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Refuting The "My Tax Dollars" Argument
The first problem is the unspoken implication that you (i.e. the person making the argument) are really just approaching these issues from a position of moral selfishness. "It's okay with me that people are murdered by the hundreds of thousands in the Congo," you are saying, "just so long as I personally don't feel responsible for it." Notice also that it means that it would also be acceptable for Israel to continue "oppressing" the Palestinians as long as US aid is ended. It makes it pretty much impossible for anyone pursuing this line of argument to try and take a higher moral position from his or her opponent, which is a problem for Palestinian supporters, who usually rely on faux morality in order to overcome their opponents' arguments. It is difficult for someone of any moral standing to declare that it is more than okay for genocide, apartheid, etc to happen just so long as he or she is not paying for it. That's not the viewpoint of a "pro-Palestinian" individual (or really a "pro-anything" individual), it is the opinion of a morally lazy and selfish individual. A truly pro-Palestinian person would defend the Palestinians and their cause whether the US was involved or not. I guess that is where you separate the sheep from the goats.
The second problem with using the "my tax dollars argument" is that once you start using it you need to stick with it lest your hypocrisy be exposed. Let me explain what I mean using the "international law" example: You cannot on the one hand criticize Israel for using your tax dollars to do bad things and on the other criticize Israel for breaking international law. You have just said that you don't care about countries who break international law (like Sudan) just as long as you don't feel personally responsible for their actions. By declaring that it is really the tax dollars that are bothering you, you are also saying that it is okay for Israel to break the law so long as you aren't funding it. That doesn't make you someone who cares about international law, in fact it makes you the opposite: Someone who couldn't care less about international law except when using it as a talking point. To what end? To stop Israel from using his or her tax dollars, i.e., to stop feeling personally responsible for the bad things that happen between the two sides. Not to end the violations of international law.
This problem spreads from international law to all the other arguments that anti-Zionists use to justify their one-sided condemnation of Israel. "I care about human rights!" No you don't, you just don't want to feel responsible for human rights violations. "I care about the welfare of the Palestinian children!" No you don't, you just don't want to pay for their mistreatment. "I care about peace between the two sides!" No you don't, they can fight each other til doomsday and as long as you aren't paying you couldn't care less. "I care about justice!" No, you just don't want to feel guilty. And so it goes. That is what is being said every time that someone uses the "my tax dollars argument," because the flip side is that without the tax dollars you wouldn't care at all.
People who use the "my tax dollars argument" actually put themselves in a double bind: They are forced to concede that they either only care about the tax dollars (which makes them liars when they pretend to care about human rights and international law) or that they are flip-flopping between whatever talking point fits the conversation (which only further calls their true motivations into question). Of course there is a way out of this logic trap: All you need to say that is that you care about international law, human rights, etc anyway but the fact that Israel is being financed through American tax dollars makes it particularly galling. That is all right, but then you must also be equally aggressive toward other US-backed regimes that mistreat international law and human rights, which include the Palestinains. Of course that should be easy for you since your real motivation is misuse of your taxes and international law, not simply bashing Israel...right? However as we have have seen anti-Zionists rarely keep their criticisms balanced for very long.
This is why I suggest that pro-Israel users keep an eye on comments like the one quoted above where the anti-Zionists claim to be motivated by the "my tax dollars" argument, because they never stick with it.
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This is great. Dealing with the "it's my tax money" by pointing out that most of it gets spent on American products was always a weak rebuttal.ReplyDelete
Framing the "it's my tax money" proponents as having no problem with genocide and the breaking of international law so long as they don't pay for it is very helpful.
The anti-Zios' argument is really one of self-interest, not of idealism. The only time they care about the Palestinians is when Israel is in the picture. They could care less that Palestinian Arabs are deprived of rights and freedoms throughout the Arab World and treated like sub-human trash. In contrast, Israel for its flaws, treats them decently even though they are Jew-hating savages.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Great piece Zach.ReplyDelete
Too bad that the anti-Zios will never, ever, admit to any wrong or responsibility on the part of the Palestinians. *Nothing* is the fault of, or responsibility of the Palestinians, so they will continue to USE the "my tax dollars" talking points in an attempt to support their falsehoods and propaganda. They have NO PROBLEM, whatsoever, with US tax dollars going to the Palestinians, in fact, they claim that the Palestinians "deserve" and "need" US tax dollars. And then in the next breath, they will refer to Israel as "the welfare state".
They will continue to scream "deflection" each time their "humanitarianism" comes into question, they will continue to deny, deny, deny, and they will continue to bash Israel and Jews for anything and everything.
