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The US GOP Primary Results/Prediction thread [UPDATE: Santorum suspends campaign]
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Had Gingrich not suddenly exploded in the debates like he did then Romney likely would have won South Carolina. Your assertion that he never would have won it simply has no basis.
Yes the tax plan matters, though not much to me.
I remind you that the last two Presidents have grown government, arguably for sensible reasons but they both did grow government when we should be shrinking government. On the other hand Obama recently proposed merging some groups in the bureaucracy so kudos to him on that. Nevertheless government is much larger than it should be and on this issue I think Ron Paul, at least in principle, has it right (though he is much more extreme than I would prefer).
As for who is helping the poor, I refer you to Newt's answer to Juan Williams in the last Fox News debate.
i thought we already had the discussion about this. just because you claim to have aspergers does not make it true. there was a thread a little while back, in which you originally made this claim, along with some "evidence" and you were completely shot down
Reo that is insulting. If the man says he has aspergers then on what basis are you challenging that? If anything you need to be the one providing evidence that casts doubt on his claim, not the other way around.
I would like to see this evidence myself because as one who was legitemately diagnosed by a doctor in a psychiatric hospital and a study, I can make my decision.
Also, I love how people always assume Seekster is a Rush Limbaugh Republican fanatic simply because his ideas for policies most of the time agree with the Republican side. Does that make any independent who voted republican the last four elections because he liked their policies more means that they are a Fox News maniac. No, it does not.
heres some posts from him
now i do not know how much you know about aspergers, but there is a lot of things wrong with what he posted, things that someone with aspergers would never get wrong
Nothing about the IQ amount in fact that seems kinda wrong
1: Definitely true
My diagnosis as someone who legititematly has it. He does not have it. His social skills seem to be a bit high to have it
I please, I have ADD but I am not an expert in all things ADD.
*continually slamming head on desk*
My God. How can I?!...I dont even?!...How will I?!....
WHAT ON EARTH!!! DO I GAIN FROM LYING!!!! Answer me that huh, WHAT!?!?!!? I remembered 1 number wrong! So sue me! Aspergers is a VERY individualized thing. One person can not speak to anyone, and then there are others who are selectively mute. I am more open on here because I cant actually se the person. I know the inner workings of the army and most firearms even though I havent shot a gun in my life and dont even want to get NEAR serving in the army! I am 100% straight here. It is not in my nature to lie about ANYTHING!!! let alone something like this. And I am SICK and Tired of BULLIES like you pushing me around and saying that I dont know a thing! You have NO IDEA who I am and what I know and can do! But I get it, bullies never learn until it is too late.
actually for number 1, generally people with aspergers find it much easier to lie than normal people, the difficulty is in maintaining the lie, because that is where social skills come in
its not so much that some of the things are wrong, its that some of the things are in direct contradiction to what aspergers is
pyrate pretty much did a good job explaining it in the original thread
except it is not an individualized thing, by definition there must be things that are the case for every aspergers sufferer, otherwise it would not be a disorder.
just read pyrates posts again, he does a good job explaining why you are clearly lying.
Oh, ok jackass, lets look:
"Aspergers=/=high IQ": Maybe it is different in Kansas. Maybe it is a local thing. All I know is that the pyscologist at the local university, MY case manager, and MY IPS teacher have ALL said that to be classified with Aspergers, you must have an above average IQ!
"Underdeveloped social skills": As I said, I have that. I only have 5 close friends includeing my girlfriend, and I normally have a hard time talking to people unless it is about what I am interested in. All of my friends are interested in the same things as me. If they werent, they most likely wouldnt be my friends.
"Lacking Empathy": WE...DO...NOT....LACK....EMPATHY!!!! We just need to be taught what it is, and considering my parents have been driving it into me since I was born, I know what empathy is.
"Screwy language": The same people also told me that people with Aspergers are sometimes called "Little Einsteins" because they understand words faster than normal.
And you never answered my question: WHAT..DO...I...GAIN...FROM...LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gee, this sure is on topic... Oh well might as well throw my two cents in. Claiming one has Aspergers is considered very "in" on the internet, you get a lot of people who seem to think that their lack of social skills automatically means they have Aspergers. The majority of them don't. If you think you have aspergers, go see a mental health specialist of some sort, get an actual diagnosis instead of just saying you have it.
And honestly, to me it just seems like he is trying to pat himself on the back (listing people who did great things that may or may not have had aspergers) and claim that he is super smart (I'm calling bullshit on having a 170 IQ). Its like pointing at my social anxiety, lack of friends (I consider one person to be my close friend ZOMG!!! I must have Aspergers even worse than you), above average IQ (137), my issues with empathizing with people (This is a characteristic), and saying that I have aspergers. I don't, I may have other mental disorders, but its not aspergers.
see heres the thing. you do not need to have above average IQ to be diagnosed, as it has already been mentioned, it is a myth that aspergers = high IQ, so that instantly discredits those 3 people.
you cannot be taught empathy, just like you cannot be taught how to be happy. you can be taught what it is, you cannot be taught how to feel it.
understand words faster... huh? i have no idea what you actually mean. either you mean they develop language better, which simply is not the case, or they actually process someone speaking to them better, which is not the case, in fact aspergers is often linked to PLI, or pragmatic language impairment and as pyrate said, language acquisition is commonly effected.
i have also never ever heard of aspergers sufferers being called little einsteins, again it is a myth that aspergers makes you highly intelligent.
personally i think it is the abnormal and intense interest in specific areas that give rise to the seemingly high number of successful people with aspergers. repetative and extremely focused behaviour obviously means they become very good at what they choose to do.
as for why you choose to lie about it, i have no idea, i cannot read your mind. i can only assume it has something to do with the fact that for some reason it is seen as cool, but as pyrate has pointed out, for a large majority of people with aspergers it is not "cool" and often results in a struggle just to live a half normal day to day life.
As for the Little Einsteins thing, it is believed that Asperger said himself that those diagnosed are like "little Einsteins". As for Boom, after his response to me and Reonhato, I refuse to argue any further with a response like that.
Actually on topic, I feel that if Newt would win the nomination, not only would Obama would win, but I know I would not vote for a Republican in my first election because that guy is the closest to what all those crazy "far left liberals" and why they call Republicans fascists.
