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Pequot police officer's suspension goes to arbitration
An issue with Pequot Lakes Police Officer Josh Gartner resulted in a state arbitrator ruling last month that 10 days of a 15-day suspension were warranted. Gartner will be paid for the other five days.
The state arbitration between the officers' union and the city of Pequot Lakes was held to determine whether the city had just cause to place Gartner on a 15-day suspension last January.
This came after several complaints against Gartner were referred to the Cass County Sheriff's Department for an investigation, and after Pequot Lakes Police Chief Eric Klang conducted an internal investigation and determined a 15-day suspension was warranted effective Jan. 17, 2013.
Jay Fogelberg was the state arbitrator who handled the case. Arbitration results are posted on the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services website.
The arbitration report states, "The grievant (Gartner) has constructed a personnel file that is at once favorable and troubling. His work history contains a number of commendations and positive performance reviews for his police work, while at the same time he has been the recipient of written reprimands, suspensions and placement on two separate performance improvement plans."
Three complaints were made against Gartner that the Pequot Lakes Police Department said warranted suspension; the arbitrator decided two of the three should be upheld as reasons for suspension.
The first complaint against Gartner, filed by a citizen, involved an incident in which Gartner turned off the recording equipment in his squad car after citing an ex-girlfriend for underage drinking.
Complaints against Gartner, 34, say he had a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old and, after the relationship ended, he pulled her over April 22, 2012, and ticketed her for underage consumption and driving after drinking. Gartner placed the woman in the back seat of his squad car but paused the in-squad video and audio prior to the conclusion of the stop.
The union asserts that the traffic stop was completely legal. Documents say the woman was stopped because of an object hanging from her rearview mirror, which is a ticketable offense.
The union also states that the only reason Gartner turned off the recording equipment was because the conversation had nothing to do with the traffic stop.
The police department's policy states, "when in doubt, tape it." The city stated that stopping the recording equipment interfered with both criminal and department investigations that were subsequently conducted.
The arbitrator concluded there is "ample evidence that she (Gartner's ex-girlfriend) had been known to have consumed alcoholic beverages at his (Gartner's) residence."
Claims were also made accusing Gartner of serving the woman alcohol and letting her drive home from his house.
Gartner and the union deny those claims, saying he never served her alcohol nor has he allowed her to drive a car from his home after consuming alcohol.
The arbitrator determined that stopping the recording equipment was "self-serving more than anything else, in order to protect himself," and upheld the complaint as justification for discipline.
The city also states Gartner had taken the woman with him for several ride-alongs while on patrol without filling out the department's necessary paperwork.
The arbitrator agreed this was not in keeping with department policy.
The second complaint against Gartner came from citizens who claimed he showed preferential treatment to a friend, who called asking that Gartner go to Pestello's on Sept. 10, 2012, to respond to a disturbance between Gartner's friend and another couple. Gartner performed a walk-through of the bar but didn't file a call for service with the department, which in the city's view gave the appearance of favoritism toward a personal friend.
The arbitrator rejected this complaint as justification for the discipline imposed because the complaint wasn't sustained by the Pequot Lakes Police Department.
Arbitration documents state that the chief's initial review of that complaint did not establish wrongdoing on Gartner's part, so to use the allegation as basis for action taken against Gartner "is both inconsistent and akin to double jeopardy."
The third complaint against Gartner came from a citizen and regards comments Gartner posted to his Facebook page in November 2012.
The arbitrator stated what Gartner posted "is not only a violation of established policies for licensed police officers, it borders on the absurd."
The arbitration documents go on to say, "it is a reasonable employment expectation of an experienced officer to know how inappropriate it is to make negative derogatory posts on Facebook concerning the president of the United States."
Concluding the documents, the arbitrator stated that Gartner "continues to take little responsibility for his misconduct while exhibiting a supercilious attitude toward management."
It goes on to say, "administration must take some responsibility for failing to follow their own published investigatory measures in connection with this matter."
By phone Monday, Oct. 14, Klang said that his department is bound by the result of the arbitration.
"We take these types of incidents very seriously and this certainly is not consistent with the officers in this department," Klang said. "I don't like having to explain to the community, my family and my friends why this officer is a member of this department.
"This type of behavior damages our relationships and trust with the community, but it certainly does not reflect who we are, is not characteristic of the men and women who serve this department or this community," he said.
Gartner was unable to be reached for comment.


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Criminalists testify in day five of Duenas murder trial
REDDING, Calif. - A criminalist from the Department of Justice in Redding took the stand for more than an hour on Tuesday during the trial of Mark Duenas, the Redding man accused of killing his wife of 33 years, Karen Duenas.
In part of her testimony, Rebecca Gaxiola said she found what appeared to be blood on Mark's shirt, shorts and a pair of boxers.
Shasta County Sheriff's investigators began their investigation into Karen Duenas' death on May 5, 2012.
Mark was arrested on Oct. 5, 2012 for her murder, and investigators say they believe Mark stabbed his wife to death.
Gaxiola said no foreign DNA, aside from DNA belonging to the Duenas family was found when the room was swabbed.
However in cross examination, Ron Powell, Mark's attorney noted some foreign DNA had been found in a crevice on a lamp.
Thomas Vasquez, another DOJ criminalist testified as well.
Vasquez did analysis on the window screen of Karen's room and determined it had been cut three times but he could not say with what.
Earlier in the trial, Blake Adkins, a Duenas family friend, testified he had damaged the screen with a wiffle bat but Vasquez said looking at the screen's fibers he knew it had been cut.
In cross examination, Powell pointed out that Vasquez was unable to determine when exactly the damage had occurred.
Finally in the latter part of the day, several people who claimed they heard a woman scream the night of May 4 - the day before Karen was discovered dead - testified.
The witnesses were four teenagers who were hanging out a street away and a woman who was across the street.
In a cross examination, it was difficult for any of the witnesses to give a definite time stamp as to when they heard those screams.
The prosecution said they believe they will rest their case on Wednesday morning.

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Town Square
Republicans Looking Good in 2012?
Original post made by Cindy Cross, Parkside, on May 24, 2011
Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota, officially announced Monday that he will run for President in 2012. Labeled boring by the press, Pawlenty�s bid for President drew little notice. Pawlenty is not the sort of candidate the Republicans need if they stand a chance to win against Obama.
Republicans need a candidate who will steal the lime-light away from Obama. Obama�s approval rating is currently at 50%. Trump would have been the perfect deflection, but bailed out of the race two weeks ago. What Republicans are left?
Ron Paul (R-Texas) is officially in, but Americans seem to be disinterested in this (former Libertarian) Congressman. Some say he�s not good looking enough to capture the attention of American voters. Let�s be honest, Americans are picky about Presidential candidates. We set high standards where the candidates must possess a combination of virtue, brains, charisma, and, always a plus�good looks.
Pawlenty, although not bad looking, is lacking in the charisma department. Labeled boring by the press won�t help him much either. He needs to take lessons from Donald Trump�a man who can�t keep himself OUT of the news.
Why do looks take precedence over traits that we should be placing most the value? Take the leaders of other nations, for example�do they look like Calvin Klein models? When I see them in the news, they appear to be ordinary citizens.
Unfortunately, when I see Ron Paul in the news, I see a man who reminds me of the economics professor I had in college; not the next Commander in Chief. I say this not in jest; I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul. He speaks with a strong confidence that one would expect from a person in his position in government. One of the fourteen M.D.�s in Congress; Paul is clearly an intelligent man.
But intelligence is not enough. Or is it over-rated? Look at Sarah Palin. It�s evident that she�s no Rhodes Scholar, but the Republicans went crazy for her in the last election. A combination of looks and charisma sent Tea Party members into a republican love-fest frenzy. So in the case of Palin, looks can super cede brains.
