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Eliminate Drafts with a Homemade Draft Python
Door Sixteen
My sewing skills consist of nothing more than the ability to make scrunchies. Back in the sixth grade when scrunchies were the accessory du jour, I remember taking trips to the fabric store to buy the perfect fabric to match my neon puff paint t-shirts. Assuming scrunchies don't make a comeback (fingers crossed), you can take those same sewing skills and stop drafts throughout your home.
With some fabulous IKEA fabric, dried rice and very basic sewing skills, Anna at Door Sixteen created this fun draft python to eliminate drafts (as well as that pesky sliver of light that drives her dogs crazy) through her front door. We love how such a utilitarian object can be so fashion forward. Head over to Door Sixteen for the complete instructions for this simple DIY.
(Image credits: Anna / Door Sixteen)
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I did something similar, basically making my own version of the 'twin draft guards' that are on infomercials. That way, it moves with the door. I used a flat bedsheet and pipe insulator. I did some for our drafty living rooms windows as well and I think I spent about $15 for the entire project.
I just made a draft guard!! ...Out of an old wool scarf that somehow ended up in the dryer and turned to felt. My sister was going to put it in the garbage and I practically leap across the room to save it. I love giving "trash" a second life!
Thanks for the post!
Is that anything like a Trouser Snake?
I made a Draft Dodger like this as well, it really works for doors and windows.
However, instead of rice (which can go funky with the inevitable moisture) I used sand. It's available at Home Depot (and like places), just ask for craft sand or sandbox sand.
You were in 6th grade when scrunchies hit the scene? Man I feel old...

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The New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts will duke it out in Miami on February 7th for the NFL championship. Each of these two teams had to battle its way to the pinnacle of the sports world to reach the Super Bowl. Regardless of whether one roots for the Saints or the Colts, or for neither team, we should all cheer the spirit and practice of competition embodied in the process by which each of these teams secured its place in the championship game. As legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne noted many decades ago – in sports as well as in business, competition is good. Competition builds not just character, but unlocks the very possibility for success in virtually any endeavor; including broadcasting.
While many conservatives are cheering the demise last week of the liberal-oriented Air America network, their glee is short-sighted and misplaced. Many of those conservative broadcast pundits who mouth words extolling competition generally, seem to overlook its value when it comes to their profession. Having liberal-oriented competition for the highly popular string of conservative radio talk shows crowding the contemporary airwaves, should be encouraged, not discouraged by conservatives. If in fact conservatives' ideas as espoused on air by the likes of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are sound, then should not they and their advocates relish the thought of fellow broadcasters challenging them on competing programs with a more liberal orientation?
One might legitimately criticize Air America for its management and programming decisions in the years since it went on the air with much fanfare in 2004; I leave that to business and industry experts. But having a network which presents ideas in counterpoint to the conservative perspective so widely prevalent today, would benefit all Americans concerned about formulating and implementing sound public policy; policies that are forged, strengtheneed and improved in the arena of competition, rather than in the echo chamber that talk radio in America has become.
January 27th, 2010
6:54 am
The only time I listen to radio is when I'm driving to an appointment. I have listened to Boortz for years and years, I used to listen to Hannity until I couldn't stomach him any more. When Air America was on in Atlanta, I would flip back and forth from them to FM750. I came to love Air America! It was eye-opening to listen to people like Al Franken and Rachel Maddow that actually would have guests that may or may not agree with them. There would be a thoughtful dialogue back and forth. And Jerry Springer was a real eye-opener. I only knew him to be talk show host for idiots. I never watched his TV show. But he is a very intelligent, thoughtful person. He, also, would have interesting guests that would provoke some interesting ideas. He was always a gentleman, listening and questioning so that the listeners could get a broad perspective. It is so different with the bloviators in right-wing talk radio. The old, pre-Bush Boortz was a Libetarian, yet, he sucked up to the idiot Bush like nobody's business. I lost all respect for him during that period. Everyone that he has supported in the last ten years has been a huge disappointment. He rarely, if ever has any guests, unless they are someone that will support his ideas. The same with Hannity. The last time I really listened to Hannity was when Bush was inciting us to go to war. A young female college student called in and said that she thought that we should think twice about going to war in Iraq because there was so much potential for innocent lives to be lost. The idiot, "life affirming", anti-abortion idiot Hannity (abortion is bad because it kills the innocent), said to her, and I almost remember this verbatim, "…let not your heart be troubled. With the technology that America has, we can aim bombs with pin-point accuracy. Our soldiers can put a bomb through a window and kill only the bad guys. The war won't last long, and we will liberate the people of Iraq…blah, blah, blah" I had to go to the BBC website to find out an estimate of how many innocent men, women, and children were killed by our bombs in Iraq. Don't you wonder why the media in this country never told us this figure??? Believe me, it doesn't make you proud. Rachel Maddow, who served in the military (Sean Hannity and Neal Boortz, and Rush Limbaugh did not), had many very thoughtful shows about the war in Iraq. Bottom line, it is amusing to me that right wing conservatives deride Air America, and I would bet that very few of them ever listened to it. What a shame, they might have learned some painful truths before we got in such a mess with Dubya. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
January 27th, 2010
7:50 am
I broadly agree, I always tried to miss Air America's competition, at every opportunity. Suppose I am now limited to avoiding MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ANC, CBS, the NYT, and the Washington Post.
