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Barry O plays the race card, nurses his grudges [Karl]
The general election is in November, but for
Barack Obama Barry O, it is not too soon to start dealing the race card:
They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?
He made similar comments to his fatcat San Francisco donors in conjunction with his claim that people in small-towns in flyover country are bitter and cling to their God and their Guns for economic reasons.
One might have hoped that locking down the delegates necessary to secure the Democratic presidential nomination might have resulted in some personal growth. Instead, he is still nursing a grudge over all of the slights he thinks he received from Hillary Clinton and her supporters and remaking the Presidential seal in his campaign's image, while thinking everyone is too stupid to notice.
But instead of stepping up to the gravity of his own historic achievement, it appears thatÂÂ
Obama Barry O is going to stick with his gameplan of making any mention of his threadbare resume (and equally threadbare public accomplishments) or even his name grist for his mill of racial grievance.
Make no mistake: the man who admits he looks like Urkel is sounding about as post-racial as the Rev. Al Sharpton. Or about as post-racial as someone who spent the last 20 years under the spiritual tutelage of the race-baiting Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Fr. Michael Pfleger. Someone with that background ought to have some humility when it comes to dealing the race card, but he has chosen it as his opening gambit. If John McCain and the GOP allows someone who increasingly sounds like someone struggling to suppress his own prejudice to frame the general election in this manner, they will deserve to lose the election even more than they already do.
(h/t Memeorandum.)
Update: I await Barry's denunciation of Baldilocks:
Most people couldn't care less about your name and your color, Senator Obama. They fear being lead by you because you have no substantive legislative record, you're a chronic liar and, after explicitly stating that you choose your friends carefully, you have repeatedly and systematically made friends with people who hate this country.
Ouch. But if Barry keeps it up, what voters will notice that his skin is as thin as his record.
Update x2: Insta-lanche!
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Everyone knew this was coming, just like the OJ Trial. The defense attorneys all swore that they wouldn't play the race card, then the next day started accusing the cops of bigotry. The problem is, winning over lots of skeptical voters by being a parody of the aggrieved black man he's been so careful to avoid being associated with so far is not exactly a great strategy. The press and the Democratic Party leadership will be doing enough of it already; any question, any criticism, any disagreement with the anointed one will result in cries of racism. It's more predictable than a Hillary Cackle© at a tough question.
Even teh NPR is disgusted at Baracky's inept attempt to stage his own racial crucifixion. That's got to be pretty embarrassing.
NPR obvs hasn't gotten the memo to praise O!'s ruthlessness yet.
Seriously, even O! backers might want to ask themselves whether Johnnie Cochran would have done as well with a jury from Brentwood as one from South Central. Because O! does not get to pick his jury.
So McCain campaign plays tape of BarryO saying 'they are going to try to make you afraid of me…etc' with McCain saying, 'Who me? What's this guy talking about?' and the BarryO campaign comes back saying 'SEE! what did we tell you?'
So he spent 20 years in Chicago trying to learn how to be black, and now he doesn't want us to notice?
I like that NPR uses the word 'templates' in it's web addresses.
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Sdferr, hah! Good eye.
And did KK mention he's black?
I have a
dream!book deal!
Ohnoes. The Baracky, he is becoming a loser magnet. He better reverse polarity quick.
– Wait! How will this sort of victimhood whining square with the campaign PR launch this past week, of the "New and improved" Familyvalues-Spiritialiness version of the O! man.
– Or is he just trying to say something like "For the first time in my adult life I'm proud of my racist godbothering country". And what about Michele? Does this leave her yet again on the wrong side of things with her makeover?
– This guy doesn't need a cabinate older than dirt. He needs a keeper.
And did KK mention he's black?
Didn't have to, Barry had already let the cat out of the bag.
O! is Black? Fuck… and here I thought he was a tan White Guy. Guess I'll be voting for McCain then. Damn, and I was sooo looking forward to a White Marxist in the Oval Office.
He was gonna mention it in dec.
'feets…O! and Hagel? But that would balance…
Ooh. Fix your thin skin thing cause that's a lot cogent and quippy.
– I think hes more like "white chocolate". (foot of California street in SF, on the pier. 7 bucks a lb.)
quip fixed.
serr8d, very free associative of me but when I saw that p-shop it just made me realize that there's something very vaudevillian about this McCain person. Like when he's paired with someone you almost can hear the opening strains of the song and dance number they were up all night rehearsing.
Probably just me.
Nursing 'em, eh? Didn't know he had moobs. Apart from Christopher Warren and those guys.
KK's skin is thinner than a Obamawaffle.
Lets dance, you can do a little two-step
I'll go anywhere that you step to, cause now I'm following you.
Encore, once again around the dance floor
Nuance is in the picture too, cause now I'm following you.
I'm not trying to get my finger on the nuclear button,which makes the thickness of my skin far less important. But my standard response to you has little to do with the thickness of my skin and much to do with my rejection of O! and his sycophants attempting to mau-mau their opposition into silence, when it is O! who has acted more racially than any of his political opponents by worshipping in the Hate Church for two decades.
I'm draggin' KK's goat onto a plastic tarp; gimme that knife, and stand back.
You need to cut back on your Madge intake. Really.
I normally leave out megalomaniac when slapping thor around, because it's pretty much always on display. As opposed to any attempt to deal with substance. Note how common these traits are among Obamatons.
– Today chameleon-man is running around the country "reaching out to evangelicals", so apparently its Saturday. Each day of the week has a different "theme". Now if the Obama people could just outlaw the 24 hour news cycle and high speed communications, he'd be all set.
– The nutroots will just have to suck it up for a few days until he gets back on message.
Obama/Hagel versus McCain/Clinton or Leiberman? Do we have to wait for one of these idiots to get elected before we start the impeachment proceedings? Can we just throw them all out now and take a mulligan or some such?
Hah. It's just also there is something of the Dick Tracy about this McCain is all. Maybe it's just he invokes the era.
Consider yourselves all to be racists. I denounce and condemn you.
BMoe – You only get a mulligan off the 1st tee, and real men do not need one.
– Make sure your weinie is pointed toward mecca thor, before you do the deed, otherwise Allah will not be pleased.
– Also It might be wise to take your dick out of the goat before you dispatch it.
Presumably, O! would be The Blank.
And did KK mention thor's a megalomaniacal whitey?
It's all black and whitey, eh KK.
Charging people who slightly oppose you with 'racism' isn't a Change, and is no way to win them over. It is a very good way to have them quietly decide they will oppose you no matter what, thinking that you are a jackass for raising that blanket accusation. And it may shove undecideds away from you because some people will have their hackles raised by that suggestion. So much for the 'post-racial candidate'.
Charging people who slightly oppose you with 'racism' isn't a Change, and is no way to win them over.
Never underestimate the power of insecure non-racists wanting to prove that they are non-racists by embracing race-baiters and hucksters.
After all, if you can achieve self-affirmation simply by pulling a lever, well, how easy is that…?
I cannot imagine who Jeff is thinking of with that comment. Someone in this very thread, perhaps.
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– Make sure your weinie is pointed toward mecca thor, before you do the deed, otherwise Allah will not be pleased.
– Also It might be wise to take your dick out of the goat before you dispatch it.
Your doggerel tongue speaks of my magic cock within the frame of goats? What are you a Greek revolutionary?
Did KK mention I never wash my loins before you suckleforth! You're sicker than blood scraps.
Right on cue.
Call it cue-less affirmative-affirmation henceforth.
Thor, you get to drinking earlier in the day than most anyone I know…
Related to comments #39 and #40,
I have been thinking that the perfect bumper sticker for this campaign would read:
Another Guilty White Voter for Obama!
– "Hey Joe….This is Sammy on floor #14…."
– "Huh…Oh yeh….We got another howler up here….you remember….that asshole calls himself thor or something…Thinks hes a greek god…yeh that one….crazu=ier than a junk yard rat…
– "Anyway…..we're going to need a pail and a mop, and send up a 1000 cc syringe of Thorazine…Yeh…That strong….Hes swinging from the overhead screening and screaming something about goat fucking for Allah…..must be something in his water…
thor dropped an "l."
again, back to my dominant theme.
what u often reguard as bugs Karl, cher, i reguard as features.
sure, O! screws up, hes only human.
but his resilience pegs right off the scale.
