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The Intel SSD 330 Review (60GB, 120GB, 180GB)by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2012 12:01 AM EST
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STL - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkAfter sending a link to this article to my friend and quoting a sentence (we both follow Intel SSDs, and I bought a 710 300GB based on AnandTech's excellent review), I noticed that AnandTech has begun using the JavaScript thing that infects copied text with "read more at". (As explained at http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_... , although the "service" provider may be different here.)
I am *extremely* disappointed to see AnandTech tarnishing its image with this nonsense. Reply
Bull Dog - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkyea, this is a pretty annoying "feature" Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkHmm this isn't intentional, let me see what's going on.
Take care,
Anand Reply
iEagle - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkHere's the culprit:
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i.po.st just got 127.0.0.1'd Reply
Zoomer - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkGood thing it doesn't work on my browser. :) Reply
Flying Goat - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkWhile it uses compiled Javascript, and I'm too lazy to reformat it, http://i.po.st/static/script/post-copypaste.js is presumably the issue (And blocking that domain gets rid of the problem).
This is included directly in the source of the article page ("script src='http://i.po.st/share/script/post-widget.js#publish... type='text/javascript'"). Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkFixed, our content sharing partner (po.st) enabled this by default in their latest update. We've stripped it out.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Zarf42 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkAnd this is why I continue reading Anandtech. You guys are really in tune with your audience and you don't like to annoy us. Thanks for staying awesome! Reply
ImSpartacus - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI know. I'm such a fanboy. I don't think I'll ever find a site as awesome as Anandtech. Reply
STL - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkWow, thanks! Reply
Ender17 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkThanks Anand, you guys are awesome. Reply
Slash3 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkDitto this sentiment. I've been coming to AT since it was a Geocities site and you never cease to impress me, Anand, with your willingness to address little things like this that pop up every once in a while.
Thank you! Reply
pandemonium - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - link*cheer* Reply
chaudx - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkThanks for fixing that garbage! Reply
etamin - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkIt's nice to see SSD prices are hovering around the $1/GB mark these days. The 256GB Vertex 4 is looking awfully attractive (wonder how the reliability is?).
I really liked the endurance testing on the 330's NAND, it really puts real world usage into perspective. On the other hand, I wonder if the rate of E9 falling is exponential rather than linear... Reply
TrackSmart - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI wouldn't touch another OCZ branded SSD with a 10 foot pole. You often save $20 or get slightly higher performance (that is only visible in benchmarks), but the failure rate on their products is just unacceptably high. And yes, I'm basing this on the data that is available (which is imperfect), the huge proportion of negative reviews for failed drives (also imperfect info), and my own personal experience (limited sample size). I say go Intel, Crucial, or Samsung - unless you really enjoy the RMA process. Plus, the good deals almost always involve rebates. I hate rebates.
Some data (even if imperfect):
http://www.behardware.com/articles/862-7/component... Reply
Zoomer - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkIt's more like 66¢ per gb on sale. Reply
lyeoh - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkGo to newegg/amazon, go look at the various SSDs. Go compare the percentage of one stars OCZ gets vs say Intel or Crucial or Samsung get. All manufacturers have duds (and stupid customers), but if you read the reviews and look at the stats, you'd see not all manufacturers are equally crap when it comes to SSDs.
See also the OCZ return rates from the various behardware reports (they have a long track record of high return rates). It's so bad that I'd avoid sandforce based stuff including Intel's versions.
Perhaps they are more sensitive to crappy power supplies or users... Maybe things have improved. Reply
Flying Goat - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkNice? It's bloody awful! I bought a pair of 128s earlier this year for almost twice that. :( Well...1.5 times that. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkCould the E9 readings be faulty due to a older software? Did you check with other SMART readers? Reply
Oxford Guy - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkYeah, the old version of the software detected the drive as being a 500 series.
This looks like a bug to me. Reply
A5 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkThe next paragraph of the article shows that the latest SSD Toolbox properly detects the drive. It's safe to assume that that is what Anand used for testing. Reply
chrnochime - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI heard about the 8mb problem with intel 320 SSDs. Is that still problem with these new SF based SSDs? Reply
Per Hansson - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkThat problem is only with Intel's own controller, not Sandforce so this drive and the 520 should be fine... Reply
marioyohanes - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI have one of this SSD installed on my 2011 Mac, and it doesn't work well with sleep and also always caused major crash after software update (like any other SF 22xx SSD). Then my friend who recently bought HP Envy also got this SSD by default from HP, guess what, screen goes black after sleep (not all the time, but most of the time), crashed after 1 month he had to reinstalled the entire thing and lost his data. Now, after 6 months and after 5 times RMA, he ended up reformatting his drive every month.
I just wish Anand more honest by telling people the truth about SSD, specially SF based controller, because after trying more than 5 SF based SSD, I can say they're sucks! buy it only if you're planning to reformat your drive every now and then. Good for benchmark score, but not for daily use. Contest only probably. However, my Intel 320 and Crucial M4 stays reliable even after years of heavy use. Reply
Oxford Guy - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI, and two colleagues, have 240 GB Sandforce drives (1x Vertex 2, 2x Chronos DX). None of them have given us any problems. I'm using mine in a 2008 Macbook Pro and they are using theirs in 2011 Macbook Pros. All of us have TRIM enabled.
Did you make sure to update the firmware to the latest version before using the drive in your Mac?
Also, older versions of OS X should have the feature disabled that copies the contents of RAM to disk when the machine is put to sleep. Reply
angelsmaster - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkhi, i just bought yesterday this intel 330 series, and i am also using mac 2011, haven't updated yet cause i could not find the firmware ware update for this 240 gb, i could only find are for 60 ~ 180 gig firmware update, i tried downloading and its error due to .exe . and the TRIM is not supported.. and idea on this? thank! Reply
eviloz_i - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linki have a 320 drive (120gb) a 520 drive (60gb) and a 330 (60gb), the first two on intel mb, third on asus mb
all installed directly with windows7 x64 without any ssd-specific procedure in the bios or in the os (just for paranoia, checked if trim was enabled after install. it was)
they all perform flawlessly, all pc regularly jump in an out of both turn-off-video screen saver and suspend.
I never benchmarked them, i dont need astral performance, but they are fast. Reply
murakozi - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkSwapped out all HDD-s in our office and home computers (that is: HP 6910p, HP NC 6400, HP TC 4400, 2 x Dell Optiplex 790 DT, Dell Optiplex 755 DT, HP XW8400) without issues. OS variety: XP Prof, Vista Prof SP2, Win7 Prof).