I am actually surprised that Gingrich managed to win - however he may have handled himself in the debates, the baggage about his ex-wife (/wives?) and the whole "open marriage" thing, I thought, would sink him with the traditional conservative base, particularly with the whole "family values" and leading the charge on Clinton.
This is becoming very interesting. As a Brit, I am not too invested in the outcome, and find some aspects of your politics very strange (why so many debates/polls to select the candidate?) compared to the way things work here in Britain. I think I would prefer Obama, but that might be because my country has bad memories of Bush (mostly via proxy thanks to his
So long as Santorum eventually drops out, I don't think we across the pond will mind *too* much, Gingrich and Romney seem relatively similar to international eyes (both holding inconsistent positions and having baggage, be it ethical violations or Mormonism for a seemingly-Christian party) even if it is quite likely that we would almost unanimously prefer Obama.
Now to dive off-topic for a few moments - most of you will want to stop reading here.
I'm thinking you might have missed this, in your "debate" with Boom...
And yet...
Make of that what you will (all quotes solely from the last 2 pages of this thread alone).
If the current GOP base can be summed up in one word it's "rage." Mitt Romney, for all his faults, embody's cold and rational thinking. Nest Gingrich, on the other hand, manages to put up the guise of an intellectual and an outraged outsider (The first one being somewhat dubious since his congressional career started and the last one being the exact opposite of the truth) and feeds into that sense of outrage the base if feeling. In short, Gingrich is connecting where Romney is not.
To tie in another thread, it's probably good evidence that a fluid election date reduces the length of campaigns.
I expect Santorum to drop out within the next few days. The result will be a long and brutal fight between the establishment pick who the base despises (Romney) and the base pick who the establishment despises (Gingrich), assuming Gingrich can get enough funding to survive the next few contests.
K, where do we cut? The only things I can think of are big business subsidies (oil companies are ridiculously profitable; they don't need more benefits for fucking our planet) and the military, but the government isn't going for it.
Link? I'm morbidly curious to hear Newt "poor kids should work as janitors" Gingrich's take in the issue, but not curious enough to look it up myself. :V
We already cut a larger hunk out of the military than we probably should have. So next we need to look at reforming social security (though I leave that to the experts as to the details) and getting rid of, merging, or shrinking federal departments with little to no function that justifies their existence. The Department of Education is a good place to start, either cut it or shrink it down to some board who is in charge of forming some kind of general standard of education for the state education departments to follow. The EPA also needs to be cut or merged into some other department. All of these on their own wont save all that much but it adds up. Also getting rid of some subsidies for businesses that quite frankly don't need subsidies would not be a bad idea.
As for the reference I made the Newt and Juan Williams:
Ok this is breaking my own rule about posting videos (actually I suppose technically it isnt because I only object to posting videos as a replacement for making your own argument and this isnt that) but anyway the entire video is 4 minutes long and in the first half Gingrich explains more about what his ideas are for giving students the opportunity to do work at school such as light janitorial work, working in the front office, cafeteria, or library for a couple of hours a day and talks about how his daughter started off working in positions like that when she was in school. Also he mentions a lot of people have emailed him saying that they too started off doing some light part-time work in school and were happy to have had the opportunity (something I personally was able to do as well though I didnt and wouldnt email Gingrich even though I agree with him on this particular idea).
The part of the video you want starts at about 2:20.
I do love how the audience boos Juan Williams for trying to imply that Gingrich is racist (of all his problems I don't think racism is one of them). Even more though I and virtually every other Conservative in this country LOVED Gingrich's answer because it is plainly states what most of us believe. It is answers like that which are the reason Gingrich won South Carolina.
If you want to skip right to the key moment in the video see 3:50
"I believe that every American from every background has been endowed by their creator with the right to pursue happiness and if that makes liberals unhappy I am going to continue to find ways to help poor people learn how to get a job learn how to get a better job and learn someday to own the job."
You see its comments like that which gets Conservatives fired up because not only is it a direct and unapologetic statement of Conservative values it also destroys the hated stereotype that somehow Conservatives are the ones who don't want to help poor people.
That's not quite how it works.
The distribution of intelligence is roughly the same in people with Aspergers as it is in the non-Aspergers population. However, diagnoses of Aspergers are not given to people with severely subnormal intelligence, because it can't be adequately distinguished from severely subnormal intelligence. It is because people with very low IQ and Aspergers cannot be so diagnosed that average intelligence of people diagnosed with Aspergers is higher than the general population.
Thus the only sure thing you can know about someone's intelligence if they were diagnosed with Aspergers is that they score over 70 on an IQ test.
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Incidentally, I'm not sure what '2+ brackets above average intelligence' means. You might mean two standard deviations, but even then, it's not going to be anything close to 170. IQ 170 puts you in the most intelligent 0.01% of the population. Although this is moot, because as explained above, it's just not true anyway.
It wasn't racism. It was race-baiting, where a politician uses phrases and inflection to pander to the racial anxiety of the audience. Note how he stressed "Juan" when responding to Williams' question and that alone prompted a small response (which does not help when Williams is black) as did the always-racially charged statement "put them back in their place" and variants thereof. Gingrich's comments about food stamps and a "lack of work ethic" of the urban poor also play into a negative racial stereotype of blacks. Portraying the president as foreign and "unAmerican" is another manifestation of this. It's a plea to the xenophobia of the Republican base (sometimes referred to as "soft racism" or racial anxiety: no overt "bring back segregation," but still a serious discomfort with non-whites with authority or power) and blends well with the rhetoric about China and immigration by those who don't have hands-on experience with the subjects.
See, those aren't conservative values, those are basic western-civilization values that can be traced back to protestant England. The defining division between American liberals and conservatives isn't "what is your work ethic?," it's "what do you do with the people who don't make it? How do you help the owner of the 90% of businesses who fail within their first year not end up starving in the street? What do you do to the town that has 1/3rd of their workforce unemployed because the plant that employed them was shuttered?" The conservative response has simply been "let them starve" and have pursued policies to that end under the guise of "small government" and "free markets." The liberal response is "make sure the person can survive so that he can come back and try again later."
These profound misunderstandings of the basic driving force behind economic and welfare policies serve only to demonize the poor, the destitute, and any policies that aid them. Your country is in a worse-off place fiscally and economically now because you have this massive permanent underclass with no substantial political representation or aid. They can't support families even working two jobs without government assistance. Family planning and birth control, which could dramatically reduce the needs of the urban poor. Drug treatment programs rather than jail time could reduce prison costs substantially. In a striving for principles, you abandon half of your population to the wolves of poverty. No country can claim moral superiority when there is so much suffering among their people.
