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Life and personality
Although the sources provide only a small amount of information about the life and personality of Socrates, a unique and vivid picture of him shines through, particularly in some of the works of Plato. We know the names of his father, Sophroniscus (probably a stonemason), his mother, Phaenarete, and his wife, Xanthippe, and we know that he had three sons. (In Plato's Theaetetus, Socrates likens his way of philosophizing to the occupation of his mother, who was a midwife: not pregnant with ideas himself, he assists others with the delivery of their ideas, though they are often stillborn.) With a snub nose and bulging eyes, which made him always appear to be staring, he was unattractive by conventional standards. He served as a hoplite (a heavily armed soldier) in the Athenian army and fought bravely in several important battles. Unlike many of the thinkers of his time, he did not travel to other cities in order to pursue his intellectual interests. Although he did not seek high office, did not regularly attend meetings of the Athenian Assembly (Ecclesia), the city's principal governing body (as was his privilege as an adult male citizen), and was not active in any political faction, he discharged his duties as a citizen, which included not only military service but occasional membership in the Council of Five Hundred, which prepared the Assembly's agenda.
Socrates was not well-born or wealthy, but many of his admirers were, and they included several of the most politically prominent Athenian citizens. When the democratic constitution of Athens was overthrown for a brief time in 403, four years before his trial, he did not leave the city, as did many devoted supporters of democratic rule, including his friend Chaerephon, who had gone to Delphi many years earlier to ask the oracle whether anyone was wiser than Socrates. (The answer was no.)
The expression of same-sex love was not unusual in Athens at this time, and Socrates was physically attracted to beautiful young men. This aspect of his personality is most vividly conveyed in the opening pages of Charmides and in the speech of the young and ambitious general Alcibiades at the end of Symposium. Socrates' long fits of abstraction, his courage in battle, his resistance to hunger and cold, his ability to consume wine without apparent inebriation, and his extraordinary self-control in the presence of sensual attractions are all described with consummate artistry in the opening and closing pages of Symposium.
Socrates' personality was in some ways closely connected to his philosophical outlook. He was remarkable for the absolute command he maintained over his emotions and his apparent indifference to physical hardships. Corresponding to these personal qualities was his commitment to the doctrine that reason, properly cultivated, can and ought to be the all-controlling factor in human life. Thus he has no fear of death, he says in Plato's Apology, because he has no knowledge of what comes after it, and he holds that, if anyone does fear death, his fear can be based only on a pretense of knowledge. The assumption underlying this claim is that, once one has given sufficient thought to some matter, one's emotions will follow suit. Fear will be dispelled by intellectual clarity. Similarly, according to Socrates, if one believes, upon reflection, that one should act in a particular way, then, necessarily, one's feelings about the act in question will accommodate themselves to one's belief—one will desire to act in that way. (Thus, Socrates denies the possibility of what has been called "weakness of will"—knowingly acting in a way one believes to be wrong.) It follows that, once one knows what virtue is, it is impossible not to act virtuously. Anyone who fails to act virtuously does so because he incorrectly identifies virtue with something it is not. This is what is meant by the thesis, attributed to Socrates by Aristotle, that virtue is a form of knowledge.
Socrates' conception of virtue as a form of knowledge explains why he takes it to be of the greatest importance to seek answers to questions such as "What is courage?" and "What is piety?" If we could just discover the answers to these questions, we would have all we need to live our lives well. The fact that Socrates achieved a complete rational control of his emotions no doubt encouraged him to suppose that his own case was indicative of what human beings at their best can achieve.
But if virtue is a form of knowledge, does that mean that each of the virtues—courage, piety, justice—constitutes a separate branch of knowledge, and should we infer that it is possible to acquire knowledge of one of these branches but not of the others? This is an issue that emerges in several of Plato's dialogues; it is most fully discussed in Protagoras. It was a piece of conventional Greek wisdom, and is still widely assumed, that one can have some admirable qualities but lack others. One might, for example, be courageous but unjust. Socrates challenges this assumption; he believes that the many virtues form a kind of unity—though, not being able to define any of the virtues, he is in no position to say whether they are all the same thing or instead constitute some looser kind of unification. But he unequivocally rejects the conventional idea that one can possess one virtue without possessing them all.
Another prominent feature of the personality of Socrates, one that often creates problems about how best to interpret him, is (to use the ancient Greek term) his eirôneia. Although this is the term from which the English word irony is derived, there is a difference between the two. To speak ironically is to use words to mean the opposite of what they normally convey, but it is not necessarily to aim at deception, for the speaker may expect and even want the audience to recognize this reversal. In contrast, for the ancient Greeks eirôneia meant "dissembling"—a user of eirôneia is trying to hide something. This is the accusation that is made against Socrates several times in Plato's works (though never in Xenophon's). Socrates says in Plato's Apology, for example, that the jurors hearing his case will not accept the reason he offers for being unable to stop his philosophizing in the marketplace—that to do so would be to disobey the god who presides at Delphi. (Socrates' audience understood him to be referring to Apollo, though he does not himself use this name. Throughout his speech, he affirms his obedience to the god or to the gods but not specifically to one or more of the familiar gods or goddesses of the Greek pantheon). The cause of their incredulity, he adds, will be their assumption that he is engaging in eirôneia. In effect, Socrates is admitting that he has acquired a reputation for insincerity—for giving people to understand that his words mean what they are ordinarily taken to mean when in fact they do not. Similarly, in Book I of Republic, Socrates is accused by a hostile interlocutor, Thrasymachus, of "habitual eirôneia." Although Socrates says that he does not have a good answer to the question "What is justice?," Thrasymachus thinks that this is just a pose. Socrates, he alleges, is concealing his favoured answer. And in Symposium, Alcibiades accuses Socrates of "spending his whole life engaged in eirôneia and playing with people" and compares him to a carved figurine whose outer shell conceals its inner contents. The heart of Alcibiades' accusation is that Socrates pretends to care about people and to offer them advantages but withholds what he knows because he is full of disdain.
