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Misery Review
""'Misery' Is Flat-out One Of The Greatest Stephen King Adaptions That Still Stands As One Of The Greatest Today"
April 28th, 2011
I'd like to start off with the films one and only problem/flaw it has before I start explaining my positive thoughts on the film. The problem would be that pig Kathy Bates character has as a pet. I felt that it was a distraction to the film and also unnecessary. If the pig wasn't in the film at all then 'Misery' would have been flawless. Funny way to start off a review, I know, but anyways. Now to explain the triumphant upsides about 'Misery' that based on the book by the horror master Stephen King coming from the director of, another great Stephen King adaptation, 'Stand By Me', Rob Reiner.
'Misery' is about a book writer named Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is known well famous for writing his Misery novels. Paul has written so much about Misery that his new book that is about to come out will be his last of Misery, but that doesn't leave Paul totally satisfied when it comes to worrying about his fans when they see that he killed off Misery, as his agent and editor, Marcia Sindell (Lauren Bacall) says.
Paul has just finished working on his new book that for once hasn't nothing to do with Misery. One day after checking out of his favorite hotel lodge, Paul takes a drive in a blizzard storm and gets in a car accident, but not to worry because a nurse named Annie Winkles (Kathy Bates) rescues Paul from the freezing storm and terrible accident that he could have been killed in. Annie takes Paul to her home and takes care of him finding it an honor for Paul to be in her home because Annie is in love with Paul's Misery and is also his "Number One Fan".
There are strange things while Paul's stay at Annie's inside her home and outside her home. What is going on outside after days after the accident Paul gets reported missing. His agent Sindell is worried about Paul and asks a sheriff named Buster (Richard Farnsworth) to do some investigation searching for Paul. Inside the home of Annie Winkles things at first seem good for Paul, but as the days go by slowly Annie's attitude go negative. It gets worse for Paul when his final Misery book gets released and Annie reads what happened to Misery in the end of the book. Annie goes psycho and begins to hurt Paul while he is in pain.
Now Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery book to come back to life. Paul has no choice when he's in a wheelchair trapped in a house owned by a psychopath. Paul used to write for a living, but now he has to write to live. It's a man-on-wheels vs. crazy-psycho-lady battle between Paul and Annie in this really, really crazy-good story.
This one of the best things about the movie is the story. The story is so complex, well-thought of, and at the same time geniusly creative. Stephan King certainly know how to use his horror right, The way that not only King uses the horror, but also the director Rob Reiner, is not only visually, not just uses actors, but with its story and storytelling. In this good story it makes you think to yourself "What the hell could you possibly do if you're trapped in the home of an insane psychopath sitting on a wheelchair in a terrible condition as a popular and brilliant celebrity that people love? Not only that, but what if you were that psycho's number one fan that falls in love with you? What the hell are you going to do in a situation like that?" That's what King's and Reiner's 'Misery' shows us with its good story of horror.
Now what's the best part about 'Misery'? Well if you asked me if I have seen a female performance that's better than Kathy Bates frightening performance in 'Misery' I'll answer back "No!" That's right! You're all getting the message now! Kathy Bates magnificent Oscar-winning performance in 'Misery' is not only the best thing about the film, but also the best female performance I have ever seen. Her acting is so great that you don't know that Kathy Bates is even there! Playing the role of a psycho-woman that from sweet and harmless to dangerous and scary back and forth and back and forth is something that I could not see just any other Hollywood actress perform, even if they're a great actress. Kathy Bates steals the show.
James Caan's performance is as excellent as Kathy Bates performance. Only difference is that James's acting not nearly great as Bates acting. Still Caan gives us a great performance.
Overall with (once again) a crazy-good story, tremendous performances, and malicious directing, 'Misery' is one of Rob Reiner's best films and another Stephen King adaption winner!
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- ejk1 • 5 years ago
Great review with just one small mistake. It's Annie Wilkes, not Winkles. Is Bates's performance the best female acting job ever? I don't know, dude. I'm not sure it's the best "crazy woman" ever seen on-screen. Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd., was mighty impressive. Still, you have brought up one hell of a debate topic, one that you may consider starting a forum with, if you have not done so yet :)
- mattbierwagen • 5 years ago
another great review!
- forrestgump1 • 5 years ago
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1 1/2-2 lbs. asparagus
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
garlic powder (optional)
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Soak wooden skewers in water for 20 minutes
About 3/4-1 inch from end of asparagus, push skewer through and push to other end of skewer.
Repeat with 5 more asparagus
Take another skewer and from the other end of the asparagus do the same thing with all
Now it should look like a raft
6 asparagus and two skewers
Brush with olive oil
Season with salt and pepper and garlic powder if desired
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Las Vegas, NV 89119
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Las Vegas, NV 89109
Three Michelin stars (expense account territory) tell the story at this exclusive affair, located at the MGM Grand. Robuchon's take on traditional French fare is anything but traditional thanks to dishes like truffled langoustine ravioli with chopped cabbage. A la carte and multi-course tastings are offered, and as seating is limited, reservations are highly recommended.
