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Washington Post Fears Ron Paul; Hollywood Arson Suspect Arrested, and More: P.M. Links
"I fear that Ron Paul may win Iowa," writes Washington Post's Marc A. Thiessen, who lets fear to get the best of his vocabulary with this sentence: "Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
Occupy 101: Columbia University will give students credit for an Occupy Wall Street class taught by an OWS organizer and including protest participation as course work.
LAPD arrests [possible Chechen named "Harry Burkhart"] in string of Los Angeles arson attacks. Cops say person of interest detained at Fairfax and Sunset matches security camera image (white hair in ponytail) and was driving a Canadian-licensed minivan containing "materials...that could have been used to set fires." The subject may be in a dispute with Federal migra over a relative's immigration status.
[I initially reported that the suspect was a native of Germany. He was traveling on Chechen travel papers and had spent time in Germany. As you can see at the 42-second mark here, Harry Bukrhart's eyes literally glow with the fires of hell, and the 26-year-old does seem to match with the description taken from the Hollywood and Highland parking deck of a man at the end of youth with a receding hairline and ponytail. Burkhart's arrest by a $1-a-year reserve sheriff's deputy came in response to a tip by an "official" who had observed Burkhart criticizing the United States in immigration court.]
Arab League observers are doing a mediocre job of holding back Syria's government, dissidents say.
Rose Bowl live blog.
Raiders of the Lost Ark cross-referenced with 30 other adventure movies made between 1919 and 1973.
Voting district high jinx: In honor of Steven Greenhut's dismal new report on California redistricting, a Reason.tv video from more hopeful days:
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Must be a Ferengi thing...
I had to google that... then I lol'd
You, sir, have to turn in your libertarian card. It is clearly in the rules that you must get all Star Trek references without having to consult outside information..
sorry to say my Star Trek knowledge stops after TOS.
If you don't want to have sex with
a Ferengianother man, you could read my latest on
Alan Turing Year 2012 -
LAPD arrests German native
Boomer, hippie, German, whatever.
Awesome, the tradition is now established.
These links are not what they appear to be.
They have done worse than kill you, Fist. They have hurt you. And they wish to go on hurting you. They have left you as you left them. Marooned for all eternity, in the center of the Evening Links.
The Fat Trap
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01.....wanted=allFor 15 years, Joseph Proietto has been helping people lose weight. When these obese patients arrive at his weight-loss clinic in Australia, they are determined to slim down. And most of the time, he says, they do just that, sticking to the clinic's program and dropping excess pounds. But then, almost without exception, the weight begins to creep back. In a matter of months or years, the entire effort has come undone, and the patient is fat again. "It has always seemed strange to me," says Proietto, who is a physician at the University of Melbourne. "These are people who are very motivated to lose weight, who achieve weight loss most of the time without too much trouble and yet, inevitably, gradually, they regain the weight."
shorter version: lots of biological variation & starving oneself makes the body compensate in other ways.
I just read that. I found it a bit odd that they seemed to unquestioningly accept the low-calorie, low-fat approach was the most effective one when there seems to be mounting evidence to the contrary.
The idea still hasn't penetrated the heads of doctors, much less the general public. I get funny looks when I tell people that I fry steak in bacon grease for my health.
Have you tried caramelizing the bacon first in sugar?
Was it you who recommended the 4 Hour Body book? I think it was someone on here. I've been reading it and am surprised its not more widely known. I like that dude's "fuck you, establishment" style.
Wasn't me. I've recommended Taubes's books a time or two, though.
i eat a ribeye steak most mornings for breakfast. that, or 4-5 eggs, etc.
as a person who HAS to make weight for contests,and has to maintain strength, etc. it didn't take long to figure out that largely cutting out sugah, processed carbs, etc. is the key. fat is fine. blood pressure and cholesterol both went down since i cut out the wheat, sugar, etc. and boosted the fat
one day a week or so, i do a cheat day and get a double quarter lb'er, fries, etc. that rocks
What really got me was just how low calorie the diet was. Usually, they tell you to go no lower than 1500 calories, because after that serious starvation mode sets in. But in this study they had the patients on a 500 calorie diet. No fucking wonder their bodies acted like they were starving; technically, they were.
There are a finite number of ways to shoot "Walk through a jungle."
They should change the name of the washington post to the washington pravda.
We really want to do that. We are waiting for permission from Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.
Notice that, this time around, Team Blue is pretty much keeping their yaps shut about the political leanings of the Serial Arsonist... guess they learned their lesson trying to blame Team Red for making Loughner pull the trigger...
Wasn't there another fellow from Germany who started a big fire?
Sounds vaguely familiar... didn't he also start a bunch of little fires, inside metal structures?
Could I interest you in a newsletter subscription?
No, I'm good.
Maybe, but if you are thinking of van der Lubbe he was a Dutch Commie.
Isn't "van der Lubbe" Dutch for "Santorum"?
Wasn't there another fellow from Germany who started a big fire?
Karl Marx.
Romney Fights for First-Place Showing in Iowa Caucuses
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01.....l?_r=1&hp;DES MOINES — Mitt Romney sought to convert his tentative standing atop the polls into a first-place finish in the caucuses here, telling Iowans on Sunday that he had the "capability to go the full distance" against President Obama, as his rivals beseeched voters not to settle on a candidate lacking full commitment to their conservative values.
I swear to Christ, if Santorum wins the nomination, I will fucking vote for Obama out of pure spite.
I don't think you have to worry about. The caucus participants only get to vote for one candidate. They cannot vote for a mixture of Romney and Gingrich.
Romney -- lubricant
Gingrich -- fecal matter -
He's never gone the full distance with me.
Ann, just so you know:
Nowhere in the Book of Mormon is there any negative mention of the character of Onan.
He's just totally absent.
As if the book is silent on...his issue.
Yes, fear Ron Paul! If he wins, the government might actually LEAVE YOU ALONE! Oh, the horror!
the government might actually LEAVE YOU ALONE!
O. M. G. That is unthinkable!
PAUL WINS: Women and Minorities Inadequately Governed!
If Paul wins, where shall I go, what shall I do?
Frankly, my dear, We don't give a damn.
you shall likely prosper for, without govt, you will be free to use your talents, you will no longer be patted on the head and patronized by those who know better than you, and you won't be told repeatedly that you can only win if Dems are in charge. By the way, how has the last of those worked for you?
Re: Washington Pimp,
PAUL WINS: Women and Minorities Inadequately Governed!
Who said they need to be governed?RACIST!
MISOGYNIST!We were going for paternalistic.
I wish it were only two thirds.
The stupid is strong at WaPo's PostPartisan.
Did you read the comments? They're hammering the author - for a refreshing change.
With Reservations, Obama Signs Act to Allow Detention of Citizens.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/po.....-citizens/In his last official act of business in 2011, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act from his vacation rental in Kailua, Hawaii. In a statement, the president said he did so with reservations about key provisions in the law — including a controversial component that would allow the military to indefinitely detain terror suspects, including American citizens arrested in the United States, without charge.
and no, we're not talking about those reservations - those come later.
Hush. The Godesky is easily awakened.
"With Reservations"
"I'm signing this into law despite my deepest reservations on the matter - which will be of scant comfort for those American Citizens being detained and "renditioned" under the new law."
Screw it. We need RP.
And here I was thinking that there is a mechanism in place with which a president can block a bill for which he has "reservations".
I think it starts with a V and the last part sounds like a body part found hanging off the end of your foot, but it's slipping my mind.
A sock is a body part?
I don't always sign bills that legalize indefinite detention and shred the Bill of Rights, but when I do, I do so with reservations. Stay incracerated, my friends.
component that would allow the military to indefinitely detain terror suspects, including American citizens arrested in the United States, without charge
So, it's conceivable the President of the United States could be so detained?
We can only hope, Jess.
Ya' know, I'm beginning to think a military coup may be our last hope. A thin reed to grasp, I admit.
In his last official act of business in 2011
That is, the last official act the most transparent administration in history can talk about.
We are so screwed.
If you have reservations, there is this thing called a "veto." Has Mr. Obama heard of it?
He's vetoed exactly 2 bills.
How much do we want to bet that his problems with the bills he has vetoed are that they somehow limited his power?
I was wondering, but seriously, 2? What the hell kind of President cares so little he vetoes 2 bills. If I were POTUS, I'd probably be sending over half of them back over to Congress.
Me too. But it could be worse. One of our intellectual forbearers, Thomas Jefferson, vetoed a whole ZERO bills. As did Adams (both of them), Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, and Garfield. Monroe vetoed a whole 1 bill.