Plato's portrayal of Socrates as an "ironist" shows how conversation with him could easily lead to a frustrating impasse and how the possibility of resentment was ever present. Socrates was in this sense a masked interlocutor—an aspect of his self-presentation that made him more fascinating and alluring to his audiences but that also added to their distrust and suspicion. And readers, who come to know Socrates through the intervention of Plato, are in somewhat the same situation. Our efforts to interpret him are sometimes not as sound as we would like, because we must rely on judgments, often difficult to justify, about when he means what he says and when he does not.
Even when Socrates goes to court to defend himself against the most serious of charges, he seems to be engaged in eirôneia. After listening to the speeches given by his accusers, he says, in the opening sentence of Plato's Apology: "I was almost carried away in spite of myself, so persuasively did they speak." Is this the habitual eirôneia of Socrates? Or did the speeches of his accusers really have this effect on him? It is difficult to be sure. But, by Socrates' own admission, the suspicion that anything he says might be a pose undermines his ability to persuade the jurors of his good intentions. His eirôneia may even have lent support to one of the accusations made against him, that he corrupted the young. For if Socrates really did engage in eirôneia, and if his youthful followers delighted in and imitated this aspect of his character, then to that extent he encouraged them to become dissembling and untrustworthy, just like himself.
Background of the trial
The trial of Socrates in 399 bce occurred soon after Athens's defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 bce). Not only were Sparta and Athens military rivals during those years, they also had radically different forms of government. Athens was a democracy: all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly; many of the city's offices were filled by lot (election was regarded as undemocratic, because it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others); and its citizens enjoyed a high degree of freedom to live and speak as they liked, provided that they obeyed the law and did nothing to undermine the democracy and the public good. Sparta, by contrast, was a mixed regime based on a complex power-sharing arrangement between various elite groups and ordinary citizens, and it exerted far more control than Athens did over education and the daily life of its citizens.
There was in Athens, particularly among the well-born, wealthy, and young, a degree of admiration for certain aspects of Spartan life and government. These young men, who spent much of their time in the public gymnasia, prided themselves on their toughness, practiced a certain simplicity of style, and grew their hair long—all in imitation of Spartan ways. (As Plato and Xenophon confirm, Socrates himself shared some of these qualities. In Aristophanes' Birds [414], the young who express their admiration for Sparta are said to be "Socratizing.") No doubt the fact that Athens, an empire-building city with vast resources and a large population, could not defeat smaller and poorer Sparta—and, in the end, lost its empire to that rival regime—added to the allure of the Spartan political system and way of life.
Ordinary Athenians—people who had to work for a living and did not belong to any of the aristocratic families—were proud of their democratic institutions and the freedoms they enjoyed, and they were well aware that their form of government had internal as well as external enemies and critics. Furthermore, they did not think of civic and religious matters as separate spheres but assumed instead that participation in the religious life of the city, as regulated by democratic institutions, was one of the duties of all citizens and that great harm could come to the city if the gods it recognized were offended or customary religious prohibitions were violated.
Religious scandal and the coup of the oligarchs
During and soon after the war with Sparta, several events revealed how much damage could be done to Athenian democracy by individuals who did not respect the religious customs of the community, who had no allegiance to the institutions of democracy, or who admired their city's adversary. One night in 415, shortly before a major naval expedition to Sicily was to set sail, many statues of the god Hermes (who protected travelers) were mutilated, presumably by those who wished to prevent the expedition from proceeding. While the matter was being investigated, several men, including one of Socrates' greatest admirers, Alcibiades—who had sponsored and helped to lead the Sicilian expedition—were accused of mocking a religious ceremony and revealing its sacred secrets to outsiders. Some of them were tried and executed. Alcibiades, who had been charged with involvement in other religious scandals before, was called back from Sicily to face trial. The power of his enemies and the suspicion of him was so great, however, that he decided to escape to Sparta rather than return to Athens to face the likelihood of a death sentence. Athens condemned him and his associates to death in absentia, and he proceeded to offer counsel and leadership to Sparta in its fight against Athens. In 407 he returned to Athens and was cleared of the charges against him, though he never fully regained the trust either of the democrats or their opponents. Alcibiades was only one of many followers of Socrates mentioned in Plato's dialogues who were involved in the religious scandals of 415.
In 411 a group of 400 opponents of Athenian democracy staged a coup and tried to install an oligarchy, but they were overthrown in the same year and democracy was restored. Some of them, who were associates of Socrates, went into exile after their revolution failed. In 404, soon after the Athenians' defeat, Sparta installed a group of 30 men (many years later dubbed the Thirty Tyrants) in Athens to establish a far less democratic regime there. The leader of the most extreme wing of this group, Critias, was part of the Socratic circle; so, too, was Charmides, another of the 30. The democrats, many of whom had left Athens when the 30 came to power, defeated them in battle, and democracy was restored the following year. (In Plato's Apology, Socrates refers to the reign of the 30 and their unsuccessful attempt to implicate him in their crimes.)
The perceived fragility of Athenian democracy
The year in which Socrates was prosecuted, 399, was one in which several other prominent figures were brought to trial in Athens on the charge of impiety. That is unlikely to have been a coincidence; rather, it suggests that there was, at the time, a sense of anxiety about the dangers of religious unorthodoxy and about the political consequences that religious deviation could bring. Two attempts to put an end to Athenian democracy had occurred in recent years, and the religious scandals of 415 were not so far in the past that they would have been forgotten. Because a general amnesty had been negotiated, no one, except the 30 and a few others, could be tried for offenses committed prior to 403, when the 30 were defeated. But this would not have prevented an accusation from being brought against someone who committed a crime after 403. If Socrates had continued, during the years after 403, to engage in the same practices that were so characteristic of him throughout his adult life, then not even the most ardent supporters of the amnesty would have objected to bringing him to trial. And once a trial had begun, it was common practice for prosecutors to mention anything that might be judged prejudicial to the accused. There was no legal custom or court-appointed judge that would have prevented Socrates' accusers from referring to those of his admirers—Alcibiades, Critias, Charmides, and the like—who at one time had been enemies of democratic Athens or had been associated with religious scandal. The law that Socrates was alleged to have violated was a law against impiety, but in support of that accusation he also was accused of having corrupted the young. His jury might have taken his association with opponents of the democracy, or with persons convicted or suspected of religious crimes, to be grounds for considering him a dangerous man.