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3131 Las Vegas Boulevard S, Wynn Las Vegas
Las Vegas, 89109
For innovative Italian fare, Wynn's Bartolotta always impresses with its amazingly fresh fish and seafood (much of it line-caught and flown in fresh daily from the Old Country). On nice evenings, there's not a better place in the world to enjoy Sicilian saber fish or Ligurian octopus than in one of Bartolotta's private cabanas.
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True to form, the top casino-hotels cater to guests' taste buds with some of the finest restaurants in town. Headed by celebrity chefs, these are the enclaves of gourmands who won't flinch at an exorbitant bill. The MGM Grand has the only chef and restaurant to garner three stars from Michelin, Joël Robuchon and his eponymous restaurant, where diners rave about the 16-course tasting menu. Other major players include Thomas Keller, Michael Mina and Guy Savoy who draw well-heeled crowds to their exquisite venues. Guests of the Aria, Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Wynn Las Vegas and Venetian/Palazzo can splurge on a multi-course banquet that is a feast for the senses one night, and then sample the numerous other offerings in the same hotel the next few nights. Even second-tier hotels feature a multitude of excellent offerings to keep gaming guests happy.
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The Age of Chivalry, or at least the Renaissance Festival version, returns each year in October. With lavish costumes, knights in shining armor, historical reenactments, jousts and colorful pageantry, crowds gather in a medieval kingdom populated by artisans, royalty, troubadours and an assortment of entertaining characters in period attire. Fall also draws motorcycle enthusiasts, booklovers and those interested in everything from major shows to handmade works by artists and craftsmen.
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On May 6 the primary election will be held in Columbus. I hope after reviewing the qualifications of the judicial candidates, you will vote for my good friend, Kathleen "Kitty" Coriden, to continue to serve as judge of Bartholomew Superior Court 2.
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A couple of my coworkers and I have 7 cats at work that we feed. We give them milk and cat food. Is honey (mixed with the milk) okay? Should the milk be warm?
A couple of my coworkers and I have 7 cats at work that we feed. We give them milk and cat food. Is honey (mixed with the milk) okay? Should the milk be warm?
Cats are carnivores, not lactovores. After weaning no milk unless you want to wind up with a sick mess on your floor. At least for all three of my cats. Nix the honey too. A recent report showed that cats have no sweet sensors.
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milk and honey for cats that is a good trade
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Awwwwwww thank you!!!
This little cutie (my sister's) just disappeared for 10 days, and made it back last night. We were so worried!
What his/her name? The cat is much more attractive than the pie chart!
Our cat lives outdoors. She's had cat food and water for about 14 years now.
In search of what to search for.
Why are all you guys' cats feetless?
I have a tribe of mixed coons outside, mama is a black cat, daddy is a huge blue coon. I keep the possums well fed on leftovers not suitable for the dog, Sly. The possums feed the cats because they are dumb enough to sleep in the cellar. It's the circle of life.
There is no reason to manually feed a cat. They are they world's most efficent predators (unless you feed them and they get fat and lazy). They also don't give a damn about humans. That's why I don't bother to name them. Evil, evil criters. No more mice though. Kudos to the fuzzy evil tribe.
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Maybe that is why hitler won't drink the milk. He must be the smart one.
For every one cup milk, substitute one half cup Bailey's Irish Cream.
Set up dry food and water feeders - easy and better for them, just make sure you keep both going so they develop a feeding routine. If you have a young one that needs some help, try Nutrical
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Set up a specific area for feeding the cats. This may require innovative construction of special feeding stations, unless you are feeding at your home, in a garage or other sheltered area.
Feeding should be done daily. Dry feeders need to be refilled and kept clean from debris or dirt. If you are feeding in a public place, food plates need to be cleaned or picked up each day to alleviate any complaints from neighbors. Also make sure fresh water is always available.
Put out any wet food you will be feeding the cats at a regular time each day such as first thing in the morning or after your evening meal.
Determine if there is enough food by what is left over. If there is no food left over, add more until not all of the bowls are completely cleaned. This guarantees the cats are getting their fill.
Keep your supply of dry food plentiful. Remember to budget for the large quantities of cat food you will need to purchase. Also consider adding cat treats to your supply of cat food, just for a change of taste for the cats.
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This reply is typed verbatim as my cat commented on this string "Meeerow, This is Her Majesty speaking.Scrap the milk and honey! Replace them with Catnip and Tuna! Or I will track you down and hawk up a hairball on your pillow! Meeooww"
Her name is TwoFace, AKA 2Face, AKA Toofus (rhymes with Doofus), AKA KittyPoo, AKA KP. Best cat ever. My sis got her from the neighbors because they didn't like her -- because she is too friendly. She just wants to sit on your lap and purr at all times.
Oh yeah, her favorite foods are vanilla haagen daaz, rice crackers and voles.
If they haven't had it in a while, they should love it ---- and in return give them the trots like they never had before. No milk. If you want to spend the money - upgrade to a better dry food.


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A friend and me brewed a double batch of Orfy's
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recently. We did the two batches one after the other on the same equipment following the same recipe. Hit mash temps spot on. I forgot to read the recipe and we ended up only mashing for 60 minutes instead of 90. English sparged (I think that's the right term? Drained all the mash water, then added the sparge water and waited for it to settle again..) with equal amounts of water at temps probably closer to 140 over about a half hour per batch. Probably collected and boiled about 20L per batch. Topped up to the full 23 before pitching. Both batches had an OG of 1.040 just before pitching.
