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Seems Dear Leader has been a busy little
bee marxist behind the scenes…here are two issues that go against the grain of what the american people have absolutely no tolerance for, poll after poll have stated as such. Yet he goes against our will once again and doesn't give a rats rear about it either.
Here's the first report that had me fuming this morning when I heard about on the Washington Journal…and trust me, the first half hour I heard of the show, not one caller was happy about this either…that included Dems, Independents and Republicans.
This is via FT:
US forces will stay in Afghanistan until 2024 under a deal aimed at reassuring the Afghan public, regional powers and insurgents that Washington will not abandon Kabul after most foreign troops withdraw.
The agreement was finalised on Sunday after months of fraught negotiations dogged by disputes between Hamid Karzai, the president, and US officials over night raids on insurgents and control of military prisons.
"I have been involved in many international negotiations. I can say without doubt, I have never encountered a tougher negotiator," said Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador, referring to the Afghan team.
Mr Karzai and Barack Obama, the US president, are due to sign the document at a Nato summit in Chicago next month.
The breakthrough is a boost for Washington, which has faced a series of blows in Afghanistan this year, including co-ordinated attacks on Kabul last weekend, the murder of 17 Afghan civilians, apparently by a US soldier, and riots triggered by the discovery of burned Korans at a US base.
The deal sets the framework for US military and civilian aid to Afghanistan in the decade after 2014, by which time the vast majority of foreign soldiers are due to have returned home.
It forms a pillar of the Obama administration's exit strategy by ensuring the US can continue to deploy smaller contingents of special forces to hunt militants and advisers to train Afghanistan's army and police.
The promise of a long-term US military presence is also designed to reassure Afghans who fear the drawdown may trigger a rerun of the international isolation and descent into civil war that followed the Soviet retreat in 1989.
The US hopes the agreement will also encourage wavering allies to stand firm in their commitments to Afghanistan ahead of the Nato summit as well as send a signal of resolve to Taliban commanders.
US officials had feared that any failure to sign the deal before the Chicago gathering would further undermine flagging enthusiasm for the 11-year Afghan campaign among troop-contributing nations.
But the talks gained fresh momentum in recent weeks as negotiators reached a compromise over the transfer of military jails to Afghan control and agreed to give Kabul greater oversight of night raids.
Mr Karzai has long opposed the operations, which US commanders consider their most effective weapon against the Taliban in spite of the anger they cause among the president's ethnic Pashtun community.
The document, which was not made public, does not govern the precise numbers of troops or quantity of aid Afghanistan will receive, but sets the broad outlines of the two country's relationship.
The US has already begun withdrawing about a third of its Afghan deployment, which peaked at almost 100,000 troops. The White House has yet to announce the pace and scope of further reductions in the run-up to the completion of the security handover in 2014.
If that report didn't 'frost your flakes' enough…this ought to do the trick. Not that any of you will be shocked, but him doubling down on EO's is beneath comtempt.
This is via FNI:
According to new reports, President Obama plans to use his executive power to bypass Congress when necessary in order to accomplish his goals.
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) expressed disappointment in the president's move saying that for the first two years of his presidency, Obama had little opposition in passing initiatives like the health care law and the stimulus because Congress was controlled by Democrats. "And then the country said, 'Hold on a minute, this isn't what we signed up for.' They very much, and very clearly, said we want to move in a different direction," said Roskam.
He argues that rather than listening to the public, the president is saying, "Look, I really don't care about what the results are of the 2010 election. I'm going to continue to move forward with an agenda that seems to be more and more and more out of step."
Roskam says he's disappointed…hell, he and other congress-critters should be steamin' mad!
What say you all regarding staying in Afghanistan thru 2024, plus financing the crooked politicians there as well?
Where are all the lefties protesting this deal…hmm? The clueless ones voted for this 'poser' for the very reason of his false promises of bringing the troops home pronto etc etc…we all know they despise the military, yet they seem to have tape over their mouths now..nowhere to be seen.
Plus…add in your thoughts about our gutless wonders in congress not speaking out loud and clear about O's power grab via bypassing congress with more Executive Orders?
The Master-of-Disaster has to go back to Chicagoland along with the other thugs that reside there ASAP! November can't get here soon enough…it's obvious our congress-critters are going to do zilch about any of this…yet he strangles each of us in one way or another while he continues to destroy this great nation day by day via his agendas.
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This is a 14K gold genuine ruby spray ring, size 5, in florentined leafy pattern that was my first jewelry purchase with my babysitting money in the late 1950s. Everyone had birthstone rings then, and this is not a child's ring, but it is not to my taste today. It was not worn a lot, but t is a ruby missing from the grouping on the left side to w the rubies in a spray pattern, come down to a point (4th picture, starting at the first one and reading as if pictures are a book - gold circular area on right in the stones area, is w the stone should be). T should be 10 rubies; t are 9. All the rubies are very typical ruby deep pink in color, the same size, prong set, and I can see w the prong is bent (not broken off) in the spot w the stone was lost. The ring is not small, measuring 3/4" side to side and 7/8" up and down. The stones are set high up on the top above the florentined leaves. The gold leaves are double layered from underneath with space between them in spots - they are not flat, so t is a significant amount of gold in the ring, making it look more substantial and slightly convex. It can be worn with the rubies pointing up or down. The ring is in very good condition otherwise, and if you care to replace the stone (probably $35-50 .. we have NYC prices ..), it would be a great ring for someone who likes the style and rubies in an "old stock" ring, thus the low price.Sales are final and payment is expected within 3 days of auction end, except immediate contact if payment is being mailed. I ship same or next day after receiving payment. International - Paypal only in USD - ask for rate. Mailed payments should be posted immediately to be received within 1 week. I combine shipping charges on multiple auction wins if paid in 1 payment and items ship together.