For this reason, I think Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate who will run against Obama in 2012. He fits the cookie cutter mold with his chiseled good looks, charisma, brains, virtue, and lots and lots of money. He�s going to need a war chest of cash for a political campaign that will minimize Obama�s recent triumph.
a resident of Birdland
on May 24, 2011 at 3:32 am
The problem with Romney is that, he's just like Obama, he belongs to a religion that begins with M and has six letters. Think about it. Romney has good looks, I'm not denying it, but a little bit too good if you know what I mean. They've already put one alien in the White House. Not that Romney is from Nigeria. But he has kind of a waxy look that is oddther earthly if you know what I mean. Unblinking blue eyes, frozen smile, always conceals the underwear thing. Come to think of it, thats kind of like Shelley Bachmann. The question for any of the candidates will be weather S/He can stop the tsunami of unfunded liabilities and unsustainable salaries and pensions of public employees. That's the most important problem facing this country today that super cedes all else. Unaccountable and irresponsible public employees, beginning with the irresponsible teachers and unaccountable cops. Most of them are not needed. What we need is jobs, jobs, jobs. Instead all we have is revenue fatigue. If we could cut public employees in half, then unemployment would go down because of the jobs programs and benefits that would accrue when businesses return to America like prodigdal sons.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 6:25 am
Marsha said: "The problem with Romney is that, he's just like Obama, he belongs to a religion that begins with M and has six letters."
What? Obama is a Mormon ?!
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 6:40 am
Crossroads said: "Obama's approval rating is currently at 50%. Trump would have been the perfect deflection, but bailed out of the race two weeks ago. What Republicans are left?"
Yes, The Donald would have been great. Well, maybe he'll change his mind. Still the possibility of Palin, too. How about the "Governator"? Or Carrot-Top?
Oh, and by the way you two: The word is "supersedes" not "super cede". And Marsha, I agree that there must be some "irresponsible" teachers out there. You have wonderfully illustrated that.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 24, 2011 at 8:18 am
The republicans, even the extreme right, will vote for the GOP candidate regardless of who he/she is.
It is the independent vote you need to worry about getting. I supported Obama last time to keep Palin away from Washington. I do not want to vote for Obama again but will do so if the likes of Bachman and other extremes are in the ticket.
I would vote for Romney or Pawlenty.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 24, 2011 at 8:42 am
You do not find Obama extreme? I voted for him and am an independent but would never do it again. He is extreme and incompetent, not a good combination. Besides, I think the real story is going to be that Republicans will pick up many more seats in the House and also take control in the Senate.
a resident of Nolan Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 9:35 am
Sam must be from the Democrat Party. Mormon - Muslim - six letters - both began with M. (Talk about having trouble finding a watermelon in a carrot patch!)
I voted for Obama the Chosen One because I drank the cool aid like everyone else. Then he turned into a Marxist who wants to weaken our country so the Chinese can take us over and make us read Mau's little red book every morning.
Tell you what people we better start shoring up our tax fatigue or the tsunami is coming. Get the Marxist Muslem out and do away with the unsustainable teachers and police and firmen and prison gaurds. Their salaries and pensions are making us ripe for the plucking of the Chinese. We need someone responsible and accountable. Until this fall I'm ABO. Anyone But Obama.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 24, 2011 at 9:45 am
@ Julie- Why do you feel President Obama is extreme? What has he done that you find is extreme? Has he done or implemented any policies that have directly affected you or your family. Please explain your claim. I have not found any of his policies either extreme or harmful to my personal or familial interests.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 9:55 am
Palen is still the gal to beat in my mind. She's good looking, smart, has all kinds of experiences, and she knows how to treat the lamestream media. Just don't talk to it. Its like feeding the bears at the circus.
a resident of Ponderosa
on May 24, 2011 at 10:30 am
Mr. Ted,
You don't think it is a good thing that politicians talk to the press and other media? Don't the public have a interest if Gov. Palin says something? Shouldn't the press be allowed to raise questions on the public's behalf?
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 10:51 am
The public long ago gave up its right to know once it started gobbling up everything the left wing lamestream dished out as fact. Most the of public is sheep feeding at the lamestream trough. Why should Palen cater to all of that? You saw what happened when Sarah reached out to voters on the last get go round. She was skewered by Katie (the quitter) Couric and Charlie whatever his name was. The Good Morning America guy.
If you want to know what Palen is saying there's plenty of objective news sights out there. You don't need the lamestream to tell you that Sarah says Obomba Libya But Not Iran is selling Israel down the river to the highest bidder.
So yes the lamestream press can raise all the questions it wants to but Sarah Palen doesn't have to answer them. That's like falling into their trap. She's too clever for that one.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 24, 2011 at 10:51 am
I would say extreme and dangerous in addition to not being up to the job. Allowing Iran to continue to develop nuclear weapons is not good, 14 trillion in debt is not good, our dollar is very weak not good, we are now in 3 wars not good, slamming the healthcare bill down our throats using reconcilation not good, unemployment at 9% not good, more people on welfare now than the history of the US not good, North Korea and nuclear weapons again not good, embracement and support of muslim brotherhood in Egypt not good, no leadership to balance the budget or reduce in half as he said he would do when campaigning not good. I could go on and on. The real sad part is that I was a part of putting him in office. I am an independent voter and now I realize what a lot of people will not admit that millions voted for him because he was black and it made them feel better about themselves. If George Bush or any other white man or woman were doing what he is doing or not doing in many cases the media would be going wild but they are the same as many of us and that is that they do not want to admit they also made a mistake. Judge the man by his actions and achievements and not by the color of his skin.............either way.
a resident of Castlewood
on May 24, 2011 at 11:39 am
Julie is so accurate I could cry. I'm also an independent who voted for the Democrat party because Obama is black. It was white quilt, what can I say?
Now I'm leaning toward Bolton. He's independent and a strong leader. He'd put the Iranians and Egyptians and N. Koreans in their place. He'll bomb them and won't look back.
At home cut all domestic entitlement programs. No more medicare or medicaid. No more social security. No more unemployment "insurance". Above all, kill Obamacare which was shoved right down our throats without any body having a chance to say anything. We were told about death panels but it was too late and so now seniors are being eliminated all over the place.
Above all the only way we strenghten our dollar is by eliminating the source of our tax burden and unsustainable revenue fatigue. Halve all teacher and public employee salaries, make them pay their own pensions, eliminate the benefits, and make them work a full day. We need jobs, jobs, jobs, and the only way we'll get them is to eliminate govt waste and unfunded liabilities which means getting rid of the no-nothings that populate the govt work dolls.
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on May 24, 2011 at 12:09 pm
You sound very childish and need to use your words. I understand exactly what Julie is saying and looking it objectively the Obama presidency has been a disaster.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Julie said:" I am an independent voter and now I realize what a lot of people will not admit that millions voted for him because he was black and it made them feel better about themselves."
Barbara said: "Julie is so accurate I could cry. I'm also an independent who voted for the Democrat party because Obama is black."
Well, Julie and Barbara, I too am an independent who voted for Obama. I (and millions of others!) voted for him not because he was black (or, to be accurate, half-black and half-white), but because we thought that he was the best qualified candidate for the job.
The fact that you two claim that you voted for Obama because he is "black" does not reflect poorly on Obama. But it does reflect very poorly on the both of you.
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on May 24, 2011 at 1:08 pm
You might want to read those 2 blogs again. I think they both might be saying something a little different than you are thinking.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 1:50 pm
One thing is for certain. We have to get the half-black half-white guy out of the office. He wasn't even born here for criminey sakes. Now we're awash in unfunded liabilities, the states can't sustain themselves, we're all suffering from tax fatique from all the tax hikes, teachers are clamouring for Step and Column pay increases, and our Kenyen-Hawaiyan friend is over in Ireland pretending to be white and tipping beers in a pub saying he feels he was born there. Palen is my girl, but Bolton sounds interesting. Didn't he work for Obama?
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Earl said:"Sam, You might want to read those 2 blogs again. I think they both might be saying something a little different than you are thinking."
Earl, thanks. Yes, I now see that Barbara's post was written in an ironic manner. As for Julie, I think she's for real. And if not, she's so close to being real that it's scary.
