text: "This Is The BMW That God Would Drive If He Wasn't Busy Doing God Sh*t"Patrick George12/23/12 10:00amFiled to: Found on CraigslistBmwM3HoustonFb52EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink You have to admit that 2012 was a truly banner year for Craigslist car ads. We had the masterpiece that was the unicorn-filled 1995 Pontiac ad, the ad for the '93 Corolla wagon that suggested seriously poor life choices, and just last week, a pair of Miatas so horrendous that even we would be hard pressed to want them. Now, it looks like one brave Houston man is attempting a last grasp at Craigslist ad glory in 2012, and he's doing it with a turbocharged 1998 BMW M3 that is only for the hardest and most serious of men. Advertisement Advertisement Here are just a few of my favorite excerpts:Since you cant put regular gas in it, I got you covered. Its like we're in Vietnam and you just got ambushed by Charlie. Don't worry, friend, I've got your fcking back and I'll blow charlie and his corvette to kingdom fcking come.This motherfcker is the BMW that God would drive if he wasn't busy doing God sh*t like making tsunamis and crap. Its set up to go fast, and go faster. Who doesn't like to go fast?! Terrorists, thats who. Are you a terrorist? No? Then you need this car.You like going fast? Ever tried to outrun 24 police cars and 3 helicopters? You need this car. It will go so fcking fast that you may very well go back in time. Ole' Marty and Doc don't have a chance with that stupid Delorean. It happened to me once. Just once, and it was scary.Handling? This car handles CRAZY. Sway-barbarian sway bars, polyurethane bushings front and rear, koni shocks, drilled/slotted rotors, braided brake lines........ It goes around corners like the devil himself is chasing you, and not give a fck.This M3 is probably the fastest BMW in Texas, and one of the fastest BMW's in the country.The seller notes that he's willing to trade for your wife or daughter, provided you offer up a picture of her first. Seems like a reasonable dude.Also, it has fold-down back seats, which is nice when you need to haul stuff. Sponsored This '98 M3 that none of us can handle has a pretty low-for-its-age 66,000 miles and is going for $19,000. What say we, Jalops? Nice price or crack pipe?Update: As a few of you pointed out, this ad totally ripped off a Craigslist ad for a 1990 Nissan Skyline that ran last year! Way to be lame and unoriginal, bro. Photo credit Craigslist Advertisement Thanks for the tip LeadfootYT!Reply52 repliesLeave a reply


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--Hedge and Jeff Monson are going to beat up Fox News
So, some union old fat guy attacked a Fox News guy during some protest or whatever. Anyway, the Fox News guy trains grappling so he challenged the fat puncher to a sanctioned MMA match in return for not pressing charges.
I found this extremely amusing, but the icing on the cake is our resident protector of the weak and dumb challenging the Fox News guy to a Gong Sau.
Be amused, and explain this union **** to me like I'm five. I think the trigger happy moron deserves a beatdown.
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Has Jeff Monson just been name droppped or is he actually in on this?
Also figners crossed for some licensed fisticuffs to come out of this.go to http://www.bullshido.net/forums/prof...do=editoptions > under Thread Display Options > Number of Posts to Show Per Page: 40
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1Hedge mentioned Monson in the Facebook post.
That Fox guy is a douchebag for sure, but I somehow find this development righteous. The puncher fucked up, now he can get dragged to court or beaten up.
Its probably the same part of my brain that loved the taunt function in Morrowind.
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If the Fox News guy trains, what satisfaction can he derive from rolling an old, fat guy? I know people who get off by beating up on people who are too drunk to defend themselves. I'd like to see the old guy square off and punch this lads lights out.
Although ^^^^this^^^^ is probably the truth, these union things are sensitive issues and often stir up emotions. The Fox News guy had to know that when you are in the ****, you could be a casualty.
If I were faced with eating a felony or rolling with this guy, I'd probably train hard and fight a good fight. He can always tap or take a dive.
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4Satisfaction does not necessarily imply challenge. I know I would get satisfaction from beating the snot out of some guy that attacked me first, more so if I could do it legally. Its nothing to brag about, its not a display of skill. Its just payback.
And this is not picking on the weak. If you are too old to defend yourself, you shouldn't really start fist fights. He started **** because he had his mob behind him.
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--Of course, I'm basing my opinion just on the stuff I have seen in the video. Its probably edited, but I don't know to what extent.
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There's a pretty obvious edit at 00:38. The angle changes entirely.
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I dunno, he seemed to do well against the guy who supposedly had training. The victim is claiming a chipped tooth and such, and at the edit at 00:38, the puncher is either getting off the ground or coming up from a low stance. (Whether he dropped into the stance to throw his punches, or if there was some previous clinch he had squirmed out of or shove he had absorbed and bounced back from, I don't know.)
Oldie might surprise Mr. Training. Lots of media people "train" in only a casual way, but are awarded like actual athletes.
There's also the possibility of Oldie calling in a second, such as Friend of the Workingman and BJJ black belt Al Bundy!
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Saudi Arabia, in a sudden turnabout has lifted its ban on women athletes competing in international tournaments little more than a week after the death of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, an opponent of women's participation in global sports events.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the reversal that was announced in a statement by the Saudi embassy in London. A Saudi women equestrian is expected to be the conservative kingdom's only female athlete likely to qualify for next month's London Olympics. The kingdom does not encourage women's sports, offer girls physical education in public schools or include women in its national sports plan.
The embassy's statement followed months of sea-saw pronouncements on whether women would be allowed to compete in London, topped in April by a statement from Prince Nayef categorically ruling it out. Prince Nayef, largely viewed as a conservative hardliner with close ties to Saudi Arabia's religious leadership was succeeded as crown prince by Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz who is believed to be more liberal.