One might be surprised by the winner of this competition, however. The one and only FDR vetoed 372 bills, though I'd bet that virtually all of them were because they didn't adequately violate the Constitution for his New Deal liking.
I insisted those provisions be in there, but I count on my followers to not know that.
Columbia University will offer a new [OWS] course for upperclassmen and grad students next semester.
Anybody up for an Occupy That Course field trip?
You mean when they all take a shit on a police car, or the rape at the afterparty?
You mean when they all take a shit on a police car.....
Yes. A course requirement is a group project.
Then they burn down the building the class is held in.
Let's hope the fire spreads and takes the whole fucking campus with it.
They have forfeited their responsibility as educators.
Occupy 101: Columbia University will give students credit for an Occupy Wall Street class taught by an OWS organizer and including protest participation as course work.
The organizer of a group that isn't organized enough to manage a decent campsite but wants to teach us how to run the world will teach a class for seniors and grad students. What could go wrong?
SPACEX has its own model rocket kit.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....B006GX14R8 -
My BIL works for SPACEX and got his Dad this for Christmas.
"Having PM Links on a day with no AM Links is just as bad as bestiality, incest or polygamy" - Rick Santorum
But not as bad as gays.
Michelle Bachmann has the cure for what ails them.
"If we're going to let people post PM links on a day with no AM links, why not just let a turtle post links?" - Rick Santorum
It's turtles all the way down.
"I want my kids to be able to Google AM Links, but because of unkind people at Reason, they can't do that. I can't let my kids Google AM Links, and that's sad" - Rick Santorum
Stop trying to control what your kids see on the Internet, Rick. They're going to find out anyway...so why not let them find out in a family friendly manner, or some such ****.
Buggrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!
Thread winner.
One of those does not go in the same category as the other two, Mr. Santorum.
Are Marc A. Thiessen's preferences in the GOP primary more well known than I realized? He is apparently using as a basic premise that a Romney win is an unequivocal good. Any reason for that, Marc? Your logic fail is even sadder than your lack of proofreading skills.
The GOP opinionatchiks' vacillation between "anyone but Romney" and "anyone but Ron Paul" is high comedy.
Let us pray "anyone but Romney" wins!
Mittens will never be president. Even if he survives the Santorum torrent, Obama will win the general in a walk.
No doubt.
Where does the idea that Willard's the most electable come from anyway?
A Romney win will be the closest thing possible to an Obama win and a Obama win is the closest thing to a Bush or a Clinton win. This way we can have the appearances of change without any of that disruptive actual change that team blue and team red hate.
^^^yep....which is why no one said a thing about Paul, or his newsletters, until IA polls showed him near or at the top. And why they laughed at Cain till he gained support; then came the women who mysteriously disappeared right after making accusations.
The system will not tolerate anyone mounting a challenge to the duopoly. It certainly does not fear the public and, in fact, holds most voters in contempt.
"Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
Like jackrabbit rapid!Right?
Washington Post writers have trouble with the 'p' 'b' distinction, like the Japanese with 'l' 'r.' They simply don't hear them as different sounds.
I thought it was "v" and "r".
"Fleet-footed" would be a better synonym.
"I fear that Ron Paul may win Iowa," writes Washington Post's Marc A. Thiessen, who lets fear to get the best of his vocabulary with this sentence: "Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
Single letter transpositions like that are an easy mistake to miss, Tim. Clearly it should have been an 'e' rather than an 'i', but we still get the message.
"wen" Iowa?
Oh. Ohhhhhhh.
Well played, sir. Unfortunately it seems STEVE SMITH comes for all supporters of liberty in the end.
What's important is that I beat Episiarch to the punchline.
I see what you did there.
Occupy 101: Columbia University will give students credit for an Occupy Wall Street class taught by an OWS organizer and including protest participation as course work.
It is a skill that will make these students TWICE as employable as before! -
2 x 0 = 0
Re: Jeffersonian,
Exactly ;-)
I recently watched 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', and you know what? It made me realize just how much 'Cowboys and Aliens' sucked in spite of having Indy and James Bond on the same screen. Granted, Daniel Craig is most definitely not Sean Connery, but Harrison Ford was so underwhelming in that movie.
I haven't been able to take Ford seriously since watching Regarding Henry.
I keep picturing Indiana Jones mumbling about the Big Dripper.
Brain damage is so enlightening.
"I got get me some of that."
I thought it lacked humor. The Lucas/Spielberg 80's epics all had a few good laughs.
I believe that in one of his novels Milan Kundera called for people to do something similar to what the LA arsonist guy was doing, so I'm a little surprised the suspect is a Kraut and not one of those crazy Czechs.
Apparently, the Czechs are too busy photographing nude models.
"The Burnin' German" sounds better anyway
"Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
I think he meant *rabid*, but that may be me trying to make sense of an article that had little to begin with.
(Oh yes, I read the original article on WaPo. I want those minutes back.)
Obviously, he meant vapid. Ron Paul supports just ooze banal.
"Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
You would be amazed by how fleet-footed they can be.
And that one.
Could have sworn they were saying, "Dodgers Suck"...and that for a brief moment thought they were Giants fans!
OK man I really have to salute that one.
"Paul supporters are nothing short of rapid."
You would be amazed by how fleet-footed they can be.*golf clap*
I fucking hate threaded comments.
That is badass. Thanks you for the link.
This is old news, especially on Reason.
The subject may be in a dispute with Federal migra over a relative's immigration status.
Relative to arsonist: Helfen Sie nächstes Mal nicht.
So what's the tuition fee these days at Columbia?
What is this "tuition fee" to which you refer?
LAPD arrests German native in string of Los Angeles arson attacks. Cops say person of interest detained at Fairfax and Sunset matches security camera image (white hair in ponytail) and was driving a Canadian-licensed minivan
I knew it. Close the borders.
This is called eleutherophobia.
Jesse Benton interviewed by Greenspan's wife on MSNBC
Notice how the lying bitch insists on the canard that Paul is losing support while Santorum is "surging."
The operative question is the nature of Santorum's surge.
I approve the "direction" of his surge.
Andrea Mitchell (@1:27): "The Des Moines Register poll has been the gold-standard..."
Well, I guess we can dismiss that poll as nutty and insane.
The power of pure assertion!
Har har hardy har har.
Well, I guess we can dismiss that poll as nutty and insane.
Yeah, the woman has NO sense of irony. -
Santorum comes out burning on Ron Paul gun rights accusations:
Rick Santorum, at his event at a Boone Pizza Ranch, just accused Ron Paul supporters of being behind negative robo-calls suggesting the former senator is anti-Second Amendment.
"Someone is out making robo-calls, suggesting I am anti-Second Amendment," said Santorum, adding that voters should tell: "Whoever is (doing that), Ron Paul (to stop)."Assuming Ms Haberman is confusing parentheses with brackets, that's some pretty heavy editing of Mr Santorum's quote. And note that she doesn't mention what the allegations of being soft on gun rights were.
"Rick Santorum smells like black cock and astroglide."
as i predicted, the media are already turning the shooting of ranger anderson in my rainier park, into a "gunz issue"...
this article and many others uses the nice gun pr0n picture of the suspect and i have already read TWO articles/editorials that lament the fact that national parks now allow gunz in parks (where they are legal outside the parks). clearly, THIS guy, who was on the run after allegedly shooting 4 people in skyway and looking for wilderness to hide in WOULD HAVE OBEYED A PROHIBITION AGAINST GUNS IN THE PARK!!! (lol)...
(apparently, mother nature exacted her own due process on the suspect)...
the gun pr0n picture really has to be seen...MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. - A man who was suspected in the killing of Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson on Sunday morning was found deceased on Monday.
Benjamin Colton Barnes was found not far from where he took off after the shooting.
"The body was found in a river," Det. Sgt. Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. said.
"He appears to have not been the victim of any type of violence other than the weather," said Troyer.
"He put himself into a position where he wasn't going to get out of," said Troyer. "They had containment on both ends of the valley. If he was still moving he wasn't going to get out."
Troyer said the suspect was not equipped for the conditions.
"He was wearing a t-shirt, a pair of jeans and one tennis shoe," he said.
Troyer said a couple of weapons were found near Barnes' body and recovered.
About 200 personnel from several law enforcement agencies were involved in the search for Barnes.
Park Ranger Kevin Bacher said that Barnes would have had to travel 6 to 10 miles on foot through higher elevations and deep snow to get back out to any populated areas. At several points in a Monday morning press conference, Bacher said police and rangers would be happy if Mother Nature was able to deal with Barnes so the suspect would not be able to do any more harm.
