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text: Living LivingHealthUnited KingdomPeter Geoghegan on Jan 5, 2014 @ 7:01 AMJan 5, 2014 @ 7:01 AM PublishedEdinburgh prepares to end sex in saunasThe authorities say sex in saunas carries "reputational and financial risk" for a city that's a popular tourist destination.EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags.A similar system has existed in the Scottish capital for almost three decades, but for a different vice.Nestled alongside tourist shops and bars on the cobbled streets of Edinburgh's picturesque medieval Old Town, the city's "saunas" aren't hard to spot. Inside their colorful facades, sex workers ply their trade.Saunas are regularly inspected by the authorities, who have an unwritten agreement not to ask too many questions about what goes on there, an unorthodox approach that began in the early 1980s as a response to an epidemic of Hepatitis B and later HIV."It's been an open secret that the saunas were places where sex was sold," says Neil McCulloch of Scot-Pep, an NGO that represents sex workers. "But that's not how they were licensed. They were licensed as places of entertainment."However, that policy may be facing an abrupt end.During the summer, police began mounting raids on saunas across Edinburgh. They seized condoms as evidence and arrested alleged sex workers and proprietors.In mid-December, a month-long public consultation closed on proposed changes to licensing laws that could effectively see the saunas criminalized.The city council is now expected to scrap licenses for the city's saunas and massage parlors in the spring.After holding a permissive view of sex work for more than two decades, the council and the city's police chiefs now say the policy carries "reputational and financial risk" for a popular tourist destination with a globally recognized program of summer festivals."This has become a toxic issue for the council," McCulloch says.He thinks that's a bad development.He says the saunas are a clean, discreet and, most important, safe place for prostitutes to work."This has been very successful and it's something that we were admired for and recognized for on an international basis," he says. "Now this pragmatic approach is being dismantled."Margo McDonald, an independent member of the devolved Scottish parliament, agrees."Unless you lived next door to a sauna that painted itself lime green, you wouldn't have known it was there," she said in an interview. "This was something the citizens of Edinburgh were willing to trust their politicians, police and medical professionals with. They were willing to do that on the basis that it worked."Sex-work campaigners say prostitutes could be forced back onto the streets or to operate in illegal, unlicensed premises with clients found online, which would expose them to violence and exploitation.McDonald blames the new single Scottish police force created last year. The tough stance on Edinburgh's saunas would bring the city into line with the more stringent approach taken 50 miles away in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city.Police officials, who recently called for condoms to be banned in saunas, are "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut," she says.The closure in 2010 of a "tolerance zone" for sex work in the Edinburgh suburb of Leith led to a "1000 percent" increase in attacks on women there, she adds.Tom Wood, a former deputy chief police constable in McDonald's Lothian region who was involved in implementing the original policy, says looking at the issue "principally through a criminal justice lens is wrong.""The whole policy was framed principally with public health in mind and it's the public health question that needs to be answered, as well as the criminal justice question," he said.Although Scotland has a history of religious conservatism, the new crackdown in Edinburgh is being championed primarily by radical feminists who argue that sex work is bound up with trafficking, exploitation, violence and slavery.The European Women's Lobby, the largest association of women's groups in the European Union, has called for a complete ban on prostitution across the continent.Scottish Labour MP Rhoda Grant recently unsuccessfully tried to force the government to criminalize the purchase of sex.More from GlobalPost: Europe in 2014: the return of politicsThere's been a backlash against sex work elsewhere in the UK. Earlier this month, police raided clubs and sex shops in London red light district of Soho.In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist politician Lord Morrow has called for the devolved assembly to follow the "Swedish model" of criminalizing the purchase of sexual services, which are not considered work.McCulloch says Edinburgh's sex workers are "very frightened" by the developments."The reality is that most women who work in the saunas will continue to sell sex," he says. "Taking them out of the licensing regime will disperse them to more hidden venues, where it will be much harder for state services to reach them."


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The hottest instagram trend is called Mutt Muggin and it's quite simple: put your mutt in a mug. The results are adorable.
1. Basically, it started when one visionary decided to take a picture like this:
(this is not the first but I mean…fluff in a bear cup. It's amazing.)
2. And the results make my heart giddy.
3. Like this Dane making this mug great.
4. Or this Shiba who picked a complimentary green.
5. C is for Corgi tush.
6. And look at this guy bein' the extra foam. My heart!
7. And this not-so-minny-but-certainly-adorable lady.
8. Nothing wrong with mixing and matching different types of polka dots!
9. Oh and this little hair ball can join me for my morning coffee anytime.
10. Okay, so some of us are a little moody in the mornings but who isn't?
11. Sure, her instagram name suggests she may have farted in this cup but we won't tell anyone.
12. Hehehehe
13. In order to catch the cow, one must become the cow…
14. This guy who got sucked into this illusion so much, he's actually afraid someone's going to drink him.
15. This pup doesn't adhere to trends so he's confused why his human is pushing this so hard on him.
16. Oh and this Seattle gal doesn't even like the smell of coffee but she's putting up with the antics.
17. This pup who kept muttering "I'm too old for this crap" underneath her breath.
18. This girl who wishes you would stop asking her to "say cheese".
19. And this little guy who sees his past and present all at once.
20. More dot-on-dot action.
21. Lastly, this guy who sums up why this has become such a cutie trend.
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Mosquito/Fly ? Yellow and black wings on one, green eye orbs, yellow legs on colorful one. Appear to be mating.
Black and white dragonfly, female Libellula forensis (Eight-spotted Skimmer) , thanks to speech path girl for ID help.
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Ambitious Amatuer
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July 2010: Nice, Pyrenees and Route des Grande Alpes Loop 2up on rented F800GS
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Leaving for France on Monday
The original inspiration for a trip to France was for my whole family to rent the house my sister in law had lived in while growing up in Provence. While English is her first language, shes been told that based on her French accent, a Provencal local could practically tell her what street she lived on in the town of Vence, 20k or so up into the hills from Nice. After finding the house, an old olive oil mill (moulin), available for rent on the internet, she put out the word to the family and we all jumped on board.
My fiance, Ann, and I have some friends planning on touring Spain around the end of June/ beginning of July, so we started looking for flights around the 28th of June in the hopes we could meet up with them before joining the family. Then we heard from Anns dad that his family might be in Paris in the third week of July. Well, great, well go meet them and fly home around the 28th of July! Of course, after all that, the Spanish connection isnt going to work out and Paris turned out to be a lot more expensive than Reykjavik, so we found ourselves with about a week on either side of the family trip to entertain ourselves.
Not a bad problem to have and before long Id booked us a BMW F800GS (like the one weve taken to Mendocino and Colorado - see RR links in sig line) for the first 10 days. Id rented a bike in Germany in 2006 (RR link in sig line) and found it to be such a great way to explore Europe that I wanted to do it again with Ann. The plan is to head west from Nice, spend the first night in Aix-en-Provence, and continue on to the Pyrenees. Well have time to explore the Cote dAzur later with the family. From the Pyrenees, well angle back northeast and make our way towards Chamonix and Mont Blanc before following the Route des Grandes Alpes south back to Nice.