The fact that one of those who assisted in the prosecution of Socrates and spoke against him—Anytus—was a prominent democratic leader makes it all the more likely that worries about the future of Athenian democracy lay behind Socrates' trial. And even if neither Anytus nor the other prosecutors (Meletus and Lycon) harboured such fears, it is hard to believe that they were entirely absent from the minds of those who heard his case. In any event, because Socrates openly displayed his antidemocratic ideas in his defense speech, it would have been difficult for jurors to set aside his association with opponents of the democracy, even if they had been inclined to do so. Athenian democracy must have seemed extremely fragile in 399. It is only with the benefit of hindsight that we can see that its institutions were strong enough to last most of the rest of the 4th century.
It is not known with certainty whether those who prosecuted Socrates mentioned Alcibiades and Critias at his trial—there is no record of their speeches, and it is difficult to interpret the evidence about what they did say. But it is very likely that specific names were mentioned. In Plato's Apology, Socrates notes that his accusers alleged of certain individuals that they were his students, an accusation he lamely denies on the grounds that, because he has never undertaken to teach anyone, he cannot have had students. Furthermore, Xenophon reports in Memorabilia that, according to "the accuser," Alcibiades and Critias were followers of Socrates. The word accuser is taken by some scholars to be a reference to one of the three persons who spoke against Socrates in 399, though others take Xenophon to be defending Socrates against charges made against him in a pamphlet written several years later by Polycrates, a teacher of rhetoric. In any event, many years later, in the 4th century, the orator Aeschines, in his speech "Against Timarchus," asserted in public that Socrates was convicted because he was "shown to have been the teacher of Critias, one of the thirty who had overthrown the democracy."
But even if Socrates' association with Critias and Alcibiades was an important factor leading to his trial and conviction, it certainly was not the only ingredient of the case against him, nor even the most important one. The law that Socrates was alleged to have violated was a law against impiety, and the thrust of his defense, as presented by Plato, was that his life has been consumed by his single-minded devotion to the god. The Socrates who speaks to us in Plato's Apology has no doubt that the charge of impiety against him must be refuted. There is no reason to suspect that this charge was a mere pretext and that what Socrates was really being prosecuted for was his antidemocratic associations and ideas. The political background of his trial is important because it helps to explain why he was not prosecuted in the 430s or 420s or at any other time of his life. Everything known about him indicates that he was the same man, and lived the same sort of life, in 399 and in 423, the year of Clouds. What made him the object of prosecution in 399, after so many years during which his behaviour was tolerated, was a change in political circumstances. But it remains the case, according to the Socrates of Apology, that his alleged religious unorthodoxy was deeply worrying to his prosecutors and jurors. That is why this allegation receives all his attention.
The Athenian ideal of free speech
That Socrates was prosecuted because of his religious ideas and political associations indicates how easily an ideal held dear by his fellow Athenians—the ideal of open and frank speech among citizens—could be set aside when they felt insecure. This ideal and its importance in Athens are well illustrated by the remark of the orator Demosthenes, that in Athens one is free to praise the Spartan constitution, whereas in Sparta it is only the Spartan constitution that one is allowed to praise. Were there other instances, besides the trial of Socrates, in which an Athenian was prosecuted in court because of the dangerous ideas he was alleged to have circulated? Centuries after Socrates' death, several writers alleged that many other intellectual figures of his time—including Protagoras, Anaxagoras, Damon, Aspasia, and Diagoras—were exiled or prosecuted. Several scholars have concluded that Athens's allegiance to the ideal of freedom of speech was deeply compromised during the last decades of the 5th century. Others have argued that much or all of the evidence for a period of persecution and harassment was invented by writers who wanted to claim, as a badge of honour for their favourite philosophers, that they, too, like the universally admired Socrates, had been persecuted by the Athenians. What can safely be said is this: the trial of Socrates is the only case in which we can be certain that an Athenian was legally prosecuted not for an overt act that directly harmed the public or some individual—such as treason, corruption, or slander—but for alleged harm indirectly caused by the expression and teaching of ideas.
According to Plato's Apology, the vote to convict Socrates was very close: had 30 of those who voted for conviction cast their ballots differently, he would have been acquitted. (So he was convicted by a majority of 59. Assuming, as many scholars do, that the size of his jury was 501, 280 favoured conviction and 221 opposed it.) It is reasonable to speculate that many of those who opposed conviction did so partly because, however little they cared for what Socrates thought and how he lived, they cherished the freedom of speech enjoyed by all Athenians and attached more importance to this aspect of their political system than to any harm Socrates may have done in the past or might do in the future. The Athenian love of free speech allowed Socrates to cajole and criticize his fellow citizens for the whole of his long life but gave way—though just barely—when it was put under great pressure.


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May 2nd, 2008, 08:59 AM #1
The NEW NY Internet TAX Law
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Amazon sues NY
"The dispute, which is before a state court in Manhattan, is heading toward a constitutional showdown that will center on whether New York State is hindering interstate commerce by imposing on out-of-state companies, such as Amazon.com, the burden of serving as a tax collector for New York."
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May 2nd, 2008, 09:09 AM #3
Amazon is going to win this one, especially since the tax nexus issue has already been decided in the US Supreme Court.
On the flip side, I am a bit surprised that Amazon is not charging sales tax in my state, because it appears that they do have a distribution center here, which gives them a nexus. In this state, it is not really a sales tax (a tax on the consumer). It is called TPT (transaction privilege tax, a tax on the seller).There's good, fast and cheap. Pick any two.
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May 2nd, 2008, 09:51 AM #4NY Affiliate Law
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May 2nd, 2008, 10:48 AM #5
Thanks for the update Adam!
May 2nd, 2008, 12:27 PM #6
Interesting times
May 4th, 2008, 12:53 PM #7
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I wonder if anyone has thought about the implications of this law. If you are an affiliate based in New York State all sales through your site will require the merchant to collect NYS sales tax. If a merchant isn't already required to collect this tax their first impulse will be to terminiate all NYS affiliates (as evidenced by deleted post from DLD). OK so you are not based in NYS, if this law goes through how long before other states jump on the band wagon? In these economic times, any new revenue that a state can generate would be welcome indeed, especially if the law has already been challenged. It seems to me this law has the potential to wipe out affiliate marketing. I wonder if any of the networks have thought about this. Also what about google & yahoo , how much money do they make on affiliate keyword purchases? I would be very interested to hear other's thoughts on this.