O! is the pinnacle of political cultural evolution.
how can i not admire him?
he is the ultimate validation of my core beliefs in evolutionary theory of culture.
hes the top of the foodchain, perfectly evolved for his place in history.
like a great white is a perfectly evolutionarily engineered eating machine, O! is engineered for attracting votes in a multifactorial environment.
your future may be the Hate Church, but that's no more evolutionary than myopia.
Never underestimate the power of insecure non-racists wanting to prove that they are non-racists by embracing race-baiters and hucksters.
After all, if you can achieve self-affirmation simply by pulling a lever, well, how easy is that…?
Tell that to Tom Bradley or Doug Wilder!
Always happy to be provoked and always happy to piss on my own people, a good revolutionary and helluva goat chopper I am. thor, King of all pompous non-sequiturs that sometimes rhyme and self-less thrower of voice, Praise he.
Bent knee, KK, I'm talking to you.
O! is the pinnacle of political cultural evolution.
That's just frightening. I mean, to think there's no place to go but down.
O! is the pinnacle of soundbite politics and image management. But you are mistaken if you think Americans won't at some point reject that model.
At least, I hope you are.
And even if you're not, I'd replace pinnacle with "nadir" and suggest to you that what has actually happened in a devolving of political culture.
sure, O! screws up, hes only human.
but his resilience pegs right off the scale.
– Resilincy is great if you're a standup comedian nishi. Helps you deal with a hostile audience if you're jokes aren't going over too well.
– Consistent, predictable flip-flopping in politics – not so much.
All true, but I would add that it's a model in which the top of the chain is a prettier version of Deval Patrick who can read the TelePrompTer better. It would be proof of David Axelrod as the Intelligent Designer.
He's not what you think he is, Nishi.
As pooh might say, He always seems bigger because of his bounces
he is the ultimate validation of my core beliefs in evolutionary theory of culture.
Please, do you have any commingled theories and studies to share. I didn't sleep too well last night.
"….and the wonderfulest thing about tiggers is, I'm the only one!"
– And so the torch of tiggery is passed to O!
– Knowing the obsessive nature of the SecProgg mind when it comes to all things racist, I can easily imagine them mentally substituting a pair of "n"'s in my last post, in a naughty, self-hating, white guilt way, and then giggling into their hand.
If someone would just write a science fiction book about Huey Long or Bobby Kennedy, nishi might get a clue how silly she is.
I find politics to to be a relay race to pander to the laziest elements in society. I also find politicians to be merely parasitic whores in search of ways to redistribute and regulate the productivity of others.
Therefore, I must agree with Nishi that Obama is indeed the pinnacle of political cultural evolution. She has blundered onto the truth in spite of herself. Something about a stopped clock …
BMoe – You only get a mulligan off the 1st tee…
You haven't seen me play. Think Max Patkin with a golf club.
about as post-racial as someone who spent the last 20 years under the spiritual tutelage of the race-baiting Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Fr. Michael Pfleger.
I can't help but wonder, did Obama actually learn anything from the TUCC crowd, or was he just there seeking permission for taking the low road.
Never underestimate the power of insecure non-racists wanting to prove that they are non-racists by embracing race-baiters and hucksters.
The sublime beauty of our voting process is that these people can go into the booth, "pull the lever" for McCain, and come out proclaiming their steadfast allegiance to HOPE! and CHANGE!–and their little sec-prog buddies will be none the wiser.
Then they will line up to have their liberal fascist card stamped, as Nishi weeps in her Red Bull.
Oh, that may happen, Jeff, but I think those who are willing to do that are already supporters. Those who are on the fence may go any which way, those who are already opponents are likely to be hardened into opposition when some could be won over. And many of those fence sitters may be more insulted than shamed.
I could be wrong, of course; but for me, accusing me of one of the most serious social crimes that we have, is enough to harden my opposition and really get me going. Some may flee from that, supporting loudly to give a cover, true. But once in the voting booth, well revenge may be taken as it is anonymous.
I think Karl could show the polling data – 'Bradley effect' I think it is called, about that. Never insult the electorate you need to win. Sort of like never insult the judge in open court – you may not see a reaction, but it may manifest itself in a close call.
If someone would just write a science fiction book about Huey Long or Bobby Kennedy, nishi might get a clue how silly she is.
Why not an offspring of both? After all, scifi is a prediction of the future, or something like that! I think I read that somewhere!
Oh good! matoko pops up with social Darwinism. Like that has worked out well in the past…
Take up the White Man's burden–
Send forth the best ye breed–
Thought we were done with that nonsense.
#54 Sarah W – amazing the scientist is taken in by the smoke and mirrors of politics.
Thought we were done with that nonsense.
We're all just "lazy lumps of brickdust".
He's black? Really?
I did not know that.
Don't call him black else he'll get angry.
Rikki Tikki Nishi.
Why play a race card this week? It's true that he has a whole deck but what does whining buy him now, besides another pound of disdain? It's nineteen weeks to the election, not as if he needs to buy a news cycle as yet.
Could it be that there's some more Chicago stink in the wind and Obama thinks a Sharpton ploy is needed to divert attention? The release of that Rezko letter to the judge seemed like a bit of innoculation – is Tony warbling out some arias for Fitz that will make the news? Maybe some pictures of Obama in Vegas standing next to Tony at the cashiers window in a casino have turned up?
Don't call him black else he'll get angry.
And you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
"And you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
– Yeh, because he may not be Black, but his wife is.
As you said this was expected and it will get worse as we go. Obama has lied so many times it is hard to keep track and he has not met a promise he will not break at the first politically expedient moment a new type of politician? The change candidate? yeah RIIIIGHT! Can you say old style Chicago machine politician? As much as I despise MCcain he does have a few good attributes one of them being he keeps his word, I gotta tell yah the thought of pulling the lever for MCcain is getting easier and easier.
Obama must walk the land, spreading HOPE and CHANGE where he goes.
Until he can tame the beast within…………
Why play a race card this week? It's true that he has a whole deck but what does whining buy him now, besides another pound of disdain? It's nineteen weeks to the election, not as if he needs to buy a news cycle as yet.
Could it be that there's some more Chicago stink in the wind and Obama thinks a Sharpton ploy is needed to divert attention? The release of that Rezko letter to the judge seemed like a bit of innoculation – is Tony warbling out some arias for Fitz that will make the news? Maybe some pictures of Obama in Vegas standing next to Tony at the cashiers window in a casino have turned up?
Expect this garbage once a month, or whenever the news cycle goes off the O!MESSAGE™. It's more like a trump card used when the news meidia doesn't suit his needs.
Please Cowboy! Let us not insult the bravest mongoose ever! :)
Riki Tiki Tavi was one of my favorites, Cowboy. It had been a long time since I thought of that show.
Nishit is a fucking imbecile, in case you forgot.
And all y'all are racists.
"And did i mention he's black?"
The fact that he's brown colored is the only noteworthy thing about the slobbering dipshit.
JD, Nishidiot is anti-twodigit. How does this reconcile with being an imbecile? Oh yeah, I forgot, she's a transhumanist as well! Look out Steve Austin, the six million dollar imbecile is coming!
I can't help but wonder, did Obama actually learn anything from the TUCC crowd…
He learned how to be black culturally, he needed tutoring to fit in.
McCain, the RNC, or the Republican 527s need a hard-hitting set of ads describing specifically (by video clip or print clip) where he said one thing and then did another. Don't minimize it with the nonsense term "flip-flop." Rather, depending on the issue, cast it as a complete lack of character (Wright, Pfleger, campaign finance); historical stupidity (too many foreign policy statements); hard left liberalism that threaten national security (FISA, Gitmo hearings). It's only mid-June, and I'm omitting some.
And if the 527s want an ad to rival Willie Horton, put up a mugshot of a prominent Gitmo detainee, pair him with a Johnnie Cochran-type lawyer in a federal court habeas corpus proceeding lecturing the judge, "If the turban don't fit, you must acquit."
He learned how to be black culturally, he needed tutoring to fit in.
Didn't Columbia University have a black/hispanic/women or some other permanent victim studies program in the eighies.