It won't matter that other countries simply get ignored for actions similar or far, far worse, because *other countries* are not their cause or mission, therefore, do not matter one little bit.
It is all about their obsession with anything anti-Israel, and anything anti-Jewish that fuels them,
and will continue to do so.
Egypt is #2 in US tax dollar aid as it practices gender apartheid against Egyptian women and blockades Palestinians at the Sinai/Gaza border. But we don't see any anti-Zios protesting that.ReplyDelete
Neither do they protest Lebanon depriving Palestinians there of basic human rights. More apartheid they pay for with their tax dollars, as Lebanon receives US aid as well.
Of course what you say is obvious to most of us who have ever had to argue a point, especially in a formal setting. However the Media controls the perspective of the masses. We no longer talk about an Arab-Israeli conflict, but an Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where we have turned from David into Goliath (so much for the Jewish controlled Media!)ReplyDelete
Take into account that Israel houses the 2nd largest foreign press contingent after the US and you understand that it is under a microscope like noone else.
Ask them, "so are you expiated yet?"ReplyDelete
Only bashing Israel can *expiate* their guilty-feeling selves from the weight of living the White Western 1st world good life in an unequal world.
With Israel bashing, they get to bash something partially Western, partially White for any potential infraction, and in so doing claim pseudo-moral points against their being White, Western enjoyers of the 1st world good life.
But they'll never really be expiated, never achieve yearned for grace, no matter how much bile and blamefare they inflict on Israel. Their soulsick selves will chase that carrot forever, like hungry ghosts.
"Are you expiated yet?"
This is very helpful. But the refutation doesn't work if the "tax dollars" issue is just ONE of the arguments our opponent makes. If somebone says, "Israel's occupation/oppression/etc. is illegal, immoral, AND an abuse of US aid dollars in service of an illegal and immoral purpose" then he or she is enlisting legal, moral, AND financial/self-interest support for the claim.ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually, the tax dollars argument fits very nicely into a refutation of the illegal/immoral bullshit; both statements rely on a moral values calculus that has everything to do with emotions and nothing to do with facts (just as the tax dollars bit amounts to abdicating any concern about the myriad non-Israel atrocities that don't involve U.S. funds in any way, so do the illegal/immoral bits amount to relying on either lies or bad soul feelings that aren't part of legitimate policy considerations). Israel has the legal and moral high ground, that's why the bogus self-interest crowd keeps going back to the asinine tax dollars argument--and why it keeps failing to bring in more agreers.Delete
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I'll have to see if this one has iron or lead. Apparently, lead ballast was a "popular option" for Passport 40's during this time. Thanks for the heads up! I didn't even realize that iron was standard on this boat!
what about the Passport 37 -Iron or lead keel? Anyone know....
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Yes...that was me. As I mentioned earlier, I have been working at Willsboro for almost 30 years on and off and it is really a great spot to keep the boat and great owners.
The classy comment was definetly meant as a compliment. We have to remember that when we purchase a boat that is 23 years old, there is going to be some some work that is needed to "bring her back" but....when complete ( and not done overnight) she will be real looker!
We were going to go down this weekend coming up but due to some work commitments, we'll wait untill the weekend of 6/23. Leave about mid day from the dock and head for the Battery. Probably first night around the Throngs Neck Bridge, then continue on Sunday on up the Hudson. We are not going to rush too much but do have to get back for work commitments. Probably a 5 day trip.
Thanks for the tips in the locks. Neither of us have done the trip up yet but we've talked to alot who have and managed to pick out all the important info. Your comments were not ones that we have gotten as of yet so thanks....
Regarding the mast supports, we were just planning to get some wood at the lumber yard in Catskill. Its pretty easy to erect the supports. I'd hate to see you sacrifice some potentially good sanding time ! anyway.....we could keep in touch on that one. Did you leave the dodger up and build over it or did you drop everything and keep it rather low to the deck? I was kind of thinking that I'd at least like the dodger in place just in case it is a nasty day. ....makes for a nice place to sit in the open hatch with the overhead protection for the person not at the wheel.
Glad you made it safe and sound and look forward to meeting you.
Are you the canvas maker that Andre told me stopped by?