"The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking forward to full participation" in the Olympic Games. "The Saudi Olympic Committee will oversee participation of female competitors who qualify," the Saudi embassy in London said.
If indeed implemented it would mark the first time that Saudi women are allowed to officially participate in an international sports tournament and would mean that the kingdom no longer is the only country in the world that refuses to allow women to compete on a global scale.
The embassy statement came at a time that Saudi women have been campaigning for greater rights, focusing on demands to lift a ban on women driving. Proponents of women's driving submitted earlier this month a petition to King Abdullah with some 600 signatures.
Women driving however has so far been a bridge too far for the king. Scores of women who defied the ban in the past year have been arrested and forced to sign pledges that they would not drive again.
Manal al-Sharif was detained in May of last year for nine days after she videotaped herself flouting the ban on women driving by getting behind a steering wheel and driving. She was released only after signing a statement promising that she would stop agitating for women's rights.
Prince Nayef dashed hopes that Saudi women would be allowed to participate in the Olympics a month after initially endorsing it by declaring in April that "female sports activity has not existed (in the kingdom) and there is no move thereto in this regard. At present, we are not embracing any female Saudi participation in the Olympics or other international championships."
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The International Olympic Committee which has been negotiating with Saudi Arabia about lifting the ban rejected at the time Saudi suggestions that Saudi women living abroad be allowed to compete under the Olympic flag rather than as part of the official Saudi delegation.
International human rights group Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia in February of kowtowing to assertions by the country's powerful conservative Muslim clerics that female sports constitute "steps of the devil" that will encourage immorality and reduce women's chances of meeting the requirements for marriage.
The report urged the IOC to require Saudi Arabia to legalize women's sports as a condition for its participation in Olympic games.
The embassy statement takes on broader significance coming at a time that King Abdullah is seeking to counter attempts by conservative clerics to thwart his minimal reforms and circumvent post-9/11 restrictions on charitable donating, designed to prevent funds from flowing to militant Islamists.
It's a delicate balancing act for more reform-minded members of the royal family like King Abdullah who rely on the clergy to support the kingdom's efforts to contain the Middle East and North Africa's wave of anti-government protests that have already toppled the autocratic leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and brought Syria to the brink of civil war. Some clerics have asserted that the protests stem from the mingling of the sexes in sports.
"In the past it was only men, now it is almost half half (in stadiums). Allah knows what happens afterwards. Either way it is bad. Either people go out, they are sensing and partying and drinking and all that, so that's negative. And if they don't, they go out and they demonstrate and they're angry and they destroy property and they destroy cars and they destroy people's business. Either way its haram (forbidden), things have to be done in moderation," said Saudi-backed imam Abu Abdellah of the As-Sunnah mosque in Kissimee, Florida. His statement was in line with a series of pronouncements by senior religious leaders in the kingdom itself.
In 2010, show-jumper Dalma Rushdi Malhas became the first Saudi woman to compete in the Youth Olympics, where she won a bronze participating on an individual basis rather than as part of a Saudi team.
"I am determined to give my best to reach their level one day, and prove that all women athletes, all over the world, should be given equal opportunities," 20-year old Ms. Malhas said in February at a conference where breaking with Saudi tradition she spoke with her hair uncovered. It was clear on Monday that Ms. Malhas failed to meet the minimum eligibility standards and will not compete in the Olympics this summer.
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I live in Indiana and Obama sends more attack letters than any candidate I have ever seen. Ever since Pennsylvania I have received letter after letter attacking Hillary Clinton. Just one more reason why I will be placing my vote for Clinton on May 6th.
Definately no more debates ever. The less of Hillary on the telly the better. She has a really negative energy which eminates through the screen. She makes me feel very uneasy as I anticipate her to say and or do something horrible. I guess like a monster to a 6 year old.
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The grey-haired man posed as Argentinian businessman Carlos Hector Flomenbaum, the Daily Telegraph reports. The heist was clearly intelligently planned, since he was able to foil "one of the most sophisticated security systems in the world" without resorting to thermal lances or sawn-off shotguns.
Antwerp's Diamond Council spokesman, Philip Claes, admitted: "He used no violence. He used one weapon - his charm - to gain confidence. He bought chocolates for the personnel, he was a nice guy, he charmed them, got the original of keys to make copies and got information on where the diamonds were."
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Detroit's police chief says two officers investigating a homicide got in a shootout with a suspect, who fired them before they returned fire and killed him.
The officers were taken to Henry Ford Hospital, where one of them was in temporarily serious condition and the other was in stable condition.
Interim Chief Chester Logan told reporters Tuesday night that the confrontation started about 6:15 p.m. when the officers tried to stop a vehicle in which a suspect in a killing that happened last Thursday was riding.
Logan says the vehicle fled, and the officers chased it to a location on the city's west side.
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The Sedan (also known as Civil Car) is a 4-door car that has appeared in multiple Need for Speed installments as traffic car. In various titles, the sedan's body is used by the Taxi.
- The sedan in Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed: High Stakes and Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed resembles the Audi 100 quattro, It is drivable in the PC release of Hot Pursuit by entering the cheat code go16.
- In Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, the sedan is based on the 1999-2002 Lincoln LS. The second variant of the sedan is based on the Mercedes E-Class.
- The sedan only appears in Need for Speed: Underground and Need for Speed: Underground 2 as a blue car, based on the design of the 2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala. Underground 2 also features a light yellow variant of the sedan, which bears a striking resemblance to the 1994–2001 Audi A4.
- The sedan in Need for Speed: Underground and Need for Speed: Underground 2 has eight different liveries in game files, but only one of them is used in both variants.
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted's rendition of the sedan is based on the 1998–2005 Lexus IS. It appears as silver car only and can be spotted in white in the PS2 release of Need for Speed: Undercover.
