donors showed up. Next we heard that the voters were "scared" and not thinking straight. Then we learned that Democrats don't really support Democratic leaders. Mississippi Democrat Gene Taylor revealed he didn't even vote for Obama:
Mr. Taylor had heretofore kept that vote a secret, and perhaps it's only a coincidence that he rolled it out amid the re-election fight of his career. The 11-term Member added that he won't support Mrs. Pelosi for Speaker, another revelation considering his vote for her in 2009. "I'm very disappointed in how she's veered to the left," Mr. Taylor said, as if Mrs. Pelosi's ideological predispositions were ever hidden.
Mr. Taylor joins a growing list of Democrats who voted for Mrs. Pelosi in 2009 but now profess to be shocked by her left turn. They include Idaho's Walt Minnick, Pennsylvania's Jason Altmire, Alabama's Bobby Bright and Texas's Chet Edwards, endangered incumbents all.
It's somewhere between comical and insulting. The voters can figure out which are the D's and which are the R's. And they know that for all their protestations, the "moderates" and the "Blue Dogs" are simply Democrats who rubber-stamped the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda. And many of them are going to lose because they were led around by the nose by their liberal leaders and ignored their constituents. The aggrieved voters will exact their revenge next week.
Um, Delaware Is a Really Blue State
While the GOP may have blown a single Senate seat, there's no doubt which party is sitting pretty right now. A sea of Red in the RealClearPolitics polls and new polling from CNN confirms that Democrats stand to lose big in the Senate. Yes, it is a ray of sunshine when the Democrats think they have a good shot to keep Delaware in the Blue, but, guys, that's akin to Republicans celebrating because they now have a good feeling about Mississippi.
Other than Nancy Pelosi voicing the mandatory optimism about the House, there seems to be no one predicting that can be saved. In fact, the media are largely ignoring the House contests, a surefire sign things are going badly for the Democrats. Not waiting for the Christmas rush, moderate Democrats are refusing to embrace the Obama stimulus, and one of Pelosi's members is even backing repeal of ObamaCare.
The basic narrative of the election is set. The question remains how extensive the damage to the Democrats will be. And that does depend on the talent of individual candidates. Christine O'Donnell isn't likely to make it, but before they pop open the champagne, Democrats might want to consider what is going on in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Nevada, Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In not a single one does the Democrat have a lead outside the margin of error. In a number, the Republican has a commanding lead. In others such as Colorado, the Tea Party–endorsed candidate is starting to pull away. It's obvious which party is in a commanding position.
And When Is the Pivot to Jobs Coming?
As we are looking for the hidden deals and minefields left in the wake of ObamaCare, it is worth remembering that unemployment — the issue voters care most about — remains at record levels. This report explains:
Unemployment increased in 27 U.S. states in February and dropped in seven, a sign the labor market needs to pick up across more regions to spur consumer spending and sustain the economic recovery.
Mississippi showed the biggest jump in joblessness with a 0.4 percentage point rise to 11.4 percent, according to figures issued today by the Labor Department in Washington. Nationally, unemployment held at 9.7 percent in February for a second month and employers cut fewer jobs than anticipated, figures from the Labor Department showed on March 5.
Today's report indicates broad-based hiring is yet to develop following the loss of 8.4 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Florida, Nevada, Georgia, and North Carolina set record levels of joblessness last month.
"Until we see improvement in employment in a fair number of U.S. states, it's not going to do a heck of a lot for the recovery," said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto. "The worst seems to be over, but there's a huge amount of work to be done to create jobs. It's going to be a long, winding road."
This, after all, was to be the focus of Obama's term. After the Scott Brown upset, Obama again promised a pivot to jobs. But he's never delivered. Instead, he has championed a stimulus plan that didn't save or create millions of jobs and a health-care plan that is already sucking billions of dollars out of employers' coffers. Will employers — with health-care costs now to swell up and tax hikes due in 2011 — really be expanding payrolls? Unlikely.
It's not hard to see the campaigns this fall, asking why it was that Obama and the Democratic Congress were busy placing new mandates, taxes, and fines on business while the job picture was still bleak. It will be hard for incumbents to convince voters who have yet to see any benefit from Obama's big-government liberal agenda and a good deal of pain (e.g., seniors facing Medicare cuts, small businesses looking at tax bites, unemployed workers) that what we need is more of the same.
RE: Rangel Guilty of Ethics Violation
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's imperviousness to reality knows no bounds. The Hill reports:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she's once again sticking by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) — at least for now.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a Thursday press conference that she had not yet read the full report from the ethics committee, which admonished Rangel, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, for improperly accepting reimbursement for two trips to the Caribbean.