Thanks for the "classy" comment. I've been feeling like she's looking a bit trampy lately There's still a big black scratch and smudge on the hull from a poor docking experience on our trip up the Hudson, and the cetol is in horrible shape along the topside teak. We spent a bunch of time this past weekend starting to sand it all down, so now it looks worse Half sanded, half splotchy old Cetol. Yippy! There are some pretty nice boats at Willsboro... a J40, CR42, Nauticat 36, a HR, a Sabre, a Tartan - and those were just at docks 4 and 5. I haven't peeked down the other ones yet
When are you bringing your P40 up? The trip up the Canal was a no brainer with two of us doing it. Locks 1-8 on Saturday (tied up AT lock 9 - huge area to tie up with a real head that's open until 10 (or overnight if they "forget" to lock up) and pizza delivery if you don't want to make food on the boat). Lock 9-Champlain Bridge Marina (they can put you on the fuel dock which isn't bad - we could have reached Westport or even Willsboro if we motored until 8pm, but we were tired). We went to Willsboro the next day but could have easily made Burlington or farther north.
The only troublesome lock was the Federal lock in Troy. You only get one place to hang on per vessel. It's a vertical rope or a vertical rod that's fixed in place. If you run a line from the stern forward, and the bow back, and you stand in the middle with the lines around the rod, you can use it as a pivot point. We figured this out AFTER a very hairy ride up. The rest of the locks have lines every 12 feet or so and you can grab a fore and aft one. Make sure you grab the lines on the same side as the wind as blowing FROM. If it's blowing west to east, keep your boat on the west side. The way the winds works, that will keep you pushed against the the west side of the lock. Otherwise you have to fight to keep the boat against the wall and from moving forward/backward. It got real easy after a while.
If you need mast braces for your trip up let me know. Ours are stored near Saratoga right now but we would gladly meet you in Catskill with them for a fellow P40 owner (depending on timing). We also have a cruising guide from the NYS Canal Authority. When are you heading North?
I see Pelican at the dock
Hi Chris..I was over at Willsboro yesterday and saw that Pelican was nicely enjoying her new home . She certainly looks classy amoung all the other boats on the dock. How was the trip up?
She definitely digs in when in the heavier stuff. I did find the cockpit doesn't drain as quickly as I hoped, but since I'll be doing mostly coastal stuff I'm not as concerned. I just found a spot on our deck where the teak is bowing a little bit. I'm a bit scared to see what's underneath, but we'll be checking it out in a couple of weeks. Congrats on yours - it seems to be a great boat! There's a Passport mailing list on sailnet too... Messages ... Let me know when you bring her up north. Perhaps we can escort you for part of the way if we're around! I'm thrilled to hear there will be such a huge contigent of P40's on the lake! We'll have to do a rendezvous somewhere on the lake. Keep in touch.
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Hi Chris...yes we are looking at the one in NY. Had a good survey done last week and sea trial the same day in light 8-10 knots breezes......just what I was hoping for. I suspect she will perform well in the heavy stuff but the lighter air was a nice surprise. In 8 knots, when the puffs hit, she had a nice even slow weather helm. Good and responsive for such a heavy boat. Decks did need some work when I first looked at her last fall. Over the winter, the current owner had quite a few bungs pulled out, fasteners rebedded and new plugs put in. Also replaced some of the glass which was looking a bit foggy. The deck still has some suspicious spots but not a show stopper. Also have commissioned Bob Perry to help us along with the purchase. He infoms me that some of the early boats came thru with a checker board mahoganny inlay core which is much less prone to water creeping all over the deck once it gets in. Not sure if this is one of those boats. Just have to get a core sample to see. All in all the surveyor was pretty happy with what he found.
Regarding her possible new home.... We will keep her at the Lake Champlain Yacht Club in Shelburne at least for part of the summer. Plan is to haul in mid summer...maybe later, and store behind my boat shop for a couple of years of refit.
I also learned just today that there will be another P40 coming into Mallets Bay to the Moorings Marina next week. Someone purchased her out in Michigan I believe and will be keeping her here for a time.
We could have a P40 rendevous!!!
Will look forward to hooking up if all goes well.
Telekitr -
If you're looking at the P40 on Long Island, I've heard the decks need A LOT of work and that it's not in the best shape. That's just rumor though... I know my broker looked at it for another customer of his and wasn't in love. I have to say though - the Passport 40 (in general) turned out to be an even better boat than I thought it would be. I thought she would be dog slow in lighter (sub 10 knot) winds and she does decently. She's very comfortable and you can pretty much throw anything you want at her.
Our mast is down now. We're a motorboat. We'll be doing the trip up the canal this weekend. I'm not excited about it - I like nice, wide open bodies of water. These rivers and canals just ain't my cup o' tea. Plus, with a 2 knot current against us it will be somewhat slow. I'll let you know how it goes.
