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We are sad to announce the death of André Acres, one of our Distinguished Members.
The Handlebar Club's President, Rod Littlewood writes:
"André was a member for about 60 years and our Treasurer for 30 years from 1968 until 1998. He claimed that he was only elected because he had short legs and couldn't run away quickly with the Club funds!
"He and his wife Kath were stalwart members and attended most First Friday meetings for years until the travelling up to London became too onerous. They did continue to attend our AGMs until recently.
"André's health deteriorated and Kath was looking after him at home for his last 18 months. Unfortunately his health deteriorated still further and a few weeks ago his family decided that he could be cared-for better in a nursing home. His room was made to feel like home and he was surrounded by pictures of his garden, and of course, Handlebar Club memorabilia.
"His funeral is to take place on September 30th 2015 at Tunbridge Wells Crematorium at 1.45pm."
Rod Littlewood
Club member Simon Rosbottom will be leaving these shores on Sunday 30 August from London's St. Katharine Docks, competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. He is sailing with the Great Britain team in this eight leg, sixteen race marathon.
This must be the first time a Handlebar Club member has raced around the world in a yacht, so we wish him well and look forward to the Club Tie appearing in photo opportunities around the globe over the next 12 months.
Simon's progress can be followed via the link below:
The inaugural Devon and Cornwall Beard and Moustache Championships were held on the 1st of August down at the Duke of Cornwall hotel, Plymouth.
Organisers Clair and Mike Wellsbury-Nye did a cracking job in putting together their first event and it was duly supported by HBC members Allan Robinson, Ryan Pike, Mark Salisbury and James Dyer.
The venue was superb as was the general atmosphere with Allan, Ryan and James claiming first, second and third places in the two moustache categories (Mark did not enter the competition although provided vital support).
An excellent competition and everyone hopes that it will be on the calendar again next year.
The Handlebar Club are proud to announce our annual outing to the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), taking place on Thursday 13th August at Kensington Olympia, London. Featuring over 900 British and foreign beers, as well as food, music and beer-related paraphernalia, the festival is a well-established and extremely popular event.
This year, to join us you can either purchase your tickets in advance for £10 each (or £8 for CAMRA members) by going to GBBF Web Site or alternatively queue at the door on the night and pay £12.
Lastly, Thursday is of course officially designated 'Hat Day' by the Festival organisers, so I'm sure you'll dress appropriately. Members will be gathering from 6:30pm.
The HBC was represented at the 2015 Chap Olympiad by members Allan Robinson, Julien Sanchez, Russell Youles, Barry Copson, Tom Cutler, Ryan Pike, Gary McCann, Gary Gronnestad, Philip Smith and Soren Ragsdale.
Pictured above are a few of the usual rogues with the man behind The Chap, Editor Gustav Temple (in cream suit!) who was keen to have his picture taken with the club.
The Members excelled themselves in the final game of the day Not Playing Tennis where Allan and Ryan took it easy in a couple of deck chairs whilst Philip, Soren and Julien dismantled the entire tennis court and packed it away off stage. A resounding victory to end a fun packed day!
On the 27th June, Club members Allan Robinson, Julien Sanchez and Ryan Pike popped over to Brugge in Belgium to meet with the West Vlaamse Snorren Club for their annual Maatjesweekend or Herring Festival.
The weather for the trip could not have been better and the club staged the event in the historic Vismarkt (fish market) where the beer flowed all afternoon and a good time was had by all.
A return trip is planned in September for the annual Mussel Festival which no doubt will be a very similar affair.
On the 5th June 2015, several HBC club members visited our friends at the Snorrenclub Antwerp for the Moustache of the Year parade which takes place every two years. This year the club was represented by President Rod Littlewood, Alan Spencer, Ryan Pike and Prime Handlebar Allan Robinson, pictured below in full regalia.
After a very convivial evening of good food and beer with our hosts on the Friday night, the members met at the official meeting point (De Konincklijke Snor) on Saturday and joined in marching through the town to the main square where local man Jan Matthys was presented with his award. The club members were slightly surprised at this point as they had to sing the Snorrenclub�s traditional moustache anthem in Flemish, but they think they got away with it (mouths opened and closed, but very little sound came out!)
A champagne reception was then held at the glorious town hall with the vice-Mayor of Antwerp (not the Mayor of Amsterdam, Alan) followed by live music and more festivities back at the bar, with a small detour to have a quick drink with the local constabulary.
Later in the evening, Rod presented Ronnie Vermeulen with a salver from the HBC as a token of our appreciation for being invited to the event and for the Sterling work he had undertaken organising the whole affair. More excellent Belgian beer flowed and the party then went on in typical fashion to the wee small hours of the morning.
First Beard and Moustache Competition in Hitchin, Hertfordshire attracted Handlebar Club Members Chris Wall, James Dyer, Allan Robinson and Ryan Pike to try their luck again on the catwalk, having enjoyed acclaim at the Wessex Beardsmen's Competition in April. It was the very first beard and moustache competition in the town and was well supported; mounted by a beard and moustache grooming products company.
Ryan says,
"There was only one moustache category which included Natural, Waxed, Partial Beard etc. and with hindsight I think if the competitions grows it would be best to separate them out a bit. It was the first time that Allan got placed believe it or not. I was apparently fourth of nine entries hence no banana for me!"
Ryan Pike and Allan Robinson donned their Pith Helmets and travelled to Cornwall. Ryan says,
"Me and Allan popped down to the World Pasty Championships in Cornwall and dressed for the occasion, became a bit of a tourist attraction.
"It was a long drive but we had a lot of fun and we cheered on Southwick pasty maker Richard Shaw of 'Twisted Pasties' who had made the World's most expensive pasty (costing �235). The venue gave us a perfect opportunity to don our pith helmets as you can see!"
The Handlebar Club 2015 Calendar is now ON SALE so if you're looking for a collectable and unique gift, click on the picture above and buy some.
The Calendar is an A4 28 page saddle-stitched booklet with 12 glossy photos of the Handlebar Club members upholding the founding members' idea of getting moustache wearers together for general conviviality.
Prices are now down to £5.00 including P&P (UK only, for overseas shipping use the option to add £2.00 in the Shopping Cart) or pop along in person to the Handlebar Club First Friday meetings and the AGM and collect one for £5.00. All proceeds are going to Stepping Stones Down Syndrome Support Group.
On the 31st of January members of the Handlebar Club Philip Smith, Russell Youles, Allan Robinson and the club's musical maestro Tom Carradine attended the wedding of fellow member Aaron Burns to his Partner John Jones at St Andrews Church, Hove.
A fantastic day with a superb choir, a moving Aria, street fire dancers and an impromptu Cockney sing-a-long performed by Tom on the pub piano at the reception.
A great day and we wish them all the best for the future!
Tthe 2015 AGM weekend will be held at the Arundel House Hotel, Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4 3AN, on the weekend of Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of March.
