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WASHINGTON -- In one moment, with one statement, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) managed Wednesday to accomplish what House GOP leaders, Republican senators and the Wall Street Journal editorial page had failed to do for months: Persuade rank-and-file House Republicans that shutting down the government in an attempt to defund Obamacare was simply impossible.
On Wednesday, after House leaders said they'd go forward with the defund strategy Cruz had been pitching with ads on Fox News, his response boiled down to 'Thanks, you're on your own.'
"Harry Reid will no doubt try to strip the defund language from the continuing resolution, and right now he likely has the votes to do so," Cruz said in a statement. "At that point, House Republicans must stand firm, hold their ground, and continue to listen to the American people."
On the surface, House Republicans were seething. Members openly accused Cruz and his allies, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), of waving the white flag before the fight had even begun. One House GOP aide even called Cruz a "joke, plain and simple."
But by admitting that he had no ability in the Senate to back up the House effort to defund Obamacare, and saying so on the same day that House Republicans had announced they would support the Cruz-inspired strategy, Cruz has inadvertently done more than any other lawmaker to avert a government shutdown.
"Cruz officially jumped the shark this week," said one GOP operative allied with House leadership, who, like others, requested anonymity to speak critically about fellow Republicans. "He's doing for the House Leaders what they couldn't do for themselves. House rank-and-file members are uniting with Boehner, Cantor over Ted Cruz's idiotic position."
The retreat by Cruz has led to public questioning from House Republicans about his motives and political acumen, not to mention joking speculation that he may be part of a vast and devious liberal conspiracy to undermine conservatives.
"Cruz is the leader of a secret cabal of leftists that are seeking control of the conservative movement," quipped one senior House Republican leadership source. "Their aim is to force the party to take on suicidal missions to destroy the movement from within."
rightists not leftists
"Cruz officially jumped the shark this week," said one GOP operative
one GOP operative allied with House leadership,
" quipped one senior House Republican leadership source.
That's like me accusing Obama of selling out the left in his charge to the right (Bluster)
I could do a hit piece on anyone with this sort of shite as my "sources."
House Republicans are furious with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for conceding that legislation to defund Obamacare would fail in the Senate, and are accusing him of surrendering the fight and undermining their strategy to effectively repeal the Affordable Care Act.
"Gee, thanks for the support," Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., said Wednesday.
"I hope they can be a little bit more optimistic, because what we are doing is what the majority of Americans want," Radel added. "If it's not a full defunding, it is to, at minimum, delay Obamacare. And right now, instead of talking about how they can't get votes, what I sure would like to see from these good men is them going out and leaning on the [Senate] Democrats to do the right thing."
Lawmakers' frustration stems from Cruz and his allies hammering them for several weeks to fight for defunding, using slogans like "don't blink" as a part of a public campaign to pressure House conservatives. Hearing Cruz concede defeat in the Senate before House Republicans even passed their budget bill angered many, including those committed to the defunding strategy.
"I don't know how you could say, right now, that there are not the votes for it [in the Senate]. I don't understand that," Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., said. "I would suggest that the senator speak to his colleagues and do what we're doing.
Liberal conspiracy is silly. so far too the right he ended up on the left?
WTF am I missing here? Is it just b/c he's not agreeing to participate in this pointless dog and pony show?
"Harry Reid will no doubt try to strip the defund language from the continuing resolution, and right now he likely has the votes to do so," Cruz said in a statement. "At that point, House Republicans must stand firm, hold their ground, and continue to listen to the American people."
While it's no real secret that Democrats wouldn't support the measure -- Sen. Chuck Schumer called the GOP's plan "insane" -- Boehner and some of his Republican members are loath to go there publicly, and believe Cruz admitted defeat before the House even voted on its plan. And they say that by calling on House Republicans to "stand firm," Senate conservatives are putting the spotlight -- and pressure -- on the GOP-led lower chamber.
"House agrees to send #CR to Senate that defunds Obamacare. @SenTedCruz & @SenMikeLee refuse to fight. Wave white flag and surrender," read a Wednesday night tweet from Wisconsin Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, referring also to the Utah senator who has joined Cruz's efforts against the health care law. The congressman continued on in a Facebook post: "House Republicans have stood firm. We have voted to defund, repeal & delay #Obamacare dozens of times. It is time for Sens. Cruz & Lee to show they can hold the line against Senate Democrats. Let's hope they do not surrender before the fight even begins." Then, he asked: "Can Americans count on Sens. Cruz & Lee to join us?"
But by admitting that he had no ability in the Senate to back up the House effort to defund Obamacare, and saying so on the same day that House Republicans had announced they would support the Cruz-inspired strategy, Cruz has inadvertently done more than any other lawmaker to avert a government shutdown.
Sen. Chuck Schumer called the GOP's plan "insane"
The idea that Republicans don't have the votes to defund Obamacare is not new from Cruz. He's spent the summer trying to build a "tsunami" of grass-roots outrage against the Affordable Care Act, arguing that such a movement would be the only way to kill President Barack Obama's signature legislation.
The reaction from House Republicans and senior GOP leadership aides to Cruz's latest statement on the matter was swift and angry, both about Cruz's lack of confidence in a vote and his urging of the House to "stand firm."
"They said nothing is impossible if you fight hard enough, and the minute the House announces the vote, they give up the fight? It's crazy," one senior GOP leadership aide told CNN.
"They should walk the walk," the aide said, predicting it would backfire on the conservative senators.
Another senior GOP leadership aide took a shot at Cruz declining to say whether he would filibuster the bill, telling CNN, "It is disappointing to see that Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz," in reference to the state senate Democrat who filibustered an abortion bill in the Texas legislature over the summer.
Schumer does know that the majority of americans do not support ACA, right? how is it insane for congress to vote the will of the people in order to protect health care in this country?
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Apr 3, 2013 at 7:36 am #1301258
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
This was a fun discussion of Post Hike Rituals
I have another post hike confession. I can't relax after a trip until all my gear is taken care of. Generally, as soon as I get home, I go down to my basement office and hang up my tarp, quilt, puffy, and pack to dry. Pot and spoon get hand washed, and clothes go in the washing machine. Only after that do I take care of myself.
My personal ritual involves the poorman's hot tub (ie bath) as hot as I can stand it with a pint of Guinness and Miles Davis (Kind of Blue) playing in the background. These little rituals ease the transition from wilderness solitude to acceptance of screaming kids, work deadlines, and other mundane stressors. Back in college, the buddy who most inspired my backcountry adventures had once told me that after every near-death experience he would always drink a Guinness. This has stuck with me to this day, a little more liberally interpreted.