On the tail end, well see how we feel. We fly out of Munich so one good option would be to drive north through the Dolomites, possibly with a detour through Locarno to attend a lakeside festival where Id met some people and sat in with the band in 2006. No matter what, Id like to get to Munich a couple days early to show Ann the Englischer Gardens (open space, people watching and beers the size of your head).
In any case, we'll be on the bike for 10 days and that's the section of the trip I plan to post to ADV. If you're interested in more, check out the blog at http://advodna.com.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Nice was Nice, the Gorge was Gorgeous, and Aix marks the spot
There, now that I got all the cliches out of the way, Ill also mention that today we saw someone dressed in lavender taking a picture of lavender. A bit of a meta-Provence moment, but Ill start at the beginning.
The flight from SFO to Munich is eleven hours, plenty of time to watch movie (Invictus in our case), a couple TV shows (on-demand from the in seat monitors), and still catch the better part of a good nights sleep (thank you, Ambien). By the time we landed, I was ready for some coffee, a ham and cheese croissant and the Japan/Paraguay World Cup game, all of which were easy to come by in the Lufthansa terminal.
We were glued to the window on the short hop south to Nice as views of the snow-capped Austrian, French and Italian Alps slid beneath the plane, only to be replaced by terracotta palaces and half moon beaches dotting the Mediterranean coast. After opting out of the local custom of taking a helicopter from the airport to Canne or Monaco or St. Tropez, we decided to slum it in the black Mercedes at the front of the taxi line. Ann was so embarrassed she could have DIED!
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I was on like a light switch at about 5 am that night. I tried to listen to a CarTalk podcast (they always joke that theyll put you to sleep in the car) but an hour later decided to get up and walk around. I left Ann a note in my best French: Took a douche. Looking for cafe olay and cwahsont.
The streets were devoid of pedestrians but bustling with a steady stream of delivery trucks and scooters and cafe owners hosing down the sidewalks before setting out tables, chairs and umbrellas. I walked along the waterfront and watched the old men set out line after line of chaises and blue and white umbrellas within penned-in areas on the beach for which they would demand a premium from sunbathers in a few hours.
After a proper petit dejuener (a light breakfast of coffee and a some bread thats come to be known to us as dijionaise), we took a municipal train about 10 blocks to Holiday Bikes, the rental location for the motorcycle coordinated by AdMo tours. The guys at the shop spoke a little English and were very accommodating as we completely unpacked our bags and repacked into the two sidecases and top box inside the door of their tiny storefront. The bike was a dead ringer for my magnesium (read: gray) 2009 F800GS at home, down to the scraped plastic on both sides. All the better should we have one of the unexpected gravitational shifts at which we had become quite practiced on the Colorado trip.
Around the time we finished packing up (and they closed up for a long lunch), Ann realized shed left her shampoo at the hotel. No problem, well swing by and pick it up. Well, despite my flawless navigational skills, by the time we routed through one way streets and closed pedestrian alleys and arrived at the hotel, we were drenched in sweat. While Ann got us some bottles of water, I broke out the four specific tools Id packed to install the straps for the tank bag and the mount and battery connection for the GPS. With the sun blazing overhead, plans of following the steamy coast and checking out Cannes quickly gave way to routing into the cooler mountains ASAP.
The only town we knew of in the hills was Vence, where wed be staying for a couple weeks with the family, so we plugged it into the GPS. We found our way to a little square (no idea where it is in relation to our moulin) with some shade and a fountain. Wed read that people would come to the central fountains to fill up containers and that it was good water, so we tried to blend in with the locals. We stocked up on some bread and cheese and climbed higher into the hills tracking towards the Gorge du Verdon.
The skies were darkening as we approached the Gorge and before long, we started feeling rain drops. After the heat of the day, the rain was refreshing until the lighting started. We pulled over to put away some electronics and cover the tank bag and agreed to backtrack to a town wed seen a couple minutes before and hunker down. We that restaurant didnt appear to have been in business any time recently and there was not much else besides houses to be found so when we spotted the covered bus bench, we went for it. Then it really opened up!
Before long, another rider came along with the same idea and the three of us squeezed into the bus shelter and snacked on fresh bread and packaged triangles of soft cheese while trying to make small talk despite the fact that his English was only marginally better than our French. He kept popping his head out of the shelter, looking the way wed come and saying Ah bon, then looking the way we were heading and saying O-la la and making a clicking sound with his tongue.
Once the lightning subsided and the rain lightened, we decided to get back on the road. By the time we got into the Gorge, the rain had stopped and left a mysterious mist hanging over the Verdon River and climbing up the striated cliffs.
At the western end of the Gorge, it was starting to get late in the day and we were feeling weary from the extremes. Routing towards our reserved hotel room in Aix-en-Provence, Monsieur Garmin took us through some desolate one lane back roads winding through endless fields of lavender. I have to guess these are some of the roads on the well-advertised bus tours seen on pamphlets throughout Provence. Oh, and heres where we saw the aforementioned appropriately dressed photographer.
The last 30 minutes on the autobahn were a blur, both because we were doing 85 (to stay out of the way of traffic) and because we were exhausted. GPS brought us right to our hotel room door where we took well-deserved showers and walked around a little before passing out.
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I am hoping to be in the Pyrenees later this year - thanks for the taster
Ambitious Amatuer
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We love the F800GS 2up and the one we rented is the spitting image of ours back home that we've ridden up the CA coast and on sections of the TAT including Cinnamon Pass and Engineer Pass. We're 180/5'10" and 120/5'4" and fully loaded (side bags and top case) it's about the biggest bike I'd want to have to handle but has plenty of power making quick passes of caravans on these tight mountain roads. Throttle can definitely be a little twitchy but just requires some careful slipping of the clutch. It's a compromise between the smoothness of a 1200 and the size of 650 but one that hits the right balance for us.
K, here comes another installment. Bryn, Pyrenees are coming soon!
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Avignon, Parc National des Cévennes, and Millau to the Pyrenees
We stumbled out of the Hotel Les Quatre Dauphins and onto the streets of Aix around 10am, worn out from the previous days extremes of heat and rain and likely still a little jet lagged. The sidewalks of the Cours Mirbeau were filled with street vendors offering racks of clothes, shoes and jewelry. Fortunately, we sat at a cafe for petit dejuener long enough for the high noon Provence heat to prevent too much shopping.
And when we got on the bike around 1, the heat was still building. Yeah, were slow learners. Two days of midday departures and it finally sunk in that we needed to cover our miles (sorry, kilomiles or whatever) in the mornings. By the time we followed backroads through farmland west of Aix, we were about to wilt. Not even a blast on the autobahn could cool us down enough to continue and we dripped our way into Avignon only an hour or two after leaving.
A hotel room and a stroll (in shorts and flip flops) inside the medieval walls of the city started to sound pretty good and before too long, we were booked into the last available room in the Hotel Splendid. It was splendid that they kept the reception chilled to an arctic 60 degrees; Not so much that half way up the first staircase to our third floor room we hit a wall of heat that was only mildly inconvenienced by our floor fan.