Another variant of the sedan, resembling the 1994-2001 Audi A4, can be encountered in that game and in Need for Speed: Carbon. It is shown in both games to be coloured in either green or yellow. It is also featured in the PS2 release of Undercover as blue car and Need for Speed: World, where it is sometimes shown to be yellow or red.
Most Wanted and Carbon also feature a third variant of the sedan, which is based on the 1980–1989 Lincoln Town Car and coloured in blue only. - Different to the sixth-generation release, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 only features one variant of the sedan. Its design is based on the Chrysler Concorde.
- The PS2 release of Undercover features a low detailed version of the sedan that has a resemblance to the 1991-1996 Chevrolet Caprice.
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Class B | Chevrolet Corvette • Chevrolet Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car*** • Ferrari 355 F1 • Ferrari 456 M GT*** • Lamborghini Countach • Spectre R42*** |
Class A | El Niño • Ferrari 550 Maranello • Italdesign Nazca C2** • Italdesign Scighera* • Jaguar XJR-15 • Lamborghini Diablo SV • Lister Storm*** • Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR |
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Traffic | Army Truck • Bus • Chevrolet Caprice Cab • Convertible • Ford Mustang Convertible • Jeep Comanche • Jeep Grand Cherokee • Land Rover Discovery • Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda • Van • Volvo 850 |
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Either Hal or Jai said, "Wait until you hear what I'm singing tomorrow," which I take to mean they'll all be singing another duet. As for them all singing together, most of them have a hard enough time singing with one person, I can't imagine all of them at once.
Why don't the judges take turns with their comments? That way, David Foster could say all that he wants to say 2/3 of the time, and Little Richard will get limited time to speak one out of three performances. I'm kind of surprised that they make fun of his incomprehensibility right in front of him, though...unless he's genuinely so out of it that he wouldn't notice if they set his hair on fire. Which, come to think of it, could only improve the way it looks.


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MUNICH, Germany, February 21, 2013 – The Open Standard for Public Transport™ (OSPT) Alliance today announced that global technology leader Samsung Electronics has joined the board of directors of the OSPT Alliance. As a board member, Samsung will join members Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, Inside Secure and Oberthur Technologies in overseeing the strategy and governance of the alliance.
"The OSPT Alliance has been highly effective in advancing open standards for automated transit solutions, and we are delighted to join its board of directors," said Axel Fischer, Director of System LSI Marketing at Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH. "Our increased commitment will help accelerate awareness of new, advanced options for fare collection systems based on open standards, and the deployment of new CIPURSE™-based pilot projects throughout the global transit ecosystem."
Samsung became one of the first members of the OSPT Alliance in 2011 and has since worked actively to evolve the CIPURSE standard and grow the organization, participating in multiple working groups as well as sponsoring OSPT-related events.
"We are pleased to welcome Samsung to the OSPT Alliance board of directors," said Axel Lange, Group Vice President at Giesecke & Devrient and President of the OSPT Alliance. "Samsung has been committed to open standards from the start, and their position on the board will enable the OSPT Alliance to broaden its presence and promote CIPURSE adoption even more effectively."
Founded in 2010 by technology leaders Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, Inside Secure and Oberthur Technologies as a vendor-neutral industry consortium to advance next-generation automatic fare collection systems, the OSPT Alliance now has 21 members. Nearly 300 developers representing leading companies in the worldwide transit ecosystem have downloaded the CIPURSE specification. The CIPURSE security standard addresses the need by transit authorities for future-proof automatic fare collection systems based on advanced, standardized security. Because it is an open standard, CIPURSE promotes vendor neutrality, cross-vendor system interoperability, lower technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness, all of which result in lower operating costs and greater flexibility for transport system operators.
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The constellation Cassiopeia the Queen can be found high in the northeast on October evenings, not far from Polaris, the North Star. At any time of year, you can use the Big Dipper to find Cassiopeia. These two star formations are like riders on opposite side of a Ferris wheel. They spin around Polaris, the North Star, once a day. As one rises upward, the other plunges downward, and vice versa.
Some of you know how to star-hop to Polaris, the North Star, by using the Big Dipper's pointer stars, as displayed on the sky chart at the top of of this post. Because the Big Dipper's handle and Cassiopeia shine on opposite sides of Polaris, an imaginary line from any star on the Big Dipper handle through Polaris reliably points to Cassiopeia.
But you won't need these details to find this constellation. That's because Cassiopeia is avery easy to pick out. It's small and compact and looks like the letter M or W, depending on the time of night and time of year.
Like the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia can be seen even on moonlit nights.
Bonus for you if you live north of about 40 degrees N. latitude, about the latitude of New York City! From that latitude and farther north, the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia are both circumpolar. That means they're always above the horizon at any time of night, all year round.
Cassiopeia used to be known among astronomers and skywatchers alike as Cassiopeia's Chair. In the 1930s, the International Astronomical Union gave this constellation an official name of Cassiopeia the Queen.
Cassiopeia was a queen in ancient Greek mythology. According to legend, she boasted she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, called the Nereids. Her boast angered Poseidon, god of the sea, who sent a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage the kingdom. To pacify the monster, Cassiopeia's daughter, Princess Andromeda, was left tied to a rock by the sea. Cetus was about to devour her when Perseus the Hero looked down upon her from Pegasus, the Flying Horse. Perseus rescued the Princess, and all lived happily.
The gods were so pleased, that all of these characters were elevated to the heavens as stars. Only Cassiopeia suffered an indignity – her vanity caused her to be bound to a chair and placed in the heavens so that, as she revolves around the north celestial pole, she is sometimes in an upside-down position.
Bottom line: The constellation Cassiopeida used to be called the Lady of the Chair. Today, this constellation represents a Queen. You'll spot her somewhere in the northern sky during much of the year, and throughout much of the night.