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Nishidiot is anti-twodigit. How does this reconcile with being an imbecile?
I would agree she can't be an imbecile. Down in one-digit territory are the sub-idiots, otherwise known as potted plants.
Or sandwiches.
There was this instalanche thing too I noticed.
I had a sandwich for lunch McGehee that was positively brilliant. I ate it quickly, but it was brilliant nonetheless.
I just went and read the drivel from Baracky again. How in the fuck can the assclowns on the Left say that stuff about 527's and special interest groups with a straight face? And, SHOCKA, the MSM never fucking calls them on their overt lies. And make no mistake, this is an overt lie. TO claim that the Republicans are more beholden to 527's and special interest flies in the face of reality. But, it should not longer surprise anyone.
I know, I am a racist. I denounce myself. Fuckers.
Nishi's forgotten that sometimes when the derivative is zero, you're not necessarily at the global maximum.
If sandwiches were smart, they wouldn't be so convenient and (usually) tasty. Those traits can't be good for their survival as a species.
…unless we humans domesticate them, like cows and SUVs.
I liked Rikki Tikki Tavi too–I was just playing on the Kipling "white man's burden" thing.
It is possible, however, that nishi's parents are idiot mongeese and wanted to have baby nishi participate fully in dumbass culture, so they had her genetically stupidified while she was a tiny mongosling fetus.
Does it matter?
And did I mention he's black?
Right on! For God's sake, look at the bright side!
If sandwiches were smart, they wouldn't be so convenient and (usually) tasty. Those traits can't be good for their survival as a species.
I denounce you for being homophobic. Clearly this is a code-word analogy for teh ghey buttsecks and their inability to procreate together, and the fact that it would lead to an extinction of the species. Consider yourself condemned.
Chuck fucking Hagel?
Cowboy: , so they had her genetically stupidified while she was a tiny mongosling fetus.
However, due to an unfortunate typo, they used goose DNA rather than mongoose.
Slart: forgotten that sometimes when the derivative is zero, you're not necessarily at the global maximum.
While we're getting all math-geeky, I suspect that the special bell curve that applies to Nishi has been reflected about the y axis.
I saw that Hagel thing on CNN this morning (don't ask) and had Grape Nuts attempt to fly out of my nose. Painful, I tell you. Painful. Like nasal kidney stones.
I don't know. Sammiches may get eaten , but they use getting eaten to make you make more of them.
It's like we are pod people for the sammiches
Hmmm. Kind of like a mental version of the seeds-in-tasty-fruit strategy. Diabolically brilliant, if true.
In which case sandwiches clearly do not deserve to be mentioned in the same category as the nishtoon. They're obviously much more intelligent.
And maybe even designed that way.
I thought sandwiches were all about the schmear, y'know like Baracky.
Even teh NPR is disgusted at Baracky's inept attempt to stage his own racial crucifixion. That's got to be pretty embarrassing.
I heard that too. It's refreshing to catch 'em being good, isn't it?
NPR also lately had a bit on couterintuitive miles-per-gallon math misperceptions that was pretty good.
The NPR guy seemed shaken to the core.
I made the boys grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
Typical white grandma I am.
I throw myself under the bus.
I wonder when Barry will start referring to all the [left-generated] assassination p0rn, and blaming it on Republikkkans, too.
Obama are smart;
Obama is started good pre-emptive war against oppositon;
Good boy Obama
sashal comes out for pre-emptive war
and I need a new irony-meter.
'Sounds more like Obama done started a war against hisself.
And if he wasn't black, he would still be a Chicago pol hustling for votes for Alderman from dead people.
I once thought about hating Ted Bundy, but then I found out he wasn't black.
Oh well. Maybe next time.
You can still hate Ted Bundy.
He couldn't make a decent tuna sandwich to save his life.
Literally. He woulda got a reprieve from the governor, but…
hey sashel
The only one playing the race card here is Barry himself. All the "race baiting" you've been seeing has come directly from his fellow Dems.
Live by the identity politiking …
Geraldine was right, just impolite to speak it outloud.
I mean who mixes in horseradish with the fish?
Maybe it would've gone over in Pennsylvania or Michigan, but not in Florida.
hey , darleen,
Obama is smart , Obama is starting pre-emtive war,
hopefully we will get away without collateral damage
It is really not a pre-emptive war, since there is absolutely no evidence at all, except in their minds, that McCain would ever try to scare people by pointing out he has a funny middle name and is black. The only people that have talked about that are Dems, and pretty much just the Baracky campaign. It is kind of like the Kerry being a Vietnam vet and all.
ummmmmm…the more self-hating victims the better…ummmmmmm..burp..
Oh. Here.
I second the solid white albacore, just a superior product to the mushy stuff. I like it in oil as opposed to water as well.
I use one can, a dollop of real mayo, two or three squeezes of a good brown mustard, a scoop of dill relish and a good spoonful of extra hot horseradish. Mix, put on any bread but a toasted bagel is super, and enjoy.
All ingredients can be kept easily at work and you don't have to chop or cook anything. I'm a big fan. And leaving out the horseradish really isn't an option."
I will try this I think.
I'm telling ya, it's the schmear.
And I just don't under stand the sniggering of O! and his audience at the "and he's black you know" line.
Just who in this country is without a tv or a newspaper and hasn't witnessed the months of America's Historical Candidate Tour? Sheesh, it's like telling people Oprah is black would be some sort of revelation.
Obama being the nominee, he can't really be black! We been OBamboozalled!
Happyfeet, either your link slashdotted that poor freak's site, or the good-taste police have already taken him away.
Anyway, what Bundy did was to mix in nothing but horseradish.
And in Florida, tuna salad has to be about 98% mayonnaise.
That's why I haven't had a tuna sandwich since moving to Georgia (I hate mayonnaise). Florida may be 200 miles away, but that's still too close.
Oh. Thanks. It was from this thread at Single Guy Cook.
"I made the boys grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch."
With soup I hope. Have to dunk the crusts.
No sandwich is complete, or proper, without bacon. Just sayin'
#122, happfeet,
Thanks for the recipe.
Myself I like to mix tuna salad and egg salad, 50/50 on whole wheat with lettuce and maybe a slice of cheese.
Where did my "y" go?
#129 geoff
too hot for soup today, lots of cold munchies on the side – sliced apples, sugar snap peas, and tall glasses of ice cold milk.
then a snack later of peanut butter on Honey graham crackers
And bacon, geoffb. Loads of hot greasy bacon.
No sandwich is complete, or proper, without bacon. Just sayin'
that's my husband's line … it must be a man thing I wouldn't understand.
So I remember to keep bacon in the frig at all times.
It is not a man thing, Darleen. It is a human thing. I cannot think of anything that is not improved with bacon. Chocolate chip cookie dough wrapped in bacon. Peanut butter and bacon sammies. Bacon wrapped around a burger on the grill. Bacon wrapped around a hunk of pancetta. Bacon and milk. Bacon flavored ice cream. Plain bacon by the pound.
Not sure about bacon on tuna but BLTs are a gift from god. I can't wait till the good fresh homegrown tomatoes hit the farmers market.
geoffb – You are going about it wrong then. Plus, it is not bacon on tuna, but tuna on the multiple thick-cut slices of bacon. And for what it is worth, I do not work for the American Pork Producers Association, though I do admire their work.
Now I'm hungry for bacon. To the kitchen…
I luvs me my BLT, but it is even better with avocado.
I have a pound of half cooked bacon in the fridge that will magically disappear tonight.
– Go for it JD. I can hear your arteries slamming shut from here, but some things are just too good to say no.
BBH – I am trying to ration them, so I can enjoy it over the course of the evening. However, that strategy has proven to be as effective as when I tried to quit drinking by reducing the number of beers I drank each night. Somehow, it never quite worked.
– Thats at least one winning perk of being my age. At this point, and pretty much from now on, if its something I like, and it won't snuff me outright, I do it. I'll have plenty of time to cut way back on "bad" things later.