This is only my second AG batch, but it still seems a little low to me. I was wondering what might be possible to improve that a bit. Should I have sparged hotter? Or longer? Would the extra 30 minutes on the mash have helped that at all? Should I have tried to collect more for the boil?
Just looking for any tips to improve efficiency a little bit. Thanks!
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2 Things that helped my efficiency a lot:
1) milling my own grain.. I was getting ~60% with the crush from my local shop. That went into the mid 80's when i started milling my own grain.
2) I picked up a few more points when my sparge water got the grain bed up to ~170*F to fully rinse the sugars from the grain.
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Yes, get the grainbed up to 168ish F during the sparge. What I do is a batch sparge so I take my sparge water up to about 185*F, pour 1/2 of it onto the grain bed. stir like hell, give it a couple of minutes (maybe 5 minutes), vorleuf(sp?), drain, then I pour in my second 1/2 of the sparge water which has cooled down a bit to maybe 175*F over the last few minutes. Stir, wait, vorleuf, drain.
It is best to send all of the water that you will be using through the mash / sparge as opposed to topping up later.
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I doubt that mashing for 90 vs 60 minutes would make any difference in efficiency, but it could improve attenuation, and make for a drier beer.
I've never noticed any difference in efficiency from milling my own grain, but lots of people do, and I may have been lucky with the crush from the LHBS.
I did notice a big increase in efficiency (10%) when I adjusted my sparge temperatures from the low 150's to the high 160's.
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How much wort did you leave behind in your mash tun? What was your intended starting gravity and final gravity? How much did you boil off? How many lbs of grain did you use? What was your mash temp at mash in and what was your temp before sparging? Once you know your constants, then you can figure out where you are losing efficiency points.
Based on my experience a low gravity usually means you used too much water, thus diluting your wort too much. A good crush is important, as is getting the mash up to 170 during the sparge.
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I'm pretty new to this board so I hope this isn't out of place.
Firstly what efficiency would you expect going on your other brew? Does it fit with the suggested efficiency from the recipe or should you have adjusted to hit the target gravity?
Efficiency can relate to various things: equipment, sparge temp, grain crush and stirring during the sparge to name a few.
Did you take a pre-boil reading? Efficiency is set at this point - following that it simply relates to the proportion of sugar to liquid so if you boil longer you get less liquid with a higher density.
Also I'm assuming your pitching temperature was somewhere around the 20 deg C mark but if it was hotter that may give you an extra point or so.
For this brew you can accept a slightly lower ABV or you could bump it up with a touch of extract. For the next, check the crush, adjust the recipe to the approximate efficiency you're getting, increase sparge temps a touch and experiment with gently stirring the mash. I actually found stirring dropped my efficiency a small amount but many people swear it helps.
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Hey, thanks for all the replies! Apparently, I've got some changes to make in my procedure.
First, answer some questions.
How much wort did you leave behind in your mash tun?
Hardly any? Whatever was left on the bottom of the manifold, or soaked into the grain.
What was your intended starting gravity and final gravity?
The recipe says we were aiming for SG=1.050 and FG=1.013, which I didn't adjust at all, but probably should have.
How much did you boil off?
I'm not 100% sure on this, we boiled with covers on the pots, but I'm sure we still lost a fair amount, probably a couple litres. Is there any good way to measure this? Does anyone have some sort of volume markings in or on their boil pots?
How many lbs of grain did you use?
4.5kg, so about 10lbs?
What was your mash temp at mash in and what was your temp before sparging?
At mash in, we started with about 13L = 14qts of water at 77C = 170F, after the thermometer had a minute to adjust we got a reading of 68C = 154.4F, and by the end of the mash, we were at 66C = 150.8F.
Based on my experience a low gravity usually means you used too much water, thus diluting your wort too much.
Well, 9.9lbs of grain with 13.7qts of water is about 1.4 quarts/lb. That's less stiff than I thought, actually. But, we only sparged with an equal amount of water, so I'm not sure that would be the issue.
Did you take a pre-boil reading?
No, I did not. This is probably one place where I went wrong. The SG readings that we took were after the boil and the cooling, immediately before pitching the yeast.
Firstly what efficiency would you expect going on your other brew? Does it fit with the suggested efficiency from the recipe or should you have adjusted to hit the target gravity?
I can't find my brew notes on my last beer, I've moved twice since then, and they've just gotten lost in a sea of crap, which sucks. But I'm pretty sure that my efficiency on that one was somewhere around the 60% mark. But based on the last question there, I may have gotten the measurements at the wrong times, so that could be skewed as well. And yeah, 60% isn't what the recipe was made for, and I didn't adjust for that, my bad. This brew was a bit of a last minute thing, so I just picked a recipe for a beer that I knew I liked and hoped for the best.
Also I'm assuming your pitching temperature was somewhere around the 20 deg C mark but if it was hotter that may give you an extra point or so.
We probably pitched a little higher than that, actually. We only chilled the wort to about 40C, as I don't have a chiller. I've got about 2 feet of snow on my back deck, so the pots just went out in the snowbank for a while until they chilled a bit. But then they sat in the carboys inside while we cleaned up, so I'm sure we probably pitched around 30C or so. And yeah, I probably should have adjusted the reading for that. I kind of forgot to do that too.