I'm guessing that even the best amongst us still have a high degree of gear awareness, and many, like me, are INTJs, so I'd hypothesize that gear maintenance is a priority for many here upon return home. What do you do, and are there other rituals that are important to you when you get home?
Disclaimer: I'm having a low motivation day at work todayApr 3, 2013 at 7:55 am #1972296
Hi Ike,
I am the same also, my kit gets sorted first before I get scrubbed.Apr 3, 2013 at 8:14 am #1972304
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
I'm not quite as OCD about it. It might take a day or two to get all of my gear cleaned up and ready to go for next trip. I do hang everything up to dry out before taking a shower.
My wife doesn't understand why I want to wash all my backpacking clothes in one load, without including anything else.Apr 3, 2013 at 8:15 am #1972306
Art …BPL Member
Gear is just Stuff.
the real reason to be out " there " is for me to be out there, not my stuff.
upon return, its me first and gear whenever … sometimes days :-)
how I deal with me, is a function of the length and intensity of the trip.Apr 3, 2013 at 8:30 am #1972309
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
"Gear is just stuff"- agreed. This is more about state of mind. I prefer a spartan aesthetic and can't relax until stuff is put away. Along the same lines, you can usually tell when I have a big deadline because I feel compelled to organize first. I suspect that this will be a common trait amongst ULers and minimalists.Apr 3, 2013 at 8:43 am #1972313
IanBPL Member
This comes from a decade in the infantry. The only exception are my feet which are my first priority of work throughout the trip. I'll usually hang my shelter and sleeping bag in the garage first to dry them out. I'll let them hang for a day or two. I wash all of my backpacking clothes with a fragrance free/hypoallergenic detergent (inside out) and then air dry them. Wash shoes in a bucket outside. Cook kit and water bottles are hand washed. I'll then jump in the shower followed by a quality Irish or Scotch whiskey on the rocks and the most recent episode of Walking Dead/Breaking Bad/etc.Apr 3, 2013 at 8:57 am #1972315
First thing upon returning home is getting some good puppy love. Then I unpack everything, hang whatever needs hanging. I then draw a Nikwax bath, and bring my gear that needs washing into the tub with me. I talk to it while I wash it with a specially made cuben and fleece washcloth (Zimmerbuilt, of course), I use some of the gear to wash myself. It keeps me closer to the trip that way. I no longer use my spork to wash myself with, though, after an unfortunate incident that I don't like to talk about…..
Sometimes I dry myself with Bounce. Springtime Fresh scent. That way my boxers don't stick to me…..Apr 3, 2013 at 9:00 am #1972316
Nico .BPL Member
@nickbLocale: Los Padres National Forest
I like to get my gear hung up, washed and put away right after getting home from a trip but it doesn't often happen that way. Most of the time, if I get home on a Sunday evening from a trip, all the demands, to-do lists, etc. that I left behind on Friday are waiting for me as soon as I walk in the front door.
Often, it's all I can do to at least sort out some of the gear and get the key pieces (shelter and quilt) hung up to dry or air out, and get any trash and remaining food out of my pack.
The rest of it will have to sit for a day or two in varied states of unpacking until I can get back around to emptying the pack, putting things away, washing out the cook kit and water bottles, doing the laundry, etc.
I don't feel at ease though until all this stuff is done. It bothers me to leave stuff just sitting around, not put away in its proper place, but sometimes other duties are more pressing.Apr 3, 2013 at 9:16 am #1972324
Steven ParisBPL Member
@saparisorLocale: Pacific Northwest
"Sometimes I dry myself with Bounce. Springtime Fresh scent. That way my boxers don't stick to me….."
Great, Doug. Now THAT image is going to be with me all day.Apr 3, 2013 at 9:55 am #1972337
Adan LopezSpectator
@lopezLocale: San Gabriel Valley
I'm definitely an organizer, but lately my compulsive lifestyle has made it impossible to dial things in regularly. I've managed to pack so much into my weekends that any post-hike ritual got squashed long ago. After my last three day hike, I convinced my family that I could be home, showered and ready within 30 minutes, to get them downtown for a little concert. My ritual that day was to rip my down bag out of my pack, fling it over my bike and take a 5 minute bird bath before heading out. The concert was awesome and my gear sorted itself out slowly over the next couple weeks. Some of my clothes get washed only once every few trips, pants, wool, etc. A couple times I've been on hikes and found trash in my pack from the last hike. I try to at least get a hefty mug of quality beer, a tasty plate, and time with my three girls. Too many times this turns out more like a coke, some slop wrapped in a flour tortilla wrapped in paper, and a kiss on my girls' foreheads as they sleep. Keeps my OCD in check and we've been doing some pretty cool family trips non-stop lately, so I'm good with it!! Screw planning, organizing, weighing..bring on the chaos!!Apr 3, 2013 at 9:57 am #1972338
Kevin BabioneBPL Member
@kbabioneLocale: Pennsylvania
I walk in the door, dump my pack and hiking clothing in the garage, and take a quick shower. I then ask my wife what I can do to help her and I profusely thank her for giving me the "time off" to go run around the woods without her and the twins (girls, now six years old).
After dinner and helping the girls get to bed, I go back out to the garage and take care of my gear. Everything had been in the pack the entire trip so a few more hours won't hurt it.
My priority is to ensure that I can have another trip (without a lot of grief) in the near future. My gear hasn't ever said "no" to me or said that it wasn't a good time…I can imagine Doug's gear being quite scared of upcoming trips given what he's described as his post-hike ritual.Apr 3, 2013 at 10:11 am #1972345
David ChenaultSpectator
@davecLocale: The West Slope
Usually I'm with you Ike, nice to deal with dirty gear while I'm still dirty. The Guiness is a very good idea.
Sometimes if I'm truly knackered I dump my pack out on the mud room floor and deal with it the next day. I try to get everything cleaned and back in the designated corner ASAP, as the ease of packing that lends the next trip is key for getting out as often as possible.Apr 3, 2013 at 10:29 am #1972353
Jake DBPL Member
@jakedatcLocale: Bristol,RI
Yea, I usually like to get my tent and sleeping bag/quilt hung up so that they can dry.
The rest can wait but I like to get the other stuff done before i forget about it.Apr 3, 2013 at 10:34 am #1972356
Tony WongBPL Member
@valsharLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
When I get home, I like to have all of my gear cleaned and repacked within 48 hours of returning.
After kissing the wife and child, off to the shower for a nice, hot scrubbing.
(Only then will my wife and child let me hug them).
If myself and my clothing are really bad, I have been known to shower with my clothing on to "pre-wash" my clothing before tossing it into the washing machine.
Upon getting home, I will lay my quilt, tarp, and foam sleeping pad out in the sun to air out and to evaporate any moisture. (30-40 minutes…flipping gear over as needed to dry out evenly).