Of course, we had to unplug the fan if we wanted to charge anything like the computer, iPhones, bluetooth headsets, digital camera, video camera or GPS and getting all those on one socket would be tricky for a lesser man, anyway.
In these old French villages, you can walk three blocks in any direction and find a square filled with tables and chairs and a waitress to take your order though she will typically think you want two of everything. What are we doing wrong?! No problem, on more than one occasion, Ive been quite willing to drink the extraneous cafe noir or biere.
I wanted to go to the movies but Ann said no.
We returned to the room to cheer the fan on in its struggle against the heat and ended up taking an extended nap that would later come back to haunt us.
I spent two hours waiting for our 6am alarm to go off. The nap, the heat and a not-so-Splendid bed all conspired to get me up early to pour over the Lonely Planet book, Motorcycling in the Alps, and the GPS to plan a route that would get us out of the Rhone Valley and into the mountains before the day warmed up. I had it all worked out when the iPhone vibrated to life, and we were on the bike and heading out the gates of the walled city minutes before 7.
We followed rural roads angling northeast towards the hills and passing through countless small towns. Wed see the town name on a white sign with a red outline and a 50km/hr sign, ride through one main street sometimes with a raised crosswalk that acted as a speed bump, then see the sign on the other side of town showing the name with a red line through it and the speed limit surging back up to 90.
Once again, Monsieur Garmin chose the best roads for us including this one marked as a bicycle route sneaking up the back way into a town where we stopped for a morning croissant.
Doesnt make a lot of sense to me that the patisseries are strictly bread. Not a coffeemaker to be found. To get a cup of coffee, you have to look for the tables out on the sidewalk and sit down to place your order. 30 seconds later, the espresso comes out. 20 seconds later its down the hatch. 3 minutes later you get the waitresses attention to request the bill (laddition) and feel like an unappreciative heel who cant sit for an hour and enjoy a coffee like everyone else seems to.
The plan was to head via Ales to Florac just inside the Parc National des Cevennes and see how we felt. After a 10am coffee and some salami and brie on a baguette (yes, I had to walk down to the separate patisserie to get it), we decided to continue on to Millau (pronounced me-yo, like a gangster cat would say) for the night.
The switchbacks leading out of Florac and up the cliff behind me (above) top out on a high plateau leading down through the Parc National des Cevennes, a lesser known destination in the Haut-Languedoc region. Ive seen Languedoc referred to as the underappreciated sibling of Provence to the east but the jagged limestone spires and deep canyons cut by the Tarn, La Jonte and Dourbie Rivers rivaled the Gorges du Verdon. Yeah, I said it.
In St. Enimie, we got lured by the brochures we saw in Florac for the grottes (caves) of Aven Armand and Darligan which claim to have the largest number of stalagmites in the world. Anyone can do stalactites, the hard part is getting them to grow UP. But after admitting that a 30 minute railcar ride down into the depths of the earth wasnt going to be just the ticket for Anns preference for controlled environments, we continued on towards Millau via the Gorges de la Jonte.
Millau sits at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie Rivers and at the base of the Causse Noir and Causse du Larzac. Having seen countless campgrounds with amazing looking swimming holes on the ride in, we walked down to the river and found a place to cool off just under the bridge entering the city. The water was nice but the shopping cart just downstream of us seemed to indicate that more care was taken to keep things clean higher up in the gorges.
The next morning, we got another early start for a blast across the lowlands surrounding Toulouse on our way to the Pyrenees. Just outside of Millau, the Millau Viaduct holds the record for the tallest bridge tower and pylons in the world as it carries the autobahn between Paris and Montpelier.
While we did actually drive through the town of Roquefort, the day was
mostly a high speed effort to make some time south. The miles on the autobahn are much harder than the backroads mentally and physically.
Because someone at some time said they saw the Virgin Mary in Lourdes at the foot of the Pyrenees, 6 million visitors a year come to this holy site, many with ailments they hope will be cured by stripping naked, being wrapped in a white sheet and walking through a pool to kiss the foot of a statue. Weird, nowhere, NOWHERE could I find their miracle-cure vs. HOAX statistics published, but I guess people need something to believe in. Just a little hard to see literally lines of the old and disabled being wheeled in and relieved of their money at the sanctuary or any number of chachki shops.
But from Lourdes, we climbed into the Pyrenees proper to reach the hiking/skiing village of Cauterets. Quite touristy compared to the other towns weve been in but it has a mountainy feel a little like a Telluride. With the bike safely tucked away, we caught one World Cup game in the room and the exciting Spain/Paraguay game at a local bar before getting some sleep. The next day, we would ride some of the highest passes in the Pyrenees, many of which are mainstays of the Tour de France route.
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In. My "French Connection" is my lovely wife. She is from Mazamet in the Tarn. When we stay in France, it is mostly Saint- Chamas near Marseille with a cousin. Happily we all get along and always have a good time.
Wife and I have caged it over the Cevennes. Absolutely amazing!
Ambitious Amatuer
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Ambitious Amatuer
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Oddometer: 105
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Pyrenees Passes: Col du Tourmalet and Col du Aspin
Theres just too much to ride in the Pyrenees and we only had one day to do it. Add to that the fact that we were a little saddle-sore from the long haul yesterday, and we had to be picky. The 399km loop from France into Spain and back through Andorra (which was only ever doable in my dreams) gave way to ticking off two of the more well known passes used by the Tour de France and known by motorcyclists around the world, the Col du Tourmalet and the Col du Aspin.
On this day, the Fourth of July actually, the only parade we saw consisted of a bike race (and the traffic behind the packs of riders) grinding up the hill. The racers in this event (no, not the Tour which was still way north outside of Rotterdam) were spread out over the entire length of the Col du Tourmalet requiring that we make use of our narrow profile to slip past the diesel belching trucks (and cars) at every opportunity.
BTW, whats the state of air pollution in Europe? Maybe were more sensitive on the bike but it seems like every tailpipe from Toyota to BMW to Renault is spewing black smoke! I know some are clean diesel it sure still smells like a burning dinosaur and we didnt envy these guys huffing and puffing up the hill behind them.
The road, of course, was spectacular. Tight hairpins hanging over the edges with jagged, mist-shrouded peaks looming above us and wide valley vistas opening up behind.
Legs were shaking and breath was short as the summit of the Col du Tourmalet drew near. But think about how the bikers must have felt!
We stopped to take a few pictures on the far side of the Col and then looked uphill to wait for our opening in the now downhill bound cyclists. These guys were FLYING. We got behind one and tried (in vain) to keep up
The Col du Aspin was much less dramatic but very pretty. And still very impressive to have ridden to the top.
Some locals
We came back down the Col du Aspin for some lunch and watched people learning to paraglide on the obstacle-free but windswept hill adjacent to our cafe.
Ann ordered a small soup.
I was happy with just my plain old water to entertain myself. Nothing exciting to see here. Nope.
Then we headed back up the Tourmalet, reading all the signs of encouragement written on the road, and coasted down the other side against a dwindling flow of riders who needed those words more than ever. By now, anyone still at it was walking their bikes or sitting by the side of the road waiting to be picked up.