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I conducted a public blind listening test by making high quality recordings of the outputs of 4 different USB DACs using their line outputs and also the headphone outputs loaded with real headphones. The music excerpts were available for download in FLAC format and 20 people voted on at least some of the trials. The DACs are:
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Nice work. Interesting blog and shame you got booted off another forum because one advertiser couldn't address the technical limitations of their product.
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Thanks. I haven't quite been fully booted (yet at least) off Head-Fi but they've succeeded in making it much more difficult to contribute there. It's especially a shame because the majority of participants in the listening tests came from Head-Fi and I, and others, have been unable to even indicate in those Head-Fi threads the results have been published. Any such indications are immediately deleted. One really has to wonder where Head-Fi's priorities are?
Fortunately there are plenty of more rational forums--such as this one! And I'm more after quality than quantity anyway.
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There's things to agree with and disagree with, there's things that could be done differently, but... you recognized what you did for what it is, there are some clever things said, you made some very trenchant observations, you qualified your comments, and I'm delighted you posted that link here.
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That concept of testing is based on:
Your tests, run on a good equipment will reveal the differences. Run on a system that outputs tones of c**p, that c**p will MASK the real differences. A PC speaker system that has a bandwidth of 60-15kHz and a SNR/Dynamic of 60dB will NOT reveal nothing that happens out of those limits.
Maybe you should ask the testers to reveal their listening equipment and age.
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Thanks SY. The "trenchant" remarks are mostly related to the outright attacks NuForce has tried to make on my review and even me personally. I've tried to remain as objective as possible regarding the measurements, results, etc. But I'm sure some of my commentary is tainted by my negative experiences with NuForce. Still, I've tried to compliment their product where compliments are due. It's not all bad.
And if I do this again, I'd very much appreciate input on ways to do a better job.
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I agree the lower you go fidelity wise, the more there's a potential for masking. But it's interesting the subtle advantages of the high-end Benchmark stood out even when listening to the files on much less expensive hardware with far inferior specs including the SNR, etc.
And short of having the listeners go through an interview/selection process, I can't do anything about their "poor vision" or "poor hearing". I think it's fair to just include those interested in headphone listening as they're the typical customer of the products being compared.
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|17th March 2011, 06:47 PM
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Rocket, I thought your blind test was great and it shows what audio is about. Clearly, the assumption is as price increases- we get better fidelity, so we expect which one should be better until/or we hit personal preferences or "incorrect" pairing of sounds. I'm thinking of doing a similiar test of straight 1-10 scores on 10 or so 8" fullrangers soon with RS drivers, hopefully the Burros, random ebay's to the Visatons B200 and it'll be all by ear and friends which I expect, similiar results where the Visatons being the only audiophile driver to top and have everything else follow.
But I definitely think DACs are one of the harder equipment to judge which is why people expect the need for all the components to be audiophile. I tried an A/B/C a while back with an oldschool monster branded dac, audio authority, and another friends dac where we could barely pick out differences but in blind tests and different songs, we probably couldn't pick out accurately which dac was playing what, just which one sounds better.
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@azneinstein I agree DAC differences are generally "non obvious". When I first conceived the test, my greatest concern was there wouldn't be any consistent outcome. But I did careful ABX trials on my own (using Foobar) of the first few recordings and was somewhat surprised I scored very well on some of them. But that only identified there was a difference. It was harder to pick a favorite when I didn't know which file was which. So I really didn't know what to expect from the "public".
I've seen enough solid evidence to be convinced that some people are much better "listeners" than others including in blind tests. I think it's partly just human genetics--we all have things we're predisposed to be better and worse at--and partly a matter of training one's ears and brain to hear small differences. So just because I can or can't hear something, I don't assume the same will be true for everyone.
HydrogenAudio has done some interesting listening tests using Foobar ABX of things like different re-sampling algorithms. And, with some, many couldn't hear a reliable difference while a select few could. There was even a blind cable test where among a panel of many listeners, only Michael Fremer from Stereophile (if I remember correctly) could reliably identify one of the cables.
So that's partly why I did this test. I thought it would be fun to see how my listening abilities stacked up to whoever else participated. Electronics lend themselves well to this sort of test where anyone can use Foobar ABX to compare the test files. Speakers and headphones, however, are very different.