"I'm very thankful that this person has been located," Park Superintendent Randy King said Monday afternoon. "When this person was at large the park was not safe."
The search effort on Monday involved personnel on the ground and in the air, Bacher said. Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters with infrared will be used, as well as K-9 units on the ground.
Ranger Anderson was shot shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday near Longmire Ranger Station. Bacher said the alleged shooter "blew through" a roadblock between Longmire and Paradise. The roadblock was set up to check cars entering the park for proper tires and tire chains.
When the driver did not stop, the rangers at the checkpoint radioed for assistance. Anderson established a roadblock to stop the car about a mile below Paradise.
When the driver encountered Anderson's roadblock, he exited his car and began firing on Anderson and another ranger, Dan Camiccia.
Anderson was struck while still insider her car. She radioed for help as the suspect fled on foot.
It took 90 minutes for rescuers to reach Anderson because Barnes continued shooting at law enforcement as they arrived.
Barnes was also a suspect in a New Year's Eve shooting in Skyway.
Barnes, an Iraq war veteran, reportedly had a troubled transition to civilian life, with accusations he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is suicidal.
He was involved in a custody dispute in Tacoma in July, during which his toddler daughter's mother sought a temporary restraining order against him, according to court documents.
The woman told authorities he was suicidal and possibly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after deploying to Iraq in 2007-2008, and had once sent her a text message saying "I want to die."
She alleged that he gets easily irritated, angry and depressed and keeps an arsenal of weapons in his home. She wrote that she feared for the child's safety.
Undated photos provided by police showed a shirtless, tattooed Barnes brandishing two weapons, a large rifle and a smaller firearm with a large clip.
In November 2011, a guardian ad litem recommended parenting and communication classes for both parents and recommending Barnes be allowed to continue supervised visits with the child, two days a week.
That visitation schedule was to continue until he completed a domestic violence evaluation and mental health evaluation and complied with all treatment recommendations.
Bitch had it coming.
Cop, Ranger...same thing. -
Undated photos provided by police showed a shirtless, tattooed Barnes brandishing two weapons, a large rifle and a smaller firearm with a large clip.
Saiga-12 is a "rifle"? Well the author definitely passes the "licensed journalist" test
it has a trigger and it has a long barrel, therefore it is a RIFLE according to journalist-liberal-gun-speakz-guide Chapter 102(a)
Maybe it had a rifled choke.
Well, technically, even handgun barrels are rifled...
It's a fairly minor error compared to some that journalists and screenwriters make.
Run NoScript. Not only does Reason.com load much, much quicker, but you have to run scripts to post a threaded comment, so NoScript stops the scourge.
Fuck Team Red, fuck Iowa, fuck Team Blue and fuck you, too.
Oh. Also, fuck California.
Way to screw up the cadence.
Fuck Team Red, Fuck Team Blue, Fuck Iowa and Fuck you, too.
Flows better in a Roses are Red way.
Feel free to ask for help on any poetry related topic.
"If I only could I'd set L.A. on fire..."
but seems like someone beat me to it.
Horst: Alright, Mr. Burns…you win. But beware…we Germans aren't all smiles und sunshine.
Burns: Oooh, the Germans are mad at me. I'm so scared! Oooh, the Germans! Uh oh, the Germans are coming to get me…
Germans: Stop it! Stop sir…
Burns: Don't let the Germans come after me. Oh no, the Germans are coming after me...
Germans: Please stop the "pretending you are scared" game, please.
Burns: Ooooh, Smithers, the Germans!
Question to consider:
Which Republican candidate would each of the Big 7 endorse?
Liberals on Facebook are expressing their outrage over the detention provisions. Great fun can be had by asking them if they plan to vote third party or stay home over this. They of course say they will vote for Obama raving about roe v wade and "theocracy". Then you tell them "then you must not consider this very important then". The LULTZ factor of the spitting and yelling that ensues is immense
No thanks, I've already lost enough friends on Facebook by posting colonoscopy pictures on their walls.
There is no candidate who is both pro civil liberties and has left economic policies. You can have one or the other but not both. If you choose one you are saying that the other is less important. It punctures liberals inflated sense of self importance and smug righteousness to have to admit that when push comes to shove they really don't care about civil rights. All they can do is rave and change the subject. But but boosh!!!!!
I agree. It's a dog and pony show.
My liberal "friends" on teh fbook are all dispelling the "conservative" smear that they are mischief-making Ron Paul voters. I haven't seen any Paul-hate from my conservative "friends" in that venue.
Anyone who thinks liberals will vote for Paul is delusional
They'll vote for Mitt?
But he's the same as Obama.I'm confused.
Lewis H|1.2.12 @ 8:48PM|#
"I'm confused."Yes, willfully so.
Anyone who thinks liberals will vote for Paul is delusional
According to the "right wing" blogs and forums only lefties are voting for him and only in the primary.
Doubtful. But even still voting in a primary doesn't hurt Obama. Let's see when it counts
Also, I think it's awfully silly to choose the President based on RvW when it's not even up to the President.
That's because you've actually thought about it for more than .25 seconds.
To lefties, the end-all be-all in American politics is the president. They WANT there to be a supreme leader. That way they can also not have to think about how shit ACTUALLY works, and can fall back on "BUT HE'Z AGENST ABORSHUN!!!!!! as their one and only excuse to dismissing a candidate completely.
John, what is this "Facebook" of which you speak?
Apparently the ACLU is full of racist, tea bagger, ultra right-wing militia sympathizers because they grade Paul (and Johnson) better than Obama on their Civil Liberties Report Card. And this is DESPITE inflating Obama's grades!
Measured in 0-4 torches
Obama: Humane Immigration, 2; Closing Guantanamo and Indefinite Detention, 1; Gays and Lesbians Serving in Military, 4; Ending Torture, 3; Ending Surveillance State, 0; Gay Marriage, 3; Reproductive Choice, 3.This is fucking laughable. Obama somehow gets a "torch" for Indefinite Detention IMMEDIATELY AFTER SIGNING A BILL WHICH CODIFIES IT, INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS ON AMERICAN SOIL, INTO LAW. I call shenanigans. And he somehow gets 4 torches for Gays in the Military AFTER HE FILED A FUCKING LAWSUIT TO STOP gays from joining the military when Log Cabin Republicans won their own lawsuit in court. He's deported more people, and split their families, than any other president in history, yet he somehow gets 4 torches?
This is a fucking joke.
Paul: Humane Immigration, 2; Closing Guantanamo and Indefinite Detention, 4; Gays and Lesbians Serving in Military, 4; Ending Torture, 3; Ending Surveillance State, 4; Gay Marriage, 1; Reproductive Choice, 0.
How does the ACLU construe Paul's position that the government should not have a say on whether gays can or cannot marry as somehow prohibitive? He only gets a 3 on ending torture? Seriously?
Gary Johnson is rated even higher than Paul, ostensibly because he's in support of abortion rights.
And how does Obama get a 3 on gay marriage?
Also, I wouldn't give RP a 0 on reproductive rights. While he is not for forcing states to make abortion legal, he's also against forcing states to make abortion illegal.
"And how does Obama get a 3 on gay marriage?"
'Cause he's on the blue team.
See, he really wants to support it, but he's forced to do otherwise, since, uh, well, see, it's kinda.... -
I think you're looking for "Obstructionist Republicans". You know. The same ones that stopped Congress from ramming Obamacare down our throats without a single Republican vote.
It was those guys who FORCED Obama to keep DADT for three years.
They grabbed his arm and *kept* him from signing that order! -
And don't forget that they also FORCED Obama to file a lawsuit AFTER DADT had been overturned by a judge in a lawsuit filed by Log Cabin REPUBLICANS.
Those darn guys! Amazing how a minority party can FORCE such damage!
Shithead will explain how that works. -
It seems to me that, for the ACLU, statism is the status quo. A candidate must use government force one way or another in order to be accurately scored. Advocating for the government to stay the fuck out of the way isn't a option. See Paul's Gay Marriage score.
But they also see NOT using the government to force a particular idea to EVERYONE as a negative. Since Ron Paul does not openly advocate a national policy for abortion, he gets a score of zero. They simply cannot fathom a president who doesn't seek to use the federal government to force policy on everyone.
Tony taught us that not doing things is the same as doing things, so up is down and war is peace yadda yadda.
Yep. NOT supporting abortion rights nationally and allowing the residents of each state to make their own policy = TAKING AWAY THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OF WOMEN BECAUSE HE'S A NAZI!!!!!!