Backwards helmet cam down the Col du Tourmalet. Otherwise known as What does she do back there?
Back in Cauterets, we were getting a little tired of staring at each other over a small, metal cafe table as we had for pretty much every meal for the past week so we got a pizza from a little shop that bakes it while you wait. It wasnt until we got it back to the room that we realized that they dont cut it for you. No problem, about 49 scrapes with then end of some nail clippers (new, unused!) and it tore apart pretty good. Add some toilet paper napkins and you got yourself a meal.
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Very nice ride report ! It's always interesting to read foreigners impressions from your own home country
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Glad you're enjoying it and feel free to correct me if I get anything completely wrong or misrepresent something.
Ambitious Amatuer
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Oh, and I'd like to apologize in advance for the Condom jokes in the next post...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Moissac to Massaic, across the Midi
Leaving Cauterets and the Pyrenees, we got out the Lonely Planet and started looking for someplace interesting a few hours to the north that would get us moving back towards the mountains.
Of course, we talked about stopping in Condom but decided to pull out at the last minute. I had been taking care of the rhythm of the trip so far and everything had been working out fine, but I felt like it was Ann's responsibility to choose what we'd do next. In the end, we both agreed it was better to put the rubber down towards the Montabaun. Once we got going, we couldn't stop and just didn't feel good about Condom. Besides, this time of the month, that area's not very busy and using Condom as a stop only turned out to be about 98% effective in getting us as far north as we needed to be. (Phew, that was fun. Thanks, everybody.)
We ended up stopping in Auch ("Osh") and walking around the old city. Believe it or not, we've yet to set foot in a church or cathedral on this trip and we weren't about to break our streak but the old stone buildings did cut an impressive profile on the hill above the Ger River.
According to the Lonely Planet, one of the things to see in Auch is a statue of Dartagnan from The Three Musketeers. After some Googling, I found what seems to be a pretty confident response as to why they were called the "musketeers" when they used swords instead of muskets. I also found some very interesting facts about nougat. Unfortunately, while we were there, the grand staircase guarded by the statue was under construction. Even more unfortunately, Ann got a hold of the camera while I wasn't looking and snapped some photos of her idea of a chiseled masterpiece.
Even the guy at the cafe had to go down the street to the patisserie when we ordered "sandwiches" (baguette with ham, cheese, butter and butter).
From Auch, we continued to route North towards Montabaun, the first town on a more northerly route back across France that had been recommended by some locals on ADV. As usual, Mon. Garmin routed us in the most bizarre way possible. I have little doubt that it was true to the "shortest route" (rather than fastest time) setting I had programmed, but without fail, if we saw a sign towards our destination, Mon. Garmin would insist we turn the opposite direction and lead us onto a farm road even smaller than the one we'd been on. Lucky for us, these were great roads to ride on that wound through endless fields of sunflowers. Seriously, I mean, what could they possibly use all these sunflowers for? The fields went on and on and on over every hillside for hours.
Moissac caught our eye in the L.P. book and as we rolled over the Tarn River, we were convinced. Pretty riverside location and a view of one of the canals built to facilitate trade between the Atlantic and Mediterranean. At this point, they are used by leisurely private and rental barges (houseboats) that tie off alongside a town to explore or resupply. The canal routes also provide a very gradual bike route across the southern part of the country.
The Moulin de Moissac and the view from the room. A splurge at 90 euros but well worth it.
Then again, the guy at the front counter looked at us as if we were insane when after plunking down the entry fee, we asked about a self-service laundry in town. He gave us an "I can assure you I don't know anything about that" kinda look thought the Office du Tourisme in town was glad to point us to one where we could wait for our load to finish in an air conditioned bar while using the wireless and watching Tour de France updates. As much as we tend to think of "tourist" as a bad word, we're seeing these offices everywhere and realizing they're a great source for hotels, maps and 20 minutes of air conditioning.
The abbey in Moissac has markings dating parts of it back to 650 AD. To show our respect, we sat at a cafe right outside and drank beer brewed in a local abbey (or at least one that that took the name of a local abbey).
Well buzzed (but coming from a certain sanctimonious high ground), we returned to the luxurious room we'd chilled to perfection with the "climatization" and proceeded to Skype everyone we know. Possibly not what the monks had in mind…
The next morning, we got our standard 7 am start.
Once again, we let Mon. Garmin once again defy French road signs and lead us on a quest for the most remote backroads flanked by the most ridiculously large sunflower farms possible with completely abandoned French towns in between. It was pretty awesome.
Well, it was awesome until we realized that none of the hotels in these little country towns with all the shutters closed and no one on the streets were open. We later talked to a couple from Florida who have stored two BMW F650GS's in Germany for the past 6 years, coming to ride the Alps and French countryside for 3 months every year, that the major autoroutes have eliminated the need for people to pass through these little towns and thus brought about their decline. If only Mon. Garmin was the Minister of Transportation!
We pressed on, entering the southern portion of the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne which it's believed used to be the one of the most active volcanic regions in Europe, the results of which we saw in the Monts du Cantal, the remnants of a large volcano collapsing inwards on itself.
They love the high view points. If there's a promontory of any kind, it's got a church or a castle on it.
The first town we saw with any signs of life, particularly in the form of a hotel (with a pool with a topless sunbather no less!), was Massaic, likely spared from obsolescence by its proximity to the A75. Never mind that we had come from Moissac, we were too tired to ask questions. A dip in the pool (wearing my mirror sunglasses), a quick walk around town, a pizza and a world cup game and we were done.
Typical French village but…
Rue de Croissant? Really? Are you guys just phoning it in at this point?
Street hasn't changed much in 50 years.
Moto shop was closed… or there may not have even really been one.
Dogger's got a nice system for hiding in plain sight to watch the passers-by.
Tomorrow, we keep making progress towards the Alps…
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This place is basically a dump
Rooms were clean and modern. Beds were very comfortable. The hotel was quiet and the staff was very friendly and helpful.
I loved the hotel the room was comfortable, clean, nicely decorated and the bed was comfortable.
It was very annoying that everytime someone left their room the doors slammed.We also had small kids next door that were very noisy. I called down stairs to let them know and it stopped for several hours but they started up again...
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'Free' breakfast was a bit normal...
It was clean, and provided the sleep we needed for our visit to Georgia Southern.
There was a heat index of 103 that day. The air was off and the room was stifling hot when we arrived,even though we reserved it online days before. We turned the ac unit on, and went to bed. Sometime during the night,the unit stopped working. The polite man at the front desk said ours was the second complaint of that happening.
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Everything. Roaches everywhere.
Cheap and convenient
Old rooms, dead cockroach under pillow, doorframe to adjoining room was damaged and would have been very easy for someone from that side to break into our room
Very convenient to Georgia Southern University campus and easy access to I-95
The room was large and clean. The bathroom was also clean and large enough. WiFi worked very well.
I was in room 207, and there was a considerable amount of noise from outside as children and adults frequently entered and exited rooms 205 and 203.