I know Harman International has a really expensive and advanced listening room with a theatrical-like "stage" that can automatically at the push-of-a-button reposition speakers in the same spot for blind testing behind an acoustically transparent but visually opaque "screen". Even something as minor as trying to compare two speakers side-by-side or stacked on top of each other can mess up the comparison. Sean Olive has written about all that on his blog. He's perhaps most famous for his excellent article about all the problems with "sighted" (versus blind) listening:
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The "sighted" bias came out in my listening tests in that one person flagged early on one of the reference tracks (that hadn't been through any of the DAC's) as being "clearly the worst" and 5 more people promptly "heard" the same thing. Some of those who used blind ABX, however, picked the same track as their favorite. So it's easy to see how even a single positive or negative subjective comment on any product in the forums can severely bias many others who evaluate the same thing.
And I also think it's significant that a lot of manufactures "design by ear" but they use sighted listening. Given all the obvious and well proven bias with sighted listening, is it really valid to use it as the primary criteria for product design? Sean Olive does a better job than most of trying to grapple with that issue.
And as for price, that was partly why I chose the lowly $29 Behringer to include for comparison. It's like including a $3 wine in an expensive wine tasting. I love it when the low priced entry turns out to be a well liked bargain in a blind test! I this case it didn't, but some still liked it.
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At 7pm, polls close in six states, including two states with competitive Senate races, Virginia and Indiana. In Virginia, Nate Silver gives Democrat Tim Kaine a 87.7% chance of defeating Republican George "macaca moment" Allen. Nate Silver also gives to the Democratic candidate in the Indiana Senate race, where he gives Teahadist Richard Mourdock a 69.8% chance of being defeated by Democrat Joe Donnelly. I'm not a big fan of Blue Dogs like Joe Donnelly, but Richard Mourdock's comments about rape should disqualify him from public office.
At 7:30pm, polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. As a gay man fed-up with being treated as the red-headed step child of the Democratic Party, I hope and pray that the North Carolina Democratic Party is decimated by the GOP this year. They sold the LGB community the river this spring because they didn't want to be on the ballot with a gay marriage ban. Sherrod Brown is widely expected to win re-election to his Senate seat over his opponent, whose picture I think probably appears next to the word "dweeb" in many dictionaries. Ohio has an initiative to end gerrymandering that seems unlikely to pass. I'm sure that the confusing wording approved by the GOP is just a coincidence.
At 8:00pm, polls close in 16 states and Washington, DC. In Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren is expected to defeat the centerfold turned bully, Scott Brown (Nate Silver: 93.7%). Although I'm not a big fan of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), I'll enjoy seeing him defeat Rep. Connie Mack IV (R), a spoiled bully who road his father's coattails into office. (Speaking of coattails, his wife, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) might lose her seat this evening, as well). The Florida legislature put a bunch of nasty amendments on the ballot this year including one to restrict abortion, one to give public money to churches, and one to oppose Obamacare. Hopefully, tonight will be the end of Linda McMahon, whose desperation knows no bounds. For me, the big races I'm looking at at 8pm are the marriage equality initiatives in Maryland and Maine. Most public polls put the pro-equality side in the lead, but the polls have disappointed the gay rights movement before. I know that Sen. Claire McCaskill has been a disappointment to some VOTS readers, but I admired her passionate defense of the Affordable Care Act in Missouri. And her opponent, Rep. Todd Akin, is a religious extremist and I will celebrate his defeat. Nate Silver gives Sen. McCaskill a 98.3% chance of holding her seat.
At 9:00pm, polls close in thirteen states, including Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. The sexual minority community will be paying close attention to the anti-marriage equality amendment up for a vote in Minnesota, where polls seem to suggest it might pass. One advantage for the "no" side is that blank ballots (where voters skipped the amendment) are effectively considered a "no" vote. We'll also be watching the senate race in Wisconsin, where voters seem poised to elect the first openly gay candidate to the US Senate. Nate Silver gives her a 78.7% chance of defeating Tommy Thompson. I know the party loyalists are crossing their fingers for a surprise victory by Bob Kerrey in Nebraska (Nate Silver says Republican Deb Fischer has a 99.4% chance of winning), but we have enough anti-Medicare, anti-Social Security Democrats in the caucus. I'm hoping for a double-digit loss to scare off other such "centrists". In Colorado, we have an initiative to de-criminalize marijuana. Polls seem to suggest that the initiative will pass. Am I the only one who thinks it would be HILARIOUS if pot got more votes than Obama?
At 10:00pm, polls close in Iowa, Montana, Nevada, and Utah. In Utah, Republican Mia Love seems poised to become the first black Republican woman in the House of Representatives. I'm hoping that tonight's big surprise happens in the Nevada Senate race, where Democrat Rep. Shelley Berkley is expected to fall short against Republican Sen. Dean Heller (Nate Silver gives Heller an 83.4% chance of holding his seat). GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson has spent millions trying to stop Rep. Berkley and it would warm my heart to see more of his fortune flushed down the toilet (after the tens of millions he threw at Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney). Democrat Christine Vilsak is trying to make history by becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Iowa. She is also running against one of the biggest assholes in the Republican Party. A recent poll gives Rep. Steve King the edge. In Montana, Sen. Jon Tester is narrowly trailing Rep. Rick Berg. Nate Silver gives the GOP a 65.6% chance of taking the seat, but I'm hoping that the beef-lovers come to his rescue.