January 27th, 2010
8:06 am
If a company has bad decision making ability, a market that does not support it, then there is only one answer – they will fail. I did not realize that the progressives would not support or advertise their own brand of radio. Were they waiting for someone else (the tax payer) to fund it?
Produce a quality product, market it, sell it and you will be successful.
Ain't the free market wonderful.
January 27th, 2010
8:11 am
With Air America going bankrupt, look for the FCC to really go after talk radio. The Obama Administration is renewing their attacks against FOX News and will now ramp it up against ALL of FOX, including FSN and WAGA FOX 5 in Atlanta.
The character assassins against anything FOX-related I fear will turn REAL now given Obama's dictatorial tendencies that are becoming more apparent on a daily basis.
No doubt Cass Sunstein's minions will read this and target other bloggers like myself on this.
January 27th, 2010
8:50 am
Chris, with our country based on free speech, why would Obama go after FOX? He, as others, should call them out when they misquote or broadcast lies, just as the conservatives would with progressives. Manners do not exist on talk radio and the tv news channels. If you ask a question, let the guest answer. If you do not like what is being said, or that you want a certain response, do not interrupt. Do not talk over or down to people. Show some respect, regardless of your views.
Maddow is a breath of fresh air, whether you agree with her or not. She digs for facts, listens intelligently, and rebuts the invalid remarks with facts. She does her homework and has specific references to past events versus the "large paint brush attacks" by most others including Oberman and others. She's a smart cookie! Didn't know she served in the armed forces.
Oh by the way what governments has Rush and the others run? Shoulda coulda woulda?
January 27th, 2010
9:07 am
I'm beginning to appreciate Boortz, but most of those radio shows aren't "conservative" at all – not in the meaning of the term I learned long ago in my philosophy courses. Given the actual definition, I consider myself conservative. "Schizophrenic', "bigoted" and "hate-mongering" are more often terms that come to mind for the radio shows you mention. At least the so-called liberal radio attempted reasoned discourse. The simpletons who flock to radical right ranting radio seem to be looking for easy solutions and targets to hate. Sure is nice to be an American.
January 27th, 2010
9:07 am
No it won't. No one listened to the drivel.
Good old capitalism ………. supply & demand.
January 27th, 2010
9:10 am
As Franken is proving, being a talk show host does not qualify one to hold office, either. So holding office should not be a qualification for hosting a talk radio show. However, each side has their own biases. I choose not to listen to the Rachael Maddows and Chris Matthews or the Keith Oblermanns of the left because their bias is such that they cannot find any thing positive in the right (example: Oblerman's rant against Scott Brown). Whereas at least Hannity has left-leaning pundits on his talk show, and Rush has been known (albeit infrequently) to praise Democrats who stand up for the country.
If Air America wants to broadcast, I'm all for it, but let them pay their own way, like Rush and Sean do, through selling advertising time. If they can't make it and they quit, then the Free Market Economy is working. It's the same with a brand of cereal. If people don't like it in the quantities needed for it to stay in production, it will disappear, and the popular cereals will sell more.
January 27th, 2010
9:12 am
Oh, and by the way, It's not Chris who came up with the idea that Obama is against Fox. Obama said as much in a press conference, that he considers Fox to be 'the enemy'. Not what one would expect from a proponent of free speech.
January 27th, 2010
9:15 am
Air America will be missed like Saddam Hussein will be missed.
Boo Hoo.
January 27th, 2010
9:16 am
"Chris, with our country based on free speech, why would Obama go after FOX?"
Ahhhhhh, Road Kill has now joined this blog. Well Road Kill, Obama did say that FOX was the enemy.
January 27th, 2010
9:33 am
Library: "So holding office should not be a qualification for hosting a talk radio show. "
I didn't say they should. As for your Franken, what has he done to get your comment?
Also, yes Oreilly is sometimes, often backhanded, complimentary of progressives, but his constant inteeruptions and insults do not do anything to engage people in constructive discussion. Rush is even more rude. I undersand your aversion to Oberman, and Matthews (ever notice his laugh is like the Penquin from Batman?") but Rachel is different, whether you agree or not.
And LA why was that? Does "death squads" ring a bell? The gross misinformation on possible legislation continues.
January 27th, 2010
9:34 am
NOBODY IS CHEERING BOB…..We are just smiling….AIR AMERICAN epitomized how the kooks on the left think…..UP is down….DOWN is up…….LIBERALS sees thing backward…..like looking into a mirror……they think the reflection in the mirror is real.
January 27th, 2010
9:38 am
LIBERALs do not use logic….AIR AMERICA DID NOT USE LOGIC….LIBERALs are crazy…..if you understand that……you understand liberalism…..THEY ARE INSANE.