Air out quilt and shelter for 2 days and then repack shelter and quilt goes into storage bag, uncompressed.
Wash stakes to make sure they are not caked with mud.
Clothing, hat, gloves, etc..gets washed and gets repacked into my backpack.
MSR Titan Kettle exterior gets sprayed with oven cleaner to remove any esbit residue.
Let stand for 10-15 minutes and then rinse off…wash with soap and water, dry overnight and repack into backpack. Wash spork too.
Washing out my bear vault with soap and water to help eliminate food odors on the exterior and to simply keep it clean for the next time.
Optionally, toss the backpack into washing machine, depending on how long the trip was/how dirty my pack is….same thing for the quilt. Try not to wash the quilt a lot out of concern for damaging the internal baffles.
Reload consumables/bottles….soap, pills, baking soda and salt mixture for tooth paste, TP, hand sanitizer, fire starting materials like cotton balls and petroleum jelly/tinder tabs, replace any used medi kit supplies used. Check to see if mini bic lighter needs to be replaced if low on fuel.
Soak tooth brush in hydrogen peroxide overnight…dry and repack.
Check headlight batteries to see if they need to be replaced.
Back flush Sawyer inline filter with clean water, run 1 to 1.5 liters of water with 10-15 drops of bleach through filter, run 1 to 1.5 liters of clean water through filter to wash away any bleach residue, suck out any excess water in filter and dis-assemble filter to air dry for 2 days, repack into backpack. (I have a 1st gen/older version of the Sawyer filter that can be dis-assembled/opened up, which allows for faster air drying).
Playtpus bottles & water tank washed with warm, soapy water, rinsed….tossed into my car on a warm day (not a baking hot day) to quickly dry them and repack into my pack.
Anyway, stuff I do with gear because I am anal about my gear.
Plus, if I don't do these things, I would likely forget to pack something that I need for my next trip.
Better for me to do it this way so that I am ready to go for the next trip.
-TonyApr 3, 2013 at 10:43 am #1972360
Brad RogersBPL Member
@mocs123Locale: Southeast Tennessee
Doug, you just cut the value of your gear on gear swap in half!Apr 3, 2013 at 10:47 am #1972362
Mike VBPL Member
@deadboxLocale: Midwest
I do more or less what Ike described, except after gear is cleaned and sorted it is a hot shower and I have my beer while sorting the gear.Apr 3, 2013 at 10:55 am #1972366
Adam RothermichBPL Member
@aroth87Locale: Missouri Ozarks
ISTP here. Looks like I'm the opposite of the majority. My first priority when I get home is a shower. After that I will normally hang my shelter and quilt to air dry. My shoes often get relegated outside until the stink is more bearable. Then all the clothes go in the washing machine. I just throw my cooking gear in the dishwasher and let the water bottles stand open on the counter to air dry. After that it could be a few days before everything gets packed back away to where it should be. My wife is not such a big fan of that part. For me, ingesting the photos to my computer and posting the good ones online are more of a priority than getting stuff put away. I'm guessing a lot of you would be uncomfortable with the clutter in my apartment :)
AdamApr 3, 2013 at 10:57 am #1972367
"I just throw my cooking gear in the dishwasher and let the water bottles stand open on the counter to air dry."
When I used to do this it took forever for the bottles to dry. Then someone mentioned somewhere on these forums about getting an air pump for an aquarium, and just using that (with the tube inside the bottle) to dry out the bottle. Works like a charm, and dries the bottle out within an hour or so.Apr 3, 2013 at 11:31 am #1972389
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
I prefer to stay out a few days minimum when possible, so the gear remains in the pack all little while longer. After a few days, some more hours won't hurt it. Clothing, I'll usually pull off into a stream for a pre-rinse of my clothing and myself (no soap). My skin is extra oily and it gets pretty funky. Bonus: it gives a little extra seasoning for those anglers catching fish downstream (kind of a oily briny sensation…). If it's a hot spring, I'm usually going to be too sleepy to drive all the way home and crash at a motel; not about to open up my pack and possibly leave something at an away location, except my trash bag. At home, the sleeping bag is unpacked, the tent opened up to fully dry, etc.. before going to bed. Another shower with the hiking clothes, hang them, inspect for holes/tears/abrasion, and then probably lightly wash them the next day using "Sports Sudz" for baselayers, etc … Prefer to let water do most of the work since part of the "wickiness" is a chemical treatment. Food and any trash I deal with the next day. I'm real bad about neglecting water containers, however.Apr 3, 2013 at 2:40 pm #1972463
Greg FBPL Member
@gregfLocale: Canadian Rockies
I like having everything but my bag and food packed for the next trip so when I get home I pull out everything that needs drying or washing and get that started. Then go have a shower. When done shower everything gets packed up again for use on the next trip.
To leave for a trip I only need to grab sleeping bag, food, rain coat, down puffy. The rest is all packed and ready to go. It is much easier to get it all back together quickly when I get home then to try to do it after life catches back up. When trying to do 1 night trips limiting packing and storage to 1/2 an hour on each end really makes it more efficient.Apr 3, 2013 at 3:25 pm #1972486
Brandon =ÞBPL Member
@stupendous-2Locale: California
I tend to leave it all packed up until the next day, sometimes I pull the sleeping bags immediately, but it wouldn't be out of the question for it to stay in the pack overnight. This procrastination I believe is less about avoiding the chore, and more about not wanting to admit to myself that the trip is over. Even after I break everything down and clean it, all of it sits out for a week or so, because I can't bring myself to stuff it all back into the storage bins it came out of.
Sleeping pads after each trip I give a really good scrubbing in the shower, which I started doing religiously after I lent a pad to a friend and just put it away when he gave it back to me. Only to pull it out to clean to loan it to somebody else, and found a nicotine patch stuck to it, which discolored the material underneath very badly. I guess it was preferable to finding cigarette burn in the pad.Apr 3, 2013 at 4:31 pm #1972516
Ken T.BPL Member
All this talk about once you get home. How about once you are back at the car? Anything special?
I always have a way to drive. I pack a cooler and some clean cotton clothes back at the van. 5 gallons of water to take a quick rinse if wanted. And an ice cold beer or soda while changing, packing up.
Other than that my ritual is almost exactly like Doug's.
.Yikes!Apr 3, 2013 at 4:40 pm #1972523
If it a long drive home I will stick my down gear on the back seat to start drying out.Apr 3, 2013 at 5:16 pm #1972534
"Only to pull it out to clean to loan it to somebody else, and found a nicotine patch stuck to it, which discolored the material underneath very badly. I guess it was preferable to finding cigarette burn in the pad."