Um, the man's name is Juan. I don't think its significant that Newt said Juan. If I recall most of the time in the debates the candidates address the moderators by their first name.
Where did the "put them back in their place" line come from. If it was in the video I must have missed it.
The Republican base is less friendly towards African-Americans I will give you that, but this has more to do with the fact that African-Americans tend to vote for Democrats overwhelmingly. In other words its basically the same reason why the Democrat base hates Mormons or Evangelicals. I would also remind you that there are very strong pieces of anecdotal evidence that show the Republican base has absolutely no problem with black people who they actually agree with politically. Also, you will find no more xenophobia in the Republican base than you will find in the Democrat base, perhaps different kinds of xenophobia but xenophobia nonetheless.
Those are conservative values, that doesnt mean they can't also be western values. Limited government is both a conservative and a libertarian value for example.
"The defining division between American liberals and conservatives isn't "what is your work ethic?," it's "what do you do with the people who don't make it? How do you help the owner of the 90% of businesses who fail within their first year not end up starving in the street? What do you do to the town that has 1/3rd of their workforce unemployed because the plant that employed them was shuttered?""
In short:
The Liberal view is to help the people who are down on their luck.
The Conservative view is to help the people who are down on their luck to help themselves.
Your idea that Conservatives have no compassion for poor people and just want them to starve is not only insulting, it directly contradicts the fact of the matter and it contradicts Newt's comment which is what started off this conversation.
"Your country?" Ok I don't normally pull this card but in this case it is very much relevant. Americans are not Europeans, we do not trust our government to solve all our problems (and many would contend government cannot solve all of our problems). On a side note, you are slightly exaggerating the plight of the poor in America but thats beside the point.
im an aussie, cussing does not exist to me, its easy for me to miss
No, you misunderstand. The problem is not that they're not conservative values. The problem is that they're also liberal values. And libertarian values. And the values of essentially any reasonable person in the western world. Attempting to push them onto conservatives, as if to say, "These are ours", is ludicrous. Even more ridiculous is the directly implied statement involved: "The liberals don't believe in these values". You merely implied it heavily through your wording; Gingrich actively and shamelessly drew the connection in his speech.
Except that, regardless of how often you tout that slogan, it doesn't change the fact that if that's genuinely the goal of the Republican party, then they are not only failing miserably, but failing miserably while looking like they're doing everything in their power to transfer more wealth and power to the richest of Americans.
Look, I'm sorry, but if you're still enchanted with this "big government scares off business", then you need to get out of La-La Land and look at everywhere else in Europe. Because that's all I can really see in terms of explanation. I'm reminded of yet another great cartoon:
I'm aware that removing welfare institutions is a part of the process - it's silly to leave the support structure up when the arch is already standing - but right now, it looks like Gingrich and co. are trying to tear down the support before the keystone is laid. Just taking away welfare, food stamps, and social security is not going to lead to a more mobile, well-off middle class - it's going to lead to a hell of a lot more desperate and starving individuals.
Don't get me wrong, your so-called "conservative solution" (which most liberals would be far more enthralled about than the so-called "liberal solution") is perfect! But here's the thing: if we knew how to help people help themselves, we'd be doing it already. However, the consequence of not directly helping people and failing to help them help themselves is not something we should take lightly, and no proposal has seen fit to solve the problem to begin with.
You know how actions speak louder than words? I somehow can't shake the feeling that Gingrich is not being entirely ingenuous here....
And you push it too far in that direction, and become irrationally afraid of big government and all that entails, ignoring that it works incredibly well for most of the rest of the first world. Once again, your failure to look outside your own borders is a crucial misstep. It would show you so many things, from the fact that the existence of anthropogenic global warming is somehow only an issue of strong debate in the USA, that evolution is even a topic of debate is only present in the USA, and that big government and modern economic theories that involve government intervention in the market can and often do work. But you don't. You stay cooped up in the USA, ignoring as the rest of the world sails by in climate protection, education, and economic recovery.
^^^THIS^^^ (at the risk of going way off topic)
Asperger's is no freaking advantage. It has made my life a living hell, and I would wish it away in an instant. I had no friends for 13 years. I flapped my arms when I got excited. I got kicked out of the Air Force for it, since the TIs thought I was making fun of them. I couldn't keep minimum wage jobs, and would always be fired for "unspecified reasons" or "he doesn't fit well here".
I get SSI for it. My obsession with sports has helped me join Oregon Sports News as a contributor. But I would never use it as an excuse for anything, and certainly not brag about it. I want it gone.
I remembered a number wrong, ok. I remembered 150 as the median IQ for some reason, but it is really 100. As for what "2+ brackets above average intelligence" I was told that IQ is divided up into 10 point brackets, with 100 being normal. People With autism are -2 below (so lower than 80) while people with High-Functining Autism and Aspergers are in the +2 above (so at least 120, not the 170 I remembered wrong).
And I dont see me having Aspergers as a disadvantage. I dont care if people believe me or not. I am who I am BECAUSE of my aspergers. You say it makes life hell. Mine was, and then people who cared about me did everything they could to help me adapt and get by. I would still be hiding in some corner in the back of the room if it wasnt for my teachers, case manager, and parents. It has allowed me to look at the world in different ways than normal people can. You call it a curse. I call it a blessing. I will never be cured of aspergers, and frankly, I dont want to be if it means I have to change who I am. If you dont like it, tough.
Back on topic: So, Gingrich has south carolina, Romney has new hampshire, Santorum has Iowa, and Ron Paul is losing any steam he had? Stop the press! This race is starting to get interesting.
Little article from CNN, from a former aide to G.W. Bush about Gingrich.
Most telling thing in there is the graph, where viewers asked how much they favored or unfavored Gingrich.
CNN: 28% for 58% against
When Fox News viewers don't like you, and you're GOP, you might have an issue.
Oh yes I agree actually, saying that liberals do not support helping the poor is just as ridiculous as saying conservatives don't. The only difference is what the best way to help the poor is.
Those values are conservative values but they are not ONLY conservative values. I hope that clears things up.