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Instead you prefer to see 1.654.235 on your screen? Or how about on extreme encounter with damage multipliers, would 10.325.643 be something you'd like to see frequently? Right now I'm actually comparing the current MoP damage to wotlk damage because it's just easier that way.
I would really like an item squish. I really dislike the extremely high numbers. They don't have any meaning anymore :/. Back in wotlk you'd be shitting your pants if you saw a 10k-20k pop up on your screen. In cataclysm it was impressive if you would hit a 100k. But in MoP I see frequent 100ks-200ks flying around the screen.
Can't help but notice MM hunter DPS barely being higher than mage DPS back in cataclysm LOOL.


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Filed under: DINNER | Tags: appetizer, beef, bread, mushrooms, onion, strawberries, tomato
Filed under: DINNER | Tags: appetizer, beef, bread, mushrooms, onion, strawberries, tomato
Ever since i was little, i have preferred to eat like a bird… just a little bit of everything. Just ask Joe about my peppermint patty eating technique! I am a big snacker and I love to have little bites of things for dinner. I am a big fan of tapas-style eating. So, when Joe and i have leftover rustic bread, i jump at the chance to turn it into crostini or bruschetta.
Crostini Di Firenze Recipe
- 1 clove fresh garlic
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1/4 pound (frozen!) strawberries
- 1 large ripe tomato, diced
- 5 fresh mint leaves, chopped
- Slice the baguette into 1/2-inch slices, discarding the two end slices. Grill the bread over a gas grill or electric grill, or toast the bread in a toaster or conventional oven. Turn to grill or toast both sides, if necessary.
- Peel and finely mince the garlic. Place the garlic in a small bowl. Add the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Whisk well to blend. Set aside.
- Rinse the strawberries and drain thoroughly, then remove and discard the leaf caps. Coarsely chop the strawberries (about 1/4-inch pieces) and place, along with the juices, in a small mixing bowl.
- Core and seed the tomato and finely dice it. Add the tomato and any juices to the strawberries as you chop. Rinse and dry the mint leaves and finely chop them, adding them to the bowl.
- Just before serving, whisk the oil mixture to recombine and add it to the strawberry mixture. Stir well. Place the toasted (or grilled) bread on a serving platter and spoon 2 heaping teaspoons of the topping over each bread slice. Allow the slices to stand for about 5 minutes so the juices can penetrate the bread, then serve immediately.
- Each serving has about 75 calories (40 percent from fat), 3 grams fat (0.5 gram saturated), no cholesterol, 1 gram protein, 10 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram dietary fiber and 85 milligrams sodium.
Beef + Caramelized Onion Crostini:
- 1 loaf rustic bread, thinly sliced
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 C dry red wine
- 2 T red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 T packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 T honey
- 1 piece (24-ounce size) beef tenderloin
- 2 T blue cheese for topping
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
- Brush the bread slices with the olive oil. Place on a sheet pan and grill until crispy, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the onions, wine, vinegar, brown sugar, and honey. Stir constantly over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, until the sauce is the consistency of marmalade.
- Grill the beef tenderloin, turning to mark all sides, until medium rare, about 10 to 15 minutes total. Let rest for 10 minutes, then thinly slice the meat. Place a slice of beef on each crostini and top each with a teaspoon of onion marmalade and sprinkle with blue cheese.
With the crostini we had truffle and mushroom risotto (packaged truffle risotto to which i added sauteed porcini mushrooms) and a salad.


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It's on with Barry Manilow....who can't lip sync worth a darn. Ben Agosto is on this as well as Nicole Bobek!
This is perfect for a hungover Sunday. Props to Liz Manley who chunked up for a while and has taken off most of it and looks pretty darn good. If this will keep her from doing rink side commentary ever again I'm all for it.
Nobody has spirals as gorgeous as Nicole's. I thought that was a charming pairing with Ben. So unexpected!
It's a good thing the cameraman is trying to be kind to Barry Manilow and his plastic-faced lip-unsynching and showing more of the skaters.
Okay, I know Pandora's the sponsor, but if I have to see that commercial one more time, I'm gonna go scribble "TROLLBEADS ARE BETTER!" all over their Facebook wall.
Would have appreciated if Heather's TV schedule had noted the correct time for this. I started watching at 2:00 because her schedule said it ran from 2:00 to 4:00...unless they moved it to accommodate Nationals.
This was so painfully boring. With the insane excitement of the men's long following this: how the hell do so many Disson specials get on TV when competitions don't?
But weren't you glad to learn for the first time that Mike Weiss has a wife and two kids? He's never revealed that in any interview or on any skating special, ever!
I missed the first hour of Nationals Ladies final last night because it started one hour earlier than on Heather's schedule. I even checked the online TV guide the day before and at that time it was still a 2hr broadcast. Grrr......
someone i know was at this event as part of their job, not because they particularly like skating. barry denied photo and backstage credentials to everyone, even to arena PR personnel, and wouldn't let anyone not affiliated with the show watch practice
Aww damn. I was going to watch this to see Agosto, but I forgot. I hope a video of his performance pops up somewhere.
I actually loved this show...one of the best Dissons ever. No creaming tweens and lots of wonderful skating (and music from my youth)! THANK YOU, Disson Productions. Ben Agosto's 'janitor' routine, dancing with an imaginary Tanith (blonde mop) was brilliant. He is obviously making the most of a difficult situation. A very engaging announcer/talker, also.
The scenes in which Ben was hanging out around town made him seem like everyone's pal. He's the kind of guy to take on a hike. Or out for a beer.
I taped it and FF through 90%. Painful to watch, only wanted to see Elvis' numbers. I really can't stand the way the skaters advertise the products. Makes me cringe.


