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Christine O'Donnell Walks Out of 'Piers Morgan Tonight' Over Gay Marriage Question
Piers Morgan pissed Christine O'Donnell off during an interview with questions that she thought was out of the topic she had agreed to discuss. "You're borderline being a little bit rude," the former Tea Party-backed Senate candidate from Delaware said on "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Wednesday, August 17 when the British journalist asked her about abstinence and her positions on gay marriage.
Believing his questions were relevant because the issue was in her book "Trouble Maker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again" which they were discussing, Morgan asked O'Donnell why she was being "weird" about answering questions on her own statements. "I'm not being weird. You're being a little rude," she claimed.
"I'm promoting the policies that I laid out in the book that are mostly fiscal, that are mostly constitutional," the Republican Party politician reasoned. "That's why I agreed to come on your show. That's what I want to talk about."
"Well, don't you think as a host if I say, 'This is what I want to talk about,' that's what we should address?" O'Donnell asked back to Morgan. But the host replied, "Uh, not really, no. You're a politician," prompting O'Donnell to walk out of the interview.
"Okay, I'm being pulled away," the Tea Party favorite said as a shadowy body stepped between her and the studio's camera. She added that she "turned down another interview for this." When Morgan asked where she would be going, she said, "I was supposed to be speaking at the Republican Women's Club at 6, and I chose to be a little late for that...not to endure a rude talk show host, but to talk to you about my book and the issues I address in my book."
Shortly after the interview, Morgan took it to Twitter to recall what had just happened. "Ms. O'Donnell wasn't happy about me quizzing her re views on witchcraft and sex. But really flipped at gay marriage Qs. Ripped mike and fled," the "America's Got Talent" judge wrote. He added, "My first ever walk-out in 25 years of interviews. I guess viewers can decide if I was 'rude' or not tonight at 9pm ET. #CNN"
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TV3's new local drama The Blue Rose, Mondays, is one of those shows it's tempting to save up on MySky so you can have a decent binge.
It's a crisp, modest little thriller, but so engrossing, you readily forget that the last time Antonia Prebble and Siobahn Marshall were on TV, they were the Westie sisters from hell.
This time, one is a character straight out of Jane Austen, while the other could almost be running an empire on The Sopranos.
Prebble is Jane, a slightly downtrodden but astute legal secretary temping at a toney law firm, who says things like, "But it's confidential!"and Marshall is Linda, a scrappy and unscrupulous courier firm boss, who says things like, "Who's gonna make me?"
Delightfully ill-matched, they intersect when Linda comes barging into the firm demanding her dead friend's Rose's belongings.
Rose is the secretary whom Jane has just replaced, and who drowned off the Auckland wharf in mysterious circumstances. Linda quickly endears herself by biffing the office bitch and Jane by defusing the resultant near-brawl.
By degrees, we learned the late Rose was involved in something mysterious and possibly dangerous.
Through a combination of accidentally overhearing things and slyly snooping through files, Jane is coming to believe Rose's death had something to do with a nasty little financial cover-up originating at the law firm.
Egged on by Linda, who makes no bones about intercepting her firm's courier deliveries to sniff out further evidence, Jane is in the middle of her own John Grisham story - only with nice local twists.
Thousands of investors lost in the collapse of Lancaster Finance, but a group who were going to take the directors to court have been secretly paid off.
Crowd-pleasingly, the apparent villain is the failed finance chief, Peterson, played with a perma-sneer by Stelios Yakmis.
It appears he and the firm have cooked this up - but it could equally be a set-up to avenge the poor mum-and-dad investors, coincidentally, including Jane's parents.
Incidental characters also suggest themselves as suspicious: the creepy, officious little bossy-britches from the IT department; the overbearing office manager; Rose's druggie ex-; the mysterious woman client; and even the boozy, irreverent junior lawyer.
The dialogue is crisp and amusing and the pace is brisk. While appealing and attractive, the characters are also commonplace enough to be a welcome change from the ultra-slick folk who inhabit overseas dramas with similar themes, like Damages and The Good Wife.
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Undeniably, the entire plot should have been the bringing of the brides
to Seattle from Massachusetts. The entire charm is plain to see here
with the brides having to sleep on a mule boat, and the exterior shots
of the brides in their nightgowns and even fully dressed on the boat.
But right from the start there are glitches. Why would Bridget Handley's character, who worked at cleaning out fire engines, object to riding in a mule boat? Suddenly she is so pristine? Much of the so-called plot of Stempel and Bolt being adversaries should have been removed. In essence, since the appeal of the show was the brides, it should have either been straight up men versus women, or something with Blondell keeping the guys away from the brides. I would suspect Blondell wasn't eager for such excessive filming or wouldn't agree to it or she was felt uninteresting to a younger audience if she had so much airtime, however it played out.
Still, had just someone like Elaine Joyce been held on to as a third bride with Handley and Biddy, she would have made an ideal balance. She is clearly viewed here in several background crowd shots.