Until you realized he had been using the nicotine patches as suppositories……Apr 3, 2013 at 5:38 pm #1972547
I loaned a pair of mitts to be a buddy last weekend and got them back with a pair of hand warmers which where still warm :-)
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watched the bulls-heat, LBJ was so pissed off, LOL
I loved it
watched the bulls-heat, LBJ was so pissed off, LOL
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He had a stretch not to long ago where he had 19assists, 17assist, 12assist, and 10assist games all in a row... Hes had 7 Double digit assist games in the month of march alone.. Jr Smith has probably never had one..
Obviously there completely diffrent players though.. I'd take him over JR Smith all day, personally..
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jennings is a career sub 40% shooter. saying he sucks may be a bit harsh but he's not very good. i don't get how you can bash melo but endorse a guy like jennings. he's constantly going against his coaches and throwing his teammates under the bus. there's a plethora of backcourt players i'd rather have. jennings thinks he's worth max money too haha
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrarCB6alA&feature=player_detailpage#t=2576s (links to the V&M part... the Marina one is a little before)
LOL! Just looking at the thumbnails, one would think the Canadian teams are in uniform. Thanks for the link.
ETA: Oh, C/B are in the same uniform.
Is it just me or do they both look slimmer (particularly Tessa)?
Now that you mention it, Tessa does look slimmer.
i hope she's not making herself sick
it could be the angle and the outfits, or that they're trying to get their weights down again in preparation for next year's olympics.
Whoa! She looks perfectly healthy, you guys.
I can't believe some of you are actually giving up and saying outright they will not win. Remember who you're talking about. So much pessimism around here
I'm not saying she doesn't look healthy, I'm just saying she looks slimmer, even from just three weeks ago (look at her chest area). And about being pessimistic you're probably right, but that's how I feel and it's not about Tessa and Scott. I have no doubt they are gonna give it their all and lay everything on the ice, but not sure that will be enough.
ETA: I'm sorry. I can see you're replying to the post about her making herself sick. I very strongly disagree with that statement too.
I think they have the SD exactly where they want it, and have spent the last month concentrating on the FD. I have great expectations, for me they are winners no matter what. M/C are spectacular skaters , imo, but seem to recycle programmes to different music.
im only saying that because IIRC tessa said in their book that when they started competing again after her first surgery she always felt sick before a competition or something idk
At last OG Marina were with team Canada and Igor - with team USA at opening ceremony. What will happened this time?
Now i understand, why skaters couldnt leav Marina/
What is Tenacious? Sorry for askking, but i translate online this word and cant undestand, what this mean.
And what did she said about D-W?
As for slim Tessa and Scott. I remeber Maria (V-M off-ice trainer) said Scott will become smaller during the season, becasue he need more speed. So i think this is plan. But honestly i love big Scott more (like he was at SC and CoR).
Not good draw fro Tessa and Scott in SD - they will be in second group, when all amerivans in third one. I need to start nervouse now?
It means he doesn't give up easily; he fights for what he wants. Basically it means he probably doesn't think (and thank God) that they're not going to 4CC or Worlds lol.
Thank you!
I feel the same about this last article. Shayii. Maybe this is not a bad deal for Canada - Patrick gold and V-M silver and we must be ready for this. But Scott will never belive thy will lose IMHO.
And i get bothering with all this OG. Never like OG too much. Skaters did such a great job every year, we see so many interesting programs, elements, bu tall must ne focising only at OG.
No problem!
I've been told that politics is such a huge part of figure skating and that's such a big turnoff to me. I wish they will just let the skaters skate and may the best person win; all these (supposedly) deal making going on behind closed doors is annoying. Let's see how it goes tomorrow, wishing them a great skate.
Yeah. I am thinking they are going to lose too. I believe they may take the SD but barely .But I think they will lose the FD. it is brilliant but it hasn't been 100% yet and the judges don't seem to love it. Honestly I felt that M and C deserved to win the GP Final and I think you could argue that they deserved to win World's last year. But I am not really digging their FD at all this year. That is a first for me. it has moments and they always skate the lights out of it. But again there is always the franticness of their skating I just don't like. I prefer elegance, precision, and line over speed. V and M have that in spades. And Carmen is a masterpiece. To me they have the abandon of M and C and the precision they always have. Hopefully we will see it skated at its best at 4CC. The mistakes at Canadians are fixable. I just worry about the level 4's in the footwork. And they also seem to not be getting the judges won over with this dance. I don't know why. It is too provocative, it is too unlike them. I won't quibble about the technical as I am not an expert, although I still don't understand the level one spin. But it seems some changes need to be made in the COP. I get that particular edges are important for the marks but if it as the cost of losing some upper body movement that fresh and raw and different than i don't know. To me it is like when a jump is graded on difficulty do to it's entrance. It seems that what V and m were doing in the original footwork sequence in Carmen was very difficult but they were moving to a lesser edge to perform it. but if you are doing more with your whole body should the edges be that important. Does a difficult edge get higher marks with less body movement then a less difficult edge but with more body movement. Shouldn't they be equal in difficulty?
I agree with the first part - I do have great expectations of Tessa and Scott, although not such great expectations of them winning. But I can't quite agree with "M/C recycling programs to different music" part. Yes, they always use some of the same elements, but they always have some new ones as well - especially when it comes to lifts. And the choreography is different in most of their programs - can you really say that their tango FD, 'Die Fledermaus' and 'Notre Dame' all have the same choreography? I don't think that you can honestly say that.
I am not getting my hopes up about Tessa and Scott winning 4CC or Worlds this season - it's very possible that they won't. But I will wait and see what happens at 4CC before I really start to panic. If they have the same technical base value as Meryl and Charlie in both dances, and still loose, then I'll understand that - yes, all is already decided for. But if, for instance, they have lower technical base value because they couldn't manage level 4 in any of their two FD step sequences, while D/W have at least one level 4, then I'll know that they simply gave the judges the opportunity to mark them lower. You all know very well that while fans and many colleagues may think that Tessa and Scott are the superior team, judges are never going to show that they are so much superior that they can still win while having a lower technical base than Meryl and Charlie.
I agree on both counts
It's like Groundhog Day around here ;
I totally agree.
Just notice technikal pannel
Mr. Andrzej DOSTATNI
I am worry about levels for T-S. And Chock-Bates will have all 4th.
Great. That's fabulous. Just Dandy. (I'm typing with sarcasm here, btw.) This just keeps going from bad to worse.
I didn't read the book so I don't know the exact reference, but there is a huge difference between feeling sick before a competition (nerves etc) and making yourself sick (which implies an eating disorder... not that having an ED makes you a bad person, but it wouldn't be a good thing for that to become a rumor based on an incorrect wording).
Rewind the link I gave. D&W were discussed right before V&M. She said Meryl was beautiful and I can't remember what she said about Charlie.