For this brew you can accept a slightly lower ABV or you could bump it up with a touch of extract.
Yeah, this brew should be fine if it runs a little low. The LHBS didn't have Northern Brewer, and I didn't know offhand what a good substitute was, and they recommended more Kent Goldings, so the bittering hops we used didn't have a very high AA%, so in the end it may turn out to be more of a mild than a bitter, which is fine.
From most of the comments that are here, I'm thinking that a big part of my problem is sparging too cool. I don't have any kind of propane burner or anything, so I'm using two 20qt stock pots to boil. In this particular brew, I lautered into those two pots, so I had to heat up the sparge water in dutch ovens and regular cooking pots, so I couldn't get a lot done at once. We ended up not heating the water for very long because we needed to heat more than one batch, and we figured it would be better to go a little lower, but have all the water added close to the same time, than to try to go higher, but in a couple of smaller doses spaced further apart.
I think next time I'll run the sparge into a spare brewing bucket and heat up the sparge water in the brew pots, and then once the wort is collected, pour from the bucket into the pots. And definitely bump up the temperatures a little bit.
When should I be taking readings? I've been doing some reading on the site here, and it seems like I should be checking gravity of first runnings, final runnings, and pre-boil? (From an efficiency point of view, at least.) Do most people check gravity that often during a brew day? I've only been checking right before I pitch the yeast so far.
We're going to try to be brewing either 10 gallons once a month, or 5 gallons every 2 weeks, so we should have plenty of opportunity to fix the methods a little bit.
Thanks for all the help so far, all!
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Unless you're making a partigyle or sparging until the gravity reaches a certain point rather than the wort reaches a certain volume, I'd just take 1 gravity reading before you start the boil. Obviously you'll need to adjust for temperature. Then take one more just prior to pitching (or just after - I can't see the harm as the yeast probably won't digest a hell of a lot in those minutes).
There are reasons why you might take gravity readings as you drain each running but at this point I'd concentrate more on getting the volume you want and calculating what efficiency that gives you. Then you can adjust future recipes to that efficiency. If you think the efficiency can be improved you can then work on how to do so.
You say your first efficiency was probably around 60%. The recipe was for 70% efficiency. I'm not sure exactly how many more gravity points that would give you but it looks like that's at least part of your answer. Anyone else's recipe always needs to be adjusted for your system and getting to know how your system works is probably the most important thing before worrying about all the other bits. Work out your grist to liquor amounts, your mash out temp and amounts (if you M.O), your sparge temps and amounts and what that gives you. Go from there.
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I struggled with low efficiency on my first few batches as well. What has really helped me nail down the problem was the Batch-Sparging-Efficiency-Spreadsheet from the
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page on braukaiser.com. I've been able to increase my efficiency into Boiler from 60% to almost 85% using the same equipment.
I take 3 readings on brew day:
1) First Wort Gravity - The first runnings from the mash tun. This will tell you how good your conversion efficiency was.
2) Pre Boil Gravity - Stir all the collected wort really well before you take the sample. This reading will tell you your overall conversion and lauter efficiency.
3) Original Gravity - The gravity of the wort before you pitch the yeast. This will tell you your overall brewhouse efficiency.
Plugging in those numbers along with the grain/water used in the spreadsheet will tell you where you're taking the biggest hit. At first my conversion efficiency was a little low but my lauter efficiency was even worse. I switched to mashing a little thicker and split my sparge into two rounds making sure to stir very well each time. My lauter efficiency improved significantly and the thicker mash also improved my conversion efficiency.
For some people a thinner mash seems to improve their efficiency. I suspect it has to do with water profile but I haven't gotten to the point where I want to get into water analysis or pH testing of the mash. My efficiency is dialed in and my beers are turning out better each time.
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I need to compare the contents of two folders, in order to know the items that are not the same in those folders.
I have tried to use Automator, but seems to be complex... bye the way... is there any site to lear how to use it?
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matt00 Sep 7, 2013 11:39 AM
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Hey kcollins0109,
Thanks for the question. I understand that your iTunes library does not include music that is on your computer. The following article may help to resolve your issue:
iTunes creates an empty library file in Windows
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
1. Quit iTunes.
2. Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
3. Use the Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer (Windows) to go to the iTunes folder that contains the iTunes library files:
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\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
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4. Drag the iTunes Library file from the above location to the Desktop.
5. Open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in the iTunes folder.
6. Locate the file named iTunes Library YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the date you upgraded iTunes (Year-Month-Day).
7. Drag this file to the iTunes folder (the enclosing folder).
8. Rename this file to iTunes Library.
9. Open iTunes.
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George, Stefan (1868–1933)
From the 1890s onwards, George attempted to revive the German lyric tradition, which had long since dwindled into imitations of romantic poetry. His poetry is associated with the Jugendstil art movement, from 1895 to 1905, which valued a functional, linear ornamentation. He envisaged an alternative to the materialism of Wilhelmine society through his symbolist poetry which excluded everyday discourse, and through the "George-Circle" of his male disciples, with whom he published the Blätter für Kunst (1892–1919, Papers for Art), a journal of their work.