Fuck yeah.
I think it's a toss-up between the militant anti-aborters and the militant pro-aborters, as to which group is more fucking irritating... FWIW.
Change "abortion rights" above to gun rights or speech rights. It sounds the same. According to Roe v Wade first trimester abortion is a constitutionally protected (national) right.
Columbia University will give students credit for an Occupy Wall Street class taught by an OWS organizer and including protest participation as course work.
Will they get extra credit for intensifying "blight" in the neighborhoods Columbia is trying to acquire via Eminent Domain?
Will they conduct drum circles in the doorways of businesses still trying to operate in defiance of the wishes of their betters?
I suspect they will have sections of the course devoted to shitting in public without getting caught, how to rape girls in their tents and not get caught, how to NOT tell the police about rampant sexual assaults, and how to purposefully marginalize those you feel are beneath you.
"Columbia University will give students credit for an Occupy Wall Street class"
Recruiter: "Happy to see you, glad you're considering working for our firm! Can you tell me something of the courses you've taken here?
Applicant: "Well, some of the credits are based on 'life experience' activities"
Recruiter: "Uh, would those be as an intern at some business similar to ours?"
Applicant: "Well no. I pitched tents, smoked dope, pooped on the sidewalk..."
Recruiter, interrupting: "Thank you very much for stopping by. We have your contact information. Again, thank you..." -
How many WTFs does this shit deserve?
I saw some of those "organizers" in action, both in my hometown and on da YouTubez. I can only say: (1)anyone who voluntary subjects themselves to that shit is getting what he/she deserves, and (2)my son will not be receiving help in paying for an Occupy Wall Street "class" - unless it's a class devoted to figuring out what the fuck that movement is trying to accomplish (a daunting task, to be sure).
You know who else was from Iowa?
Holy fuck, Matt Millen is a painful commenter.
Not as bad as Kirk (whoever) at the Rose Bowl, who managed to flap his jaws entirely over the ref's call.
Producers should have cut off his mic. -
Please - do NOT mention "He Who Shall Remain Nameless" - for the children (of Detroit sports). Please.
Millen looks like he could have been separated at birth from Thomas Friedman.
It makes me smile that Anthony Bourdain, in his new series Layover, never wastes an opportunity to shit all over both hippies and hipsters.
Of course watching him tap dance around smoking weed in Amsterdam is also hilariously funny.
Could anyone spend 20 years working in Manhattan restaurants and not hate hipsters?
To hate hipsters is one thing. To use his show as a platform to continuously pronounce his hatred of them is yet another.
In EVERY episode of Layover he has said something negative about hipsters, his hatred of them oozing out of his nostrils.
yup. he admits he may not agree with ted nugent, but he clearly has WAY more respect for ted fucking nugent than he does for liberal hipsters, nor would he spend time with hipsters, like with ted
Bourdain may not agree with the Nooge, but he'll shoot Nooge's guns for a good fuckin' time!
and he'll give him props for not being a simpering vegan pussy and for devoting time and money to wounded veterans.
i think the nooge is a blowhard, but i'd rather hang with him than some portlandia hipster douchebags
Working for Manhattan restraints for a few years will create that kind of hate
Media whore has slight moment of candor, says she's afraid of a Paul win in Iowa
It may have been a Freudian slip for all we know...
Maybe she meant to say "are thinking" rather than "are worried", but that's pretty awful-sounding. The fact she didn't correct herself immediately makes me think she was telling the truth and forgot where she was.
It could be interpreted another way, however.
Notice the full phrase. It's subordinate which means that it relies on some other phrase to get its meaning.
Notice she said (without any punctuation): "I'm sure you've talked to Republicans who are worried just like I am."
It depends on where one wants to place the punctuations.
If it's "I'm sure you've talked to Republicans who are worried just like I am." there is but one interpretation, and it's bad for her.
But if it's "I'm sure you've talked to Republicans who are worried, just like I am." the controlling clause is "I'm sure you talked to Republicans who are worried" where the meaning would be that she too is talking to Republicans who are worried.
I'm not sure it's nearly as bad as many want it to be, but because it's spoken and doesn't have any punctuation, we'll never know.
So, no one plays defense in football anymore, is the conclusion I'm drawing from the NFL and college at the moment.
Very few colleges ever played defense. Some 80s and 90s UM and FSU teams had dominant defense, and current Alabama teams generally play pretty good D, but that's about it.
The rules in the NFL have effectively made football glorified Madden.
I fucking hate it.
Honestly, I may be starting to lose interest in football. Like, I could watch the 2nd half of OK-Stanford, or I could watch Netflix. And the NFL playoffs are just going to be shootouts, so why bother?
There are at least a couple of good defenses in the NFL playoffs, Pittsburgh and Baltimore come to mind, which might keep things interesting.
But overall I agree. Nothing is more boring than watching 2 QBs throw for 500 yards and both teams pitching a 40-burger.
In those games it all comes down to whoever scores last rather than which is the best team.
We are 13-3 with Alex Fucking Smith! Fuck you!
And Jim Fucking Harbaugh! May have something to do with it.
I'd argue that playing in the worst conference in football helps. 6 games against perennial losers?
MSM news anchors, objective as always:
Citing a "complete lack of joint sense of national purpose," NBC's David Gregory said campaigns have become preoccupied with the "warning of impending danger if [President Obama] has a second term" rather than focusing on solutions for the county's problems.
"This feeling among conservatives that Obama must be stopped…Let's get the power so we can undo what's been done in the past four years," said Gregory, summing up the campaign theme of the president's opponents.
Discussing the political dysfunction in Washington, NBC's Andrea Mitchell recalled how there was a time when elected officials had "tried to work on solving problems – not filibustering everything that they came across."They can't seem to imagine that the policies ObaPelRei enacted might be part of the problem. Oddly, I don't recall them claiming that trying to end the war and roll back the Bush tax cuts were "obstructionist" back in 2006-08.
Because those were actual harmful policies, and the new ones are so well intended.
Intentions are allll that matters.
Outcomes? How quaint! #Intentions
"Citing a "complete lack of joint sense of national purpose," NBC's David Gregory said campaigns have become preoccupied with the "warning of impending danger if [President Obama] has a second term" rather than focusing on solutions for the county's problems."
Yep. Obama has nothing to do with any problems. Nothing. I promise; he is not to blame for any problems!
Some simply can't imagine that ridding ourselves of Obama is one of the "solutions for the country's problems."
WTF? The Joe 4 Chavez commercials are back, just saw one on the news here. Citgo and "the people of Venezuela" offering heating oil for free while propagandizing against private oil companies.
Fuck me. Really?
I absolutely refuse to buy gas from Citgo since I found out they were Chavezgo a few years ago. Seriously - no Citgo gas in any of the Almanian mobiles. It's not much, but it's a matter of principle.
Am I reading that right? OK State is #3 and Stanford is #4? Really?
Did not know that. What troubled times we live in...
Seriously - can we skip right to February and have the Stupid Bowl, Daytoner Five Double Aught and the start of MotoGP and AMA roadracing and shit? Like, right now? Please?
Well, didn't hurt to ask...
Jesus Christ on a cracker the Big 10 are sucking in the bowl gamez.
*shocked face*
Fucking loser fuckstick motherfuckers.
Take it easy.
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Bob Murphy's Take On The Newsletter Thingy And The Defense Of The Mises Institute.
Robert Murphy, 12-31-2011
#1. Anybody who refers to the Mises Institute as an anti-Semitic, racist, or homophobic institution doesn't have a freaking clue what he is talking about, and I'd bet hasn't been to the Institute anytime in the last ten years.
I have been attending the Mises Institute's summer program, either as a grad student or as a lecturer, since (I think) 2000. I have to think that since then, there have easily been more than 1,000 undergrads who cycled through its Mises University. Shouldn't there be all sorts of eyewitness testimonials to the crude jokes, lynchings, etc. in which we engage, if bigotry oozes out of the Institute? And yet, I'm not aware of any such thing.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people who will tell you on Facebook or their blogs that the Mises Institute is racist/homophobic/whatever. But when you ask for specifics, they'll cite the newsletters, or a single footnote from Hoppe's book on Democracy, or will say that Hoppe in a class in Nevada (not at the Institute mind you) used a particularly ill-chosen example to illustrate time preference, or (my personal favorite) will explain that one time, Hoppe invited a guy to his conference in Turkey, who wrote a book that was clearly bigoted (though his talk at Hoppe's conference had nothing to do with said book). Nobody to my knowledge has ever said, "Yeah, once I was at a Mises event and Peter Klein got up and started bashing gays." The reason is that nothing like this ever happens.