Works like a charm, any time. The only product I ever had problems with was Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB, which - even after several installs and OS-es - produced corrupted blocks and r/w failures within days.
IMHO the SSD products have matured enough to use them in "mission critical" enviroments (I have them also in our office server, the old box literally flies...) Reply
Ammaross - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkI've rolled out 10 identical workstations, each outfitted with a 60GB Intel 330 drive, all running the same Win7 image. Of those 10, 1 immediately started giving us problems. The OS would "stutter," locking up for seconds at a time. I narrowed it down to the SATA link power management features of Windows. Apparently, these drives still have issues when their SATA link is put into idle/low power modes. Replaced the drive with a Vertex 3 and all was well. Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - link"I just wish Anand more honest by telling people the truth about SSD, specially SF based controller, because after trying more than 5 SF based SSD, I can say they're sucks! buy it only if you're planning to reformat your drive every now and then"
So far every problem we've encountered with SF-2xxx has been documented, e.g. http://www.anandtech.com/show/5508/intel-ssd-520-r...
Beyond that we haven't encountered any additional SF-2xxx issues in our extended deployment testing. For example the 520 (330's sibling) is currently in one of my systems, having replaced a 120GB Vertex 2 that just recently passed 2 years of service. Reply
amikey - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI have a 180GB SSD 330 in my 2009 Macbook Pro 13". It's totally fine, and running better than ever.
Haven't enabled trim or updated the firmware since I got it (no pc to use) either.
I don't use disk encryption though, if you were to do that go with something else. Reply
angelsmaster - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkhi, you didn't update it or whatever? is it still up and running? and i think, its not trim supported when i checked it in the S-ATA system report, btw, i am using a macbook pro 15" 2011... thanks.. Reply
quanstro - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkhow did you get this kind of experience with a just-released drive in a year-old computer? Reply
Jumpman23 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkIn terms of cost and reliability the 330 seems like a good deal. What about in terms of performance and reliability? I've been hearing not so good things about the SF drives in general. The M4's and Samsung's 830 seems to get good reviews. So is there any particular drive that stands out as the best of the best? Reply
Per Hansson - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkOCZ has a really poor track record when you look at RMA's:
Weather this is due to the BSOD issue or other issue with their Sandforce drives I don't know.
But if you look at future data even OCZ's Petrol & Octane series has really bad RMA rates:
This makes me kind of weary of any Sandforce drive, we can see that since Intel has released Sandforce drives their failure rate has gone from 0.6% > 1.73% in the first link above.
This could be because of the "8MB bug" only but I am not convinced.
I would go for the Crucial M4 drive at this point, it has a great track record and only one known very specific problem (BSOD after 50k hours of ontime, caused by a bug in the SMART values & fixed by a firmware update) Reply
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkThe problem with those statistics is that they are extremely limited. Only four manufacturers are listed, and only OCZ's numbers are reported for individual models. The only info on sample size is that there must have been over 500 sales (brand) or 100 sales (model).
I'm not defending OCZ or any other brand, just pointing out that a more thorough study would be needed to really know what SSDs are reliable. I do agree that Crucial's m4 is a great buy at the moment, and Samsung 830 and Plextor's SSDs are too. Reply
lyeoh - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkOnly OCZ's numbers are reported for individual models because
quoting the article: "only OCZ has models with rates of above 5%".
You may need a more thorough study, but it's good enough for me to avoid OCZ. Reply
Per Hansson - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkYea, it's a limited sample size but it's all we have to go on.
We can also look at Newegg reviews, sure it has it's drawbacks aswell but when you see stuff like this it paints a quite clear picture I think:
128GB OCZ Petrol: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
128GB OCZ Octane: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
120GB OCZ RevoDrive 3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20...
240GB OCZ Vertex 3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
128GB OCZ Vertex 4: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
128GB Crucial M4: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
antef - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI recommend the m4, it's been an amazing drive for me and the reviews on Newegg and Amazon are out of this world, the kind of thing you don't see very often. Don't fret over exact performance and worry that a newer drive might net you something slightly higher, all of these are crazy fast, my Windows machine with the m4 stays on the loading screen for all of 3 seconds, not even enough time to see the four colored orbs form together into the Windows logo. Reply
antef - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkAnd, holy crap, Anand's chart is wrong, the m4 128 GB is now only $106 at Amazon. That's a steal! Reply
nextel2010 - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkAt this moment, Amazon has the Samsung 830 128GB at $89.99!! If I didn't already have a 128GB and 256GB already, I'm all over that one.... Reply
owned66 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linki have 2 of these in raid 0
HD tune bench it stays at 1000 MB/s then goes up and down then stays at 700 MB/s then goes back to 1000
im using a x77 motherboard
and also using the 6Gb/s port (not the marvell one) Reply
Movieman420 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI've been following the SSD endurance thread at XS for some time. There's one 64gb M4 that hit 0 MWI at 172TB of writes and is still chugging along at 1,.250+ TBs (that's 1.25 PB!!). Ofc not every drive is the same. There is a chart of the currently running endurance tests on the last page or 2 usually. To sum it up...nand endurance is not an issue as Anand stated.
They have a Samsung 830 that just hit 3PBs!....it's mwi said the nand was worn out at 828TB writes...lmao Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkIt's disappointing to see this drive switch to 9.5 mm when actually any SSD could be 7 mm standard. And Intel were the first to offer this (although with that stupid voided warrenty). Reply
MarsMSJ - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkAnand should of touched on OSX and Intel's new drives even at the risk of sounding like a broken record. There some of us praying for the day Intel comes out with a new drive that works on OSX.
Unfortunately, Samsung appears to be your best bet on OSX. I used a 320 series 160 GB drive and it just behaved poorly when I was using 150 GB of it. Not sure if it had anything to do with Repair Disk. Every other day OSX would recommend I run it because it believed my drive was corrupt. Sometimes it would even boot me right into Disk Utility. I ran Lion and Windows 7 in VMware fusion.
Strangely enough, the 320 behaved like these 330s in their "run into a corner" scenario. Reply
kaelynthedove78 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI noticed that you tested with a highly non-standard configuration, with EIST disabled.
Has the Sandforce bug that causes the performance to plummet if EIST is enabled been fixed?
Nobody in their right mind would run a home desktop/laptop with EIST disabled.. Reply
jwcalla - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkHmmm... this is interesting. Where can I find more info about this? I haven't noticed such behavior yet but maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkIt's been fixed from what I know, or at least Anand told me to just leave those enabled (my setup is running normal settings as you can see in some of our recent SSD reviews). Anand has probably just left those settings to be what they were before. Reply
mattlach - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI presume the Vertex 4 is not in the comparison table due to its poor read speed when reviewed by Anandtech?
