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Flying Squirrel
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About Me
I am the same DU member who formerly posted under the name FlyingSquirrel (no space). I killed this profile by changing both my password and email at a time when I felt I had developed an unhealthy addiction to the internet in general and DU in particular. Not sayin' I'm any better now ;-)
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Copurrrnicus inspects his new outdoor enclosure... The birds should be safe.
Total cost of materials was around $300.
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Mon May 11, 2015, 05:44 AM (20 replies)
I say: Bernie is running! I get: Blank stares
I say: Bernie Sanders! He's running for president!
I get: Who's that?
And this is from my girlfriend and her aunt, both of whom have to put up with my frequent updates from DU. We've got a long road ahead of us to educate the country... I started today by posting the Matt Taibbi article on Facebook. I got: 2 likes in 7 hours. Well, it's a start.
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Thu Apr 30, 2015, 12:37 AM (7 replies)
Copurrrrnicus: A further study in black & white
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:54 AM (2 replies)
Thank you, Juror #4
I hope this post will not be hidden. I have redacted the name of the poster in question - this is not meant to be a personal call-out or a criticism of the jury system; it is instead meant to highlight what I believe to be the line between acceptable and unacceptable criticism of Hillary Clinton on DU, and to give further exposure to a very well-written juror comment.
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On Sun Apr 12, 2015, 02:39 PM you sent an alert on the following post:
34. If her future ads are like her announcement video, all froth and no substance, I'm not sure how much better she would be than Bush, Walker or Cruz. They are crazy. But they are what they are.
After that video, I have no idea who Hillary really is. Has she changed since 2008? How? I imagine we will see more videos. I hope they do more than make us feel good over nothing.
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
Inappropriate on a democratic site to suggest that the only democratic candidate who has announced might be no better than Bush, Walker, or Cruz especially after conceding that they are crazy. Take it to Free Republic, I don't care about your 48,000 posts.
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Sun Apr 12, 2015, 02:53 PM, and voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT ALONE.
Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Nope. I don't want to see this on DU.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Oh. Please. This is a valid opinion, expressed appropriately. Get over it.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: You know, I came to DU to get away from r/w talking points on other internet sites; a sort of safe haven from the constant lies and innuendo about Democrats/progressives/liberals. I came here to work with people to debunk the media bs being catapulted into people's heads via hyperbole, lies, misdirection, selective quoting, out of context headings and subject lines, and the constant gish gallop of the corporate noise machine. If anyone on this board thinks that either of the Clintons is the same as a republican, maybe they should check what they've been reading and where it's from. No one is required to "love" or even "actively support" any politician. But to actively and repeatedly attack Democrats, maybe that kind of person would be happier elsewhere. Perhaps <name redacted> could find a "safe haven" site for people who hate the Clintons. There are plenty of those sites out there. It's going to be another long election cycle.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No better than Bush, Walker or Cruz? I'm not thrilled with Clinton either but...FUCK YOU. I hope this bullshit gets hidden.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Take your censorship somewhere else.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
It's going to be a long election cycle for sure. I may not post much, but regardless of my previously articulated ambivalence regarding Hillary Clinton, apparently I will be alerting like a madman.
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Sun Apr 12, 2015, 09:38 PM (17 replies)
For all you "Lost" fans (and I'm posting this at 1:08pm my time):
Today at 4:23pm it will be...
...wait for it....
4/8/15 at 16:23:42!
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:10 PM (1 replies)
So Angie's List pulls out of Indiana expansion, but still advertises on Fox News?
What gives there?
Have to say, after checking out the wiki page on Angie's List, I'm not impressed. Have never used them, and now that I see they advertise on Fox I never will. Pulling out of the Indiana expansion doesn't change that for me.
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Tue Mar 31, 2015, 02:57 AM (2 replies)
So if Iraq was "War for NOT oil"... what's Iran?
In case you missed the thread...
If you thought it was "Blood for Oil"--you're wrong. It was far, far worse.
So today I'm watching Fox News (O'Reilly), keeping tabs on the enemy, when I hear him talking about the Iran sanctions, and my ears prick up when I hear that they'd be able to sell more oil if the sanctions were lifted. And I think, that's just what the oil barons don't want.. they don't want more oil out there on the market, further driving down the already low price per barrel.
Is Fox News (and those who fund it) really worried about Iran getting nuclear capability, or are they really just concerned that those sanctions will be lifted, thereby hitting them in their fat (but never fat enough) pocketbooks?
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Tue Mar 31, 2015, 02:50 AM (1 replies)
Timed that one just right...
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Sun Mar 8, 2015, 10:01 PM (0 replies)
Yes, were stuck with Hillary: But we dont need an Elizabeth Warren-esque savior for a battle of...
Yes, were stuck with Hillary: But we dont need an Elizabeth Warren-esque savior for a battle of ideas
The first questions easy. Democrats dont debate policy because they cant. They cant because they tell their donors one thing and their base another. This divides policy from message. Its a situation rich with irony: To pay for populist-themed ads they mortgage themselves to the status quo. Needless to say, when they divvy up the spoils, the donors get policy and the base gets message.
Democrats hate to hear it, but thats how it went down in 2008. Obama ran on cleaning up Washington and Wall Street, rescuing homeowners, raising the minimum wage and passing a public option. We know what happened next. The homeowners got the ax. The minimum wage, the public option and the ethics reforms got shelved. Wall Street got a get-out-of-jail-free card.
I dont doubt Warren would light a fire under a movementshes done it beforebut two things worry me about all such scenarios. First is how tenuous they seem. Second is that they slight what I now see as our most urgent task: building a progressive movement powerful enough to transform our utterly debased and thus wholly ineffectual politics.
No matter who the Democrats or any party may nominate, winning requires an agenda that speaks to the disaffected, a group that now includes most voters. Democrats cant do it on their own; theyve neither the tools nor the permission. And regardless of who wins well achieve little without a strong movement to hold the winners to account.
Much more at the link, a very good read.
Posted by Flying Squirrel | Mon Feb 9, 2015, 10:02 AM (5 replies)
*** DUzy Awards - May 31 - June 8, 2014 ***
THE DUzy AWARDS!!!
responding to a post with "DUzy" in the subject line,
or by sending me a PM.
The DUzy awards couldn't happen without you!
On an OP by Mira
Have we seen this gem of a photograph of our President in a bookstore? It warms my heart to see it.