May 4th, 2008, 01:19 PM #8Originally Posted by smallaff
If the law does stand, I can envision some merchants terminating all NY affiliates to avoid the situation. Smart move, NY. (Not!)
May 4th, 2008, 01:21 PM #9
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Okay, so who do we NY affiliates need to annoy to get this ridiculous legislation killed off for good?
May 4th, 2008, 01:22 PM #10
It's insanity is what it is.
May 4th, 2008, 01:52 PM #11Originally Posted by Rhea
Bottom line, though, is that the law is clearly unconstitutional under previous US Supreme Court decisions, and that NY courts must declare it so. If the State of NY wishes to spend time, money and legal resources, they might be able to get it to the US Supreme Court (were they willing to re-examine an issue they've basically ruled on previously, thought in a different context and before the interent was a factor to be considered) in about 5 years.
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Thank you for explaining that to me, I wasn't quite sure my interpertation (sp?) was correct. I think you are right and being a NY affiliate the implications are huge for us, but I still think the whole industry should take a stand against this law. What's that old saying something about when they came for me there was no one left. Thank you again for your reply.
May 4th, 2008, 04:56 PM #13Originally Posted by smallaff
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May 4th, 2008, 10:39 PM #15Originally Posted by Alan Hamilton
May 5th, 2008, 03:23 AM #16
NY would have no way to verify the sales, I believe they, NYS has no authority to audit Amazon a foreign corporation. (meaning a corp outside the the state of NY.)
Amazon is very slick about sales tax, any merchant/vendor selling thru Amazon doesn't automatically collect sales tax on sales shipped in their home state.
You don't have such an option when you sign up.
They state in their TOS that they assume the sales tax is built into your selling price.
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May 5th, 2008, 07:04 AM #17
Good for Amazon!
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The California...governor(?) might be in for a similar big surprise.
About the NY tax, and the possibility of it spreading--If consumers realize their internet purchases are at risk of being taxed, I'm sure there will be a BIG uproar! Some people shop online just to avoid the tax, on items costly enough where it's cheaper to pay for shipping instead.
What it needs is publicity, and publicity that's specifically against it. It needs to be made clear that the effects of the tax won't stop at the NY state lines.
IMO we should all run at least 1 article about NY's tax attempt so consumers will know what the state is up to--and that it may spread. Of course, it'd need to go on a site that actually gets traffic. The vast majority of people don't want another tax. Let people know what NY is up to--and, make it easy for people to complain to their legislators! The "leak" of a nonsales article on a sales site is usually bad, but if this tax spreads, that'll be worse.
I envision a link, "STOP THE INTERNET TAX". On the other side of that link, a couple of paragraphs explaining what's going on, then a "letter to your legislator" for people to copy/paste. The finale--a link (which opens in a new window, so they still have the "letter" available) to a page which lists the email addresses of legislators. (Or better yet--a way to send a prewritten email to the right place with just a click!) I think there's a noncommercial site already out there with a list of legislator contacts...I'd have to Google it up for the URL.
I've seen various sites recruit people to write their legislators this way. I know I've responded to a few of these appeals. This is one of the few areas where content is...
Seriously though, most people hate tax, especially when there wasn't one before, and I'm sure a lot will protest if all it takes to do so is copy/paste a paragraph into an email and click "send."There is no knowledge that is not power. ~Hemingway
May 5th, 2008, 07:18 AM #18Originally Posted by Alan Hamilton
-rematt"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Richard Nixon
May 5th, 2008, 07:31 AM #19
The original link is not working for me. Here's one from the AP:
Amazon Sues NY to Stop the Stupid
Now...a page could say...(this is just a quick version, and I haven't been to bed yet. So it may need reworking.) And yeah, they probably don't call it an "Internet Tax." But the internet was pretty much tax-free, so that's the bottom line of it.
The below (in this post) is offered for copying:
The State of New York is trying to impose a tax on companies who do more than $10,000 worth of business within their state lines. This would affect pretty much every company with a well-known brand.
Like with any other proposed method of charging a new tax, every other state in America will be watching closely to see whether New York can get away with imposing this Internet Tax.
Amazon thinks they can't, and has sued to make sure that they don't. And, NY's proposed law seems to be unconstitutional, judging by prior decisions of the US Supreme Court. But, that does not mean the issue is settled. Far from it. Before the matter is settled, many other states may try to extend their taxation to your Internet purchases. And until the final verdict comes in, you may find yourself being taxed where you haven't been before.
Not only that, but rather than getting more money, states which try to adopt the NY Internet Tax will face costly lawsuits. These costs will be paid from the public funds--funds they would have been able to spend on things which actually help their residents.
Write your state senators and representatives! Tell them you do not want an Internet Tax!
---------STOP COPYING HERE (And don't copy this line! I have seen sites where lines like this are left in...groan...)----------------
There still needs to be a paragraph for the people to copy into their emails...I'll put my offering in the next post.There is no knowledge that is not power. ~Hemingway
May 5th, 2008, 07:52 AM #20
This could work for people to mail:
I have been reading about New York State's attempt to put a tax on Internet purchases. This worries me a lot. I know that taxes in one state are prone to becoming taxes in many states.
If such a thing were to go into effect here, our state's internet businesses would lose out on orders from all the other states. In this economy, our state cannot afford to discourage people from other places from doing business with our local Internet-enabled companies.
Please, do your part to prevent any tax like that from getting onto the books in our state!
My notes:
It looks like it's going to take a bit of research to find a list of STATE LEVEL legislators, or a site that has it (probably better to link to an offsite list w/new window, since it'd be a huge list). There's a list of national ones that's easy to find, but not one with the emails of all the in-state ones. Since it's a state-legislature-level issue (so far), writing the ones in Washington won't do any good.
I didn't put the parts about constitutionality in, because I think Average Joe Reader wouldn't think of that, and the letters for copy/pasting should look like something a regular constituent should write.