Anandtech still needs to revisit the Vertex 4. The two firmware releases since launch have completely transformed the drive, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it near the top. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkCheck back tomorrow ;-) Reply
antef - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkBuy buy buy! Even less than what Anand's chart show. What a deal. Reply
bim27142 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI am really torn between Samsung 830 128GB and Intel 330 180GB...
I am just a typical user and a casual gamer... I've read good reviews about Samsung's performance at since it's not Sandforce based...
Capacity-wise, I really find the Intel 180GB just right enough for me... So I am really torn which one is better for my case... :( Reply
mailrachit - Monday, August 13, 2012 - linkAs 'a typical user and casual gamer' myself I was asking the same question Samsung 830 128 GB or Intel 330 180 GB just two months ago when I was making a new ivy bridge desktop rig.
I went with Intel 330 180 GB and I must say that I am quite happy with my decision.
The performance is stellar. I trust Intel for reliability and God knows I need the extra space (180 GB - 128 GB).
Look for deals and you can get the Intel one for real cheap (I got it for $110). Reply
angelsmaster - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkhi, i just also bought the 330 series but now, its 240 gb.. did you update the firmware,, cause i cant seem to find one for th 240gb. i know its the same as 180gb model. but i can't seem to make the link work. btw. iam using macbook pro 15" 2011. thank... Reply
SewerSoldier - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkHi,
I'm currently looking at buying a 120/128GB system/application SSD for use beside a 1TB HDD for media.
I'm deciding between Samsung 830 Series and Intel 330. However in my country the samsung costs 130€ and the intel 112€.
My question is if I'm right in assuming that Intel 330 is the better choice since the better performance of the samsung with incompressible data isn't really important for a system/application drive? Reply
softdrinkviking - Friday, August 03, 2012 - linkdisappointed that intel hasn't come back with a new controller of their own. I own and love a 34nm intel drive, and I love how reliable it has been.
it seems like intel can really put out good stuff when they put enough R&D into it, but I am not sure about their track record when working with other companies on tech. (like sandforce) Reply
Per Hansson - Saturday, August 04, 2012 - linkWell honestly there have been reports of the "8MB bug" happening even with the latest firmware on the Intel 320 drive so I would not be so sure about that...
http://communities.intel.com/message/161880 Reply
softdrinkviking - Saturday, August 04, 2012 - linkOh yeah, I forgot about that whole fiasco. Still, there is something I don't like about relying on data compression technology to speed up a drive. The potential for catastrophic data loss seems to be higher if you are dealing with multiple levels of logic abstraction. For similar reasons, I never used those drive doubler technologies that were popular before traditional HDDs became so big.
Thinking about it from a data recovery point of view, how would this effect the difficulty and cost of recovering data from a drive?
I know the whole recovery process would be totally different from a HDD, but it still could be a consideration. Reply
booomups - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linki really wonder about this, since it seems strange if intel says on some drives it does and in others it doesn make sense. in the review it says its enabled for the 180gb version, and not for the 120gb version. how certain is that even in newer drives revisions?
and... intel doesnt mention e aes encryption for the 330 drives, but it is a big point for the 520 drives.
any details on that, ita the same chip after all. Reply
Lacrimosa - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkHello,
Good review. I had been looking for Intel 330 for my laptop. I would like to have the data encrypted though and according to this review the 330 is not a good option for me then. What are the good comparable options then? Reliability and ability to encrypt are the qualities I would be looking for and it would be nice if the price weren't too high either. Reply
P_Turner - Monday, December 03, 2012 - linkI've just RMA'd an Intel 330 SSD 180 GB back to Newegg. I get a BSOD on each and every resume from sleep. Unfortunately, Newegg won't issue refunds for this SSD (a Cyber Monday special), although they will process an RMA if you pay for the shipping.
Be sure to read the Intel SSD forum BEFORE the purchase. Lots of complaints over BSODs on the 330 and 520. Worse, the complaints are just ignored by Intel.
Just my opinion, but all Sandforce based SSDs are obsolete from the get go. It's also my opinion that a big name on the label means nothing if the company just blows off customer issues. Reply
P_Turner - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkThe new Intel 330 180 GB that Newegg sent me was the same as the one I RMA'd. Same BSOD issue, 100% repeatable. So the question at this point was: is my Asus x83-vb laptop incompatible with SSDs?
To answer the question, I pulled my 64 GB Crucial M4 out of my desktop, where it is the OS and program disk. Of course, I imaged the M4 first. The M4 then went into my Asus x83-vb after a secure erase.
The result was that the Crucial M4 was flawless. Newegg has relented and is allowing me to return the Intel 330 for store credit in the form of an e-gift card.
I've ordered a 256 gb M4 from Newegg, and I will post the results -- good or bad -- provided that posts to this article remain open. It could be that the Asus's BIOS doesn't allow an SSD larger than 64 GB or it could be that I just got lucky with my old M4. I'll know in two weeks. Reply
ghabhaducha - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkHi Anand,
Thanks for such an awesome review of drives, clearly you have a talent for journalism.
After reading the extensive information you have on SSDs at Anandtech, I decided to purchase 2x Intel 330 240GB for the purposes of RAID0. Now, the way I understood it, the 180GB model uses 12x "29f16b08ccme2" Intel 16GB 25nm NAND flash, which based on your reviews, is also used by the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB and Kingston HyperX 240GB. I was curious if the Intel 330 240GB used the same "29f16b08ccme2" flash OR does it use the "29f16b08ccme3" flash that is used in the Kingston HyperX 3k? I really didn't want pry open my SSDs and void the warranty, but I was curious if you had documented this during your reviews.
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Fast Fridge Fixes: Gluten-Free Apple Cider Applesauceby Silvana Nardone in Gluten-Free, November 9, 2011
Whether you're gluten-free or not, everyone appreciates getting in and out of the kitchen fast on a weeknight. This time, I took a hint for my low-maintenance basic recipe from a seasonal fruit that kept staring at me in the market: apples. In less than 20 minutes, I had my fast fridge fix—warm, homemade Apple Cider Applesauce.
Warning: If you've never made apple sauce yourself, I caution you that you may never go back to the jarred stuff. My kids and I ate most of the applesauce straight from the pot for that night's dessert.
Then, throughout the week, I was ready to get dinner done fast with my easy mix-in mains, like Pork 'n' Applesauce Hash Brown Waffles or Caramelized Butternut Squash-Apple Soup With Bacon Croutons.