At 11:00pm, polls close in six more states, including California, Oregon, and Washington. In Washington, initiatives to legalize gay marriage and decriminalize marijuana were leading in a recent poll. The marijuana decriminalization amendment in Oregon was trailing in recent polls. In California, GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack may lose her seat to Democrat Raul Ruiz, MD. Apparently, telling 39.4% of your constituents that you won't talk to them until after the election is bad campaign strategy. Who knew? California also has some interesting ballot initiatives, including competing tax increases, an attempt by rich right wing assholes to keep unions from spending money in elections, and a food labeling initiative which, if passed, will keep food manufactures from labeling products with genetically-modified ingredients "natural".
Apparently, Alaska closes at 1:00am, but the only person who will be awake at that hour is priceman. I'll leave it to him to cover those exciting races.
So which races are y'all watching closely tonight?
Indiana Update (7:10 pm). Richard Mourdock is in trouble:
RT @forecasterenten: In early Indiana returns, Mourdock is running 10 pts behind Romney's % of the vote. Not good for him.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) November 6, 2012
Florida Update (7:21 pm). Of course it's a mess. Eff you, Rick Scott.
Long lines extend voting past 7 p.m. in Central Florida thesent.nl/SrLjzN #cfelection #election2012
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) November 7, 2012
Indiana Update (7:28pm). Indiana women did not like Mourdock's comments. Donnelly up 9% among women. President Obama is down 5% among women.
FYI (7:40pm).
When you hear "too early to call" from us in a state that is predictable, it simply means we didn't exit poll it, need to wait for raw vote — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) November 7, 2012
Also from Chuck Todd (7:42pm).
Talking to some Senate insiders, and apparently the Libertarian candidate is taking more votes from Donnelly than Mourdock. Why it's close — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) November 7, 2012
LOL (8:04pm).
Exit polls currently show Nate Silver winning this election. — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 7, 2012
Maine Senate (8:08pm) race goes to Angus King. Connecticut, Missouri, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are too early to call. Bill Nelson won in Florida. One Mack down, one more to go. Let's do this California! Indiana Update (8:25pm).
Slate's @daveweigel says Mourdock is toast: slate.com/articles/news_… — Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 7, 2012
Connecticut (8:34pm) goes to Chris Murphy. Does this mean that rich, clueless Republicans will stop wasting their fortunes on Blue State Senate races? Amen (8:37pm)
Thinking Harry Reid's pretty happy to trade Joe Lieberman for Chris Muprhy — Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) November 7, 2012
Alan Grayson (9:00pm) is up 62-38% with 30% of the vote in. Buh-bye (9:13pm)
NBC News calls Massachusetts Senate seat for Elizabeth Warren. #Election2012 — Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) November 7, 2012
MSNBC just called Pennsylvania for Casey. MA Senate Update (9:22pm) Looks like she isn't Senator Warren just yet.
I got taken in by a Twitter rumor that NBC has called MA for Warren. It hasn't. My apologies. — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 7, 2012
Wisconsin Update (9:32pm). NBC called Wisconsin for Obama. Hopefully that bodes well for Tammy Baldwin! Still no call in Massachusetts, Virginia, or Indiana, but NBC just called Ohio for Sherrod Brown. No Senator Dweeb. Florida Update (9:37pm). Alan Grayson is back in Congress.
Alan Grayson back in Congress. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 7, 2012
Hot Damn (9:45pm)
FOX projects Democrat candidate Donnelly wins U.S. Senate seat for Indiana. #Election2012 — Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) November 7, 2012
RT @caro: MSNBC now saying Elizabeth Warren has ousted Scott Brown. — Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) November 7, 2012
Missouri update (10:12pm). Another religious extremist is defeated!!!!
Networks declaring Sen Clare McCaskill D-MO the winner in the Missouri Senate race over Rep Todd Akin — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) November 7, 2012
I guess Bob Kerrey (10:20pm) will have to go back to New York. I'm not shedding any tears over this.
Bob Kerrey loses NE-Sen race to Deb Fischer — Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) November 7, 2012
Wisconsin Update (10:29pm). Apparently, Fox News called it for Baldwin almost 45 minutes ago, but nobody else has. Tim Kaine wins Virginia (10:33pm).
Correction - CBS News projects: Democrat candidate Kaine wins Virginia Senate seat. #Election2012 bit.ly/RDyUv4 (fixes name) — Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) November 7, 2012
BREAKING (10:55pm)
RT @andylassner: Breaking: Women cautiously optimistic about retaining control of their vaginas — Kerry Eleveld (@kerryeleveld) November 7, 2012
It's official!!!
NBC is now projecting @fivethirtyeight as the President of the United States. — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 7, 2012
Maryland Update (11:38pm) Politico projects that the marriage equality initiative will pass! (11:40pm) Other sources are reporting different numbers with a much closer margin. Washington/Maine Update (12:10am)
In historic vote, Maine residents favor allowing same-sex couples to legally marry: apne.ws/TJHdGz #Election2012 — The Associated Press (@AP) November 7, 2012
BREAKING: Washington State becomes first state to legalize marijuana
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) November 7, 2012
Homophobia is defeated in Maryland!!!! (12:24am)
And Colorado!!! (12:27am)
Tammy Baldwin gives her victory speech.
Is that a banana in your pocket?