George's collections of the 1890s, such as Hymnen (1890, Hymns), Pilgerfahrten (1891, Pilgrimages), and Der Teppich des Lebens (1899, The Carpet of Life), are a series of attempts to overcome the world suffering of the poet's alienation from society and nature, in a style which rejected romantic subjectivity. His poetic heroes include the beautiful and hedonistic Roman emperor of the collection Algabal (1892), who tragically imposes his aestheticism on the world, destroyed by the mob which represents a vulgar reality. Also, in Die Bücher der Hirten—und Preisgedichte der Sagen und Sänge und der Hängenden Gärten (1895, The Books of Shepherds—and Prize Poetry of Speeches and Songs and the Hanging Gardens), a poet-king is split between his desires for political power and the power to create beauty. These figures represent George's concern with the incongruity between aesthetic and social realities. He suggests a solution to this problem in Das Jahr der Seele (1897, The Year of the Soul), in which the poet addresses himself as a Christ figure who can redeem the world through "The lights that shine from your wounds;" he acknowledges the death of his "youth in all its freshness," and rejects his feelings of social alienation, to embrace his role as a "seer" and "guide" for his disciples.
George's poetry after the turn of the century attempted to inspire his disciples with a sense of beauty, and guidance in action. Perhaps the most significant event of his life was meeting Maximilian Kronberger, a physically beautiful, aspiring poet who died at the age of sixteen years. George immortalized him as "Maximin" in Der siebente Ring (1907, The Seventh Ring), as the Greek ideal of harmonious mind and body, and potential savior for modern society. Maximin remains an important figure throughout the rest of George's poetry, symbolizing the younger generation of a possible Hellenic future in Der Stern des Bundes (1914, The Leagues of the Star). Yet the First World War destroyed George's cultural optimism, and his career as a poet ended in 1920.


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NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced an agreement between New York State and GW Pharmaceuticals to develop clinical trials using an active ingredient derived from the marijuana plant to help treat children diagnosed with epilepsy who suffer from seizures and other medical complications. New York will be the second state in the nation to initiate trials for the extract, known as cannabidiol, for children whose medical conditions have not been successfully treated by other methods.
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GOP Field on Medicare
SOURCE: Correct the Record
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush on Medicare: "We need to figure out a way to phase out this program." "Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that we ought to phase out Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to Americans once they're 65. 'We need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits, that are receiving the benefits,' Bush said. 'But we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system that allows them to have something, because they're not going to have anything.'" [Huffington Post, 7/23/15]
Jeb Bush: Medicare is an "entitlement" and "an actuarially unsound healthcare system." "During a town hall meeting here Thursday afternoon, Jeb Bush was put on the defensive about his comments Wednesday night about 'phasing out' Medicare by an elderly woman who said she was worried about losing benefits she's spent years paying for. 'We're not going to have adequate coverage for our children or our grandchildren without Medicare. I paid into that for years and years just like all these other seniors here and now you want to take it away?' said the woman, who did not identify herself and left before the town hall concluded. 'Why are you always attacking the seniors?' 'Well, I'm not,' Bush responded. 'Here's what I said: I said we're going to have to reform our entitlement system. We have to.' 'It's not an entitlement,' the woman shot back. 'I earned that.' 'It's an actuarially unsound healthcare system,' said Bush, who said something must be done before the system burdens future generations with $50 billion of debt." [Politico, 7/23/15]
Scott Walker
Scott Walker said that cutting "entitlement programs" like Medicare and Social Security is "something that has to be done." "The governor said entitlement programs, such as Medicare and Social Security, are expanding the federal budget deficit. Cutting entitlements won't hurt the economy, he said. 'I don't think that has a negative impact on the economy,' he said. 'Politically, it may be a challenge for some folks in this town, but it's something that has to be done.'" [Bloomberg, 2/23/15]
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio supported turning Medicare into a voucher system. "Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, the Florida Republican said he supports gradually raising the Social Security retirement age, which now sits at 67, for future beneficiaries, and embraced Rep. Paul Ryan's push to transition Medicare into a 'premium-support' plan, where seniors would be given a voucher to buy insurance on the private market. 'I propose we transition to a premium-support system, which would give seniors a generous but fixed amount of money with which to purchase health insurance from either Medicare or a private provider,' Mr. Rubio said. 'The choice would be theirs to make.'" [Washington Times, 5/13/14]
Marco Rubio claimed that Medicare and Social Security had "weakened us as a people." "In another sign that Medicare and Social Security will continue to be major issues in political campaigning and ongoing deficit reduction talks, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has drawn flak this week from Democrats and retirement experts for his comments that such programs have 'weakened us as a people.' Democrats called Rubio 'out of touch' and 'beholden to the extremist Tea Party' for his comments in a speech Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in California." [Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 8/25/11]
Ben Carson
Ben Carson said he would eliminate Medicare. "Dr. Carson also advocates an alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Most people could pay most of their medical bills through health savings accounts, he said in his office. He would eliminate Medicaid and Medicare, and for the poor, government would make the contributions to their health accounts." [New York Times, 3/20/13]
Rand Paul
Rand Paul introduced legislation "that would end traditional Medicare." "A group of Senate Republicans has introduced legislation that would end traditional Medicare and sign seniors up for the same private healthcare plans received by members of Congress. The 'Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act' would allow seniors to choose from the array of plans currently offered to the four million federal employees and their dependents in the Federal Employee Health Benefit program, starting in 2014. It would also gradually increase the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 70 over a 20-year period. The bill was introduced Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). South Carolina Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint are co-sponsors, along with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)." [The Hill, 3/15/12]
Chris Christie
Chris Christie called for an increase in the Medicare retirement age. "The New Jersey governor, in a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, called for means testing Social Security, raising the retirement age for Social Security to 69 and gradually raising the eligibility age for Medicare to 67 by the year 2040." [WMUR Manchester, 4/14/15]
Rick Perry
Rick Perry suggested that Medicare was unconstitutional and a "Ponzi scheme." "Perry, who referred to the justices as 'nine oligarchs in robes,' said he was not convinced that Social Security and Medicare were constitutional. 'I don't think our Founding Fathers, when they were putting the term 'general welfare' in there, were thinking about a federally operated program of pensions nor a federally operated program of healthcare,' he said in a book interview with Newsweek last fall. 'Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare … they're bankrupt. They're a Ponzi scheme. I challenge anybody to stand up and defend the Social Security program that we have today.'" [Los Angeles Times, 8/23/11]
07.27.15 | permalink
Jeb Bush Is Blowing It In Iowa
The Jeb Bush campaign is blowing it in Iowa. He's getting "torched" in the polls, ducking the straw poll and there's even debate that he'll skip the caucuses altogether. So why is it that the Bush campaign is tanking so bad in Iowa?