Beautifully located overlooking the river Cam and open parkland, this 103 room hotel is only a short walk across the park known as Jesus Green, to the city centre and the wealth of fascinating architecture for which Cambridge is famous. There is a free car park and a bar serving draught ale.
Club Members and Friends can find booking details and prices in The Secretary's Invitation letter, available to view in the Members Lounge
Members, their families and Friends gathered at The Shelleys Hotal in Lewes, East Sussex on Saturday 13th December, and enjoyed a pre-prandial pint (well, not the very young ones of course) in the bar lounge before sitting down to an excellent three-course Christmas lunch.
Your reviewer and his companion chose the Duck Hash starter, which was a very tasty patty of shredded duck, bacon and potato surrounded by strips of braised cabbage, garnished with a light piquant sauce.
The Traditional sliced Turkey breast with all the trimmings came next, washed down with an acceptable chilled Chilean Sauvignon Blanc from the Bar.
The Finale was Traditional Christmas Plum Pudding, entertaining garnished with a half fresh strawberry, providing a much-needed citrus sting to counteract the sweetness of the surrounding Brandy Sauce.
Handlebar Club President Rod Littlewood made a short speech thanking everyone for attending, and wished the present company and "all men (and women)" a Very Merry Christmas!
Don't forget that The Handlebar Club 2015 Calendar is still on sale from our Big Cartel Shop so if you're looking for that inspired last-minute gift, click on the red link below and buy a few for friends.
The Times of 10th November has published this photo-montage of Movember Mos attending our November monthly Windsor Castle pub First Friday meet - Photos by Matthew Lloyd.
Can you name each of these gentlemen members of The Handlebar Club?
The town of Market Harborough has become the first place in the UK to change its name for Movember becoming Mo'ket Harborough, reports BBC News Leicestershire.
"The Leicestershire town has a new sign and the building society has changed its name.
"The name change has been backed by Movember UK, Prostate Cancer UK, Harborough MP Edward Garnier and the local district members of The Handlebar Moustache Club of Great Britain."
It�s Movember! Grow a moustache and raise awareness about men�s health issues. The Gentlemen of the Handlebar Moustache Club and The Chiswick Calendar wish you Happy Movember!

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The long-term mission of our research program is to obtain an integrated, quantitative understanding of cells and viruses at molecular resolution. We take an interdisciplinary approach to this problem by combining novel technologies for three-dimensional (3D) imaging with computational and cell biological tools. Our research efforts are presently focused on three areas: (1) determination of the structure and mechanisms underlying neutralization and cellular entry of HIV, (2) the development of automated, high-throughput workflows for structure determination of small, dynamic molecular complexes, and (3) the development of novel technologies for 3D imaging of cells and tissues, with particular emphasis on methods for understanding and diagnosing structural signatures of signal transduction and disease progression.
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Frank GA, Narayan K, Bess JW Jr, Del Prete GQ, Wu X, Moran A, Hartnell LM, Earl LA, Lifson JD, Subramaniam S. Maturation of the HIV-1 core by a non-diffusional phase transition. Nat Commun. 2015;6:5854.
Meyerson JR, Kumar J, Chittori S, Rao P, Pierson J, Bartesaghi A, Mayer ML, Subramaniam S. Structural mechanism of glutamate receptor activation and desensitization. Nature. 2014;514(7522):328-34.
Do T, Murphy G, Earl LA, Del Prete GQ, Grandinetti G, Li GH, Estes JD, Rao P, Trubey CM, Thomas J, Spector J, Bliss D, Nath A, Lifson JD, Subramaniam S. Three-dimensional imaging of HIV-1 virological synapses reveals membrane architectures involved in virus transmission. J Virol. 2014;88(18):10327-39.
Bartesaghi A, Merk A, Borgnia MJ, Milne JL, Subramaniam S. Prefusion structure of trimeric HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein determined by cryo-electron microscopy. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013;20(12):1352-7.


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Will the Vita still play PSP games?
I like the idea of a new system, but I'm not ready to give up my old games yet. Also, any additional details about the Vita's future game titles?
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The Vita is fully backwards compatible with any digital PSP games, however so far as I know there are no plans to make an adapter for the physical games. So if you've been downloading the games from the store, you're in luck. If you've been buying them at your local retailer then you would have to repurchase them, unless someone has a way to extract the game info and save it on the PS3. I never played PSP, so not really sure if that's a legitimate option.
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If your willing to buy it on Playstation store then yes if no then no. Xd
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There will be psp games for the vita but not all of them
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You can always download PSP games through the PS Network,but physical (CD) games do not work on the Vita,and by the time this answer was posted there were no adapters to do so.If you're afraid to buy Vita because you'll miss PSP games,go ahead and get a Vita because nearly all great games will be available at the PSN (Both for PSV and PS3). If you own a PSP and want to play your games on the Vita,I'm sorry,but you'll have to download them again from PSN or transfer the data of any downloaded PSP games on your PS3 to the Vita.But in this case don't get rid of your CDs because an adapter may come due to this problem.
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Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot discovers that Rush Limbaugh is right, halfway, about Apple and Republicans. See there? You can learn something from talk radio.
A large proportion of folks my age and older have been uncomfortable with Barack Obama as President. At The Moderate Voice, Ron Beasley tells us support for Republicans among the elderly may be in decline as a party intent on destroying retirement care loses some of its quaint attractiveness. Racial identification loses its charm when the goal is to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to finance tax loopholes for the wealthy.
Fox News can't let the truth interfere with a good story. News Corpse explains the latest false Fox report on the IRS continuing to target Tea Party groups with special negative treatment.
Who can forget the breaking news revealed by the conservative website, the Daily Caller? A US Senator had a sexual relationship with an underage prostitute. Except the story turned out to be bogus. Now Tommy Christopher of Mediaite checks out another scoop. It seems Ebony magazine, the publication with a mostly young African-American readership, fell for a hoax, reporting it as fact. HaHaHa, silly minority owned magazine. One detail, though. The folks at the Daily Caller forgot to read Ebony before making fun of them. Ebony mocked a story about conservatives boycotting the magazine. The primary joke here seems to be the Daily Caller. Silly non-minority news site!
Racism is often experienced as a series of "misunderstandings." Mad Mike's America brings us a clerk who doesn't recognize Oprah, but seems to recognize her skin color. Couldn't possibly afford to be there. Racism is typically more frequent and more severe.
Lots of right wing hoaxes these days. Last Of The Millenniums tells us of a viral email from a very bigoted Bill Cosby. As you may expect it's a fake, made up by a conservative presumably from Massachusetts. The real Bill Cosby turns out to be a very ticked off non-bigot.
Rumproast listens to Louie Gohmert guest host on a radio talk show, where he explains how a truly tough President would have no need for closing embassies.
You think Steve King says stupid things about Hispanic valedictorians? Max's Dad explains the latest entry by the Representative from Iowa for idiot of the year. Climate change is okay because Steve King likes to be warm.
What if Hillary doesn't run after all? She will, but what if? Infidel 753 considers the possibilities and ends up with my own second choice. That's if Hillary doesn't run. But she will. Right? RIGHT?