"All I saw was the press release where they said he did not violate the rules of the House," Pelosi said. "And I think that's an important statement that they made."
Pelosi is flat wrong. From the House Ethics Committee press release: "The Report further finds that Representative Charles B. Rangel violated the House gift rule by accepting payment or reimbursement for travel to the 2007 and 2008 conferences."
Nor are Pelosi's members as out to lunch as she is. Politico reports: "Early Friday, Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) told POLITICO he wants Rangel to quit his powerful committee post — and that was quickly followed by similar statements from a pair of deep south Democrats, Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor and Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright."
It is hard to see what Pelosi will achieve by this sort of performance — other than cement her reputation as someone who plays fast and loose with the facts and who has, after achieving the position of Speaker of the House, been rendered politically tone deaf.
Flotsam and Jetsam
Joe Biden (not really): "So there I was on the Amtrak, and I was thinking Dick Cheney, God love him, my friend Dick Cheney, he is probably worse than Pol Pot. It was because Democrats opposed the surge that the surge worked. If we had gotten behind the winning strategy, the enemy would have known it was too soft. We needed to oppose it in order for it to succeed."
The real Joe Biden now says he is happy to thank George W. Bush on Iraq policy. Yes, good thing indeed that Bush was wise enough to ignore everything Biden ever said on the subject.
The real Dick Cheney on the Obami's claiming credit for Iraq: "If they are going to take credit for [Iraq], fair enough, for what they've done while they are there. But it ought to go with a healthy dose of 'thank you George Bush' up front." Then he plays Darth Vader mind games with them — praising the surge in Afghanistan and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
The real Liz Cheney asks, "Bipartisanship to what end?" As she notes, there should be little to praise in "bipartisanship" if the goal is to pass a health-care bill that everyone hates. Ceci Connolly notes that what is interesting is the "bad blood" between the White House and Democratic congressional leaders, as well as between the House and Senate. Bill Kristol remarks that the Obami "can't resist" making partisan digs. And to prove their point, Juan William says Dick Cheney is helping al-Qaeda by criticizing the Obami's handling of the war against Islamic fascists.
The unfortunately all too real antics of the Congressional Black Caucus: "From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus's political and charitable wings took in at least $55 million in corporate and union contributions, according to an analysis by the New York Times, an impressive amount even by the standards of a Washington awash in cash. Only $1 million of that went to the caucus's political action committee; the rest poured into the largely unregulated nonprofit network. . . . But the bulk of the money has been spent on elaborate conventions that have become a high point of the Washington social season, as well as the headquarters building, golf outings by members of Congress and an annual visit to a Mississippi casino resort." Among the CBC's pals: "cigarette companies, Internet poker operators, beer brewers and the rent-to-own industry, which has become a particular focus of consumer advocates for its practice of charging high monthly fees for appliances, televisions and computers."
Flynt Leverett, who was canned by the Bush administration ("Leverett continually missed deadlines and misplaced documents, and the NSC Records office had a long list of his delinquencies. His office was notoriously messy—documents were strewn over chairs, windowsills, the floor, and piled high on his desk … repeatedly missing deadlines and losing important letters was simply not tolerable behavior for an NSC officer, and Leverett was told to leave"), has now become the favorite flack for the mullahs. "The curious dance between Washington's Iran experts and the foreign government whose actions they are supposedly analyzing has parallels in the ways that totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union and Mao's China manipulated Western public opinion by only granting access to scholars and policy hands who would toe the party line. Similarly, the Iranian government today decides who in the West will be granted the kind of access that will allow them to speak with authority about the regime to Washington." (h/t Jeffrey Goldberg)
James Carafano says that he is not surprised that "there would be more killing of high level terrorists than capture for interrogation and trial. That's because the administration has botched efforts to come up with a coherent program for detention, interrogation, and trial."
Matt Welch confirms my suspicion that libertarians have principles inconsistent with big-government liberals: "What I do care about, regardless of who's president, is human freedom and prosperity. And I strongly and consistently suspect that when the government accumulates more power, I and everyone else (except those wielding it) have less of which I seek." That said, if Republicans gain power and continue the spending jag, libertarians will turn their ire on them too.
Civil Rights Laws Run Only One Way?