Or are you fired up and ready to go?
I don't have a banana. :)
I have a, uh ...
passion fruit?
No, no, that's not it ...
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Lame, man.
Really lame. :)
A most apt title!
how can I resist participating???
I'm watching Colorado!
I might have to move there. Look out Ms Shiz~
I applied for a job in Denver.
Looks like it could be a cool place to live!
Really now!
And you didn't tell me this because ... WHY?!
A very recent development.
The posting doesn't close for another month so it will be a while before I know anything. I'm also not talking about the job hunt in too much detail. Apparently, its bad luck.
My bad then, and best of luck, babe! Mmwah!
Denver is
have a cousin that lives there now. Laid back kind of place also the scenery is awesome and access to the coast is really manageable
Me too. :)
Don't toy with me, woman. We'd be hanging out 24/7 and never see our other friends or family.
P.S. Yes, it's going to pass. You're all welcome. :P
Turkish delight anyone? Going to be a long night...
Looks yummy.
I effed up my low-carb chocolates today. Looks like I'll have to turn to Miller Lite for dessert.
Just don't fall down, OK ? :)
(I mean again.)
Did you see my Halloween costume??? I went as "TBI type1error". I gave myself a headwound.
Hee hee, I did!
But I actually didn't know it was based on "the fall".
Nice. :)(
Only if it comes
in a box from Mamacali Overdressed.
What is this the
erection election?
Indiana and Kentucky going for Romney.
Oh no!
It's over!!!!
Vermont for Obama, Virginia too close to call.
(Listening to Rachel.)
I'm in shock shock I telz ya
Bernie the projected winner
Congratulations to Senator Bernie Sanders.
Wins reelection. Oh yeah, here we go Socalists!!!!
The Onion
Obama Announces We Are Invading Iran Right Now
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office this evening, President Barack Obama announced that a full-scale U.S. military invasion of the Islamic Republic of Iran is currently underway. . . . Obama went on to dismiss the invasion's impact on the presidential election, sternly reminding citizens that "we are in a time of war right now."
Thanks, ohmyheck
I'm belly-laughing here. "All things are possible in a multi-verse of infinite possibilities. Dems and Reps could unite and vote in such a way as to draw a huge penis on the electoral map." And they sign off with, "and we now go to Arizona, where a confused John McCain is delivering concession speech."
Okay, I'll stop bringing them here. So damn funn.
so glad you are doing this liveblog type!...
i know a lot of us will be watching a lot of decisions tonight and this is a great place to get some news without the, ummm, atmosphere elsewhere.... :D
May I insert . . .
. . . a standing ovation in here for an over-the-top excellent essay. It felt so good to read it, too.
This is a good thing, because I realized that I have not yet achieved electoral samadhi, as I had thought. It sounds like a joke, but this is what happened. I came home from a hike and realized that I'm frightened about this election. Then I realized that I'm frightened that Romney will win and I'm frighened that Obama will win. Seriously.
Romney projected W Virginia
way to go Type1
Manchin as well
I can't stand Joe Manchin.
After he lost the gubenatorial primary in 1996, his supporters swung behind the Republican because his female opponent was "too liberal".
That's OK.
I can't stand Joe Donnelly, so we're even. :)
i don't why they report too close to call...
i dunno, maybe it's me, but i know that if a state hasn't been called, that it's either too close to call or the polls aren't closed yet... man - do they need that much filler?
Yes, I think they DO need that much filler.
They're gonna be talking, non-stop, until at least midnight EST.
SC for Romney right now, btw.
yeah. and el oh el - S Car. for Romney so far...
call the presses.... no. wait.... ;D
a guy says that there are alot of provisional ballots out there, and they have ten days to offically count them. I read that Florida has alot of provisional ballots going as well. What if this election doesn't get called til November 17?
Then again, I never believed the BS about this is a close election. I think Romney is much more unpopular than the MSM is telling.
I hope to hell you're right,
but I don't think you are. Americans are effing stupid.
See: George W. Bush elected twice.
where's the whiteboard! i need the whiteboard!...
damn technology... ;D
May I just inject
these people are idiots and I couldn't really care less what county went which way in 00 04 or 08 give me some numbers or STFU and show me some beer commerials with bikinis
ahhh - now that's a Feral Man type comment...
there... ;D
i have to admit....
election day has always been exciting to me - since i was a little kid. it was a big deal in my house. the parents took us kids to vote, and we'd watch the returns that night... and the election was always discussed in the run up to it... my family was just really really political...
and i have to say, as much as i hate the system and think it's irretrievably broken, i still get excited to watch the returns come in... kinda stupid i know...
When Pa was running it was
a big deal for sure I used to go to the courthouse with uncle Dale to watch returns pretty exciting stuff for a youngin'
yeah, that stuff was exciting as hell for...
the younguns... :D
I'm rolling a big doobie to celebrate
freedom of the doobie in Washington State. Sort of anyway, as long as it's not too much doobie, doobie from or smoked in the wrong place, or doobie that bothers the Federal doobie gestapo.