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on May 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm
I am not sure about that one either. I think what she is saying is that they are all elected to do a job and regardless of race or gender they succeed or fail and in either case need to be held accountable but I could be wrong. I was thinking about this blog a few hours ago and her statement when I saw on CNN, President Obama drinking a Guiness, while at the same time thinking about those poor people in Joplin Missouri. No one has said a word but could you imagine the outcry if there was a pic of George Bush drinking about beer while Katrina was going on? I bet the media would have a field day with that one, no to mention he was a recovering alcoholic :O)
Oh well back to work.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 3:28 pm
I don't think Barbara is ironic at all. More moronic is the lefties who hang out here who don't have a case. Instead of injoining with the issues they say posters they don't like are moronic and scary.
Fake independents Sam and Earl and the other Marxists should be looking on there own sightings for Democrat candidates. They feel they can take liberty because they have no real steak in the Republican Party.
What Barbara and millions of other Americans are saying is that we've had Obamacare shoved down our throats and next we're going to have to foot the bill for all the public employees that'll be needed to do all the paper work. We need jobs and we won't get them by creating phony jobs like Obamacare positions. Cut government waste, relieve the tax burden, eliminate unfunded liabilities, convert in a responsible and accountable manner the unsustainables into sustainable eliminations and cutbacks of all that is choking the American public. We are the highest taxed nation in the world. We need to wake up and smell the coffee!!
Bolton is a good choice.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Dear Earl,
Are you reading what people are writing? You say no one has mentioned Obama acting white over in Ireland, but I already said that one about an hour ago.
Like you, I'm objective and I've been struck by the irony of Bush being criticised for not dealing with New Orleans when he had his pilot fly over the city a few days later on his way back to DC from California. I'll never forget his mournful eyes while he looked out of the plane window at 14,000 feet. But he had Brownie putting matters under control, and New Orleans will probably go down as one of the greatest govt disaster success stories in history.
Compare that with Obama drinking his pints at the pub. People in Joplin are crying out for their president to get them out of their misery. The disaster crews are a joke, and everyone in the world is witnessing their government employee incompetents at "work". Obama probably decided to stay at the pub because Joplin went Republican in the election. This is truly a scandel of epic proportion and will go down as one of the most colossal relief failures in our time.
We need more objectivity here. Sam? Pretty scary.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 8:35 pm
You're letting your hatred of Obama affect your judgement, Ted. Not to minimize the individual suffering, but the magnitude of the New Orleans disaster is in no way comparable to the Joplin disaster. If something like Joplin happened while Bush was President, he wouldn't fly back from an international trip either - and I wouldn't blame him. A President is supposed to focus himself on tasks of national importance and can't allow his time and focus to be held hostage to every single tragedy that occurs in the US. He would never get anything done. You're the one who has lost his objectivity here, Ted.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 24, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Ted said:" But he had Brownie putting matters under control, and New Orleans will probably go down as one of the greatest govt disaster success stories in history"
LOL! You're a riot, Ted! Thanks for the laughs.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on May 24, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Whenever someone tries to have a serious conversation about the issues liberal Marxists like Sam can only ridicule and hurl false accusations at people. You've made my point. Sam. Bush had international concerns as well. That's why he flew over New Orleans and didn't stop because he had other pressing matters. I saw the sadness written all across his face when he flew passed the city. He wanted to help those poor people in New Orleans even if they were black and voted against him. But he didn't want to get in people's way. And sometimes, if you remember Ronald Reagan, the last people you want on the scene of a disaster is public employees who will botch everything up. When Bush flew over the city, private groups had already begun taking care of things. That's why New Orleans has become such a success story. These are objective facts.
Now everybody should notice how you've tried to get O'bama off the hook. You say "A President is supposed to focus himself on tasks of national importance and can't allow his time and focus to be held hostage to every single tragedy that occurs in the US." But what's cooked for the goose is cooked for the gander. You criticize George W. Bush in his wise attempt to free up New Orleans from irresponsible state intervention, and you make excuses for O'bama whose off in Ireland scarving down pint after pint and pretending he's Irish (White). Oh, and excuuuuuse us all for the weather system that you claim is trying to hold O'bama hostage. Mother Nature will try to make it more convenient next time!!!!!!!
a resident of Dublin
on May 24, 2011 at 10:53 pm
I like Cain and the things he's saying. But face it he's a member of an entitlement group and so after we elect him he probably turns into a raving Socialist like the entitlement guy who now claims to be running the show from a pub in Ireland. One thing is for certain is that we're choking on fumes. There's nothing but tax exhaust fumes left from those of us held responsible for supporting all the entitlement groups.
We have to keep Romney out. He forced Obamacare down the throats of Massachussetts voters and that's why Kennedy was forced out by Scott Brown. Trump keeps saying that maybe he'll return. Like McArthur, maybe he'll appear at the Convention and bring us back to our senses.
a resident of Downtown
on May 25, 2011 at 9:02 am
Great leaders are usually self made. That why a Trump-Palin ticket would be just the ticket if you ask me. Both of them are outside of the Beltway District and can think inside and outside the box. Both of them would have no problem ridding us of the verminous unfunded laws that allow entitlements to bleed the U.S.A. taxpayer dry.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 11:23 am
"That why a Trump-Palin ticket would be just the ticket if you ask me"
The refusal of the extreme right to see that people like Palin, while rallying the base, get independents like me to vote for the other party, is part or the reason why, in 2008, Obama got so much support.
Keep up the nonsense and you will guarantee an Obama second term.
Republicans, conservatives, tea party folks will vote for the GOP candidate no matter what, so it is the independent vote you need to worry about, and independents will not vote for people like Trump, Palin, Bachmann...
And if the tea party has its own candidate because they did not like the GOP nominee, the vote will be split and Obama will get re-elected.
I do not want to vote for Obama again but I will if the GOP insists on backward thinking candidates who go around making a fool of themselves with talk that only the base can identify with (example is the birther nonsense)!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 11:35 am
@Get Smart GOP ........ You need to get real. We'll never shovel out the mountainess mess we're under until we do away with unfunded laws and liabilities. You sound like a RINO if you ask me. Listen to Maine's Olympia Snow blower today:
"I am going to vote no on the budget because I have deep and abiding concerns about the approach on Medicare, which is essentially to privatize it," Snowe told The Portland Press Herald on Tuesday.
She added that the House GOP budget's proposal to block grant Medicaid and let states decide how to distribute the funds was also troubling. We have an overall obligation to serve specific populations under Medicaid. We don't want to encourage a race to the bottom."
Entitlements! Is that what you want? Then keep up your anti-Palin rants. By the way, there's nothing "backwards thinking" about eliminating Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and teacher tenure. C'mon Smart GOP, the train of forward thinkers is leaving and its time to hop on board!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 12:10 pm
GOPer too:
Fine, let's see how you feel the day after the election, if Obama gets re-elected thanks to people like you who insist on supporting Palin and other backward thinking folks.
I want union reform too, but will not vote for dumb, backwards people like Palin, etc
There are others who can get that done. Pawlenty for instance, and he could carry the independent vote. He got elected as governor of MN after all: where they like fiscally conservative ideas but they are socially moderate. Pawlenty is being sued by the unions because of hard decisions he made. But of course, the tea party does not like him, and wants Bachmann, Palin instead which is weird
If Obama is re-elected, you can thank the extreme right and all the morons who listen to Rush
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 25, 2011 at 12:38 pm
"The refusal of the extreme right to see that people like Palin, while rallying the base, get independents like me to vote for the other party, is part or the reason why, in 2008, Obama got so much support."
Well, yeah. I probably would have probably ended up voting for McCain in the last election because I admired him so much. But then he chose Palin. That destroyed my image of him as well as any chance of my voting for the Republican ticket. Choice is good, so I do hope that the Republicans come up with better candidates next time. But if the same conservative extremists who put Palin on the ticket gain control again of the nomination process again, they'll just alienate independent voters like me.
Come on, conservatives, come up with some real candidates who can appeal to intelligent independent voters. Forget Palin. Forget "The Donald". Forget Gingrich. They're not going to fly.
a resident of Stoneridge Orchards
on May 25, 2011 at 12:39 pm
OMG! When I read the Olympia Snowe quote I lost my lunch all over my keyboard. She apparently didn't learn that the Cardinal Rule for a genuine Republican is to never criticize another Republican. We can be certain there will be consequences after that faux pause.