I can just about hear his laugh and feel his joy about winning over these losers
question everything
1. Curious whether he purchased any (nt)
8. He didn't need to
The White House purchases the highest quality toilet paper on the market. The days of having to tear pages out of Republican books have ended.
Dark n Stormy Knight
31. That photo is awesome, but it's missing something...
A day-glo orange 1$ clearance sticker on the book.
On an OP by alp227
Reince Priebus: Hillary is disqualified from running for president because of Benghazi
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday argued that Hillary was not even qualified to run for president because Americans had died during a terrorist attack in Benghazi while she was secretary of state.
In leaked chapter of her upcoming book, Hard Choices, Clinton said that Republicans who exploit this tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country.
I will not be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans, she wrote. Its just plain wrong, and its unworthy of our great country. Those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so without me.
Speaking to Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday, Priebus accused Clinton of playing politics with this from the very beginning.
Blue Owl
1. The Fresh Reince of Hot Air
12. Blather, Reince
The Magistrate
28. Drop The Vowels, Sir, The Name Reads RNC PR BS....
McCamy Taylor
55. She is "disqualified" because they don't have anyone who can beat her and it isn't fair.
Spitfire of ATJ
61. When did being "qualified" matter to Republicans?
On an OP by Warren Stupidity
Men who watch pornography have small
If you watch porn, you probably have a small brain, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows.
The study, conducted by the Max Plank Institute for Human Development in Berlin, found a significant negative correlation between frequent pornography consumption and grey matter in the brain (thats the stuff that tells your brain how to react to sensory information.)
The keyword here is correlation. While the studys findings are significant, the researchers dont know if its the porn that causes the low grey-matter volume in porn-watchers, or if its the other way around. It could be a neurological pre-condition that makes watching porn particularly satisfying.
7. does it say in which head?
inquiring minds
59. No agree! Post maek me mad!
80. This is why
I do Sudoku and Crossword Puzzles at the same time I watch porn. I figure they cancel each other out, and my brain remains normal sized.
84. What does watching porn make small on a woman?
I hope it is my butt. I'll start watching more if you say my butt!
On an OP by TheMightyFavog
Are the reich wingers bitching about Tonight's Cosmos yet?
Tyson is not pulling punches on Climate Change.
Blue Owl
4. The Neil in their coffin
15. Probably not.
They won't get their talking points until the morning.
OP by mindwalker_i
My wife just kicked me out of the kitchen
She said that because I had been drinking (just a little mead), I couldn't cur onions. Or mushrooms. WTF?! Guy tries to help make dinner, gets his ass kicked.
1. Curing onions requires a clear head.
79. It also requires an ice rink, and some brooms. And a couple of Canadians.
But he's going to lose. Onions are too light.
Wayyyy too many DUzys in this thread, I wouldn't want to be accused of curing out the best ones -- so . DUzy to everyone who posted in the thread! Follow the link and enjoy:
On an OP by undeterred
Pastor orders female congregants to come to church with no underwear for Christ to enter
There are reports of a Kenyan pastor who has ordered all female congregants to go to the church 'free' - That is without bras and panties for Christ to enter their lives.
According to kenyan-post.com, Reverend Njohi of the Lord's Propeller Redemption Church in Nairobi reportedly advised female worshippers against wearing any undergarments to the church, calling them ungodly.
In a meeting chaired by him, a law was passed banning the wearing of inner wears. Njohi claims that when going to church, people need to be free in 'body' and 'spirit' to receive Christ.
He went ahead to warn members of dire consequences if they secretly put on their inner wears. A member of the church who pleaded anonymity said at last Sunday's service, women dressed as the pastor had ordered without bras and panties. Mothers were also advised to do same and check their daughters when coming to church on Sundays so as to receive Christ too.
I am not making this up: http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-religion-byo-43603.html
1. ahhh, yes....the Sharon Stone worship technique.
Propeller, eh?
2. Commando Christianity. nt
Baitball Blogger
7. I remember when I thought "genuflect" was a nasty word.
But this is really screwing with my mind.
Wolf Frankula
5. Lord's Propeller?
This has to be a joke.
11. .
13. Please turn to page 5 in your missal...
14. "Jiggling for Jesus" is the likely explanation. nt
winter is coming
17. I always thought that Spanx were the work of the devil. n/t
21. It's now easy to spot the non-repentant. They are sitting with their legs crossed.
23. Locking Christ out with a cross.
On an OP by eridani
Colorado Weed Sales Raise Huge Amounts in Taxes and Crime Down 10 Percent
All the naysayers who were against marijuana legalization are eating crow about now. Colorados weed sales just keep trending up, and with the sales of legal weed, they are improving their schools and reducing overall crime rates.
Not counting medicinal weed sales, Colorado sold nearly $19 million in their recreational weed market in the month of March, and $1.9 million of that goes straight into government coffers and towards building schools. At this pace, according to PolicyMic, Colorado will make $30 million this year in pot taxes alone.
Whats even more promising is that these numbers are still low estimates, as the recreational and medicinal marijuana markets (coinciding just fine, take note Washington) are likely to keep trending upward. Many say that a figure closer to $60 million in weed tax revenue is a more likely assumption. Medical marijuana is also not as heavily taxes as recreational marijuana, and hopefully it will stay that way.
Crime rates in Colorado have dropped by 10.6% while Dunkin Donuts has begun expanding its brand in the state (really). It looks like a really good future for people living in Colorado, or any state that legalizes both medical and recreational marijuana though it is admittedly too early to tell.The cherry on top of this tax-generating cake? Crime rates are also down in Colorado, so while kids are hopefully going to get a better education, the government (idealistically) will spend more money improving infrastructure and other business opportunities for Colorado citizens, and unemployment rates are plummeting. The Colorado police can take a little rest from their duties.
12. "Come on Tennessee, don't let Colorado bogart all the good legislation!"
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
Tax another one,
Just like the other one,
Colorado's been makin' cash
Tennessee now needs a stash!
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
Taaaaaxxxxx another one,
Just like the other one,
We want what you got, too
To increase our revenue
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
Don't bogart that joint, Denver
Pass it on to Nashville!
On an OP by n2doc
Professor With Incredible Beard Fired For Unknowingly Appearing On A Beer Bottle
I dont have a strong facial hair game. Its quite poor. Im not proud of it, but those were just the cards I was dealt. Paul Roof, however, is not a man who suffers from the same debilitating circumstances that I do.