A curious report appears over at Main Justice, a website that offers nice juicy gossip and often mirrors the liberal legal party line from the Justice Department. It seems that one of the New Black Panther Party members at issue in the controversial dismissal of the Election Day voter-intimidation case is hopping mad:
Last week in a podcast interview, [New Black Panther Party president Malik Zulu] Shabazz let loose — with a racially tinged rant against the Republicans he said are trying to turn the issue into campaign ads for this fall's midterm elections. "These right-wing white, red-faced, red-neck Republicans are attacking the hell out of the New Black Panther Party, and we're organizing now to fight back," Shabazz told the podcast host, a man who calls himself "Brother Gary" and hosts a show called Conscious Chats on Blogtalk Radio.
Shabazz singled out GOP Reps. Frank Wolf (Va.) and Lamar Smith (Texas) — two critics on the House Judiciary Committee — along with "Old Uncle Tom, Michael Steele, the black Negro who heads the Republican National Committee."
"We gearing up for a showdown with this cracker," Shabazz said, although it wasn't clear to whom he was referring. "He keep talking – we going to Capitol Hill, we're just gearing up right now, we'll go to Capitol Hill."
Well, probably not what the Holder Justice Department was anxious to hear as it attempts to stonewall its way through the inquiry. But what's even more interesting is the apparent "defense" offered by Main Justice for those Obama officials who chose to dismiss the case over the objections of career attorneys: "No actual voters came forward to complain — the objections came from white Republican poll watchers."
So is that what's at the root of the case here — the notion that voter-intimidation claims are less than valid if white Republicans bring them? The behavior of the New Black Panther Party members was, after all, captured on videotape, so the conduct of the defendants is really not in dispute. What seems to be gnawing at the liberal legal types, however, is that a voter-intimidation case could be instituted by whites — white Republicans no less. Read More


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The new location has been open for about two weeks. It is the former location of New Ho Ho, between Bowl'd and the liquor store. It is much larger than the former spot (it could hardly have been smaller), clean, and bright. Menu is the same as the old location (K-Chinese on one side/Chinese on the other). |
Advice appreciated re: Chinese Food 101 class for HS students College Prep, in Oakland. We have a one week Intraterm each year during which faculty teach courses on pretty much whatever they feel like. Last year I took students from Little Rock to Selma. Over the years I've taught classes on meat, chocolate, ice cream, Hollywood history, Minor League Baseball, and lots of other stuff. |
Advice appreciated re: Chinese Food 101 class for HS students We're doing HKL2 in the morning, so focusing on Dim Sum. Will probably save Peking Duck for Great China, where we'll focus on the Northern, Shandong, and K-Chinese stuff (Double Skin, Crab w/ Steamed Buns, Tang Soo Yook...). Our M.Y. China visit is entirely noodle focused. It's a great opportunity to see more than one variety of noodle made in a single place (saving us from making pit stops at Ark (Alameda), Shandong (Oakland), etc.). At the same time, I would like to add a couple of other dishes so we don't get too noodled out. |
Advice appreciated re: Chinese Food 101 class for HS students I taught this class several years back and I am reprising it next week. And getting hungry thinking about it. I'd love advice re: things not to be missed at Yum's Bistro. They are faxing me the menu, but I'm also curious about specials that are not found on the menu. Similar advice on Hong Kong Lounge 2 and M.Y. China would be great. I'm pretty well versed in the offerings at the other spots. Our current plans include: I'd also love advice on the last visit. I don't have an Islamic place on my list this year, or a Teochew place, or a Buddhist veg spot, or a Hakka place (I did all four last time). What do you think is the greatest hole to be filled? |
Best current option for Shanghainese anywhere in the Bay Area? Thank you so much for all of the advice. Further input on any not to be missed dishes at Little Shanghai would be appreciated. |
Best current option for Shanghainese anywhere in the Bay Area? 23 people, and I'm currently leaning toward Little Shanghai in San Mateo. |
Best current option for Shanghainese anywhere in the Bay Area? Reprising Chinese Food 101 for students at my school next week. Have covered most of what I hope to do (though I have to skip a lot), but I would love to do a Shanghainese meal and would appreciate knowing who is best/most reliable at the moment. |
Come to Oakland and get the fried rice at Ramen Shop. Best ever. Changes a bit based on available ingredients, but here is tonight's: monterey bay squid and pork fried rice with little sweetie peppers, cilantro, basil, squash blossoms, cherry tomatoes, and Siew's spicy shrimp-chili paste |