Gingrich is a politician, he is going to be shameless. Its no different than Obama and other Democrats implying or even outright proclaiming that Republicans don't believe in helping poor people. Its political pandering.
I give liberals the benefit of the doubt that they actually do mean well...trouble with liberals is good intentions don't solve problems.
The Republican party fails miserably at a number of things and I wont dispute that they arent doing as good a job as they can to improve things like education and job creation. The only good news for the Republican party in that regard is the Democrats have likewise failed to improve things significantly in either area.
An amusing cartoon but like most cartoons its a work of fiction made to entertain through a parody of fact. Both Romney and Gingrich (and I believe Santorum, though probably not Paul) support a "repeal and replace" policy towards Obamacare.
Tax cuts don't work as well as advertised but I suppose its important to ask what the goals of tax cuts are.
Raising taxes on low-income families? I sense you are being misleading here. Low income families do not really pay income taxes so you must be talking about something else.
The Republican party can't create a debt this big on its own, if the Democrats want to argue that they did then they should stop being so modest. It took decades of mismanagement to create our current debt situation.
First of all very few people on the right are seriously in favor of getting rid of social security all together. The ship as sort of sailed on that one and it has become to engrained in our society to get rid of and really properly managed and reformed periodically its not a bad program.
As for food stamps, my understanding is that ideally you want to ween people off food stamps to make them less reliant on it.
At least two things are required to give people the ability to help themselves (at least two meaning there may be others but I think these two are the critical ones).
1. Sound Education
2. A means of supporting yourself (which usually means, a job).
I do not believe it is the job of the federal government to provide these things outright but rather to create an environment in which these things can be readily obtained (also sufficient healthcare should be obtainable). An exception is public education which I am a strong supporter of though I will say we need to be teaching things like economics and classes on personal finances at the High School level at least. Teaching such things at the college level is way too late and many people do not go to college anyway. As for the best way to create jobs, well that debate is ongoing right now. Gingrich outlined this clearly in his statement:
"I believe that every American from every background has been endowed by their creator with the right to pursue happiness and if that makes liberals unhappy I am going to continue to find ways to help poor people learn how to get a job learn how to get a better job and learn someday to own the job."
As I said, tax plans are not something that I focus on beyond the general principles. It is worth noting that if you are planning on using the private sector to drive your economy, taxing them heavily is probably not the best way to encourage them. It is also worth noting that the rich are also the ones who can most able to either move and/or hire an accountant who can take advantage of loopholes. Simply through observation I can make the following statements about taxes in America.
1. A progressive system of income tax (income mind you) is as fair a system as any if you are going to have an income tax but keep in mind that the wealthiest people often do not make most of their money from income.
2. Tax loopholes need to be closed.
3. The tax system as a whole needs to be reformed and simplified.
4. You can debate all day about whether the Bush tax cuts worked but they did not work as advertised (kind of like the stimulus plans of both Bush and Obama). Cutting taxes to encourage a certain behavior like hiring should work in theory but it did not work as well as one would think. As such if you are going to propose more tax cuts try making them conditional. In other words, instead of cutting taxes and saying "there you go, now use that money to expand and hire people" you should go "if you expand and hire people you wont have to pay as much in related taxes."
Europe is working incredibly well? Germany and some other countries sure but all of Europe? (I know you didnt say Europe but lets face it that is what you meant for the most part).
America looks outside of its borders...a few years ago we looked outside our borders for weapons of mass destruction. Never found them and everyone got pissed at us so we went back into our borders (sorry I couldnt resist the joke).
The idea that legalized prostitution is something that is debated in Europe and that there is very little debate on abortion in Europe is enough for Americans to decide not to follow Europe's example (at least not on most things).
Of course we stay cooped up in the USA, every time we try and visit other countries they get mad at us and demand we withdraw (oh I did it again).
Seriously though we are working on economic recovery, education reforms, and ways to protect the environment without sacrificing our economy in the process. We will do these things but we will do these things our way. Europe does things its way (and yes I know its not a single country but its easier to talk about it in the singular tense) and America does things its own way. We disagree on the best ways to do things but the domestic policy of a country is not something another country should normally bother to intervene in (unless flagrant and obvious human rights violations are involved). In short, you do things your way, we will do things our way, and we will get along fine.
Even Fox News opts for standard polling procedure. They're not polling viewers, they're polling the general electorate.
The "establishment" wing of the GOP realizes that a Gingrich nomination would be a suicide run in the general election. These numbers aren't new by any measure. Expect many of them to try and take down Gingrich before Super Tuesday in March where he could get a massive number of delegates and potentially win the nomination.
Think of Gingrich's current wave of support as a temporary measure designed to remind Romney that he cant just take the Conservatives for granted.
Had we been talking about the December Gingrich "bump," I would agree with you, but he just jumped to second place with his South Carolina delegates and speaks to the angry passion that dominates the conservative base at the moment. Gingrich may come in a close second, tie, or even win Florida, after which it would be very hard to back out and endorse Mitt Romney, and that's if he was a rational politician (this is Newt we're talking about. His ego could warm and sustain him through drought, famine, and the next ice age). The base could potentially view it as a massive betrayal and opt to sit out or vote third party is there is an serious contender such as Paul or some other well-known politician.
If Gingrich has a landslide win in Florida then yeah thats bad for Romney, keep in mind though that nearly all of the Primaries in Feburary are going to be hard for Newt though. Plus there is a LOT of baggage about Newt that hasnt even been touched yet.
Here's the problem though, it has to come from a source that is not a traditional news source (where he can bash the "liberal media") or from the Romney campaign (where he can bash Romney for "resorting to dirty tactics because he doesn't have a leg to stand on"). We just saw last week how he turned a very serious accusation about his marriage from a glass jaw to his greatest strength.
The NBC debate just ended. In a few hours, the highlight reals should be up and I'll post them.
I'm just going to shake my head and laugh at this, okay?
Why call them that in the first place, though? Why not just come right out and say, "These are ubiquitous western values"? I mean, "Don't murder people" is clearly a liberal value; "don't steal" is as well. But you don't hear me calling them that, because claiming something to be a liberal value strongly implies that it is only a liberal value.
Actions speak a hell of a lot louder than words, and again: how have the republicans even been trying? When I look, I see deregulation of the big corporate players, raised taxes on low-income families, railing against our social safety nets, and demonizing any attempt for the poor to help their stance as "class warfare". It's not no different, because Obama has a point. At best, the republicans are trying to help the poor and are simply misguided to the point where their actions lose all semblance of sense. More realistically, they don't really give a damn.