Doobie doobie doo man.
awesome way to spend election night...
and softens the frustration of the outcome too.... :D
Actually I think the fact that it will be over
will release some frustration. Kind of like waiting for the day to get all your teeth pulled, then when it's over, you're glad it's done but you feel like something's missing.
yeah... why i'm thankful that we concentrate...
on issues as opposed to elections for the most part... there are a lot of places where folks won't know what to do with themselves tomorrow...
Dick Durbin is lying through his teeth about...
filibuster reform... ain't gonna happen... all talk that....
Who would ever trust Dick "I support the Grand Bargain"
Durbin? He is corporately owned.
oh yeah... it just i don't know...
floors me to see how easily the lies just flow from their mouths... it's like second nature... did they ever have consciences ever?
Stop the presses!!! Georgia goes to.....
Romney. surprise surprise. not. this shit is not news.
so far, the states called could've been called last...
year... no real NEWs to report...
NBC says they may not call NJ because of extended voting until Friday. WOOHOO extend silly season, I'm so excited
OMG! OMG! I just lost a Hundred Dollars on the Election!
Damn it! They just called Mississippi for Romney! I was sure that Obama was going to take it this time............looks like another year with canned cream corn stocking stuffers for my little ones..........
Angus King in Maine projected
Fucking Corker
Corker is the worst
That man is insufferable.
Where's the popcorn!!?
got no popcorn, but i do have pizza.... :D
that works too!
(You still have stuff on your head.)
I gave you a light bulb
Use it wisely!
MSNBC just called the Florida Senate race and says
Bill Nelson has been reelected.
complete asshole that works against progress survives
'The Onion' Calls Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania For John Edwards
Watching in Florida
Alan Grayson (FL 9)
and Joe Garcia (FL 26)
and the ballot amendments
Grayson's running again?
Could be because I don't get MSNBC anymore...
yeah, looks like he's winning right now...
he's one i want to see back in there... :D
I can't believe...
...that I didn't hear him yelling from up here. :)
He's running in a different district.
He's not challenging Daniel Webster the guy who beat him in 2010. Though that guy seems to be in a tough race against Val Demings.
now I want cake..
...and chocolate...and popcorn.
Oh, the anxiety!
CBC TV coverage in Canada
...is much more soothing than CNN. Wolf Blitzer gives me hives.
and the fun thing is that...
...I can post comments on CBC's Facebook page and they might show up on my teevee! Ah, stardom...
MSNBC calls Chris Murphy the winner defeating
wrestling champ Linda McMahon.
in the ring?
and out!
on the CBC crawl
"Pennsylvania voting machine that switched votes now fixed"
Probably the machine that was switching votes
for Obama to votes for Romney.
What a relief to get that behind us
It looked for one dreadful moment as though there was going to be electoral fraud in America. [Shudder]. Luckily, just like the few bad apples at abu ghraib, this was obviously just an isolated incident that in no way should create any concern about how this happened and certainly not result in any kind of investigation or comparing of machine results with exit polls.
One lesson from this is--document with video and post it on the internet.
Obama has 42% of the vote in Texas as of now.
Laughing. The tide is turning.
Wait, what?
Wait, what?
Connecticut (8:34pm) goes to Chris Murphy. Does this mean that rich, clueless Republicans will stop wasting their fortunes on Blue State Senate races?
Does this mean that Lieberman will not longer be a Senator?
That was Joementum's seat. Now he can go be a lobbyist. Or hang out on Morning Joe.
Racine, Wisconsin has run out of ballots?
WTF??? Maybe we should plan the next election, I don't know, like 4 years in advance?
NBC calls the race for Elizabeth Warren.
This is fantastic news!
that will delight my ma....
my folks donated to her campaign, even though they're in Idaho...
NBC projects the winner in Pa. as President Obama.
now that's the first big call of the night...
a big swing state... :D
A person on the internet said
that Grayson won. Would one of you first-world folk who have a tv set confirm this?
I have seen it on twitter but there is no channel
willing to call it. NBC calls Wisconsin for Obama.
Hi! :)
Hey there.
I was so glad to see you commenting on this grand historic night of delusion.
I watched a comedy special with Lewis Black last nite and he had a graphic of the "United States of Static". That's about it, isn't it? :)
Angus King of Maine...
...will caucus with the Dems?
Blitzer's having an aneurism
...reading the Fla results so far.
Tammy Baldwin projected winner in Wisconsin.
Tommy Thompson is crying.
NBC calls the Senate race in Ohio for Sherrod
Brown. All that koch super-pac money for naught.
yeah, i'm very delighted that the Koch Bros...
wasted so much of their money... :D
Well I'm glad Alan Grayson won
I think people are calling the Elizabeth Warren race too early but despite my disagreements with her on foreign policy, I can't help but be a little happy if she pulls it out.
Grayson is back in, suck on that pragmatists
I agree, Price. It's really good to see Grayson back in office.
CBS is calling NH for Obama.
CNN's crawl is funny
"Stand by for projection"
(wherein they will project all of their massive anxiety on their audience)
CNN called Pa for Obama
They're a bit slow...
Grayson! Yay! :D
I just figured out I'm on Page 2.