Get Smart GOP you seem to be missing the point that this is our moment in history. Unless we can squash unending debt, we'll be owned by the Chinese. There can be no compromising with the Democrats. Don't you see how they're lying between their teeth about the Paul Ryan budget plan. They say its taking Medicare away, which it is in a sense. But wouldn't we rather have empowered grandparents then the spongebob elders in wheelchairs that think they deserve government assistance? An entitlement is an entitlement after all.
I'm not a big Palin fan either. Especially after she compromised herself and played John McCain's appeasatory game. She had a chance to shine but shirked back under McCain's dark cloud. Maybe she'd grow into the role of President. She has experience running as a Vice President, so maybe a Trump-Palin ticket might work. I'm like you I think Pawlenty is bland. Maybe a Bachman-Pawlenty ticket with the two Minnesotans standing shoulder to shoulder? But no way Romney............
a resident of Birdland
on May 25, 2011 at 12:52 pm
How could you have admired that old bird McCain like you did. He almost pulled this government down by singlehandedness when he told Dick Cheney he was a torturer. There Cheney was in the trenches doing the hard work of governance and here's McCain, soft-headed after his stint in North Korea when he caved into the torturers and sold out his buddies. That's why I never trust independants like you call yourselves.
"Forget Palin. Forget "The Donald". Forget Gingrich. They're not going to fly."
Well maybe someone else, not to mention any names, ought to fly away. Or take a long hike.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Don't forget Herman Cain. He is better than all of the others put together.
a resident of Dublin
on May 25, 2011 at 1:28 pm
As I've stated before, I like Cain and the things he's saying. But face it he's a member of an entitlement group and so after we elect him he probably turns into a raving Socialist like the entitlement guy who now claims to be running the show from a pub in Ireland. One thing is for certain is that we're choking on fumes. There's nothing but tax exhaust fumes left from those of us held responsible for supporting all the entitlement groups.
You need to be careful that your not falling into the liberal White man guilt trap. Not O'Bama or Cain - Abel's Opposite - will allow you to aswauge that guilt. It shouldn't be there in the first place.
a resident of Rosewood
on May 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Is Cain even an American citizen? Has he produced a birth certificate?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Cain is 100% grade A american.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 4:41 pm
"Don't you see how they're lying between their teeth about the Paul Ryan budget plan. They say its taking Medicare away, which it is in a sense. "
The GOP did the same: they rallied the seniors against what they called "Obamacare" with fears about cutting Medicare. That is hypocritical, since Medicare is nothing more than "Obamacare" for the senior citizens. Yes, it should be reformed but both parties seem afraid to even go near it, as they both want the senior vote.
"I'm not a big Palin fan either... Maybe she'd grow into the role of President."
You are kidding, right?
"She has experience running as a Vice President, so maybe a Trump-Palin ticket might work."
She has experience? QUITTING is what she does best, and make money off of people who for strange reasons think she actually has something smart to say! Let's see: she has never held a real job and when she was governor, she chose to QUIT midterm. She gets her facts confused, advocates for family values her own family does not follow, I could go on but it really amazes me how anyone can think Palin is smart or capable.
Tump-Palin would guarantee an Obama second term for sure.
"Maybe a Bachman-Pawlenty ticket with the two Minnesotans standing shoulder to shoulder? But no way Romney............ ""
I don't like Romney since he was all for universal healthcare in Massachussets (at least he was when he was governor).
Pawlenty has a good chance against Obama, but if you put Bachmann on the ticket with him, forget it, he will lose just like McCain lost thanks to Palin.
See, Pawlenty got elected as GOVERNOR of a fiscally conservative but socially moderate state. Whereas Bachmann is the congress person of a district similar to Orange County.. no way could she carry her own state.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 25, 2011 at 4:43 pm
"Oldies" said:"There Cheney was in the trenches doing the hard work of governance and here's McCain, soft-headed after his stint in North Korea when he caved into the torturers and sold out his buddies. That's why I never trust independants like you call yourselves."
"Oldies" is your post real or is this supposed to be some sort of ironic or sarcastic post? I can never tell. You know that McCain fought in the Vietnam war and was a POW in North Vietnam (not North Korea), right?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 4:46 pm
One more thing Blossom:
Do not forget that the republicans had control of everything including the White House, from 2000 to 2006, and when Bush left office, we had a HUGE deficit already.
So I am not a fan of the democrats and their ideas, but the GOP needs to stop thinking they are better: they so far have not shown that they can be better leaders. The 2000-2006 years are a good example of poor leadership: we got Bush spending like a liberal and yet socially trying to set us back (baby steps against abortion for instance).
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 5:04 pm
If Trump is out and I don't think he is then Palin is definitely my choice. Being as attractive as she is she's had to rise above the fray of name callers all her life. She's shown she's a winner wherever she's gone.
Get Smart GOP laughs and tries to shine everything down the road. Quite unlike Get Smart's claims ... Is that MAXWELL Smart we're talking about here? ... Quite unlike Get Smart's talk, Sarah Palin is highly accomplished. She has written books and successfully shepparded them to publication. Her husband and her have just paid 1.7 million dollars for a new home in Arizona. She's not a quitter. She bowed out of Alaska for the sake of the nation. She wasn't quitting but just sacrificing her own political career because she has so much to give to the country. It was like George Washington coming off the farm to serve. Her return would be McCarthyesque. The liberal NYTimes says it all ...
a reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. Hail Sarah!!!!!!!!! She's BAAAAAAAACK!!!!
"All indications are that she will be in — her supporters have an intuition about it," said Jeff Jorgensen, chairman of the Republican Party of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where Ms. Palin came in second in a straw poll this month even though she has not said she is a candidate. "People are looking for somebody, a Ronald Reagan reincarnate, who does not seem to be out there yet."
a resident of Birdland
on May 25, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Your right @Sam about North Vietnam. But then you only answered my questions with ridicule. I wonder if your just a union plant. You tell everybody that most of the good Republican candidates should just fly away. I'm not going to do what you ask. And they won't either. I don't know why you call them extreme. Sarah Palin ran for Vice President of the United States. Her bird would have flown but for McCain's tag to the left to appease the Marxists and Muslems. I'll never forgive him for dragging Dick Cheney down into the torture quicksand. Without Cheney Osama Bin Laden would have launched another 9/11 attack. That's fact.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 25, 2011 at 6:59 pm
"Oldies" said:"Your right @Sam about North Vietnam. But then you only answered my questions with ridicule."
No, I honestly didn't know whether your post was supposed to be serious or not. As for Dick Cheney and McCain, you know where McCain was during the Vietnam war. He was a POW in. North Vietnamese prison camp during much of his time in the war. Now how about Dick Cheney? He's about the same age as McCain. Where was he during the Vietnam war? Slogging through the jungles? Flying missions above Vietnem like McCain? Stationed on a ship off the coast of Vietnam? Why don't you do some research and find out what your chicken hawk hero was doing during the war before trying to knock a man of integrity like McCain down?
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on May 25, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I lived in Arizona when McCain helped SW Airlines establish Phoenix as its hub. This meant nudging out already established regional airlines to accommodate SouthWest which meant Phoenix for the first time would have a direct flight into Wash DC. A sweet deal for SW and a sweet deal for McCain.
A lot of folks were angry, because they depended on the regionals which, because of Southwest, couldn't fly as many flights into Phoenix and started charging higher prices because of the new "demand." Well, McCain felt the heat and in order to eliminate any 'conflict of interest, he appeased the angry constituents by swearing that he'd never ever again fly on SW to Wash DC.
Two years later, I'm flying to Wash DC and guess who's standing like everyone else in the cattle line? That's right. And we got seated right next to one another (my initiative). I told him nicely that I remembered his oath to the public stating he'd never fly SW into DC and shortly thereafter I was "escorted" off the plane.