No, their policies tend to though.
That's neither an excuse for failing so miserably at their stated values nor actually true. The Obama stimulus plan pulled us out of a big fat rut; Clinton's sound economic policies gave us a surplus for the first time in decades. Bush gave us massive declines, huge deficits, and No Child Left Behind. Need I say more?
Indeed; you tell me.
No, I'm really talking about raising the effective federal income tax rate on low-income families. This is something that the vast majority of republican tax plans do, usually while simultaneously slashing taxes on the rich and lowering revenue overall. Part of why I don't fucking trust the republican party for an instant when it claims to be looking out for the poor.
Yeah, it's a good thing that Bush Jr. had 8 years, eh? I'm looking for a chart that depicts 1990-2012, but can't find one... It's not exactly flattering, though: Clinton gets us into the black, then Bush Jr. plunges us back into the red with absolute record speed. And while it does get worse for a short while with Obama (largely because of the implementation of Bush policies that were absolutely necessary and the stimulus bill), almost immediately afterwards, the deficit starts to sink, slowly but surely.
Yes, they simply want to break it in half. That's soooo much better.
Ah, so "stop giving the tiger free food and it'll learn to hunt"-style mentality? Yeah, I'd love to see how well that works in this country.
Not really to the extent you think it is. This idea that government spending cannot create jobs is entirely contrived and, quite frankly, ridiculous. The idea that cutting away government create jobs is equally ridiculous.
And again: actions speak louder than words. Gingrich is full of shit.
Makes sense; they tend to make your party of choice look absolutely despicable.
Notice how Gingrich's plan raises taxes on the part of the private sector which can afford it least?
This is a given... But they can still do this regardless of how low you make it.
Actually... that ship sailed. What Bush Jr's attempts at a reverse Robin Hood did better than almost anything else was basically end this debate, with the following very clear answer: "Tax cuts on the rich do not create jobs".
Oh, this I'll definitely agree on.
France, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland... Most of the countries that people pay attention to other than Italy, Spain, and Greece.
...Actually, the sad irony is that this whole fiasco could've been avoided if you guys had listened to the UN.
As a conservative, I'm shocked that you don't support legal prostitution. Why should any free transaction between people of services be illegal? And abortion... Well, yeah. That's another thing where the USA is disgustingly behind the curve.
Instead of invading, you guys need to fucking LISTEN.
Welp, good luck with that.
As I expected, Romney is going to start opening up Gingrich's bags one at a time until the man is buried in his old baggage. This debate wasnt very high profile but the next one will be and we should expect more of this.
They will come from Romney and his supporters, that is trustworthy enough.
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I move to the office window, and peer down at the street. It is a conduit of people, swearing, hooting and whistling. My mind is murky from work, and the scene outside seems slightly uncomfortable and incomprehensible. The pavements bristle with groups of men who yell and roar, and laugh. Girls walk in front of cars, and cars honk, making the girls squeal with excitement. Others, quieter more subdued, gather infront of food vendors, watching - waiting. I am a featureless gargoyle trapped in a fluorescent lit square, pasted in the night sky unseen by the swarm below.
The routine of leaving the office anesthetises my imagination; Its a pleasingly tactile sequence. When I rearm the lock on the keypad it beeps back at me with gratitude. When I swipe my magnetic disk on the elevator controls, it gives me permission with a perky note. When I select the ground level, the lift acknowledges with a low click - and hums as it lowers me down. I press the button to open the door to the street, an unseen lock clicks and a soft hiss of air serenades me outside to the sidestreet. I look around. I half expect some drunken skinhead to start yelling at me - but nobody takes any heed of me. I hoist my laptop bag and head toward the main strip.

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With a stay at DORMERO Hotel Hannover in Hannover (Mitte), you'll be minutes from Foro Artistico and Commedia Futura Theater. This 4.5-star hotel is within close proximity of Theater am Aegi and Lower Saxony State Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 293 air-conditioned rooms featuring iPod docking stations and free minibar items. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 42-inch LCD televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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A/N: Well this is it, this is the last chapter! That you all who have reviewed, you guys keep me writing! Right now there are no ideas floating around my head, but the summer is coming, and I always seem to get inspired then, so you never know when another story may pop up from me! I
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Three months later Olivia sat holding her giggly six month old daughter in her arms. They were at the reception for Casey's wedding. Olivia wore a yellow sun dress, (kindly picked out by Casey to be the Matron of Honor's dress) with yellow heels, and baby Brianna was outfitted in a lavender dress of her own. Her fine baby brown hair was tied back with a matching ribbon.
With Richard White in jail for the rest of his life; his paroll had been revoked after his arrest, Olivia's life seemed back to normal, and perfect.
As she bounce the baby on her knee she watched as Elliot shared a dance with Elizabeth. He had already danced with the rest of his girls, and now it was her turn. She was turning out to be a beautiful teenager.
Olivia jumped a little when she felt two hands suddenly grip her shoulders from behind, but eased quickly when she recognized the excited voice of her friend, and the bride.
"Are we enjoying ourselves?" Casey asked, walking around to sit next to Olivia.
"Of course we are. This is beautiful Case." Olivia smiled.
"Thanks." Casey answered. She was wearing an a-line wedding gown that had crystals scattered sparadocally around it, with spaghetti straps. Her blonde hair was pulled up into a bun, and around it sat a small clip that fastened her veil to her head. She looked stunning.
"You look amazing as well." Olivia added.
"Thanks again." Casey smiled as she slipped off her heels and rubbed her foot. "But my feet are killing me in these things!" She laughed.
"Now you see why I had my wedding on the beach!" Olivia joked.
"You don't thnk anyone will notice if I take these off, do you?" Casey asked in a hushed tone.
"Naw." Olivia answered. "And if they do, so what? It's your day, and you can do whatever you want to."
"This is why you're my best friend." Casey smiled.
"Now ya see, I knew there was a reason!" Olivia laughed.
She stopped short when she was suddenly smacked in the face by a flying tiny hand.
"Mama, shhhh." Brianna saidthrough her tiny teeth, that were just beginning to come in.
"Shhh? Why shhh?" Olivia smiled. The baby had just started to talk, and although her vocabulary only contained a few words, Olivia's heart swelled every time she heard anything come from the baby girl she had almost lost.