Oh, I am not rationing for health reasons. I just want to enjoy it for as long as possible. I was planning on 1 slice every half hour, but the 1st trip resulted in 3 slices, so that plan got scrapped quickly. When I took it all into the office, Better Half yelled that I better not be eating all of the bacon at once, so I had to ditch that plan. So, the plan, v3.0, is to wait for Better Half to go to bed, and eat it all in once sitting, at least all that is left at that point, which is now 6 slices less than a pound.
– Now see, I would do BL
T's, have to be careful with the tomatos, unless they're home grown or you know exactly where they came from, stalks still on when you clean them if possible.
– That is one way to make them stretch.
– Another is what I did for tonights dinner. I threw a few rashers across the top of the meatloaf after I ladled on the tomato paste, and then cut up some bite size pieces to seed the brick oven beans with. Really kicks it all up a notch. My kid loves it.
"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"
That sounds like a pretty average black guy who's aware of racism. Not that any of that racism would come from all-American right-wingers like you guys. LOL
How is BHO *black*?
His mother was white.
His father was 88% Arab and 12% black.
That makes Obama 6% black.
– We're talking about food Caric. Nobody cares about your phony race baiting anymore. Old news. A few more years, you and the Sharptons, and Jacksons will be out of business. You'll have to find a new career. Screeching epithets at people you want to silence and bully is old hat junior. Wise up.
Hey prof, is this your driveby then you'll duck back under your bridge?
and I really wonder, prof, how many 'average black guys' you actually know.
caric – Shut the fuck up, please. You have thoroughly embarassed yourself, the institution of higher learning you work for, timmah, todd mayo, and the rest of your hangers on. Bring your A game, if you have one, or stay on the bench.
I agree Baracky is a pretty average guy. Can you point to any instance of racism towards Baracky on here? By that, I mean real racism, not the silly definitions you use, like disagreeing with policies, pointing out that he has not executive experience, is an empty suit, etc …
Darleen – Caricature lives in one of the whitest counties in the entire country, less than 2.6% of the population.
– And BTW. That little bit of whiny race card self description is not likely to "scare" anyone. What it is likely to do, far more likely, is the more of this Marxo-crat crap of "if you don't vote for him you're racist" the more people are going to see hes not yet ready for prime time and decline voting for him for that reason, not the color of his skin.
– And THAT junior is whats really got your panties in a twist.
Caricature – I thought Baracky was the post-racial post-partisan that was going to lead the difficult national conversation on race. Sad that it is only difficult for asshats like you, that think the national dialogue on race consists of calling people racists. You are a fat greasy pile of shit. Fat and greasy is good on bacon. Not so good on people.
– Listen Caric. You want to do your candidate a real favor? Get your head out of your ass, stop wasting time spewing your little boy name calling with people that see you coming 100 miles down the road. Get off your flabby ass and talk to your guy. Tell him that what hes doing is almost guaranteed to make his campaign a loser.
– Hes still living on the corner of State street and 40th Avenue, under the "L". America is not the south side of Chicago. He keeps describing himself in those defeatist terms, then people are going to just say, "Ok, we believe you, you're a loser with a crappy self image, and way too immature to be in the WH."
– Oldest mistake in the book Caric, and you're just making it worse. Grow up.
Oh. That was back at #2. I just thought of it now is all.
Mmmmm…bacon. I've got some in the freezer, as it happens.
I may just have to take some out to thaw and fire up the deep fryer tomorrow.
Ever cook bacon in a deep fryer? It's freakin' awesome.
And yeah, I was wondering the same thing as the rest of you. When's the last time Caric ever heard an "average black guy"? Or any black guy, for that matter?
I'll try the avocado version on my wife who loves them.
My lovely wife did work for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. So generally around here it's "Beef, it's what's for dinner" Tonight was meatloaf which also makes great sandwiches.
Now to bed so we can make it to church tomorrow and the after services potluck.
This thread is making me fat. :-)
This thread is making me fat. :-)
Wait 'til we start on desserts!
I made my [in]famous cheesecake for my staff last Thursday … along with a fresh blueberry sauce to poor on at will.
I tell you, they are fully MINE now…. bwhahahahaha!
I just took a package of bacon and a roll of sausage out of the freezer.
Tomorrow will be a good day.
poor= pour
I claim shrimp overload (husband pan seared them in butter, garlic and line juice, I made a rice sidedish flavored with shallots and tumeric)
plus a classic gin martini, two garlic stuff olives…..
(it is still 93 degrees outside)
His father was 88% Arab and 12% black.
That makes Obama 6% black.
Take it from someone else who is half Luo–this is false.
I don't have me no percentages, being adopted and all, but I'm awfully pale. Still, having percentages seems kind of not very useful. The important thing is to know Baracky is something like 60% marxist and 40% obnoxious I think.
It's still surprising to me that there's a for real marxist running for president of the United States of America, but then I remember Mr. Soros, and it kinda makes more sense.
Oh. Wait. I forgot. Back when I was adopted there was still this clause in the papers where you were guaranteed a white baby. I'm not sure if that meant you could just send it back or if they wouldn't even give it to you at all. But yeah, for real I was guaranteed white. What a world. Maybe that was just a Texas thing.
Oh. I guess that only makes sense if I put in there that I was one of those pre-birth adoption thingers.
O! is the pinnacle of political cultural evolution.
how can i not admire him?
And all it took was the Chicago machine and a nitwit like Jack Ryan. Hello!?! Is hat not enough for a Republican? And he wanted to be a Senator?
Thanks, Jack. Asshole.
I wonder what old Jack thinks when he hears Barracky talking about "stop smearing my wife"?
That sounds like a pretty average black guy who's aware of racism.
And if you are aware of it, why not exploit it, huh?
What language is that post written in you linked to Pablo?
Wait 'til we start on desserts!
thinking I'll make some this week, because I deserve it if I have to w*rk on a Friday.
What language is that post written in you linked to Pablo?
Dunno either 'feets, but this one is hilarious
'feets, it appears to be translated from something, though I don't know what. I linked it for the photo, entirely.
Dammit, Jack! What the fuck were you thinking?
In spite of the repeated explanations that its recent observations approximately the dry blow of gangsta have been taken from the context, Alicia Keys has been criticized and removed autoproclamato state from cent of rapper the 50 of gangsta. In un interview with the bucket of the mixer, the keys are cited been like saying, " The dry blow of Gangsta was a stratagem in order to convince the color persons to kill itself. "
Screw Jabberwocky, this shit is ill!
Oprah Winfrey, a frank critic of the dry blow of gangsta…
That's poetry.
Pablo I'll concede the point. It takes a special kind of stupid to lose such a hotie. But then again Illinois is famous for its stupid and crooked politicians. But then again, they are largely democrats.
So if I understand the Obama supporters line if I vote against him I am a racist. However according to them I am supposed to vote him because he is Black. That being his principle qualification. Marvelous.
Oh God! Son of Carter is coming to a theater near you. I already feel the malaise upon me. Soon enough the party that is advocating the nationalization of the oil and health care industries will soon be changing the flag to represent the new reality: 57 stars on a field of red with the hammer and sickle in the center of the flag. The new national anthem will be the Internationale. Marvelous darling, simply marvelous.
Yes, I'm linkwhoring again, but you might want to see this. Feel free to steal it, too.
I can't vote for a presidential candidate who doesn't know how many states there are in the union.
That said, the racists are fascinating. Couple of years ago a friend (she's 23 years old) audition for NBC Law and Order…she was called in for the part of a crack-addicted teenage prostitute but casting said her skin color was not quite dark enough, so instead she got the part of a 35 year old mother of two whose very successful husband was having a gay affair and he ended up killing his lover. Apparently, according to Hollywood formula, successful blacks are lighter skinned.
The reason why the racists are voting for Obama is because his color is just the right tone; any blacker and he would be perceived as a gangster and any lighter the racists could not decry racism towards their opponent.
Obama is about the marketing and Hollywood is the master of that trick of the trade.
"What language is that post written in you linked to Pablo?"
babelfish version.00001
They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name.
Lessee, those are the exact reasons that 31 out of 32 HR professionals gave me when I was applying for jobs I wasn't qualified for.
#32 was so inexperienced she let me get to the interview stage, where the hiring manager told me I was too inexperienced for the job.
As a non-black, I don't have the race card to play, so I told my wife I was "just too good looking". She took that about as well as Karl takes the Obie blurb, because it was just as honest.