#2. The charge that Lew Rockwell is hurting Ron Paul's election chances by his cowardly refusal to acknowledge authorship of the newsletters, is arguably the stupidest claim I've heard in 2011.
Let's state the obvious: There were some pretty shocking things in those newsletters, and I wish they never got published, so that we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. Having said that, let me point out that most (not all) of the offending passages were jokes in very poor taste. Furthermore, to call a black politician "Barbara Morondon," or to say Martin Luther King Jr. was a plagiarist who "beat up his paramours," isn't actually racist. It's mean, and it would appeal to racists (duh), but strictly speaking, a lot of the things being quoted to show how racist Ron Paul's ghostwriter must be, actually aren't racist.
OK but put that stuff aside; I'm certainly not here to defend the statements themselves–Ron Paul himself has repeatedly disavowed them. What I am here to do, is to point out how stupid one of the charges floating around about Lew Rockwell is. Specifically, the charge goes that Rockwell is hurting Ron Paul's candidacy because he (Rockwell) is unwilling to take responsibility for writing those things.
Here's the problem: By their own admission, these critics think this newsletter business was a conscious strategy to appeal to the bigoted fringe. Indeed (depending on the critic), the Mises Institute only exists to cater to these people. So why would Rockwell be afraid? Shouldn't he be like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, saying, "You're damn right I ordered the Code Black!"
That's what's so ridiculous about this whole thing. On the one hand, people criticize Rockwell for his non-stop, throw-decency-to-the-winds promotion of Ron Paul. They also say Rockwell caters to racists. And yet, a lot of these people are also saying Rockwell is unwilling to admit he wrote racist things, even though by doing this he would help Ron Paul.
Lew Rockwell himself has denied that he wrote the newsletters. I can't seem to find the quote, but he said something along the lines that the actual author is no longer with us. So here are two general theories to explain the current situation:
(A) Lew Rockwell didn't write the newsletters, and doesn't want to throw his dead associate under the bus because he knows full well this won't do anything to satisfy the hyenas.
(B) Lew Rockwell wrote the newsletters, knows that if he fesses up, it will help Ron Paul's campaign, but nonetheless remains silent because Lew Rockwell is the kind of guy who really cares what others think about him, especially people who are very concerned about showing sensitivity to minorities.
I'm not saying (A) and (B) exhaust all possibilities, but of those two choices, which do you think is more likely?
Last point: Just do a forensic analysis. Does Lew Rockwell crack jokes in his writings? When he's on the radio being interviewed, does he crack jokes? No, he's as serious as cancer. -
'm certainly not here to defend the statements themselves
That's Old Mexican's job.
Think RP will win? Seems the fix is already in...
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He served as assistant coach for women's tennis for three seasons under former coach Steve Vee. He was also an assistant coach for RVC women's basketball and RVC softball for two seasons, and is also an Adjunct Professor at Rock Valley College.
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If you're looking for a comfort food, consider shrimp pie, which is easy to fix and takes only a half hour to bake.By: Herald Staff Report,
If you're looking for a comfort food, consider shrimp pie, which is easy to fix and takes only a half hour to bake.
Shrimp Pie
2 cups fresh bread crumbs (from about 3 large slices)
1 cup milk
2 cups peeled, cooked shrimp
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon chopped celery or parsley
2 tablespoons sherry
Salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Pinch of nutmeg or mace (optional)
Soak bread in milk; add remaining ingredients. Place in buttered 1-quart baking dish and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees.
Yield: Serves 2.
Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 518 calories, 20.3 grams fat (10.5 grams saturated), 330 milligrams cholesterol, 46 grams protein, 32 grams carbohydrates, 1.2 grams fiber, 1,322 milligrams sodium.
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The bigger and more cumbersome the EU gets, the more administration and treaties they throw in to try and make it work.
How can they expect to make one standard for everything and everyone across the board in disparate nations with completely different cultures, histories, beliefs, diets and ambitions?
Every time a new country enters the EU the differences between the haves and the have nots in Europe increases, more money is needed to run it all, more money is wasted and we all have to pay higher taxes with no visible benefits, while we watch our own living standards and infrastructures fail, our schools, housing and health services stretched beyond the limit.
We have no control over our own borders, our laws can and are dismantled by EU directives and decisions taken in the European courts.
It is so bureaucraticly top heavy now that the cost of paying for all the staff is huge, the EU claim the total cost represents just 6% of the budget, but when you look at the salary for the 27 commisioners alone - 75 million euros, not including family and subsistence allowances - you start to get an idea of the staggering sums involved.
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Arcade Fire has tweeted a photo of a hand-written, full tracklisting for their forthcoming new album, Reflektor. The songs are presented as "Volume 1" and "Volume 2," with the former consisting of seven tracks and the latter having six tracks. The album is due on October 29. As previously reported, Arcade Fire will not only serve as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live on September 28, but immediately following the episode, NBC will air a 30-minute Arcade Fire concert special.
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I apologize sincerely for the hiatus. I had to get through tax season, and fortunately, I eventually escaped unscathed. Whew!
With this madness behind me, it is time to focus on all the goods coming in 2013. There's so much out there!
I must first apologize, as the Our Epoch webstore has been out of commission quite a bit lately. We've grown so much in the last year, so much faster than we expected. I've been searching for a solution that will meet our needs, and sampled a few other options. I've come back to our current platform and have committed to make a few tweaks to it, then I think we'll be back on our feet again. The main area of improvement on the website is making it easier for local customers – you will be able to load your shopping cart as you would on any website, but you will have the option to pick it up in person (i.e. at the next AMQG meeting, or at my house, etc.) instead of paying shipping charges. Also, you will have the option of paying via PayPal at the end of your transaction, or delaying payment until you pick up your order (if you want to pay in cash, with a check, or receive an invoice).
These functions already exist on the website, but they seem to be hit or miss. I am working to make sure this option is available for you all the time on all items. This imperative as I usually offer sales and specials here that I don't offer on Etsy, and I want to streamline it as much as possible. So thank you for your patience with the instability of the website. I hope it will be 100% within the next two weeks. In the meantime, please check out the Etsy Shop to see what's in stock – this shop is kept up-to-date, as I try to do inventory every day. If you see something you like, you can email me and I'll send you an invoice. This is especially good for local customers so that we don't have to worry about shipping charges.
On to the good stuff!
This year is going to be another big year for us. We are expanding in a few different directions, starting with yardage. Print yardage, to be exact.
Our Epoch is already stocking Moda yardage, but we will be increasing the number of bolts we stock that coordinate with popular lines of precuts. I took a hiatus from Riley Blake last year for various reasons, but we're bringing them back this year! We'll be stocking select Fat Quarter Bundles and lots and lots of yardage – too much good stuff to pass up! If you haven't already, take a look at the upcoming lines with Riley Blake. If there is something that catches your eye, please let me know and I'll see about the availability.
As you know, Art Gallery bundles are available, but we will most certainly be picking up several of their luscious print yardage this year, no doubt! We are also looking at picking up Blend Fabrics, which offers a wide variety of unique prints by up-and-coming artists. Jessica Swift is a local favorite, and I have enjoyed her prints for years!
And perhaps our most exciting news, we are expanding to Freespirit/Westminster! Tula Pink, Anna Maria Horner, Denyse Schmidt, Heather Bailey, Joel Dewberry… need I say more? I am anxious to see what Spring Market brings for these amazing designers. We'll also be looking at Michael Miller later this year to add to our yardage selection.
I wish I could name all of the big changes coming, but there's so many. Hang on to your hats and make room in your stash closet!
Is there anything particular you'd like to see? Now's the time to speak up!
Happy Friday! The Our Epoch shop is brimming with with new Kona (13 of the BRAND NEW colors are here, more coming!!), so it's time we have a sale to celebrate!
Today through next Friday, August 17, all Kona, Bella and Riley Blake (what little bit is left) will be $4.90/yard! Or $2.45/half yard!
We are striving to offer the largest selection of Kona in the Atlanta area, and if we aren't there already, we are darn close. Click here to see our selection of solids.
Also, how about a little Riley Blake sale? August, September and October are big months with lots of new stuff coming in, so let's make room! All Riley Blake 5″ Stackers are a flat $5.00 each, all 10″ Stackers and Rolie Polies are a flat $16.00 each. For some of these items, that's an 80% discount! The Fat Quarter Bundles are 25% off. The Riley Blake sale is while supplies last as they are limited. I am happy to hold things for you, but out of courtesy for others, please only reserve items you know you intend to purchase immediately.