Bed was very comfortable. Location was great.
The air conditioning unit was very loud and didn't cool quite as well as I would have liked, even with it set to lowest temperature. Cable was fuzzy and wouldn't adjust.
Neighbor kept tv on full volume. ALL NIGHT
Staff went above and beyond by finding a phone charger for my phone. Very attentive to client needs.
Arguably the best hotel in Statesboro,from my experience. It is easy to get in and out of compared to others, and located close to the main venues of Georgia Southern, The rooms have alot of space and the living room is nice. I will use this hotel again
Left turn out of hotel is a little challenging, and there is almost no reason to turn right. Access to Veterans Highway directly would be much better.
Hotel was dated BUT a GREAT value. We were there during the aftermath of a large ice storm which displaced a number of local residents. They all were staying at the Baymont Inn. The staff had many customers and a lot on their plates but always manage smiles and time to answer questions. This is a great value and we will stay there again for sure.
The hotel is a bit dated and could use some fresh paint and carpet. However I did not find it to be unclean and believe that I would stay here again.
Very clean, good breakfast, & comfortable room
I asked for additional room key & was told their machine to make the key was down which is understandable but they had no since of urgency to get it fixed & had a could care less attitude about it.
Located exactly where we needed to be. The right price.
The cleanliness could be better and the breakfast was terrible.
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C.J. Pearson, 12 Year Old Black Conservative Who Has Called Out Obama, Taking Break From Political Commentary After Threats Made To His Family…Update: Twitter Threats Of User 'Mona Hussein Obama'
The tolerant Left strikes again, going after little kids. We've brought you C.J.'s videos in the past, most recently here.
Via IJR
C.J. Pearson is a young black conservative whose videos challenging President Obama have caught fire on social media.
It appears that his conservative fans are not the only ones who have taken notice, as he found out to his chagrin. Pearson recently made an announcement that he is taking a break from politics because of threats to his family.
Here's the Twitter profile of the 'woman' threatening C.J.:
Here's some of the actual threats:
If anyone knows this woman's identity, please private share it with me. Thanks. #StandWithCJ pic.twitter.com/OyzDGYNWID
— Ali A. Akbar (@ali) July 3, 2015
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Illegal Aliens Invade Ann Coulter Book Signing, Scream, Rip Books And Harass Customers…
Spoiled special snowflakes.
Via BPR
Ann Coulter and some of her fans were victims of a verbal assault by a bunch of rude illegal immigrants — but Coulter had the last word.
The library-like quiet at a California Barnes & Noble Bookstore was shattered Tuesday night by screaming illegal immigrants during a book-signing event for the conservative columnist and author.
She was signing copies of her latest book, "Adios America: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole," when a group of illegal aliens began screaming chants.
"Two, four, six, eight, we don't need your racist hate!" they bellowed at the Costa Mesa bookstore.
"Undocumented, unafraid!" they yelled. "Ain't no power like the power of the people 'cause the power of the people don't stop!"
Other activists unfurled a banner reading "Adios, Ann Coulter," as another yelled at the author, "Go back to Europe!"
Through it all, Coulter remained unruffled and cheerful as she signed books, posed with her fans for photographs, and ignored the protesters.
HHS: Patriots Sell Obamacare To Your Friends And Family For Us This July 4th…
Go ahead and try it, can always use another launching pad for bottle rockets.
While gathered around the grill with friends and family this Fourth of July, the government recommends you try to sell them on Obamacare.
Sure, that's likely to start an argument, a point the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services doesn't dispute, but it's all for a good cause: correcting the "misinformation about the ACA" that "is everywhere" in the wake of last week's Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare subsidies.
In the HHS talking points on how to seamlessly segue from grill-side pleasantries to health insurance shilling, they included some hypothetical scenarios and suggested these responses:
Situation: Uncle Ted claims Obamacare is a train wreck and has cost jobs.
You say: Uncle Ted, you've gotten a hold of some old talking points. With greater access to affordable, quality health insurance, the Affordable Care Act is helping individuals and strengthening our economy!
"How Much Would You Pay To Stop An Abortion?" Woman Claims She Will Abort Her Baby Unless Paid $1 Million
Despicable. Hopefully, it's a hoax, but I wouldn't put it past such a horrid person for it to be true.
Via Daily Mail:
A pregnant woman has challenged pro life activists to pay her $1 million to keep her baby.
In an anonymous essay titled 'How much would you pay to stop an abortion?', the writer claims she is 26 years old, seven weeks pregnant, with every intention of aborting her fetus.
But if she receives $1 million in 72 hours she will allegedly have the baby, put it up for adoption, and put every cent into a trust fund for the child to access at 21.
Otherwise, every donation will be returned and she will go through with the abortion she has scheduled for July 10.
Police Identify Motel Intruder Shot By Ex-CNN Reporter As Absconding Parolee From Tennessee
Update to this story. Some of the many many mugshots of Tomorio Walton…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —The man fatally shot by a former CNN reporter at an Albuquerque motel had fled parole in Tennessee, police said.
Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Tanner Tixier (tih-SHAY) said late Thursday that Tomorio Walton had absconded from parole out of Memphis and it wasn't clear how long he had been in New Mexico.
Chuck de Caro and his wife, Lynne Russell, were in their room when Walton, 27, allegedly tried to rob them, authorities said.
Russell, a former CNN anchor, said the couple stopped at an Albuquerque Motel 6 on Tuesday night after a long day of traveling and they also had their dog. She said an armed man was at their door when she returned from getting something from their car.
"He pushed me into the room and that's when my husband came out of the shower and saw what was happening," Russell told KOB-TV. "We tried to calm him, confuse him and do everything we could do to just come out of it in one piece."
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Trump Not Backing Down, Points To Murder In San Francisco, 'Absolutely Disgraceful'
Trump is referencing the horrible murder of Kathryn Steinle in front of her family in San Francisco, by an illegal alien with seven previous felony convictions, and five prior deportations.
Black Veteran, A 'Son Of The South, Defends The Confederate Flag
By Courtney Daniels, a Birmingham native, former U.S. Marine and veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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In 2001, the Taliban shamelessly dynamited the Bamiyan Buddhas, two of the largest such carvings of the ancient world. Built in the 6th century by monks who made their homes along the Silk Road, the Buddahs stood for millenia until fundamentalists removed them from the face of the Earth. Such ignorance still abounds. Over the past few months, the onslaught of the Islamic State has wrought the systematic destruction of cultural artifacts from Palmyra to Nineva, all because they were deemed "offensive" by a minority that if it had its way, would ensure the entire world would adhere to a dark and revisionist existence.
A couple of days ago, in the wake of a childish debate over a memorial flag flown near a Confederate statue, a Southern monument was ignorantly desecrated with an attempt at the "Black Lives Matter" slogan. The spray-painted phrase was misspelled. The inanimate statue, a solemn reminder of the South's fallen sons, didn't take away any citizen's pursuit of happiness, it didn't interfere with the social and racial disparities that some claim as a detriment to advancement — it simply stood there, silent and bold, marking the bravery and errors of yesterday's determinations.