Kent Pittman, writing from Open Salon makes the case that employees take a risk and have a stake in corporate success. They should not be treated as a commodity.
Nancy Hanks at The Hankster brings photos of the Ecuadorian Parade in New York City, including an appearance by the local favorite for Mayor.
Jack Jodell, friend of the working blogger at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, is upbeat. It's contagious as he provides inspirational wisdom from historical personalities.
James Wigderson goes trafficking on us, with feedback about why people hate Wisconsin traffic circles. Same story everywhere. Each driver would be just about perfect if it wasn't for other drivers.
Atheists have a baseball team? How about that! PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, narrates progress as of the fourth inning. Score is 0-0. Come on, folks. Break that tie!
- Vincent of A wayfarer's notes listens to a BBC program on the writing experience and describes the only way he knows how to write. He describes it as a limitation. If he gives up that handicap, I just hope he knows what he's doing. He's astonishing now, probably because of "limitations."
Pox on Parties, Tough Nun, Jesus and Islam, Bigotry
By Burr Deming on Aug 3, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
Brandi Martindale guests at The Hankster to explain why voters are rejecting the political party system and embracing independent life. I have expressed my skepticism concerning the popular pox on all houses approach.
Last Of The Millenniums helps make the case that the problem is not both political parties. Guess which one is the party of vandalism.
Republicans in a House committee ganged up on Sister Simone Campbell about food stamps for hungry kids and the working poor. Speaking softly, she gently made mince meat of each of them in turn. Max's Dad takes a close look at one of the attackers and conducts his own analysis.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, celebrates marriage equality in Minnesota with two terrific photos.
Republican Congressional representative Steve King has been making headlines with bigoted comments about Hispanic immigrants. Rumproast reminds us that his is not a lone Republican voice, crying in an ignorant wilderness.
News Corpse watches so we don't have to as Fox follows up on their cringe-worthy interview with a Muslim scholar who dared to commit research on Jesus. The Fox interviewer was shocked at the nerve of this follower of Islam. Now, Fox accuses the scholar of being a Muslim, and accuses mainstream media of bias against Fox over the resulting coverage. It's not just doubling down. It's doubling downward.
Infidel 753 examines what potential danger remains from politically conservative Christianity.
A cautionary story comes via Mad Mike's America. Christians are protesting about atheists as military chaplains. The story isn't just about intolerance. The hidden part, not easily seen, is about the often too successful effort by conservative Christians to hijack the message of Jesus, and the acceptance of a false picture by some outside the clique. The point is unintentionally made in the first sentence: "There are few words you can say to a Christian that cause as much anger as 'atheist.'" We need to learn from the picture others have of us. That is our feedback.
Jack Jodell, friend of the working blogger at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, looks at unfettered capitalism and primary historical alternatives. He finds a workable third way in nineteenth century teachings of the Catholic Church.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite explains why a racial epithet with a deadly history is not to be used around Oprah Winfrey. Powerful and final.
James Wigderson suggests that civil disobedience in the form of an illegal demonstration is pointless if it is crazy easy to get a permit. He covers a conservative sing-along to ... uh ... demonstrate the point.
- Vincent of A wayfarer's notes introduces us to the long time, close personal friend he just now met for the first time, and his friend's short story about important family relationships in Calcutta.
Wyoming Friends, Ho Chi Mendacity at Fox, Tight Belts, God
By Burr Deming on Jul 27, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
Dave Dubya of Freedom Rants considers the candidacy of Senator Mike Enzi's very good friend, Liz Cheney as she encourages conservative voters to throw her very good conservative friend under a conservative bus. With friends like Liz, who needs Enzi?
News Corpse chronicles the latest incident of a continuing Fox News pattern. They breitbart President Obama yet again, slicing and dicing video to imply the President praised Ho Chi Minh.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite vivisects the conservative untruth that in 2004 an Illinois State Senator named Barack Obama supported Stand Your Ground. He watches as a mainstream media figure mindlessly repeats the lie.
Last Of The Millenniums quotes jobs and dollars to deficit hawks who think government should tighten its belt like a family. My thoughts are here.
Rumproast watches as a public utility hosts a public meeting to rile residents about gays, prayer, and Muslims, while they quietly move charge rip-off rates for ... you know ... electricity. Great deal. Bundle utilities in with bigotry and get charged more.
What were they thinking? Nancy Hanks at The Hankster tells us how the New York Times referenced a racist killing with the Weiner sexting redeux. Seriously? The New York Times?
Baseball fan, conservative James Wigderson, has become a former baseball fan, fed up with drug scandals.
Mad Mike's America finds out why the Cardinals here in St. Louis, leading the division, are not doing even better. It seems God is not on their side. You know, there are some Creators of Heaven and Earth you just shouldn't mess with.
As a life threatening heat wave wears on, our favorite teacher, at Why do we have to do this, Sir?, leads a rapidly deteriorating class session on health, water, and sports.
Ryan returns (Yay-y-y-y) to Secular Ethics, examining how an atheist can be good without God. Being a gentleman, Ryan suggests that "reasonable theists do not ask this question in the first place..." I remember engaging a similar question a couple of years ago with my friend John Myste. Christians have something to learn from writers like Ryan.
T. Paine, at Saving Common Sense, objects to the characterization of all religion as an appeal to superstition. He seems to agree that most religion is superstition, but maintains that Catholicism is the exception Actually, a few of our congregation will think he meant Methodism.
Vincent has been gone for weeks. Now he is back at A wayfarer's notes with a newly written book a story behind the story. We are excited at reading, not just what he has written, but how he has written. How does he do that?
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, gets into the lengths that he and fellow researchers go through to avoid alienating the most important people in his department: custodians.
Infidel 753 suggests that, as a practical matter, what sets aside the human species goes deeper than technology.
Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, is unimpressed with entertainment television and discovers an alternative.
Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot takes a stroll through a few cultural and technological observations. Unusual and entertaining.
Trayvon, Rivera, Coulter, Congress, Texas, Rolling Stone
By Burr Deming on Jul 20, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
News Corpse times the Fox News reaction to the President's discussion of race and the Trayvon Martin case. It involves a bit of time travel. Obama is criticized before his remarks are complete.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite reviews President Obama's discussion of the Trayvon Martin killing and the larger issue of racism, and notes what seems to be the major conservative objection: There was little sympathy expressed for angry, resentful white conservatives.
Infidel 753 looks at the events leading to the killing of Trayvon and sees only a cloud where facts ought to be. He urges agnosticism.
MyCue at RANDOM THOUGHTS reacts to the Trayvon controversy with long held opinion, reprinted from long ago, about the disappearance of racism. His opinion ages well.
Kent Pittman, writing from Open Salon, analyzes the evidence and concludes the courtroom actually housed two trials, the verdicts of both being outrageous. I am sympathetic to the opinion that the killer committed a crime. I think it was worse than most critics believe.