You can find the Riley Blake precuts here.
Feel free to peruse the Our Epoch store, and you can either order through the site, or you can just email me or message me what you want and I'll send you an invoice. This sale is NOT available on Etsy.
A few reminders:
-Kona bought on sale will not count toward the Kona Rewards program.
-Please keep your cuts to half yards or multiple yards (no fat quarters for this sale).
-If I run out of a specific color of Kona, I am happy to reorder and give you the discount on that particular color.
-I am happy to make pickup/drop-off arrangements, or you can come by and "shop". If you are not local, I am happy to ship anything you need (postage not included).
-Riley Blake precuts are first come, first served! Supplies are limited!
With all the holiday charm packs listed this week, I had to check my calendar. I mean, didn't I just finish paying off last year's Christmas?!
It IS May, but Moda's Sample Sale was quite generous with the holiday selection, so both Blitzen and Joy are in the shop. Riley Blake just released the Alpine Wonderland (so cute and kitschy!), so you'll find those charm packs in there soon!
Next month, Moda is releasing Cosmo Cricket's Dear Mr. Claus line, which is probably my most anticipated holiday line this year (so far).
There isn't that much left of the sample sale items, so get them while you can!
April showers are definitely reminding me of spring in Paris! I don't mind, though, because we are expecting a shipment of Riley Blake's newly released line "Paris & Co.".
I love the quite shades of brown and blue, and the little ice cream cone print!
I have a friend who loves all things Parisian, so I'm anxious to make a little gift for her.
Look for this line in the Our Epoch store in the next week or two!
Yes, that's right! Our Epoch is adding Riley Blake precuts to the store, and they'll begin arriving next week! We are so excited about this. Riley Blake offers a cute, but not too cute, breath of fresh air to new quilting and sewing projects. We have several lines planned for the next few months, and we're excited to see what comes out for Fall. Here's what's on order (click the names to see the fabrics in each collection):
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I saw this jersey fabric on fabric.com and I HAD to have it! It's so comfy and soft. I used the Hope wrap dress pattern and it fit pretty well (though a teensy bit tight in the arms). On my size 3 frame, it doesn't wrap as far around as I'd like, so keep that in mind if you're planning on making it. This dress is fab though, and so comfy. It looks great as modeled by my friend Polly! Plus, it only took me about 3 hours to make!
Oct 16, 2011, 05.21 PMby panchagordita
love it!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 23, 2011, 08.02 PMby ivandijk
I loooooooove this dress and the flowers!
Feb 17, 2011, 07.01 PMby jessness
Oh i love that fabric! Dress looks great!
Feb 14, 2011, 08.59 AMby danilovestosew
just lovely… sigh
Feb 12, 2011, 02.10 PMby nidhi
very pretty dress and a very beautiful model!
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Atkarībā no naktsmītnes politikas var tikt piemērota katrai viesnīcai specifiska maksa par papildu personām.
Lai reģistrētos, jāuzrāda personu apliecinošs dokuments ar fotoattēlu un jāiemaksā skaidras naudas depozīts vai jāuzrāda kredītkarte neparedzētu izdevumu segšanai.
Īpašie pieprasījumi ir atkarīgi no pieejamības reģistrācijas laikā, un par tiem var tikt piemērota papildu maksa. Īpašo pieprasījumu pieejamība netiek garantēta.
**Šīs ērtības var būt pieejamas tikai dažos numuros vai vienībās. Par dažām ērtībām var būt jāmaksā papildu maksas.
Naktsmītnē ir iekštelpu baseins un ūdens procedūru vanna. Cita izklaides iespēja ir diennakts vingrošanas zāle.
Naktsmītnē vai tās tuvumā ir šādas atpūtas un izklaides vietas (var piemērot maksu):
Šīs maksas un iemaksas tiek veiktas naktsmītnē pakalpojuma sniegšanas, reģistrēšanās vai izrakstīšanās laikā.
Šis saraksts, iespējams, nav pilnīgs. Maksas un iemaksas, iespējams, neietver nodokļus un var mainīties.
Atkarībā no naktsmītnes politikas var tikt piemērota katrai viesnīcai specifiska maksa par papildu personām.
Lai reģistrētos, jāuzrāda personu apliecinošs dokuments ar fotoattēlu un jāiemaksā skaidras naudas depozīts vai jāuzrāda kredītkarte neparedzētu izdevumu segšanai.
Īpašie pieprasījumi ir atkarīgi no pieejamības reģistrācijas laikā, un par tiem var tikt piemērota papildu maksa. Īpašo pieprasījumu pieejamība netiek garantēta.
The hot tub ( the reason we went wasn't working ). And we waited over an hour to get checked bc the room wasn't ready , we were sent away 3 times being told we'd have to wait half an hour. By 330 we were in out room.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"NE Foliage Trip"
Perfect location to everything we wanted see in New Hampshire. Clean hotel, friendly staff. Nice breakfast.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"comfortable beds/room, ordinary breakfast"
Very clean room and comfortable beds. Nothing special for breakfast.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"OUTSTANDING Staff"
Everything was up to Hampton's usual high standards. But I MUST compliment the young lady who was the manager when we checked in. VERY friendly, was able to recomment a terrific restaurant, and couldn't do enough to make our stay enjoyable. Thanks!Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"very convenient and 'cushy-comfy'"
Check in was easy, the entire place was very clean, including the elevators and hallways. Staff was friendly. Most of all - bedding was very 'cushy-comfy'. The continental breafast was more than ample. It was a great stop on our business trip. Although there were a handful of good chain restaurants within walking distance, we opted to try the local […] flavors by driving to downtown and we were not disappointed. IzvērstPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great, clean hotel"
Easy to find and super clean. Love it when hotels provide extra towels without asking. Staff very courteous.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Very Clean"
The hotel is very clean in all areas: our room, the pool and the lobby. It was extremely quiet. Great location for the white mountains.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Close enough to Mt Wahsington"
Excellent room and bed. Front desk staff outstandingPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great Hotel"
Room was very clean. Shuttle service to restaurants was great!Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"nice clean hotel"
We stayed for a quick overnight so the kids could enjoy the pool. Rooms were very clean and new, pool area was great. The breakfast buffet was clean and had great selection. Will return!Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"A good choice!"
Everything was perfect, comfortable room, breakfast really good,Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
Nice hotel but pillows could be alot better for what they charge in a small NH town.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"a little out of the way, but very nice hotel"
Very nice room and clean. The beds were comfortable. The kids loved the pool.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Wonderful Stay"
Fantastic value. Loved the staff and folks at the desk. Very helpful. Food was excellent as were pool and fitness room.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Some UPDATES, rooms, ehhhhhhh!"
The lobby and breakfast area has been updated and is really pleasing. The rooms are antiquated and smell so. Bed was soo comfortable so we opened the windows and prayed for a breeze.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Nice hotel"
Very nice. Only one night this time, but we stayed previously for 4 nights. Location is convenient for a day at Santa's VillagePatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
Hotel was very clean and comfortable. Staff was friendly and helpful. The complimentary breakfast was ok, adequate. I would recommend to anyone staying in the area.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great place to stay"
We enjoyed our stay at the Hampton Inn in Littleton. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Room was clean, quiet and comfortable. Hot coffee in the lobby 24/7. My wife loved the fresh baked cookies at the check in desk. Overall a great place to stay.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Close to the highway and nearby sights."
This Hampton Inn was fabulous. Condition of the room and hotel was outstanding and very clean. Near places to eat and service was excellent. The breakfast was also a plus. Indoor pool and spa was wonderfully refreshing.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
It was great, staff was friendly and supportive, management was present and visible in their duties. Great breakfast, pool, hot tub, even game room. Great location with restaurant and shopping near by. The downtown is unique and a great experience.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
Not badPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great stay"
The staff is very helpful and courteous which added to our experience in the White mountains area. Would definitely recommend this hotel.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Your food choices for breakfast are horrible."
I used to like Hampton Inn for the consistency. But other hotels are catching up now. And their food choices for breakfast are horrible. Is it too much to ask for ripe bananas, the only fruit they had and they were GREEN. An orange would have been nice as well. I will now start looking for other go to hotels on my business travels. You're just not worth […] it anymore. IzvērstPatiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Nice but checkin issues"
I was not happy about the mistakes upon checkin-I had to wait for my room, then to only realize I didn't have the right room. Then a few days after my stay I was mistakenly charged the room again..I called and they did fix the error and apologized but still another issue probably from when I checked in. The room's rug was also wet all the time - I informed […] the front desk so they could fix it. IzvērstPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
Great room and locationPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great place for family"
It was affordable. Great breakfast nicely set up. Overall a great place to stay.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"great place for family"
Our kids loved the indoor pool, free breakfast, microwave in the room, and hot cocoa in the lobby.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"A typical Hampton Inn"
Everything was certainly up to Hampton Inn's standards. The only slight negative was the front desk clerk who wasn't that friendly.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"A Hotel Not To Miss!"