He had it easy as a prisoner of war. He sold out and sang like a canary and the N. Viets gave him nice accommodations knowing his father was a bigshot in the Navy. He was given the choice of an early release but he refused, knowing that the other prisoners let behind would eventually expose him for the songbird he was. Next step, find a rich woman to marry despite his homosexual tendencies and eventual attachment to another US Senator.
Oh yeah, Sam, you're right. He selected Sara Palin and defends his selection to this day. He's a real piece of work, that one.
a resident of Birdland
on May 25, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Sam I'd put John McCain way down on my list. Too many times he acted like a RINO and torpedoed his party by doing it.
His torture crusade against Dick Cheney was sickening. Cheney is the one who has stick it to your guns integrity in my mind. He didn't go to war in Vietnam but either did George W. Like he said he had priorities during that time.
I started to admire Cheney when he was a young congressmen. He was only one of two congressmen to vote against US sanctions against Apartnied South Africa. He knew which side of the bread was the butter, and he's been a stand-up guy ever since. McCain crashed a bunch of airplanes when he was a pilot. Cheney deserves a lot of credit for us rousting OSama out of his lair. Cheney's daughter is against Sarah Palin.
a resident of Dublin
on May 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Cheney's daughter is NOT against Sarah Palin. McCain's daughter thinks she's a doofus but Cheney's daughter doesn't. I vote for Liz Cheney for President and Sarah Palin for Vice President.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 25, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Sarah is coming and she's going to be a real game changer. She won't be sheltered and kept out of the limelight like she was by the McCain people. They were just afraid she'd show up their man. She has vision like no other candidate. She foursaw the tea party movement before it even got off the ground. She's fiscally conservative and evangelical so she's be able to appeal to the moderates. No more unfunded law. Maybe finally she'll tear up the liberal playbook and get back to the Constitution and all it stands for. No more unnecessary tax burden. No more unfunded liabilities. No more fatigue from having to play catch-up to all the unsustainable salaries and pensions out there. She knows how to put the teachers in there place. (She's had enough of them ha-ha.) She'll keep Marxist evolution out of our schools. This woman sees with a crystal clarity that happens with politicians maybe only once in a generation, or two. When she winks, well, the entire world audience just melts before her. I think her victory is inevitable. And I'm looking forward to having a First Dude in the Ovel Office.
a resident of Birdland
on May 25, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Earlier today the Republican anti-medicare, anti-medicaid, anti-union, anti-teacher candidate in the traditionally solid red Republican NY-26th District was soundly beaten by Democratic candidate Kathy Hochel. Way to go Republican zealots. Keep that torch lit for your favorite candidate!
P.S. Gallup's poll yesterday had Obama's approval rating at a 52-week high at 53 (approve) v. 41 (disapprove). He can out campaign the best the Republican fascists can offer while tipping Guinesses with the Irish and hobnobbing with the Queen. Run Sarah Run!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 26, 2011 at 7:26 am
"She's fiscally conservative and evangelical so she's be able to appeal to the moderates. "
I assume this is a joke.
Palin does NOT appeal to moderates. She is so backwards, she thinks that it is okay to force a victim of incest to go through with the unwanted pregnancy.
She is also very dumb. And the first dude you want to see in the WH? He does not even have a college degree.
Talk abut hilbilly, red neck folks, the Palin family! They make the Flinstones look modern!
a resident of Stoneridge Orchards
on May 26, 2011 at 8:05 am
You must be kidding
Typical liberal rant. No real knowledge of the facts all they can do is ridicule and point fingers. Unless Donald Trump comes back to us, it's Sarah in 2012!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 26, 2011 at 10:42 am
People like Blossom will make it easy for Obama to get re-elected. You may like, Palin, Blossom, but you are the minority. The tea party loves Palin but the rest of the voters do not.
Did you read about NY?
The tea party is not enough (percentage wise) to elect a candidate. Of course, it would help for you to talk to other people, not just like minded tea party colleagues, so you could better understand how others perceive Palin and the tea party movement.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 26, 2011 at 10:58 am
Obama being re elected is going to depend on the economy and gasoline. I expect if unemployment stays high and gasoline stays high we are going to see not only Obama swept out but the democrats in general sweep out in large numbers. It is pretty easy to see that the entire US is focused on economic sustainability and it currently does not appear that this administration is focused on that.
a resident of Stoneridge Orchards
on May 26, 2011 at 11:08 am
Okey Dokey You Must Be Kidding, you must be kidding.
You don't mention anything about how we need a strong leader to keep our nation and ship of state afloat while tsunami after tsunami of unfunded liability and burdensome debt pounds our shorelines.
Have I ever read about NY? Are you kidding? Who owns all the media, and I'm talking about a really really entitled group here.
Your not giving the Tea Party a responsible gauge. The media lies and doesn't show the millions and millions of people out there who want strong leadership. You just sound like a RINO who is spilling out the same tired old Democrat party lines.
We need to eliminate Medicare and do it fast. Entitlement groups don't put in enough and then get sick and stick it to the fatigued taxpayer. Pay, pay, pay is all we do. Who has the guts to eliminate Medicare and all the unfunded laws? Who has the guts to clean out our unsustainable hospitals of freeloader patients? Donald Trump does. Sarah Palin does. BTW all great parties start small. Think about Paul Revere. Well, Sarah just might be our Paul Revere as the big crushing waves begin invading us.
a resident of Stoneridge Orchards
on May 26, 2011 at 12:14 pm
"In a move designed to propel her closer to a presidential run, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will set out on a bus tour of the country on Sunday, making stops at symbolic sites along the way."
Need I say more??? Lincoln did this too when he tried to get to know the people better. She's back in the saddle again!!! It shows such class. She's going to stop at important monuments and tell Americans how important they are if we're going to undo the unfunded laws that are smashing against our doors. Katie Couric you can start packing!!! Our girl is back!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 26, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Sarah is now tied for front-runner in the latest poll!! She will be our next pres!!
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a resident of Oak Hill
on May 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm
"Blossom" said:"You don't mention anything about how we need a strong leader to keep our nation and ship of state afloat while tsunami after tsunami of unfunded liability and burdensome debt pounds our shorelines."
Love your use of metaphor, Blossom! Palin couldn't have said it better, and she's really good with metaphors. She really warned Putin off of even thinking about trying to rear his bobblehead over the beautiful skies of Alaska.
a resident of Livermore
on May 26, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Sarah is everyman's dream candidate. Style. Grace. Poise. Intelligence. Guts. She's not a Mormon. She's not a Muslum. She'll fight the Chinese and Tsunamis off our shores. She is responsible and accountable. She's against unsustainable and unfunded liabilities that block our path to prosperity. She's not afraid to eliminate Medicare, Medicaid and all the other socialist programs that have created our gargantuwan pile of debt. She'll shut down the lamestream media and do away with all law that is unfunded or policies and practices that are not value-added. She's a good mother and I'd love to see her family occupy a truly White House. Above all else, she's a descent educated Christian woman who is humble and ernest in her every day dealings.
a resident of Remen Tract
on May 26, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Gill tells everybody "Sarah is everyman's dream candidate." Yeah, well duh! She's in my dreams!
Sam the closetted socialist doesn't like her. But he's outnumbered and probably jealous that he's never known a fine lady like she is. Arnold, Blossom, the indefatigable Boner, Dave and John and Bill and Fred. Faithful all.
She's got the class to keep leaders of the second and turd world at bay. Nobody'll think of messing with the Momma Grizzley. And she'll lift us up to the pathway on prosperity. She's a tsunami fighter from way back, and won't be hoodwinked by Al Qieda. She knows enought to kick down the door of any unfunded law and rewrite the book on unsustainable liabilities. If the Constitution were a living document it would walk right out of the White House today in disgust. She's sees a lot. She's a very inquisitive and wise leader who sees great things for America. She'll bring us back to the founding days and instill us with responsiblity and accountability. Today is great news for America. We haven't drowned yet!!!
a resident of Birdland
on May 26, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Look what Dick Cheney had to say about heartthrob Paul Ryan.
"Former Vice President Dick Cheney weighed in on the political stature of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) while speaking at an event in Texas on Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle's "Fuel Fix" blog reports.