Where will you be keeping your boat on Champlain? I'm thinking about trying to arrange for a "Sailnet Get Together" in Burlington sometime this summer.
Nice home for Pelican
Labatt....in reading further above, I see that you're keeping her in Willsboro Bay. Great choice! The owners are great people. I've known them for close to 30 years as my business takes me to various marinas on a regular basis. This is for sure one of , if not....the best on the lake. Have a safe delivery and lets hear some good sea stories. Will be interested on how your trip thru the Champlain Canal goes.....
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Hey Labatt.....we too live on Lake Champlain and sail in Shelburne. Where are you going to keep Pelican? We are looking at a P40 in NY next week for a survey and sea trial. If all goes well, there may be 2 on our great lake!!
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I'm gonna have to pay attention to all the national sports talk shows to hear all the speculation about Rodney's pending restricted free anency...
Rodney's decision will have a trickle down effect on all of the other FA's and likely impact the entire landscape of the league for years to come.
There hasn't been this much anticipation surrounding the FA market since Ben Gordon and Charles Rubbish were about to hit the market.
I can't wait to watch the ESPN special hosted by Stuart (boo-ya) Scott. After a Kooster and Pistons' Head of Security, Jerry Hendon warm up the crowd with their "fake ventriloquist act" and a quick musical performance by '90s Rapper Bubba Sparkxxx, that lazy eyed freak will announce that Rodney is keeping his talents in Detroit where he can continue to "be impactful". ...This time, it's not collusion, it's COLLISION!!!
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Theo Walcott's injury is worse than first feared and he is expected to be out for "three to four weeks".
Arsène Wenger broke the news to reporters shortly after leaving for Holland ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League clash with AZ Alkmaar.
Walcott limped off during the first half of Saturday's 3-1 win over Birmingham following a heavy challenge from Liam Ridgewell. It was the England international's first start of the campaign and he might have to wait a month for another one.
"The news is not good," confirmed Wenger. "We are without Theo Walcott for longer than expected.
"We thought it would be just 48 hours but it is a medial knee ligament, which is what I feared after the game. He will be out for three to four weeks."
Tomas Rosicky has also been ruled out of Tuesday's game with a knee problem but Wenger expects him to be fit in "a few days". However Gael Clichy has been passed fit after an ankle injury.
Nicklas Bendtner, Denilson, Eduardo and Johan Djourou are still out.
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A cornerstone of the annual University of St. Thomas Research Symposium is the presentation by Honors Program students in the Contemporary Problems Seminar. They will present the fruits of their research, "Eating Away America" at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 13 in the Scanlan Room, Jerabeck Center, as part of the three-day Research Symposium.
The Contemporary Problems Seminar includes an interdisciplinary research project and is the final course of the Honors Program, held in the spring of the senior year. Students select a contemporary problem that interests them, and collaborate in researching the issue and preparing a presentation.
This year, the Honors project examines the processes and distribution of food to find out why it is unhealthy and consider alternatives to producing food.
Senior political science major Chris Dupree said in light of the obesity epidemic, the students wanted to find out why people are eating so unhealthy.
"It's the structure of the food industry that pushes people to eat unhealthy," Dupree said. "Our project is about analyzing how the food structure is set and looking at alternatives for producing our food."
Laura Diaz, also a senior political science major, said it is exciting to see the project come to fruition as a collective work.
"It's something we've been working hard on and we're all passionate about the subject," she said.
The students began working on the project in the fall, and they selected Dr. Jeremy Wilkins, associate professor of theology, as the faculty member for their project. He team-taught the Honors class when the students were freshmen.
"It is terrific to work with students who have matured through the Honors Program, and see what that's done for them – to be able to think about the problem and have meaningful discussions," Wilkins said.
Wilkins said they benefitted most from the process of research.
"They're adult learners now," he said. "They're responsible for their own learning and this is an opportunity to take responsibility for that."
Each student researches part of the project related his or her own major, and the research is integrated into a larger presentation.
"Distributively, they cover a lot more ground than they could individually," Wilkins said. "Each one brings pieces to the table that enrich everyone."
Honors "Eating Away America" Abstract:
"A society's relationship with food provides insight into its structure and values. The priorities of the American lifestyle have given rise to practices in agriculture, production, and dining that can lead to health complications. Agriculture has shifted from family farms to factory-style food production, employing morally questionable practices to appeal to the wants of the modern consumer. Federal budgets, policy, and programs favor the mass production of inexpensive food commodities at the urging of lobbyists for the corporations in control of the food supply, ignoring not only the advice of professional nutritionists, but also the nutritional guidelines of the government's own agencies. As food is integral to human life and culture, we focus on the imbalances in our relationship with food and on the food-related problems in public policy, production, and the market."