Also noticeable is Vic Tayback, good ol' Mel Sharple from Mel's Diner.
The show strangely goes from whooping and hollering for the brides to suddenly being enchanted by them, back to whooping and hollering.
Looking over upcoming episodes, it appears Big Swede stays around and so does Mitzi Hoag as Miss Essie, the schoolmarm. Does he toss her over or something? In the first episode, the shy Swede held her hand and sought to get a kiss from her, much to her genteel objection.
And also looking over upcoming episodes synopsis, there are just too many outsiders coming to town. The focus should have been on those courting in town, but this jeopardizes the attention from the main leads to suddenly have these characters steal the spotlight and make viewers go, 'hey, why don't they bring so-n-so back?' But it was apparent what the attraction for the show was in the beginning and where it should have stayed; on the brides.
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Archive for the 'Philosophy' Category
Critiquing Modern Feminism
I have frequently shared my favorable opinion of Camille Paglia, as my favorite feminist. I have just discovered a worthy competitor for that covetable title. She may not be quite as irreverently feisty; but Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers, is every bit as intelligent, outspoken, and critical of modern feminism and stultifying campus culture. She has the further advantages of being heterosexual and way easier on the eyes. 😉
If you appreciate strong intelligent women, take a break from politics and enjoy this conversation:
One need not agree with all they said, to enjoy the repartee; yet I am in substantial agreement with most of it. I was inspired to look Sommers up in the wiki. She has quite a CV. As an unapologetic male chauvinist, I can't help but find this sixty-five-year-old lady rather charming, and imagining what she must have looked like as a California girl / '60s flower child. 😉 ◄Dave►
Another Attempt To Clarify
The lame-stream-media's ignorance-based and intentional falsehoods concerning Islam are becoming intolerable. Ergo, yet another attempt on my part to simplify, clarify and render truthful the real facts about Islam…
Impremis: Islam is not a religion in the classic sense. It is an all-encompassing system intended to direct and control every aspect of the lives of its adherents. That is to say, it contains a belief system (a religion), a legal system, a governmental system and a cultural system. Therefore, to find some aspects of Islam, for instance Sharia Law, intolerable and incompatible with American values, does NOT constitute religious intolerance. Nor does outrage against killing innocent people in the name of Islam.
Item: The United States Constitution, first amendment, forbids the (federal) Congress to make any law respecting the establishment or free practice of religion. It does NOT say that we the people are somehow legally bound to tolerate the intolerable in any form or respect.
Item: The koranimal that shot up the bar in Orlando; the koranimals that shot up the party in Santa Barbara; the koranimals that attacked Burssells; the koranimals who attacked Paris; the koranimals who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; indeed, violent koranimals everywhere, are practicing Islam exactly as intended by their prophet and as prescribed by Islam's sacred documents. It is the so-called "moderate Muslims" who are practicing a "perverted" form of Islam. Read the rest of this entry »
Steam Coming Out My Ears
There was so much steam coming out my ears yesterday that it almost destroyed my relatively new hearing aids.
Why, you ask (not really caring)?
Because I was listening to our Traitor-in-Chief trying to disassociate the Orlando terrorist from anything to do with Islam!
Then an obvious truth occurred to me…
Our once great nation is so far gone that an obvious traitor can serve as POTUS and that WTS and our elected representatives in the Congress are too damned stupid and/or scared to even whimper about it. That is why I have shown so little interest in the election farce currently being conducted for our entertainment.
Then an even more obvious truth occurred to me…
It really matters not who is elected (appointed, designated, etc) president because the problem is not with our so-called leaders. They only reflect the attitude and incompetence of WTS. Ergo, the problem is US and we will still be US no matter who is elected POTUS, to Congress, to local dogcatcher or whatever.
Nothing has happened to this nation that WTS did not willingly allow to happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Alongside Night
In my continuing research into what I refer to as a Laissez Faire Stateless Society, I have encountered a lot of new terms attempting to redefine anarchy, which has such a negative connotation in the minds of sheeple. One of them is 'Voluntaryist.' I have discovered an interesting and informative website, with the simple URL of voluntaryist.com. Friday evening, I was perusing a section of it entitled, "How I Became a Voluntaryist," which consists of personal testimonials. While reading Ben Speers' biographical, "Conscience of a "Former" Conservative," I encountered:
This idea, that people should be free to do whatever they want apart from initiating violence, crystallized in my mind. Soon I realized that there could be no ethical justifications for exceptions to this rule. This immediately led me to a conclusion that shocked me to the core, for I had never considered it before. The conclusion that I came to was that there was no moral justification for any violence-based government, which is to say any government at all based on the popular definition of government. Logically, the only road left to me was anarchism.
Bingo… welcome to my world! Read the rest of this entry »
America reborn – My Main Error
As you may have noticed, I have had little to say on this topic lately. That is because it did not seem worth the effort. Then it dawned on me why… I have been focused on what SHOULD be done when the real question is, what CAN be done.