The Heathen Republican presents a cogent argument that neither the killing nor the trial had anything to do with race. He is kind enough to publish my dissent.
Rumproast looks to largely fictional conservative coverage of protests surrounding the Trayvon killing and the strange accusations about President Obama's first statement a while back, intended to comfort a grieving family.
Michael J. Scott of Mad Mike's America gives sympathetic review to comments by Geraldo Rivera implying that shooting Trayvon Martin was justified, in part, by the hoodie he was wearing and his presence at night in a gated community. An unusually ill-conceived piece from a remarkable writer.
Last Of The Millenniums explains to rural skeptics that today's Republican Party is not your father's GOP.
Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, looks at the incredible pressures on top federal legislative leaders and is entirely unsympathetic.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, contemplates the wonders of Texas and is untempted by the results of Republican domination.
Conservative James Wigderson greets the coming visit to Wisconsin of Ann Coulter as a featured speaker with a lack of enthusiasm. My own opinion was expressed a few years ago in recalling a childhood incident.
Max's Dad reacts to those who react to a Magazine cover that reacts to the surviving Boston bomber. Seems Max's Dad subscribes to the Rolling Stone, not for the pictures, but for the articles. The article in this case, examining the origins of pure evil, is quite good.
Stalk Defense Plea, Nothing Secedes Like Booth, Farm Snap
By Burr Deming on Jul 13, 2013 | In Welcome | 1 feedback »
Max's Dad is so-o-o-o tired of the Zimmerman trial in a state where it is legal for a guy with a gun to go after a kid armed with skittles as long as he later says he was losing the resulting fight when he shot and killed the kid.
Fox News runs an editorial speculating that Trayvon Martin's teen testimony would not have influenced the coming verdict. News Corpse explains to Fox News just why Trayvon Martin did not testify.
A John Wilkes Booth sympathizer who really dislikes Abraham Lincoln and advocates for the angry and oppressed white people of America is on the payroll of Senator Rand Paul. Tommy Christopher of Mediaite seems unsympathetic as the Senator explains that the big tent of the GOP must include those in the camp of armed rebellion and assassination. The party of inclusion.
Conservative James Wigderson is not quite ready to welcome into that tent the same "crackpots, racists, and secessionists" embraced by Senator Paul.
Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, analyzes the growing significance of the Supreme Court, an importance already way beyond the traditional checks and balances we learned in grade school.
Infidel 753 explains how the future of the Supreme Court, and that of how freedom is interpreted, will be largely determined the next general election.
Because it protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, Julian Sanchez takes to the streets to campaign for the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution.
Last Of The Millenniums brings us the savage Senate debate on the filibuster, including personal attacks, as today's Mitch McConnell argues with McConnell of 2005. It's a bloody conflict.
Rumproast introduces us to the new ideological direction of the Congressional Farm Bill as the Republican Party goes all Oliver Twist on us.
Mad Mike's America gives us the obvious prediction in the strange saga of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. My reaction is here.
Kent Pittman is back (yay-y-y-y!), writing from Open Salon about why American education is falling behind the rest of the world.
- Our developing spiritual leader at Why do we have to do this, Sir? is inspired by class registration and a baptism to contemplate Jesus sending 70 followers to prepare towns and villages along his journey.
Divided and Conquered - Sears at War Against Sears
By For Your Consideration on Jul 13, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
Every year the presidents of Sears Holdings' (SHLD) many business units trudge across the company's sprawling headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill., to a conference room in Building B, where they ask Eddie Lampert for money. The leaders have made these solitary treks since 2008, when Lampert, a reclusive hedge fund billionaire, splintered the company into more than 30 units.
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Egypt, Snowden, Murdoch Guilt, Abortion for Men
By Burr Deming on Jul 6, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
Infidel 753 analyzes the coup in Egypt as part of a struggle between Islamists and secularists. There is a passing reference to pressing problems. Those pressing problems may actually have been more decisive than religious authoritarianism. At any rate, we can hope for eventual freedom and democracy. All things considered, a thoughtful analysis, especially considering the cloud of immediacy as events sort themselves out.
Rumproast suggests that Edward Snowden has become a puppet of Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks project as unwittingly revealed in a single word.
Sometimes the human experience goes to irony. News Corpse explain how uber hacker Rupert Murdoch was himself secretly recorded admitting to US legal violations and British perjury.
Conservative James Wigderson provides a lesson about how the nature of public specuation provides clues to reality. He takes us to a case study, contrasting the likely good fortunes of Wisconsin Governor with the dimming prospects of the Mayor of Waukesha.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite has been covering the Zimmerman trial. He provides the single sentence that sums up the prosecution in the case of the Trayvon Martin killing.
Conservatives are celebrating the delay of employer requirements to provide group coverage. Last Of The Millenniums does a bit of homework an offers some perspective on the employer delay.
Nancy Hanks at The Hankster celebrates Independence Day and a perfect record, so far, in getting enough names on petitions to put politically Independent candidates on the ballot.
T. Paine, at Saving Common Sense, brings forth summary and praise for freedom and founding principles. I am especially struck by one small part, his endorsement of immigration. "America though was different. To become an American one only needed to pledge allegiance to our free republic and the principles of liberty enshrined in its founding." Contrary as this thought is to contemporary conservative orthodoxy, it serves as a reminder that not all conservatives hold to identical ways.
Last week our friend T Paine lamented the tolerance of so many Catholics for gay relationships. This week Michael John Scott at Mad Mike's America begins his piece on about an anti-gay radio show rant with Oh those intolerant Catholics!. It's an entertaining piece, because it centers on gay food, but the first sentence struck me as funny.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, offers a pithy analysis of the strange context of an anti-abortion placard.
Max's Dad seems amazed at the inability of Ohio's Governor John Kasich to see anything wrong with surrounding himself with a bunch of old male legislators at the signing of yet another law restricting the ability of women to make their own abortion choices.
Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, concludes his review of US Presidents in their own words from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama. Unusual approach with a very different slant.
Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot looks at this time 150 years ago, and concludes that financial end of the Confederacy happened in early July, and with it went the prospects of perpetual, formalized slavery.
Gay Marriage, Bigotry, Abortion, Clock Changes, Climate
By Burr Deming on Jun 29, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
News Corpse reacts to the DOMA demolition by hosting an angry debate as Justice Antonin Scalia rages against Justice Antonin Scalia.
RANDOM THOUGHTS contemplates the DOMA decision and the road that seems to be leading to marriage equality.
Our friend T. Paine, at Saving Common Sense, is disturbed at members of the Catholic Church for insufficient anger at gay marriage. Seems not everyone lives up to his high standards. Some even consider such principled stands as that of my friend as some sort of ... how does he put it ... bigotry. Click to share the pain.
When I was a little kid, Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob were the big thing on Saturday. My mom caught me climbing on the piano to push the time ahead in the belief it would make my program come on early. At Mad Mike's America, we discover that the Texas state legislature made time stand still, turning back the electronic time stamp, pretending midnight hadn't come, to pass their women-can't-have-abortions bill. Sadly, Howdy Doody will still arrive in a special session.