January 27th, 2010
9:40 am
the market place doomed AIR AMERICA…..it was a commercial failure.
January 27th, 2010
9:49 am
Anybody read the headlines in today's paper? Obama still thinks Americans need to be told what they think (and by him). He needs to get a reality check. He has spoken to the public every day for a year minus only 22 days! And he still thinks we don't understand his message. We do. That is why we would like to see the end of this guy.
January 27th, 2010
9:53 am
You are very perceptive. The liberal machine will be coming after you and FOX. They are gonna get ya, Chris. You must be stifled cause you are so very very important.
Boortz is right. They will be coming after you with the Fairness Doctrine and to oppress the Fair Tax. It will be just like 1930's Germany and the Red Chinese regime.
January 27th, 2010
10:06 am
Bob….Are you kidding me? I've never heard Sean or Rush say that there should not be liberal radio shows. These guys are all about competition. They compete against each other, as well as anything the libs can put together. It's a business, Bob. You understand how that works, right? If liberals can put together a show that makes money and succeeds in a capitalist economy, I guarantee you that Sean and Rush would give them all the kudos that they deserve. That doesn't mean that they will not disagree with their ideology and take them on regarding their differences on the issues. What a piece of garbage article. I thought you were a lot smarter than that.
January 27th, 2010
10:06 am
yes, the liberal media wants the tax payers to support them, they want no part of the free market system because they can only supply goods that a very few but vocal folks want. PBS radio and TV are two shining examples, let me add NEA. why are tax payers funding these programs? while they occasionally produce something worth watching, these programs would be successful on for profit programing. let the free market prevail. if you think you have a can't miss idea, propose it to the free market system, believe me, if they see a profit can be made they will run with it. get all these freeloaders off the public nipple.
January 27th, 2010
10:23 am
"And LA why was that? Does "death squads" ring a bell? The gross misinformation on possible legislation continues."
Awe, did whittle liberal Road Kill forget that the health care bill is dead?
Poor whittle lib……
January 27th, 2010
10:38 am
Library Jim has it correct. Air America, if you can't run with the big dogs stay on the porch.
January 27th, 2010
10:38 am
testing 3
January 27th, 2010
10:58 am
I have never listened to Air America. (The only Air America I am familiar with is the old "Peppergrinder" CIA base in Laos.) I just do not listen to radio.
But I appreciate Bob's point on competition in debate. Nothing could be more boring to me than reading & listening to just one point of view. That has to be an intellectual hell. I enjoy Bob Barr's column and I enjoy Cynthia Tucker's column. They do not often agree. One is liberal & one is conservative. But they both say what's on their mind.
I really enjoy the "Morning Joe" TV program. They really do allow an intelligent discussion of issues without a lot of "showbiz" involved.
My problem with most shows is the entertainment quality of the program.
I do not want to be entertained, I want to be informed. I do not enjoy Fox News because, as with all Murdock properties, it is geared toward entertaining. There was a time when you could turn on CNN Headline News for an hour and come away with a ton of information. But now they too have now turned to the entertainment mode.
And I would make one qualification on Hannity. He brags on his "conservatism". But if you will look closely at what he proposes,
he proposes solutions that require a big central government; and that is my definition of liberalism.
January 27th, 2010
11:01 am
Air America/Axis Sally/Tokyo Rose/Hanoi Hattie …………… it's all the same.
January 27th, 2010
11:02 am
BoreAmerica has shut down, and I really don't care. Every radio in my house has an on/off switch, as well as a tuner. My decision to not listen to their bilge was conscious. Al Franken hasn't had an independant, cogent thought in 30 years.
My TV is equiped the same way, and my decision not to watch Pissy Chissy Mathews or Keith Olberdork is, again, a conscious one. If MSNBC shuts down, and Zucker loses his job (could happen) will the Feds step in? Free speech, you know. Our side (liberal/progressives) have to be heard.
January 27th, 2010
11:17 am
Good points Bob. Just like Mises.org and LewRockwell.com combat the otoalitarian freedom haters and Keynesian lunatics.
January 27th, 2010
11:29 am
I listened to Rachel Madow the night Brown won in Massachusetts. She was definitely part of the reality challenged community. Talk about someone out to lunch! If this is what "thoughtful listening" looks like I don't want to see "willful ignorance".
The demise of Air America means practically nothing to anyone since their listnership was so low. The demise of the leftist voice might give the liberals more encouragement to abridge free speech of the more successful brands of talk radio.
January 27th, 2010
11:31 am
Extreme liberal media will always struggle because it caters to an audience that appears to either have no money to support it (or advertisers) – or, they expect to get the programming for free.
January 27th, 2010
11:36 am
No. We must crush the competion and set up the wing nut caliphate is the usa.
January 27th, 2010
11:40 am
Air America …………… "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." II Timothy 4:3
January 27th, 2010
11:42 am
"Tolerance" never means giving destructive views (i.e., Air America) equal weight or time.