Said another way, what might a few people like ourselves actually suggest that would motivate others to get involved? A list of my initial suggestions follows:
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That's about all I have. Sorry.
Troy L Robinson
Madison's Angels
Recently, in objections to my interest in exploring anarchy, or what I prefer to call a laissez faire stateless society, James Madison's famous quip that "if men were angels, no government would be necessary" has been mentioned a few times. The implication being that since we are not angels, we absolutely require rulers and a coercive state to make us behave, or society would quickly devolve into total chaos.
I decided to pen a rebuttal to this common belief, and did a quick search to find Madison's exact quote, and the precise context in which he made it. It was in "The Federalist No. 51," where he was expounding on the necessity of the separation of powers, with checks and balances, in the Constitution:
"The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions."
Thus, the context speaks for itself. Madison was far more concerned with mechanisms to limit and control the government, than how best to control the people. Read the rest of this entry »
America Reborn
Dave and I have suggested a series of articles addressing the subject: What Should The New America Look Like?
This is based on the collective analysis in this blog that the current America is essentially an historical artifact that will soon degenerate into total chaos unless some new, possibly radical approaches are tried. Said another way, there is no viable path back to what we once were – and were intended to be, ergo there is no rationality in wasting the time and effort trying to do so.
Since only two of us currently have editorial privileges here, and, so that we can have multiple threads so that the discussions remain navigable, I propose to post a series of topical "stubs" to which all participants can equally contribute. What I need you folks to do is suggest a starting list of topical stubs to get the conversation started.
Random Comments On The Election Process
It is no secret that my participation in the very active discussions here RE the current election have been minimal. This is for the simple reason that I do not think the current sham process is worthy of much serious consideration. Having said that, I do have several comments to share, some of them repeats from previous blogs:
→ While I seriously question whether Donald Trump would make an effective president, I do thank him for making the "establishment" begin to show its true intentions. And those intentions are NOT pro-democracy, pro-republic or pro anything other than the absolute control of the nation by a small elite cabal of the wealthy, mostly in the financial sector, and not nearly all American. (The are the same people who pretty much "own" the FED.).
→ Speaking of the "establishment", I have heard several pundits opine that the "GOP establishment" would prefer a president Hillary to a president Donald. To refer to a "GOP establishment" or a "Democrat establishment" is simply incorrect. While they both seem to exist, the fact is that there is so much overlap that it is more accurate to refer instead to "THE establishment".
Do Not Fail…
…to grasp this logic:
Whatever one thinks of Trump, the revolution has already started, and the election will not end it. Pick a side… ◄Dave►
Happy Anniversary
…to me. I always celebrate March 9th, because on this date in 1973, was the last time I ever wore a silly necktie. 🙂
Forty-three years ago today, I abandoned my reasonably successful high-tech corporate career in Silicon Valley, to become an entrepreneur. During my farewell speech at my going-away luncheon, I removed my necktie and gave it to a colleague, promising to never again put such a ridiculous thing around my neck. I have faithfully kept that vow to this day, even though I have occasionally been turned away at fancy restaurants and night clubs. To me, one's principles are inviolable. 😀 ◄Dave►
Perhaps We Should Do Less Winning?
I spent this past weekend watching 2 grandsons compete in baseball tournaments. As is normal in present America, all the emphasis was on winning. Indeed, apparently winning is all that counts these days.
In the case of total war, I cannot help but agree. In most other cases, I am increasingly skeptical.
As my grandsons "won" some games and "lost" others, I could not help but study the obvious effects these two outcomes had on the young people playing and, to a lesser extent, on the parents watching… almost insanely euphoric in the first case and a hang-dog, give up attitude in the second.
This is the problem with a win/lose dichotomy. While it produces some winners, it always produces an equal or greater number of losers. And this in a game where NOTHING is actually won or lost except one's very temporary pride, esteem and self confidence. Might it be better to put the emphasis on performing the best one can? Then, all who put forth a good effort can finish the day feeling good about themselves – while those who did not try would know who they are without some artificial win/lose structure.
Enough of Beck
As I have mentioned before, I was appalled by the ridiculous statement by Jerry Falwell explaining 9/11 to Pat Robertson. He stated that obviously God had removed his divine protection from our country, because of our increasing tolerance of homosexuals and the gay lifestyle. I was so disgusted that I swore I would never listen to another thing he ever said. From then on, every time I saw his pudgy face on TV, I immediately either turned it off or changed the channel, and kept my vow for the rest of his miserable life.
As long-time readers know, I was once was an avid Glenn Beck fan and supporter. I was an 'Insider' member of his radio program long before he ever got the gig on Fox News. I loved his TV program, which I must admit had a major impact on my thinking regarding Islam and Middle East politics. I bought and read all of his books. I was an early adopter of his 'Blaze' news site. I even subscribed to his new internet TV program, for the first couple of years after he left Fox.