Meh, Dostatni plus that start order isn't good at all.
This is pretty much bad to the point I don't know whether to cry or to laugh that it's so bad.
Poor Tessa and Scott. I feel so badly for them.
She said: Meryl/Beautiful, Charlie/energetic, Tessa/Phenomenal and Scott/tenacious
Regarding the draw order and panel at least they should have Marina all to themselves and she won't have to run off in the K&C to be with the others so we can all have fun analyzing her reaction
I went back to read that article and to me, it was the old-style Canadian inferiority complex raising its ugly head! I remember watching American skating for years and Scotty would state that American nationals were more difficult than Worlds; this assertiveness was something quite foreign to me. Our male skaters always seemed to skirt the issue, never saying I'm the best. But Scott and Tessa seemed to be the first to say it outright! I think that's why they get criticism. I'm glad they dare!
Don't worry, people! I don't know who's going to win but they truly are in a league of their own and have nothing to prove. They are giving us a superb program in Carmen.
I don't know about politicking. Sadly we all know some is there but we really can't do much but hope.
I'm glad for Yankowkas remarks.
Or you know the article may have been written that way to build excitement for the upcoming showdown, create some buzz and interest. Us being all doom and gloom isn't going to change the way they skate this weekend or how the judges will judge. I think the only effect negativity can have is if it reaches them that their fans don't think they can beat the system.
I think we saw during Euro's that if I&K can win the FD that actually choreography, interpretation and innovation mean very little in ice dance. I've accepted that and hope they can nail those elements to the satistifaction of whatever panel they have to deal with. So with all that out of our control I think I will just sit back and enjoy their programs. Sometimes it takes hindsight for people to realize what they witnessed was legend and it might just be that way with Carmen.
Exactly. And I have faith they will.
Could only wish good luck to Tessa and Scott Wish they will be free and emotional in SD.
I will not watching "live" (too early in the morning) and Eirosport will show ice dance after pairs short.
Thank you!
well one can make oneself sick and not have an ED
i always make myself sick by worrying too much and i dont have an ed
i purposely made that sentence ambiguous


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Who is Cordell trying to fool?
Original post made by Michael Goldeen, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 13, 2006
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She may have raked him over the coals for having participated in or being a beneficiary of past decisions, but nowhere in her argument does she challenge or contradict the accuracy of his criticism. Despite her protestations, our council's performance in the recent salary and benefit negotiations is questionable at best. As a result we Palo Altans now face burdensome employee costs in the future.
Whom is she trying to fool?
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a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Nov 13, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Q: Who is Cordell trying to fool?
A: Palo Altans !!
What is so complicated about that.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 13, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Michael Goldeen says nothing specific about why he thinks the deal that was struck between city employees and our City Council was a bad deal. He calls the deal 'burdensome'. Why?
Palo Alto enjoys a bevy of wonderful services, and dedicated providers of those services, that are consistently under attack by a tiny fragment of our community.
Perhaps Mr. Goldeen can suggest which services he would like to do without, and then do a poll to see how many agree with him. Then we can talk.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 14, 2006 at 12:26 am
Why is the contract burdensome?
An article in the SF Chronicle on November 13 says: "The future cost of providing health care benefits to millions of retired public-sector employees in California could reach $140 billion and lead to spending cuts in areas such as education and transportation if governments don't set more money aside to meet the obligations."
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According to Councilman Bern Beecham, Palo Alto's infrastructure backlog is somewhere between $100m and $200m. And the city faces an unfunded medical liability of $83 m for its retired employees.
Where's the money going to come from to pay for that "bevy of wonderful services"?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 14, 2006 at 7:39 am
Apparently periwinkle has not been paying close attention to the public discussion over the past few years about costs of providing services in Palo Alto, which many of us feel is way out of line mostly because of our labor and employee costs. If (s)he had been following the discussion, periwinkle would have seen that there is a strong - most would say overwhelming - argument that neighboring cities somehow manage to provide their residents with comparable ammenities and services to Palo Alto with many fewer employees per resident, and much lower associated labor costs. The outlandish contract recently agreed to by our council only magnifies this imbalance.
So, periwinkle, the question is not what services we'd like to do without. It's how can we pave our streets and provide libraries (something Montain View, for example does very well), at a cost in line with other cities?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 14, 2006 at 7:47 am
And as for Cordell, it's quite clear that she's doing what she habitually does: substitute ad hominem and name calling for factual argument and analysis. As Michael Goldeen points out, Cordell does nothing to point out any weaknesses in former Mayor Rosenbaum's piece. Rather she challenges his right to participate in the discussion because of benefits he received as a result of his past service on the Council. Cordell, as she's shown in the past, doesn't have the temperament to be a productive member of the Council. We'd be better off without her.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 14, 2006 at 9:57 am
"Cordell, as she's shown in the past, doesn't have the temperament to be a productive member of the Council. We'd be better off without her."
Indeed. Since she seems to worry about "global justice" issues much more than about street maintenance or other municipal services, we should send her away to deal with what interests her. To Berkeley city council, perhaps; to Sacramento, maybe; or even farther. Just let's do it as soon as possible!
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 14, 2006 at 1:10 pm
I agree that the retirement costs our probably our most serious longterm fiscal problem for the city. I'd favor looking at increasing wages rather than maintaining our current system of retirement benefits and the ages that employees qualify for retirement. I also believe that their remain opportunities to make additional progress in improving labor efficiencies.
However, I think that we should recognize that we have achieved a significant reduction in the number of employees over the last few years and that much of the "low hanging fruit" has been picked in this regard. Also, the comparisons to other cities that I'm aware of indicated that PA provides many services that exceed the norm (branch libraries, open space, child care, children's museum, support for non profits, etc). I think that the assertion that there is overwhelming evidence of superior services for for the cost is very open to debate.
In addition to further reductions in costs, we made need to decide whether we'd choose to reduce services and/or increase revenues.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 14, 2006 at 11:11 pm
Indeed, I have been paying close attention to the debate over infrastructure obligations, employees benefits, municipal efficiency, and so on.
What Mr, Goldeen, you, and a few others don't see is any other way to think "iinside the box" to solve these problems. "Another Voice", above, has some interesting ideas - they're refreshing to hear, instaed of the tired old saw about "inefficient provision of services".
So, tell us Chris, which services would you cut? It's easy to whine about "inefficient employees", but when it comes right down to it, "Another Voice" is right - we're at a point after a LOT of leaning out where employee cuts mean service cuts.
So, again, tell us what you'd cut - assume your name was public, and you were going to be held accountable for the cuts. We're listening...