January 27th, 2010
11:48 am
January 27th, 2010
11:36 am
No. We must crush the competion and set up the wing nut caliphate is the usa.
Who is "we?"
January 27th, 2010
11:52 am
Air America was good politics but bad entertainment.
Boortz, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck — these nutters are entertainment. It's not so much what they say (which is often frighteningly bizarre, reactionary, and violent to the ideals of conservatism — Edmund Burke would consider them revolutionary hacks). It's how they say it — cutting people off, not letting the other side talk, screaming with authority even when flat-out-lying. It's bad for democracy, but great for ratings.
This is also why the Daily Show succeeds so well — it isn't that Americans necessarily love Jon Stewart's politics. It's that the dude is funny.
Perhaps a better society would be able to separate cheap rhetoric from actual ideas — but we're not one. Air America needed to be entertaining in order to get its message across, and they simply weren't.
January 27th, 2010
11:58 am
By the way, the conspiracy theorists who argue that the FCC will now go after talk radio…well, they remind me of the guy down in Macon who hung oranges in his backyard to ward off tigers. When told that there had never been any tigers in the area, he said "see, it worked."
Here, a group of people has been arguing for years that liberals want to…I don't know, ban talk radio or something. (It's not really clear.) No one on the left has ever actually stepped forward and tried to do so. Why not? Must be the constant vigilence of those on the right!
Or…maybe…just maybe…no one on the left had any such idea in the first place. Maybe it's a bogeyman made up by talk show hosts so that they can play the "I'm oppressed!" card. Maybe they just don't have tigers in Georgia.
January 27th, 2010
12:11 pm
I mus' admit I'm going to miss the snappy talking headed shows on Air America. Americans only want Conservative Radio when they sext-n-drive.
Public Service Announcement: America, please only sext from the back seat of the car where it belongs anyway.
OT: How about the Rock as a Fairy? Talk about casting against type, eh? It's a wardrobe, casting, directing, and scriptwriting malfunction.
Where's the supervision?
January 27th, 2010
12:21 pm
Bob, this is a poor subject to defend. Why do you not talk about the books they are trying to get into the Texas class room and eventually in every American class room. It is a decided effort to re-write American history. After all, leaving out Paul Revere and several other American heroes is definately progressive liberalism. Christmas too! A national holiday! But I guess that is a direction to omit that we are a Christain nation and founded by such. I can see it will not be very long before I see burning of books in the streets. Yepper the Nazis will not be the only ones.
January 27th, 2010
12:23 pm
Ain't Capitalism GREAT!!!
January 27th, 2010
12:37 pm
in a perfect world, there would be no conservative shills on one station and liberal shills on another. in a perfect world, the media would inform (as opposed to "entertain"). funny you should mention the Super Bowl. the NFL/Super Bowl is not about "competition" it is about entertainment and advertising revenue. that's not to say Drew Brees and Bernard Berriman are not "competitors" but the "value" of the game is not determined by the level of competition, so much as it is the level of viewers. as a neo-Carlinist I am neither entertained, nor informed by the right or the left (though I was both entertained and informed by George Carlin). AND, I rarely listen to the radio (or watch TV) anyway. I spend too much time on blogs.
January 27th, 2010
12:42 pm
maybe Air American shoulda sought the ad $$ from those clowns who hired Tim Tebow to play monkey with a tin cup, while they crank the organ grinder on Super Bowl Sunday (the Lord's day, by the way)?
January 27th, 2010
12:44 pm
Interesting points today Bob, with minimal actual Cherry Picking.
I'd agree with those who are shouting vive la market here, but would like to make one point: Markets are very good artibiters of popularity, but lousy judges of quality. To put it another way, they're good at providing wants, but not so hot at providing needs.
I think what you're attempting to say is that the markteplace of idears needs some alternative ideas, but what that particular market is saying is that those alternatives aren't wanted.
I'd liken it to Britney Spears vs. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. They both make music, but one makes quite a bit more money. And it's not the one that produces the better quality product.
January 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
That's it and you are exactly right! Supply and demand. Works everytime.
January 27th, 2010
1:08 pm
Professional journalism seeks to provide objective fact checking and reporting. It assumes the listeners or watchers can think for themselves. It is not likely to generate the excitement of an "our side is winning or losing" football game. But as Jim Lehrer of the PBS NewsHour recently said, "I am not in the entertainment business."
As far as I am concerned, one less media outlet intentionally configured to promote partisan positions and propaganda, regardless of which side, is a good thing.
January 27th, 2010
1:10 pm
Bob, what happened to you? I remember the old days when you were a predictable fop for the GOP. Now you have become more balanced, rational and reasonable. What happened? I've noticed a difference in you for quite some time and I agree with you on many topics now. I hope you never intend to run for office in this neanderthal state again. You've become the enemy of the brown shirted, jack-booted, Bush loving, racist Republinazis that comprise much of the Georgia population. I would vote for you now as long as you don't run as a Refublican.
January 27th, 2010
1:29 pm
This time, I agree.