Apparently, eating almost a pound of bacon encourages one to fall asleep on the sofa while watching UFC.
I reckon it's about time for somebody to take a shot at us, here at home.
Baracky needs a scenario to talk tough. It's as simple as that. The media can't control the sine-wave quality of gaffe/lie/embarassing staff disclosures.
Some pointless mall slaughter or a car bomb somewhere. Even better would be a decoy operation pushed right to the hilt on an airline, then Baracky could "bring peace and understanding" from America to the unjustly accused jihadis.
It this keeps up, people will vote for the guy who played the president in Independence Day before either of the two clowns we have before us now.
We've got a month before Iran gets dealt with. I wonder if the crushing effect of fuel prices will already have begun cascading by then.
Ugly damned summer ahead.
I cook the bacon on the Foreman grill. It comes out straight and crispy and most of the grease drains off. That grill is simply genius!
I luvs me my BLT, but it is even better with avocado.
If you include avocado on a BLT it becomes a BLAT.
George Foreman. The Thomas Edison of our time.
#165, oh juliette, dont yah membah?
one drop makes you black.
that was to prevent all those high yellahs from passing.
Don't be afraid Jeff.
Fear is the mindkiller.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
"He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all"
—- James Graham – Marquis of Montrose
can't you admire O! for what he is?
the dominant lifeform in the evolutionary landscape of politics.
"…. the dominant lifeform in the evolutionary landscape of politics."
Landscape, eh? He's not even in a petri dish. More like his own slide in the rack, if that.
File this under "Hip Hop – Great Dance, or Break Dancing For The New Millenium?"
Reminds me a lot of Ned Lamont, he was a trend-setter too, as I recall.
O! isn't a freshmaker, though. All his advisers are from the "almost free meat" bin.
the dominant lifeform in the evolutionary landscape of politics
Were he dominant, shouldn't he be able to point towards some type of achievement?
Baracky is a one hit wonder, a flash in the pan. Break dancing. The 1908 Cubs. Day-glo clothing.
David Axelrod is the Intelligent Designer.
Were he dominant, shouldn't he be able to point towards some type of achievement?
hell, shouldn't he have been able to close on the primary race in January?
Who designed David Axelrod, then?
American Idol for the youth demographic.
Break dancing? Isn't that like 20 years out of date?
The only "break dancing" Obama's cabinet will do is when Warren Christopher trips going down the stairs and breaks a hip.
Obama just fucked you and the rest of the "youth vote" in the ass with no lube, nishi.
And you're just gonna smile and invite him to come back for seconds?
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Tactera (VR, 2015) is a VR tabletop real-time strategy game, currently in development.
Darknet (VR, 2014) is a VR strategy game themed around cyberpunk hacking. It is currently released for the Gear VR, and an expanded version is soon to launch on other headsets.
Bombball (OUYA/PC, 2013) is a simple, abstract, and explosive 2-player eSports game. It was the winner of the Best Controls award in the 10-day Ouya CREATE game jam.
Auralux (PC/Android/iOS, 2011) is an ambient indie RTS game that simplifies the genre to its strategic core. Auralux features vibrant graphics and a simple procedural music system that adapts to the events in the game.
Small Games & Prototypes
Ciess (PC/Mac + Oculus Rift, 2013), built for the 3-week VR Jam, is the prototype / predecessor to Darknet.
Theeri (Tabletop, 2013) is a fast-paced strategy card game inspired by famous dilemmas from game theory.
Farmpunk (Web, 2012) is a genetics-themed resource management game. Made in 2 days for the Indie Speed Run game jam.
Azure (Web, 2012) is a relaxing experimental game attempting to encode a message within gameplay. Based on a prototype from 2009.
Moralityball (Physical, 2012) is a sport / social experiment based on the Prisoner's Dilemma. Exhibited at DCGames 2012.
Tic-Tac-Tec-Tuc-Toe (Whiteboard, 2012) is a team-based Tic-Tac-Toe variant that is meant to be played on an office whiteboard.
Turret (PC/Mac, 2011) is a simple FPS with tower defense elements. Built as a senior project in Digital Art.
Advice (Web, 2011) is a conversation game that mimics an instant messaging client. Built as a senior project in Game Design.
Plasmodium (PC, 2010) is an educational resource management game about malaria. Built for the 2011 U.S. Imagine Cup.
Altruism (PC, 2010) is a simple action game that experiments with constantly shifting extrinsic and intrinsic rewards.
In The Village (Tabletop, 2010) is an educational cooperative card game that models a battle against malaria.
Maestro (PC, 2009) is a music game in which the player matches the mouse's activity to that of their own music.
Alternex (PC, 2009) is an educational resource management game about energy. Won 2nd place at the 2009 Imagine Cup.
Meridian (PC, 2009) is a turn-based strategy game focusing on trades between short-term and long-term advantages.

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Are Justin Bieber and Chantel Jeffries more than just friends and drag race buddies? The "Boyfriend" singer had been rumored to be reconnecting with his on-again-off-again ex Selena Gomez earlier this month, but it's Chantel who was riding in his car before his arrest...and reportedly crashing at his rented Miami mansion after his release.
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Explain how diction and imagery reinforce the theme of "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes.
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The whole theme of Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son" is that it is necessary to keep working hard, to keep climbing, in order to get ahead. The diction (choice of words) and imagery of the poem reinforce that.
The central image of the poem is the stairway. This image encourages us to think about the upward progress that the mother wants her son to make. This image, with its talk of splinters, and twists and darkness reinforces the theme that one should keep working upwards, no matter the obstacles.
The choice of words is, I believe, meant to illustrate how the mother has not herself "made it." She uses "dialect" much of the time and sounds uneducated. But the point is that she has worked hard and given her son a base and he needs to keep climbing from where she has gotten him.
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Oh well, at least that saves Redbull for next week, and no team orders needed as yet. No doubt had Webber been Vettel, Vergne would have jumped right out the way.
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By Capt. Craig Price
Fish On!
"The perfect boat" – just writing the phrase conjures up images of a sleek, fast-fishing machine that will carry me and six-full paying customers, plus extra banks of batteries, state-of-the-art electronics, bait tanks, safety equipment and all of our gear, quickly and safely through heavy seas.
But it's still lightweight enough to allow us to fish or travel across skinny water. It's easy to trailer and transport over land. Its engines are quiet and extremely fuel efficient, and while I'm dreaming, it has self-cleaning capability – both inside and out!
I'm often asked "if you could only choose one boat, what design would you choose?"
Well I asked myself that question about 12 years ago, and the rig I purchased, and have operated since, comes reasonably close to "my perfect boat."
Most of us have to deal with a troublesome concept called "fiscal reality" when we buy big ticket items like boats. It usually forces us to settle for a design that only comes close to our idea of perfection. Add in considerations like end uses, dock or storage space, weight capacity, tow-ability, operating costs, etc. and the rationalization hits full stride.
Below I've listed the basic factors I think a potential boat buyer should consider before making the buying decision:
• Budget – This critical concern affects numerous aspects of the buying venture. Not only does one need to decide how much to spend up front, but also what monthly payment, if any, is affordable? A critical error many buyers make at this first juncture is to under-estimate insurance, as well as operating and maintenance costs.
• Weight capacity – This calculation must consider not only the operator and passengers, but also extraneous equipment systems like batteries and electronics, safety gear, even luggage when appropriate, plus any other significant contributors. Most vessels are engineered to high safety standards and come with a weight-capacity rating, but don't take that for granted. Carefully consider all peripheral items that can tip the scale to an unsafe load.
• Sea conditions – Do you plan to stay on Lake Norman or maybe venture into the open ocean? Judging by the size of many of the boats I encounter on Lake Norman these days, it appears many local boaters are anticipating crossing the ocean someday. All joking aside, like the ocean, big lakes and open inshore coastal areas can become extremely rough and dangerous. Err on the side of safety and caution when considering this factor.
• End use – Obviously a sailor doesn't need a planing hull while a displacement hull is useless to those who want to go fast. Learn the difference between the two designs and choose the version that best suits your needs.