Roof is an associate professor at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina. He is also the proud owner of an incredible beard, one that leads him to enter competitions across the nation.
At a competition in New Orleans, Roofs impeccably styled beard was photographed by a professional photographer, and unbeknownst to him, was subsequently discovered by Holy City Brewing. The brewery, also located in the Charleston area, seemed to have a bit of an infatuation with the image, and it chose to use the photograph on the label for its Chucktown Follicle Brown beer, which is an awfully named beer to say the least.
Roof was fired recently, thanks to the brewerys use of the image and its promotion of a non-Christian environment. In fact, Roof had no idea his imagine was used in the marketing of the beer until he was fired, claiming he gave no one permission to use his photograph. He also stated he never received any form of compensation.
1. "Prof. says beard, beer got him canned at CSU"
Isn't that a better headline?
From Charleston Post and Courier
Love some headline writers.
2. Probably a lawsuit brewing.
He'd should hop on this. They could have at yeast asked him before using his image.
4. I could see this issue coming to a head.
A good lawyer would pour over this case .
8. I'm sure he fermently disagrees with his firing
I Amstel at a loss myself.
12. I barley understand it myself.
winter is coming
6. Next, they'll fire someone for letting their collie appear in a painting of dogs playing poker. n/t
14. Put those cards down, Lassie--Timmy's in the well!!!
OP by David Zephyr
A Better Trade: One Taliban Prisoner for This Single American Deserter.
2. We get the Taliban ...
member, right?
On an OP by Liberal_in_LA
Pope to Couples: have kids, not pets or be bitter and lonely in old age
Pope to Couples: Have Kids, Not Pets
Lonely old age looms otherwise, he says
Married couples who raise pets instead of little Catholics are destined for a bitter, lonely old age, according to Pope Francis. At mass yesterday, he said a "culture of wellbeing" had convinced people that "it's better not to have children"because that way you can travel; "you can have a house in the country and be carefree," the Guardian reports. "Maybe it is better, more convenient, to have a little dog, two cats; and the love goes to the two cats and the little dog," he continued, but such a marriage will lead to "old age in solitude, with the bitterness of loneliness. It is not fertile; it does not do what Jesus does with his church: he makes it fertile."
Baitball Blogger
21. Criminy. Now he's pissed off the cats.
62. ...
OP by SomethingFishy
Dear Mr Open Carry,
I understand you feel a need to carry your weapon to some of the most dangerous places on the planet. You know, Target, Chipotle, Wal-Mart. After all you never know when an IED is going to go off in the housewares section.
The problem lies in the fact that I can't tell you apart from the lunatics. When I see someone with a real gun in a toy store my brain automatically thinks "batshit crazy".
Now I understand that there is a difference between you and the batshit crazy guy, but I can't tell just by looking. Is there some way you folks can identify yourselves as the "good guy with a gun". Frankly, most of you, when you strap your big old semi-auto onto your back and march into a McDonalds for lunch, wearing your American Flag shorts, and "don't tread on me" t-shirt look batshit crazy to me. So maybe there is some kind of uniform you can wear, or a sign or something, anything, to differentiate you the responsible "good guy with a gun" in Kroeger to the batshit crazy guy in Kroeger with a gun.
Look this would be a public service, you could wear a uniform like a cop or a soldier or maybe you can get Curtis Sliwa to design you a special beret!
Look all I'm saying is I can't tell the difference between you the "good guy with a gun" or Jeffery Fucking Dhamer. You all look crazy to me. So how bout a little help eh?
4. A clown suit would be an appropriate uniform, I think.
5. Most appropriate signifier?-- make them wear a Dunce cap.... n/t
103. I was thinking about the same - a beanie cap with a propeller
Lined with tinfoil to keep those evil g'mint rays from probing the wet mass between their ears.
Or, of course they'd look sweet in this pretty outfit.
7. Since they have issues in this area anyway...
The open carry activists who consider themselves "good guys" could identify themselves by wearing large prosthetic phalluses, like those worn in penis processions in certain Greek and Japanese festivals. In Greece, they often add goat bells at the base of the shaft, so you can hear them approaching.
An added bonus: those of us who are apprehensive about "open carry" would have notice to leave or hide at the sound of goat bells.
On an OP by KansDem
C'mon, Denver! C'mon, Cleveland! C'mon Dallas! You want the 2016 Republican convention, don't you? C'mon! Chime in! Make it happen! Do it now!
You know you do!
1. The strip clubs in those cities do.
On an OP by question everything
Man gives CPR to a squirrel
Thank you, from another squirrel lover..
1. Hope he remembered his ABCs.
Airway, Breathing, Chipmunk.
OP by tk2kewl
On an OP by raccoon
How do you say "No problema?" in French? nt
3. Chablis.
On an OP by Skidmore
11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox.
Because...we need to do something besides navel gazing for just a few minutes. This is a fun read.
11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
George Dvorsky
Most people take it for granted that we have yet to make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. Trouble is, the numbers dont add up. Our Galaxy is so old that every corner of it should have been visited many, many times over by now. No theory to date has satisfactorily explained away this Great Silence, so its time to think outside the box. Here are eleven of the weirdest solutions to the Fermi Paradox.
There's no shortage of solutions to the Fermi Paradox. The standard ones are fairly well known, and were not going to examine them here, but they include the Rare Earth Hypothesis (the suggestion that life is exceptionally rare), the notion that space travel is too difficult, or the distances too vast, the Great Filter Hypothesis (the idea that all sufficiently advanced civilizations destroy themselves before going intergalactic), or that were simply not interesting enough.
But for the purposes of this discussion, were going to look at some of the more bizarre and arcane solutions to the Fermi Paradox. Because sometimes it takes a weird explanation to answer a weird question. So, as Enrico Fermi famously asked, Where is everybody?
1. Maybe the buses are just late
2. Were Made Out of Meat
From the Nebula Award-nominated short story, Theyre Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson:
"They're made out of meat."
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
A little while later:
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?"
"Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
"Officially or unofficially?"
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe, without prejudice, fear or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
"I was hoping you would say that."
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?'
Xipe Totec
4. On Earth, meat beats you! nt
On an OP by taterguy
I'm back
I'd like to see a dozen threads expressing opinions on my departure and return.
28. YOU were one of the Gitmo prisoners that was exchanged?
Dang. Didn't see that one coming.