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©1951 Ralph Moody; (P)2001 Books in Motion
"[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life." (Chicago Sunday Tribune)"An affectionate portrait of ranch-town folk who knew how to help without humiliating, and a warm but ungushing tribute to a remarkable woman who deplored her inability to give her children everything, yet gave them much." (New York Times)
"Quality family time"
Our entire family has enjoyed listening to this series. The narrator, Cameron Beirerle, does a superb job of bringing the characters to life. I honestly can't imagine reading the books after having listened to them first. We have been sad at the end of each book that it must come to an end and we don't yet have the next book ready to listen to.
Not only is the audio format excellent, but the true credit goes to Ralph Moody for authoring such a well written and exciting story of his life. There has been so much opportunity for rich discussion with our children thanks to the Little Britches series.
"Little Britches Series Book #1"
I finished this book in 2 days. It was wonderful! Full of old fashion values and what it actually took to get through harder times. I loved this book so much I am now reading the book.
"Great Life Lessons"
I like all Ralph Moody books I have read. This one I decided to listen to as well. I was not disappointed. The story came through with the same strength and heart.
"Little Britches"
These books are worth checking out. You will see why they have captured so many hearts! They are worth your time becasue they are touching, funny, and sweet in all the right places!
"I must "read" all of the series!"
I watch movies once; and I read books once. For me, there's too much to do to go back.
I have truly enjoyed learning of all the creative ways Ralph earned money to help out the family.
Of course, Ralph is my favorite character. I find it interesting how he talks most about the sister that is closest to his age. And I enjoy him talking about her, too.
I laughed and got teary eyed, too.
I find this series of books as ones I want to "read" to acquaint myself more with how life was before I was born.
"Great classic for the family"
A lovely book of character, family and community building. Well read and easy to listen to.
"What a wonderful story!"
I thought nothing could beat the first book in this series, but this one does by a mile. If you liked "Little Britches", I guarantee you will enjoy this one even more. I can't imagine anyone other than Cameron Beierle reading this series. He is just excellent!
"Eville and my name is Amanda"
Hi my name is Amanda this is the best book ever a little sad though
"Like Laura Ingall's for boys!"
My children loved learning about the Moody family of Colorado. They learned about good old-fashioned character, the value of hard work and personal responsibility. I wish every child in this entitled culture would learn the blessing of hard work.
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Course reviews
+1 votes Kyle K › January 29, 2012
Great short course that was renovated in 2011 to include 9 alternate tees. The new tees add difficulty and improved the course quality dramatically. I have not played on a better short course in this area. Mile High Disc Culbertson plays tag matches every Tuesday evening starting again in March.
+0 votes Mark Frazier › July 30, 2011
Nice short course. Tees are a little too close to the previous baskets. Wasn't very busy when I played it so this was not a problem. Looked like the club had possible 18 tees laid out on the concrete. Am & Pro Tees adds difficulty. Great use of trees to create low ceiling & tunnel shots! Aced hole # 3 on my second time through the course.
+0 votes Dan Chando › September 19, 2013
Not a bad course. There are only 9 baskets, but 18 tee pads, and the alternate tee pads are set up in such a way, that the holes actually do play quite a bit different from the alternate location. It's a fairly simple, short course (with the exception of about 3 holes) but is real fun to play. There is a man-made river that runs through the course, which can provide an additional challenge when the water levels are high. There is also some natural water hazards that come into play in a handful of holes as well.
+0 votes Mike Storrs › March 28, 2012
This course is really fun. You can go low here...but you can also have some frustrating rounds. The second nine is markedly tougher. First 9 is a chance at 9 birdies with little more than mid-range. 3A is best hole on course and probably one of the toughest. 4A is a little goofy but otherwise this course layout is solid.
+0 votes Brian B. › June 22, 2012
Potentially dangerous. Nice that it now has boxes. My main complaint (as with many courses) is there should be signs explaining rules and, more importantly, etiquette.
My two friends and I had the most ridiculous stunt pulled on us, and could have been seriously injured. There was a group of four guys sitting under a tree (couldn't tell if they were playing or hanging out after a round.) My disc went into the stream, and it took about 10 minutes to find it (all the while these guys are hangi ...
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+0 votes Richard O › August 25, 2013
Nice, short and fast play around an office park. Fast ditch, stinky swamp, and runoff pond make challenging hazards. OB on sidewalks, and you have a more demanding round.
+0 votes Justin Burger › December 1, 2014
I was actually pretty impressed with the layout given the small amount of space. Mostly short holes but the alternate tees add some challenge on the back 9. Some of the alternate tee locations on the back could be marked better. Overall nice little course.
+0 votes Bryan B › September 22, 2014
Extremely well manicured park. Watch out for the drainage culvert, though. Awesome set of guys walk the culverts regularly, and will call you if you lose a disc. Buy a shirt or a soda from them to support their cause!
+0 votes Brian Schuyler › December 13, 2014
The course was not super well kept up during winter play, and narrowness of the fairways meant that most players are going to end up playing in either goose droppings or mucky drainage ditches (we certainly did). The basket placements were fairly challenging and the layout of the course was pretty interesting over all. The scenery around the park was pretty much office spaces and freeways. Not the most picturesque of locals...
+0 votes Gabe Romero › May 3, 2015
Solid course with good variety. The wind will ruin your day here.
+0 votes Mike B1 › September 22, 2016
Fun course, shorter holes but some good 'technical-ish' shots. Definitely beats Expo, just watch out for the river...
+0 votes Andrew Piccarelli › December 6, 2015
Good clean course, easy to find all the pads on the front 9. the back 9 there are a couple pads you need to look for but not too bad. Good flow to the course, not to long of throws giving opportunities for aces. ( still havent gotten mine ).