• Freshwater or saltwater – Boat operation in saltwater or even storage on land in a saltwater environment is a major factor that affects materials of construction. Do not under estimate the corrosivity of saltwater, and its effect on metal parts and moving assemblies.
• Storage – Do you plan to keep the boat in the water, in dry storage, on a trailer? This factor impacts design, costs, transportability, maintenance and other issues. Consider this concern carefully.
• Exposure to weather – Does an open boat like a center console with no top serve your purposes, or do you need enclosed spaces? Typically the more enclosed spaces, the more weight in the hull and the less fuel efficient the craft is. Overhead structures and enclosures tend to interfere with fishing, too. But cabins and enclosed decks provide protection from the elements and even sleeping berths. They also allow A/C in the summer and heat in the winter.
• Safety – Safety should be in the forefront of every decision you make concerning the purchase or operation of any vessel. If you haven't taken any formal safety and navigational training, I strongly suggest doing so before making your buying decision.
I'm sure there are other concerns you may encounter or think of that I haven't listed here. But these suggestions should serve as a good foundation for selecting the boat of your dreams. Even if life's realities too often trump our desires, "the perfect boat" is a worthy, and often unending, quest for any seaman or seawoman. I wonder if they're actually working on that self-cleaning feature?
Capt. Craig Price, of Denver, serves as a fishing guide through Fish On! Lake Norman.


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Movies | Beowulf takes clever liberties with the classic tale and is ambivalent toward the dawn of Christendom
It's probably foolish to expect the new Beowulf to be a respite from this film season's unremitting violence, but since the movie is PG-13 and a CGI cartoon, one might be forgiven for hoping so. Sorry, Ratatouille it ain't. Beowulf earned its rating for "intense sequences of violence" in addition to some sexual material and nudity. The violence is all computer-created, but try telling that to your stomach.
Unlike the video games it so strongly resembles, though, Beowulf is both complex and knowledgeable, retooling the life of Beowulf (a de-paunched, re-cheekboned Ray Winstone) with a number of structural twists that never quite contradict the poem, but take clever liberties with it instead. It's at least the third time screenwriter Neil Gaiman has told the story (once in the jokey Hollywood-mocking poem "Bay Wolf," once in his novella, "The Monarch of the Glen"), and he keeps finding new things to say.
The story is set at the rise of European Christianity and suggests that monsters like Grendel (Crispin Glover) and his alluring mother (Angelina Jolie) are being slowly banished from the world by belief in Jesus. The religious commentary provides the story with an interesting perspective on the text of Beowulf: Since the epic poem is a folk story preserved by monks who rewrote parts of it to include Christian themes, one of the film's characters explains these differences.
Unferth (John Malkovich), an early Christian convert, retells Beowulf's early battles late in the film, changing the bloody half-truths into morality tales. It's one of many smart ideas here, like old-world representative Grendel speaking in bastardized Middle English. I just wish the film's token Christian were less obnoxious.
Gaiman and director Robert Zemeckis seem ambivalent about the dawn of Christendom. On the one hand, there's a lot of suffering and terror that is coming to a close; on the other, all the wonderful stories that come out of the old, strange world will be gone, too. This is a cute but false dichotomy; other medieval poems like "The Dream of the Rood" paint Christ as a courageous, heroic figure, and Christ Himself told wonderful stories.
But what of those whose kids are suddenly interested in classic literature? Aside from Angelina Jolie's largely unclad seductress, Beowulf fights Grendel au naturel, with a variety of coincidental concealments to cover his shame that eventually verge on the comic. There's also plenty of bloodletting (as there is in the poem, it must be said), and the Grendel monster is just disgusting.
A distinct lack of sexual restraint is now apparently "period" for films set in the Middle Ages (though Beowulf is hardly a trailblazer there). None of this-except the newly attractive Ma Grendel-diverges from the original text, but concerned parents would do well to remember that classic literature does not always a family film make.


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Thank you, technology, for giving us a window into so many previously unknown aspects of the world. Of all the new frontiers we can now understand in a whole new way, I think my favorite may be the human body. Computer Generated Imagery allows us to visualize things that were impossible to imagine (for those of us who haven't been to med school).
One of the coolest things I have seen yet: a simulation of the development of the human face in utero. With real fetal photographs as source material, the BBC show Creation "takes viewers on a voyage through the workings of the inner human universe" . The video below uses CGI to create many models of the human face at various stages of growth. Then, they created a time lapse animation so you can see months of development in just seconds, watching the fetus grow from that shrimp-like alien creature, through some really weird looking phases, eventually morphing into that beautiful baby face we find so irresistible.
It all starts with the Philtrum, that little indentation between your nose and your mouth…
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One of the front runners in the current foreign film Oscar race is Nicolaj Arcel's "A Royal Affair," starring Danish star Mads Mikkelsen and newcomer Alicia Vikander in a true romantic royal triangle. The film won screenwriting and actor prizes (for rookie Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as King Christian VII) at Berlin and is in current stateside release from Magnolia. It's a well-mounted accessible and sexy period romance as well as a serious piece of Enlightenment history largely unknown outside of Scandinavia--with a lush score from Gabriel Yared ("The English Patient"). I interviewed Arcel and his screenwriting partner of ten years, Rasmus Heisterberg; they wrote the Danish "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." (I also did flip cam interviews with Mikkelsen and Vikander.)
Anne Thompson: Is this as well-known a story in Denmark as say, King Henry the VIII and his wives or 'A Man for All Seasons'? What took it so long to get made?
Nicolaj Arcel: It's the first time it's been done. They've been trying to make it for the last 30 years. But the financing was very difficult. This film was made for about $6 million dollars, even that's a lot for a Danish film. We were so lucky to be the ones to do the story.
AT: How were you faithful to the both the legend and the truth?
Rasmus Heisterberg: Luckily it happened many years ago, so we took certain liberties. We were allowed to do that, but there are so many gifts in what's true. You get so many details from the letters and the writing of that time to put into the film. The research was a gift.
NA: All of the events happened; and the politics is totally true, but we had to guess about what happened when you closed the doors in the chambers, there were no witnesses. All the other things were true.
AT: What surprised you that was not in the history books?
NA: We were fascinated by the character of Christian. There had been many different POVs about him from witnesses back then. I was fascinated that he was such a complex character. He was often portrayed as the crazy king, like Mad King George, but the more you delve into the history books and witness accounts, the more he seems to grow as a character. He was complex, charming, and at times he was completely mad. We tried to have that balance, sometimes he seemed quite normal.
AT: Did you expect the Berlin acting prize for him?
NA: I didn't expect Mikkel --that's his first part ever in a film-- so neither he nor any of us expected him to win the best actor award in Berlin. He has a great anecdote: the jury foreman Mike Leigh told him after he won the award, 'If you are really crazy, we want the award the back.'
AT: What was really wrong with the king?
RH: Many famous psychologists have tried to diagnose him. Some say he's manic depressive, some say he's schizophrenic. We don't know. There were no tools back then to diagnose him. For us we it was interesting to have a character we were balancing between sanity and insanity. There was a dramatic force in that with Johann Friedrich Struensee helping him and curing him so he could become insane again when tragedy occurs.
AT: How did history judge Struensee, the radical doctor played by Mikkelsen?
RH: Struensee was vilified then and in recent times historians went into the material. Also Caroline was treated as a naive dumb English princess who was manipulated by this evil German. If you read her letters she was a fascinating young woman who read the Enlightenment and French philosophers. We were interested for once in portraying a much more modern character.
AT: How did you come to cast a Swedish actress in a Danish film, Alicia Vikander, who also stars in 'Anna Karenina?'
NA: I cast every Danish actress we had from 18 on, and I couldn't find one who had a regal quality. I was desperate, almost sad that we couldn't do it. We went to Sweden, neighboring country, which is a different language but you can understand what each other is saying. I took a chance on her. She was so good, even though she didn't know a word of Danish. She sounded horrible but her expression was great. She's such an amazing professional, she went to Denmark and stayed there for two months and had Danish lessons for 24 hours a day to learn the language. It was the right choice.
AT: The challenge was to make something you knew would play in Denmark and also play everywhere else?