A few individual letters that do bring the constitutional and lawsuit issues to mind would be good. Perhaps the ones we ourselves email in with? It would be expected that a few people would think of these things--just not a whole horde of them.
There's no salutation or closing, because if I put "Dear (Congressperson)" some idiot is sure to copy/paste it without customizing it, which would add a high degree of lameness to the effect. I'm trying to make it as foolproof as possible.
I'd have loved to be able to quote figures ("It would affect the jobs of X amount of people if interstate commerce was effectively blocked!") but I don't know such specifics, and certainly not for all 50 states.
That's it for now.
Thoughts?There is no knowledge that is not power. ~Hemingway
May 5th, 2008, 08:12 AM #21
Want to be sure I'm clear on this ahead of putting something on my blog that speaks to NYS fisher persons... In this case, the following 2 scenarios would be true:
1.) A Pennsylvannia shopper visits my NY based affiliate site, and purchases from a fly rod company in Oregon. Assuming that fly rod company does more than $10,000 in business in NY, a tax would have to be levied, either to the consumer at point of purchase, or eaten by the merchant after the fact.
2.) A NY customer goes directly to that same fly rod company. Sales tax must be levied on any purchase, again, either to the consumer, or eaten by the rod company.
May 5th, 2008, 08:22 AM #22
People will scream and holler, but an internet purchase sales tax is probably inevitable. Maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but probably inevitable. Do you think the states and the feds are going to allow billions in untaxed sales go on indefinitely? And, if they don't eventually tax internet sales, they will tax other things or increase taxes on things already taxed. We will "pay" one way or another.
May 5th, 2008, 08:39 AM #23We will "pay" one way or another.
Unfortunately, it doesn't always happen that way, as NY has already burdened tobacco companies, wireless providers, etc. How many times can the same dollar be taxed in a year?
May 5th, 2008, 09:51 AM #24Originally Posted by Kevin
May 5th, 2008, 09:55 AM #25
You're positive Michael? That's not the way I read that. I thought they were treating affiliates as "brick and mortar extensions" of Amazon (any program), and therefore any of my sales were taxable, since I'm a NY resident.
If you came to my house, and made a purchase while you were at Wal-Mart here, you'd pay NY sales tax. And i think that's what they're trying to extend out to the net through affiliates.
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- Gloria said...
Very nice Amber. I like them all. I think next year I may do some paper mache for el dia. I look forward to seeing your offering. Have a great week.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM
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These are so sweet! Thanks for sharing them! :o)
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Happy Halloween! =D
I love your skelly couples... they're just the best! And your Frida is to DIE for! ^-^
I know you're insanely busy, but when you have a moment, feel free to stop by my place & pick up your very own zombie bunny... They're a great help! ^-^
Always excited to see the wonderful things you create!
- November 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
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Happy anniversary to you too! =D
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Nasus Build
Ability Sequence
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Nasus is a great champion to use. He's easy to learn, and his god-mode like ultimate, Fury of the Sands can drastically alter the outcome of teamfights. So lets just jump right in!
Pros / Cons
Pros / Cons
+ Easy to use.
+ His Q, once farmed, can deal a serious amount of damage.
+ God-mode ultimate.
+ One of the best slows in the game.
+ Has badass skins.
+ He's a big freakin dog! Cmon!
Nasus, as a reccomended champion, is quite easy to use with Pros that outweigh the cons by quite a bit. Late-game, you can 1v1 pretty much everyone, and even 2v1 some people.
- Doesn't do well against other tanks.
- Weak to burst damage early game.
- Gank strength relies entirely on your ally.
- CC absolutely destroys him in some cases.
- Cant survive anything past a 2v1.
Nothing much stops Nasus, but what does stop him is persistance. Champions like Darius and Singed, and other champions who can just deal a ****ton of damage without dying, stay away from. Even with your ult up, a good Darius or Singed will destroy you in a 1v1.
For masteries, use a 21-9-0 build.
Tier 1
Take two points in Butcher because you're jungling.
Tier 2
Take four points in Deadliness for the increased AD.
This is just a filler, but take a point in Destruction for turret-killing.
Tier 3
Take a point in Weapon Expertise for the Armor pen.
Take 3 points in Havoc for le increased damage.
Tier 4
Take two points in Brute Force for moar AD to clear dem jungle creeps.
Tier 5
Pierce ALL the Armor! Take three points in Sunder .
Tier 6
Do tons of damage to low-health peeps with a point in Executioner .
Tier 1
+10 gold for using Smite. This should be obvious.
More health=more tanky. Take 4 points in Durability .
Take two points in Tough Skin for more survivability in the jungle.
Tier 2
More clear speed in the jungle. Take a point in Bladed Armor .
Tier 3
Even more health = even more tanky. Plus, more jungle survivability. Take a point in Veteran's Scars .
- Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed: More movement speed for the beginning of the game, and lets you chase down anyone who tries to run from the wrath of Nasus.
- Greater Mark of Scaling Attack Damage: Nine of these at the beginning of the game make one helluva difference, and let you clear the jungle faster. Late-game it provides a small boost, and you'll still have some AD if you need to build super tanky.
- Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist: Mages. They will burst you down otherwise.
- Greater Seal of Armor: Take flat armor seals instead of scaling because this will give you more durability in the jungle early on.
Summoner Spells
Summoner Spells
Flash: You have no blink or dash ability otherwise. Flash is a must.
Smite: If you try to jungle without Smite, you are fail. You need this.
Teleport: This is an option over Flash, although not a good one. Take this only if no one else in your team has, and you feel like you might need it.
Ghost: Another option over Flash, and a slightly better one than Teleport. This will let you kite, or catch up to an enemy.
Skills and Skill Sequence
- Soul Eater: Bonus Lifesteal.
- Siphoning Strike (Q): Your primary damage skill. The damage increases if you KILL a minion/jungle creep/champion with this skill. Last-hit with this as much as possible, and spam it in a teamfight, when fighting
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- Wither (W): Your main CC move. Wither is one of the best slows in the game, and for good reason. Use this on the enemies ADC in teamfights, and initiate with it when ganking.