Aguirre, Victoria; Barrera, Laura; Benny, Bensy; Diaz, Laura; Dupree,Christopher; Faruki, Adeel; Gala, Neil; Heysquierdo, Alexandria; Hudson, Esther; Lam, Duc; Mechler, Rebecca; Snodgrass, Alexandra; Tran, Rosemary, Eating Away America, Jeremy Wilkins. Capstone.
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Stonington – Police and school officials are cautioning parents of Stonington High School students of a possible scam in which letters they may receive offer them a chance to sign up for an honor society for $60.
Assistant Principal Mark Friese said Thursday evening that two parents reported receiving letters with the handwritten name of the school as the return address. Friese said the letters were not sent out by the school.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. The 2010/11 campaign is no different and 16 young Gunners are currently away from the Club.
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Henri Lansbury
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Henri Lansbury was a 67th-minute substitute as Norwich beat Derby 3-2 to stay in the Championship's second automatic promotion place. The young midfielder was introduced with the game level at 2-2 and forced goalkeeper Brad Jones to tip over a 30-yard drive late on. Canada international Simeon Jackson completed a hat-trick with an injury-time winner to record a crucial victory for Paul Lambert's side.
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Benik Afobe played 67 minutes as Huddersfield kept themselves in the hunt for automatic promotion from League One with a 2-1 win over Dagenham and Redbridge. Jordan Rhodes scored twice meaning Lee Clark's side remain level on points with Southampton, who currently occupy the final automatic promotion spot.
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Sanchez Watt was a half-time substitute as Leeds went down 1-0 at Crystal Palace on Monday. The Arsenal loanee replaced Jake Livermore with Leeds a goal down and the visitors created far more in the second half. Watt went close from range but Simon Grayson's side couldn't find an equaliser and slip to ninth in the Championship.
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On December 2001 I reported a bug in rshd and rexecd to Red Hat. Basically, rshd and rexecd failed to change to user's home directory if it is mounted by NFS because chdir(2) syscall was performed before setuid(2) and user running rshd or rexecd (i.e. root) becomes nobody in NFS mounts (this is a common scenario). On September 2002 I reported the same bug to Inetutils, which implements a different (and probably more updated) version of rshd and rexecd.
Inetutils 1.4.2 was released on January 2003, and it included the fixes I suggested for rshd and rexecd. Since I found the new release of Inetutils last week, I downloaded the latest rsh RPM from Red Hat Linux 9 to check if it was still unpatched (my first report was on Red Hat Linux 7.0). It was, so I got back to Red Hat Bugzilla and added a comment. This time I was luckier and yesterday my patches were finally added into rsh-0.17-17, which should be publicly released soon.


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I emailed a member 8 or 9 hours ago by clicking on the envelope symbol under their name. The instructions say that an email will also be sent to my email address. I haven't had a response from the person I sent the email to, neither has a copy been sent to my email address.
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A barrier to understanding?
Overall, the tidal height over time associated with a closure decision has actually decreased (by about 2cm a year just looking at the tidally driven closures). This hints at a possibly increasingly risk-averse management policy, or it might reflect changes in the river models used for predictions (for instance, if including more detail increased the variance). However, the highest tides do come towards the end of the record – the very highest tides at Southend (above 3.9m) occurred in 1994, 2004 and (the highest at 4.04m) 2007. For tides > 3.7m, there were 12 in the last ten years, compared to only 3 in the first ten years in line with generally increasing sea level. However, tidal records are probably best examined directly for these kinds of statistics. The raw data for the barrier closings are available here if anyone wants to look into it further.
This might be a good point to address some confusion that is knocking around. For instance, there is a statement from an official UK govt. (Defra) report on whether the closings are a useful indicator of climate change that states:
Because the Thames River Barrier is now subject to different operating rules, it may be less useful as an indicator. The barrier is now closed to retain water in the Thames River as well as to lessen the risk of flooding. (It was closed on 9 successive tides at the start of 2003.) Thus, the number of closures has increased greatly in recent years. This indicator would only be useful if it were possible to distinguish the number of closures made specifically to lessen flood risk.
My contact at the Environment Agency noted that "I have read the Defra statement that you mentioned; it seems that it is a misunderstanding or simply a poor written account of what the Barrier does. The barrier does not maintain river levels during low tides and it never has." However, he counsels that "the pattern [of closings] is erratic and the years of operation too short for it to be an indicator of sea level rise".