I was as tolerant as I could be, of the increasing religious nature of his endeavors, until such insufferably became the primary focus of his existence. Now I only bother to visit the Blaze when following a link to a news item there, which has nothing to do with Beck himself. Several months ago, I even unsubscribed to his free newsletter, which I had received daily for many years.
Laissez Faire America
The French term 'laissez faire' doesn't just apply to economics. Literally, it translates to 'let the people do as they wish,' or a refusal to interfere in other people's affairs. E.g. I take a laissez faire attitude toward other's religious proclivities. As long as they don't pester me about them, or try to get government to impose their dogma on others, what they believe and how they worship is their business, and none of mine.
It also makes a great synonym for the basic original meaning of anarchy – the absence of control by rulers of any sort, would be a laissez faire society. Since the term 'anarchy' has been corrupted in the minds of most, to now be synonymous with 'chaos,' perhaps I could find readers more willing to consider a government-free society, if I employed the French term, which is considered a positive attribute, by most who are at all familiar with it.
I have found there to be ample valid arguments, to counter all the trepidation usually expressed, by those arguing that at least a minimal government is required to maintain a civil society. Yet, unfortunately, as soon as the word anarchy comes up, most minds snap shut, as they envision ruthless brutes and gangs taking over their communities. The degree to which most sheeple are willing to forego Liberty, for the promise of a little security, is downright shameful.
If I thought that there was the slightest hope that the Federal government could ever again be downsized, and constrained by the intent of the original Constitution, I could live with that hope and work toward those ends. Alas, any rational person would have to agree that will never be. Thus, hereafter, when I use the term laissez faire, it will be my 'dog whistle' for expressing my blatant desire to completely abolish the Federal government in America, and replace it with nothing… i.e. anarchy. 🙂 ◄Dave►
Why Socioeconomic Systems Fail
Today, I venture to opine on a subject this has been over opined about by people far more qualified to offer opinions than yours truly.
Still, I will offer my own opinions with the hope that my use of simplification and common language might be more palatable than that typically used by the over educated.
In theory, a Free Market, operated in an environment of laissez-faire, is the best, most reliable and most equitable economic model available. So, how could such a system possibly fail? IMHO, partly due to its own accumulated success.
What could I possibly mean by such a silly statement? How can accumulated success lead to systematic failure? Simple, it does so when the economic model (the Free Market) attempts to operate in a vacuum. Said differently, when the economic model operates as if it alone is responsible for long term societal prosperity.
Secondly, this socioeconomic model fails when it is overburdened from without.
Thirdly, a state of "general prosperity" is anathema to those among us who, seemingly unable to control themselves, seek to control everyone else instead.
Still sounds a bit silly, does it not? Not to me.
In the case of the United States of America, a mostly free market economy (what I see as a "free enough" market economy) took a fledgling nation from a condition of national non-entity to super-power status so quickly that it gave us all a mild form of collective whiplash. It also gave us a level of general prosperity never before seen in the world and, by many, thought to be impossible to attain.
Then, almost suddenly, it all seems to be unraveling at the seams.
I have suggested 3 basic reasons for this:
→ Accumulated success
→ Overburdening from without
→ The desire to control acerbated by unbounded greed
Let us now discuss these individually, in simple terms and using common sense language:
A Really Stupid Answer
As previously stated, I am essentially dropping out of political commentary because the political situation is beyond the ken of rational discussion. Yet, I still have the urge to amuse myself via diarrhea of the keyboard, hence a journey into new fields of discussion.
Today's rant was inspired by a billboard I saw the other day while riding down the highway. Now, I had seen this and similar billboards for years but, for some reason, this particular sighting rather slapped me upside the face when the idiocy of its message actually got through. The message:
Now anyone with ¼ of a brain knows that life, as we currently understand it, actually began several billions of years ago.
I am a longtime fan of the writings of the late Dr. Carl Sagan. Among other insights he offered us was that while the universe seems likely to spontaneously produce new life on a grand scale, by processes we do not yet fully understand, there remains the possibility that the universe got the process right ONLY A SINGLE TIME. And, in Dr. Sagan's opinion, on the mere possibility that spontaneous life was a singular occurrence, we should treat it as a miracle beyond mere reverence. I find myself in total agreement with Dr. Sagan's viewpoint.
PC is Propaganda
There is a very good article on the Misis Institute site, by Jeff Deist entitled, "PC is About Control, Not Etiquette," which ties in with some of the thoughts expressed here lately, and is well worth reading:
To begin, we need to understand that political correctness is not about being nice. It's not simply a social issue, or a subset of the culture wars.
It's not about politeness, or inclusiveness, or good manners. It's not about being respectful toward your fellow humans, and it's not about being sensitive or caring or avoiding hurt feelings and unpleasant slurs.
But you've heard this argument, I'm sure. PC is about simple respect and inclusiveness, they tell us. As though we need progressives, the cultural enforcers, to help us understand that we shouldn't call someone retarded, or use the "N" word, make hurtful comments about someone's appearance, or tolerate bullies.
