 lyrical nonsense in a Wall Street Journal column. Striving to hit a Whitmanesque note in praise of the 52 million Americans who say they support McCain, she writes,."
The "age" that our allegedly "center-right nation" has been "pushing hard against" is relativist, secular, progressive, scientific. And the "something large and stable" that's being swept away is tradition, patriotism, morality, family values, community, God.. For Noonan, of course, it has to -- because if it didn't, then Republicans would be just as much or more to blame for the corrosion of tradition and morality as Democrats.
And Kristol and Noonan are the restrained face of the conservative reaction. More typical of the Limbaugh-inflected (or infected) movement as a whole is the apocalyptic attitude of right-wing columnist Mark Steyn, who thundered that an Obama victory "would be a 'point of no return,' the most explicit repudiation of the animating principles of America."
The ludicrous hyperbole of such Jeremiads is self-refuting. Americans are desperate to fix their economy, end a ruinous, endless war and restore a sense of common purpose to civic life. As they face these challenging real-world goals, the abstract buzzwords trotted out by the right ring hollow.
The emptiness of these arguments reveals that American conservatism no longer has any purpose except perpetuating its own power and concentrating as much wealth as possible in the hands of the already wealthy. Its internal contradictions can no longer be glossed over. It poses as the guardian of tradition and morality, but its obeisance to an amoral free-market ideology is far more destructive of tradition than the regulated capitalism championed by liberals. It preaches small government, but insists that abortion rights, recreational drug use and gay marriage fall within the purview of the state.,.
If Republicans choose the first option, the GOP will be taking the first steps toward becoming a marginal party, one that will eventually end up an object of curiosity in the historical display case along with such extinct specimens as the Know-Nothing Party. If they choose the second, they will not only save their party, they could help heal the grievous wounds their divisive politics have inflicted on the country.
If conservatives' track record over the last 40 years is any guide, they will choose the first. And I won't be putting any flowers on their grave.~lee.Sarah is an 8-year-old female cat.  Follow you around like a dog? Yes. Dogs within a mile? Heck no! She is really coming around and is just a lovely cat. She is eagerly waiting to find her person and would flourish in a quiet home with lots of love. This little gal is sure finding her way into the hearts of the staff — do you have room in yours?
Turkey Pot Pie Recipe
This is one of our favorite meals and one that I often use when taking meals to others. It is one my my most requested recipes. The picture is of individual potpies that I made for us. When I make it as part of a meal that I take to someone else, I use a disposable 9 inch deep dish pan. It is a complete meal since it has lots of meat, veggies and the crust is bread, plus it is delicious.
Turkey Pot Pie
- 2 prepared pie crusts or a sheet of thawed puff pastry
- 8 Tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 of an onion chopped
- 1 bag of frozen veggies (peas and carrots or peas, carrots and green beans)
- 1 bag of frozen corn
- 4 medium potatoes-diced
- 2 cups left over chicken or turkey – cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 to 3 cans of chicken broth
- Melt the butter in a large pan.
- Stir in onions and potatoes, cook for a 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add flour and stir and cook for a couple of minutes (it will be very thick).
- Slowly add the chicken broth and whisk until smooth. Continue adding chicken broth until the consistency is like thick gravy. Cook for several minutes until the potatoes are soft and continue to add chicken broth as needed to thin it if it gets too thick.
- Stir in frozen veggies.
- Stir in cooked chicken or turkey.
- Heat through.
- Put one of the pie crusts in 9 inch deep dish pan.
- pour the filling into the crust.
- Cover with the second crust.
- Seal the edges and cut slits in the top.
- Brush with egg white.
- Bake at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Options:
- Pour the filling in a casserole dish and top with a sheet of puff pastry, seal edges.
- Add a little chicken bouillon, gravy mix or left over chicken or turkey gravy to make the chicken flavor stronger.
- Replace about a half of a cup of the chicken broth with 1/2 cup half and half for a richer broth.Cosplayer here :D and craft foam is my best friend when it comes to armor-making! I think craft foam would work perfectly with Solaire of Astora's helmet! 

I usually just start by kind of unwrapping the armor (or helmet, in this case) and creating a pattern from that out of paper or just anything you can trace onto the craft foam you have so you can build the final shape. For this step, I believe many people use Blender, Maya, or another 3D program to model what they're making and then flatten it for printing (to paper) as if creating a papercraft project. If you have any experience with 3D modeling or are willing to learn, this could make patterning much easier. I've never tried that method, although I probably should since I do 3D art..., and instead just kind of guesstimate and freehand onto paper until I figure out which shapes work well and in what sizes. 

After I've done that, I'll cut out all the pieces out of the craft foam sheets and then just start piecing things together in layers with my trusty glue gun (cheap-budget cosplayer's best friend!). For this helmet, I would start with the main portion of the helmet, then the strip in the middle, then the rounded rectangular bit for the opening for the eyes, then the vertical strips that go down the center of the helmet, and I would probably attach the neck "ring" at the base of the helmet last. For neck "ring", I would (before attaching to the rest of the helmet) cut out a solid strip of craft foam to form the entire "ring" and glue little rectangles of craft foam onto it, leaving a bit of space in between each to create the ridges, and then glue that entire thing onto the base of the helmet.

To finish off, I'd add in any details, like gluing on round metal studs (found online or the iron-on kind from a fabric/crafts store) for the rows going down the helmet on both sides. For the little horizontal strip going around the top, you could either cut a small strip of craft foam and attach that, or!...one awesome trick I learned is, since you are painting it anyway, just put on a line of hot glue :D So when you paint over it, you'll get a nice, thin, rounded line. Finally, just spray-paint the entire thing silver! I recommend spray paint over hand-painting so you get more even coverage, unless you're going for a specific texture or "look".

Good luck, and hope this helps a bit! Sorry for such a wall of text, and small disclaimer: this is just how I would approach this project, so this may not be the best method out there. I tend to end up doing things in a rather ghetto fashion, like how I mentioned using hot-glue for the raised line on the helmet!Hildred Jean Hedrick, age 79 of Andrews, NC passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017 at her residence.
She was the daughter of the late Hillie and Estie Stiles. Hildred retired from Stanley Furniture in Robbinsville.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Donny Hedrick; one daughter, Debra Hedrick and two brothers, Woody and Jr. Stiles.
She is survived by one son, Danny Hedrick and grandson, Mark Hedrick.
Funeral services will be held at 12 PM, Monday, August 7, 2017 at the Townson-Rose Chapel in Andrews. Burial will be in the Valleytown Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 11 AM - 12 PM, Monday, August 7, 2017 at the Townson-Rose Chapel in Andrews.I regret to announce that Lana Del Rey, soundtrack to my September, is reportedly dating a cop. A hot cop, but a cop nonetheless.
Entertainment Tonight reports that summer’s saddest singer is hooking up with Sean “Sticks” Larkin, a police sergeant and star of the A&E reality TV show Live PD. The two were spotted in Central Park on Monday:
Far be it from me to rain on someone’s Hot Ghoul Autumn, but this does give me pause, as Larkin is a) a cop, b) a reality TV star, and c) a CrossFit enthusiast, all of which do not, in my estimation, add up to a promising partner.
Of course, there are a couple nice cops and probably at least one nice CrossFit enthusiast out