That's a funny comment
I'm afraid you need to recalculate, because
[Balloons falling from ceiling]
Nobody said herbs know how to count. :)
I do love me some
Catnip but you know I don't know is on third ;^)
CNN projects Live Free or Die for Obama
Speaking of Erections
looks like Ezra done shot his wad---
"I got taken in by a Twitter rumor that NBC has called MA for Warren. It hasn't. My apologies."
I think CNN called it for her...
a while ago...
Politico has called it for Warren
163 v 162
electoral just scrolled across the screen
CNN and CBC (Canada)
...are already doing post-mortems - basically declaring that Romney lost.
Medical marijuana approved in MA.
Get ready for drone strikes!
War on drugs and all of that...
Say hello to the new Congresswoman from IL
Tammt Duckworth.
CNN calls it for Obama
Thank Dog this didn't take all bloody nite.
Of course you guys know...
...that it's all your fault that Obama lost.
Oh, wait...
Fun hanging out with you and everyone
I go to bed secure in the knowledge that American shores will be defended by the less bellicose of the warmongers.
LOL Rove is saying
it's like 2000 because they are calling OH for that black dude
Well, as expected...
Wall Street won the Presidency tonight. Hard to lose when both major party candidates are in your pocket.
It doesn't matter who wins
From Simon Black on Soveriegn Man blog:
The entire world seems fixated on this belief that it actually matters who becomes the President of the United States anymore… or that one of these two guys is going to 'fix' things.
Fact is, it doesn't matter. Not one bit.
The facts and details are explained here
This is why there will be austerity, cuts to social security and more "quantitative easing" - creating money from nothing.
The best thing is it's over.
Nothing has changed. And now it appears the public awaits it's medicine. Blows my mind how this is working out.


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In remarks at the company's Annual Shareholders Meeting, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke today credited associates for the retailer's financial strength and personally welcomed on stage several dozen associates who represent the significant range and number of job and career opportunities offered by the world's largest private employer. "No company provides more opportunity to more people to go from where they are to where they want to be than Walmart," said Duke. "Associates join Walmart for so many different reasons. When it comes to our careers, what we all have in common is that we started somewhere. What matters most is that we get the chance to go as far as hard work and talent will take us."Reporting to shareholders on Walmart's performance, Duke highlighted the company's strong financial results, net sales growth at its operating segments, and management's confidence in its long-term business strategies. He also said that he expects the company to generate $10 billion in global e-commerce sales by the end of the fiscal year. Duke added, "None of this success would be possible without the heart and hard work of our associates." Over the past two years, Walmart has delivered to shareholders its best overall return in stock performance and dividends in more than a decade. The chief executive said that he has high expectations not just for Walmart associates, but also for how the company treats its associates. "We know that juggling life and work -- the economics, the scheduling, the expectations -- is often tough," said Duke. "Can we find ways to offer associates more hours when we have them, more flexibility if they need it, and more training to help their careers wherever life takes them? Can we do more to build an entryway to a job and career for those who really look to us for opportunity -- like young people or people restarting their careers? Can we be a laboratory for learning and create credentials of accomplishment that associates can lean on to advance their careers?"
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Just in time for the presidential election, the Obama administration has issued a directive cutting back on enforcement of immigration law. To the extent that this order can survive a challenge in the Supreme Court, it is something Obama could have achieved with the stroke of a pen at any moment since August 9, 2009 (when the Court last changed membership), if not since the beginning of his term. That he waited until now is yet another of myriad examples of our current president's political cynicism. This move is seen by many as an attempt to undercut legislation sponsored by Florida Senator Marco Rubio to provide a more humane policy for dealing with the millions, yes millions, of children who were brought to our country by their parents in contravention of the immigration laws.That Obama waited until now to issue the order is a mark of his contempt for the electorate in general, and of Hispanics in particular, but that such a cynical move is likely to confer political advantage on Obama is at least partly the responsibility of Republicans. Republicans have expressed outrage that undocumented immigrants are working within our borders. Yet all of us, whether or not we want to be, are economically connected to the chain of hypocrisy that is current U.S. immigration policy. While we are delighted to take advantage of the lower prices made possible by illegal workers willing to toil for less than the minimum wage, we are incensed that these workers violate our laws. Nonetheless, we still seek the lowest cost for the goods and services we buy, even knowing that in many cases the cheaper prices are a byproduct of the use of undocumented workers.But doesn't the blame for this situation rest solely with those who chose to enter our country illegally? No, it does not. Without a market for their services north of the border, no one would attempt a dangerous and costly illegal passage across the U.S. frontier. Without willing accomplices on this side of the border, illegal immigration would sputter to a halt. That it has not done so suggests a selectiveness about enforcement of our laws, and a certain myopia in our outrage at their having been broken. When a municipality becomes serious about enforcing the laws against prostitution, it begins arresting "clients" as well as prostitutes. Likewise, when we become serious about limiting the importation of illegal drugs we pursue the end users, and not just the smugglers and pushers. Why not do the same with those who employ undocumented immigrants? The answer is a simple one. When stricter border measures are put in place the usual public reaction is one of indignation—border holdups disrupt supply chains, block workers from commuting to jobs across the border, and slow the economy of border cities.Effective enforcement of current immigration laws would likely result in higher domestic wages for low-skilled workers, but lower incomes in general. Why? Because undocumented immigrants are disproportionately willing to take low-paid disagreeable jobs. If those immigrants were to leave the country, wages for those jobs would rise, and the equilibrium number of people taking the jobs would fall, leaving low-skilled workers with higher wages, and all of us with less output.