On an OP by steve2470
Giant 3-foot-long rats invade Florida Keys
MIAMI Flamingos, manatees and rats the size of toaster ovens. Yep, the list of animals Florida is best known for is about to grow by one. But unlike the other two, the Gambian pouched rat isnt likely to be featured on any tourism brochures or commemorative keychains.
The giant non-native rodent has invaded the Florida Keys and it will. Not. Go. Away.
Despite ongoing efforts to eradicate (e-rat-icate? Eh???) it from Grassy Key since 2007, new sightings confirm the rat once thought to be on its last freakishly large legs is harder to kill than Chris Browns career.
Not that its too hard to catch sight of one of these guys. Adult Gambian pouched rats weigh about 3 or 4 pounds and average 2 to 3 feet long, not counting their tails.
5. Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
On an OP by phantom power
Larry Summers: Helping Homeowners Would Have Hurt Banks
I have a review of Mian and Sufis House of Debt out today, and so does Larry Summers. His review is very strange. It starts off with almost unvarnished praise for the book, saying it could be the most important book to come out of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession. He celebrates their data collection, largely agrees with their alternative rendering of the causes of the crisis, and pronounces it a major contribution that should give pause to what Mian and Sufi call the banking view of the crisis, essentially that the economy hinges on protecting and saving the financial system.
And then, Summers calls them naive and says they didnt understand the reality of what policymakers faced in 2008 and 2009. Specifically, he says that We all believed in 2009 what Mian and Sufi have now conclusively demonstrated that reducing mortgage debt would spur consumer spending, saying they did not have a narrow banking view of crisis response. Yet almost every one of Summers objections - to supporting bankruptcy judges rewriting terms of primary mortgages, to forcing principal write-downs, to buying underwater mortgages through a Home Owners Loan Corporation-type structure - comes with the warning that the preferred policy of mortgage debt relief would hurt the banks.
How does this not reflect a banking view of the world? The objections are that relieving homeowner debt would put losses on banks, chill future lending and hurt banks capital positions. This is precisely what Mian and Sufi attack in the book! First off, they argue that it makes no sense to want to spur lending into a deeply indebted economy. They also add that The idea that financial firms should never take losses is indefensible. Their entire point is that the losses from the housing bubble collapse were poorly distributed through the system, heaped on those who lost the most in net worth and had the highest marginal propensity to spend. Meanwhile, those most equipped to absorb the losses, those who finance the banking system, were relatively untouched. This is the PRECISE CAUSE, in Mian and Sufis view, why the recovery has been so sluggish: the families who couldnt withstand heavy losses took the brunt of them, and they had to cut back, and demand suffered.
Its extremely weird that Summers says House of Debt should inform policy responses, and then gives all the reasons why it cant inform the last policy response. Summers is effectively saying, We didnt have a banking view! Its just that mortgage debt relief would hurt the banks. In a way, that is nicely revealing. People long suspected that the White House economic teams policy response foregrounded the idea of protecting the banks at all costs, with homeowners a secondary concern at best. Summers just said it out loud.
1. Every bank was sacred, every bank was great....
if a bank is wasted, god gets quite irate...
On an OP by doxydad
Ass Hat Tony Perkins: Christians forced to bake cakes for gays like forcing Jews into Nazi ovens
Another religious right leader invoked Holocaust imagery to complain about a recent civil rights ruling in Colorado. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, spoke Thursday with the attorney of a baker who lost his court battle to refuse service to LGBT customers who ordered cakes to celebrate their legal same-sex marriages.
The states Civil Rights Commission last week upheld an administrative judges finding that Christian bakery owner Jack Phillips had violated Colorados anti-discrimination statutes. Attorney Nicolle Martin, of the Alliance Defending Freedom, told Perkins the ruling was part of an ongoing witch hunt against Christians, reported Right Wing Watch.
Perkins reached for a more recent historical analogy to compare the states actions to Nazi Germany.
Im beginning to think, are re-education camps next? Perkins wondered aloud. When are they going to start rolling out the boxcars to start hauling off Christians?
I've said it before, I reiterate: If it has FAITH, FAMILY, FOX or FREEDOM in the Title, it's a fuckin' TeapubliKKKan TRAP.
1. I liked him better
when he was just dressing up like his mother and stabbing people...
On an OP by WillyT
Cable Companies Are Astroturfing Fake Consumer Support To End Net Neutrality - Vice
By Lee Fang - Vice
June 5, 2014
Consumer advocates everywhere are demanding that the Federal Communication Commission continue down its current path for shelving net neutrality and allowing a two-tiered internet. That is, if cable company-created front groups and other industry-funded organizations are to be believed.
The controversy, at the moment, rests on a legal distinction. A federal lawsuit filed by Verizon has forced the FCC into a corner by creating a standard under which effective net-neutrality ruleswhich ensure all internet traffic is treated equallycan only be reached, according to most analysts, by classifying the internet as a "common carrier," or in other words, a public utility. Such a distinction would allow the FCC to demand that internet service providers, like Comcast or Verizon, are not allowed to create internet slow lanes and fast lanes.
To the surprise of probably no one, ISPs are enraged at the prospect of being classified as a utility and are fighting back. But the attacks are not fully transparent. Many of the organizations protesting a move toward classifying ISPs as a utility, which is the only likely option for enacting net neutrality, are funded by the ISP lobby.
Take this opinion column by former Republican Senator John Sununu and former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford in the San Francisco Chronicle. The pair argues that reclassification would lead to "chronic underinvestment" in broadband services while threatening job loss. The disclaimer running under their byline says they are honorary co-chairs of Broadband for America, which the paper describes as "a coalition of 300 internet consumer advocates, content providers, and engineers."
A disclosure obtained by VICE from the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA), a trade group for ISPs, shows that the bulk of Broadband for America's recent $3.5 million budget is funded through a $2 million donation from NCTA. Last month, Broadband for America wrote a letter to the FCC bluntly demanding that the agency categorically reject any effort toward designating broadband as a public utility. It wasn't signed by any internet consumer advocates, as the Sununu-Ford letter suggests. The signatures on the letter reads like a who's who of ISP industry presidents and CEOs, including AT&T's Randall Stephenson, Cox Communications' Patrick Esser, NCTA president (and former FCC commissioner) Michael Powell, Verizon's Lowell McAdam, and Comcast's Brian Roberts.
Notably, Broadband for America's most recent tax filing shows that it retained the DCI Group, an infamous lobbying firm that specializes in creating fake citizen groups on behalf of corporate campaigns.