January 27th, 2010
1:48 pm
if you think air america radio shows had civil discourse, you never listened. all of them including maddow and franken used vile and offensive words towards bush and repubs in general
January 27th, 2010
2:14 pm
Bob, good and balanced article. There are also some well spoken and informing blogs in response. But, as usual, the freakniks also join in. If they only know how their rants leave reasoned people cold.
January 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
Air America provided a diverse relief from the shallow perspectives attempted by the CLOWNS on TALK RADIO masquerading as CONSERVATIVES. I have been an active listener to TALK RADIO for over twenty years when often the only Program available was Paul Harvey and Farm Bureau Shows. I am now tuned to BBC Online. While visiting Toronto in 2003 shortly after the Iraqi Invasion, I tuned into CNN- Canada and after a few minutes flipped to from the CNN-Buffalo, NY and heard the same story concerning the Iraq Invasion presented in a 180 degree opposition of the reported events, etc. The Garbage allowed to be broadcast in our Media is not just permitted it is encouraged in an effort to propagandize the Citizens of America, unfortunately the Boobs delivering the messages are very poor excuses for entertainers, whose egos are fed by their own blatant lies.
January 27th, 2010
2:32 pm
Bob – You're correct when you state, "One might legitimately criticize Air America for its management and programming decisions in the years since it went on the air with much fanfare in 2004."
What ultimately doomed Air America was that it was founded and managed not by "radio people" but by people with an agenda.
Being "on a mission" — liberal or conservative, religious or antireligious, etc. — does not give one the skills to manage or to program a radio network.
What killed Air America was either hubris or downright ignorance. Not knowing the owners, I can only guess at which applies.
Dan O'Day
January 27th, 2010
2:55 pm
It's worth mentioning that Liberal Talk is far from dead.
Air American lost not to competition from the right, but from the Left.
More and more Progressive Talk radio station were filling their line up with programs from Dial Global; like Thom Hartman, Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press, and from (Rush's Syndicater) Premier with Randi Rhodes.
Our local station (Detroit 1310AM) didn't have a single Air America show between 6AM and 6PM (drive time to drive time).
I'm reading that Randi Rhodes picked up two stations today, and I believe Thom Hartmann also picked up two.
January 27th, 2010
2:58 pm
Liberal media will always fail, just not enough hate in their audience.
January 27th, 2010
3:18 pm
Love Boortz….even when I do not agree with him. i will look up what he says to try to prove him wrong sometimes..so far no luck. His show is interesting and fast paced. He really does not do any hate talk. Listen and learn.
January 27th, 2010
3:19 pm
Dan, with that theory Fox News would be long gone….in my opinion, what doomed Air America is the fact that not enough Democrats are willing to spend their days/nights being told what to think, lapping up cherry picked quotes dozens of times a day, having an agenda spoon fed to them, and basically being lied to over and over again…
January 27th, 2010
3:40 pm
There is still a network for ultar-liberal talk. It's called NPR..
January 27th, 2010
3:45 pm
I liked listening to Randy Rhodes when she was on Air America.
January 27th, 2010
4:13 pm
The debacle in Mass. last week was their final straw. They began to realize that no one really wants to listen to the left-leaning politicans or talking heads. This is a center-right country. I have no problems with the center-left either. Clowns like Frankin and Keith Olberman are worthless to listen to. Pat Robertson is worthless on the right too!
January 27th, 2010
4:29 pm
Air America's competition will be missed
Yes, it will be missed by Hugo Chavez, Al Quida, Castro, Kim Jong IL and Michael Moore.
Other than that, not so much.
January 27th, 2010
4:32 pm
I liked listening to Randy Rhodes when she was on Air America.
I especially loved it when Rhandi said that Bush should be shot. Lovely lovely compassionate libs.
January 27th, 2010
4:49 pm
It is amazing that AIr America lasted as long as it did. Look as much as a "balanced forum" may be a good thing, there was not a market for what they were peddling. Most folks did not find it entertaining or agree with the positions of Al Franken and his cohorts. Capitalism has a unique way of pushing the cream to the top and Air America was not it.
January 27th, 2010
4:51 pm
January 27th, 2010
4:54 pm
I think there are a bunch of sick people writing in this blog who out to grow up and quit name calling. What I have a fundamental problem with is that people spend so much time name calling and shouting out their own ideas, they don't even listen to anyone else. If you really want to understand why the country is going down, look in the mirror people. We are destroying our own country because we seem to have lost the ability to listen and consider ideas that contradict what we think.
I prefer being given the facts (not that any of these people do) and let me make up my own mind. I'm not so stupid that I can't sort it out on my own.
January 27th, 2010
5:16 pm
Throw out the fairness doctrine, buy up all the radio stations in the country, put Rush, Boortz, Savage, North, Hannity and Beck on them all, incestuously interview all the right wing think tankers and G-NO-P pols, and then lecture us about "the free market" causing Air America's demise??? That's a hot one!