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This may well raise the hackles of some fans, and there's probably not much time of it ever happening (certainly not in the "current economic environment"), but John Barrowman – naughty as ever – has apparently spoken with actress Alex Kingston about River Song and Captain Jack Harkness meeting up…
We dare not speculate on how this might turn out – but surely the combination would be an explosion of suggestions and entendres that no single TV show could handle?!
Speaking to TheTVAddict.com, Barrowman revealed that he and Kingston have met a couple of times, latterly on the set of Arrow, in which the former Torchwood star plays a key role. It was here that their heinous plan was hatched.
We… started talking about how it would be great if River and Jack… actually, she said River and Jack should have their own TV show.Then she came on Arrow, again we saw each other in the make-up trailer and just screamed," he recalled. "We both said, 'Boy, there's going to be some fan-gasms out there in a couple of weeks!' It was brilliant.
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Top comedy line-up at Hertford Theatre
PUBLISHED: 11:19 19 January 2014 | UPDATED: 11:19 19 January 2014
Fancy a laugh in 2014? A feast of comedy is being lined at Hertford Theatre over the coming months.
As well as Iranian comedian Omid Djalili, the likes of Ed Byrne, Shappi Khorsandi, Miles Jupp, Sean Hughes, Lee Hurst and Mitch Benn are also bringing their current tours to The Wash.
Tickets for Miles Jupp's date on Saturday, January 25 have sold out but Sean Hughes returns on Saturday, February 15.
The laughter continues with Vamos Theatre Company's wonderful, full-masked show Finding Joy, a truly moving and delightful production, on Wednesday, March 19.
Ed Byrne's successful Roaring Forties tour comes to Hertford on Friday, March 21.
Scouser Mitch Benn is in town on Friday, April 4, and Lee Hurst returns four days later.
Shappi Khorsandi, meanwhile, can be seen at Hertford Theatre on Saturday, April 19.
For a full list of forthcoming shows at Hertford Theatre, visit www.hertfordtheatre.com
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Cops kill suspect in deadly NY shooting rampage
The suspect was holed up in a small room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams
By Michael Hill and John Kekis
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HERKIMER, N.Y. — Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams.
State police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico says 64-year-old Kurt Myers fired through a first-floor door after troopers and FBI agents entered around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing an FBI dog sent into the room.
D'Amico says police returned fire, killing Myers.
His death ended a nearly 19-hour standoff that began after police say he killed four men and wounded two others at a barber shop in Mohawk and a car care business in Herkimer.
D'Amico says police still don't know why Myers went on the shooting rampage.
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Sure you did, as evidenced by your very next sentence:Originally Posted by DARKLORD_67
"Prove my point" ? ? ? Hardly, that was hardly my intention. It was a ****ing JOKE to introduce my post, so get over it. Need a ladder ?Originally Posted by DARKLORD_67
Because he flat out says that what he told Luke was "true." KH had a nice post about that up above.I'm even sorrier that the LARGER point that I was making about what "constitues" a "lie" seems to have escaped you totally, despite my captialized emphasis.
What good is referencing Obi-Wan's quote from Return of the Jedi in an effort to show me that he is not a liar?
That's funny that you belittled me earlier by saying I missed your point, yet here you don't see Luke's point at all. Ben wasn't accused of being a liar there, nope. Luke was salty that Ben didn't tell him the whole truth but beyond that he wanted clarification of the answer Yoda gave him that Vader was indeed Luke's father. Enter the Spirit of Ben for a little history lesson.To me, that quote is coming from a defensive, indignant man / ghost who is being accused of being a liar (just as I would have accused him).
I'm not impressed either that you are taking a beloved and kind old man character and indicting him this way, lumping him in with other liars as if he's Bill Clinton or R. Milhouse Nixon.Every liar, if given the chance, will explain how their lie was NOT a lie. I'm not impressed.
She said "they're on Dantooine." meaning "they are on Dantooine." Yes, Tarkin asked where is the hidden rebel base and she didn't say they have a base on Dantooine (which could be occupied or deserted) she said that they are on Dantooine. Lie.I fail to see why you are able to identify Leia's intent to mislead Tarkin as a "Lie", and yet cannot do the same regarding Obi-Wan's statement.
According to the way hairs are split around here, Princess Leia's statement was as much "the truth" as Obi-Wan's statement was about Luke's dad. Tarkin's question to Leia was simply 'Where is the Rebel Base?" He wasn't more specific than that. From Leia's "point of view" her response could very well have been considered "the truth". She responded that the Rebels were on Dantooine... and they were... at one time. But not anymore. And sure enough, Imperial scouts ships discovered the remains of a Rebel base on Dantooine. So at the time Tarkin asked his question, there WAS a rebel base on Dantooine... it was just a deserted one.
Coming from Brooklyn, that must be a pretty damning statement.Give me a break. As far as I'm concerned, all this hair-splitting is purely and simply a smelly load of crap.


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The Brazos Review: AMD's E-350 Supplants ION for mini-ITX
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 27, 2011 6:08 PM ESTDiscrete GPUs on Brazos: CPU and PCIe Bound
Intel's Atom could use a more capable GPU, but what about Brazos? The E-350's GPU is branded the AMD Radeon HD 6310. It has a total of 80 VLIW-5 SPs running at 500MHz. The GPU shares the same 64-bit DDR3 memory interface as the CPU, but it does not have any access to the CPU's caches. Future incarnations of Fusion will blur the line between the CPU and GPU but for now, this is the division.
Branching off the E-350 APU are four PCIe lanes. There are another four lanes courtesy of the Hudson FCH. MSI's E350IA-E45 exposes the former by the way of a physical PCIe x16 slot, although electrically it's only a x4. Curious to see if there would be any benefit to plugging in a faster GPU I decided to try a Radeon HD 5450 and 5570 in the slot:
With a couple of exceptions (World of Warcraft, HAWX), there's no real benefit to a discrete Radeon HD 5450 over the integrated Radeon HD 6310. This is unsurprising as the two have very similar compute capabilities and only differ in the amount of available memory bandwidth since the Radeon HD 5450 doesn't have to share with a neighboring CPU.
