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As far as cooking goes, St. Patty's day may just be my favorite day of the year. I mean really – I get to play with beer and Irish Cream and whiskey! And where that may be normal for me for the week of St. Patrick's Day on the blog, you can't judge me ;D It's an excuse for me to go to the liquor store and purchase fancy beers that I know nothing about, skip merrily down the aisles restocking the whiskey supply and make fun of the college kids that are laid out on the street by 9:30 in the morning! It's all about pacing yourself people – and with these little cupcakes you can do just that. (You would need to eat all of them and quickly to even get a minor buzz and by then I may be worried about your blood sugars). At least you'll have something in your stomach to start the day. 😉
These cupcakes were made with Kerrygold butter – something I am quickly falling in love with. It's so creamy and smooth. For those familiar with my frugal side, it should say a lot when I put Kerrygold butter on the table as the special butter for bread at dinner. Baking with something like this really makes for a creamier batter – and it translates well to the finished product. Plus they sent me adorable little shamrocks, flags, and buttons to get my Irish on! How fun 😀
Black and White Irish Cream Cupcakes
from BHG Special Interest Publication Chocolate
For the cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup butter, softenend
- 4 egg whites, allow to sit for 30 minutes at room temp after seperating
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teas baking powder
- 1/2 teas baking soda
- 1/2 teas salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 tbs Irish Cream Liqueur
- 1 teas vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
For the Irish Cream Ganache:
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 tbs Irish Cream
For the Irish Cream Glaze:
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tbs Irish Cream
- 1/4 teas vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter on high for 30 seconds. Reduce the speed to medium and add the sugar, Irish Cream and vanilla. Beat until well combined, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the egg whites one at a time (*ok, if you are anything like me, you already had separated all of you egg whites into one prep cup – I just carefully dropped a bit in for each 'egg') beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides one more time. Alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to the batter in three additions on low speed. Mix until just combined.
Scoop out half of the batter and set aside. Stir in the melted chocolate to the remaining batter in the bowl until combined.
Using mad skills – or dueling pastry bags – fill each muffin tin 2/3 full with the batters – chocolate on one side, plain on the other. (Seriously, the need for perfection quickly goes out the window). Bake for 20 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cook in tins for 5 minutes before turning out to cool completely on wire racks.
Meanwhile, make the ganache and glaze. Heat the whipping cream to barely a simmer over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add in the Irish Cream and gently stir until completely smooth. Let ganache rest for 15 minutes before using. For the glaze, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, Irish Cream, and vanilla until smooth.
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The recent heat wave hopefully would have made everyone acutely aware of the risks that people and pets face with higher temperatures, but there are a number of precautions you can take to make sure your pets are healthy and safe this summer.
If you are out and about during the hottest time of the day, be mindful that dogs do not have shoes to protect them from the hot pavement. Every summer I see a couple of dogs that have painful burns on the pads of the feet. Tarred driveways hold even more heat, so it may be as innocuous as going to get the mail and your dog follows you. If you take a walk and want to take your dog, do it early in the morning or find a park with dirt or grassy paths.
Short-nosed breeds of dogs such as pugs, bulldogs, or Boston terriers are prone to respiratory problems that higher temperatures can worsen. A condition called brachycephalic syndrome with narrow nostrils and extra tissue in the back of the throat interfere with normal air movement. When they pant excessively swelling can develop in the back of the throat with life-threatening consequences.
If you have a breed of dog that snorts and snuffles, keep the air conditioning on high and don't even consider taking him outside except to go to the bathroom.
Dogs with extra insulation in the form of excess pounds have a difficult time maintaining a safe body temperature in the high heat. Remember dogs do not have sweat glands and the only cooling mechanism is panting.
Keep plenty of fresh water available and if your dog spends time outside lots of shade is crucial. A doghouse is not enough; because a small wooden box will turn into a sweat lodge on a hot day, try to have an area with shade and good ventilation.