This hotel was exactly as it said it was. The room was very clean, staff was exceptionally friendly and helpful, the bed was very comfortable. The breakfast was delightful especially the home made Belguin waffles and all the other items to choose from. This definitely is a 5 star hotel. When we go back to New Hampshire we will be booking there again. […] I almost forgot the view. We were on the third floor facing front and the view of the snow capped mountains were gorgeous, just like a picture postcard. IzvērstPatiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Scenic little town"
It was a very clean and well kept facility. The staff was friendly and helpful. The breakfast was good, and was constantly restocked. We loved the cookies at the desk when we checked in. The only complaint is that the bed was a little hard.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"very good! highly recommended hotel"
very good! highly recommended hotelPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Awesome time!"
Hotel management was very helpful with information of the neighborhood. Hotel was very clean, management was great, and it's in a great location.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Highly recommended"
I stayed last Dec 24 to 25. We got a room at the front side with a great view. Staff was very helpful and even provided help with orientation and restaurants suggestions. Around you can find fast food restaurans at walking distance and a Aplebees in front of the hotel. Littleton is a charming village at couple miles from the hotel. Rooms and common […] areas are very clean and good maintenance. IzvērstPatiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Skiing in Vermont"
Everything was great. Room was very neat, clean, and comfortable. Breakfast in the morning was also good.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"December 2012"
Rooms were clean. Staff was friendly. Pool and hot tub were perfect temperature after a day of visiting santas village in the snow. Village was about 40 min away. Very convenient with family restaurant within walking distance. We will come back!Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"high conflict with children 5-10 yrs old"
too many parents and sm children, children were let run loose in the hallways creating a disturbace in the overnight hours, getting me and my family to sleep was a challange do to that same activity. i will not be going back to your hotel for the above reasonsPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Very Happy"
We stayed here for a weekend at Santa's Village. Very pleased with the hotel. Clean and close to dinning. One issue was when there, they were renovating the gym and restaurant...which are things we would have used. Pool was nice. We will stay here againPatiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
Everything during our stay went great, loved the pool and the cleanliness of the hotel. Also the free breakfast was a great additionPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Vacation with kids"
This hotel is awesome I highly recommend it to everybody specially with kids. We also enjoyed the breakfast and Have plans on coming back next year. Till then.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"great place to stay"
Hotel was very clean, staff was friendly and food was delicious. What more do you need?Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Great hotel to explore the area"
The hotel is on the edge of town which is easily accessable for the shops and restaurants. All of the staff I encountered where very friendly and helpful. The room was very nice and comfortable and we used the pool on a number of occasions. The range of food at breakfast was extensive and of a good standard.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Good hotel"
Very nice hotel . Good facilities . Location a little out of Littleton but ok for interstate retail very nearPatiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Convenient for visiting White Mountains"
Perfect for overnight stay with my adult daughter. Really appreciated 24/7 tea and coffee station after long day sightseeing.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"very convenient"
Hotel was better than expected and walking distance to restaurant and shopping. Very pleasedPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Nice hotel"
Very beautiful and comfortble hotel. We had the suite which was very spacious for 3-4 people.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Good Hotel"
Clean and great services. Pool towels ran out and hot tub was not hot but we were their to sleep and travel the area.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
I was very happy with the hotel in all, the staff was wonderful, friendly and helpful. The room was comfortable even with 5 in the roomPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Littleton Hampton Inn"
Bathroom had a mildew smell. Otherwise hotel was nice.Patiesa Expedia viesa atsauksme
"Nice, clean hotel. Centrally located."
Our family of 3 stayed for 2 nights here. We stopped at Clark's Trading Post on the way to the hotel. Our main reason for coming to NH was to visit Santa's Village. It was about 1/2 an hour away so it worked out perfectly for us. Would definitely stay here again. Very clean rooms and friendly staff.Patiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
"Wonderful hotel all around"
My family stayed at the Hampton Inn Littleton this past weekend during our trip to NH. The hotel was very nice and our room was perfect. We stayed in a King Suite for a Saturday overnight into Sunday. My boyfriend and I got the King bed and my son slept on the pull-out couch. The room was spacious and clean. The pool and hot tub downstairs were a lot […] of fun as well. The hotel was also close to all of the attractions we had planned for the weekend. We all really enjoyed our stay. Thanks. IzvērstPatiesa Hotels.com viesa atsauksme
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Panetta is right in that we should never stand for anyone attacking our soldiers. But, then if we weren't there............
Today's Poll: Should the U.S. take more aggressive military action against Pakistan?
Submitted by Howard Owens on June 7, 2012 - 7:39am
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We should turn the problem over to our friends in India.
How about we stop giving them billions of dollars in aid and let them fend for themselves? They are not our friends despite what Washington continues to think. Our tax dollars probably paid for bin Laden's compound.
The Pakistani government will not go after the groups who routinely cross the border to attack our troops, these groups have been given sanctuary by the Pakistani security services. It is time to stop all aid to Pakistan both military and commercial. No more imports with labels with made in Pakistan, no more easy student visas, to quote Nancy Reagan "just say no".
TP, is right on target with having their neighbors to their east ideal with them it's more a matter of vital national security for India than it is for us. There is no reason for NATO troops to be put in harms way or for our treasury to be emptied by a nation that feels it can harbor those who do us harm or interrupt the flow of material to our troops in the field in Afghanistan.
My guess is that as soon as the leaders in Pakistan understand that those are the rules of the game going forward they will act quickly to squash those who threaten to tip their rice bowl.
I see Mr. Hunt, so you would let two regional Nuclear powers that already hate each other duke this out and you think that it would not escalate beyond the region?
There is little we can do to stop India and Pakistan from going to war if they decide to. They have issues going back to the late 1940's that basically are none of our business (like the border problem of Kashmir).
If we are not in Afghanistan, then it becomes even less of our problem. And if the need comes up, there are always the drones.
John my responce was pretty much to TP's I do not think we should take a more aggressive stance in pakistan, nor do I think we should do less at this time. From everything I have read, even after we pull combat troops out, the plan is to maintain a presence specifically to deal with the Al Queda types.
On the contrary, we do a lot to keep India and pakistan from nuking each other however. And we have since the 80's
My retort was to the statement, "Let India Handle it" that would be a mistake of monumental proportions.
Many seem to confuse Afganistan with Iraq, we are not there to keep the peace, we are there to retailiate and destroy al Queada.
Pakistan has failed to help, we don't need to invade them, we need to keep doing to what we are, capture and/or kill AL Queda. If Pakistan gets in the way, we either by pass them or consider them collateral damage.
Mark, having India assert itself as the regional power does not automatically mean they would engage in a nuclear exchange with Pakistan any more than their ongoing tensions with China over border disputes regarding Nepal. If the Pakistanis value their independence to the extent they willingly harbor remnants of AL Qaeda while simultaneously taking American foreign aid, dumping their manufactured goods here and blocking needed supplies for our NATO troops in Afghanistan, perhaps it is time the U.S. calls a halt to being a convivial patron to this less than grateful ward.
Ed I have to disagree for several reasons
1) India's concerns are strictly regional, specifically the integrity of thier borders.
2) I never advocated taking a more aggressive posture by anyone, the Al Queda problem is largely ours and Europes, all that I say is when we need to kill them, when we don't who cares, but the notion that after the war winds down we are going to leave the region entirely is niave, we still have troops in Iraq, non combatant in title but capable.
3) Based solely on Military capabilty, and the fractured political structure in Pakistan, it would not be India launching a first nuke, it would likely be Pakistan.
The poll question was "Should the U.S. take more aggressive military action against Pakistan?" currently India is not in the Pakistan/Al Queda mix, nor should they be. The problem in Pakistan is since Mushariff left office, the ISI has gained a great deal of influence in the Pakastani Government, diminishing what little oooperation there was to absolutely no cooperation.
Al Queda in Pakistan is severaly diminshed and the entire thing will be moot as Al Queda strength now shifts to Yeman, therefore I think it would be more prudent to stay the present course there, finish the job, forget about nation building in Afganistan and maintain a capabilty to either do a small scale insertion or drone strike when necessary in the future, NOT ask any country outside of NATO to do anything.