To summarise, Thames Barrier closings tell a complicated story which mix climate information with management issues and are probably too erratic to be particularly meaningful – if you want to say something about global sea level, then look at the integrated picture from satellites and tide gauges. But it is a good illustration of adaptive measures that are, and will increasingly be, needed to deal with ongoing climate change.
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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Soups "
These days for 50p you think you can just about get a packet of crisp or a bar of chocolate and let's face it for most of us it is hitting us hard and we are making huge cut backs. However Sainsbury's has released this beautiful tasting soup, which from King to Pauper can enjoy. This handy soup has enough benefits that you will become a complete convert, what makes it better, this well kept gem is only 52p!
In order to save for my holidays I had to make some major cutbacks, which included cutting my lunch bills, which were costing me around £5-6 a day... horrendous! Also when you think of holidays of course it is time to start shedding some weight as well. I thought soup would be a great idea, they tend to be low in fat and are cheap, I realised that they maybe cheap but when it comes to fat content they can be deceiving too.
This soup (based on half a can basis) has only:
114 Calories
1.8g Fat
0.2g Saturate fat
0.85g Salt
4.8g Total Sugars
So this product was high on my list to buy. What sealed the deal was that it had high-levels of protein and provided 16% of your recommended daily amount. This was beneficial for me, as it will provide added protein for my gym workouts. This is also great for vegetarians who sometimes lack protein, as they do not eat meat. The soup contains a bit of Chilli Seasoning, chilli burns calories faster than normal food without chillis. Lastly the product has celery, which is known to be beneficial for dieters that are trying to lose weight.
So it is cheap, beneficial and Sainsbury's own brand. Now what was bugging me was that this product was going to taste vile... how wrong was I!
After can opening, tipping out the content into a bowl and microwaving the product for 4mins, it was hot, simmering and the smell was pleasant.
The consistency of the product was thick and not runny like most canned soups, it was rich in colour and it had loads of beans and lentils, so it wasn't just all liquefied. The consistency is a little thicker as it has milk and tomato puree, which gives it full flavour and thickness. The taste was flavoursome; it was aromatic and was not as spicy as I thought it would be. If you find that it is too thick, then add a little bit of water.
So let me just recap the benefits:
- Low in calories, fat and sugars
- High in Protein
- High in Fibre
- Half a can provides you with '1' of your '5 A Day'
- Suitable for Vegetarians
- Microwaveable (not the can)
- Collect Nectar Points
- Only 1.5 Weight Watcher Points
- Can is Recyclable
- Only 52p for 400ml of Soup
- Gluten Free
You can buy this Super Soup at Sainsbury's. Just don't tell Sainsbury's about this review otherwise they will up the price, lol.
I also use this as a Chilli Con Carne Base. Just add meat, a little bit of salt and chilli and voilla you have Chilli Con Carne!
When it comes to soup it's a food stuff that I really enjoy. Not being a very big meat eater I tend to look out for new and interesting Vegetarian options whenever at all possible and when I spotted this being not only a healthy soup (Sainsbury's Be Good To Yourself) but also only costing 52p for a 400g can I simply had to buy it and give it a test run!
The Packaging:
Well like I say this comes in a 400g can with a ring-pull to the top of it for ease of opening. On the front of the can there is a photograph of the cooked soup on there and I'm told it is of course Sainsbury's 'Be Good To Yourself' Tomato & Three Bean Soup and that it is suitable for Vegetarians, counts as one portion of vegetable of your recommended 5 a day and that it contains less that 1% fat. On the back of the can ingredients and allergy advice is listed and a full nutritional chart is shown, details on how to heat it through are given and contact details for Sainsbury's are listed. Nice enough can, it's easy to open and digest the information given!
To Cook It:
Well you can microwave this in a microwave suitable dish for about 5 minutes or boil/simmer it in a saucepan of course. Both options are fine as I have road tested them both cooking ways and there is no difference in the outcome taste-wise.
The Soup Itself:
Open the can and you get a runny looking tomato sauce with bits of dried parsley floating in it. When you tip the contacts of the can out you get a more stodgy mixture of beans, red peppers and pieces of carrot in there.
Once cooked it does thicken slightly and it really isn't hard work to heat it through at all! Pour it out and serve it warm and that is that!