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After reelection, the RINOs appear.
Via Breitbart
Every conservative who cares about the unholy mess known as Congress should visit conservativereview.com (CR) and examine the "Liberty Score." Every liberal who wonders how conservatives view their elected leaders should examine it as well.
The "Liberty Score" is refreshingly (and painfully) honest, as opposed to other scorecards that have been known to be compromised. It separates the wheat from the chaff and the frauds from the champions. It tells you who the real conservative heroes are, who comes close, and who doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence with that word.
It also blows the whistle on the charlatans who campaign for re-election as red-hot conservatives, having deceived their constituency by covering up a voting record that is anything but; after being rewarded with another term, they cynically proceed to betray voters yet again by returning to their liberal ways.
The voting analysis here is no meatball surgery. You cannot be more comprehensive than when you analyze 6,382 votes, selecting the top 50 for incumbents over a six-year period.
Let's look at the Republicans in the Senate. "Liberty Score" tells you everything you need to know about the GOP majority – and what to expect from a body that almost universally champions itself as "conservative." But the scores, pulled in June 2015, tell a different tale.
Start with the "A" grades, those with voting records between 90% and 100%. There is only one Republican – Sen. Mike Lee of Utah – who registers a perfect 100%. (Two others, Ben Sasse and David Perdue, also score perfectly, but they are brand-new and have cast only a handful of major votes.) There are only two other Republicans in the entire body who receive an "A" — Cruz (96%) and Paul (93%).
Three veterans and two rookies. That's it for the conservative GOP "A" team.
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Judge And Suspect In Courtroom Recognize Each Other As Middle School Playmates
Hopefully, it spurs him to make a change.
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An unexpected class reunion occurred inside the unlikeliest of places – a criminal courtroom.
Miami, Florida judge, Mindy Glazer, was presiding over the case of a man arrested for burglary and theft on Thursday.
But she suddenly realized she had seen the man before – years ago in middle school.
The judge and the suspect had once been playmates at Nautilus Middle School, reports Local10.
Asking the suspect standing before her if he had attended the same middle school she did, the man instantly perked up and seemed to recognize the judge.
The suspect breaks into a huge smile when he spots his old pal.
But then remembering the embarrassing circumstances of their reunion, he immediately breaks down and repeatedly wails, 'Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!'
Today is the Federal holiday and for many, the start of the holiday weekend going into July 4th. We wish all a safe and happy Independence Day weekend, may we hold fast to our liberties and preserve this last best hope on earth.
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Seattle, WA Schools Implant IUDs In Girls As Young As 6th Grade Without Parental Permission…
This could get interesting if a male that identifies as a female requests an IUD…
Via Life News
Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a high school in Seattle, Washington that is now implanting intrauterine devices (IUD), as well as other forms of birth control and doing so without parental knowledge or permission.
The IUD is known as a long acting reversible contraception, and may even act as an abortifacient. So, a young teen in Seattle can't get a coke at her high school, but she can have a device implanted into her uterus, which can unknowingly kill her unborn child immediately after conception. Or, if she uses another method, she can increase her chances of health risks for herself, especially if using a new method.
The high school, Chief Sealth International, a public school, began offering the devices in 2010, made possible by a Medicaid program known as Take Charge and a non-profit, Neighborcare. Students can receive the device or other method free of cost and without their parent's insurance. And while it's lauded that the contraception is confidential, how can it be beneficial for a parent-child relationship when the parents don't even know the devices or medication their daughter is using?
As it turns out, Chief Sealth isn't the only school in Seattle doing this. As CNS News reports, more schools are fitting young girls — as young as 6th grade — with the devices and doing so without their parents knowing.
Middle and high school students can't get a Coca-Cola or a candy bar at 13 Seattle public schools, but they can get a taxpayer-funded intrauterine device (IUD) implanted without their parents' consent.
School-based health clinics in at least 13 Seattle-area public high schools and middle schools offer long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), including IUDs and hormonal implants, to students in sixth-grade and above at no cost, according to Washington State officials.
HT: Planeboy
Geraldo Wants Reparations From Trump Over 'Rapists' Remark To Fix NYC Subway…
Geraldo needs to shake down Comrade de Blasio.
Fox News personality and NBC "Celebrity Apprentice" runner-up Geraldo Rivera has an idea for Donald Trump: Make amends for calling some Mexican immigrants "rapists" by paying to repair New York's subway system.
Trump caused controversy in June when he said many of the immigrants who come across the U.S. southern border are "rapists." The remark came during his announcement that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination.
In the aftermath, Macy's, Univision and NBC Universal cut business ties with Trump. Then, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his administration would reevaluate any business dealings the city has with Trump.
In an email to the Washington Examiner media desk, Rivera recalled public works Trump completed in New York — the total renovation of the Wollman skating rink, for example — and said the White House hopeful could redeem himself by paying to complete a long-delayed subway project.
"As reparation and recompense for his offensive remarks I think he should volunteer to finish our long-delayed, over-budget, never-ending 2nd Avenue Subway project, which has baffled numerous administrations and has been pending for at least a century," Rivera said.
Professor: Reason Itself Is A 'White Male Euro-Christian Construct'
Can't get too much more racist than that, but, hey, academia…
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A philosophy and religion professor at Syracuse University gave an interview to The New York Times Thursday in which he critiqued the notion of pure reason as simply being a "white male Euro-Christian construction."
Prof. John Caputo was being interviewed by fellow philosophy professor George Yancy for the 13th installment of an interview series Yancy conducts with philosophers regarding racial topics.
Given its emphasis on first principles and abstract thought, it may be tempting to view academic philosophy as a turf where the race of participants matters little, but Caputo says that's entirely untrue. In fact, race is of central importance, and it's proven by the mundane phrases philosophers use.
"'White' is of the utmost relevance to philosophy, and postmodern theory helps us to see why," Caputo says in the interview. "I was once criticized for using the expression 'true north.'It reflected my Nordo-centrism, my critic said, and my insensitivity to people who live in the Southern Hemisphere. Of course, no such thing had ever crossed my mind, but that points to the problem. We tend to say 'we' and to assume who 'we' are, which once simply meant 'we white male Euro-Christians.'
The end result of critiquing whiteness, Caputo suggests, is the realization that the supposed "reason" underlying philosophy is just another form of white privilege … or something of that nature.
Obama Administration Scales Back Deportations In Effort To Integrate Illegal Aliens Into Society…
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The Obama administration has begun a profound shift in its enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, aiming to hasten the integration of long-term illegal immigrants into society rather than targeting them for deportation, according to documents and federal officials.
In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has taken steps to ensure that the majority of the United States' 11.3 million undocumented immigrants can stay in this country, with agents narrowing enforcement efforts to three groups of illegal migrants: convicted criminals, terrorism threats or those who recently crossed the border.
While public attention has been focused on the court fight over President Obama's highly publicized executive action on immigration, DHS has with little fanfare been training thousands of immigration agents nationwide to carry out new policies on everyday enforcement.