The Radeon HD 5570 results were a bit unexpected. Other than Modern Warfare 2 and BioShock 2, there's little performance difference between the 5570 and the 5450 when paired with the AMD E-350. How much of this is due to the performance of the E-350 vs. the bandwidth limitations of the PCIe x4 slot is difficult to say. This smells like a CPU limitation, in which case it would mean that AMD didn't skimp at all when it came to the E-350's GPU.
The Radeon HD 6310: Very Good for the Money
I want to say that lately we've seen a resurgence in the importance of integrated graphics, but I don't know that it ever was truly important. With both AMD and Intel now taking processor graphics seriously, the quality and performance of what we get "for free" should go up tremendously in the coming years. The past two years have shown us that Intel is starting to take GPU performance seriously. The HD Graphics, HD Graphics 2000 and 3000 parts we've been given are all relatively competitive. The only problem is you generally have to spend around $100 - $200 on a CPU to get what I'd consider the bare minimum you should get from integrated graphics. Brazos aims to change that.
The E-350 still isn't enough to play all modern games, but it's what I would consider an acceptable entry level GPU. Despite its stature, the E-350 can easily compete with much more expensive Intel solutions when it comes to 3D gaming. Let's get to the numbers.
Dragon Age: Origins
DAO has been a staple of our integrated graphics benchmark for some time now. The third/first person RPG is well threaded and is influenced both by CPU and GPU performance.
We ran at 1024 x 768 with graphics and texture quality both set to low. Our benchmark is a FRAPS runthrough of our character through a castle.
Our Dragon Age: Origins benchmark is quite CPU bound here and thus the E-350's Radeon HD 6310 doesn't look all that powerful. Luckily for AMD, DAO happens to be more of an outlier among current games as you're about to see.
The bare bones Atom D510 won't even run DAO. You'll see a number of games where compatibility is a problem for the D510. NVIDIA's ION does a lot better but it'll take a second generation ION to hang with the E-350. Zotac's NG-ION is actually a bit faster than the E-350, implying some driver/threading efficiencies as we're most definitely CPU bound on these low end parts.
Dawn of War II
Dawn of War II is an RTS title that ships with a built in performance test. I ran at the lowest quality settings at 1024 x 768.
Oh what a difference moving a bottleneck makes. The AMD E-350, with its 75mm2 die is faster than Intel's Core i5 661 - the fastest implementation of Intel's HD Graphics. The E-350's performance isn't too far off the Core i3 2100 either. While none of these frame rates are what I'd call smooth, you can't argue with how competitive the E-350 is here.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Our Modern Warfare 2 benchmark is a quick FRAPS run through a multiplayer map. All settings were turned down/off and we ran at 1024 x 768.
Modern Warfare 2 paints an even better picture for AMD. The E-350 offers virtually the same performance as Intel's Core i3 2100, and noticeably better performance than the Core i5 661. Need I mention that you get this at a much lower price than either of the aforementioned CPUs?
BioShock 2
Our test is a quick FRAPS runthrough in the first level of BioShock 2. All image quality settings are set to low, resolution is at 1024 x 768.
Again the E-350 continues to hang with the best here. The frame rates are still not high enough to get excited, but the effort is top notch.
World of Warcraft
Our WoW test is run at fair quality settings (with weather turned down all the way) on a lightly populated server in an area where no other players are present to produce repeatable results. We ran at 1024 x 768.
AMD's E-350 is faster than anything from the Clarkdale era, while just a bit slower than AMD's 890GX. Intel's HD Graphics 2000 is faster but at a much higher power consumption and pricetag of course. Intel's Atom D510 can complete our benchmark here but at a laughable 4.1 fps. Both the first and second generation ION platforms fall behind Brazos.
Our HAWX performance tests were run with the game's built in benchmark in DX10 mode. All detail settings were turned down/off and we ran at 1024 x 768.
With HAWX CPU performance matters a bit more, pushing the E-350 just slightly behind the Core i5 660. The Radeon HD 6310 still delivers respectable performance in HAWX, especially considering its price point. The next-generation ION does come close in performance to the E-350, while the original ION is significantly slower.
Starcraft II
We have two Starcraft II benchmarks: a GPU and a CPU test. The GPU test is mostly a navigate-around-the-map test, as scrolling and panning around tends to be the most GPU bound in the game. Our CPU test involves a massive battle of 6 armies in the center of the map, stressing the CPU more than the GPU. At these low quality settings however, both benchmarks are influenced by CPU and GPU.
In our GPU specific test, the E-350 is significantly faster than anything Atom based. While the D510 can technically run this test, it does so at only 7 fps. Even the next-generation ION only manages 21.6 fps. The E-350 with its Radeon HD 6310 delivers nearly twice the frame rate of the fastest ION. The advantage isn't purely on the GPU side. As I mentioned before, Starcraft II can be very CPU bound at times. The Bobcat cores at work in the E-350 help give it a significant advantage over anything paired with Atom.
The CPU dependency is what separates the E-350 from its larger, more expensive competitors here. The gap only widens as we look at what happens in a big battle:
While you can play Starcraft II on any of these systems, to maintain frame rate throughout all scenarios you really need more CPU and GPU horsepower.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Our Black Ops test is a quick FRAPS runthrough on a private multiplayer server. The game was set to 1024 x 768 at the lowest quality settings.
In Black Ops the E-350 does the best it has done thus far, nearly equaling the performance of Intel's HD Graphics 3000. In our Sandy Bridge Review I wondered if Intel was being limited by driver issues here as there's very little difference between the 3000 and 2000 GPUs. The E-350 benefits from all of the driver tweaks and experience AMD has from the Radeon side so it immediately puts its best foot forward. AMD's greatest ally in Fusion will be its driver experience.