1. John Sununu and Harold Ford
Two cheeks on the same asshole.
On an OP by struggle4progress
How can we here at DU blame California Chrome's defeat today on Obama?
3. He played the . . .
RACE card !
8. I knew we wouldn't have to wait furlong. nt
13. You could ask it in a question, like Fox News does.
86. We're just asking equestrians!
104. In Before The Fetlock!
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Man shoots self in penis with girlfriends pink pistol, charges possible
CHANDLER, Ariz. Police are preaching firearms safety after a Chandler man accidentally shot himself in the penis with his girlfriend's little pink pistol.
It happened last week outside a grocery store near Elliot and Alma School roads.
According to Chandler police, Joshua Seto, 27, was tucking the little gun reportedly a Taurus 380 Compact Pistol similar to the one pictured above into his waistband as he walked toward the store with his girlfriend, Cara Christopher.
The gun went off. The bullet hit Seto's penis and continued through his left thigh.
Is it wrong of me to hope the organ is permanently damaged as the price for being so stupid?
2. Well, isn't it just the most LADYLIKE little thing?
Too cute to be harmful, let alone lethal.
But I have to wonder why HE was packing HER gun as they were walking toward a STORE. Should the "charges possible" include "conspiracy to commit robbery?"
Joshua Seto was Under Influence of Prescription Drugs When He Shot Himself in Penis, Cops Believe
Cops who responded to the August 2 incident reported that Joshua Seto, 27, seemed too calm and oblivious to pain, says Chandler Sergeant Joe Favazzo. The officers thought the man was impaired by prescription drugs...
Police say the man and his girlfriend had been on their way to the store at about 7:30 p.m. when the woman pulled her pink .380 caliber, semi-automatic Taurus, specially made to promote breast cancer awareness, from her purse...Seto took the gun and jammed into his waistband, where it went off...
The couple didn't immediately drive to a hospital, instead walking to a bench at the parking lot. Someone else prompted the man's girlfriend...to call 911...
7. And now pink guns will promote penis piercing awareness.
I think women who buy pink guns are falling for the most stupid marketing gimmicks. Ashamed of my gender.
3. Brain injury, huh?
9. A real man would have blown his dick and balls off with a .44 magnum
10. Pink Pistol Packing Paramore
Plugs Penis Pushing Piece in Pants
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The War on Drugs ......WTF?
3. Arpaio must be hung like a hummingbird.
4. Oversize Load, that's for sure.
7. not in his pants, for sure
10. Well that "Depends" on...
...what sort of load you are referring to.
18. /fixed
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drunken downfall of beloved artist thomas kinkade
Drunken downfall of America's most loved evangelical artist whose works hung in twenty million homes: Thomas Kinkade was found dead after overdosing on valium and booze
Kinkade's 2012 death was caused by an accidental overdose from ethanol and Diazepam intoxication
The troubled artist had a history of alcohol abuse and in many cases made drunken scenes
In one instance, Kinkade urinated on a Disney character while yelling 'this one's for you, Walt'
Former employees say the Disney incident was the beginning of what Kinkade called 'ritual territorial urination'
7. his later, Star Wars stuff was genius
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Leaving to VM Workshop - next blog entry on July 6, 2015
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I will travel to the VM Workshop tomorrow and will be on a business trip afterwards. Therefore you will see my next blog entry on July 6. This time the VM Workshop in Binghamton, NY provides z/VSE sessions, too. It is scheduled for June 25 to June 27. You can...
Does z/VSE recognize leap seconds ?
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On June 30. 2015 at midnight (UTC) a leap second will be added to adjust to the earth rotation The last adjustment was in 2012. z/VSE does not have STP (Server Time Protocol) support, and therefore it does not recognize leap seconds. My blog entry on STP holds...Modificado em por Ingolf24
Next Live Virtual Class: Hybrid Cloud with z Systems and SoftLayer with Live Demo
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If you are running z/VM, you may be interested in the upcoming Live Virtual Class (LVC). Date : Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Topic : Hybrid Cloud with z Systems and SoftLayer with Live Demo Abstract : After a brief introduction of Hybrid Cloud, its concepts, and...
Apps from IBM technical support
I just found an iOS app that may be of interest for you - the "IBM technical support" app. It's available for iPad and iPhone. The app lets you quickly and easily access key technical support content and functions for all your IBM software and...
z/VSE conference in fall
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Next week we will have a full z/VSE track at the VM Workshop 2015 in Binghamton. I hope, that I will see you there. If you can't come, however. There will be another conference in fall that may be of interest - especially for European z/VSE users. It's...
New z/VSE article: From virtual tape to tapeless installation
Ingolf24 Marcações: vse etj tape-less enterprise_tech_journal article installation 205 Visualizações
The latest Enterprise Tech Journal (ETJ - May 2015 issue) includes an article written by my colleagues. The title of this article is "z/VSE: From virtual tape to tapeless installation". The article gives some details about one of the key functions...
z/VSE service news: IUI APAR available; openSSL update
Today I have a new z/VSE 5.2 APAR for our Interactive User Interface (IUI) . IUI provides some skeletons for configuration of system resources or startup jobs. The OSA (Open Systems Adapter) configuration skeleton for networking is adapted by this new APAR....
z/VSE Live Virtual Class: Presentation now available
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In between the presentation and playback of last week's Live Virtual Class (LVC) is available. The topic was "Preview announcement of z/VSE V6, and more ". The PDF and playback is here . Please let us know, if there is any topic you want...
Next blog entry on Monday, June 15, 2015
I will be on a business trip tomorrow and may take a day off on Friday. Therefore you will see my next blog entry on Monday. Have a good weekend.
z/VSE service news: openSSL and CICS PTFs available
We released new PTFs for openSSL and CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1. openSSL I recommend to apply that on z/VSE 5.1, if you are running IPv6/VSE - and z/VSE 5.2 in general, because more z/VSE components exploit openSSL. APAR DY47610 (z/VSE 5.1 PTF UD54117, z/VSE...
Reminder - z/VSE Live Virtual Class tomorrow (June 9): Preview announcement of z/VSE V6, and more
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Today I want to remind you on our next Live Virtual Class (LVC), which is scheduled for tomorrow - June 9, 2015. Tomorrow's LVC topic is: Preview announcement of z/VSE V6, and more Abstract: 2015 is the year for z/VSE to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Did...