Brianna just looked up at her mother, giggled, and jumped up and down on her lap.
"Are you being silly to your Mommy?" Casey cooed, rubbing Brianna's cheek with her index finger.
"Mama! Mama!" Brianna repeated.
"Guess that's a yes." Casey smiled. "She is gonna be a handful Liv." She noted.
"Tell me about it!" Olivia sighed. "But as long as I still have here, I could care less." She added.
"From your mouth, to God's ears." Casey answered. "We're all lucky you're still around little girl." She added to the baby, who was still smiling, and seemed awe struck by the goings on ofthe reception.
"Hey ladies." Elliot's voice came from behind Olivia. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"Nope, just resting my feet." Casey assured him.
He bent down to kiss Casey on the cheek. "Congrats Consular." He smiled. "You look beautiful."
"Thanks, detective." Casey answered. "You don't look half bad yourself."
"Do I have to keep my eye on you two?" Olivia joked from her seat.
"Oh no." Casey laughed. "I just so happen to be a happily married woman now." She beamed. "Speeking of which, I wonder where that groom of mine went off to." She said, scanning the room.
"I think he said something about a stripper from the bachelors party showing him a good time or something." Elliot joked, pretending to remember something he had heard.
Olivia smacked him. "Elliot, stop that!" She scolded.
"What, I was just kidding." He said holding his hands up in defense. "Seriously though, I think he's over by the bar with your brothers." Elliot finally said truthfully.
"Ahh, I better go rescue him from that!" Casey smiled, pushing herself out of the chair. "I don't know what that conversation is about, but when aNovak boy pulls one of their sisters' signifigant others aside, it's never good." She smiled and excused herself.
"So, how are two of my favorite girls doing?" Elliot asked, reaching out to take Brianna off of Olivia's hands.
The baby simply raised her arms to her father, while a gleeful "Dada!" escaped her lips.
"We're good. But I think one of us is gonna crash from lack of sleep soon." Olivia answered.
"Ah, and which one would that be?" Elliot asked as he bounced the little girl in on of his arms.
"It's hard to say." Olivia chuckled.
"Well, would a dance wake you up?" Elliot asked, extending his other hand to his wife.
"It might, but what about Brianna?" Olivia asked.
"I'll take her." Maureen chimed in from the side. She didn't wait for a reply, but simply snached her sister out of her father's arms, and walk away with the baby cooing "Reen, Reen!" (She couldn't say Maureen yet)
"Well I guess that solves that!" Olivia smiled as she took her husband's outstreached hand.
Elliot lead them on to the dance floor wherea slow songwas playing. Elliot gracefully pulled Olivia to him, and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Olivia rested her head on his chest and snaked her arms around his neck as they swayed to the music.
"It's nice to see them together." Olivia stated as she watched Brianna and Maureen interact at the table.
"Who?" Elliot asked, unaware of what she was talking about.
"The kids. I mean, they're more than twenty years apart, and they still seem to have a relationship." Olivia smiled.
"They're sisters, what did you expect?" Elliot asked as he turned his gaze to also watched his two daughters.
"I just thought between the age difference and the amount of time Maureen actually spends at the apartment, they wouldn't connect." Olivai answered truthfully.
"The one thing I've learned about kids over the years is they'll surprise you. Once you think you've gotten them figured out, they do something that boggles your mind." Ellito smiled. "Now come on, Maureen's got her, lets just dance and enjoy eachother." He added, dancing them away from the kids.
"I know she does. I just… we almost lost her El. I don't want to miss out on anything in her life." Olivia explained, looking into his eyes.
"I know you don't, and I'm very proud of the way you've been able to get her back into daycare, but you're not gonna miss anything. She fine, she's here, and even though she's only six months old, we're gonna have to let her live her life without looking over her shoulder all the time." He informed her.
"Uhh, let's not deal with that until we have to." Olivia chuckled.
"I love you." Elliot told her.
"I love you too." Olivia smiled.
"I just wanted you to know that." Elliot added.
"Why, you planning on runnin on me?" Olivia asked, only half kidding.
"What would I run away to that was better than what I already have?" Elliot asked. "I just feel like I don't tell you that enough."
"First of all, you do." Olivia reassured him. "And second of all, even if you didn't I would already know you did. Part of the reason I fell so head over heels in love with you is because I just have to look in your eyes to see that you have loved me every day we've been together, and you will love me for the rest of my life."
"Well, as long as you know." Elliot smiled.
"So, are you gonna kiss me or what Stabler?" She asked with a wide grin on her face.
Elliot just laughed. "Do you even have to ask?"
With that he lowered his lips to capture his wife's. As the music slowed to an end, and a faster paced song began, couples split apartm and quickened their dancing pace. All but Elliot and Olivia that is. They stayed swaying in the middle of the dancefloor, completly unaware of the music change. Their lips connected them as their friends and family danced around them on the dance floor.
At that moment the world may have been spinning around them, but to them, it stood still. The room may have been filled with wall to wall people, but to them, they were the only ones in the room. The past few years had sent Olivia and Ellioton a roller coaster ride, and they knew that the future still held many ups and downs, but at this moment, to Elliot and Olivia, all their fears had melted away as they held eachother in their arms on the dance floor, and life seemed perfect. They knew that no matter what life threw at them, they would be able to get through it together, and that made them fearless.
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One common reason we stop ourselves from achieving our goals is by listening to our inner critic. It is that voice that says in a harsh or unconstructive way, "You're not good enough" or "I can't believe you just made that error…again.."
This pattern of negative behavior can become addictive, even a form of motivation for some people, however, critical behavior takes up an enormous amount of energy and slowly chips away at your confidence.
Why is it so hard for us to ignore our inner critic? Well, I tried my best today to silence mine as I was playing a round of golf today. I love playing golf it's a great sport. But my inner critic was so heightened that I couldn't hear myself think as I stood over and missed a five-foot putt. It was as if I had a running commentary going on inside my head and I had no idea how to turn it off. This continued throughout the front nine, and my high score was a reflection of my busy mind.
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The War on Terror is an ongoing military campaign, conducted by several NATO-coalition nations, that is focused on the Middle East with the intent to eliminate both terrorist organizations and the government regimes that support them. The war began in late 2001, after the terrorist attacks on 11 September of that year.