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 15, 2006 at 4:10 pm
Periwinkle: I like to think "outside the box." Here are the services I would cut -- not because they aren't nice to have, but because they are not essential. Given the city's financial state, I believe it's important to focus on essential priorities, e.g., police, fire and other safety departments, roads (also a safety issue), infrastructure (fast becoming a safety issue because our buildings have not been maintained over the years).
For starters, I would cut
- Jr. Museum and Zoo (7.25 employees)
- Art Center (8.75 employees)
- Children's Theater (8.5 employees)
All the above should be handled by private organizations, as has been proposed for the Jr. Museum.
Employee numbers taken from the approved 2006 city budget, which can be found at
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I know these cuts would not be popular, but we don't have many options.
BTW, Periwinkle, you say that, "Palo Alto enjoys a bevy of wonderful services, and dedicated providers of those services, that are consistently under attack by a tiny fragment of our community."
(1) Trying to achieve a balanced budget and getting essentials provided (e.g., fixing the streets) is not attacking.
(2) I'm wondering if you could quantify how many residents belong to that "tiny fragment." I know lots of people who are deeply concerned about the future of our city.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Nov 15, 2006 at 5:18 pm
I agree with you completely Pat, but good luck getting those cuts through. PA residents want it both ways--they want numerous library branches, zoos, art centers and endless services, while maintaining a good infrastructure, but they do not want traffic or anything that will "negatively" impact their quality of life (i.e. no big stores or anything that will generate tax revenue for the city)--so where will the money come to pay for this???
Who knows,many citizens here live in a fantasy world--a bucolic community where all problems are put out of mind--money? who cares, the city can print it up, as long as nothing interferes with their personal atttitude of the way PA was 20+ years ago.
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 15, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Hats off to you. You are simply RIGHT. Care to run for City Council. I will vote for you. On second thought leave that City Council Stuff for the duffers, you deserve better.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 16, 2006 at 12:31 am
Well, Pat, you're right about one thing - these cuts would not be popular. As for the tiny fragment of this city that you represent, I can't prove it, so let's take a "distance bet". If *any*of the services you mentioned above are eliminated, you win. Don't hold your breath.
Palo Altans love what this community offers, and they will find a way to keep most of the services we currently have, add some, and urge their city coundcil and city manager to find ways to pay for it without taxing them to the hilt.
Marvin, you're absolutely right about the small, vocal fragment of this community that objects to growing revenue here without taxation. That fragment is going to become more and more marginalized as Palo Altans tire of seeing their services threatened because a well-organized groups of 50 people show up at a City Council meeting to oppose an infill housing project, or granny housing, or a large retail venue like Target, etc. etc. Their days are numbered.
As for the City Council, there are indications that this Council is beginning to see the light. It has brought more focus than prior Councils to some vexing problems. Yet, this Council is still somewhat caught up in the Palo Alto Process. That will have to change, and it will.
This city isi going to evolve; that means change. I'm optimistic that we will find ways to keep our services - even add to them, without undue taxation. Leaders are beginning to emerge here. Stay tuned.
a resident of another community
on Nov 16, 2006 at 11:22 am
Interesting reading but I think the point has been missed, was the new contract negotiated in good faith, was there give and take and value added by the contract? Did the management negotiating team work to address the benefit issuses? Did the management team get the direction and support needed to negotiate a value added contract? If any of these questions is answered "no" then questioning the councils ready acceptance is in order.
The issues of holding people accountable to do their jobs and fixing deteriorating infrastructure are important issues but the city has an obligation to negotiate and settle with it's employee unions.
a resident of Professorville
on Nov 16, 2006 at 4:49 pm
I'm making a little list of a couple of "wonderful city services" which would not be missed:
1. Art in Public Places. The city spends over $100,000 to purchase and maintain dinosaur droppings cars with legs and electronic eggs. The program is run by a culture vulture who lives in Menlo Park. Getting rid of this "service" will improve esthetics of the city.
2. Seven people who work in Transportation Planning. What? Planning traffic? Creating monstrosities like the entrance to Paly? The non-timed stop lights on Sand Hill Road? Get rid of it.
3. Trench digging. According to the cities own figures it costs twice as much to have city workers dig a trench as to have an licensed contractor do it. Moral. Stop digging trenches.
4. Repeatedly digging up and repaving the same streets over and over again. Is this a "service?" Can periwinkle justify this?
I'm just getting started. This is really like shooting fish in a barrel.
a resident of Monroe Park
on Nov 19, 2006 at 9:05 pm
David is right. There is a lot of nonsense that could be easily cut.
But periwinkle misses the point - which has been made and documented over and over during the past several years: The argument I'm making isn't that the city does too much - though as David points out, there are many many things the city does that don't appear to offer measurable benefit to us residents. The point is that the city has too many employees spending too much to provide the services it does. They're inefficient (see David's #4 above), they're corrupt (witness the utilities scandal), and over managed (see the recent City Auditor's report detailing "Managers" with no one under them to manage).
Reasonably sounding comparisons have been made between Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto showing that the other cities get more out of their employees than does Palo Alto. (Contact resident Richard Placone for more information. I know he won't mind!)
A city government that can't pave its streets and keep public order - the basics of municipal government --is broken no matter how many zoos it has. Our city is broken. The recent workers contract only exacerbates the situation and makes more difficult a solution. This will be hard, and it's time the government - and citizens face up to that fact. Instead, when a former mayor raise the subject for discussion, current member Cordell attacks his character. For shame - on all of us.
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"but I need to drop some weight and get in better shape before I go on a trip like that."
You couldn't be more wrong, Kathy! For better and for worse, the mentality in China is like ours back in the 1850's. If there is something out there, then hey, let's build a road to it! Not the Chinese mindset to make do with trails plus four days of hard slogging — like in 'poor' Nepal.
On the Chinese side, you can fly — or take the very nice, air conditioned sleeper train — to Lhasa, Tibet. There, spend a few days to enjoy the culture, acclimate yourself, and sign up for a jeep tour to Everest Base Camp. Your jeep will take you to within 4km of base camp. There, you switch to the park's electric minivan, and it will deliver you right to your tent! The only walking is the two or three steps getting off the van and into your tent. They even serve hot noodle soup up there!
When I was there, I knew I would never forgive myself riding all the way to camp. So at the junction where people switched to electric minivans, I chose to hike up the final 4km instead. I really, really enjoyed that short hike, and was quite pleased with myself that I didn't feel winded at all. But the good thing is that everyone has an option to hike or not — and still enjoy the incredible view that is Mt. Everest.Aug 20, 2012 at 4:24 pm #1904300
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Let's see if James Pethokoukis can come up with a better reason than Jackson Lee for why the negotiations ultimately are a farce:
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"If a debt ceiling agreement does not include a plan that seems likely to us to credibly stabilize the U.S.' medium-term debt dynamics but the result of the debt ceiling negotiations leads us to believe that such a plan could be negotiated within a few months, all other things unchanged, we expect to affirm both the long- and short-term ratings and assign a negative outlook, If such an agreement is reached, but we do not believe that it likely will stabilize the U.S.' debt dynamics, we, again all other things unchanged, would expect to lower the long-term 'AAA rating, affirm the 'A-1+' short-term rating, and assign a negative outlook on the long-term rating."