NA: It was purely by chance. We make films that people would really love to see. We never think consciously of what will play for an audience, or 'will we get to the English people this time?' It has played well for the Danish audience, who praised it, and it has played well with other audiences. But it was never a conscious thing.
AT: The film was a hit in Denmark?
NA: It's a very big hit in Denmark--but that's almost a given-- even if it was a horrible film, which I hope it isn't. But the good thing is it broke records for a Danish film in the UK and in Australia, and other countries as well.
AT: And Mads Mikkelsen is very athletic and does action roles and here's he's doing something very intimate. And he changes in the movie to become power mad.
NA: Mikkelsen is the best actor I've ever worked with. He has had a fantastic year with 'The Hunt' [which won best actor at Cannes], he played a very different character in this. We were very interested in the dynamics of the politics and how it corrupts you, even our hero. Even if you think Christian is a bad guy at the beginning of the film, he turns out to be the only pure character towards the end. Johann becomes corruoted with power and wants to become king. It took a long time to write this script. There's nobody really evil in this but they do become corrupted.
AT: Was it hard to condense this complicated history into two hours?
NA: As we sit now, it's too long! It's still 20 minutes too long. I had a first cut of three and half hours. It was torture! We could torture people to death.


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Makes 7 cups,
To serve as a spread with crackers or bread
or as an appetizer, on a plate with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and radishes
Vegetarian chopped liver, also called mock chopped liver, was a specialty of the dairy restaurants, which had largely vegetarian menus, although they also served fish.
Various kinds of vegetarian chopped liver were and still are also made at home. And nowadays in New York City, even at Costco, you can buy prepared vegetarian chopped liver in the dairy case, next to the containers of hummus and babaganouj, the Arab dip/spreads that New York City's Orthodox Jews have adopted as their food. Let's remember that Israel is in the Middle East.
Mid 20th century mock chopped liver was made with canned peas, and also with canned green beans, or sometimes the two together. There are also mocked chopped livers made with roasted eggplant, with fried mushrooms, with lentils, all of them with either almonds or walnuts, and sometimes with crackers as filler. Manischewitz's Tam Tam (pronounced "tom tom," tam being the Yiddish word for soulful flavor), is the usual brand of cracker, but there's also a popular old recipe using Ritz crackers.
Whatever! The secret to making any formula taste like real chopped liver is lots of fried onions.
"Does it really taste like liver?" you may well ask. Not really. It has a sense of chopped liver, but I have friends who won't touch liver in any form and love this stuff. You might want to call it something else: vegetarian paté? Still, the words "vegetarian chopped liver" strikes a resonant chord with many Ashkenazy Jews.
I prefer to use fresh green beans, rather than canned. They have so much better flavor. But - and this is a serious warning -- they must be cooked through, not at all crisp-tender, not at all al dente. I have made this recipe countless times, so I know that the timing will vary from 8 minutes to nearly 12 of hard boiling, depending on the season and the maturity of the beans.
2 tablespoons salt, plus 3/4 to 1 teaspoon, or more to taste
2 pounds green beans, trimmed and washed (do not buy thin, new beans or so-called haricot verts, the slim beans with a French name)
4 medium onions, coarsely chopped (about 4 cups)
3 tablespoons canola oil (or other light vegetable oil)
5 eggs, hard-cooked and shelled
1 cup shelled walnuts
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste
Bring about 5 quarts of water to a rolling boil. Add the 2 tablespoons of salt and the green beans. From the time the water returns to a boil, cook the beans for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on their maturity, until they are fully tender. Drain very well in a colander and set aside to cool.
In a medium skillet, on medium-high heat, heat the oil and fry the onions, tossing continually, until the onions have wilted, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and fry until the onions are well browned, about 15 minutes longer. Set aside to cool.
In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, combine half the walnuts, half the fried onions, and half the green beans. Chunk up 2 or 3 of the eggs and add to the processor. Pulse the processor until the mixture is quite fine (but not pasty) and resembles chopped liver. Stir down the mixture a couple of times during the processing. Turn into a mixing bowl.
Process the remaining ingredients as above.
Stir the two batches together, adding more salt, if necessary, and pepper to taste. (I like mine peppery.)
Cover and refrigerate at least a few hours before serving. The "liver" tastes even better the next day, and it will keep for up to a week.
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Jennie Garth skyrocketed to stardom with her role as Kelly Taylor on "Beverly Hills, 90210." The show became a ratings juggernaut, lasting 10 seasons, and remains one of the most successful and iconic television series ever produced. In 2008, Jennie reprised her role as Kelly in the new "90210" series, this time playing a counselor rather than a student. She also reteamed with her co-stars Luke Perry and Jason Priestley in 2012 when she appeared in the fan-favorite back-to-school campaign for Old Navy.
In 2014, Jennie will release her first memoir with New American Library (NAL), a division of Penguin Group (USA), titled "Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde."
In 2013, she starred opposite Cameron Mathison in the ABC Family romantic comedy "Holidaze." The movie was part of the network's successful "25 Days of Christmas."
In 2007, Jennie competed on ABC's hit show "Dancing with the Stars." Her newfound moves and loyal fans made her a crowd favorite and kept her in the competition through the semi-finals.
In 2002, Jennie made her comedy debut as the straight-laced sister of Amanda Bynes in the WB's "What I Like About You." The series concluded in 2006 after a four-season run.
Jennie has starred in many successful television movies over the years including the 2012 Lifetime film "The Eleventh Victim," based on the best-selling novel by Nancy Grace, "Girl Positive," "Accidentally in Love" and "A Christmas Tail" to name a few.
She is also actively giving back supporting causes such as Stand Up to Cancer, The American Heart Association, Autism Speaks, Lollipop Theater Network and Water4.
Jennie and her three daughters, Luca Bella, Lola Ray, and Fiona Eve, currently reside in Los Angeles.


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Missing my Soldier
I miss you, its so hard not being with you right now, I was cleaning the room and was coming across your white t-shirts, I couldn't help but lay on my bed and hold them by my face and cry, they smell just like you L one of them I'm not going to wash, I'm sleeping with it every night until you return home to us. I couldn't handle being alone tonight, I'm so emotional right now baby, I was so used to you being here every night and waking up to your kisses every morning making sweet love to each other and now your gone. I wish you could feel how good you make me feel, I'm sure you know. I can't believe you're gone. I don't want to believe it. I just wish I could wake up and you'd be here. Like it was all a dream. You know when you fell a sleep at night I'd lay my head on your chest listening to your heartbeat that was such a calming and comforting sound and I'd be starring up at your face till I fell a sleep. You really do make me happy and I wouldn't ever trade you for anything. Your every thing I could ever want and need. I love you more than anything and I know you love me just as much. I can see how much you love me just by the way you look at me and touch me. Every touch from you sends tingles throughout my whole body. You know you made me cry a few times while you were making love to me. You made me feel so good inside and out, I've never felt that before. I want to hold you so bad right now. It was so hard to see you walk on that plane; I didn't want to let you go. I will be yours always and forever be careful and safe I love you.... Missing you so much...
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My husband is serving in Afganistan for 18 mo. Right before he left I gave birth to our daughter. I felt overwhelmed with tears when I read your letter/poem. It is so hard to be a military spouse and cope with them being away but it is even harder to have a daughter that is so young and being a first time parent and having to explain to her why daddy isnt there.That alone hurts even though I know what he is doing is honerable and I understand why he is there instead of here. Freedom gives us the right to love and thats what hes fighting for. I hope that Our husbands make it home safetly. God bless
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I am leaving for Iraq next month, I hope this is how my loved one feels while I am away....WOW!!
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I can relate to every word you wrote. My husband is serving in Iraq, he has been over there for 3 months. I miss him so much! Just remember to pray for your husband everyday, they will be home before we know it!
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Your peom touched my heart and brought tears. My husband is out at sea right now and this poem states every thing I feel. I miss him so. Thank you for your wonderful and heartfelt poem.
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every word of this letter is the same in my heart to my husband,we have 40 more days till he is safly home.he is an army soldier and i love him dearly
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this was really good u can tell u care so much for your husband my husband is leaving for iraq in a week and i pray for both mine and your husband a safe trip home and may God be with all of our heros and a safe trip home
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This is a very sweet letter. It reminds me so much of my own situation and how I'd feel because this is a mirror image of what is about to happen.