Oakland/Berkeley restaurant recommendations for my 28th birthday dinner with my mom? Which is why I described it as casual. At the same time, it is calmer and more orderly looking (more "matchy matchy") than Pizzaiolo. I also don't think it loses on formality to the refectory style of Camino (not to mention Camino's excellent cocktails served in ultra informal juice glasses). Additionally, though it has diner style accents, it's not a diner. There's no chrome beyond that on the bar stools and chair frames. The walls are white with dark brown wainscoting. The tables are wood. They have cloth napkins and proper glassware. The bar stools and chairs (and perhaps the checkerboard floor tiles) are the sum total of Hopscotch's diner-ness. I suggested Hopscotch because, though its Asian accent distinguishes it, its food seems to hit the same target as Rivoli -- comfort food prepared to a high standard at a reasonable price point. Nothing challenging, just very yummy. The excerpts from their current menus below illustrate the similarities. Rivoli Menu: Hopscotch Menu: I suppose that Hopscotch's (delicious) fried chicken and burger may highlight its casualness, but no more so than does Pizzaiolo's pizza, Box & Bells' burger, Plum's congee, or the Chez Panisse Cafe's much loved fried chicken or rabbit. I agree that Hopscotch is more casual than the upstairs at Chez Panisse or Rivoli, but I just don't find it substantially more casual than many of the suggested restaurants. Additionally, I think someone who enjoys the food at Rivoli would find much to like at Hopscotch. |
Oakland/Berkeley restaurant recommendations for my 28th birthday dinner with my mom? I'm a bit late to reply, so your date may have passed, but I think Hopscotch would be another good option. Possibly a bit on the casual side, but no more so than most of the other options you are considering. |
East Bay source for dried mushrooms in quantity? Preferably porcini. Not wholesale quantity, but the 8oz. - 1lb. I need when cooking for 70 people. Trying to avoid purchasing dozens of overpriced half ounce bags. |
Shrimp and Grits - SF Dish of the Month January 2014 It's been a while, but the Aunt Mary's version is among the richest I have had and has a lot of Tabasco in the sauce. Not a Worcestershire heavy version at all. |
Oakland Restaurant Week January 17-26, 2014 Nido is, for me, the clear winner for Oakland Restaurant Week. The menu is $20 per person for a drink (beer, wine, or agua fresca), appetizer, and main course. At that price I assumed it was a lunch offer, but called to check and was told it is dinner. Here is the menu: Tonight when we went there was an additional main course chicken option. We had the pozole and al pastor. The food and service were both excellent. Choice and real discount to encourage folks to try someplace new, just what I always thought Restaurant Week was supposed to be about. |
Great China (Berkeley) still great I don't know how I missed them, as many times as I ate there. Probably just too fixated on the Double Skin. |
Great China (Berkeley) still great The Peking Duck is good, but it's not my favorite thing at Great China. Other standouts include the Double Skin (amazing combination of hot and cold, crunchy, chewy, and slippery ingredients topped with a spicy mustard sauce), the Crab Buns, the Tan Soo Yook (Korean Chinese sweet & sour beef), the embarrassingly tasty Walnut Prawns, and the Shredded Pork w/ Dried Tofu. Of course I was limited to veg and seafood for this outing, but I plan to do a better job next time. There are several new additions to the menu that I am excited to try as well. I don't remember seeing Cumin Lamb or Cumin Beef in the past. Same goes for Wok Braised Beef Shank, Five Spice Braised Lamb Shank, Shredded Pork & Lions Head, and one of my all time faves, Mei Cai Ko Ro (braised pork belly with fermented greens). There are also a few attractive new desserts, but they are a low priority for me. |
Great China (Berkeley) still great Late lunch today, just a couple of hours after its 11:55am opening. Could not order some favorites (like Double Skin) due to non meat eating dining companion, but everything we had was as good or better than the pre fire renditions. Walnut Prawns were great, as were the Oyster Mushrooms with Golden Chives and the Guo Ta Tofu. Best development was, however, the Fish and Vegetable Dumplings, which were much improved. Noodle wrappers were more tender, lacking the gumminess that could be an issue at times in the past. Welcome back to an old friend! |
Saturday brunch near used record shop(s)? Tasty N Alder looks...tasty. How bad are the waits for brunch on Saturday? Is there a time (early, say at 9:00 or late, say at 1:00) when wait times are better? |
Saturday brunch near used record shop(s)? Taking our son to college next week. In order to distract my husband from his empty nest pangs, we'll be hitting up Portland's used record shops on the Saturday (retail therapy is not only for women!). Would love to have a good casual brunch or lunch without going too far out of our way. Any suggestions? |