- Spirit Fire (E): This skill is rather mediocre. Until you get Spirit of the Elder Lizard. Then the passive of SotEL turns Spirit Fire into a great AoE DPS. Use this on every jungle camp when clearing, in the middle of every teamfight, and use it whenver you're fighting, really :I
- Fury of the Sands (R): This is one of the best ultimates in the entire game, along with Annie's Summon: Tibbers, Katarina's Death Lotus, and Master Yi's Highlander. This gives you bonus health, movement speed, attack range,cast range, and AoE damage around you. This is probably the best steroid in the game next to Singed's Insanity Potion and Renekton's Dominus. Use it in pretty much any fight with a champion where you could use a steriod. It has a low cooldown, so dont worry about wasting it.
Ability Sequence Order
|Max Spirit Fire first, then Siphoning Strike, and maxxing Wither by level 18. Take a point in Fury of the Sands whenever you can.
Start Items
Hunter's Machete is the obvious start for jungling. Builds into your first big item, and is made for jungling.
Take 5 health potions. Chug them as needed in the jungle.
First Back
Health+Mana regen, builds into your first big item, and is made for jungling.
Boots make you go faster. You get to the jungle camps and the lanes easier.
Upgrade to these with either Alacrity or furor if your game is going well.
Upgrade to these if you are suffering from tons of hard CC. Put either Alacrity , furor, or homeguard on these.
Silly MobaFire. Those boot enchantments either arent in the database, or I'm doing it wrong. And I obviously dont mean that Alacrity.
Major/Core Items
This items passive will turn your Spirit Fire into a minion-clearing machine. Plus, it has Cooldown Reduction and Attack Damage. This should be your first major item.
This gives you tankyness, and it's aura gives your teammates a bit of a buff. Upgrade to Runic Bulwark when you can.
Your Soul Eater passive already gives you Lifesteal. Well, this gives you more, along with the AoE cleave and the AD.
Same as Aegis. Upgrade to this from Aegis ASAP.
Situational Items
Buy this item if you need the extra tankyness. It also makes a nice last item for any situation.
Buy either this or Trinity Force depending on how your game is going. Get this if you need the tankyness, get Trinity if you want the damage. This items passive combos well with your Q as well.
Buy either this or Iceborn Gauntlet depending on how your game is going. Get this if you need/want the extra damage, and get Gauntlet if you need tankyness. The two passives on this item combo well with your Siphoning Strike, and it's just a nice item overall.
This is a nice item to grab in tandem with your Soul Eater and the lifesteal from Ravenous Hydra. I'd only get it if you need the tankyness though, as you need damage more than tankyness in a good game.
Get this if your game is going well. The Cooldown Reduction is great, and you get an extra 200 health and armor pen.
Bad Items to get
I want to cry when I see a Nasus build this. People who do build this say it goes well with Spirit Fire. No. Just no. You dont need AP, you can get health elsewhere, and you already have Wither for slows. If you really want slows, get Frozen Mallet although I dont reccomend it.
"But wait Spike!" you say. "If Nasus needs tankyness early on, isnt this viable?"
In short, no, it isnt. There are much better items for tankyness, and without Spirit of the Elder Lizard, your Spirit Fire isnt as good. If you need tankyness early on, rush Spirit Visage or Warmog's Armor.
Now before you go all crazy on me, I'm not hating on Bloodthirster. The Bloodthirster is a great item for some champions, it just doesnt fit on Nasus. It's outclassed by Ravenous Hydra, and you'd be much better off with The Black Cleaver for damage.
Early Jungling
To start out, first you need to check a few things.
1. Does the enemy team have a jungler?
2. Does the enemy jungler need red or blue?
3. Does the enemy have a good level 1 team comp?
If the awnsers are Yes/Blue/Yes, get your entire team at your blue to protect against invade while you get blue. Otherwise, get one or two people to help you leashe. Start with wolves and then the ancient golem . Farm the jungle until you hit level 3 and get Wither then you should gank.
Continue farming the jungle until level 6, when you get Fury of the Sands. Then, give the ancient golem buff to your mid-laner, and the ancient lizard buff to your ADC. If they dont want or dont need the buffs, take them for yourself.
Mid Game
Once the Tier 1 turrets are down, the jungling phase is essentially OVER. You no longer have claim on the wraiths , wolves , or golems . You should be helping your team push lanes and help your ADC get kills if they dont already have some.
|It's in teamfights where Nasus really gets to show his stuff. There are a few prioritys for you to cover before going nuts however.
1. Wither and focus the enemy ADC.
2. Place Spirit Fire on the area where the bulk of the enemies are.
3. Turn on Fury of the Sands.
Then you basically want to focus the ADC and/or keep the enemy tank occupied with Wither.
Late-Game (Offensive)
If your team is winning, good. This should be short. Depending on what build you've gone with, Nasus is either really good or really bad at backdooring. His Q helps tremendously.
If you've gone for a more damage-oriented Nasus build, then you can backdoor when Fury of the Sands is up. If you've gone for a more tank-oriented Nasus build, you can backdoor AS LONG AS YOUR Q IS FARMED. If Siphoning Strike isnt farmed up, you will have a very hard time backdooring.
If your team can handle itself while you're gone, go backdoor the turrets that need to be taken down. If not, just help your team push to the turret.
Late-Game (Defensive)
You're losing? And you havent surrendered yet? Good. Nasus can recover games quite easily, as long as you arent losing TOO bad. There are a few options for you depending on the type of build you've gone with.
Heavy-Damage Nasus
Go take as many dragon s as you possibly can. Backdooring is also an option, while Fury of the Sands is up. Make sure your team can defend before you leave though!
Damagy-Tanky Nasus
Stay at base and defend, while occasionaly going out to snag a dragon. Rely on your other teammates.
Tanky As **** Nasus
Backdoor your freaking *** off. Also, while you have Fury of the Sands up, you should attempt to solo baron . I've done this once before, it's hard, but you can do it. Play it smart, and spam the frack out of your skills. Getting baron with another teammate, preferably someone with high damage, is easier.
Thank you for reading my first ever MobaFire guide, Nasus - The Dog of the Jungle! I hope you enjoyed it! If you decide to downvote my guide, please tell me why so I can fix it as soon as I can.