All you trolls and right-wing react-tank employees sure are spending a lot of time dissing AA, especially since you consider it so unimportant and such a marginal voice. Now that it's gone, your employers won't need you to chat about it. Its demise means you are expendable.
Which ties in nicely to the idea of having competition for neo-con radio. Without the opposition, you trolls will have nothing to do. We don't mourn your demise, either.
January 27th, 2010
5:36 pm
"If in fact conservatives' ideas as espoused on air by the likes of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are sound, then should not they and their advocates relish the thought of fellow broadcasters challenging them on competing programs with a more liberal orientation?"
I listen to these guys, and I've never heard them even ONCE advocate censoring Air America off the airwaves. Air America failed in a FAIR competition; something they and their ilk are loathe to abide. If a new liberal competitor surfaces I'm sure Hannity and Rush would welcome the competition. REGULATING competitive outcomes (airtime) is NOT fair competition, it's the misguided liberal approach otherwise known as tyranny.
January 27th, 2010
6:19 pm
"All you trolls and right-wing react-tank employees sure are spending a lot of time dissing AA, especially since you consider it so unimportant and such a marginal voice."
Awe, looks like someone needs a diaper change.
January 27th, 2010
6:32 pm
January 27th, 2010
11:31 am
Extreme liberal media will always struggle because it caters to an audience that appears to either have no money to support it (or advertisers) – or, they expect to get the programming for free.
Good point. Exept if you happen to be NPR, and receive part of your operating budget from federal taxes.
January 27th, 2010
6:47 pm
Smashmeesha, you're too much, girl! There's several 'crackkks and their minions that need same now…
January 27th, 2010
7:50 pm
competition in sports and the arts is fine. but competition in business has run its terrible course with so many thousands of job losses, foreclosures, etc. still occurring! sorry Knute Rochne.
January 27th, 2010
8:14 pm
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January 27th, 2010
8:27 pm
As a conservative libertarian, I've listened to Air America a bunch of times…call it the entertainment factor; as those guys were sleazy simpletons that just don't understand logical principals. That said, it's a shame they're going, because NOW, the Left will furiously step-up their attempts to suppress the free speech currently on the radio (as Leftisits tend to do—their ideas don't survive well when examined and challenged; for example, that's why Chavez shuts down media in his country). Bet on some forthcoming scheme to silence talk radio now that AA is out of the picture.
January 27th, 2010
8:32 pm
thoghummpy…. speak in clearer , more understanding terms, please.
January 27th, 2010
8:32 pm
You go Bocephus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 27th, 2010
10:37 pm
Thanks, Bob. I miss Air America for the same reason. You're right. Lots of different voices make democracy.
January 28th, 2010
8:47 am
As someone who supports special interest & corporations ability to purchase law though lobbying & bribery , I find it very hard to believe that you really believe in competition or an exchange of ideas .
January 28th, 2010
8:58 am
January 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
Air America provided a diverse relief from the shallow perspectives attempted by the CLOWNS on TALK RADIO masquerading as CONSERVATIVES.
This coming from a card carrying looney lefty. I'd venture to say you've NEVER listened to Rush or Glen for more than, say, 5 mintues. Yet you've come to such objective conclusions so quickly!
January 28th, 2010
11:06 am
"But I guess that is a direction to omit that we are a Christain nation and founded by such."
For the billionth, trillionth time, America is not, nor has it ever been, a "Christian nation."
The United States Constitution is a completely SECULAR document. There is NO MENTION in it of god, Zeus, jesus, Isis, or any supernatural deity.
Look up "treaty of tripoli" and learn a bit more.
Just because the majority of citizens of the U.S. claim* to be xtian does not make this a xtian country. The Founding Fathers were mostly Deists.
Why are these FACTS so difficult for right-wingers to understand? Seriously.
*Yes, CLAIM. Most of the people who claim to be xtian in this country have no idea what that even means. And how could they? With so many denominations and sects and translations, it's darn confusing to know that the "truth" is. In fact, I believe intelligent "believers" are actually agnostic, and just claim xtianity because they want to fit in. It's EASY to be a Xtian in America. Churches everywhere, so many freedoms you can't count them all, societal acceptance and perpetual commendation out the wazoo, governmental holidays off, to name a few. It's like a warm, happy club where everyone either feels love for all their fellow humans, or wants to bomb those who do not agree with them (depends on the denomination).
January 28th, 2010
11:59 am
@High School Dropout
Again, the thing to remember is that Liberal media is a success. If AA were the only game in town they probably wouldn't have gone under.
But with competition from Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Alan Colmes, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press AA just couldn't compete.
January 28th, 2010
4:43 pm
Just proof that liberal / progressive ideals can't live in the private sector where you have to create positive cash flow. While some may like the refreshing opposition of opinions to those of Rush and Hannity, there just are not enough people who care or support the ideals that Air America was putting forth to actually fund the message. Without special government grants or anti-free speech laws like the proposed 'fairness doctrine' by liberal politicians these ideals will always fail over time.