"I worship the ground the Paul Ryan walks on," he said of the House Budget Committee Chairman.""
And then the lightbulb went off! How about a Palin/Ryan ticket? Sarah could deal with the heavy intellectual lifting part and Paul could do supplamental homework on the details for her.
I think this would satisfy most of the doubters who don't think Sarah will eliminate Medicare.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 26, 2011 at 7:49 pm
I don't care if it's PeeWee Herman as long as they disband teh liberal activist court that just handed out "Get Out of Jail Free" cards to 33,000 inmates. It is by no means a value added institution. I don't want these guys living in my back yard. Period. Kaputsky. Alto.


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Váci Utca Apartment with Air-Conditioning
尺寸50 平方米
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- 适合家庭/儿童
- 厨房
- 空调
- 洗衣机/干衣机
- 大厦电梯
- 电视机
- 互联网/无线网路
- 婴儿床
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|Váci St, 1056 Budapest, 匈牙利
The apartment features a cosy bedroom with a comfortable double bed, and a single bed can be found in the spacious lounge. The lounge also includes a fold-out sofa bed, a TV and a dining table. The kitchen is fully fitted, and the bathroom contains a bathtub with a shower.
The nearest tram and bus stops are just a 2-minute walk away, and provide easy access to the most popular areas of the city. Ferenciek Metro Station is a 5-minute walk away, and provides access to the M3 line.
The surrounding area boasts a wide range of shops, cafes and restaurants for guests to enjoy. Take a 10-minute walk to Gellérthegy Park and enjoy panoramic views of the city. Buda Castle is a 25-minute walk away.
住宿规定Air conditioning is an optional extra that can be purchased for an additional fee of €5 per day.
It is strictly forbidden to make any noise (music, loud speaking, etc.)
in the apartment after 10 pm., while in the building (stairs, corridors,
etc.) you have to be always very silent.
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Très bon séjour , THOMAS avait tout prévu. !!
Le studio est vaste , très bien placé en zone piétonne . Métro et trams à deux pas .
Nos alojamos en este apartamento durante 9 días. Fue como estar en nuestra propia casa. Estuvimos una niña de 6 años, un bebé y dos adultos y fue como estar en casa. El apartamento da a un patio interior con lo que es muy tranquilo.
Se encuentra al lado del Mercado Central, con lo que para hacer compras de fruta, pan, huevos, es una grandísima opción.
Everything was very nice and the apartment in good location
Really clean and nice apartment, in the mittle of the city centre. Reliable host, serviceminded and caring. Highly recommended. Thank you for a satisfying week!
I can only add to the other reviews. The appartment is great. The location is in the middle of the center. We walked most of the time and one day we rented a bicycle (located just outside in the parking garage). Pickup from the airport was pre-arranged and when we arrived we got an excellent welcome, explanations on the apartment and suggestions for restaurants, attractions etc.
We did not speak to Thomas in person but only because it was not needed as all was taken care off 100%!
We had a great time in Budapest, the flat was perfectly located to discover the city.
Everything was clean and well equipped, very functional.
The hosts were very reactive with our questions, check-in and -out went smooth - we were even able to stay longer on the day of departure given that our flight was in the evening.
Overall a very nice stay!
The apartment was quite satisfactory, with a nice and lovely bathroom, large bedrooms with comfortable beds and a well equipped kitchen. A good wi-fi connection a Tv set are a well appreciated bonus. Overall the place is clean and enjoyable.
The appartment is well located : the building entrance (with a secure door) gives on a pedestrian street with a supermarket just two steps away. There is also a big indoor market nearby. The tram and subway are just 5 minutes away. The distric is very safe and the neighbourhood quiet.
It was a very nice stay and we will defnitively go back to this partment for our next stay in Budapest.
The apartment is really well situated: you are walking distance to almost every place worth visiting! The apartment itself is clean, well equipped, spacious and quite luminous. Our host Thomas was nice, attentive and helpful. All in all, I can totally recommend this.
Excellent apartment in the middle of Budapest and a very attentive host. We arrived early in the morning and Thomas allowed us to check in at 8 pm instead of 14 pm. He also let us to leave the apartment later because of our flying time. It was a big relief for us. In addition Thomas gave us a lot of very useful information.
Apartment with a secured courtyard between the flat & the busy pedestrian street, very well located for restaurants, a very large indoor market and supermarket, also a few yards from a major underground station and tram stops.
The apartment has two proper bedrooms,living room and the kitchen The kitchen is has a proper cooker, fridge, microwave and modern sink. The bathroom is more modern that the pictures suggest, large, functional and has a very powerful & easy to adjust shower. There is also an entrance hall and very secure front door. Good WIFI plus TV. It was very clean and comfortable.
We enjoyed our stay very much and definitely would use this apartment when we return to Budapest.
Excellent apartment in the middle of Budapest. The Metro is just 1 minute away and the main shopping street is around the corner. The welcome by the staff and taxi pick-up are taken care off beautifully. I would definitely recommend this apartment to family's, friends or groups up to 6 people. The 3 bathrooms function really well, with enough hot water for everybody and 1 set of towels per person. Also the Wifi works really well.
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Hill House stood abandoned six miles off the road. Four people came to learn its secrets. But Hill House stood holding darkness within. Whoever walked there, walked alone.
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Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has unnerved readers since its original publication in 1959. A tale of subtle, psychological terror, it has earned its place as one of the significant haunted house stories of the ages.
Eleanor Vance has always been a loner--shy, vulnerable, and bitterly resentful of the 11 years she lost while nursing her dying mother. "She had spent so long alone, with no one to love, that it was difficult for her to talk, even casually, to another person without self-consciousness and an awkward inability to find words." Eleanor has always sensed that one day something big would happen, and one day it does. She receives an unusual invitation from Dr. John Montague, a man fascinated by "supernatural manifestations." He organizes a ghost watch, inviting people who have been touched by otherworldly events. A paranormal incident from Eleanor's childhood qualifies her to be a part of Montague's bizarre study--along with headstrong Theodora, his assistant, and Luke, a well-to-do aristocrat. They meet at Hill House--a notorious estate in New England.
Hill House is a foreboding structure of towers, buttresses, Gothic spires, gargoyles, strange angles, and rooms within rooms--a place "without kindness, never meant to be lived in...."
Although Eleanor's initial reaction is to flee, the house has a mesmerizing effect, and she begins to feel a strange kind of bliss that entices her to stay. Eleanor is a magnet for the supernatural--she hears deathly wails, feels terrible chills, and sees ghostly apparitions. Once again she feels isolated and alone--neither Theo nor Luke attract so much eerie company. But the physical horror of Hill House is always subtle; more disturbing is the emotional torment Eleanor endures. Intense, literary, and harrowing, The Haunting of Hill House belongs in the same dark league as Henry James's classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. --Naomi GesingerAbout the Author:
Shirley Jackso n (19161965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her novels include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Sundial, and T he Haunting of Hill House.
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and designer. He both cofounded the Guadalajara International Film Festival and formed his own production companythe Tequila Gang. However, he is most recognized for his Academy Award-winning film, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Hellboy film franchise. He has received Nebula and Hugo awards, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, and is an avid collector and student of arcane memorabilia and weird fiction.
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Stephanie MencimerNov. 7, 2012 7:13 PM
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan
For the past two years, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has been on the warpath against the Obama administration. The bishops have lashed out at the White House for requiring employers to give workers with insurance health plans that provides free contraception. (Catholic institutions including Notre Dame have filed suit against the mandate.) The bishops have also fumed over the Department of Health and Human Services' decision not to renew its contract with the USCCB to provide services to the victims of human trafficking. The bishops had refused to allow its subcontractors to provide abortion or contraception counseling or referrals, even when it was clear that many of the victims they served really needed those services.
These fights prompted the bishops to mobilize during the presidential campaign. They staged a two-week "religious freedom" campaign over the summer that was only a thinly veiled attack on Obama. Throughout the election season, priests across the country were heard urging their congregations to vote against Obama.