Apple Cider Applesauce
If you can't find Honey Crisp apples, McIntosh or Granny Smith works great, too.
Makes: about 4 cups
3 pounds apples, preferably Honey Crisp (about 6 apples)—peeled, quartered and cored
1½ cups apple cider, pear cider or water
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
Pinch salt
In a medium saucepan, combine the apples, cider, cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, lemon juice and salt; bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender, about 18 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, break up the apples until chunky.
Pork 'n' Applesauce Hash Brown Waffles
You can swap two Yukon Gold potatoes (about 1 pound)—peeled, grated and wrung dry—for the store-bought hash browns. If you're using a standard waffle iron, just put less hash brown mixture in each waffle square.
Serves: 4
2 pork tenderloins (about 2 pounds total)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Chili powder
One 1-pound bag hash browns, such as Cascadian Farms
½ small onion, finely chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
½ cup Apple Cider Applesauce, plus more for serving
Preheat the oven to 425°. Drizzle the pork with olive oil; season all over with salt, pepper and chili powder. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the pork until browned all over, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the oven; roast until cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together the hash browns, onion, 1 tablespoon olive oil, egg, applesauce, ¾ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Preheat a Belgian waffle iron to medium-high heat; grease with cooking spray. Place a heaping ½ cup of the hash brown mixture into each waffle square; cook until golden and crisp, about 15 minutes. Serve with the pork and applesauce.
Caramelized Butternut Squash-Apple Soup with Bacon Croutons
Serves: 4
1 large butternut squash (about 2½ pounds)—peeled, seeded and cut into
2-inch pieces
2 potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
2 medium onions, peeled and halved
3 cloves garlic, peeled
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 sprigs rosemary
1 cup Apple Cider Applesauce, plus more for serving
8 slices gluten-free baguette, such as Schar, or 4 slices gluten-free bread, cut into triangles, toasted
4 slices bacon, chopped and cooked until crisp
Shredded cheddar or nondairy substitute, for sprinkling
Preheat the oven to 400º. On two baking sheets, toss the squash, potatoes, onion and garlic with olive oil to coat. Season generously with salt and pepper; roast, stirring halfway, until caramelized, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a soup pot and add enough water to cover by about 2 inches. Stir in the rosemary and simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes. Discard the rosemary stalks.
In a blender and working in batches, puree the vegetable mixture until smooth, then return to the pot. Add water to reach your desired consistency, if necessary; season with salt and pepper. Stir in the applesauce and heat to a simmer.
Preheat the broiler. Place ovenproof mugs on a baking sheet and fill with soup. Top each with 2 baguette slices sprinkled with the bacon and cheddar. Broil until the cheese is bubbling, about 2 minutes.
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Silvana Nardone is a food lifestyle expert, magazine editor and motivational speaker. She is the editor-in-chief of the all-digital, gluten-free magazine, Easy Eats. Silvana is also the author of Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes for Easy, Delicious Meals and publisher of Silvana's Kitchen, a blog that takes the guesswork out of how to feed a family with food allergies. Previously, she was the founding editor-in-chief of Every Day with Rachael Ray.


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Somalia Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Master Sergeant with the United States Army Rangers and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993. One of two of the first Snipers in history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (the other being his comrade in Somalia Sergeant Randall David Shughart), his citation reads "Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as Sniper Team Leader, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Master Sergeant Gordon's sniper team provided precision fires from the lead helicopter during an assault and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fires. When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After his third request to be inserted, Master Sergeant Gordon received permission to perform his volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Master Sergeant Gordon was inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon and his fellow sniper, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Master Sergeant Gordon used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers until he depleted his ammunition. Master Sergeant Gordon then went back to the wreckage, recovering some of the crew's weapons and ammunition. Despite the fact that he was critically low on ammunition, he provided some of it to the dazed pilot and then radioed for help. Master Sergeant Gordon continued to travel the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. After his team member was fatally wounded and his own rifle ammunition exhausted, Master Sergeant Gordon returned to the wreckage, recovering a rifle with the last five rounds of ammunition and gave it to the pilot with the words, "good luck." Then, armed only with his pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon continued to fight until he was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life. Master Sergeant Gordon's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon his unit and the United States Army". His Medal of Honor was presented to his widow by President William J. Clinton on May 23, 1994.
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Brown then allegedly shoved Rihanna's head against the passenger window. When Rihanna turned to face him, Brown punched her, then continued punching her while driving, according to the detective's notes.
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State Policy Network
The State Policy Network (SPN) has franchised, funded, and fostered a growing number of "mini Heritage Foundations" at the state level since the early 1990s.[1] SPN is a web of right-wing "think tanks" in 49 states, Puerto Rico and the U.K. It is an $83 million right-wing empire as of the 2011 funding documents from SPN itself and each of its state "think tank" members. Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth investigation, "EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government," reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right-wing network of funders.[2]
SPN describes itself as a network and service organization for the "state-based free market think tank movement," and its stated mission is "to provide strategic assistance to independent research organizations devoted to discovering and developing market-oriented solutions to state and local public policy issues."[3] It was founded in November 1991[4] and incorporated in March of 1992.[5]
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The Koch brothers -- David and Charles -- are the right-wing billionaire co-owners of Koch Industries. As two of the richest people in the world, they are key funders of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on the Kochs include: Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity, American Encore, and Freedom Partners.
The founding chairman of the board and a major funder was Thomas A. Roe (1927-2000),[6] and the founding executive director was Byron S. Lamm.[4] In the mid-1980s, Roe allegedly told fellow wealthy conservative donor and Heritage Foundation trustee Robert Krieble, "You capture the Soviet Union -- I'm going to capture the states."[7]
SPN was formerly known as the Madison Group (see SPN's history below).[1]
Fueled by robust funding from right-wing funders including the Koch brothers, the Bradley Foundation, the anonymous wealthy donors to the donor-advised funds of DonorsTrust, and others, SPN has grown rapidly in recent years. There were 12 original think tanks when SPN was founded. In 2016, there were 64 SPN member think tanks in 48 states.[8] (See SPN Members for more, including links to articles about each of them.)
In response to a November 2013 report issued by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) -- "EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government" -- SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told national and statehouse reporters that SPN affiliates are "fiercely independent."