great pad thai in Berkeley-Oakland area? I just skip it in favor of the Chan Pad Poo at Chai Thai. Though it's really just a Pad Thai variant w/ crab, it is much better. I can't understand why their Chan Pad Poo is so much better than their Pad Thai, unless they have simply grown accustomed to dumbing down the Pad Thai because it is such a favorite of the flavor averse. |
Agree about the great service. We did table 30 (set menu for parties of 8-10) for my father's 76th birthday. The food ranged from good to excellent, but it was the service that really stood out. The few special arrangements we had made (simplified dishes for the under 10s, an extra dish and a chair with a back for my father) were all handled flawlessly. Our server was outstanding. The meal was well paced, dishes were cleared (and packed to take home) as needed, drink orders/reorders were prompt... Additionally, the sound system is all it is cracked up to be. My father has a hard time in loud venues. Comal manages to sound buzzy and alive, while allowing diners to converse without raising their voices. I hope that this tech spreads to other restauarants; it makes for a very pleasant experience. |
Breakfast Sandwich - SF Dish of the Month June 2013 I guess I'm cheating, because it was last month, but my son really enjoyed the Bacon, Avocado, and poached egg sandwich at Hopscotch. It is served with lettuce, tomato, and pickled shallots on a soft hamburger roll. Worth a visit. |
Eater SF lists OAK eating choices (Oakland Airport) They fail to mention the most reliable item at OAK, which is the Pancetta, Brie, and Fig sandwich at Vino Volo. Better than not half bad. |
Anywhere decent to eat in Brentwood (Contra Costa cty)? It's been a couple of years, but the Nam Kao Tod at Lone Tree Thai was pretty good when I had it. The bulk of the menu looks pretty standard, but Nam Kao Tod is unusual enough that its presence may point to a better than the usual suburban Thai restaurant. http://www.lonetreethai.com/ |
A Week in SF: Save our marriage! My guess is that Zuni may be on his list because he's heard about the burger. If so, he needs to be okay with a $15 burger, not including fries. Add cheese, grilled onions, and a side of fries and you're looking at a $25 burger lunch for one, before tax and tip. If the plan is to go for dinner, the burger is not an option. Most entrees will be in the $25-30 range. Certainly fair for San Francisco, but possibly not what your husband thinks of as cheap. |
A Week in SF: Save our marriage! Most (or at least many) CHers will happily eat at Great Eastern and Z & Y in Chinatown. In fact, I'd call them both very good choices to meet the OP's needs. Location is convenient to Union Square. |
Hodo Soy Beanery - tofu sold in Bulk at a few Costco: Mtn View, Richmond Richmond has Spicy Yuba Strips, Five Spice Tofu Nuggets, and blocks of Firm Tofu. Bought some recently. I think that the plain tofu was $5.25 or so for 2.25 lbs., and the flavored stuff was around $6ish for 1 lb. |
Middle School Graduation dinner ideas Location? Date? Any dietary restrictions or preferences? |
Mandarin Meatballs: Woo hoo! They're still really tasty. Next time I'll ask to pay extra to have them served with a green veg (an option back in the day). The bed of bean spouts didn't do much for them, but the meatballs are so yummy that I couldn't care less. Double Skin: Very nice. Main difference from the Great China rendition is that Wing added the mustard and sauce to the dish separately, rather than mixing them together first. Ultimate result was nearly identical. Honey Walnut Prawns: Despite the Great China chef, this dish is a pretty typical version with a thick, rich, mayo dense sauce. The Great China version was very unusual, with a thinner sauce that was orange scented. |
Happy to report that the stuffed eggplant is still very tasty. The string beans w/ a bit of shredded pork were solid. The filling on the pot stickers had good flavor and texture (I don't like it too homogeneous). The salt and pepper calamari was less successful. Not enough salt or pepper, and served with a dark sweet/vinegar based sauce on the side for dipping. Will return soon for further exploration. |
Help with meals in Chelsea and around St Paul's or other tourist areas [London] I don't recall any alcohol. This is, basically, a take-away place. As casual as it gets, but very tasty. There is an Oddbins wine shop just down the street and a couple of convenience stores right by the Tube station if you want to try the DIY approach. Consider it an urban picnic. |


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New rookie cards?
Okay, we haven't really anything else to talk about so I thought I'd bring this up.
Since I was able to have the honor of seeing this team be built from the beginning, I made it my hobby to collect all The Texans' first round draft picks rookie card and of course maybe any other Texan rookie that has made a huge contribution to the team in their rookie season. I have Carr and David. Looking for Davis and now Robinson, and Babin.
Does anyone know anything about cards and when I could expect these to come out?
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