James Wigderson is really upset at the intention of President Obama to address climate change. So far, the President wants to stop public funding of any coal production that happens without retrofitting for cleaner air. The cost of details that are as yet unformulated by the administration are calculated with precision by the prescient James. You can tell he is upset when he refers to Wisconsin as the "diary state." No criticism intended. I was once referred to in print as Butt Deming by a later embarrassed friend.
Not everyone is disappointed from the same direction. Rumproast is skeptical of the mild tone and modest proposals of President Obama's speech on climate change.
Max's Dad provides another entertaining rant, this time wondering what brain failure caused an obscure Texas district to send Louis Gohmert to the House of Representative.
Nancy Hanks at The Hankster tells us how Democrats in Utah have vetoed a proposal for open primaries, instead keeping their obscure but cheap caucus system. Ugh.
Last Of The Millenniums regards, with growing skepticism, the history of Edward Snowden, self-described whistle blower.
Jack Jodell at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST takes a slightly different approach to Presidential history. Rather than a highly condensed, largely useless, rote summary of each White House occupant, Jack provides one or two direct, representative quotes illustrating the philosophy of each.
Tired of Zimmerman trial commentary focused on an involuntary teenager's language, attitude, and appearance? Tommy Christopher of Mediaite does something unusual in the world of journalism. He analyzes actual testimony. You know. As in what happened?
Why do we have to do this, Sir? walks us through the more unusual aspects of a sex education class in Britain. Could be worse. Could have been taught by Todd Akin.
Ryan at Secular Ethics walks us through his journey, part emotion, part observation, part reasoning, arriving at a status of atheism. It is as hard to tell where this ends for him as it is for any of us. But right now, this minute, Ryan has something to teach those of us who may have grown too comfortable in our beliefs and accompanying rituals. Worth a read, then some sober contemplation.
- Infidel 753 brings us back to author of I Am Legend Richard Matheson. Infidel provides some of the subtle insights Matheson combined with his adventuresome stories.
NSA Archiving, Slacker Leaks, Anthem Bigots, Sex Ed
By Burr Deming on Jun 15, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
Jack Jodell at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST transitions from a lament about our willingness to sacrifice freedom for security to a case study in the value of faith in a crisis. I don't see the security/freedom choice as entirely binary. My apprehension comes from another direction. Jack's case of faith is stronger but probably not compelling to those not already committed. Should we believe what comforts or what we really see as truth?
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite takes a look at the entire archiving phone numbers controversy and suggests less than meets our paranoid eyes.
Max's Dad, scourge of conservatives, is less than impressed with NSA leaker Ed Snowden. Why bother with national debates, elections, weighing security and privacy to find common ground, special judicial proceedings, when the slacker who came in from the cold is willing to appoint himself to decide?
Cutting through the entertaining sarcasm, Rumproast is ambivalent about the Snowden adventure, but eye rolling about the escape path.
MyCue is back (YAY-Y-Y-Y) at RANDOM THOUGHTS, wondering why anyone is surprised at the NSA. He takes us briefly through the history of the fear filled PATRIOT Act. MyCue is not amused.
"...because, you know, the incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low." That was Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ). Mad Mike's America brings us a variety of reaction, some of it surprisingly understanding.
News Corpse has the details of the great bicycle conspiracy, from its resurrection at the Wall Street Journal to its reburial with Colbert. Being of a certain age, I remember the long ago beginnings that others have forgotten.
Conservative James Wigderson watches as conservative lawmakers in Wisconsin forbid University cooperation with a liberal leaning news organization. James is irritated. Good for him.
Infidel 753 watches as hyper-energetic broadcast center of mania, Alex Jones, tests the patience of a bemused British host. Infidel has the over-caffeinated video. The ending is hilarious.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, gets to the hard, hard core of the controversy around a descendant of Mexican immigrants singing the national anthem. Oddly, my grandparents, on one side, immigrated from the Ukraine. If I led the Star Spangled Banner at a national event, I'd be thrown out for non-racial reasons.
Last Of The Millenniums offers a skeptical analysis of the intellectual foundation of libertarianism.
Ever drive a Saab? Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot brings evidence in the form of action video of the car manufacturer's unexpectedly high and fast beginnings.
At Why do we have to do this, Sir? the erstwhile spiritual teacher ventures, with an aging colleague, into the traumatic universe of sex education in a classroom of kids. No mention of later therapy for the teachers.
Vincent of A wayfarer's notes finds inspiration in a path though rural countryside, that takes him, and us, to nature, God, and a zen-like oneness.
IRS Bias, Phantom Visits, Scandals, Immigration, Park Bench
By Burr Deming on Jun 8, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
The IRS controversy has, at its heart, what ought to be another controversy. Should a citizen be able to contribute huge sums to a political candidate and then take it off his income taxes? That practice does tend to raise taxes on the rest of us while giving some individuals enhanced influence with elected government officials.
Still, we should agree that such tax privileges shouldn't be given out on the basis of ideology. Last Of The Millenniums takes a look at what sorts of groups were given an additional edge in gaining that political tax advantage. The answer puts an interesting light on IRS practices.
Last week everyone learned there was a presidential connection to the IRS scandal as records showed 157 visits by the head of the agency to the White House. Tommy Christopher of Mediaite watches the incredible shrinking connection as the visits turn out not to be visits, but rather clearances for possible visits. Actual visits shrink from 157 to 23 to 11 confirmed meetings at the White House. 85% of the clearances were for implementation of health care changes.
Additional UNdocumented visits are possible, but why bother researching all that? Bill O'Reilly just repeats the original discredited story a week after his words are pre-discredited. Who would have guessed?
Max's Dad explains why he is unimpressed by the current trifecta of scandal, scandal, scandal.
Rumproast chronicles a tough day in the currently tough life of John Boehner. A rebellion of more-conservative-than-thou Republicans in the House of Representatives nearly made Speaker Boehner ex-Speaker Boehner. The deciding vote was cast by a surprising source.
Nancy Hanks at The Hankster shows photographic joy at the independent candidate for NYC mayor.
James Wigderson relives the thrill of a famous conservative victory on the anniversary of the retention of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
Jack Jodell at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST really likes Robert B. Reich.
Infidel 753 explains surprisingly conservative views about immigration and amnesty. My own contrasting view can be found here.
News Corpse lists a new set of myths as the Tea Party takes on the evils of learning.
On a non-political note, Mad Mike's America explains how to tell if someone is drowning. It turns out drowning isn't at all what we see on television. In fact, it's very easy to miss, very worthwhile not missing. Worth the read.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, tells us of a visit by an assistant manager of a real museum to what is called a Creation Museum.
At Why do we have to do this, Sir?, a Christian spiritual leader, a teacher, shares his light frustration teaching Buddhism to teenagers.
Vincent of A wayfarer's notes begins with a park bench. He consults his childhood memory and finds it is more to him than a park bench. He expands his theme to transcendent contemplation of God, the Universe and the meaning of everything. Vincent is magnificent.