I hope that it goes without saying that a closed car is no place for any living thing on a hot day, but I would caution you to not take your dog with you even if you do not plan to leave him alone. Most tragedies occur when someone in the confusion of getting home and being distracted inadvertently leaves the dog in the car.
Ninety-degree temperatures will lead to heat stroke and death in just a few minutes and before you realize the dog did not follow you in, it could be too late.
You can still be active and safe with your pets on the hot summer days, but a large dose of common sense and a few precautions will help avoid trouble.
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Demirbilek, Nur & Eryildiz, Demet I. (2002) Solar architecture. In Energy. Ministry of Education Press, Turkey, Istanbul, pp. 254-288.
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear Lists › Feedback on my winter backpacking gear?
Dec 23, 2012 at 3:05 pm #1297317
Hey guys. I'd love feedback on this:
It's my planned gear for spending time in the Sierra Nevada's this winter.
My plan is to start backpacking in January (with this new gear) and spend time in the mounts on 2-7 day trips each time.
I have a lot of gear already so I don't need to invest a massive amount. (although it will probably be $2500 near the end, ug)
I'm going to paste the links here so it's easier for you guys to see which products I'm looking at.
My strategy is to use a standard three layer system. Baselayer will be all smartwool (which I find is easier on my skin).
Followed by a down insulation layer and then a hardshell.
A lot of these trips will be alone so I want to play it on the safe side in terms of being waterproof and carrying extra weight.
I'm also considering ditching some of the LARGER down jackets and instead figuring out the fill volume and wearing TWO insulation layers. This way in the summer I can use one of the jackets. Probably nest a medium inside a large. It would be extra weight but it's already pretty rough during winter.
My biggest task is to find a tarp shelter for my hammock which is what I'm currently having difficulty with.
I'm also going to replace my 3/4 length underquilt with a full length UQ. I think I'm going to keep my 3 season top quilt at first and just use my clothing on top (or laying under the TQ) for extra insulation. I think this will be enough to boost the temp rating.
I'm going to be in a hot tent so if it gets cold enough I can always wake up and fire up the stove again.
http://www.rei.com/product/822732/msr-lightning-ascent-22-snowshoes-mensDec 23, 2012 at 3:40 pm #1937766Kevin, to be helpful we'll need to know where and how you're going in the Sierras this winter. Given the overall tenure of your post, and the fact that you're planning on snowshoeing, I assume you don't yet know the answers to these questions yourself and will spend the winter finding out. That said:
-Stay away from avalanche terrain. Learn enough to know how to do this. It will mean lower elevation terrain, which will make it possible to use your hammock.
-That said, I'm not a hanger myself, but I can't think of a shelter which would work well with both a wood stove and a hammock. You'll loose a lot of the heat with an open tarp, rather than the pyramid shelters traditionally used. If you plan to expand your winter skills for years to come, I'd get away from hanging. Not so good above treeline.
-Opinions vary here, but I don't think hard shells are a good idea in winter. Sometimes they're necessary, but if you can get away with a more breathable windshell you'll be happier in every way.
-No need to wear mountain boots unless you're climbing ice or steep snow. They suck to hike in, and there are more appropriate options which are just as warm and cost less than half as much.
-If you have any questions attached to an ice axe, don't buy one or get near anywhere you might need it.
-The Frostline has a rather low fill/overall weight ratio. There are more efficient warm jackets.Dec 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm #1937780My plan is to stay below tree level (since I'm a hammock camper and need wood for my stove).
I agree WRT avalanche terrain and I plan on staying clear.
– WRT shelters for my hammock, there ARE people who have rigged REALLY nice hot tents with hammocks but I can't find someone who actually sells a tarp pre-setup for this usage. I may have to install a stove jack myself.
– I don't really like being above the tree line. Even if I DO intent on going above the tree line it would mostly be to go over a pass to get to more trees… and if I can't make it in time I can always did a snow cave.
Dec 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm #1937781And thanks for the feedback!!!