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Sorry, I did not have Internet access yesterday. ... and I am not in the office today, taking a long weekend. Therefore you will see my next blog entry on Monday. Enjoy your weekend. We are expecting 33 C (92 F) today.
End of marketing announcements affecting z/VSE related products / features
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Yesterday there were some z Systems end of marketing (software withdrawal) announcements. Two of them also affect z/VSE products / features. After the end of marketing date products / features can no longer be ordered. The first one is 5686-A04 ...
z/VSE 6.1 preview: enhanced TCP/IP stacks - part 2
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Yesterday I described some details about the new IBM TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.1 version. With z/VSE 6.1 we will also provide a new release for IBM IPv6/VSE. Today you will get some details about this new release. You may have noticed, that I always add...
z/VSE 6.1 migration, z/VSE 5.2 ordering, z/VSE 5.1 end of service
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Today I want to comment on some discussions on VSE-L related to latest z/VSE announcements. Again there are good answers from the VSE-L community. The VSE-L posts are under the z/VSE 5.2 here and here . Let's start with z/VSE 6.1 . z/VSE 6.1 was previewed...
What does "CPU INACTIVE NOT PREFIXED" mean in the z/VSE SIR command output ?
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The Attention Routine SIR command provides information about the processor, the z/VM release (if z/VSE is running in a z/VM guest), the VSE/AF and VSE/POWER release and APAR level, status and resource information, such as available CPUs and their status. Just...
New z/VM white paper available: z/VM 6.3 HiperDispatch
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This white paper provides information about IBM z/VM 6.3 HiperDispatch polarization modes and their affect on middleware performance. Additionally, the performance impact of the APAR VM65586 (SMT support for IBM z Systems z13) on a z Systems 196 is analyzed in...
Reminder: Next z/VSE conference - VM Workshop - June 25, 2015; next blog entry on Tuesday (May 26)
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In April I provided some more details about the z/VSE sessions at the VM Workshop starting on June 25, 2015 in Binghamton, NY. That blog entry is here . Today I just want to post a reminder. It would be great, if you could come. In between you can find more...
z/VSE 6.1:preview: configurable (QDIO) output buffers
With z/VSE 5.1 we introduced "Configurable input buffers for HiperSockets and OSA-Express devices" to improve TCP/IP throughput. Since HiperSockets transfers the data synchronously, successful delivery of data depends on if there are any free QDIO...
z/VSE 6.1 preview: CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1
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Last week I informed you about our z/VSE 6.1 preview announcement - see here . With z/VSE 6.1 we also previewed a new CICS version and it's new functionality: CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1 - new content: CICS Explorer update capability...Modificado em por Ingolf24
New z/VSE technical paper available: Big Data and Hadoop with z/VSE
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In between I returned from the Edge2015 conference and have a new blog entry for you. Last October I asked you, if you have a requirement for a z/VSE connector to a Hadoop database - see here . Hadoop is an open source software framework that has become a...
Next blog entry on Tuesday May 19, 2015
I am still attending the Edge2015 conference and will travel back to Germany at the end of the week. Therefore my next blog entry will be on Tuesday May 19.
z/VSE 6.1 preview announced
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Today I have some exciting news. We preview a new version of z/VSE - z/VSE 6.1. z/VSE 6.1 is planned to be available in the 4th quarter of 2015. It can run on z10, z114, z196, zBC12, zEC12 and z13. Below is a quick overview what you can expect in z/VSE 6.1:...
z/VSE service news: CICS APARs
A new APAR for CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 is now available. If you are using the CICS Explorer, the PTF I mentioned in my blog a month ago is now available. APAR PI35376 (PTF UI26401): DFHWB0723 WITH RESPONSE: 4. REASON: 2. AND IZE0106E CONNECT FAILED WITH...Modificado em por Ingolf24
New z/VSE Knowledge Center available !
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Finally we got it ! An IBM Knowledge Center for z/VSE . You may remember one of my blog entries related to the Knowledge Center (KC) last year, where I informed you about the KC for Linux on z Systems and CICS Transaction Server for VSE. Now we have it for...


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Sleeveless print dress in brown from Prabal Gurung. This mid-length wool dress features a round neck, jewel print, and a drop waist with a ruffled trim. Has a concealed back zip with a hook fasten, black trim around the collar and cuff, and a full pleated skirt. Is fully lined.
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Prabal Gurung is a Nepalese American Fashion Designer who burst onto the scene in February 2009 at New York Fashion Week with his elegant debut collection. Known for his astute sense of glamour which he aptly translates into luxurious eveningwear, Prabal Gurung's exquisite designs have been worn by leading ladies including Michelle Obama and The Duchess of Cambridge. Directional yet feminine, Gurung's dreamlike prints and hot-hued gowns bring a whole new element to evening dress.
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I have a (soft) realtime system which queries some sensor data, does some processing and then waits for the next set of sensor data. The sensor data are read in a receiver thread and put into a queue, so the main thread is "sleeping" (by means of a mutex) until the new data has arrived.
There are other tasks like logging or some long-term calculations in the background to do. These are implemented to run in other threads.
However, it is important that while the main thread processes the sensor data, it should have highest priority which means that the others threads should not consume any CPU resources at all if possible (currently the background threads cause the main thread to slow down in an unacceptable way.)
According to Setting thread priority in Linux with Boost there is doubt that setting thread priorities will do the job. I am wondering how I can measure which effect setting thread priorities really has? (Platform: Angstrom Linux, ARM PC)
Is there a way to "pause" and "continue" threads completely?
Is there a pattern in C++ to maybe realize the pause/continue on my own? (I might be able to split the background work into small chunks and I could check after every chunk of work if I am allowed to continue, but the question is how big these chunks should be etc.)
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Company is in the process of testing and certifying issuer processors that support more than 1,000 credit unions.
The $62 billion credit union rolls out the service to its members today.
LAS VEGAS — Money20/20 conference kicks off with panelists at early sessions confident payments are nearing several tipping points.
An estimated 70% of Jamaicans are unbanked, but 67% have smartphones. Mobile wallets are an obvious solution.
MCX's CEO calls press conference to talk details, early 2015 national launch plans.
New service from CO-OP Financial Services lets members set spending and transaction limits.
Pharmacy chains Rite Aid and CVS disable NFC systems, signaling MCX alliance.
Smart Payment Association research clarifies relationship with EMV, Google's host card emulation and other payment players.