If PC truly was about kindness and respect, it wouldn't need to be imposed on us. After all, we already have a mechanism for the social cohesion PC is said to represent: it's called manners. And we already have specific individuals charged with insuring that good manners are instilled and upheld: they're called parents.
Political Correctness Defined
But what exactly is PC? Let me take a stab at defining it: Political correctness is the conscious, designed manipulation of language intended to change the way people speak, write, think, feel, and act, in furtherance of an agenda. [emphasis mine]
PC is best understood as propaganda, which is how I suggest we approach it. But unlike propaganda, which historically has been used by governments to win favor for a particular campaign or effort, PC is all-encompassing. It seeks nothing less than to mold us into modern versions of Marx's un-alienated society man, freed of all his bourgeois pretensions and humdrum social conventions.
Like all propaganda, PC fundamentally is a lie. It is about refusing to deal with the underlying nature of reality, in fact attempting to alter that reality by legislative and social fiat. A is no longer A.
Liberty or the State
Liberty or the State
Choose one. Only one. They are mutually exclusive.
It is interesting how both sides of our Incumbrepublocrat duopoly have very different visions of the purpose and utility of the State. Yet, both staunchly defend the existence of the Federal Government, as absolutely necessary to protect our rights and freedom. Of course they do, their cushy jobs are on the line; yet, a good many actually believe they are doing good works, in their life-long struggle to save their own vision of America, from their opponents' strident agenda and goofy ideology. It seemingly never occurs to any of them, that if they simply shut it down and went home, most of their 'worthy' causes would evaporate for lack of opposition, and they would never be missed by the vast majority of a much relieved population.
What would happen if we stopped legitimizing their oligarchy? What if nobody bothered to attend the carefully choreographed kabuki theater performances they call 'elections?' Without our dutifully voting for the least objectionable candidates offered, they could not claim a 'mandate' for their 'vision,' and claim the mantle of 'leader' for their 'constituents.' The most important statistic worth noting in post-election polling, is how many eligible voters chose 'none of the above,' by the simple expedient of boycotting the sham election.
For most of a long interesting life, I have generally been an upstanding American Patriot. I wore the US Army uniform for three years back in the mid '60s, and then a peace officer's badge in three different small towns for several years after that. Each of these 'government jobs,' required that I swear an oath to defend our country and its Constitution "from all enemies, foreign and domestic." It never occurred to me back then, to question the legitimacy of the Federal government, or its moral authority to make laws governing our conduct. Neither did I question the basis of my sworn duty to enforce them. Everyone must obey… "it's the Law!"
A New Religion
Imagine, if you will, that some new prophet suddenly appears with instructions direct from the deity for constructing a new religious sect (no, not me – I am a strictly non-prophet operation).
Let us assume the new sect is benevolent in every respect, that it respects other sects and non-believers, that it follows the Judeo-Christian tradition in every respect, including the ancient Jewish practice of human sacrifice.
After all, if the deity created all life, it seems only reasonable that it demand that some meager amount of said life be offered back as a sign of respect and acknowledgment. Let us say that a child of less than 5 years must be sacrificed on the eve of each new moon. Not all that extravagant is it? And maybe, for good measure, the sacrifice of a female virgin on each winter solstice to thank the deity for the return of the Sun. Again, not at all extravagant. Indeed, given current population growth rates, such modest sacrificial demands would hardly make a statistical difference in the population.
And, keep in mind that these sacrificial demands would not be optional. They would be mandatory for each congregation of practitioners. Period, no exceptions allowed.
Indeed, there is really nothing really new in the proposed sect and much to be admired. For sure, no jihad, no mass murder.
So, my question to all of you is this: Would any national government accept or allow the open and public practice of this "new" religion? For sake of argument, let us narrow the question to address only the United States. The first amendment to our Constitution says, in part:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…
Seems pretty clear to me. Government is not allowed to "prohibit the free exercise…", so that is that. Light the fires and bring in the virgins. Or is it really that clear?
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Yes, we would occasionally experience a terrorist attack in the region ourselves, and just assumed it was because we were allies and supporters of Israel. 9/11 changed everything in my mind. Not only was it a dastardly sneak attack on our homeland, I just couldn't get my head around what could possibly motivate a score of well-educated Saudi Arabians (ostensibly our second-best ally in the region) to deliberately commit suicide, while flying four hijacked planes into our iconic buildings killing thousands of 'innocent' civilians. I remember immediately buying and reading Thomas Friedman's "From Beirut to Jerusalem," followed by "The Lexus and the Olive Tree," to try to acquire a better understanding of Middle East politics and religion, and what their real grievance might be with us.
Like most red-blooded Jacksonian Americans, I was ready for some serious retribution against whoever was responsible, regardless of their motive. Our resident swaggering Texas cowboy in the White House, was more than willing to step up to the challenge, and initially won a lot of respect when he did. Yet, since it appeared that we were not attacked by another country; but by a shadowy international NGO of fundamentalist religious fanatics, who and where were they? Our smart bombs needed coordinates.