Later the same week, however, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer caught Sharp in a contradiction. In her article, "Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?," the Pulitzer-nominated reporter revealed that, in a recent meeting behind closed doors with the heads of SPN affiliates around the country, Sharp "compared the organization's model to that of the giant global chain IKEA." She reportedly said that SPN "would provide 'the raw materials,' along with the 'services' needed to assemble the products. Rather than acting like passive customers who buy finished products, she wanted each state group to show the enterprise and creativity needed to assemble the parts in their home states. 'Pick what you need,' she said, 'and customize it for what works best for you.'" Not only that, but Sharp "also acknowledged privately to the members that the organization's often anonymous donors frequently shape the agenda. 'The grants are driven by donor intent,' she told the gathered think-tank heads. She added that, often, 'the donors have a very specific idea of what they want to happen.'"[9]
A set of coordinated fundraising proposals obtained and released by The Guardian in early December 2013 confirm many of these SPN members' intent to change state laws and policies, referring to "advancing model legislation" and "candidate briefings." These activities "arguably cross the line into lobbying," The Guardian notes.[10] The funding proposals are from 40 SPN members to the Searle Freedom Trust, a private foundation that funds right-wing groups such as Americans for Prosperity, ALEC, Americans for Tax Reform, and more. It is the family foundation funded by the "NutraSweet" fortune of G.D. Searle & Company, which was purchased by Monsanto in 1985 and which is now part of Pfizer. The documents were submitted to Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal editorial board member, founder of the Club for Growth, and ALEC "scholar," who was asked to review the proposals and "identify your top 20 and bottom 20 proposals."
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- 1 SPN Political Activity
- 2 SPN Agenda
- 3 SPN Ties to ALEC
- 4 SPN Funding
- 5 SPN Grants
- 6 SPN Ties to Tobacco
- 7 History
- 8 Personnel
- 9 Contact Details
- 10 Articles and Resources
- 11 References
SPN Political Activity
SPN and its affiliates push an extreme right-wing agenda that aims to privatize education, block healthcare reform, restrict workers' rights, roll back environmental protections, and create a tax system that benefits most those at the very top level of income.
SPN President Tracie Sharp was the recipient of the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC's) 2009 "Private Sector Member of the Year Award." ALEC gave her the award because, according to an ALEC "scholar" and founder of SPN member think tank the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (now called simply the Freedom Foundation), "Not only have SPN members assisted legislators in drafting model legislation, they've been key in killing some proposals by 'rent-seeking' special interests." However, SPN's tax forms indicate that it does no lobbying.[11]
Although SPN's affiliates -- like SPN -- are registered as educational nonprofits, several appear to orchestrate extensive lobbying and political operations to peddle their legislative agenda to state legislators, despite the IRS's regulations on nonprofit political and lobbying activities.
Please see SPN Political Activity for more, including examples of SPN members' lobbying and political campaign contributions.
SPN Agenda
SPN's purpose, according to its by-laws, is to "assist in organizing, developing and raising funds for institutes throughout the United States whose purpose is the promotion of authoritative ideas and research studies on state and local public policy issues in the public interest."[12] SPN's founding executive director, Lamm, is quoted in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as calling what think tanks in the network do "constructive troublemaking."[13]
Some of SPN's documented activities include "franchise" help -- setting up state think tanks and exchanging information; political candidate "training"; influencing state laws; litigating through associated litigation centers; creating PR plans; and hosting news sites criticized for conservative bias.
Please see SPN Agenda for more.
SPN Ties to ALEC
SPN and many of its affiliates are some of the most active members and largest sponsors of the controversial ALEC, where special interest groups and state politicians vote behind closed doors on "model" legislation to change Americans' rights, through ALEC's task forces. SPN has close ties to, and works with, other national right-wing organizations like the Franklin Center and David Koch's Americans for Prosperity.
All of SPN's 64 member state think tanks have pushed parts of the ALEC agenda in their respective states, and at least 34 of them have additional direct ties to ALEC (beyond SPN's own ties as an ALEC funder). SPN think tanks have introduced, echoed, pushed, and reinforced ALEC policies to hamstring labor, privatize education, disenfranchise minorities, students, and the elderly, and rollback environmental initiatives in the states.
Please see the SourceWatch article on SPN Ties to ALEC for more.
SPN Funding
While it has become an $83 million dollar right-wing empire, SPN and most of its affiliates do not post their major donors on their websites. But public documents discovered by CMD reveal that SPN is largely funded by global corporations -- such as Reynolds American, Altria, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Express Scripts, Comcast, Time Warner, and the Koch- and Tea Party-connected DCI Group lobbying and PR firm -- that stand to benefit from SPN's agenda, as well as out-of-state special interests like the billionaire Koch brothers, the Waltons, the Bradley Foundation, the Roe Foundation of SPN's founder, and the Coors family -- who are underwriting an extreme legislative agenda that undermines the rights of Americans. Corporations like Facebook and the for-profit online education company K12 Inc., as well as the e-cigarette company NJOY (a new member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)), also fund SPN, as demonstrated by its most recent annual meeting.
The revenue of SPN itself (separate from its member groups) increased by over 20 times from 2001 to 2012 (from $391,496 in 2001 to $8,050,050 in 2012).[14][15]
While, in 2007, the approximately $40 million in combined revenues of the 52 member think tanks in 45 states that were then members was less than the Heritage Foundation's budget that year of $50 million, SPN president Tracie Sharp announced in late 2007 a plan to expand think-tank revenues by $50 million by 2012.[1] In 2010, combined revenues of SPN itself and its (then) 59 member state think tanks was $76.1 million, according to a review of the groups' IRS forms 990 by CMD.[16] See 2010 below for more.
SPN has grown into a multi-million dollar "think tank" empire, as SPN and its member think tanks cumulatively reported over $83.2 million in revenue and $78.9 million in expenses in 2011. SPN itself saw an increase in revenue of more than $3 million from 2011 to 2012.[17]
For more, including where all that money is coming from, please see SPN Funding for more.
SPN Grants
Each fiscal year, SPN distributes grants to fund research, debate series, various types of "education", and general operating costs to non-profits. The majority of these grantees are SPN members.
For an updated list of SPN contributions, please see Contributions of the State Policy Network.