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Hey, I have a harvest this week, for the first time in ages! A small one, but nevertheless…
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Also a shout-out to the fab folks at Ballarat Permaculture Guild, whose produce swap I attended on the weekend. I took along some home-baked cookies, and swapped for some salad veg, spring onions, potatoes, and duck eggs. I made out very well, I think because I was new and everyone was so nice! I also grabbed some rhubarb from the table at the end of the swap, in exchange for a donation to the community garden, and a couple of people offered me bunches of herbs they were trying to get rid of as I left. What a haul!
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new member looking for sound help!
i'm Andrew. i play bass in a hardcore/metalcore/powerviolence mashup.
we recently decided to go from C standard to drop B. in doing so, i really took a notice that my rig sounds incredibly muddy on the low end and insanely poppy on the high side. i am currently playing and gigging with this setup:
Fender (Mexi) J Bass
GHS bass Boomers
Hartke HA3500
Hartke VX410
my EQ is currently set at pretty normal on the sliders and as i mess with everything, i have noticed i don't really have a nice middle ground. it's either really harsh and punchy or realllllly muddy. i won't be able to purchase "better" gear for quite some time. is my issue with the strings/bass or can my head/cab simply not handle the sound.
i am going for a sludgier tone and will be picking up a distortion pedal soon. so i'd rather not adjust my sliders and knobs to produce a sludgy tone on the amp.
i hope i posted this in the appropriate section and listed enough info for some help! thanks guys.
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what gauge strings are you using? you might be on the limits of having a manageable c standard sound, but that slight drop to b might have gone beyond that point. might be a good chance to change strings anyway.
i also find that having a slight bias towards the bridge pickup helps with a muddy low end
just an aside, if and when you do get a distortion tone, look for something that has a blend knob. otherwise you'll probably lose all of the low end.
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You have good gear thats not your problem.
Get thicker gauge strings, a lot of the punch and power comes from strings with sufficient tension, floppy strings have no presence.
Start with a flat EQ, back off the low end (30 - 64hz) a touch boost the high mids (500 - 1khz) a little. These are only subtle slider adjustments but will help. When you drop tune you produce more low end so you some times need to cut it a little so you sit in the mix well. You gear will be able to handle the tuning.
I'm assuming you already play with a pick.
When you get a distortion, depending which you get, as long as you don't go too crazy with it, it should help define your bass. It should complement your tone rather then be your tone. If that makes sense? depending on it too much can make you sound synthetic and you can loose definition and power.
Have a look at the Sansamp, MXR M80, these are quality pedals, very easy to get good tones from and are used be tons of artists. Standard gear for all rock, metal, core music, defiantly worth investing in. Or as a cheaper option, the Boss ODB-3, Ibanez PHatHed PD7, there are lots out there, go try as many as possible.
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I'm playing this stuff with standard tuning on the bass (I've got both a 4 and a 5-string and the bottom string on the 5 is, of course, a B). It's certainly possible for you to get the equivalent of the bottom four strings of the 5 string for your 4 and then just tune UP the other three strings.
But you're the bass -- there's absolutely no reason for you to downtune to match the guitars.
For starters, the Hartke cab can't reproduce the fundamentals of those tones anyway. That's not a knock on the Hartke -- most of what we actually hear in that region is the pattern of harmonics that *indicate* that frequency.
The Hartke amp head, though, is trying to reproduce those tones and is sending a lot of power toward the cabinet, and that power is being wasted. As a result, what the cabinet *can* reproduce is being shortchanged. What you want to do is get a high pass filter (HPF) involved to eliminate everything below what the cabinet can actually reproduce. That's probably going to suggest a serious rolloff of anything below (at the very least) 35Hz. This may sound counter-intuitive, but stopping the head from trying to reproduce those tones will mean that you'll get more power to the tones it CAN reproduce, and that includes those "indicative" harmonics that tell the ear that you're intending a very low note. In short, you'll sound lower by eliminating some of the actual...uh...lower <G>.
This is just by way of saying exactly the same thing that JKing138 said in the previous message. You might consider a bit of a bump in the low mids. If your high end is sounding very harsh, you can back off what goes to the tweeter, though usually the tweeter is more responsible for "air" than for the high mids that may be giving you fits.
But here's the other piece of that. You don't really need to go that low. Your guitar players are fighting the same issues; they are generally using 4x12 cabinets that won't reproduce their low notes, either. A standard tune low E (E2) is around 82Hz. Most 4x12 cabinets have long since given up doing anything much below 100Hz, and 100W, while it sounds loud when you're playing mids, simply doesn't have the punch to produce low notes, too, if you're playing loud. Their amps are wasting power trying to produce those notes, so they're actually producing mud (and moreso if they're using lot of gain). You, on the other hand, have the opportunity to define, with great clarity, what they're intending on that end of things. You've got the strings, the scale, the pickups, the power and the cabinet to do what they can't. My suggestion is that you stay tuned standard with standard bass strings, cut a bit of the low end to give you even MORE power in the space in the mix in which you fit. Second piece of advice: *reduce* the gain, and cut the fuzz pedal on the bass back much more than you think you should when you're playing. All of that is produced by harmonics and over tones, and you lose a lot of definition in your end of things if it's overdone and you end up sitting in the downtuned guitars' spot in the mix. Overall mush coming out of the PA. Sonic Oatmeal. Find Your Spot In The Mix.
The thump should be coming from the kick. Get out of his way sonically, get a mike or a pad on the kick and run *that* through the PA to give you the gut-pounding crunch through the subs.
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Also, i would add play nearer the bridge (with the strumming hand i mean) if you want more definition for your tone...
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Back in the late 90's i played in powerviolence/screamo/emoviolence/genrelablessoundsilly bands.
I actually never tuned below drop-D.
The tricky part, for me, was filling out my sound. Unfortunately, that required more gear. I usually went for the cheapest, rattiest, beat-to-hell amps and cabs i could find.
I ended up with a Kustom200 head into an Ampeg 2x15 and a Sunn Concert Bass into an Acoustic 6x10. I used a '95 Ibanez ATK300 bass into an old stereo Ibanez Chorus pedal, with one of the sides also going through an old green russian muff fuzz pedal.
It sounded absolutely bananas, and had no trouble being heard over a guitarist using a Peavy VTM120 and 2 4x12s.
If you want a big sound, you need more speakers pushing your sound. It sucks, but them's physics for you.
You CAN get your rig to work. It will just take some EQ finesse, and the other contributors here have given good advice.
Good luck!
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Sacramento, Calif. -- As a state that commonly sets national trends, California can't afford to lag behind the technology curve. Yet the Golden State is besieged by annual budget crises and political stalemates that thwart innovation. This morning in Sacramento, Calif., leaders from the public and private sector gathered at the Conference on California's Future to discuss how GIS can help officials work around the problems crippling the state.
To successfully integrate comprehensive GIS solutions across state agencies, an enterprise GIS strategy, coupled with strong executive leadership, was deemed California's best hope for dismantling state IT silos and facilitating cross-agency data sharing. Also vital to the mission is getting the public to better understand the role GIS can play in the state's success.
"Consider ways to expand beyond the power-user base," said John Young, former CIO of the CIA and current director of enterprise solutions for ESRI. "Many organizations have now moved [GIS] into the mainstream, especially in those business areas where geography is important."
Moving away from serving only the hardcore GIS user base and toward an enterprise model, according to Young, means agencies need to focus on quality, timeliness, efficiency and community in their geospatial efforts. Young cited Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and his StateStat system as a model California should consider emulating.
Young also cautioned that enterprise technology is something fundamentally different than the siloed approaches of the past. He said recognizing all perspectives as legitimate and building a strong business case for enterprise GIS is paramount.
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Westbound I-20 closed in Nolan County, traffic diverted
POSTED: 4:36 PM Jul 09 2013 UPDATED: 4:38 PM Jul 09 2013
From the Texas Department of Transportation:
Westbound I-20 in Nolan County is closed at mile marker 238 due to an overturned 18-wheeler.
Traffic is diverted into Roscoe to get back onto I-20. The closure is expected to last well into the evening until the wreck can be cleared.
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