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- Form an Independent Committee with Independent Counsel and an Independent Financial Advisor to immediately pursue strategic alternatives;
- Cease all asset acquisition and disposition activity until the conclusion of the independent strategic review;
- Cease all equity offerings in CWH or indirectly through its majority owned subsidiary, Select Income REIT;
- Do not seek to amend, in any way more favorable to REIT Management and Research LLC ("RMR"), the existing management agreement between CWH and RMR; and
- Authorize, if you have not already done so, the Independent Trustees to retain their own independent counsel. Given the internal conflicts of interest we currently perceive at the Board level, we believe that CWH counsel cannot adequately represent the Independent Trustees and therefore that the Independent Trustees cannot adequately represent shareholders.
Luxor Capital Group Announces Its Disapproval Of CommonWealth REIT Decision To Move Forward With Its Offering
NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxor Capital Group, LP, a New York based investment manager ("Luxor"), beneficially owns and controls in excess of 6.7 million common shares of CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH), or approximately 8.0% of the common shares outstanding. Luxor is releasing the following open letter to the Trustees of CWH: To the Board of Trustees:On February 27, 2013, CommonWealth REIT ("CWH" or the "Company") announced that it had priced 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock in a public offering (the "Offering") at $19.00 per share. On February 28, 2013, the Issuer announced the underwriters had exercised the overallotment option on 4,500,000 shares, and on March 1, 2013, the Issuer announced that it had increased its maximum tender offer amount with respect to outstanding debt to $650,000,000. In response to these decisions by you, we are actively exploring litigation to recoup the value destroyed by the Offering and are willing to use any and all appropriate legal means to prevent further destruction of shareholder value. We find it unconscionable that the Board of Trustees would vote to issue shares significantly below-market in light of the offer on the table from a credible buyer at a significant premium. We agree with CNBC's assessment of the transaction, which they described as "a real-life poison pill" and their mocking assessment of your decision to pursue the Offering in light of the bid- "amazing- amazing that they did this".[1] We demand the following steps be immediately taken by the Board of Trustees:
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joelogonFor serious eaters, a pilot's license is a ticket to memorable food experiences: Having a private plane makes it far easier to jaunt from a strawberry shortcake festival in Lebanon, Ore. to a rhubarb celebration in Conrad, Mont. But local fliers say a few of their favorite meals are just a short skip off the tarmac.
Pilots across the Puget Sound know the region's airports by what their diners do best. According to Kelly Bright, manager of Avian Flight Center in Bremerton, the indisputable pie destination is Port Townsend's Jefferson County International Airport, where aviators swear by the flaky, scratch-made rhubarb raspberry. Bowerman Airport in Hoquiam is famed for its hand-dipped root beer milkshakes.
Bright, who's frequently made cross-county food runs, says her airport's diner is the fish-and-chips champion.
"They're very good," she says. "People come in from town for it."
For new fliers, who don't yet know what to order at which airport, the celebrated dishes serve as trip organizers. It's not uncommon for an instructor to send a practicing pilot to Port Orchard to try the fish and chips, Bright says.
"If you go and get what's yummy, it calms you down," Bright says. "It's a calming point to get your wits about you."
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Also in good news i learned that my dd is doing VERY good in preschool her scores have changed drastically in the last yr! And she knows how to spell her name.
Didn't see that coming...
Cweezy: its easier if I keep the first letter of there real names as close as I can get
Tommy's brother is her dad? But I thought Tommy was her cousin? What's going on?
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Limendez2 I just wanna say thank you for knowing whats up. I was lost until I read your post for the first i don't even know how many pages.
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If I were you OP I wouldn't meet up with any of them, they might be setting you up to get your ass beat or be killed or something you never know. People get very heated over the other woman, and the other women who is related must be even worse and on top of it all the other women, who is his cousin, who gave birth to his child. I would very much be careful if I were you.
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Some people question who my dad is but I don't.
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That's really cool, is he from Dust Tactics?
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|English, French, Spanish audio; French, Spanish subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
|Bonus feature: The Huckleberry Hero, pop-up storybook ; Sing along mode: colorful lyrics on screen ; music video "Deck the Halls" ; deleted scenes.
|Director of photography, Kamal Derkaoui ; music, Brahm Wenger.
|Voices: Mitchel Musso, Zachary Gordon, Richard Kind.
Cast: Madison Pettis, Bonnie Somerville, Wendi McLendon-Covey, John Ducey, Danny Woodburn
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|MPAA rating: G.
|1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
|DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital; widescreen (1.78:1).
|Series Title:
|Disney DVD.
|Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ; produced by Anna McRoberts and Robert Vince ; written by Robert Vince and Anna McRoberts ; directed by Robert Vince.
A fun-filled holiday adventure that takes us to the beginning of Santa Claus' legendary friendship with Santa Paws. In this prequel to the hit holiday classic Santa Buddies, Santa Paws and his new canine and kid friends embark on a journey in New York City to find Santa Claus and restore the spirit of Christmas.
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