Sometime during the conflict, the Assassin Emmanuel Barraza was tasked by the Assassin leader William Miles with finding the Templars' presence behind the war. During the mission, Barraza was forced to eliminate a bus full of bomb-rigged children, leading him to vow to never again take another human life.
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As part of Jaguar's plan to expand its market share throughout the world, it will add a new "baby" Jaguar to its lineup to go up against the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. There are speculations that the smaller Jaguar, which uses the codename X760, will carry the XS badge when it becomes available.
At the start, the XS will be sold as a conventional four-door sedan in 2015. It will then add a crossover variant in 2016. The XS will be built using Jaguar Land Rover's new Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA), which was seen first on the new 2013 Range Rover. An all-new XF is expected to arrive in the later part of 2014 before the launch of the XS.
It will shift over to PLA from the old Ford DEW98 platform it presently uses. The same underpinnings will be used by the XS and XF. They will also use some of the same powertrains like the 2.0-liter turbo-four and 3.0-liter supercharged V-6 engines as well as offer the option of either rear- or all-wheel drive. It's obviously an XS mule and not the next XF since it is a lot shorter than a standard XF.
The rear doors appear to be slightly shorter and the door handles have slightly moved forward. Through the false grille, there's an intercooler that is far from the supposed front clip of this car. The riveted-together bumper curves under significantly to arrive at the exhaust. This car's track of is also considerably shorter than the body panels.


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By DAN KARELL
An injury that was originally thought to likely keep Mario Balotelli out of Wednesday's Confederations Cup semifinal vs. Spain looks set to keep him out of the rest of the tournament.
Balotelli was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a thigh strain on Monday, expediting his return to Italy and leaving the Italian National Team without their lead forward for their 2012 European Championships final rematch. Italy manager Cesare Prandelli ultimately made the decision after discussing his options with the national team's doctor, Enrico Castellacci.
Though Italy will be without Balotelli the rest of the way, the squad were given a boost with news that midfielder Ricardo Montolivo is back to fitness, while Prandelli said he was hopeful that Andrea Pirlo would be ready to go come Wednesday.
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SPAIN UNDER-20s WIN SECOND STRAIGHT
On Monday, the Spanish Under-20 team showed exactly why they are favorites to raise the trophy in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.
In a defensive battle, the Spaniards held firm, taking down Ghana, 1-0, with an early goal from Real Madrid forward Jese Rodriguez, his third goal of the tournament. The win has qualified Spain for the knockout round of the competition with six points from their first two games.
Spain's goal came in the 13th minute, when winger Dennis Suarez beat his man on the left side of the box, centering to a wide open Jese, who finished into an empty net. Ghana had numerous chances in the game but couldn't find a way to knock the ball Spanish goalkeeper Daniel Sotres, who made six saves on the day.
Also in action on Monday at the Under-20 World Cup, Nigeria defeated Cuba, 3-0, and South Korea drew with Portugal, 2-2.
France World Cup winner David Trezeguet's name was not among a 25-player squad named by Argentine club River Plate that they are going with for next season, meaning his time at the Buenos Aires club is over.
The 35-year-old forward spent the last two seasons at River, helping lead them to back to the Primera Division in 2011 and second place in this past season's Torneo Final, that just wrapped up on Sunday. The Juventus legend scored 17 goals in his time at River, though nearly all of those came when the team was in the second division.
Now the question becomes the future destination of the previous World Cup and European Cup winner with France, or whether he could retire this summer.
Cue the Trezeguet to MLS rumours…..
it looks like both the US and Ghana teams have gotten better through the second match. Thursday's game is going to be a real battle with the winner likely advancing as the best third place team.
The US might have a chance with 4 points and a -3 goal difference, but it is really unlikely Ghana would advance on only 3 points.


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Into the war
Into the war those brave men go,
all happy and ready are they,
but once that war claims their life,
happy is not what they be.
into the war even more men go,
just look,
you see,
all of those people,
that have friends in life,
their friends will have one less,
and that man will have no more,
so when you go,
into that war,
you had better hope well,
that you are at the back of the fore,
along with the generals and all.
For those officers are cowardly men,
you think thy would know,
about what happens out there,
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Pain flared through me. It hurt but I kept pressing through. My body became weak and then nothing.
When I awoke I was being cradled, tears dripping onto my face. "Williow..." I heard a whisper. I made a noise. Finn's eyes lit up. I felt weak, what happened? " You're okay" I felt him relax. Pain shot into my head. I gasped. Finn grabbed my shoulder's protectively. "It's okay" I heard him say. We nearly got out, I could feel that but why couldn't I escaped. There's only two who would know. Him and the lost soul of 1963. I had to show Finn.
Together we set off back in the woods. Both in deep silence. We found the log house. Luckily Finn didn't ask questions as I slowly opened the door, the varnish peeling away at my hand. "Soul" I whispered into the darkness. I heard the chair rock three times-our signal. I beckond Finn in.
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Good looking seedling! Definitely a winner. Hope it keeps the color saturation.
Renown produced more seed per pod here this year, especially when used with some of my seedlings. Still some pods under 20 seed.
Betty W.
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I seem to get more rebloomers from 2nd (and 3rd) year sprouts with Renown as
pod parent, but the numbers involved are statistically insignificant.
My old Kodak decided to "see" a lighter area on standards that is not there.
There is an extensive white ray pattern covering upper third of falls. Hafts touch,
very ruffled, finding 7 buds with 2 branches and spur.
Like this one a lot, but no pollen on first bloom and only one increase. Bloom is
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People are less than impressed with an internet app that's designed to stop women from undermining themselves in emails.
The program's been designed by Cyrus Innovations and is called 'Just Not Sorry'. The app underlines words like 'sorry', 'I'm no expert', 'actually' and 'just' which are commonly used as apologetic qualifiers. The idea is that when women use these qualifiers they can harm their careers, as they make themselves less likely to be listened to by their colleagues.
The Huffington Post report that the Google Chrome app was created as part of the Female Founder Initiative, which is a software development partner that helps women in tech and business succeed.
In the words of the developer the project's goal is:
To stop qualifying our message and diminishing our voice… this Chrome Extension for Gmail will warn you when you use words or phrases that undermine your message. Words will be underlined for correction with additional information about how using the phrase is perceived.