Mafia II
Mafia II ships with a built in benchmark which we used for our comparison:
Mafia II doesn't run well on any integrated graphics platform, regardless of vendor. The E-350 does well vs. the competition but none of these platforms are playable, even at the lowest settings.
Civilization V
For our Civilization V test we're using the game's built in lateGameView benchmark. The test was run in DX9 mode with everything turned down at 1024 x 768:
Civilization V doesn't run well on any integrated graphics platform, but the E-350 runs it at least as well (or as poorly?) as Intel's Core i3 2100. The Bobcat cores help with a lot of the heavy lifting here giving the E-350 a substantial lead over Atom.
Metro 2033
We're using the Metro 2033 benchmark that ships with the game.
Metro 2033 is a bit too modern for these low end platforms. The E-350 is faster than ION but not in the realm of playability.
DiRT 2
Our DiRT 2 performance numbers come from the demo's built-in benchmark:
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msroadkill612 - Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - link
I saw one mobo which had 1 x pcie, 1 pci, and 2 of the little pcie slots, so you do have other options.
personally i would only consider a a dual tuner card (take care - they also refer to analogue/digital as dual tuner).
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silverblue - Monday, February 21, 2011 - link
£110 inc. VAT in the UK and it's not even passively cooled, nor does it have WiFi.
The Deluxe model offers DTS Surround Sensation and a couple more USB 3.0 ports, plus comes in Mini ITX as opposed to uATX. Both seem to offer performance as well as power saving settings, and 5 SATAIII ports. I'd expect the Deluxe to be very difficult to find, however. Reply -
misterg - Friday, March 11, 2011 - link
Quick question: I am considering to use an e-350 brazos as a small and very power efficient system that runs windows 7 in the metering cupboard. Display keyboard mouse will not be needed, other than when installing the system.
The OS (win7) run from a USB stick
Some storage in 2.5" disks is added but spun down when not accessed
PicoPSU or other very efficient PSU
Low voltage / eco RAM
What is a realistic power envelope for this when at idle? The 24 watt does not sound really great to me, I'm hoping to be able to reach well below 10 watts.. Reply -
FDIV-Bug - Monday, May 09, 2011 - link
Hey guys!
I have the same MSI E350IA-E45 board with Windows 7 SP1 x64 installed, but a cant log cpu usage.
I already tried Core Temp 99.8 (log only one core), AMD Overdrive 3.2.3.0457 (it doesn't even open) and AMD AMD System Monitor Version 1.0.5 (just doesn't log correctly) .
If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears Reply


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The argument shows how far Democrats have retreated from the heady days when they rammed Obamacare through Congress over unanimous GOP opposition. Democrats can't argue that most people actually like the new law, and indeed many Democratic candidates have adopted a new mantra that it needs to be "fixed." But at least voters don't want to scrap it altogether.
The problem is, the truth may be a little more complicated than that. A new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll asked voters whether various policy positions would make them more or less likely to vote for a candidate for Congress this November. For example, would respondents be more or less likely to vote for a candidate who "supports repealing the health care reform law?" Would they be more or less likely to vote for a candidate who "supports fixing and keeping the health care reform law?"
The Journal found that 47 percent of those surveyed would be more likely to support a candidate who favors repeal, while 32 percent would be less likely, and 19 percent said it made no difference either way.
What to make of the numbers? On the most basic level, they show a few more people would be drawn to a candidate who favors repeal than a "keep and fix" candidate. They also show a few more would be turned off by a "keep and fix" candidate than would be turned off by a repeal candidate.
On a larger level, the numbers suggest more intensity on the repeal side. If there is an invigorated, passionate "hands off my Obamacare" faction, it's not very big.
That could be one reason why Democrats seem so vexed over how to handle Obamacare in midterm campaigning. Many have adopted the "keep and fix" approach used unsuccessfully by Democrat Alex Sink in the recent special election to fill the House seat in Florida's 13th Congressional District. The problem is, they're strong on the "keep" part but confused on the "fix" part.
When asked how she would fix Obamacare, Sink offered small suggestions that would not have addressed the higher premiums, higher deductibles, and narrower choices the law has imposed on millions of Americans. Other Democrats who have also pledged to fix Obamacare have offered even fewer ways to actually do it.
And they're not getting any help from the administration. When Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee recently, she was asked by Republican Rep. Tom Reed for "any suggestions ... in areas that you want to fix the Affordable Care Act."
"Has there been any legislation from the administration sent up to Congress in regards to those fixes?" Reed asked.
"I have not sent legislation to Congress, no sir," Sebelius answered.
Sebelius noted that the administration has made unilateral changes in implementation. Republicans are well aware of that. But in terms of proposing legislation to fix or improve the president's landmark achievement, Democrats have offered next to nothing.
What changes could they advocate? Most likely they can't suggest anything really big, like repealing the individual mandate; most Democrats would see that as gutting the law, and any candidate who advocated it could risk party support. But perhaps Democrats could, as the blogger Mickey Kaus suggested, propose cutting back on mandated benefits like mental health treatment and pediatric dentistry, in the hope of bringing down premiums.
"Would (that) require Democrats to in effect admit error -- that they 'went too far' in building out Obamacare?" Kaus wrote. "Well, duh! Voters tend to like admissions of error, especially if they seem likely to lead to better policies in the future."
It's an open question whether voters would really welcome Democratic confessions of error in creating Obamacare. Most Democratic candidates probably don't want to learn the answer.
But they have to do something. It's conventional wisdom that Republicans who advocate getting rid of Obamacare have to offer an alternative. Now, it's just as true that Democrats who advocate fixing Obamacare have to offer a fix. Soon.


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