Consumer site ranks transfer card higher than banks for simplicity and transparency.
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Several big corporations have reaped millions of dollars from "Obamacare" even as they support GOP candidates who vow to repeal the law.
Today in Eco-history: Coal mine disaster kills 128
The mine was operated mostly by African American prisoners who, under Alabama's onvict lease system, had been "leased" to the mine owners. Regardless of how minor their crimes were, all of them rdied in the disaster.
President celebrates Obamacare sign-up, rips Republicans
President Obama made celebratory remarks at the White House yesterday after more than seven million signed up for health insurance.
Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
Join us Tuesday for a discussion on the assault on women's rights
Join us Mar. 18 for a conversation with Carolyn Trowbridge, long-time activist in the women's rights movement in Arizona. In her state and others, the right wing is undermining the right of women to determine what happens with their own bodies.
On health care "listening" tour, GOP Guinta ignores retirees
When Guinta asked who in the room supported the Affordable Care Act, all audience members indicated their support.
My patients suffer because GOP rejects Medicaid expansion
While it is common knowledge that Missouri did not participate in Medicaid expansion in 2013, it is less widely known how this decision impacts thousands of poor and working class Missourians.
In states like Missouri and Texas, reproductive rights still struggle
Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case, sought to make abortion legal, safe, and accessible, but 41 years later attacks on reproductive health care are still going strong.
Keystone XL report: some unions for, some against
The department released its environmental impact statement on the project, which would transport 830,000 barrels of oil daily from Alberta's tar sands to refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast. There are 30 days for public comments.
Could medical marijuana turn Florida blue in 2014?
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THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE for old-house fanatics — a true Colonial from the 1720s, when Connecticut was an actual colony. It looks to my eye like Dutch-style architecture, with that gambrel roof shape.
It's on six-tenths of an acre in a National Register Historic District, in Rocky Hill, central Connecticut, with a bit of a river view. At 1,600 square feet plus basement and porch, with three bedrooms and two baths, it's neither tiny nor overscaled. Just right.
I was alerted to the listing by an email from the National Trust for Historic Preservation site. Their listing says — and to judge by the photos, there's no reason to doubt it — that the house has original flooring, paneling, plaster, doors, and fireplaces. It all looks startlingly original, like a historic house museum. It also looks like someone took renovations to a certain point, then gave up.
An exterior paint job (love the green) is evidently part of the completed work, along with other major items, including upgraded electrical, structural fixes, new heat, plumbing, an upstairs bathroom, and attic insulation. The work left to do perhaps explains what seems like an awfully low asking price.
The Coldwell Banker listing has 35 photos online.
Anyone besides me think this looks like a great project (for someone else)?
STEPS — NO, REALLY — STEPS TO BEACH. Lots of real estate listings say it. In this case, it's true. This is the third house in from the water at Maidstone Beach, East Hampton, below, a long sandy crescent on Gardiner's Bay that I never get tired of touting as the Hamptons' best-kept secret (actually there are a couple of other equally well-kept secrets, but it's one of the top three).
The house (at left in photo at top) is a shingled cottage from the 1950s, probably, with a glassed-in front room that probably used to be an open porch, and a garage out back. Two bedrooms, two baths, a working fireplace, and a whole lot of clutter, which I hope you can see through.
It's been on the market for about two months, which surprises me. I should have thought it would be gone by now.
You can see the listing, with more photos, here.
THE MONTH OF MAY hasn't been so much merry as schizy (though there have been some undeniably merry moments). I spent the first two weeks of the month saying goodbye to my former home, a vintage cottage in East Hampton, N.Y., enjoying its deck and outdoor shower every chance I got. I gazed into the woods, wondering how I was going to survive without that particular view.
I had one last yard sale, then moved my remaining "staged for sale" furnishings from the cottage to the other house I bought last year — a mid-20th century L-shaped bungalow, below — a quarter-mile away. A few days later, I sold that beloved first cottage, five years and a day after buying it in 2009, and six months after putting it on the market.
It was the first time I ever sold a property (I still own a few; see my About page). Did it feel momentous? Nah. I had experienced all my emotion in anticipation, it turned out. Closings are non-events, I've realized. No ceremony, no festivity — just attorneys and a title company rep passing papers back and forth to be signed. No one says congratulations; you're lucky if get hello and goodbye. Afterwards, I ran to the bank, and then — except for sharing a bottle of champagne with a friend — pretty much forgot about the whole thing. It's out of my hands now. If the garden on which I worked so hard and long reverts to nature — well, so be it.
Below, views of my "new" house and landscape, as it looked earlier this month:
Now I'm all of a piece — all my things in one house, responsible for only one garden and one Town of East Hampton tax bill. Most significantly, my focus and attention is now in one place. I've furnished the rooms comfortably, and I'm doing the best I can to control the indoor climate in my unheated, un-cooled house, alternating space heater and fan as weather demands.
I made a conscious decision to make no decisions for a while — to call no contractors, no deck guys, no guys at all. There are big jobs ahead: replacing the deteriorating deck and installing windows in a long hallway where now there are boarded-up holes, to name two major priorities. But I'm not ready to move on anything quite yet.
Meanwhile, I've been enjoying my new borrowed view, of dogwoods in the neighboring yard, above, and the rhododendrons have come out, spectacularly, to greet me.
THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE IS OVER. I'm officially in contract to sell my East Hampton, N.Y. cottage, after a long winter of offers, negotiations, anticipation and disappointments. Closing will be on or before May 15 — five years to the day since I bought the house in 2009. My real estate agent and my neighbors think I'm crazy, but I'm still gardening just as I would if I were staying — raking leaves off the perennial beds, top dressing with compost and mulch, pruning winter storm and deer damage.
Sign on David's Lane, East Hampton
I want to leave the garden in tip-top shape (with no expectations that the new owner will be as OCD as I am). The house and garden have always been primarily a labor of love for me, though I admit to hoping I might be compensated for those labors in dollars someday. That's not to be the case (no, I didn't get my twice-reduced asking price), but I'm not changing the sub-title of this blog. I still believe in old-house real estate as an investment. But sellers have to be prepared to wait for the market to cycle round to a favorable position, and I wasn't able to wait any longer, with House #2, a 1940s modernist ranch in the same community, bought last year, awaiting further renovation.
I'm enjoying my last spring at House #1 though not, all things being equal, my last in East Hampton, where they do daffodils really well (not either of my houses, left).