SPN Ties to Tobacco
[See tobacco document archives)
1994 Jan 28 This Federal Excise Tax (FET) document lists Philip Morris's activities in collaboration with Policy Institutes * Business Roundtable (see document for details)
- Heartland Institute
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation
- Manhattan Institute
- National Empowerment Television (Free Congress Foundation)
- National Journalism Center
- National Policy Forum
- Philanthropy Roundtable
- State Policy Network
Holding a meeting to mobilize most of the nation's state-based free market policy groups in opposition to the Clinton plan and in support of a more palatable alternative. In conjunction sponsoring a meeting for concerned corporations and political operatives on how to best defeat the Clinton initiative. [1]
1998 Feb/E Roy Marden of Philip Morris has created a "Third Party Message Development Contacts List" which has a range of think-tank operators, journalists, and academics who are willing to write pro-tobacco material without mentioning their tobacco connections [third-party = 'independent commentator']... or sometimes, to allow their names to be used as bylines on articles written by tobacco company staff. The list often carries comments on their usefulness. The notes relating to the SPN say:
Byron Lamm -- Executive Director -- State Policy Network
- [Note: Roy Marden was the tobacco company's chief contact with the major think-tanks and millionairre family foundations.]
1999 Sep 23 This is a package of requests for donations sent to Roy Marden at Philip Morris by the larger lobbying think-tanks of the Republican right, They are all asking for money in 2000 in return for their support of the tobacco industry.
- American Spectator Foundation (they wanted $50,000)
- The Heartland Institute (prior year $30,000)
Because Heartland does many things that benefit Philip Morris' bottom line, things that no other organization does, I hope you will consider boosting your general operating support this year to $30,000 and once again reserve a Gold Table for an additional $5,000.
Heartland works with ALEC and the State Policy Network to support conservative and freemarket think tanks around the country. Heartland does as much as either of these organizations to support the state-based think tank movement.
Heartland has devoted considerable attention to defending tobacco (and other industries) from what I view as being an unjust campaign of public demonization and legal harassment. We're an important voice defending smokers and their freedom to use a still-legal product.
- The Heritage Foundation (prior year $50,000)
- Small Business Survival Committee (prior donation of $75,000)
- Tax Foundation (prior year $50,000) [3]
According to the National Review[1] and SPN's website,[18] SPN was founded at the suggestion of President Ronald Reagan. In a conversation with Thomas Roe (a member of his "kitchen cabinet") in the 1980s, Reagan allegedly suggested Roe create "something like a Heritage Foundation in each of the states." So in 1986, Roe founded the South Carolina Policy Council. Similar groups -- state-based think tanks -- formed in Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, and elsewhere at around the same time. Representatives of those groups met at the Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. and started to call themselves the "Madison Group." SPN was formally created as an "umbrella organization"[1] to provide "advisory services" -- bankrolled by Roe and other conservative funders -- in 1992.[18]
SPN's founding executive director, Byron S. Lamm, was also extremely influential in the development of the organization, as well as co-founding SPN member state think tank the Indiana Policy Review Foundation. Current executive director (as of 2012) Tracie Sharp has also been quite influential. During her tenure, SPN has continued to grow at a rapid rate, expanding from 43 member state think tanks in 2002 to 59 member state think tanks in 2012. Sharp also co-founded member state think tank the Cascade Policy Institute.
From 1992 to 1998, SPN operated in a relatively limited organizational capacity. Then, according to SPN, "SPN's Board of Directors realized the need for a stronger organization that would provide additional services. After extensive discussions, the existing Board took a bold and historic step in September 1998, dissolving itself and appointing a transitional Board to fulfill the broader role envisioned for the organization."[18]
Please see SPN Founders, History, and Staff for more.
As of December 2016:[19]
- Tracie Sharp, President and CEO
- Tony Woodlief, Executive Vice President (former president of the Bill of Rights Institute and of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University)
- Katherine Bathgate, Senior Policy Advisor
- Crystal Bouziden, Manager of Donor Relations
- Trevor Bragdon, Senior Policy Advisor
- Teresa Brown, Vice President of Leadership Development
- Rebecca Bruchhauser, Director of Donor Relations
- Jennifer Butler, Senior Policy Advisor
- Starlee Coleman, Senior Policy Advisor
- Carrie Conko, Vice President for Communications
- Todd Davidson, Policy Specialist (former fiscal policy analyst for SPN member the Kansas Policy Institute and founder of the SPN associate member the Bastiat Society of Wichita)
- Daniel J. Erspamer, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships
- Sarah Ferrara, Coalitions Manager
- Kim Fischer-Kinne, Executive Assistant and Events Manager
- Brad Gruber, Operations Director
- Lynn Harsh, Vice President of Strategy
- Spencer Hughes, Manager of Development Operations
- Max Huntley, Donor Relations and Stewardship Assistant
- Sharon Milhollin, Events Manager
- Kathleen O'Hearn, Director of Policy Advancement
- Rebecca Primis, Communications Manager
- Madison Ray, Program Coordinator
- Kristina Mitten-Sanders, Leadership and Development Specialist
- Denise Stevenson, Office Manager
- Bill Stinson, Operations Associate
- Betsy Thraves, Executive Assistant
- Meredith Turney, Director of Strategic Communications
- Victoria Wakefield, Donor Relations and Stewardship Assistant
- Russ Walker, Senior Policy Advisor
Former Staff
- Jerry Krause, Manager of Donor Relations
- Becky Helland, Leadership Development Initiative Operations & Tactical Officer
- Kurt T. Weber, Senior Advisor, Contractor with Total Consulting Strategies (advises start-up institutes, co-manages the SPN/Institute for Humane Studies Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow program; formerly worked with the Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the SPN members Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Cascade Policy Institute, and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty)
- Nicole Williams, Senior Communications Advisor - President, Spark Freedom
- Alexis Baker, Manager of Donor Relations
- Rebecca Feldman, Manager of Foundation Relations
- Rebecca Painter, Donor Relations Manager
- Rachel Kopec, Coalitions Coordinator
Board of Directors
As of December 2016:[20]
- Carl Helstrom, Chairman (The JM Foundation), board member since at least 1997[21]
- Tracie Sharp, President (former executive director and co-founder, Cascade Policy Institute), board member since at least 1997[21]
- Stanford D. Swim, Treasurer (The GFC Foundation), board member since 2007[22]
- Thomas Willcox, Secretary (The Roe Foundation), Treasurer, board member since 2007,[22] son-in-law of Tom and Shirley Roe[23]
- Theodore D. Abram (American Institute for Full Employment), board member since 1998[24]
- John Jackson (Adolph Coors Foundation and Castle Rock Foundation)[25]
- Adam Meyerson (Philanthropy Roundtable), board member since 2007[22]
- Bridgett Wagner (The Heritage Foundation), board member since 2005[26]
Former Directors
- Whitney Ball (Donors Trust),
- Barbara Wells Kenney (Freedom Foundation)
Contact Details
State Policy Network
1655 N. Fort Myer Dr., Suite 360
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 243-1655
Fax: (703) 740-0314
Email: email@example.com
Web: http://www.spn.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StatePolicy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StatePolicy
Articles and Resources
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- State Policy Network:
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- DonorsTrust
- Donors Capital Fund
- Koch Family Foundations
- Koch Industries
- Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
- Heritage Foundation
- Think tanks
- Whitney Ball
- Adam Meyerson
- Bridgett Wagner
Related PRWatch Articles
- Brendan Fischer, Why Are the Franklin Center's "Wisconsin Reporter" and "Watchdog.org" Attacking the John Doe?, PRWatch.org, December 19, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, The State Policy Network's Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco, PRWatch.org, December 16, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda, PRWatch.org, December 12, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups' Intent to Lobby, PRWatch.org, December 5, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law, PRWatch.org, December 5, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, Tracie Sharp: Bursar of Mystery Money and "IKEA Model" Materials to Stink Tanks, PRWatch.org, November 19, 2013.