For one possibility, let's rewind the tape to 2012. Many, including Obama's own campaign manager, credited Romney's loss in Iowa to a fairly simple, untenable position: Opposition to wind production tax credits, which effect about 6,000 jobs in Iowa. During the 2012 campaign Romney not only opposed the wind production tax credit, he lambasted such subsidies as "boondoggles" from an economic "imaginary world". Maybe it's the same imaginary world where he carries Iowa, because the wind energy tax credits Romney lambasted were also supported by Iowa's Republican Governor, Terry Branstad, and by both Iowa Senators. Heck, even Congressman Steve King supports them. After Romney voiced opposition to the credits, Senator Chuck Grassley said it "felt it was just like a knife in my back". Governor Branstad said Romney's campaign was full of a "bunch of east coast people that need to get out here in the real world to find out what's really going on." The Obama campaign hammered him with ads over the issue.
In that same cycle, the Koch brothers' network stated their goal was to make the Wind PTC "toxic" to Republicans. The oil tycoon brother's and their network, including Americans for Prosperity, American Tradition Institute, American Energy Alliance and Heritage Foundation have all actively campaigned against the Wind Industry and the PTC.
This brings us back to Jeb Bush who made the strange anti-Iowa move of announcing that he wants to "phase out" any credits for renewables such as the wind production tax credit. But while Bush has been tanking in Iowa, the good news is he's been offered an audition spot for the Koch brother's billion-dollar shadow primary.
So why would Bush turn his back on Iowa and repeat such a glaring Romney mistake? It doesn't take a weatherman to know.
05.19.15 | permalink
An Open Letter to 47 GOP Senators
Dear 47 GOP Senators (you know who you are):
Congratulations on your "breathtakingly reckless intrusion into international diplomacy". We're impressed by the "almost maniacal…zeal to deny the president any accomplishments", despite being completely "unconscious of the damage [you've] done to [yourselves]".
Some people might say that "the senators who signed the letter should be ashamed", that the letter "amounts to an act of End Times warmongering or merely another bit of cringe-worthy buffoonery on the global stage". But we stand in awe of this "petulant, condescending stunt", "depressingly partisan as it is shortsighted".
It takes a heavy set to "play a role as Official Underminer of a president's direct negotiations". Real talk: "it's not every day that a United States senator attempts to… weaken the nation in one cursive swoop". You may "have done immeasurable harm to [your] image and U.S. credibility in world affairs", but above all your "disregard for the national security interests of the country…calls into question [your] claims that [your] party can be trusted to govern".
But governing wasn't ever the goal, right? "If [you] blow up nuclear talks, it makes war with Iran that much more likely — and nobody would benefit as much from that war as military contractors"… the same ones Tom Cotton met with the day after he sent the letter. Of course it's not "beyond the pale to write to the leaders of a potential enemy to sabotage the negotiations"!
So who cares about "the credibility of the nation whose constitution [you] took an oath to uphold". We know your "foreign policy agitprop has moved beyond being merely partisan to downright dangerous" entirely on purpose.
Is "trying diplomacy better than a war into which United States forces most certainly would be drawn?" Not when war bucks means more bucks!
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03.11.15 | permalink
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03.06.15 | permalink
Twitter Round-Up: Could the Speaker Look Weaker?
Just hours before the Department of Homeland Security was set to shut down at the hands of Republicans, Speaker of the House John Boehner threw up one last Hail Mary toward avoiding governing at all costs and kicking the American Security can down the road. Instead, he lost 52 House Republicans and his 3-week continuing resolution went down 203-224. As can be expected, another in a long list of failures by the House GOP leadership was not lost on the Twitterverse.