Looking at the most likely scenario out there right now, Goldman Sachs has its doubts (bold is mine):
"Using our baseline projections as a starting point, the $1.7trn agreement we outline would represent substantial progress, but would probably fall short of Moody's criteria. That said, we view any agreement that is reached this year as a first step; tax and entitlement reform efforts look likely following the election in 2013. With a cyclically-adjusted primary deficit of around 6% of GDP in 2011, additional consolidation clearly will be necessary, and thus we view this as the first round of what will ultimately need to be multiple deficit reduction measures over the next few years."
I.e. our debt problem is so vast that even a compromise here might not avert a downgrade from Moody's, with all the nasty knock-on effects that would entail. If Obama was serious, he would have used the bully pulpit to start pushing meaningful entitlement reform last year — not via a punt to some Deficit Commission but with his own hands on the issue. He promised America he would do so. And yet here we are, jerking around on a debt-ceiling deal that will merely slow, but not stop, us before we hit the One True Debt Ceiling and all hell really does break loose. Like I say, this is the perfect punchline to a total joke. Click the image to watch.
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Josh Gordon, policy director at the centrist Concord Coalition, said it's a "meaningless critique" to judge the health care reform law by that $6.2 trillion figure.
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I'm still listening to the Offspring Radio on Pandora. It's pretty good, plays all the songs I love, but oddly not enough offspring. it is weird because if I switch over to the Beastie Boys radio, that station plays a shitload of Offspring, more than the Offspring station.
Also I love the song "just give me a reason" by Pink.
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Baidu Explains New Long-Tail "Light App" Strategy: LBS And Lifestyle Apps
In July, Baidu (BIDU) bought app store 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion. But it behaves like it never bought China's largest app store at all. Recently, the company revamped its app stores and launched a new long-tail "light app" strategy.
Why does Baidu make such drastic change?
Citi analysts Muzhi Li, Ravi Sarathy, and Gregory Zhao explain Baidu's stance for us: download volume for location-based services (LBS) and lifestyle apps is small, but demand for such apps is huge, creating a discrepancy - and therefore a market - for Baidu.
In the analysts' own words:
Downloaded volume of location-based services (LBS) and lifestyle apps ranked No. 11 out of 13 categories listed by Baidu. Average user time spent on LBS and lifestyle apps in 2Q13 was 8 minutes per day, ranking 10 out of 13 categories. LBS is among the three categories of least mobile adopted web services, with only 38% of web content available on mobile web pages, vs. 89% in search, 62% in e-commerce, and 45% in portals.
[But] lifestyle-related search (such as looking for restaurant, local services, group buy, etc.) was the second-largest mobile search category.
Baidu's "lightapp" developer model is to assist low-frequency app developers [of LBS and lifestyle apps], rather than high-frequency ones such as games and SNS, to become searchable, to increase user loyalty, and to improve monetization by app developers.
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4. Giant fans
Eagles fans win by a mile. They talk a lot of smack even though they root for a team that always falls short of the off-season hype and expectations. But it is fun to watch them cry when the Eagles crash and burn.
One of these teams is not like the others
Eagles fans by far!!! Like Jets fans, they're just angry that they haven't won in a long time.
I think all of the teams equally have its own set of classless ******bags. So I will say that we are all equal considering the whole body of work
Philly, of course.
Philly fans are the biggest A-Holes.
Dallas fans, especially outside Dallas, are phonies.
I've never had an issue with Redskin fans. Most are die-hard and loyal.
Wouldn't be fair to comment on Giant fans.
Eagles fans are asshats
Dallas fans are ignorant
Redskins fans are delusional
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I can see where it would have started in the 90's, but any team that wins the Super Bowl would of course gain bandwagoners. I live in Illinois (from London), and I am, in no way, a "phony" fan. I've driven nearly 500 miles, on several occasions, to watch the Cowboys (most recently Giants @ Cowboys). Why does the fact I don't live in Dallas mean I'm "phony"?
What kind of person (assuming bandwagoners don't have much knowledge of the team) would want to bandwagon for the dismal, 8-8 Cowboys, anyway?


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Vancouver, BC CA
Pacific Coliseum
Rock and Roll, Sick Again, Over the Hills and Far Away, In My Time of Dying, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Trampled Underfoot, Moby Dick, Dazed and Confused (incl. Woodstock), Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (incl. The Crunge), Black Dog.
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The two concerts in Vancouver are almost cancelled, due to a strike by radio station CKLG-FM. 3-18-75: "CUPE local 1004 (Canadian Union of Public Employees) at the PNE and two other unions involved would have boycotted the concert if CUPE local 686, representing the CKLG strikers, had so wished. But CUPE spokesman Ole Johnson said the concert is "definitely on. We felt it was in the best public interest to allow the concert to be held," he said, "We aren't intertested in hurting the over 20,000 people who have already bought tickets."
PRESS REVIEW: The familiar strains of Rock and Roll cut through the acrid Coliseum air and Led Zeppelin's sixth Vancouver appearance is underway. Zeppelin's current tour is proving the most successful in rock history and the drama of a rock event hangs heavy. A $250,000 light show complete with laser beaming to the far reaches of the Coliseum makes it even more difficult to separate the music from the spectacle.
Between songs, Robert Plant amuses with an apology for the band's abortive performance the last time they were in town. A line of that fine white powder turned out to contain LSD and he found himself "admiring the wonderful light show and trying to remember the name of the band". The result was an uncharacteristically short 70 minute performance. He dedicates Kashmir to this state of mind.
Plant's patter ranges from surreal to pure tongue-in-cheek: "tonight we shall cleave from the musical limb…" This was his way of explaining that the format of the concert was to give a taste of the band's history – material from all six albums was featured.
The amplification factor was the highest ever experienced in the Coliseum – the level hovering just below the pain threshold and it was a testament to the remarkable defense mechanisms of the human system that one because accustomed to.
Halfway through the set, Plant announces it's time to go backstage for a "blow job" and Bonham takes the cue for his perfunctory drum solo. Bonham's rendition of Moby Dick has no doubt been lambasted in every publication on the continent and unfortunately I have no choice but to add to the criticism. Twenty-five minute drum solos by anyone – and there are certainly greater drum talents – simply don't work, even with all the special electronic effects in the world at his disposal. To put it simply, it wasn't very musical.