The legal battle centers on the constitutionality of a program that would officially shield as many as 5 million eligible illegal immigrants from deportation, mainly parents of children who are U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. A federal judge put the program, known by the acronym DAPA, on hold in February after 26 states sued.
But the shift in DHS's enforcement priorities, which are separate from the DAPA program and have not been challenged in court, could prove even more far-reaching.
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Suspect In Shocking 'Random' Murder "Had Been Deported To Mexico Several Times"
Beautiful girl now gone from her family.
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The man suspected of gunning down a young woman at random at a popular San Francisco tourist spot on Wednesday has been "deported to Mexico several times," according to a report by the local ABC News affiliate.
The woman, 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle ("Kate"), was struck in the chest with a bullet while visiting Pier 14 on the Embarcadero with her family. She was rushed to a nearby hospital but doctors were unable to save her, as she died in her parents' arms a few hours later.
The suspect, Francisco Sanchez, was identified as being in his mid-40s and on probation from Texas due to previous, undisclosed crimes. He was arrested after tips from passers-by. Officials said that the killing appeared to be random. Police believe they have recovered the murder weapon from the waters of the San Francisco Bay near the pier, where the suspect allegedly tossed it.
On Thursday, two news crews filming live at Pier 14 were mugged at the scene, and one cameraman was pistol-whipped.
The San Francisco Chronicle described Steinle's last moments in heartbreaking detail:
"She fought for her life," [Liz] Sullivan said, adding that her daughter's heart had stopped two times, and was restarted, in the ambulance.
"It was a battle, but she just didn't make it," she said. "It was horrific, but we knew the minute they came to talk to us, it wasn't good. But it was so nice to go in and be with her."
Sullivan said that in their final moments together, she softly touched her daughter's face — a face she used to paint when the young woman was a little girl.
"We have deep faith," Jim Steinle said, adding, "Our faith isn't to the point where we're ready to forgive."
Beautiful family. Illegal alien gunman had seven previous convictions, including for drugs.
Via Daily Mail:
'She was the most wonderful, loving caring person and if anybody could take anything from this — if you love somebody, just tell them that you love them,' said brother Brad Steinle.
'We loved Kate, and I will love her till the day I die,' Brad told ABC 7 as he fought off tears. 'I had the best sister.'
Kate's mother, 69-year-old Liz Sullivan, recounted the first moments of their family's nightmare to the San Francisco Chronicle. 'She just kept saying, 'Dad, help me, help me."
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Obama Makes Nice With More Communist Governments: Hosting Head Of Vietnamese Communist Party In Oval Office
Special honors to communists.
Washington (AFP) – The head of Vietnam's Communist Party will make a first-ever visit to the White House next week, meeting President Barack Obama on the 40th anniversary of the end of the war between the two nations.
The landmark trip underscores strengthening ties between the former wartime enemies amid regional maritime tensions involving China.
Nguyen Phu Trong will become the first General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party to visit the United States and the White House, diplomats and officials said.
Obama and Trong will hold talks Tuesday and discuss ways to improve ties that were normalized 20 years ago, the White House said Friday.
Trong — who heads the ruling party but has no formal government position — will be hosted in the Oval Office, an administration official said.
That is an uncommon honor for someone who is not the head of state or government.
SC State Senator Lee Bright Wants Voters To Decide Removal Of Confederate Flag…
FYI: Lee Bright was one of the challengers to Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary.
Via WISTV
Lawmakers will debate Monday on what to do with the Confederate flag at the State House.
To take down the flag, it requires two-thirds of both the House and Senate to vote for it and enough lawmakers to meet that quota say they're going to vote to take it down.
If both the House and Senate vote quickly on the bill, it could make it to Gov. Haley's desk by the end of the week. Some lawmakers said they're going to make that happen but it still has to clear a lot of legislative hurdles.
Any bill has to get three readings or votes in a chamber to pass.
The Confederate Flag bill already got a reading in the Senate; it's up for its second reading Monday, and could move to the House of Representatives by Tuesday.
If it gets a vote a day, it could be on Governor Haley's desk by late Thursday or Friday but if the bill gets sent to a committee, or lawmakers add several amendments, it means more debate.
Right now, two lawmakers have amendments prepared – Senator John Courson wants a South Carolina State flag to go up on the flag pole behind the monument, he says as a symbol of state unity.
Senator Lee Bright wants the question to put to a referendum saying South Carolinians need to weigh in.
"There's conversation about putting other Confederate flags that are less offensive out there, but let's just move forward and put a South Carolina flag and say 'I'm ok, you're ok' and show the world what we are. I think we've done that very well the past two weeks," Courson said.
Bright contends the flag is a symbol of the state's history.
"To me and many others, this flag represents the Confederate soldier that fought under it," Bright said. "It's a part of history. I think the way a majority of South Carolinians feel. But they're not being intimidated by the national media."
Before lawmakers can take up the Confederate flag debate, they've got to get budget vetoes out of the way.
The House will take them up first on Monday.
And while Senator Courson says he's hoping to knock them out fast- however long it takes lawmakers to tackle vetoes- will set the pace for the flag debate.
Updated: California Community Steps Up After American Flags Trashed At Cemetery…
California still has patriots.
Via KTVU
Many cemeteries display American flags on gravestones for Fourth of July.
But one California cemetery removed them, and threw them away!
Tuesday, community members came together to make a patriotic point.
Dozens of volunteers and family members of those buried at the cemetery came out to show their support, with their arms full of fresh flags.
After several hours of work, the grave site of every veteran in the cemetery had a brand new American Flag placed in front of it.
The company that owns the cemetery says the flags and other personal items were removed as part of a quarterly cleanup of the grounds.
Per WZ reader Kat, KTVU has scrubbed the company's name from the report.
State Silences Bakers Who Refused To Make Wedding Cake For Same-Sex Couple, Orders Them To Pay $135,000 To Couple
Update to this story. Anti-free speech insanity on top of the infringement on belief.
Via Daily Signal:
Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, the bakers who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, to pay $135,000 in emotional damages to the couple they denied service.
"This case is not about a wedding cake or a marriage," Avakian wrote. "It is about a business's refusal to serve someone because of their sexual orientation. Under Oregon law, that is illegal."
In the ruling, Avakian placed an effective gag order on the Kleins, ordering them to "cease and desist" from speaking publicly about not wanting to bake cakes for same-sex weddings based on their Christian beliefs.
"This effectively strips us of all our First Amendment rights," the Kleins, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, which has since closed, wrote on their Facebook page. "According to the state of Oregon we neither have freedom of religion or freedom of speech."


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FUBAR - Tips & Tricks
Noticed a fair few people where having issues with this difficulty and that is understandable - It's a bitch in a lot of places. So using THIS guide - credit to immikeulate - but a few edits and extra info, I thought it'll help!
Tips & Tricks
Squad: Though these guys may get in the way or be useless sometimes, they really are not there to annoy you. These guys will be the heart and soul of killing and saving your life in the long run, so use them.
If an enemy AI is a little too close to you, target him to take the heat off of you, so it gives you more time to kill off other enemies or take a break. In some occasions, it may be best to let the enemy AI bunch up, so the 'Stun' command pops up. This is really handy, as it leaves all the AI stunned, giving you the chance to make a dent the amount of people you have to finish off.