50 Year Mystery - Who Murdered This Civil Rights Activist?
By For Your Consideration on Jun 4, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
From the Baltimore Sun
Everyone begged William Lewis Moore not to go to Mississippi. His pastor told him he would get killed walking around in a sandwich board sign protesting segregation. His family worried about where he would sleep and eat.
Even fellow civil rights activists told the Baltimore postal worker it was a bad idea to walk hundreds of miles through the heart of the South. But Moore insisted on hand-delivering a letter to the governor of Mississippi, urging the staunch segregationist to change.
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God's GOP Policies, Bachmann, Memorial Day History
By Burr Deming on Jun 1, 2013 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
The President of the United States used to be routinely offered respect, even by political opponents. I remember being angry as hell at Dan Rather back in 1974 during the Watergate troubles. As he began to ask a question, President Nixon chided him, "Are you running for something?" Rather snapped back, "No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?" It did not seem to me a friendly jibe. I didn't like Richard Nixon, but I didn't like demeaning the President to his face. In these days of "You lie!" those seem like days of amazing innocence.
Recently, a prayer breakfast produced another conservative hero, as Dr. Ben Carson rebuked the President with God's right of center positions on tax rates, health care, and national economic policy. That was some prayer. These are some contemporary conservatives.
More thoughtful than most, James Wigderson was entranced at another Carson presentation, this one in Wisconsin. Dr. Carson offered a series of conservative bromides one of which caught my attention. Dr. Carson educated his audience on the disproportionate share of taxes paid by the fantastically wealthy, which he sees as an obvious injustice.
One percent of Americans, says the good doctor, pays 37 percent of America's taxes. It's actually an old and discredited charge that originates at the conservative Tax Foundation, which ignores sales taxes, licenses, payroll taxes, local income taxes, state income taxes, property taxes, fees, tolls, energy taxes, and pretty much any tax that doesn't fit into the category of federal tax. Oh excuse me, that would be only federal income tax. When you include everything the "injustice" shrinks down to a slight progressive net.
I wrote about this a couple of years ago, and what I easily discovered remains available to anyone who can use an internet search engine. But Dr. Carson's divine rebukes from the Lord to the President apparently leave little room for actual facts. James Wigderson is also much in demand as a reporter and writer. He is very, very good. His busy schedule apparently provides no time to assist Dr. Carson or James' own readers with the research I'm sure he diligently performed.
Okay, so a remarkably good writer can have a bad day. Maybe next time.
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Jack Jodell, friend of the working blogger at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, celebrates the loss of one conservative leader and the prospective loss of another.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite manages to avoid any gleeful dance with a dispassionate review of the Bachmann farewell announcement tape, music and all.
The best test for a theory, ideology, or scientific proposition is prediction. Mad Mike's America examines five such predictions made by one time conservative force Michele Bachmann.
News Corpse reports on the newest public figure accused by conservatives of participating in Islamic conspiracies as a secret spy. This head scratcher is a bit of ideological cannibalism. Tea Party becomes Donner Party.
Manifesto Joe of Texas Blues offers an overview of Benghazi/IRS/ReporterInvestigate and suggests a unifying theme.
Infidel 753 seems unable to find a reasonable path for the Republican Party from extinction. I agree, but for different reasons.
Last Of The Millenniums suggests that the 2012 election may have been won by Republicans.
Adolfo Carrion is an Independence Party candidate and Nancy Hanks at The Hankster really, really likes him for Mayor of New York City.
we have been educated that men are just naturally dominant over women, Rumproast documents an unusually dramatic reaction from a Fox personality.
Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot reminds us that Memorial Day means more than a short work week.
Debra Dickerson tells us about the mostly unknown historical roots of Memorial Day and the racial roots of the erasing of that history.
Max's Dad offers three terrific rants disguised as movie reviews.
Vincent of A wayfarer's notes explains cogently how a lack of personal experience with a subject can be a qualification in writing. He then takes us on an insightful tour of Paris.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, reports as a reknown science writer objects to a common form of secondary school homework.
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Conservatives Cannot Win By Disguising Conservatism
By T. Paine on May 31, 2013 | In Welcome, News | 1 feedback »
In response to Ryan's
Common Sense from an Opponent Is Still Common Sense
Imagine a society in which interracial marriage is a controversial issue. Party A supports it; Party B opposes it.
Now imagine that, for years, Party B has gained votes (or at least hasn't lost them) over its opposition to interracial marriage. However, in recent years, public opinion has shifted, such that a majority now supports interracial marriage and even considers its legalization to be of great moral significance. This shift in public opinion becomes a trend, but Party B maintains its opposition, ignoring Party A's advice. It begins to lose elections accordingly.
While I assume that you do not support Party B's position, you appear to support its approach.
Imagine a society in which abortion is a controversial issue. Party A supports it; Party B opposes it.
Now imagine that, for years, Party B has gained votes (or at least hasn't lost them) over its opposition to abortion. However, in recent years, public opinion has shifted, such that a majority (or at least a very vocal minority) now supports abortion and even considers its unfettered legalization to be of great "moral" significance. This shift in public opinion becomes a trend, but Party B maintains its opposition, ignoring Party A's advice. It begins to lose elections accordingly.
Party B can either throw in the towel and no longer stand firm on an issue which they consider a core moral principle in order to "get along with the times" and thus garner more votes, or they can stand fast in defense of life even if such a position isn't trendy or politically expedient. Sometimes one has to be stalwart in his defense of core principles such as the protection of innocent life or any of the besieged liberties guaranteed to We The People in the Bill of Rights.
If one's stance on such vital issues becomes contrary to current public sentiment and one's party starts losing votes accordingly, one could do the cynical yet politically prudent thing and start moderating one's position on abortion (etc.) in attempt to appeal to those disenchanted voters. OR, one can hold fast to one's core principles and explain, fight, and attempt to educate the voting populace about why they might just be wrong in their current way of thinking and how the long term results of their current mindset will only prove to be harmful to society and to them.
Next, I consider George W. Bush to be an aberration where a "moderate" Republican did indeed win the White House. The fact that the vote was so close in 2000 only goes to prove my point. Had a true conservative/libertarian candidate emerged from the primary process that offered even a more stark difference between the candidates, I suspect the voting would not have been disputed and close.
Continuing, some post-election analysis of 2012 showed that a decisive number of conservatives and Republicans stayed home last November because they were not happy with the choice of Romney as the flag bearer for the GOP. While I had serious doubts and issues with Mr. Romney, I saw the alternative of Obama being reelected to be unacceptable.
As you stated Romney "beat" his other more conservative primary challengers and emerged as the party's nominee. This was largely because he had the backing of the party apparatus, support functions, and money to do so. He would maintain the relative status quo, in other words. The GOP leadership and structure had no desire for a Cain or Santorum to come in and totally restructure Washington according to their more conservative vision. We thus got Romney and lost because they put forth a watered-down "severe" conservative. The fact that Romney would use such an adjective in describing his brand of conservatism is telling. No true conservative would have felt the need to characterize himself with such a silly moniker.