Despite all the protests and occasional polls suggesting that Catholics would vote against Obama by a 3 to 1 margin, American Catholics ended up supporting Obama over Mitt Romney by two percent, according to exit polls analyzed by the nonprofit Faith in Public Life. Obama did see a drop in his share of Catholic supporters, but mostly among those who also fall into the "white male" category that represented Romney's strongest base.
"A diverse coalition of social justice Catholics, especially Latinos, helped tip the scales this year," said John Gehring, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life in a release. "While bishops doubled down against same sex marriage and demonized President Obama as an enemy of religious liberty, they were clearly out of touch with many Catholics. If the GOP has some reflecting to do about its inability to reach an increasingly multicultural country, Catholic leaders could benefit from similar soul searching when it comes to their own diverse flock."
Erik KainNov. 7, 2012 6:43 PM
With President Obama's victory over Mitt Romney, many pundits are already engaging in clichéd talk of "soul-searching" for the GOP. What they mean by this phrase differs depending on who says it: Pundits on the left as well as moderate, reform-oriented Republicans are claiming the party needs to move back to a pragmatist set of policies; tea partiers and others on the right, talk radio, and Fox News are claiming that Mitt Romney, like John McCain before him, was simply too moderate to win, and that only a true, principled conservative can lead the charge to victory.
But what Republicans really need to learn from Romney's defeat is not that their candidate was too weak or too moderate. They need to learn that their candidate was forced to adopt far more extreme policies than he previously held due to a primary process that enslaves pragmatism and electability to a rigid ideology. And at the heart of this rigid ideology is a conservative movement that's become the creature of the right-wing media.
Fox News is often described as little more than a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the reverse is the case, with the Republican Party serving as unwitting puppets of the self-serving right-wing controversy machine. Fox News and the talk radio shock jocks across the country win whether or not conservatives are in power; these purveyors of political entertainment thrive under a Democratic president, perhaps even more so than under their preferred candidates. There's big money in controversy, and controversy is what the Glenn Becks of the world do best.
At some point, Republicans will need to wake up to the current state of affairs and realize they're being held hostage to a powerful, self-sustaining entertainment industry and that the interests of the party and the interests of Fox News are not one and the same.
Indeed, the spinoffs of this conservative movement/media behemoth can be seen far and wide as bloggers like Dean Chambers take up the mantle of "true conservatism" and begin telling Republicans only what they want to hear—even if that means twisting the polling data beyond anything remotely recognizable as the truth.
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Josh HarkinsonNov. 7, 2012 5:53 PM
This is what happens when you let Democrats govern. . . California's credit rating has been slashed to junk-bond status, and citizens are advised to stock up for the not-too-far-off day when cigarettes and Botox become the hard currency of choice. At this stage, we couldn't give California back to Mexico. —Ann Coulter, 2003
For the past few decades, making fun of California has been a favorite pastime of conservatives and, for that matter, just about everybody. We're either the Libertine State (Ganja! Gays!), the Nanny State (Eat your fruit before you get your Happy Meal toy!), or a redoubt of ecofascism. (AB 32: the horror!) But more than anything, we're just perpetually broke—the governmental equivalent of Annie Liebovitz or Mike Tyson. And regarding that Ann Coulter actually speaks the truth. Well, except for the part about blaming government by Democrats.
Gavin AronsenNov. 7, 2012 5:26 PM
Last month, we took a look at 23 ballot measures worth watching in yesterday's election, from same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization to a voter ID amendment and anti-Obamacare initiatives. Here's a look at how those, and a few others, fared last night:
Same-sex marriage
For the first time ever, voters legalized same-sex marriage at the ballot box in Maryland, Maine, and Washington, as MoJo's Kate Sheppard and Adam Serwer report. The night was a huge loss for antigay groups led by the National Organization for Marriage, which also saw a ballot measure in Minnesota for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage go down in flames.
Pot legalization
As Josh Harkinson reports, Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana outright last night, followed an hour later by Washington. The question now is how far the federal government will go to crack down on the historic new laws. Another legalization measure in Oregon failed, in large part due to concerns that the law would have been overly broad. Meanwhile, voters legalized medical marijuana in Massachusetts but rejected it in Arkansas, and in Montana approved a measure that tightens restrictions on the state's existing medical marijuana laws.
Adam SerwerNov. 7, 2012 4:37 PM
Reporting from the Election Protection Coalition's phone center Tuesday, there were many sobering tales of long lines at polls, malfunctioning machines, and eligible voters being disenfranchised. Our own voter suppression map documented more than 50 trouble spots around the country. Those problems, magnified by Republican-led laws mandating government issued-photo ID, restricting voter registration and curtailing early voting, didn't swing the election to Mitt Romney as his Republican colleagues hoped.
Nevertheless, the spectacle of long voting lines lasting late into the night because of problems at the polls is a shame in the wealthiest democracy in the world. There is no justifiable reason for elections being administered so poorly. But make no mistake, the impact of those problems fall disproportionately on voters of color, who are more likely to vote Democratic. A survey conducted by the AFL-CIO shows that black and Hispanic voters were more likely to enounter voting problems than whites:
This isn't just a problem of logistics: It's a moral issue. When someone has to step out of a voting line because they can't afford to take three or four hourse off of work just to go vote, they are being disenfranchised. The election may be over, but this is a problem that still needs to be solved.
Erika EichelbergerNov. 7, 2012 4:27 PM
The race in California's 36th congressional district shouldn't have been close. Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack hung onto the seat for six terms (after gaining it in a special election when her husband Sonny Bono, who had previously held the seat, died). Her Democratic opponent, emergency room physician Raul Ruiz, is a political neophyte; plus he was recently confronted with a politically unsavory bit of his past: a tape of him reading a letter of support of Leonard Peltier, a Native American convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1977.
But Ruiz won, by three percentage points, after counting went into overtime last night and today.
The district, which includes Riverside County and Coachella Valley, was reconfigured this year and now officially has more Democrats than Republicans. Almost half of the district's residents, and about a quarter of its voters, are Hispanic. Apparently these folks were not fond of Bono Mack's Romney-ish positions and style.
Tim MurphyNov. 7, 2012 3:48 PM
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate, couldn't have asked for a better night. Every incumbent Democratic senator up for re-election won; the party picked up a seat in Massachusetts (and perhaps another in Maine); and, assuming the results stand, won a race it had no business winning in deep-red North Dakota. But the big news from Tuesday isn't just that the Democrats held onto the majority, it's what that majority now looks like—much more progressive.
Four of the five most most liberal candidates in contested Senate races won on Tuesday (only Arizona Democrat Richard Carmona fell short), according to ideological ratings compiled by University of Chicago political scientist Boris Shor. Per Shor's rankings, Connecticut Rep. Chris Murphy was the most liberal candidate in any contested race to win a Senate seat—more liberal than the progressive icon Elizabeth Warren, even. And Murphy replaced a centrist Independent Joe Lieberman. That's a big boost. Right behind Murphy is Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a member of the House Progressive Caucus who seems a sure bet to become something the retiring Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl never was—a loud voice for progressive causes. Warren, the fourth-most liberal Democratic challenger (behind Hawaii's Mazie Hirono, who won easily) replaced Sen. Scott Brown, a moderate Republican. A political celebrity even before she entered the race on account of her work monitoring TARP, Warren will likely be handed an oversized role for an incoming lawmaker on issues like housing and banking. Here's a chart, by way of the Washington Post's Ezra Klein:
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The biggest win for liberals came in Missouri, where Sen. Claire McCaskill, never a liberal favorite, managed to take down Rep. Todd Akin, the second-most conservative candidate on the ballot (only Wyoming's John Barrasso outdid him). Elsewhere, Democrats replaced a moderate Republican Sen. Richard Lugar with Rep. Joe Donnelly, whom Shor gives an ideological score of .03—just about dead-center. That's a slight shift, but it's something. The only real reversal of the trend came in Nebraska, where centrist Dem Ben Nelson was replaced by Deb Fischer, the most conservative challenger to win on Tuesday.