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…must win in the end, and there is nothing whatever man could do to prevent it.
This rather obvious truth occurred to me while reading an incredibly fascinating, informative, and must-read article entitled: "Climate and Human Civilization over the last 18,000 years" by Andy May. It includes a PDF of an 18,000 year timeline of what is known of earth's climate and human efforts at civilization. Do download the poster and view it at about 100% zoom in your PDF viewer, so you can read the text. This means you will have to scroll left and right as well as up and down; but it is worth the effort.
The subject was skepticism of AGW, of course, and the historical timeline is juxtaposed with the best estimates we have on global temperatures, which purport to show the historical effects of natural temperature variations on human activity, particularly migration. What struck me most, however, as I contemplated all the time covered by various civilizations I had never even heard of, much less studied, was how insignificant to the whole scheme of human history is a single human lifespan. Consider how exceedingly few people's lives and deeds are remembered even one hundred years after their death by their own descendants, much less leave an indelible mark in history. Read the rest of this entry »


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Veal Piccata
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 10 mins
Tender veal slices with a buttery, lemon sauce. This is good enough to serve at a fancy dinner party. I've made this one for years. Sprinkle parsley on top.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 boneless veal steaks, pounded thin
- salt and pepper
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1⁄4 butter
- 2 lemons
- 2 teaspoons milk
- Salt and pepper the steaks.
- Heat butter in 12in. skillet on med. heat
- Roll the steaks in flour and brown on both sides turning occ.
- till done and golden brown.
- Remove from heat and keep warm.
- Slice one lemon.
- Extract juice from the other lemon.
- In skillet add lemon juice and slices.
- Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add milk.
- Stir well.
- Pour over veal and serve.
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This was a great recipe! I've never made this, or any veal for that matter. I was a little scared to do it, but it came out great. I had bone-in veal, so I cut out the bone and made them for the dog. I made this with Angel hair pasta and spinach. I would like to try your other veal recipes too. Thanks!
Good, but I prefer Veal Scaloppine Veal Scaloppine by MizzNezz. The tarragon really makes that recipe. Thanks for another option for veal, but I prefer the Veal Scaloppine.
Loved this! My husband, son and I really enjoyed this. Simple and scrumptious!


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The Interior Least Tern, the pallid sturgeon and the fat pocketbook mussel will all benefit from recent changes in river engineering practices, which have been formalized in a landmark Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Lower Mississippi River signed at the end of August by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
This CMP is believed to represent the first large-scale application of a powerful but seldom-used tool for proactive conservation in the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Section 7(a)(1). Under Section 7(a)(1), federal agencies work together and with partners to understand the effects of agency actions on endangered species and to formulate best management practices. This partner-building process is intended as a positive alternative to the often confrontational path of formal ESA consultation under Section 7(a)(2).
Section 7(a)(2) consultations can result in an atmosphere of compliance rather than collaboration. Because much of the breeding range of the Interior Least Tern is within USACE project areas, terms and conditions related to Section 7(a)(2) consultations have resulted in this species being ranked in the top five bird species for federal expenditures under ESA for the past decade. On the Lower Mississippi River, FWS and USACE chose a different path, taking notice of a 1994 MOU that was signed by many federal agencies expressing a desire to work more frequently within the framework of Section 7(a)(1).
The 1994 MOU was met with enthusiasm from the environmental community, and a 1995 article by Dr. J.B. Ruhl in the journal Environmental Law predicted that Section 7(a)(1), "because of its breadth and flexibility, may take its rightful place as the centerpiece of the nation's species protection law." Unfortunately, Ruhl confirmed recently, this MOU was followed by few significant agency actions prior to the signing of the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Management Plan.
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Barclay's is the latest bank to say they may get out of the agricultural commodity trading business to limit "reputational risk."
U.S. banks, of course, have no such compunctions. They actively oppose limits on commodity trading.
The UN conference on trade and development blames high food prices on commodities trading. They say futures are traded on commodities that don't exist, up to 20 to 30 times the amount of physical production.
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Submitted by EricLykins on Mon, 2012/12/03 - 1:05pm.
Rüschlikon, Switzerland: "I can't ignore who is actually paying the price for this."
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In the short term, prices on commodity futures are like stock prices. They have no relationship to reality or current value. Just pure speculation by the insiders for short term profits.
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Artist: Eurythmics
Album: Revenge
Well there's a colour picture
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Chris Hardwick is lending his voice to a "funny" game sequel
Chris Hardwick, creator of The Nerdist and the host of @Midnight and Talking Dead, is moving into video games. Specifically, he's lending his voice to one:
Just finished the 2nd of many recording sessions for a video game. Can't say what yet, but it's REALLY fun, funny and part of a series…
— Chris Hardwick (@nerdist) March 23, 2014
So who wants to speculate on what funny game franchise Hardwick could be involved with? We know Tim Schafer is hard at work on Broken Age Act 2 and it's suspected that Valve has the humorous Portal 3 in development somewhere within their secret catacombs. Another possibility is the new Saints Row game that Jay Mohr is connected to. And even though it would be funny for fans, I don't think it's a spot in the next episode of Telltale's second season of The Walking Dead. Call me crazy.