Thanks to jhoijhoi for the template I used, which you can find here. I hope to get my own 'style' of guide eventually, but I do like this template.
4/14/2013: Posted guide to MobaFire! Added the Items section which I forgot about (X_X), and changed the runes a bit.


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As if guacamole isn't good enough, try adding in some bacon and sharp cheddar cheese…… and then your world is forever changed for the better. I was on the phone with my mom after I made this and she was initially put off by the thought of putting bacon in the guacamole… and then I just repeated "what? mom, it's bacon" and she came to her senses. I also included cheese, cause more salt and fat…. aka more delicious flavor.
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The relevance of hedonic price indices: the case of paintings
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- Baumol, William J, 1986.
"Unnatural Value: Or Art Investment as Floating Crap Game,"
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Paul on NSA: Obama at 'New Low' with 'Astounding Assault on Constitution'
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called the revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon customers "an astounding assault on the Constitution."
The Guardian obtained a leaked top secret court order issued in April requiring the communications company to turn over records on an "ongoing, daily basis," revealing "for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk – regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing," wrote Glenn Greenwald.
"The National Security Agency's seizure and surveillance of virtually all of Verizon's phone customers is an astounding assault on the Constitution. After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted political dissidents and the Department of Justice seized reporters' phone records, it would appear that this administration has now sunk to a new low," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said this morning.
Paul noted that his amendment with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) that would attach Fourth Amendment protections to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last year was defeated, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying that FISA was "necessary to protect us from the evil in this world."
"The Bill of Rights was designed to protect us from evil, too, particularly that which always correlates with concentrated government power, and particularly Executive power," Paul said. "If the president and Congress would obey the Fourth Amendment we all swore to uphold, this new shocking revelation that the government is now spying on citizens' phone data en masse would never have happened."
But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Fox this morning Americans "should be concerned about terrorists trying to infiltrate our country and attack us, and trying to coordinate activities from overseas with -- inside the country."
"Under the FISA law you just can't track people's phone calls. You've got to have a reasonable belief that the people you're monitoring in terms of monitoring conversations are one of the persons is involved in terrorism," he said.
"So you're trying to data mine and find out, you know these numbers that we know are in the hands of bad guys, whoever they're calling. And then once you find a match, you can -- you can monitor. But you just can't monitor people's phone calls."


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With a great performance of Vin Diesel (see full cast), this film directed by Bonner Bellew was premiered in cinema in 2013. The feature film "Riddick: Blindsided" was produced in USA. You can watch Riddick: Blindsided online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
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Skip to comments.Congress Receives Small Business Ratings
Posted on 03/08/2002 4:27:05 PM PST by IronJack
Washington, D.C.The Small Business Survival Committee (SBSC) has released its annual scorecard which rates how members of Congress voted during 2001 on key small business issues.
SBSCs scorecard rates lawmakers based on 12 key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives and 12 votes in the U.S. Senate impacting small businesses. Included in this years ratings are votes on issues as reducing taxes and regulations, death tax elimination, capital gains tax relief, expanding U.S. markets overseas, reducing dependence on foreign energy, and making health care more affordable.
Lawmakers who voted in favor of small businesses at least 80% of the time are recognized by SBSC as Champions of Small Business.
With small businesses responsible for creating 75% of all new jobs, the public needs to know who is standing up for small businesses and who is standing in the way, said SBSC President Darrell McKigney. We all have a stake in a strong small business climate.
SBSC chief economist Raymond J. Keating added: Our elected officials need to remember that small business is the backbone of the U.S. economy. These enterprises provide the bulk of innovations, goods, services, and jobs. Increased tax and regulatory take a big toll on small businesses, their employees, and therefore, the economy in general.
SBSC is a nonpartisan, nonprofit small business advocacy group with more than 70,000 members across the nation. For more information, please call SBSC at 202-785-0238.
Kinda like the NRA
So is Free Republic.
First of all, this is not an SBA article. And the SBSC is not an SBA lobbyist. They are conservatives who track issues of interest to the small business community. Many FReepers are business people, so the ratings of Congress with respect to small business may be of interest to them.
Secondly, I'm sure you can appreciate the irony you pointed out, that your acclaimed lack of interest in this topic has provided the thread with several bumps.
Thirdly, I'm sure you have the option of not reading threads that don't pique your interest. Reading them with an eye toward telling everyone how uninterested you are smacks of duplicity, if not schizophrenia.
Heh. Inasmuch as I coined it, I would say so.
This is your last bump. Enjoy.
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Today Is Drive-In Movie Day
Yeah we remember the good times at the Drive-In!
It started out by packing a friend or two into the trunk so that they didn't have to pay. The speaker box attached to your window would snap, crackle and pop with sound. And, if you were lucky enough to be there with a pretty girl, you didn't see much of the movie.
The Drive-In was definitely an "experience."
There was the Bangor Drive-In out on Hammond Street which opened in 1954. There was the Brewer Drive-In on Wilson Street that operated right up til 1986. And then there was the Trenton Drive-In on the Bar Harbor Road that seemed to die a long pro-longed death back in the 80s by showing "Deep Throat" for two continuous summers.
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DiarmaidBHK (948) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | August 1, 2011
They really built this place for the craft beer drinker in mind. First there's a seat at the bar which might be 3 feet from the men's bathroom. Logistically this is awesome. The decor is nothing fancy but the beer is pretty solid. They had almost twenty different things on tap that range from meh! to pretty damn tasty. The food was fantastic. Fresh ingredients simply prepared and they have their menu available late. Plus they're open until 2am even on a Sunday which is pretty awesome. The service was first rate as well. Plus they always seem to be adding new and different kinds of beer. I'll definitely be back when I'm in the area.