Wow… Once again, Boehner can't get the votes
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 27, 2015
this is biggest repudiation @SpeakerBoehner has suffered yet
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 27, 2015
How could anyone watch this and say tax reform, immigration or, frankly, anything will happen this year.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 27, 2015
A disaster for Boehner, House votes 203-224 to kill three-week stop-gap that would have kept DHS afloat -- seven hours before deadline
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 27, 2015
It was only a 3 week funding measure — to buy Boehner time for courts to rule — and the GOP wouldn't back him. Amazing.
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 27, 2015
Can't help but look at this vote as a rebuke of the GOP leadership. Boehner was only looking for 3 weeks and 20% of the Conf bolted
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) February 27, 2015
JUST IN: Boehner fails again. The House votes down his plan to stop Department of Homeland Security shutting down. http://t.co/SXmEzfucEB
— POLITICO (@politico) February 27, 2015
Speaker Boehner is not listening to these voices inside his own tent... pic.twitter.com/bNyLKo5G58
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) February 27, 2015
The question Speaker Boehner simply cannot answer: what good is a leader whose ostensible followers ignore him?
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) February 27, 2015
Boehner seems to be backed into a corner now that he's managed to avoid for 4 years
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) February 27, 2015
Cantor Effect: Brat voted no on DHS. And brought 4 other Va Rs with him - Forbes, Hurt, Griffith, Wittman. All usually reliable for Boehner.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 27, 2015
Mo Brooks has no confidence in leadership. Bets Boehner goes for full cave, Sept. 30 clean CR. Warns to not put any money on it in Vegas tho
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 27, 2015
Will John Boehner now step down as Speaker? "Leadership aides and key lawmakers didn't reject the idea outright." http://t.co/KESapPR9LR
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 27, 2015
Why conservatives just knifed Boehner: `Leadership set the stage for this' by agreeing to fund most of the govt in Dec., said Rep. Fleming.
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiPrzybyla) February 27, 2015
02.27.15 | permalink
Republicans in Congress are doing the only thing they know how to do: YELL LOUDER
Republicans in the House and Senate have finally accepted the truth that they were only able to acknowledge as a possibility before: GOP Leadership has NO plan for funding Homeland Security beyond the February 27th deadline if the Senate cannot pass their current bill. But coming to terms with the truth and reacting with common sense are not mutually exclusive Republican traits.
In response to their utter failure to undermine the President's very popular executive action on immigration, Republicans won't try to work with Democrats to pass their own immigration bill and fully fund DHS. Instead, they'll dig back into the tried-and-true GOP playbook to do the only thing they're really good at: ramping up rhetoric and shouting louder than anyone else.
On Wednesday morning, Speaker John Boehner challenged Senate Democrats to "get off their ass" to pass the stunted DHS spending bill. Knowing his use of "ass" would get him plenty of press over the next few days, Boehner was able to ignore that his counterpart in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, has already punted the ball back to the House and, more importantly, the President has promised to veto the bill.
But the loudest, most divisive voice came from Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), who pulled out his crystal ball to do some blamesplaining (emphasis ours):
Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, who is up for reelection in blue Illinois in 2016, was more direct. "If they're cynically trying to restart the government-shutdown battle, they should be blamed directly. … It's a very dangerous game. If we have a successful terrorist attack—all the dead Americans from that should be laid at the feet of the Democratic caucus," Kirk said.
He wasn't done (emphasis, again, ours):
"The Republicans — if there is a successful attack during a DHS shutdown — we should build a number of coffins outside each Democratic office and say, 'You are responsible for these dead Americans,'" Kirk said Tuesday.
So how did we get to the point where a sitting US Senator decided it'd be advantageous to himself and his party to foretell of terrorism and dead Americans? It's a short walk off a long pier:
1. The House of Representatives refuses to vote on the bipartisan Senate immigration bill in the 113th Congress.
2. President Barack Obama, seeing the inaction in the House, goes ahead and uses executive action to bring relief to millions of families in the United States.
3. Knowing Republicans would hate this, the President gives them a way out: "Pass A Bill"
4. House Republicans don't pass a bill.
5. The new Republican majority in both chambers of Congress move to prevent the President's immigration action through legislation, which doesn't work.
6. The clock towards a very unsavory Department of Homeland Security shutdown starts to tick louder.
7. Republicans blame Democrats for the deaths of (literally countless because they don't exist) Americans in (literally countless because they don't exist) terrorist attacks, all because…
1. The House of Representatives refused to vote on the bipartisan Senate immigration bill in the 113th Congress.
Republicans in Congress can yell above the noise all they want, but their job isn't to be heard; it's to ACT. They need to pass a clean DHS funding bill to protect those who protect our homeland.
02.11.15 | permalink
Disastrous First Month For Republicans
This week at the Democratic retreat in Philadelphia, we saw President Obama and members of Congress energized, 'fired up' and ready to make a forceful case for progressive policy priorities that will help working families. Meanwhile, as January comes to a close, it's clear that the first month of this new Tea Party Congress has been full of division, dysfunction and extreme votes, or as one Republican member of Congress put it:
"Week one, we had a speaker election that did not go as well as a lot of us would have liked. Week two, we got into a big fight over deporting children, something that a lot of us didn't want to have a discussion about. Week three, we are now talking about rape and incest and reportable rapes and incest for minors. … I just can't wait for week four." - Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Couldn't have said it better myself.