The GOP put up a moderate progressive against a severe progressive. The progressive electorate chose the more progressive candidate accordingly. I realize you find that to be horrible political analysis, and while I first wrote that somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the fact of the matter is that it seems to be a fairly accurate observation.
T. Paine is a frequent and generous contributor. He can be found at Saving Common Sense, where only non-conservatives feel the need for silly monikers.
Freedom of Information, Religious Bigotry, In Nobody We Trust
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Prominent conservative Julian Sanchez has been having migraines dealing with the intricacies of the Freedom of Information Act. He not only resists any hint of discouragement, he writes a wonderful ode to the experience. Institutional runaround has evolved into wonderfully technical terms that are explained in lyrics, complete with links to definitions.
It is wearying contemplating the too common practice of hating people for the way they pray, for the way they worship, judging them harshly because of others who worship the same way. Mad Mike's America brings news of how a few Britons are reacting to a brutal attack by two renegade Muslims who attacked and murdered a British soldier on a city street. Not everyone is reduced to mindless hatred.
Last Of The Millenniums watches with fascination as a small group of Senate Republicans restrict the ever smaller circle of those sufficiently Republican to be trusted to the vanishing point. They now trust nobody at all. Not Democrats, not Republicans: nobody. Welcome to the future of the GOP.
Max's Dad explains how E.W. Jackson became the Republican nominee for second highest office in Virginia.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite reports the appointment of a white supremacist by a Republican governor. I covered the same Governor's support for another interesting group.
Infidel 753 documents how the public is reacting to the storm of scandal around the Obama administration. I believe I can provide part of the reason for the reaction Infidel discovers.
News Corpse considers justifiable attacks on the IRS by Fox News for targeting the tax exempt status of conservative groups, then reconsiders in light of a previous Fox campaign to use the IRS against a critic of Fox News.
Conservative James Wigderson performs a bit of the Guilt by Association Dance for us, covering an appearance by Rev Jeremiah Wright as "an insight into the mind of President Barack Obama and the spirit of the leftwing that has captured the Democratic Party." If James is ever tempted to analyze words of my pastor to get into my mind, I'd suggest he find a less tenuous endeavor - one more fair to my church. I confess to independent thought. But we're approaching summer. Reruns seem fitting.
A Fox personality encourages physical attacks on Obama voters, tee-hee, then seriously broadcasts that she means it. So Rumproast gets nonviolent revenge by simply quoting other things she has said. Talk about cruel.
Nancy Hanks at The Hankster is proud of two politically independent activists in New York.
Jack Jodell, friend of the working blogger at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, draws a bit of a rhetorical circle to conclude that maybe government really is the problem.
Classified Leaks and Drones - Please, Please Make Your Case
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Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the Center for Democracy of the ACLU was on Rachel Maddow's program last night. He argued against the administration's position on the use of drones. Um... well... not exactly the administration's position.
He explained the position he opposed as: we are at war, so we have the right to kill Americans on foreign soil.
There is legitimate debate on both the rationale and on the procedures used prior to sending drones to administer deadly force. Misstating the opposing argument accomplishes little.
As I understand the administration's position, the moral case is roughly comparable to that of taking out a sniper randomly targeting pedestrians from a tower.
The immediacy of the danger is not that of time, but of accessibility. If a terrorist has participated in previous killings, cannot be captured, cannot be stopped by other means: if there is reasonable likelihood that more people will be targeted, and there is a limited window of opportunity, would such a person be killed justifiably? What additional standards would be reasonable?
I can think of one. Some mechanism of legal review should be in place. The executive branch must obtain judicial authorization, putting evidence before a magistrate showing cause. In cases involving too little time for that to be practical, a retrospective review should be required.
Right now, no such process seems to be in place.
But we don't hear that argument being made.
The case for a more contemplative system was not made last night. Instead, the administration was characterized as licensing themselves to kill because we are at war. Because we are at war.
We are at war, so we can kill whomever we want. We live at the pleasure of the President.
Perhaps civil liberties defenders actually think nothing really needs honest explanation. For my own benefit, I would like a slow and careful lesson in the distinction between Anwar Awlaki, killed in Yemen a year and a half ago, and Charles Whitman, killed in Texas 45 years before that.
Whitman had climbed to the 28th floor of the University of Texas Tower in Austin found a perch on the observation deck, and began firing at those walking on sidewalks below. He killed 17 people before Austin police were able to bring him down. He was not provided a Miranda warning. He was provided no judicial protections. The was no writ issued by any court authorizing his "execution".
Anwar Awlaki was active in al Qaeda. He had participated in the planning of a dozen terrorism plots in the United States, Canada, and Britain. As with Whitman, there appeared to be no opportunity to capture him. As with Whitman, he had killed before and it looked as if he was prepared to continue killing. As with Whitman, there was limited opportunity to kill him before he killed again.
It seems to me the argument against the Obama administration's policy of targeting an American outside the United States would be more compelling if there was some reasoning that did not rest on distortion of the administration policy. If that argument against President Obama's drone policy was buttressed by reasoning of its own, it would be even more persuasive.
Those arguing from the left often seem hobbled by an assumption. They believe their case is so strong, so self-evident, so compelling, no argument needs to be presented. Why re-litigate a question that has already been proven, a case that has already been closed?
The same weakness overwhelms journalists arguing against aggressive investigation of classified leaks. Angry passion is presented as if the anger itself is the only reasoning needed in order to make the case compelling.
There is, in law, a class of courtroom reasoning known as an affirmative defense. It is a form of argument that is not subject to the normal standard of innocent until proven guilty to a moral certainty. Insanity is one such defense. Self-defense - in most jurisdictions - is another. The prosecution in a murder case does not need to prove a defendant was not insane or that self-defense was not a factor. The burden of proof for these and a few other defense arguments is on the defendant.
In public opinion, in this case, an affirmative burden is on the critics.
To most of us, the only self-evident cases, the cases that need no argument, are that
terrorists who can't be captured and may kill again should be targets of deadly force, and
- government workers who have secret information about British or American spies, agents who have infiltrated terrorist organization or deranged dictatorships, should be hunted down and treated harshly if they betray those undercover agents.
Anyone who thinks differently should be given the opportunity to make their case.
Those critics should not be confused about the need for an affirmative case. Their position is not self-evident. They actually need to make a clear and compelling argument.
Most are not doing that.
Memos Now Reveal Benghazi Truth; Nazis; Genocide; More
By Burr Deming on May 18, 2013 | In Welcome | 1 feedback »
Infidel 753 links us to a Nazi Convention in Atlanta described by Infidel as evil, goofy, and pathetic. Photos confirm the description.
Michael J. Scott of Mad Mike's America watches and chronicles the latest accusations against President Obama from the astounding Alan Keyes. Seems our President now conspires to commit genocide on the American people.