The Senate's shift to the left is consistent with two other notable developments on Tuesday night. As my colleague Adam Serwer noted, liberals scored big wins at the state level, going 4-for-4 in gay marriage initiatives (legalizing it in Washington state, Maryland, and Maine), decriminalizing marijuana in Colorado, and giving undocumented kids in Maryland in-state college tuition. And as a whole, Congress took a few steps closer to resembling the nation it serves—Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard will be the first practicing Hindu to serve in the House; Baldwin the first openly-gay Senator; Hirono the first Asian woman. For the first time, women comprise an entire state delegation (New Hampshire's), and a record number of women will join the 112th Congress.
Adam SerwerNov. 7, 2012 3:41 PM
President Barack Obama greets the crowd at his election-night headquarters with his family.
On Tuesday night, a country that once sold black people as property elected a black man to its highest office for a second time. Twice now, Virginia, the seat of the old Confederacy, has given its electoral votes to America's first black president. Although Barack Obama's presidency has often departed from the best moral instincts of American liberalism, from his dismal record on clemency to his stewardship of an unaccountable national security state, the fact of his presidency represents a triumph of American liberalism's ability to push the boundaries of what is possible.
Liberalism's triumph in the 2012 election goes far beyond the reelection of the first black president of the United States:
The emerging Democratic majority, as Ruy Teixera once put it, seems to have emerged. But Obama owes that coalition, to an incredible degree, to the decision of Republicans to alienate every significant minority in the country.
Blind to their own identity politics, Republicans dismissed the concerns of gays and lesbians, and women and minorities, as wish lists from "special interests." The right killed George W. Bush's effort at immigration reform in 2006, and was then captured wholesale by immigration restrictionists whose naked hostility to Latinos meant that Obama could preside over more than a million deportations and still win the Hispanic vote in a landslide. American Muslims, who once overwhelmingly voted for Bush, became a toxic fixation for Republicans who began to regard them as a potential fifth column. Granted a majority in Congress with a mandate to heal a bleak American economy, Republicans chose to focus on restricting women's access to abortion and birth control. Eager to deny Obama any legislative accomplishments whatsoever, the GOP attempted to filibuster the repeal of the military's policy banning gays and lesbians from open service. Republicans shouldn't blame Romney for his defeat, not after they paved such a narrow, winding road to victory.
Asawin SuebsaengNov. 7, 2012 3:09 PM
Gleeful liberals. In trees.
"I just got back from OHIO, and all I got was FOUR MORE YEARS," screamed a stumbling but upbeat Obama campaigner.
Following across-the-board cable news projections that President Obama had won a second term, hundreds of supporters flooded the north side of the White House bordering Lafayette Square. There was a lot of whooping, jumping, and delighted liberals climbing trees. It was like the night Bin Laden got shot in the face, only with more partisanship and less bloodlust.
Obama supporters brought conga drums, life-size cardboard cut-outs of the Michelle, Barack, and Joe, and the standard placards and flags. Also, there was this doodle dog wearing an "OBAMA OR BUST!" white cape (according to smaller text on the dog-shawl, the animal was on a "cross-country tour").
Peppered throughout the celebrating crowd were the usual dissenting voices looking to be passively heard. There was that huddle of college-age males repeatedly shouting, "Allahu Akbar!!!" and then grinning at their implied jab at BHO. There was that one guy sermozing about Reaganomics literally through a bullhorn. And then there was a pair of grey-suited conservatives—name-checking Castro, Iranian mullahs, the works— who really did sound like they believed America had just reelected our Mars-traveling, gay-orgy-having, hurricane-making, nose-job-getting leftist overlord.
You know, the expected trolling amidst the partyin'.
And there was, of course, the obligatory pro-Obama mosh-pit:
The Wall Street Journal also has some good footage of the crowd of hundreds ("most of them young") at the White House on Election Night.
Dave GilsonNov. 7, 2012 2:31 PM
Aptyp_koK /ShutterstockCasino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, dropped more than $57 million on super-PACs in this election, becoming America's most famous conservative megadonors (besides the Kochs). So what did they get in return for their investment? A look at the groups they funded and the races they tried to influence shows that overall, their return on investment was about 40 percent: Only two out of every five races these super-PACs spent on had the outcome the outside spending group desired. The two biggest Adelson-backed losers were Republican presidental hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, to whose super-PACs the couple gave a total of $40 million. In the congressional races that Adelon-backed super-PACs spent on, the results were decidedly mixed. (A few of those races remain undecided.)
Here's the full tally of those races so far:
Sources: Center for Public Integrity, Center for Responsive Politics, Sunlight Foundation
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(Feb. 4, 2008)--Officials at The University of Texas at San Antonio recently announced the selection of a consulting team led by Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects of Austin, Texas, to develop a comprehensive master plan for physical development of the institution's three campuses.
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Has anyone tried to Distill Vodka with honey? i did Some and tastes realy good
Has anyone tried to Distill Vodka with honey? i did Some and tastes realy good
I've been thinking about it. Did you dilute your honey prior to fermentation?
YEs of cource. we distil it every year if we have good harvest. keep in mind that this valuable drink and costs expensive too. because you need high Quality multiflower Honey(Oregano, clvoer, Cotton thistle.hawthorn. etc. but Fermentation and distiling seems to be very hard because. requires a lot of attention.
Congratulations.... You have just confessed, in writing, to a comitting a fedral felony, AND posted it in a public forum.
Well, perhaps technically, but prosecution AFAIK is reserved for the *sale* of unlicensed distilled beverages. Uncle Sam's interest is financial.
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Congratulations ... you have just confessed to not knowing your geography. Has it occurred to you that Eliahu might live in the country of Georgia, where United States law has absolutely no reign?
Even if you do not sell it, distilling your own alcohol is illegal under federal law (without having a distillery license of course). However, if you don't live in the United States I find it hard to believe that Eliahu could be prosecuted
OH What a strict laws. Here everyone can distil what ever they want and it is not restricted by government of Georgia Caucasus . but if you decide to sell it without license you will be put in prison if they find your product on the market. By the way sometimes i make myself Wal nut Cognac and many kinds of wine. too. i also distil Vodka with wine .
Fortunately we can all make wine and beer all we want so long as we don't sell it without a license and/or make over a certain amount (I forget the exact amount, but its quite a bit).
I am very curious though, as to how you make honey vodka...there is the option of using already distilled vodka from the store? Would that work?
no i never used used already distiled Vodka for Honey Vodka. i dilute it with water pollen or wine boiler then distill.
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what kind of Vodka do you mean? Polland is the largest manufacturer of Alcohol drinks
Not sure, but she is visiting Poland now and will be bring me back the recipe and video of making it.
Regards, Barry
As you may have guessed from my name, I am no stranger to mead. I used to make about 100 gallons a year (gave a good portion of it away) but honey got really expensive. I think my last batch used about 20lbs of honey for a 5 gallon batch. Maybe next year I will have enough to get back into it. I am really interested in honey vodka, or honey anything for that matter!
We have an awesome licenced Meadery in Ontario- Google Munro Meadery. Just received some as a house warming gift. After I hinted that I would really like to try some. I may never buy wine again. Sorry if you are in the states, so far they can only market in Canada. They have dry and sweet mead and melomel, fruit meads.
Argh! Yea shipping to the States won't work. In fact I think shipping between certain states is even a no-no here.
Thanks for the link....now if only I still lived in Michigan, I'd make a visit.
Oh, well, hey, Canada is a nice country but great mead can be made "south of the border" too. My husband is very fond of this meadery: http://whitewinter.com/ Their "Acer" is awesome -- honey and maple syrup.
Hey now, I will be about 4 hours away from Iron River come deer season (annual vacation). Maybe I will stop by - what a GREAT idea adding the maple syrup!
DeeAnna That looks fantastic-who ever thought of honey and Maple together! They have very creative labels and flavours.
I'm tickled you enjoyed my suggestion to check out the White Winter Winery. I am not at all a fan of sweet wines/meads, but even their sweet meads are not cloyingly so. The semi sweet to drier ones are smooth and crisp. Very drinkable. If you can't visit in person, be aware they pack their bottles incredibly well for mail order shipping.


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