And if it were not for the likes of George Soros and others the liberal TV media that someone claimed was so succesful would also fail. Just take a look at the stock value of Fox vs any (CNN / MSNBC / ABC). American economics people….
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8:25 pm
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Caliber Dog Food receives the Advisor's lowest rating of 1 star.
The Caliber Dog Food product line includes four kibbles. Since we could not locate AAFCO nutritional adequacy statements for these products on the Caliber website, we're unable to report life stage recommendations.
The following is a list of recipes available at the time of this review.
- Caliber Ultra 26-18 Dog Food
- Caliber Sport 24-20 Dog Food
- Caliber Performance 21-8 Dog Food
- Caliber Professional 22-12 Dog Food
Caliber Professional 22-12 Dog Food was selected to represent the others in the line for this review.
Caliber Professional 22-12
Dry Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Meat and bone meal, ground yellow corn, wheat middlings, ground wheat, corn gluten meal, animal fat preserved with mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E) and citric acid, dried beet pulp, animal digest, salt, fish meal, flax seed meal, potassium chloride, yeast culture, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, vitamin E supplement, niacin, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, menadione sodium bisulfate complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, cobalt carbonate, folic acid, sodium selenite
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 4.5%
Red items when present indicate controversial ingredients
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The first item in this dog food is meat and bone meal, a dry "rendered product from mammal tissues, including bone, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents".1
Meat and bone meal can have a lower digestibility than most other meat meals.
Scientists believe this decreased absorption may be due to the ingredient's higher ash and lower essential amino acid content.2
What's worse, this particular item is anonymous. It doesn't even specify the source animal.
Even though meat and bone meals are still considered protein-rich meat concentrates, we do not consider a generic ingredient like this a quality item.
The second ingredient includes corn. Corn is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
For this reason, we do not consider corn a preferred component in any dog food.
The third ingredient is wheat middlings, commonly known as "wheat mill run". Though it may sound wholesome, wheat mill run is actually an inexpensive by-product of cereal grain processing.
In reality, wheat middlings are nothing more than milling dust and floor sweepings — and an ingredient more typically found in the lower quality pet foods.
The fourth ingredient is wheat. Wheat is another problematic grain and subject to the same issues as corn (previously discussed).
The fifth ingredient lists corn gluten meal. Gluten is the rubbery residue remaining once corn has had most of its starchy carbohydrate washed out of it.
Compared to meat, glutens are inferior grain-based proteins lower in some of the essential amino acids dogs need for life.
This inexpensive plant-based ingredient can significantly boost the total protein reported on the label — a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
The sixth item is animal fat. Animal fat is a generic by-product of rendering, the same high-temperature process used to make meat meals.
Since there's no mention of a specific animal, this item could come from almost anywhere: roadkill, spoiled supermarket meat, dead, diseased or dying cattle — even euthanized livestock.
For this reason, we do not consider generic animal fat a quality ingredient.
The seventh ingredient is beet pulp. Beet pulp is a controversial ingredient, a high fiber by-product of sugar beet processing.
Some denounce beet pulp as an inexpensive filler while others cite its outstanding intestinal health and blood sugar benefits.
We only call your attention here to the controversy and believe the inclusion of beet pulp in reasonable amounts in most dog foods is entirely acceptable.
The eighth ingredient is animal digest. Animal digest is a chemically hydrolyzed mixture of animal by-products that is usually sprayed onto the surface of a dry kibble to improve its taste.
Following the salt, we find fish meal. Because it is considered a meat concentrate, fish meal contains almost 300% more protein than fresh fish itself.
Fish meal is typically obtained from the "clean, dried, ground tissue of undecomposed whole fish and fish cuttings" of commercial fish operations.3
Unfortunately, this particular item is anonymous. Because various fish contain different types of fats, we would have preferred to have known the source species.
What's more, the controversial chemical ethoxyquin is frequently used as a preservative in fish meals.
But because it's usually added to the raw fish before processing, the chemical does not have to be reported to consumers.
We find no public assurances from the company this product is ethoxyquin-free.
Without knowing more, we would expect to find at least a trace of ethoxyquin in this product.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With three notable exceptions…
First, we find no mention of probiotics, friendly bacteria applied to the surface of the kibble after processing to help with digestion.
Next, the minerals listed here do not appear to be chelated. And that can make them more difficult to absorb. Non-chelated minerals are usually associated with lower quality dog foods.
And lastly, this dog food recipe also contains menadione, a controversial form of vitamin K linked to liver toxicity, allergies and the abnormal break-down of red blood cells.
Since vitamin K isn't required by AAFCO in either of its dog food nutrient profiles, we question the use of this substance in any canine formulation.
Caliber Dog Food
The Bottom Line
Judging by its ingredients alone, Caliber Dog Food looks to be a below-average kibble.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 25%, a fat level of 14% and estimated carbohydrates of about 53%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 26% and a mean fat level of 16%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 49% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 62%.
Below-average protein. Near-average fat. And near-average carbs when compared to a typical dry dog food.