The CEO of Cyrus Innovations, Tamara Reiss, explained in a post on Medium that she was inspired to design the app after she went to a brunch celebrating successful women, and noticed that they frequently softened their speech in situations that called for directness and leadership.
Despite the app being developed to help women, and having a positive goal, some see the project as misguided or patronising.
Jessica Grose for the Washington Post wrote:
My fervent hope for 2016 is that there are fewer articles and tech hacks preaching at women — particularly young women — about how they should be speaking, writing and presenting themselves to the world.
Women's tech site Gadgette agreed, tweeting:
This Chrome app has good intentions but we don't think women's voices need any more policinghttps://t.co/TWJNq4FdEx pic.twitter.com/Oc8N33i2wu
— Gadgette (@Gadgette) January 5, 2016
However, despite the criticism I think it's important to remember that Ms Reiss had good intentions, and the app's official description doesn't say it's a tool exclusively for women.
People are not impressed with this stupid app that stops women 'needlessly apologising' in emails
Washington Post
Telling women to apologize less isn't about empowerment. It's about shame.
A new Chrome app wants women to stop saying 'sorry' and 'just' in their emails


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Every Tuesday, the Going Out Gurus highlight the week's best DJs, bands, dance nights and parties.
Tuesday, April 9
Glorious spring weather means the return of outdoor happy hours, and it's not just humans who get to enjoy the benefits. Hotel Monaco's long-running Doggie Happy Hour attracts dozens of canines and their owners to the Old Town hotel's large brick courtyard every Tuesday and Thursday. Pooches socialize at water bowls and enjoy free treats, while their owners get discounted food and drink from the Jackson 20 bar. Festivities begin at 5 p.m., and common-sense rules apply: Dogs must have all their shots, stay on a six-foot leash and not bite or fight.
It's a popular week for outdoor happy hours: P.J. Clarke's is launching a Tuesday oyster happy hour on its patio. From 5 to 8 p.m. today – and then from 2:45 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday throughout the summer – the downtown saloon will offer 50-cent oysters and $3.50 DC Brau Penn Quarter Porter. (Oysters are $1 each at happy hour on other weeknights.) P.J. Clarke's also is unveiling its own house oyster, raised by the War Shore Oyster Company on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Bomba Estereo is an ambassador of native Colombian sounds, including cumbia and champeta, but also is evolving to include alternative, psychedelic and electronic elements. The group is bringing the hot club sounds of global bass to larger audiences that may not be familiar with electro-folk fusion, and its heavy international touring schedule is evidence that there's a growing appetite for this new sound. Bomba is anchoring the Cherry Blossom Jam at the Howard Theatre with the Empresarios and the DJs of the Maracuyeah collective.
Keeping the spirit of Bob Wills and Pee Wee King alive, the Hot Club of Cowtown performs classic fiddle-driven hot jazz and Western swing. Bring your dancin' shoes to Jammin' Java.
Wednesday, April 10
When he's not crafting insanely catchy electro-pop with Hot Chip, Joe Goddard joins fellow Londoner Raf Rundell in a DJ duo called the 2 Bears. They've remixed Scissor Sisters and St. Etienne, and their own productions have a distinctly funky flavor, whether the tracks lean toward bouncy house, booming club bass or banging 2-step. The 2 Bears visit U Street Music Hall for an 18-and-older party.
J.C. Brooks looks and performs like a cross between Chuck Berry and H.R. of Bad Brains in their primes, but his skintight R&B and post-punk soul upend expectations of a retro act. Joining Brooks and his band, the Uptown Sound, at Tropicalia are the Grits N Gravy DJs and Washington's own hidden treasure of classic soul, George Smallwood.
Thursday, April 11
Effortlessly blending France Gall-style French chanson, rough-and-tumble garage rock, perky electro-disco and minimal German new wave, the Berlin-based Stereo Total remains quirky and catchy, no matter which style they're playing or which language they're singing in. They make a rare D.C. performance at DC9.
Friday, April 12
Jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who died in February, had a resume few could match: He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the '50s; he was a leader on two dozen Blue Note records; and he performed on famous albums by Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley and Jackie McLean, among others. But Byrd also was a mentor to young musicians, including Herbie Hancock and, as a professor at Howard University, a group of students dubbed the Blackbyrds. They, of course, became a key part of the city's jazz-funk soundtrack in the '70s, thanks to such hits as "Walking in Rhythm" and "Rock Creek Park," which remains the city's unofficial anthem. The Blackbyrds are hosting a concert at Anacostia's THEARC in honor of Byrd, and they'll be joined by flautist Bobbi Humphrey, who recorded for Blue Note in the '70s.
Saturday, April 13
Does the warm weather have you craving a quick round of golf? Toss on a "Caddyshack"-inspired outfit and putt your way round Dupont Circle during the Lindy Promotions Bar Golf Tour. Mini-golf holes will be erected inside 11 bars, including Irish Whiskey, Buffalo Billiards and Public Bar. Play through them all, and head for the 19th Hole party at Rumors, where there will be prizes for the lowest scores – the grand prize is $1,000 – and the best male and female costumes. The entry fee ($12 in advance) includes $2 Miller Lites and $3 Blue Moons at all participating bars. Signup or check-in at Mackey's any time between 2 and 6 p.m.; Play continues until 9 p.m.
GOOD Music label member and Kanye mentee Big Sean has hit the charts with Nicki Minaj, Weezy and the Biebs, but he's still trying to set up a summer release for his sophomore album. Hear him live at the Fillmore.
Monday, April 15
Two years ago, DC Brau launched its Public Ale, becoming the first production brewery in Washington since the 1950s. DC Brau was originally known for its canned offerings, but its distinctive Capitol Dome-shaped taps have become ubiquitous at neighborhood hangouts and hipster beer bars. Beyond its hoppy ales, DC Brau has launched numerous one-off brews and seasonal experiments, collaborating with breweries from across the country. To mark its second anniversary, DC Brau is taking over 17 taps at Meridian Pint in Columbia Heights, pouring many of its best beers from the past 24 months, including Yonder Cities farmhouse ale, the Belgian quadruple Ghoul's Night Out, El Hefe hefeweizen and On the Wings of Armageddon Imperial IPA. All draft beers, as well as two cask ales, will be $5 all night. (Word of warning: Last year's one-year anniversary party led to lines down the block by 6 p.m. Arrive early.)


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