Adams: He's actually the best squad mate for a couple of reason. One he uses a heavy weapon, so when attacking or targeting an enemy via a command, he'll unleash a hail of bullets! The other great thing about him is that he's the only one who throws grenades. Not all the time, but occasionally he'll launch one into the group of AI and it'll be a big help. Not only for clearing a group of guys, but for the dust it may kick up.
Lugo: Anyone at a distance will get killed with one hit by him. So when you see people at a distance, command your guys on them and it'll save you having to take time at aiming and even wasting ammo. Other than this, Lugo is another good back-up.
Ammo: So if you've read the points above, hopefully you should have enough to last you. Ammo is a little scarce around the game, but when you come across some, don't pick it up straight away. Search the dead bodies first to grab anything little and then open the ammo crates.
Just make sure that if you're only missing a small amount of bullets to not open the crate right away because it'll be a waste. Try and save it until you feel it's the right time, so it doesn't go to waste.
Guns: There's a few that you're going to want to make sure you have in your arsenal at ALL times (if possible).
Once lined up, quickly press LT and then RT and you'll most likely be aiming at the upper body or head. It's a quick and easy way to aim at your targets without having to come out of cover until the last moment.
This leads me onto blind-firing. This is actually pretty accurate, so if someone is close but you can't risk coming out of cover, us it. Remember you have the reticle there for guidance! You may also want to head over to the Options and turn on Auto-Aim. It'll head lock onto any AI and also auto move up to the head in some occasions.
Time: Don't rush. In none of the missions is there a time limit, so don't feel like you must complete the game in record time.
Checkpoints: Good point here. Play the game by checkpoint to checkpoint and not chapter by chapter. If you've had enough for one night and have just reached a checkpoint, stop there. Don't feel like you have to stress yourself out anymore by getting to the end.
Executions: Don't go out of your way for these if you're swamped with enemies, but if you can achieve one or more of these, do it. Doing so will net you a nice bunch of ammo and grenades.
Grenades: Very handy when you want to move position or clear an area of guys.
Turrets: This is mainly for when you take control of them. Again, personally, I always crouch. Though the aiming is off a little, it'll save you from getting hit. If you need to get a more accurate shot off, press in LS, kill the guys quickly, then go straight back into a crouch.
Squad Down: Tricky really. Do you save them or get your remaining squad mate to? This all depends on your location, cover you can take and who's closet. Take these into consideration before you rush half way across the map to be the hero.
Stealth: In some areas, it'll be noted to you that taking a quiet stealthy approach is the best tactic. For this, get Adams/Lugo to do the work. They'll sync their attacks and it'll be a one hit kill all the way. This saves you making a mistake or wasting ammo.
Spawns The spawns in this game are not infinite, so feel free to hang back and take your time to pick each guy off one by one. It's also worth noting that the spots and areas the enemy spawns are always the same, so use this to your advantage if a certain area is giving you some trouble.
This also goes for what enemy moves up on you or throws a grenade, it'll be the same one each time unless you intervene.
Priorities: This is mainly for what enemies to kill first. If you a CQC guy is running at you, deal with him first. If he gets close and hits you, it's an instant kill. Then there's the Juggernauts. They'll take a bit more damage than usual, but there's a few things I've learnt.
First off, I command my guys to kill any normal enemies about and I'll concentrate on the him. Aim for the face with every shot and don't settle for anything else. If he's shooting at you, take cover and only shoot during the slight pauses or when he's reloading. If you want to get a fair few good hits on him, throw a flash or for some nice damage a few grenades.
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Chapter 6: The start of this Chapter is the tricky part as you're without Adams and Lugo for the start of it. You'll start the Chapter behind cover and with a Desert Eagle in hand but you'll be surrounded by a few enemies. You're going to want to make sure that make no mistakes with your DE because it's a one hit kill but you're limited to only 5 bullets.
You'll also want to take note, that to your right, but up the area a little is a grenade box and a shotgun. You're going to want to run and grab these. At the start I ran to these, grabbed them, ran to the other end and killed the guys that'll be to your left with a grenade. Once done, I ran back to the car at the start, and defended until the squad turned up.
Either way, aim true and watch your sides! Remember to use the grenades wisely to clear a few enemies in one go! The video below may help.
Chapter 13; Part 1: For me, and I think for most, Chapter 13 will be a little tough! Here's the tactic I used.
Once Adams, is against the helicopter, take cover against the right metal plate in front of him. If you need more grenades, pick them up while still in cover. Then strafe left to the edge and pick up the 417. Now swap to the left cover. Doing so, the AI should move about a bit. Note, if you need ammo, pick it up here.
When that happen, throw a grenade to the right section lot and then a quick second to the left lot. Aim for the middle, so the dust cloud gets a lot of them. Once done, QUICKLY get out of cover, run left towards the water. First pick up the grenades next to the cover you were up against - near a sunken object - then run towards the water but back a little.
You should be up against a sunken boat and level to the crashed helicopter to your right and looking down the map at where all the enemies are spawning. Being at the back of the boat, you'll also be able to leap over into the middle of it for extra cover, but you shouldn't really need to do this.
From here, no one from the right will shoot you, and you can then look up ahead with the 417 scope and kill the AI when they spawn. So take your time and kill off the enemies one by one. Only 2 guys should run up close to you, so deal with them quickly, but hopefully Adams will get them.
Once you've cleared the area and the JN comes. Try and kill the 2 guys first, then run to the rubble cover behind you. With all your might, grenades and a little help from Adams, you should have no trouble taking him down!
Chapter 13; Part 2: This is the part where you get ambushed by the big beached ship. The video below shows you a good tactic at the start, so I'll leave that to do the job. Just remember to take your time and to take out the JN first!
Note: This is a whole Chapter video, but I feel the PT 1 tactic I've mentioned above, may work a little better than what is show in the video below.
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while this will help, the main factor in FUBAR is consistency. Keep trying and keep these tips in mind and you will eventually pass that devastating checkpoint after keeping at it.
the ammo tips is kinda weird...
it would be better worded along the lines of:
if you're about to enter battle with almost full ammo and there happens to be an AMMO crate, do not grab it until you finish the battle, therefore maximizing the potential of the ammo crate.
the way you make it sound is, if you're only missing 10 bullets, do not grab the crate at all... which is kinda silly because there are a few crates located in random spots that are between battles, and if you need 10 bullets you might as well grab the ammo crate because its a waste if you dont.
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Yes, auto-aim does not effect any of the achievements and will greatly help you out.
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I'll make the edit to the ammo part. Did look through it and noticed it doesn't sound right.
Auto Aim - I was on my mind to add this but got a little caught up and I missed it out.
When I'm not on my iPhone I'll make the changes!
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Thanks for the tips, this definitely helped me when I was going for the FUBAR trophy!
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Finally got the FUBAR, this guide/tips sure helped alot.
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The fubar difficulty, what a bad memory ! ^^
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after skimming through, doesnt seem as hard as cod or gears. doable
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