- Center for Media and Democracy, Reports Expose Extreme Pressure Groups Masquerading as Think Tanks, press release, November 13, 2013.
- Rebekah Wilce, A Reporters' Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States, PRWatch.org, April 4, 2013.
- Sara Jerving, ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States, PRWatch.org, November 27, 2012.
- Connor Gibson, Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund", PRWatch.org, October 29, 2012.
- Brendan Fischer, Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC, PRWatch.org, May 2, 2012.
- Sara Jerving, Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source, PRWatch.org, October 31, 2011.
External Articles and Resources
- DeSmog Blog, Stink Tanks: Historical Records Reveal State Policy Network Was Created by ALEC, December 9, 2013.
- The Guardian, State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax, December 5, 2013.
- Portland Press Herald, "Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes," December 5, 2013.
- The Texas Observer, "The Money Behind the Fight to Undermine Medicaid," December 5, 2013.
- Media Matters, North Carolina Newspapers Largely Ignore Conservative Funding Of Sham Think Tanks, December 3, 2013.
- Shepherd Express, Masters of Manipulation: Right-wing Billionaires, Corporations and the Bradley Foundation Pay for Junk Studies that Prop up Their Agenda, November 27, 2013.
- "Moyers & Company," How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas, November 19, 2013.
- MSNBC "Rachel Maddow Show," November 18, 2013.
- Free Speech TV "Ring of Fire," Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and Others Supporting Right Wing Propaganda Machine, November 18, 2013.
- Topeka Capital-Journal, Trabert dismisses report tying KPI to Koch agenda, November 16, 2013.
- The New Yorker (Jane Mayer), Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?, November 15, 2013.
- Salon, Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party scheme, November 15, 2013.
- St. Louis Business Journal, Beyond Sinquefield: Who else is funding the Show-Me Institute?, November 15, 2013.
- The Guardian, Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network, report finds, November 14, 2013.
- Huffington Post, Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC, November 14, 2013.
- CBS St. Louis, Show-Me Institute's Ties Questioned in New Report, November 14, 2013.
- Talking Points Memo, Florida Conservative Group Helping Muck Up Obamacare In Alaska, November 14, 2013.
- Mint Press News, Reports Reveal SPN's Secret Corporate Agenda Through Use 'Expert' Testimony, November 14, 2013.
- Media Matters, Shadowy Right-Wing Group Generates Media Coverage For Conservative Policy From Coast To Coast, November 14, 2013.
- The Institute for Southern Studies, Are conservative think tanks breaking lobbying laws?, November 14, 2013.
- Nonprofit Quarterly, Corporate Money in Network of Right-Wing State Policy Think Tanks, November 14, 2013.
- The Progressive, Right-Wing Think Tanks Push Privatization in the States, November 13, 2013.
- Politico, Report: Think tanks tied to Kochs, November 13, 2013.
- Lawrence Journal-World, Reports released by progressive groups are critical of Kansas Policy Institute, November 13, 2013.
- Maine Insights, Report: Maine Heritage Policy Center's funding connection to Koch Brothers, November 13, 2013.
- The Florida Current, Liberal groups bemoan lobbying by conservative think tanks, November 13, 2013.
- The Oregonian, Cascade Policy Institute benefits from secretive donor group but says it operates independently, November 13, 2013.
- Center for Media and Democracy, EXPOSED: The State Policy Network, The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Arizona Working Families and CMD, A Reporter's Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.
- Progress Florida and CMD, Lawmaking Under the Influence of Very Special Interests: Understand the role of Florida 'think tanks' in driving a Koch-fueled, ALEC-allied corporate agenda, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Maine's Majority Education Fund, Fooling Maine: How national conservative groups infiltrated Maine politics by founding and funding the Maine Heritage Policy Center, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Progress Michigan, Who's Running Michigan? The Far-Right Influence of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Who's in Charge: How Nationalized Corporate-Run Think Tanks Influence Minnesota Politics, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Progress Missouri, What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.
- Granite State Progress, Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- ProgressOhio, Smoke Screen: The Buckeye Institute, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Keystone Progress, Think tanks or corporate lobbyist propaganda mills?, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Progress Texas, TPPF + ALEC, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- One Wisconsin Now, S is for Shill: Inside the Bradley Foundation's Attack on Public Education, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
- Muncie Voice, Pence and Right-Wing Are Taking Over Public Education, November 13, 2013.
- The Spokesman-Review, Shawn Vestal: Idaho Freedom Foundation pushes limits of word 'charity', November 2, 2013.
- AZ Central, When this 'watchdog' pitches, taxpayers strike out, October 12, 2013.
- IndyStar, Daniels says speech to partisan group was a mistake, October 10, 2013.
- Muncie Voice, Indiana Policy Review: Not an Independent News Source, October 2, 2013.
- The Spokesman-Review, Idaho Freedom Foundation's charitable status scrutinized, September 15, 2013.
- CounterSpin, Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In', April 5, 2013.
- FireDogLake, State Policy Network, an umbrella coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and others, April 4, 2013.
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- The Nation, The Right Leans In, March 26, 2013.
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When I get into debates with some people and I try to make the case for a literal interpretation of the Constitution and the document being properly used to strictly limit the government, I frequently hear replies about how the founders all disagreed about the meaning of the various phrases and clauses of the Constitution, and how many of the ratifying convention arguments were contradictory, so it is basically impossible to have "original intent" interpretation.
Futhermore, people will say that some of the text was intentionally vague to allow interpretation. They say that the Constitution was a compromise (which it was) but that it unified entirely different groups that disagreed on almost everything.