But all three of those comedic franchises would definitely fit Hardwick's vocal and comedic stylings well. And I'm sure I missed several strong possibilities. Hopefully we'll find out soon.
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Corsair Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler
Corsair has really put quite the name out for themselves. With really top notch power supplies, Corsair built quite a following as well. Not too long ago they opened their minds and started designing chassis' such as the Obsidian 800D. This chassis , again, was top notch with no stone unturned, keeping the Corsair name intact. On top of what I have seen or bought myself over the years in memory sticks or power supplies, I have now gotten my dirty little grubbies on one of the most popular coolers on many forums.
I'm not exactly sure how I got overlooked when all the samples were being sent, but with one of my latest reviews, the ECO from CoolIT, a lot of the comments were based on "where is the H50?" - Well, here it is! With some crafty trading of other parts I had on hand, I was able to locate in a forum sale, one brand new in box Corsair Hydro Series H50. It was so new that when I received the shipment, the cooler arrived still sealed in the plastic outer wrapping. It just wouldn't be fair of me to test out a used cooler, so in my hunt I was looking for only brand new or unused. With the shipping plastic in place, rest assured this Corsair H50 is exactly that.
Now, I'm sure everyone reading this already knows of the potential of what the H50 can bring to cooling a processor, but now we get to see them head to head on Tweaktown's own T.E.C.C. testbed. With the basic premise of my getting the H50, I'm sure as the review progresses there will be a direct comparison of my opinion as we look at the individual parts of the H50 and we can see where Corsair went right or wrong along the way. Enough of this talk; as I know you all just want to know at this point which is better. So, let's go through what the H50 offers and get a closer look at Corsairs Hydro Series H50 along the way.
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The City of Mishawaka will reopen a renovated Central Park to the public on Friday, July 3rd at 9:15 pm. Sunset was chosen as the time in order to show off some of the new lighting including color changing LED lights located on the pedestrian bridge by the dam and the new programmable fountain in the park. The ribbon cutting will take place in the middle of the Park just west of the large rope climbing structure and the public is invited to attend. It is our hope is that hundreds of people will assist in cutting the ribbon.
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First, the clothes are adorable, and they run really great sales. I ordered once from them with zero problem and loved everything. Just ordered a second time and had a bit of an issue, though.
It's difficult to track down the number for customer service, because none of the links for the number on their website actually lead anywhere (it's +44.1932.219380). The wait time is kind of ridiculous, but when I finally got through to someone she was helpful. It's added inconvenience when you're calling from the US and the call is costing you an arm and a leg while you're on hold, though.
*NB: Be careful when placing an online order, and double-check that everything is 100% right. After I hit confirm and pay, the amount that came up was $30 higher than what I'd agreed to pay (apparently faster shipping somehow got selected).
After our phone conversation they did tell me that they would credit me the $30 as a 'courtesy gesture' since I'd just placed the order, but that they can't refund the money until after the order has shipped. She said she'd send me an email confirmation straight away, and I double checked she had the right address. It's been about two days and no email. So, fingers crossed, but I can't say I'm extremely hopeful.
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"It is submitted that draw of lots procedure is very scientific, non-discriminatory, transparent, just and fair and there is no legal justification for not adopting the same for the admission of fee-paying children in private unaided schools," said a petition filed by Civil Society Social Jurist.
"It is submitted that the admissions of thousands of children in K G class for last several years in more than 400 Sarvodaya schools run by Delhi government are taking place on the basis of draw of lots. Similarly, the admissions in KG class in several Navyug Schools run by NDMC are also taking place on the basis of draw of lots," the petition added.
The petition filed through advocate Ashok Aggarwal sought implementation of the lottery system in nursery admission procedure while challenging the city government`s December 15 order giving the private unaided schools a free hand for framing their admission criteria to nursery classes.
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Sunday was a day of firsts for Carl Crawford. First home run as a Red Sox. First smile as a Red Sox.
OK, the second might have been an exaggeration, but displays of performance-induced joy have been few and far between since he started playing real games in a Red Sox uniform.
Turning Crawford's frown upside down has been a painstaking process. To get an idea about how torturous the early season path has been for the outfielder, understand that despite coming away with two hits, including a two-run homer, his statistical pat on the back was now having the fourth-worst OPS out of 187 eligible players instead of being at the bottom of the list the day before.
"I've been feeling a little better," Crawford told reporters after the Red Sox' 7-0 win over the Angels in Anaheim. "I'm not out of the woods yet, I'm still in the grind mode. The good thing is, things are starting to feel a little better."
So, now that we have perhaps the most telling sign that Crawford has begun his climb back to the standard put in place by a 10-season big league career, deciphering what exactly led to the biggest slump of the 29-year-old's career has become a more practical exercise.