Conservatives are frustrated by a lack of public interest in Obama scandal. That might change as evidence is developed, but so far, Republicans are limited by two facts. Those incidents that involve wrongdoing were committed by fairly low level folk. Those that reach higher levels involve no wrongdoing. Conservative James Wigderson indulges in superficial parallels as he wistfully imagines what it would be like if Barack Obama turned out to be another Richard Nixon. No harm in idle imagination, I suppose.
We should try to contrive empathy with our friend T. Paine, at Saving Common Sense. He laments that nobody, aside from himself and his small group of the conspiratorially minded, are able to to wrap a series of scandals into an indictment of President Obama. Mr. Paine's accusations are not, actually, a conclusion. They form a premise. I mean, the Gosnell murders in Pennsylvania being part of White House corruption?
Max's Dad seems skeptical of charges that the Obama administration is worse than Watergate.
Tommy Christopher of Mediaite contrasts last week's released emails with earlier news reports about those same emails, when they were still classified, and determines that ABC News was not the only organization misled about Benghazi. A CBS reporter was also lied to by Republicans who fed false quotes to her that they claimed came directly from those messages.
Apparently conservative staffers counted on the actual memos to be forever classified. Last Of The Millenniums goes beyond the now famous "smoking gun" memo, reporting that Republicans turn out to have lied to reporters about the content of other emails as well.
At News Corpse, Mark reports on a bogus report from Fox linking the White House to the IRS . Surprise! It was a story made up from nothing.
Rumproast speculates about the impact of Benghazi-gate on the future of the Republican Party.
Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, is pessimistic, speculating that enough low-information voters will believe Fox-type news outlets to produce short-term electoral victories for Republicans, despite developing evidence of Republican duplicity in manufacturing evidence.
The wonderfully talented Vincent of A wayfarer's notes contrasts the freedom of blog writing with that of more traditional media. To illustrate, he turns his wrath on a hapless critic of an aspiring writer. The critic, the object of Vincent's unsparing review is the very repentant Vincent. Did I mention that Vincent is wonderfully talented?
Ryan at Secular Ethics reviews the theological problem of evil in the world, exploring the parallel issue of free will. Ryan hits on what, for many Christians, is one of the two most painful challenges to faith. The other is evil in ourselves.
PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, takes apart a populist they-ain't-so-smart argument by anti-science polemicists.
Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot presents three videos illustrating an epic Russian mythic legend.
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The class of 1979 from West Brunswick High School in Shallotte is attempting to contact classmates for its upcoming class reunion. This event will be Oct. 10 at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., at a cost of $65 per person. Anyone planning on attending should call Linda Moses at 200-2845.
Join local band Bailout for a Labor Day-eve release party of its new CD, "Postcard — Greetings from Ocean Isle Beach," at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, at Sharky's Waterfront Restaurant, 61 Causeway Drive in Ocean Isle Beach.
Bailout, also known as "The Band 2 Big 2 Fail," is a local favorite renowned for playing the hits as well as original songs, which are showcased on the new CD.
Learn all you need to learn about life in the great outdoors, from mowing and growing to grilling and kayaking.
Details on these topics and more will be available at The Brunswick Beacon's first Outdoor Living Show scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 .m. next Saturday, Sept. 12, at Shallotte Middle School.
Admission is free to this indoor/outdoor show, which will highlight everything you can imagine for outdoor living and fun.
It's the last of the Brunswick County Summer Concerts and Movies season, and what a season it's been.
The season launched in April with a performance by EBS Band in Southport, followed by many more scheduled shows and movies for the next five months in seven other Brunswick County towns/venues — Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Oak Island, Holden Beach, Leland, Shallotte and Calabash.
What: Ocean Isle Beach Family Sand Sculpture Contest
Where: on the beach behind Ocean Isle Beach Community Center at 44 E. First St.
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5
How much: Free to participate and free to watch
It's an end-of-season chance to get crafty using the finest building materials known to creative beach hands.
Late in the 17th century, a cultural group formed by early German-speaking immigrants, including Mennonites from Switzerland and Holland and the Amish, an offshoot of the Mennonites, began migrating from Europe to Pennsylvania. They tilled the land and built big barns and homes. Since then, they have come to be known as the Pennsylvania Dutch.
One of the most common questions I hear from pet owners is what is the best way to train their dog or cat. They are often confused by questionable "dominance" or "pack leader" techniques popular on reality television. They've been bamboozled by apparent quick fixes and magical cures for often complex animal behaviors an onscreen personality miraculously manages to correct within a 30-minute show. I wish.
At a recent food preservation class, the topic of blanching came up. The question: "Do you always have to blanch vegetables before freezing them?"
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Off and on I've had to engage in the art of tough love. Now I know how it got its name! I'm just wondering whether it's tougher on the receiver — or the sender.
Tough love has been defined as "an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run."
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Effects of temperature, season and locality on wasting disease in the keystone predatory sea star Pisaster ochraceus
ABSTRACT This study investigates wasting disease in the northeast Pacific keystone predatory sea star Pisaster ochraceus on the outer west coast of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). To quantify the effects of temperature, season and locality on the vulnerability of P. ochraceus to wasting disease, we conducted surveys and experiments in early and late summer. To test the prediction that a small increase in temperature would result in heightened infection intensities, we housed sea stars at different temperatures in the laboratory and caged sea stars subtidally at 2 depths. Prevalence and infection intensity were always higher in warm temperature treatments and did not differ between the sexes or with increasing size. Disease effects also varied with season and locality. Specimens held in aquaria displayed significantly higher disease prevalence and infection intensity in June versus August. Furthermore, sea stars from a sheltered inlet showed markedly higher prevalence of the disease in late summer, while wave-exposed sites had consistently low disease prevalence. Seasonal changes in reproductive potential, host condition and/or physiological acclimation, as well as differences in environmental regime among localities, may impact the dynamics of wasting disease. These results demonstrate that small increases in temperature could drive mass mortalities of Pisaster due to wasting disease, with vulnerability possibly reaching a peak in spring and in populations from sheltered localities. This is the most northern report of wasting disease in the class Asteroidea on the west coast of North America.
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I wish to add an HA tag and 2 restriction sites in the N ter of my protein. all together it is a long primer (too expensive since I with to do that to more than one protein...)
I have 2 questions -
1) can I break the long primer to 2 smaler ones with overlapping area and do it all in one PCR reaction? if so, how much overlap do I need? how do I calculate the Tm?
2) if I have to do 2 PCR reactions- I know I have to calculate the Tm only considering the part of the primer that matchs the gene, however after few rounds all the primer (including my addition) will anneal (and i will probably be higher Tm). should I change the Tm after few cycles?
Thanks ahead !!! I really need help!
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 01:24 PM
Posted 06 March 2013 - 01:51 AM
You can also consider a gene synthesis approach. These days it costs $150 for up to 500bp. If your HA nucleotides and your start codon come together to create a novel restriction site, then you can cut and paste this new 5'-end into your other constructs.
Posted 06 March 2013 - 05:34 AM
Thanks. I will think about that.
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