In addition, when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the corn gluten meal, this looks like the profile of a kibble containing only a modest amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Caliber Dog Food is a grain-based kibble using a modest amount of meat and bone meal as its main source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 1 star.
Not recommended.
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However, due to the biological uniqueness of every animal, none of our ratings are intended to suggest feeding a particular product will result in a specific dietary response or health benefit for your pet.
For a better understanding of how we analyze each product, please read our article, "The Problem with Dog Food Reviews".
Remember, no dog food can possibly be appropriate for every life stage, lifestyle or health condition. So, choose wisely. And when in doubt, consult a qualified veterinary professional for help.
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I think this is a great meal. My husband loves it! I am not a big meat loaf lover but I actually enjoy this meat loaf.
So... I'm going to preface my review by saying I'm not a big fan of meatloaf...but my husband loves it. I made this with only a couple of changes. I used oatmeal instead of bread crumbs and tripled the garlic. I also put some of the leftover tomato sauce on top of the loaf prior to baking and then added the topping after baking. (my husband likes his meatloaf "saucy") I also omitted the brown sugar in the topping. My husband called it "awesome". It was very moist and (I thought) had decent flavor (maybe not awesome, but then again, I'm not the meatloaf fan). This recipe will be part of our regular rotation.
I've never made meat loaf before. I picked this because I always prefer ground turkey over beef. Everyone loved it! It was so easy to make and turned out great. I didn't use tomato sauce or brown sugar or carrots cuz I didn't have any on hand but it was great nonetheless
My husband and kids loved it, it is quick and easy, taste is a bit sweet, next time will use less sugar for topping but in general it is good, will make it again.
My mother-in-law's meatloaf is canonical in my family. If I made another recipe, I'd probably be decommissioned as cook and maybe as wife, mother and grandmother. So I won't get a chance to try this as written (though I am going to experiment with turkey) and won't rate. But I will suggest possible variations based on my mother-in-law's quite similar recipe: onion but not carrot; finely chopped celery instead; 1 teaspoon dried mustard; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; the rest as written--Worcestershire, bread crumbs, milk, egg, Her recipe, for more meat (beef, pork, veal mixture) calls for 2 teaspoons of salt. I don't use that much. Her technique was to shape the loaf in a roasting pan and pour boiling water around it to cover the bottom of the pan and about half the height of the loaf. It keeps the meat really moist. Because our family makes and cans chili sauce in the summer (a labor intensive process, requiring many quarts of peeled, seeded, juiced and drained ripe tomatoes), we use that as a condiment with the meatloaf and eliminate the topping, but if I didn't have it, the recommended topping for this recipe would go well with my MIL's seasonings.
Meatloaf is one of my favorite dishes, and while this is not as good as my standard (pork and beef) it was surprisingly good for the low-calorie twist. It was a big hit with my whole family.
Maybe I'm biased because of my mom's meatloaf, but this is bland, boring, mushy, and I'm not impressed at all.
Used dark meat ground turkey (the recipe didn't specify dark or white meat) per a tip from another customer while at the supermarket. Made it exactly as written other than used a meatloaf pan with an insert to drain the drippings. Used a thermometer probe and baked until 165 deg. Came out perfect. Nice and moist, extremely tasty, and almost no drippings collected in the bottom pan. This might just well replace my 30 year old go-to meatloaf recipe.


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The years-long wait for the final word on whether fracking for natural gas gets the go-ahead in New York state might stretch out at least a few more months.
The state Department of Health has yet to start a health impact study of the horizontal gas drilling method of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is needed before the state can finalize regulations for it, the Health Department spokeswoman said Tuesday. This means the state might miss a Nov. 29 state deadline to release those regulations. If that happens, that rule-making process — separate from the ongoing environmental review — would have to start all over again. And that means more public hearings, and public comments, for the state to study.
"The review has not commenced," said Marci Natale, deputy director of the Health Department's Public Affairs Group, in an email to the Times Herald-Record. In fact, she explained, with about three weeks to go before that Nov. 29 deadline, the Health Department is still determining the scope of the study.
Of the six local, state and federal races in which candidates took stands on fracking, four were won Tuesday by those who either opposed the natural gas extraction method, or called for tighter restrictions. They include 18th Congressional District, Democrat Sean Maloney; 19th Congressional District, Republican Chris Gibson; 46th Congressional District, Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk; 100th state Assembly District, Democrat Aileen Gunther.
Those for fracking who won include 101st state Senate District, Republican Claudia Tenney; 51st state Senate District, Republican James Seward.
"DOH continues to develop the plan for the Public Health Review," said Natale, who added "the final scope of the review is being determined."
That's why the agency developing the regulations for fracking — the state Department of Environmental Conservation — referred all questions about the health study to the Department of Health, which, like the DEC, has been working on the response and recovery effort for Hurricane Sandy.
The DEC remained noncommittal when asked whether it would meet the deadline for the regulations to be released — and thus when, or if, public hearings on those regulations would be held.
"It is undetermined" is all DEC spokeswoman Emily DeSantis would say.