And, while Crawford has never suggested it, one potential answer to the question is this: Switching organizations for the first time is a bit more difficult than even the most-prepared professional athlete might realize.
The reasons for the slump could be more complex than just the newness of Crawford's situation, but history suggests it can be a powerful element of the equation. Few understand this better than Don Kalkstein, the former mental performance coach with the Red Sox who now is employed by the Dallas Mavericks.
The longtime sports psychologist wasn't about to speak to Crawford's struggles specifically, but he is intimately familiar with the scenario the left fielder finds himself in.
"I think what is interesting is that the game doesn't change, but the surroundings do, and that is something that plays an important role in the package of performance," said Kalkstein, who still will do some consulting work with the Red Sox after the NBA season.
"You're talking about comfort levels now. You're talking about a player knowing their way around different items and different things. Where there's comfort there's an ability to let your skill take over. That takes time. That takes time to get a feel for where everything is, where you fit in. Those little things, for me, they do play a role. Some guys can do it a lot faster than other guys, but I definitely believe it goes under the radar."
Crawford was drafted by Tampa Bay. He played in the minor leagues for Tampa Bay. His only major league team up until this season was Tampa Bay.
Now he finds himself a Red Sox. The pitchers' approaches haven't changed, and neither has Crawford's talent. The surroundings, however, have offered the four-time All-Star a new kind of curveball.
"Everybody wants to make an impression, whether it's in a new organization or in a new job," Kalkstein explained. "Making an impression and letting the people who are writing the checks think they were so glad they did that. Often guys try and do too much, hence the word 'pressing.' It doesn't' have to do with the market, but more of an intrinsic thing that they want the organization know they got a great package and they want to show them that.
"It's very similar to things I would say to players who come up to the big leagues for the first time. We often see an overwhelming amount of players who play in the big leagues for the very first time -- and I'm not going to use the word struggle, because I don't believe in it -- press. I see them press. The thing I tell them to do is not play any different than they did in Double-A because that's why we want them here. We know they can perform. Yet, it's very difficult for them to believe in that."
If the change has contributed to Crawford's slow start, he wouldn't be alone in having to battle such an obstacle.
Another example of the condition might have been found across the Angels Stadium diamond, where first-year Angel Vernon Wells resided. Like Crawford, Wells had only played in one organization, the Blue Jays, up until he was traded to LA this past offseason. The three-time All-Star, a career .278 hitter who is coming off a season in which he hit .273 with 31 home runs, has never experienced an April like the one he's currently enduring.
Wells is just two spots better than Crawford when it comes to OPS (.471), and he dropped below his Red Sox counterpart when it comes to batting average (.169).
"My experience has been that the player who has been traded a couple of different times, whether it's a minor league trade or a major league trade, he has learned one thing and he's learned it over time, and that is that he doesn't have to come in and be a different type of player," Kalkstein said. "He doesn't have to get the approval of a new organization that he's worth whatever the trade was or the cash considerations. That's the big difference.
"Those guys who go through their second and third time going to another organization, the time is decreased immensely due to their understanding that it is an organization that wants them and they are going to be the guy that they are."
There are other examples of players having trouble acclimating, and it's not just limited to going from one big league team to another. The dynamic is also prevalent often times when a minor leaguer is called up to the majors for the first time.
One of the best examples? Dustin Pedroia.
After hitting .191 in 31 games as a late-season call-up in 2006, the second baseman continued to struggle in his first month as a Sox starter the following season, hitting .182 in April. Fortunately for Pedroia, however, both teammate Alex Cora (.400 during the stretch) and the team (16-8, first place after the first month) bought the rookie some time while he figured it all out.
"There was a lynch mob out for the kid, but he kept hanging in there, the organization continued to support him, obviously [Terry Francona] was a huge supporter," Kalkstein recalled. "It didn't happen overnight, but it happened over time. There was comfort built in and Dustin decided to say to himself, 'I'm going to do what I do,' and it all worked out."
It is the parallel between a rookie and a high-priced free agent, such as Crawford, which supports Kalkstein's theory that money isn't the root of the pressure.
Crawford will make $142 million over the next seven years. He has been the chief source of concern among Red Sox fans throughout the team's early season hiccups. But, according to the Mavericks director of sports psychology, it is the acceptance of the player's teammates which offers the most importance.
"When people talking about players living up to their contracts, I disagree with that," Kalkstein said. "My experience in 17 years of working with these types of players, these guys are self-motivated, they're wired differently and they're competitors. One of the things a lot of people don't understand is these guys love to compete and they love to be successful. We all want to get paid a lot of money and be paid what we're worth, but dollars and cents doesn't drive a guy any more when he's 0-for-16 than when he's 12-for-16.
"For me it's more a teammate thing. They want to show their teammates. They want to let them know that they are there to help them and do what they can, so they rush themselves. They try and collect four hits every night instead of just putting quality swings on. For me, it's a direct relationship that they want to prove it to their teammates. That's what my experience has been."
Sunday, Crawford proved a lot.
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