Taste wise this is simply ok. Be sure to like fresh tasting tomatoes but don't expect the sort of quality of a Heinz tomato soup as the liquid in this is rather runny in the sauce stakes. It's ok though and the beans used in this are Black Eyed Beans (5%), Borlotti Beans (5%), Flageolet Beans (5%) and form the most part of the soup too. They are cooked well and not too hard or mushy and hold their own well and like I said you get a bit of other vegetables in there, it's well seasoned and has a very small hint of a garlic flavouring in there too.
I like this well enough though it isn't my foremost favourite soup ever. Healthy and filling though it's a warming soup and if you fancy something hearty I'd give this a go if I was you!
Nutritional Information Per 1/2 Can:
Energy: 114 kcal
Protein: 7.2g
Carbohydrate: 17.2g
Sugars: 4.8g
Starch 12.4g
Fat: 1.8g
Saturates: 0.2g
Mono unsaturates 0.8g
Polyunsaturates 0.6g
Fibre: 4.8g
Salt: 0.85g
Sodium: 0.34g
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One interesting observation came out when I asked [my teacher] about how to maintain mindfulness in "normal life". His reply I reword/summarise as:
The point is not so much to be trying to take techniques from those suitable for retreat training in continuity of mindfulness, etc, but to use the wisdom gained from retreat training.
i.e. on retreat one can carefully observe to determine what is skilful (or not). That's ideally what one should be doing at all times. Techniques such as doing everything slowly and deliberately are not so practical in normal circumstances, but its the quality of observation, rather than some particular technique, that needs to be carried over.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Michael Tagliaferri, a member of the gold medal winning U.S. U19 World Championships team this past summer and a freshman midfielder at the University of North Carolina, will have shoulder surgery in the middle of October. Tagliaferri will miss the remainder of UNC's fall ball schedule this month, which includes a tournament at the Landon School (with exhibitions against Cornell and Penn State) on October 7 and a scrimmage against Ohio State in Baltimore October 14.
Tagliaferri suffered the injury during fall ball practice. He is expected back in the spring but the exact date of his return is speculative and will be based solely on recovery time and Tagliaferri's reactions to the surgery."This is a really tough break for Michael," said UNC head coach Joe Breschi. "Tags was having a wonderful fall for us and really learning our system. He was also coming off a great summer with the U.S. U19 Team, winning a world title on the national stage. Our #1 concern is Michael's health and long-term ability to recover to 100 percent. We will look forward to welcoming him back to the field when he is ready to compete again."


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Roxana Saberi, who has worked for BBC but had her accreditation taken away two years ago entered a shop and purchased a bottle of wine to have with dinner, but to Iranian authorities a foreigner who drinks wine is most probably part of a plot to overthrow the morals of young Iranians. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said Saberi has been arrested for being engaged in "illegal activities" and had continued to work even after her press credentials were taken away. Her family did not hear from her for weeks but she finally called her Iranian born father in North Dakota who made public the fact his daughter was being held in an unknown place due to her "criminal activities" in having a glass of wine at dinner. Of course, most observers do not believe the wine was the cause but was more likely the pretext to arrest a woman with an Iranian heritage.
Ms. Saberi went to Iran a few years ago to pursue graduate work on Iranian Studies. The Iranian government has an unusual ability to blacken its name just when there are opportunities to reach out to the United States and the European Union and re-establish relations. Which idiot in the Iranian government actually believes arresting an American citizen for purchasing a bottle of wine is going to enhance his nation's ability to forge positive relations with the Obama administration?


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Spring City councilman wants every household armed | ksl.com
SPRING CITY, Sanpete County -- A small Utah town has a population of less than a thousand people, but the City Council is proposing that each one of its citizens own and carry handguns.
Spring City Councilman Neil Sorensen, the man behind the bold proposal, wants to take it even further. He wants the city to pay for every elementary school teacher in the town to take a concealed carry permit class.
"Law enforcement, that's a big expense for us. So if we can do our part, then it will be a better place."
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Sorensen says the Council is taking a stand for the Second Amendment, while at the same time standing up against gun violence.
Sorensen originally wanted to require every household in the city to own a gun.
"The first recommendation was that we require, or we recommend, every household have a gun and be properly trained to use it," he said.
But some residents - along with the Sanpete County sheriff -- did not like the term, "require." Now it's just a recommendation that every house be armed -- one that will be fast-tracked onto the city's books.
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Spring City Councilman Neil Sorensen wants every household to own a firearm
City council members hope to have this pushed through quickly, with an ordinance drafted as early as next month's council meeting. At that point there will be a public hearing, but it doesn't look like there will be much, if any, resistance from residents.
"I'm very impressed that they had the foresight to recommend that," said resident Michelle Chandler.
Fellow resident David Sedlak agrees.