But unfortunately, week four was no better, with Republicans continuing to propose their extreme policies that would be disastrous for our country:
- Republicans have already made clear their intention to play politics with Homeland Security funding in a reckless effort to stop the President's immigration executive action that will keep families together. Polling shows Americans overwhelmingly support the President's path on immigration, and a CBO estimate out this week showed that the House Republicans' anti-immigrant DHS funding bill would actually increase the deficit by $7.5 billion. This week also saw Republicans stumble on their border bill – legislation that the Secretary of Homeland Security called "extreme to the point of being unworkable" – because they didn't have the votes on their side for it. Another example of leadership in disarray.
- Polling has also shown that the Democrats' vision of tax fairness and the middle class priorities laid out by the President in his State of the Union address enjoy wide public support, while the GOP's trickle-down approach does not. Yet that didn't stop John Boehner and Mitch McConnell from going on 60 minutes this week to announce that progressive efforts to lift the middle class were "Dead, real dead" in the eyes of Republicans.
- The Department of Health and Human Services also announced this week that the Affordable Care Act is working, as 9.5 million Americans have signed up for coverage. So what did Tea Party extremists in Congress do? Double down on their failed efforts to stop this critical law. They announced their intention to block any attempt to restore the subsidies making health insurance more affordable for an estimated 6.1 million Americans should the Supreme Court strike them down.So what does week five of Republican control of Congress have in store for us? Attempting for the umpteenth time to repeal Obamacare!
So what does week five of Republican control of Congress have in store for us? Attempting for the umpteenth time to repeal Obamacare!
That doesn't sound like a winning plan to us.
01.30.15 | permalink
AUFC Wins Reed Award for Best National Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign
It's an honor just to be nominated – and even better to win! This weekend in Las Vegas, AUFC took home a Reed Award, named after Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster Reed, for 'Best National Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign'.
It was in recognition of 'Leadership', the first national ad in support of the President's immigration executive action to give millions of undocumented workers the opportunity to keep their families together, get right with the law and pay their fair share in taxes. What caught the attention of award judges was the use of footage of President Ronald Reagan, who in 1986 signed a similar executive action deferring deportations. Reagan speaking about the U.S. as a 'shining city' with doors open to immigrants juxtaposed with President Obama making the same case today really took the wind out of the sails of Republican arguments that this action was unprecedented and unlawful. Not to mention their complaints that the President had no business acting alone when House Republicans had refused to vote on a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform the Senate passed over 500 days ago. As the ad concludes: When Congress Refuses to Act, Presidents Must Lead.
Unfortunately, it's clear Republicans remain uninterested in making any inroads with the immigrant community. The Reed Award came the same weekend as the Iowa Freedom Summit, where Republican Presidential hopefuls gathered to kiss the ring of anti-immigrant demagogue, Congressman Steve King.
Watch 'Leadership' Here:
01.26.15 | permalink
Breaking Down The Medicare Lie
Are you familiar with 'The Medicare Lie'? Republicans and their shadowy supporters (read: Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers and Tea Party extremist groups) have been using it to attack Democrats for a while. It's a big one. It's also important, so let's break it down.
The claim is that the Affordable Care Act—or "Obamacare"—was funded in part by gutting Medicare to the tune of $716 billion. So, Republicans argue, that any Congressperson or Senator who voted for Obamacare, or anyone who even supports it, essentially is trying to strip Medicare of A LOT OF MONEY. There are tens of millions of seniors across America who rely on Medicare to stay healthy, and they are arguing that Obamacare is taking money directly out of their pocket.
Now I'm the first to admit that this claim sounds bad. But it takes about two seconds to head over to Politifact and see that this ridiculous idea has been debunked literally dozens of times. From the occasional "Half True" to lots of "Mostly False," "False" and plenty of "Pants on Fire," Politifact can't fact check this lie fast enough.
Republicans lying, in and of itself, is nothing new. But The Medicare Lie is particularly egregious. Here's why: WHILE DEMOCRATS AIM TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE, THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO GUT IT COMPLETELY!
You know Paul Ryan: Congressman from Wisconsin, former Vice Presidential nominee, gym rat. Well along with being a conservative politician from the Midwest and Ayn Rand's biggest fan, Ryan is also the Chairman of the House Budget Committee. In that role, he crafts budget proposals for Congress.
Now we all know how much of a disaster the Ryan budget would be for the American people, cutting taxes for the rich and social services for the poor. But what we need to know for the sake of this post is that one of the social services it would gut is Medicare. Paul Ryan and his Republican buddies in Congress wants to voucherize Medicare. Rather than guaranteeing coverage for all seniors, he would like to give them a gift card to visit the doctor of their choice. Once their gift card is empty... we'll that is apparently no longer the problem of the Republican States of America.
Republicans and their billionaire friends have been running ads against Democrats throughout the midterms invoking The Medicare Lie. But the truly astounding part is that they are accusing Democrats of trying to destroy Medicare, while at same time trying to destroy Medicare all on their own.
The Republicans are trying to have their cake, and eat it too. And while they are at it, they would also like your cake, your vote and your goddamn health insurance.
Brad Woodhouse is the President of Americans United for Change
10.23.14 | permalink