I'm no longer in need of furnishings for two summer rentals (in fact, I now have four sofas), but I'm still attending yard sales on Fridays and Saturdays just for the fun of it. See below for a photo of my latest acquisition, a set of six vintage wrought iron and wood chairs that are surprisingly comfortable. Do I need them? No, not at all. Do they work with the style of my new/old house? No, they don't. Was I going to pass them up at $40 for the whole set? Of course not.
I'm also busy sketching ideas for a new deck and new configuration of rooms at House #2. Its renovation will be incremental and low-budget, once again, and will provide abundant blog fodder in months to come. In late winter, I took a five-session "Design Your Own Garden" class at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, taught by Jim Russell, who was terrific — he had us all thinking about our gardens in new ways. The T-squares and HB pencils brought me back to my year at architecture school, and I was very happy drawing and erasing away, though I never got as far as spec-ing actual plants, like some of my classmates. I spent almost the entire course on a general landscape concept: organization around three courtyards; as well as possible designs for a new deck and a system of paths.
Though I'll be there another few weeks, things have now taken on a wistful "last time" feeling over at House #1. Easter Sunday, a friend came for a late lunch on the back deck. We opened a bottle of Prosecco, as we have done many times before, and lay on the chaise longues looking into the woods, talking and laughing, as we have done many times before. Though I've been known to profess non-attachment to any house or apartment (having moved four times in the past eight years), this one is hitting me hard. At least it's well-documented.
NEW YEARS BARGAINS ABOUND on the East End of Long Island, though how much of a bargain this 1/4-acre property in Springs (East Hampton, N.Y.) really is remains to be seen. The house may well be a teardown; the "barn-like accessory structure" looks sound, though, and no smaller than the house itself.
The main selling point here is waterfront proximity (though not water view) — it's just a couple hundred yards to an unspoiled channel off Three Mile Harbor, top, and there's a small beach at the foot of Folkstone Drive.
The house is on a gravel road, pitted and puddled after recent rains, but you can't complain about traffic.
Above, the c. 1945 house at right and the newer garage/barn at left.
The door to the house was open, and I walked in. Definite smell of damp. There's almost certainly been water damage.
It's a project for the right person/people. I like the idea that you could live in the (unheated) barn while fixing up the house or building a new one. (The barn was locked, so i didn't see inside, but there are photos of its interior in the linked-to Halstead listing below.) I also like that it's cheap — down to 300K, and will probably end up selling for even less.
For photos of the house in summer and more shots of the barn (and a startling demonstration of what a sunny day and a wide-angle lens will do for a place), go here for the official listing.


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My baby is 7 months old & is not too big on eating solids either (well, for me anyway---he is breastfed). We have been offering solids since he was 5 months old...just trying different things here & there. He will eat much better for daddy or grandma. If you are nursing, try having someone else offer your baby solids. For some reason, our son won't eat for mommy but he'll eat better for someone else!posted 01/16/2006 by Cass79
My nine month old has the same problem and his doctor (she is an incredible doctor) said not to push it, to just try once a week or so and that he will eventually like it. Try to make homemade food; some babies won't eat the jar stuff ever and the homemade is easy and better for them anyway. Just steam veggies or make rice cereal from the Super Baby Book recipe (it's a great book, but ignore the part that says babies have to eat solids before 8 or 9 months; not true). She said to try different things, like avacado for instance, and never, ever force feed him. Force feeding will cause a baby to never like meal time and will even lead to later problems in life with overeating in adulthood. My baby also wants to feed himself, I think. He will suck on a teething bisquit, for example and sometimes gets some veggies in if I just leave them on his tray and go about my business. So, just offer it and relax about it. He can tell when it is stressful for you. Always seems happy during meal time no matter how hard it is.posted 01/06/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
My 11 month old doesn't like to eat her food anymore! She used to gobble down baby oatmeal with fruit and now all of a sudden she doesn't want to eat any baby food. The only things I can get her to eat are baby yogurt, cheerios and gerber veggie puffs. She still nurses and takes milk from a bottle. But she doesn't want to eat like she used to - no meat, no veggies or much of anything. She will hand fed herself green peas, pasta and Cheerios. But that's all she will eat.posted 01/05/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
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Hi, My son is 11 months old. WE have him on stage 3 foods. He will only eat the ones without the solid pieces in them. If I try to give him one with noodles, rice or carrots he sucks the baby food off and spits out the solid part. He eats cheerios and goldfish, but won't touch another solid. I have even tried to puree green beans, carrots and sweet potatoes. It's as if he knows it didn't come out of the jar. I have tried forcing mashed food in his mouth so he can get used to the texture but he makes this horrible gagging motion and spits it out. I also tried waiting until he was really hungry and putting the solids on his plate and he just mashes them up and throws it on the floor. Am I on the right track? I'm sure this will come in time but is there anything I can do to help him along?posted 12/30/2005 by brookemon
My 8 month-old has an aversion to fruit, which seems unusual! We went through cereal, yellow and green veggies with no problem, but now that we're trying fruit, he wants nothing to do with them! I've tried bananas, applesauce, peaches and pears and he just refuses to open his mouth after having one or two bites! I've tried mixing them with cereal and it hasn't worked.posted 12/29/2005 by MariaMer66
hi, i would like some advice. i have a friend who started feeding her baby solids at 6 months but has scaled back now that she's 9 1/2 months and isn't feeding her as much as she did. i have been around her several evenings lately and the baby gets no food, just formula. my friend says the dr. says the formula has all she needs but i disagree, with the baby the age she is. advice, please....i am worried about the babyposted 12/29/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
My 10 month old absolutely refuses food (aside from breastmilk of course)I could really use some advice!!! PLEASE GIVE ME SOME!!!!posted 12/12/2005 by Jenniferkemshaw
My 11 month old will eat Stage 2 baby food but gags/vomits Stage 3 textured foods and home-made sweet potatoes and banannas. He also does not want to/will not hold a sippy cup or bottle. He is both breast-fed and supplemented. He is my 2nd - my first son ate with gusto. I will appreciate any ideas/suggestions. Thank youposted 12/10/2005 by David's daughter
My 7 month son will eat solids, but only 1/4 the recommended amount a day. In addition, he has rejected the bottle and will only drink milk from me. Since he was born he has been an underweight baby and my husband and I were hoping that eating solids would help him gain weight. Any suggestions for babies with small apetites?posted 12/08/2005 by MommyMadhi
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