"Law enforcement, that's a big expense for us. So if we can do our part, then it will be a better place," he said.
But the city councilman isn't just pushing for every household to have a gun. Sorensen wants the roughly 20 elementary school teachers in town to take a concealed carry permit course. The city will pay for the teachers to take the course on Friday.
Sorensen says the idea was almost a revelation after the Connecticut shootings in December.
"I would like to see the people have guns to protect themselves, be trained and qualified. I just feel it's a step in the right direction."
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"I think if they would have had guns in there and the teacher would have had a gun, they wouldn't have killed so many kids," he said.
This is a step Sorensen understands some may view as controversial, but one he and many others in Spring City view as necessary.
"I would like to see the people have guns to protect themselves, be trained and qualified," he said. "I just feel it's a step in the right direction."
They'll have a proposal ready and drafted for next month's City Council meeting. Sorensen says this isn't the first time a city has encouraged gun ownership.
A Georgia town instituted a similar policy in 1982 and reported its crime rate dropped by 50 percent after it was passed.
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A lot of psychiatrists I know always have "full" practices and they don't take new patients. I kind of wonder what this means. For those who do psychotherapy (like me), does it mean that every slot is filled with a patient who comes at the same time every week, or even more often? Or some come every other week but those patients patients sync up perfectly?
I never feel totally and completely 'full' for very long: My patients disappear (oh, they reappear too, quite often). Well, they don't disappear, but they announce that they are better and either don't want to come any more or they want to come less often. While most people start therapy in a state of distress and come every week, many people I see start to feel burdened by the inconvenience and expense of weekly appointments, so after some period of time, they start cutting back to every other week or every month, and some come less often then that, maybe only a couple of times a year if all is well and they need medications renewed. And my patients who have standing times-- sometimes they are students and their class schedules change every few months, sometimes they change jobs and can't get that same time off, sometimes there is a meeting at work or a child's school event to attend. Maybe we skip a session, but often we reschedule, something I couldn't do if everyone were rigidily assigned to a spot. Sometimes patients move to other cities. People get sick and go on vacation. Or my schedule is full and a former patient calls saying they need help again--I never turn away former patients, I just don't-- I usually feel flattered when that they feel comfortable returning to me.
A friend tells me that some psychiatrists are better than others at holding on to their patients. This must be true, and I'm not very good at holding on. When people want to leave treatment or decrease the frequency of visits, if I don't think it's a good idea, I tell them why. I list the reasons like bullet points. They've heard. If they choose to leave/decrease the frequency of their sessions anyway, I usually just accept this and say "fine." If, a few weeks down the road, they aren't doing as well with less frequent visits, I say "Maybe we should go back to meeting more often?" Do patients who've left treatment return? All the time, sometimes after years. And since I've been at it for a while, I have patients I've been seeing for a long time, some for over a decade. It doesn't seem reasonable to say they must come for regular therapy sessions or see someone else-- they know me, and generally I let them come and go as they want, the least often rate may be my comfort level with writing a prescription. In theory, I'd have no trouble saying to a patient, "Look, you've just had a huge issue (hospitalization, suicide attempt), and if you won't come in as often as I'd like, I'm not comfortable treating you." But so far I haven't given many ultimatums. Usually I just present it as the patient needs to come more often until things are better and they just do it.
I talked about this in the post on the final In Treatment session...the TV therapists tries much harder than I do to hold on tight. He's successful with some patients, though he lost a bunch in both five-week seasons. Psychotherapy is process over time, but sometimes people feel very much helped by only a few sessions -- and many sessions in the journey along the way can be total duds.
Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to hold on tighter? Might I be able to do more for my patients? Might I make more money? Might I live a somewhat more predictable life? The predictable life thing doesn't suit me so well--- I like having flexibility...some shrinks have 4-12 week long waits for appointments, and I can't imagine having a patient call with a problem and saying I can't see them within days. I also can't predict my own personal life more than a few weeks in advance and I generally don't even give out appointments more than 6 weeks in advance (You want to come back in 3 months? Call me closer to the time.) It seems like if I mapped my schedule out that far down the line, either patients would be calling all the time with "I have a conflict" or I'd be calling them because... a meeting was scheduled, an event's happening at my kids' school, and over time, I've moved pretty far away from a 9-5 work day mentality. I figure it suits me, but I don't hold people quite so tight as maybe our TV therapist would. Then again, he has time to care for abandoned turtles and to just leave to take a patient to chemotherapy.
What do you think: What holds patients tight? And does that result in better psychotherapy results?


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