The bottom line is that these people say that the Constitution was designed to be a living breathing thing that can be reinterpreted over time.
My question is can we make a compelling case that the vast majority of the founders agreed strongly on basic principles and interpretations of the Constitution and that the ratifying convention arguments correctly support our argument for strictly limited government?
Can we show definitively that most programs that leftist support are completely unconstitutional based on fact and evidence rather than "just one intepretation of many"?
Thanks for the help.
You're right that these are pretty common arguments, so there's plenty of rebuttal available.
However, I want to point out that for a great number of people here, there isn't really going to be much interest in "creating a compelling case" for the Constitution in any real substantial sense. For a relatively quick reasoning as to why, see here.
That being said, various historians have done some good work on this, most notably Tom Woods and Kevin Gutzman. I definitely recommend checking out their works, in particular,
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
Who Killed the Constitution?
Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom offers excellent course that cover the subject as well.
And here's a playlist of good videos.
For some specific info, see these posts:
Some Guy: Ron Paul Doesn't Know the Constitution
Iowa Teacher: Ron Paul Doesn't Know Constitution
Leftist Tries to Take Down Ron Paul on Constitution
This Is How You Do a Radio Interview
Jefferson Was Right, Webster Was Wrong
Major Constitutional Scholar Implicitly Concedes Defeat
@ OP: No, because the leftists you refer to are right. Look at what the U.S. Federal Constitution replaced, how it failed to do what the Federalists said it would do (Shay's rebellion was an excuse as is proven by the fact that Federalist agents wound up murdering 5 civilians during the Whiskey Rebellion even though the rebels didn't threaten anyone and didn't initiate violence), and the fact the U.S. Federal Constitution itself is unconstitutional. The Federalists ratified it illegally and they threatened force against RI so that RI would vote for it after it already took effect.
The answer is: The Living Breathing Document side is unfortunately correct. The Constitution simply means what 9 people in a stone building in black muumuus say it means. It does not matter what we think or what the Republicans think. It is what the vote of these 9 think.
The Myth of the Rule of Law by John Hasnas
***I highly recommend reading this***
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Hi, Pokémon Wiki! It's me, Latiasfan. Recently there have been discussions on the Chat about moving the wiki. With the problems of actually getting our own domain, installing MediaWiki, and importing articles, it might never happen.
I just have some suggestions on website hosts. I've been searching for a while and I found these.
They are all based in the US (If you have different info, leave it in the comments).
Thing is, while getting our own domain would be fine, it'd cost money, money which I doubt people want to put out for a hobby. Because I know as much as I love this place, I couldn't put my money out for it, seeing as I pretty much get no money since I don't work yet.
MediaWiki is a, well, I really doubt any of us know how to install it and properly run it. I mean, I'm willing to read up on it and learn how to install it and all that stuff, but it'd be a hassle.
I think if we were to move, our best bet would be to move to http://wikkii.com/, which has Monaco, Vector, and Monobook. And we wouldn't have new stuff forced upon us by Wikia.
Now, if we were to move to Wikkii, we'd have to deal with getting our CSS to work on that site, as well as the JS. Coming from having done the site's CSS, it might be a bit hard to learn how to make it work on Wikkii. I'll go test it on my test wiki there, but if it doesn't work, I don't really want to move.
On topic of not wanting to move, I think it would be in our best interest to keep the wiki where it is, regardless of whether or not Wikia's new additions are crap or not. – Jäzzi 17:06, September 9, 2011 (UTC)
I like wikia. I had this same forum discussion a while ago on my main wiki, and I wanted to stay in wikia then as well. Technology Wizard · talk
I guess Wikkii would be an easier move, if we do move at all. The Latias Fan 06:57, September 10, 2011 (UTC)


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The City of Winnipeg plans to isolate industrial users with environmental licences from residential neighbourhoods.
Public works chair Coun. Dan Vandal said the zoning changes are the result of the massive fire a year ago at Speedway International, located on Nicholas Avenue in the St. Boniface Industrial Park, near the intersection of Marion Avenue and Rue Archibald.
The fire of biodiesel and racing fuel at the business on Oct. 1, 2012, sent black clouds and fireballs into the late afternoon and early evening sky.
Nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution.
Vandal (St. Boniface) said he remains disappointed that civic staff were unaware of the dangerous materials stored at Speedway International.
A report will be released next week, Vandal said, that will change the zoning rules for industrial users which operate with volatile and dangerous materials.
The report is the result of a year-long effort by the planning department to isolate such industrial firms from residential neighbourhoods.
"I've asked the planning department to look at an area plan to put distances between those uses and area residents and that's coming forward next week," Vandal said. "It's not something that's going to happen within one or two months but we need to start a planning process to putting distances between heavy industrial uses with environmental licenses and residents."
Vandal said Speedway International may have begun rebuilding but the company will not be allowed to store the same fuel that was the source of last year's fire.
Vandal said a separate report was being prepared by the Winnipeg Fire Department and the Office of the Fire Commissioner to improve monitoring of such industrial operations, but he added he didn't know when that report would be released.
"I was disappointed to hear last year that our department was not aware what was at Speedway," Vandal said. "I know this has really affected the neighbourhood and certainly the politicians and the administration.
"I'm confident (a year later) that our administration is on top of industrial uses."


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Who's Hot, Who's Not
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 8:51 p.m.
Who's hot and who's not in the SEC heading into college football's Week 13
Who's Hot
James Franklin: Vanderbilt's coach beat in-state rival Tennessee so bad (41-18) that it prompted the Vols to can coach Derek Dooley before he could even coach a final game against Kentucky. He's got the Commodores at 7-4.
Tyler Russell: The year hasn't gone like Mississippi State wanted, but its QB is having the best year of any in school history. Russell now holds just about every major single-season passing record for MSU.
Cobi Hamilton: Arkansas' senior was in the running to be honored as the nation's top receiver, and he's been the best in the SEC all year. He set the league's single-game record for receiving yards (303) in Week 4.
Who's Not
Tyler Wilson: As the SEC's top passer, Arkansas' Tyler Wilson has been mighty unimpressive. He's had four games all year with more TDs than INTs — three in his first three games. He's had seven interceptions in his last four games.
Cordarrelle Patterson: The Vols' receiver was flagged for excessive celebration for the second straight week after a TD. An ineligible man downfield would've negated it anyway, but it's inexcusable.
Missouri: The Tigers lost to a Big East team at home with a chance to secure a trip to a bowl game in its first SEC season. Mizzou, which gave up 508 yards of offense to Syracuse, let a 14-point lead slip away.
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