Dogbrick (858) Columbus, Ohio | September 12, 2011
(Visited 02/2011): Rivertowne Pourhouse (pun!) is located in northeastern Monroeville on Center Rd, not too far off 376 and relatively close to the airport. They have ample parking around the building and across the street. The interior is laid out in different rooms with brewing equipment situated in the middle. The bar area offers a good number of seats, and there are high tables and restaurant tables elsewhere. The motif is not surprisingly Steelers- heavy, with wood and outdoorsy-type decor behind it all. There are boards listing available beers as well. Rivertowne has a fairly extensive draught list and offers paddles to sample them. On my visit there were 16 unique beers, ranging from lighter fare like Uter Brau and Light Tackle to stronger beers like Slhoppy Monster IIPA. Other options include Dark Helmet Schwarzbier, B.A. Babockus and Uncle Tom's Tumbling Pebble. On the whole the beers are average to above average. Service on a weekday lunch was good. The place was pretty empty and the server was attentive and relatively knowledgeable about the beers. Food at Rivertowne is solid. The menu leans toward seafood and they have a lot of subs/sandwiches too. Both my and my colleague's lunches were enjoyable. Overall this place is a decent spot to hit outside the Pittsburgh area.
LilBeerDoctor (388) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | November 13, 2011
A neat sports bar just outside of Pittsburgh. A bit unusual in that the parking lot is located across the street from the pub, and there's no crosswalk. Inside, lots of TVs and Steelers memorabilia. There are quite a lot of taps with a wide variety of styles. I was able to sample the IPA, altbier, pilsener, barleywine, pumpkin spice, and porter. The beers were mostly average to slightly-above average. Their menu is typical pub fare plus they have pizzas - although I was there during brunch hours so I got an omelette which was very tasty. Overall, although their beer is nothing too special, it was still a fun stop.
Nate (330) Indiana, Pennsylvania | June 16, 2007| Updated May 15, 2008
Stopped on Saturday afternoon during US Open. Happy hour prices since it during opening week. Great service at the bar and all the bartenders knew about the beers and were extremely helpful. Samplers available, and they even brought them two or three at a time so they were fresh. Fifteen beers on tap, plus a hand pump. Everything from golden ale to IPA to fruit beers to a BA Impy stout. With former John Harvards and Johnstown brewers doing up to 3 batches a day, this place looks promising. /-/-//-/-//-/-///-////-/- Disappointing visit on 5/14/08: place was going to be closed an hour after arrival for private function. We were still told we could eat. Seated and ignored for 10 minutes. Asked host to send someone over - ignored for another 10 minutes. We left after 20 minutes, having never been approached by wait staff. Still trying to contact them - but their email bounces back. Get your act together people.
cheap (245) Beaver Valley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania | July 11, 2007| Updated July 22, 2008
Accolades to the business owners of the Rivertowne. This place has some of the best brewpub brews I have ever tasted. Everything from the hay flavored light to the darkest most bitter imperial stouts, barrel aged too! If you are into one of a kind micro~micro brews, you better experience these concoctions. I saw a couple of steeltown locals putting on the buzz with the higher abv brews without knowing it. One of them went from talkative to belligerent in about three glasses. Pretty funny. The atmosphere is that of a comfy brand new sterile pub. Lots of seating at the bar and at the pedestal tables with barstools. You have your choice of affordable samplers. The impy stouts at this place rival the offensiveness of any beer in the top 25. Killer brews for a brewpub. Knocks yer socks off. The only thing that bugged me a little was the waitress possibly mixing up the brews when she brought over the samples. Another thing, sometimes I think they rename the same ales and re-serve them as a new brew. Right off the turnpike. Didn't have any food this time around but the guys next to me got some very attractive looking grub and they didn't say another word till it was all gone.
merc7186 (208) North Tonawanda, New York | November 17, 2013
Visited: 11-15-11 I always believe that most locals over hype their local haunts...well, this was another one of them. I went to Rivertown Pourhouse on a recommendation from a thread seen on BA. The amtosphere for the place was average, it was filled with mostly regular bar people, had roughly 25 spots around the bar, and many high top tables surrounding it. It was no different from any other local haunt and didnt scream anything of a BREW PUB. The quality of the beers were decent, slightly above average from the beers I tried, rated, and/or sampled. Some were decent, some were medicore...nothing really jumped out except for the pumpkin nitro ale (that I had at Fat Heads). The service was decent as the bartender and waitress were friendly and were attentive. The selection os different types of beers was great. They had 18 in house beers on tap and no guest taps. The food was mediocre as I ordered the Coconut Shrimp platter and was disappointed...the sides were all covered in cheese which is usually an indication of cheap or poorly cooked products and somewhat over priced. Overall, an average local haunt but there are better brew pubs and better beer bars in Pittsburgh and worth going to if you want to try someplace newer.
MikeF (204) Cleveland, Ohio | January 28, 2011
Kind of strange. Parking lot is across a somewhat busy street --- requiring everyone to cross to get here. The interior is warm and somewhat rustic. They have a nice sized bar. The food is good and the prices and not bad for the portions. The beer is not good. They will have to improve. Two of the beers I tried literally tasted like cigarettes. The service was spotty. Some workers appeared downright lazy while others were great. Probably not worth the risk of crossing the street from the parking lot to get here.
Aurelius (155) Tallahassee, Florida | June 30, 2008
A jaunt from downtown Pittsburgh, definitely out in the 'burbs. Ample parking, but watch out crossing the street. A great number of house brews on tap - at least 14 - so there are two sampler flights. The beers are hit and miss, but generally decent. I had the Pacino Italian sandwich, and it was the bomb - nicely toasted. Feels like the average sportsbar-on-a-shoestring. Wait staff was friendly and prompt enough. Worth the drive from Pittsburgh? Yes. Worth a cab ride? No.
Beerman6686 (149) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | October 26, 2012
Somewhat dim and uninviting when you walk in, but at the same time quiet and relaxing. Service was good, but not great. They have probably 10-15 of there own beers on tap so decent selection and a few pleasant surpirses such as their pineapple ale. Food was good, and decently priced, decent portions as well. Overall, worth going to, but not if it means going way out of your way.
Foxbush (149) Richmond, Virginia | May 12, 2011
This was stopover on the way back from Cleveland. We were there on Mother's day and they appreciated that we ate athe bar. The bar was of polished pine. There were 400 mugs hanging from the ceiling for their regular customers. The beer was good. the mussels were the best of the trip. They feature 19 beers on tap. They make 18 for themselves. They had cascade hops growing on a tressel as you entered the building.


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