The band's tour de force, Dazed and Confused, was built into a 25 minute jam – even incorporating verses from Joni Mitchell's Woodstock. Page's stinging guitar complemented Plant's primal blues to perfection.
As expected, Stairway to Heaven, Zeppelin's masterpiece, drew the biggest response and Plant, his voice no longer quite what it once was, responded with a philosophical delivery. He obviously understands the significance his audience places in the often obscure lyrics and he plays with the phrasing for effect.
Other memorable additions to the Zeppelin repertoire from Physical Graffiti included In My Time of Dying, featuring some space flavoured slide by Page.
Page's guitar was up to its usual exemplary standards – he leans a bit more heavily on various electronics (fuzz, echo, etc.) for various effects these days but always manages to maintain a tasteful balance. He has always been an innovator going back to his Yardbird days and enjoys skirting the peripheries of accepted sounds and forms. (-CMS, March 1975)


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Por Pramuk Gym, the Tralfamadorians and Buakaw Por Pramuk's Indentured Servitude to You
- Written by Dave Walsh
Self worth is something that is hard to describe, especially in an oppressive environment with no end in sight to the abuse. Even worse is when the world is allowed to look in through a picture window and witness the horror that is a life in chains, only to look on with astonishment, without being able to directly interact. It was the same predicament that Billy Pilgrim found himself on Tralfamadore as a human exhibit in a zoo. Billy Pilgrim had the dignity of being unstuck in time and understanding the non-linear nature of the fourth dimension which is time, much like a Time Lord would.
Be it a symptom of post-traumatic stress or a true awakening, Slaughterhouse-Five protagonist Billy Pilgrim's Tralfamadore exhibition exposes how we, as a collective society, view the exceptional figures in the world. We view them as larger-than-life dolls, playthings that live out our fantasies like shadow play on the wall before bed time as a child. The tralfamadorians were hands off in their approach to enslaving Billy Pilgrim and locking him up with Montana Wildhack, where they copulated for their intergalactic onlookers and spawned a child. In a way, the existence of the tralfamadorians did not matter to the narrative Pilgrim spun.
Whether it was escapism, a protest against free will or a way to mentally write off infidelity, Buakaw Por Pramuk is not behind the glass window, us peering into his dysfunctional life with a beautiful porn actress birthing children like Billy Pilgrim was. Buakaw, like Pilgrim, was changed by the battle scars from war and society, with his inability to escape suffocating him into accepting a fate less fitting for someone of his stature. If you watch Kickboxing for Muay Thai, Buakaw Por Pramuk is a hero, a truly exceptional person whose fame and abilities are something to marvel at. Be it you kicking the pads at a gym with a poster of him on the wall or channeling his attitude and style into your mundane daily tasks, if you know Buakaw you know his influence.
We find ourselves with nearly unlimited access to the lows that Buakaw has had to fall to over the past few years to continue fighting, to continue entertaining us from behind that glass window. Claims of verbal abuse, sleeping on a floor with other fighters, stuck in a contract of indentured servitude which he quite simply cannot understand the terms of and other injustices plague the nak muay. Some will claim the look of horror and exhaustion on the face of Buakaw is from a threat from the heads of Por Pramuk, or the powerful men who control gambling over the art of thai boxing, while others are content with looking the other way because of tradition.
The question of awareness can be haunting at times. Pilgrim simply said "so it goes" to relieve the guilt and the shame of his existence as he either constructed or lived out his fantasy, waking-nightmare life. Buakaw packed his stuff and went to where no one could find him while Por Pramuk gym told the world he was breaking his contract, ignoring his duties while riding around in his BMW and not calling his sister. So it goes. The idea of questioning his awareness when he signed his life away comes into play, the question of was he truly sentient at that point, or merely a child looking for a future?
Do you, the fan continue to watch Buakaw fight if he is forced to return to Por Pramuk, do you talk about it being a shame while still never missing a fight? If so, what is that saying about the medium, the viewer, the promoter and everyone else involved? Society as a whole can suck the exceptional dry, as Western society has seen with the endless barrage of nipple slips, upskirts and drunken babbling that is bought, sold and consumed on a daily basis under the pretense of news, but the participants at some point were willing. The art, the medium and the audience does not matter when the story remains the same across the board; this site that you are reading is operated under the same pretenses of being at-will slavery with a surprisingly low upside to run--yet here it is, here this story is and here this writer is. So it goes.
If Billy Pilgrim's infidelity, poor-parenting and meager life were made exceptional, with him finding ways to cope with the weight of crushing reality, a similar view needs to be taken in the case of Buakaw. Telling the world of his misfortune, to cry for him, was his way of becoming unstuck in time, of taking control over a situation with no hope or visible upside. It was his way of pounding on the glass, getting the unencumbered viewer emotionally involved in his narrative and giving them a decision to make or at least something to talk about. The case that he has found himself in no longer suits him, and the matter of willingness or not no longer fits into his equation as an exceptional figure. Whomever is in control, it is clear that even that control is an illusion because the narrative is being re-written and for right now, there is no outcome in sight. So it goes.


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$200 Damn, I will buy 20.. Any links on who has them in stock?
The Russians are going to sue. Yeah good luck with that..
So sue me.
Izhmash Open Joint Stock Company (a member of Rosoboronexport and the original equipment manufacturer of AK rifles) apparently emerged as L-1, that is the lowest bidder, in the financial bid assessments, priced as they were between $150 and $160 per piece of the assault rifle. M/s Kintex, it is worth noting, had priced their product between $190 and $200.
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$200 Damn, I will buy 20.. Any links on who has them in stock?
The Russians are going to sue. Yeah good luck with that..
So sue me.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Sorry., minumum purchase 15,000 units.
Sounds like a shady procurement deal that went south. Hope Izmash wins their case, but i bet they wont if the -103 is untested. Indians hang up everything on technicalities.
the AK has been around for over 50 years how is there any laws against copying it ?
Back when the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union, almost all the Warsaw Pact countries got an arsenal and a complete set of blueprints and technical package to make their own AKs. No formal licensing of the design was done as they were all one big happy Commie family. Fast forward, now the WP is no more and most of the governments, including Russia, have privatized their former arsenals. Now Izhmash declares they own the patent on the Ak design and threaten to sue anybody who makes a copy of it, including former WP arsenals they gave the tech to. I guess Russian patents differ from US ones on time. In any event, the USSR gave away AKs by the truckload to anyone who wanted them if they were spreading Socialism across the globe, so currently the market is flooded with them. Very few orders for new AKs these days, and Russia means to corner the market for what little business there is.
Group buy.
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