I voted no, but I think all military and financial aide should come to an immediate halt. Pakistan is no friend of ours, and there isn't much more they can do but bitch about drone strikes.
We should have a few more friendly fire incidents, as I believe the Pakistani military is as thick as thieves with the taliban and al queda.
The idea that either Pakistan or India would go nuclear is remote. Both countries are led by rational leaders who have accepted the paradigm of mutual assured destruction (MAD), neither country is going to strike first. The day has come for the U.S. to back off and let them attend to their own affairs.
What would be beneficial is a cessation of the continued subsidies to the Pakistanis as well as a trade embargo that is enforced. If Pakistan wants to continue the flow of capital from the west and access to our markets then it needs to decide if they are our ally or our enemy, this is a zero sum proposition. Continue the present and you loose it all.
Ed, India is run by rational leaders, Pakistan on the other hand is not so cut and dry. The political leadership is not running the country right now, the ISI backed by the some key military leaders are actually pulling the strings, otherwise the entiore hiding of Bin Laden thing might not have worked out exactly the way it did.
The last war between India and Pakistan known as the Kargil conflict was an incursion of Pakistani Spec Ops forces with Kashmiri separatist that was later followed by the regular Pakistani Army, there were fears of escalation then. India showed great restraint by not following the pakastani's back into Pakistan at the beheist of the President Of The United states at the time.
The point is, India has stated and proven by it's actions that it is only interested in maintaining it's border. The aggressor was Pakistan, further they invaded with a force of 5000 against an Indian force of 30,000, clearly they did not think they could win that fight with convetional means only. Pakistan of late has done nothing to show themselves as rational, and clearly more radical members of the military and ISI are increasing thier hold on power. I would never assume Pakistani Leadership to be in the least bit rational of late.
We should do exactly what we are currently doing, drone strikes and/or raids when necessary, cut off thier aid, and NOT depend on any country in the region to do what we need to get done.
Ed, I am NOT saying we should continue to support Pakistan at all, I am saying India has no interest in anything in that region beyond it's borders escept that Pakistan has nukes pointed at them.
In fact, in the last war between India and Pakistan, we sided more with India than with Pakistan.
I am saying that we should not count on India to deal with the Al Queda presence there. We obviously should not count on Pakistan to assist either


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Very Good Recipes of Soup - 22
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Radish Daikon and Carrot Pork Soup (青紅白蘿蔔瘦肉湯)
By Jos Loves Food
06/23/13 07:00
Daikon (白萝卜) is one of the food recommended by TCM for removal of heat and toxin substances from our body during this period. Daikon soup can be easily purchased from our local food courts but if you prefer to stay indoor and cook it at home, here's one...
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Old Cucumber Soup
By Jos Loves Food
06/23/13 04:00
Looking for a recipe for Old Cucumber Soup? The common ingredients include old cucumber (of course), porkribs, red dates and cuttlefish. Typical traditional soup will take a while to cook, typically a few hours if you wish to taste the authentic sweetness...
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Green Bean Soup
By Jos Loves Food
06/23/13 02:30
One of the recommended food to consume during this hazy season is the green bean soup. Green beans are able to help expel the heat and toxin substance from the body. Green bean soup can be consumed warm or cold. Unconsumed green bean soup can be kept in...
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Asparagus Soup
By Foodborn and Bred
06/22/13 14:03
Asparagus soup I really love asparagus when it's in season which is now. But I hate throwing away the stalks. Cue, brainwave! I made asparagus soup with them. And it's really, really easy and delicious. I used the stalks of one bunch and it made enough...
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Ragda Pattice Take Two ( a spicy pea soup over potato cakes?)
By Authentic Vegetarian Recipes
06/20/13 18:44
Ragda Patis/pattice is a hot pea soup served with a potato pattis/pattice base. Ragda pattis/pattice can be eaten as a snack or as a complete meal depending on your mood. The ragda is thick soup made from dried peas. The pattis/pattice can be made with...
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Chicken Pot Pie Soup
By Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
06/19/13 21:12
I love soups of all kinds. I know I have mentioned that before, many many times, but I just have to say it again. I am like that sometimes. On this occasion I was excited that I got the opportunity to make a soup. Kevin had been feeling a bit under the...
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Thai pumpkin soup
By for the love of taste
06/18/13 12:29
Lucky Ducky Veggie Lunch This soup has nothing to do with duck, in fact it's a pure vegetarian soup and if you replace the fishsauce for soy sauce it's even vegan. Named lucky ducky because first time I made this soup it was to celebrate my love his B-day....
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Cucumber Soup - Kosher Connection
By BIZZY BAKES
06/16/13 21:22
I was not particularly excited about making a cold soup. I love hot soups and unless it is a fruit soup, I don't opt for cold. I could have made just that, a delicious fruit soup, but I decided to try something new and since I had two English cukes in the...
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Thai Red Curry Soup #RecipesFromTheHeart and a KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway
By Damn Delicious
06/16/13 11:00
Today's event is being hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen of Juanita's Cocina . They teamed up with their blogger friends to help raise awareness and support for Cancer and Hospice today in memory of Kim's dad. We encourage everyone to read...
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Chilled Honeydew, Cucumber and Mint Soup
By eat-tori
06/14/13 00:18
There are things I can no longer do. I cannot twirl without losing my balance like a drunk. I cannot sleep for more than three hours at a stretch. I cannot see piles of plates next to a sink without being overcome with a need to wash them all- right this...
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Chicken and Pumpkin Soup Recipe
By LEBANESE RECIPES
06/13/13 02:42
Photo: Chicken and Pumpkin Soup Recipe The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Chicken and Pumpkin Soup Recipe. Enjoy the Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make Chicken...
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Orange Soup with Goat Cheese
By Dos Gatos Kitchen
06/12/13 19:10
There is something about thick/creamy orange-colored soups that make them especially popular in my family. Maybe its the fact that a bright orange color is a great mood setter, or my husband's love for sweet potatoes (and mine for pumpkins) or something...
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Sausage Bean Soup
By Blueberry's Cooking
06/12/13 00:24
Pork Sausage Red Bean Soup Today, I would like to share with everyone a soup that is usually prepared during the cold winter months, however, it tastes just as great all year round. This is one of my favorite soups, ever since I was little. A great tip...
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Eastern Carrot Coconut Soup with Grilled Chicken/ Восточный Морковно-Кокосовый Суп с Курицей
By Cooking Easy
06/11/13 05:00
Delicious and so easy to make soup! My family loves soups, but to tell the truth, I often don't want to make them just because they go down so fast and everyone is hungry soon again:) Yeah, I know, it's bad. But if I do make a soup it at least would not...
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Chicken Orzo Soup with Dill and Lemon
By Carpe Cibus
06/10/13 05:05
Few things are as comforting as a bowl of chicken soup. Especially since we seem in the midst of the chilly spring that won't quite come full bloom. But unlike many a hearty winter or fall dish, this Greek inspired soup is steeped with the bright and hopeful...
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Maltagliati con petali di fiori / "stained glass" maltagliati
By briciole
06/09/13 21:34
Delicate petals within pasta On May 8, 1999, at the San Francisco Center for the Book, I had my first experience with letterpress printing. I learned about the California job case, how to set type and prepare the press, and together with the other class...
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Clam n' Wild Rice Soup
By Turnips 2 Tangerines
06/09/13 17:00
Always a favorite~ 1 cup fresh mushrooms, chopped 1 cup finely chopped celery 1 cup shredded carrots 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup flour 2 quarts chicken broth 3 cups cooked...
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Roasted tomato and chickpea soup
By THE COOKING DOCTOR
06/08/13 14:31
It is easy enough to forget that one is in the tropics when there is a pot of this soup simmering away on stove, irrespective of the heat or chill of the day. With each purchase of vine tomatoes from the market comes a sudden longing for the bright cherry...
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Chicken Noodle Soup
By Turnips 2 Tangerines
06/07/13 17:27
The weather here in Northern WI has been chilly. Very, very chilly, for the month of June. We love soup any time of the year and this soup is perfect on a chilly summer night. Chicken Noodle Soup~ 1-(3-1/2 to 4 pounds) whole chicken, cleaned and washed...
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Cream of Celery Soup with Apple and Crunchy Pepitas
By Mother Rimmy
06/07/13 15:17
Header text goes here Header text goes here Celery soup . . . Just the thought of celery soup lights you on fire, doesn't it? It makes you want to pick up your spoon, dip it into the bowl, and taste every last drop. Probably not – but you'd be disappointed...
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