Dec 23, 2012 at 7:21 pm #1937811* Here are some hammock hot tent ideas:
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=40574* Try to find a group or at least one person to go with if you can. If not, at least carry a PLB.
* Be careful relying too much on wood for heat, cooking, and melting snow. Much of the down stuff will be hidden and soaked under the snow. If it's a popular camping area, then burnable wood will likely be scarce anywhere near the campsites. You might want to think about an inverted canister stove or a white gas stove if you're going out colder than an inverted canister will function.
* Don't spend much money until you've been out in the winter at least once. Try to adapt your 3 season gear as much as possible, and only purchase the gear which you just can't get by with in the cold. My in-camp insulation has been a synthetic casual parka which I wear to work on colder days, but just last year I upgraded to a $24 down discount store jacket. Check thrift stores too.
* Once it gets around 24F or lower, I definitely prefer a softshell because the snow is drier. At that point, the main source of moisture becomes perspiration rather than precipitation. Softshells let out the perspiration better.
* Testing gear in the backyard or while car camping is time well-spent. I'm always surprised at the mistakes I avoid.
Dec 27, 2012 at 6:21 pm #1938700My experience comes mostly from backcountry skiing without a hot tent but I would want more mid layers and liner gloves for even a day trip. I generally bring 2-3 pairs of liner gloves (ibex knity gritty, or 100-400 weight fleece, rab powerstretch etc) so I can change them out as they get wet from snow and sweat. I might throw a pair of leather palmed gloves (kincos insulated work gloves are cheap and preferred by ski lift workers, rab makes some thin leather palmed softshells) in if you are going to be handeling a lot of wood etc.
An uninsulated mitten shell + insulated insert that can be worn over your liners together or (more frequently) independently is also nice I take she sells on and off over my liners (and store them in a coat or on my ski pole handles) while hiking and use the insulated inserts (by themselves at rest stops). You can even use wool socks inside the shell if needed. I don't have any experience with the dakine mittens you have selected but i would make sure they have an uninsulated shell plus mitten (not glove liner) roomy enough to work with liners.
I agree with the others about softshells vs hardshells. Even in near/above freezing temps in the cascades I would often leave the hardshell at home unless the forecast called for heavy rain and tend towards some combination of thin softshell, griddy fleece (patagonia r1) and/or windshirt as my "action suit." Baselayer alone is often too cold and baselayer + hardshell is too sweaty. I really like my rab exodus pants in particular because of the thigh vents…being able to regulate temperature without stoping and adding/subtracting layers is nice in winter.
A thin synth poofy might also be a good addition. You could wear it while gathering wood and dealing with the fire as it won't matter as much if you tear or burn it and save the down poofy for trips outside, fireless rest stops etc. If you are towing a sled instead of wearing a pack you could even take it off without a full rest stop to temp regulate.
For trailhead access use get snow chains that you can put on your car quickly without driving forward onto them (ie http://www.amazon.com/Thule-Quality-Passenger-Chain-090/dp/B000UNRJD8). That way you can put them on while stuck instead of having to mess around trying to back down the hill to a place you can drive onto a pair of cable chains.
Finally, for avoiding avi terrain and gps use check out the slope analysis tools on my mapping website:
http://blog.hillmap.com/2012/03/caltopo-layers-gpx-import-embedding.html(If you don't know what an overlay highlighting >30 degree slopes is for seek some avi education…even a free avi awareness lecture to start and "Staying Alive In Avalanche Terrain" is an engaging read).
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Not race men enough for rock en español hardliners, too obstructive for Starbucks comps, and too smiley for the alt crowd, Café Tacuba would have to make big changes to become the Next Cosa Grande. While watching them headline the Watcha Festival in August of 2000 in New York, such changes seemed unlikely, God bless 'em. They sounded a little dinky with their acoustic instruments and beat box, even when leader-singer Ruben Albarran blew his voice up like a Macy's Parade balloon. Molotov acted more like a headliner with their big-chested norteño-meets-Limp Bizkit, but the Mexican pop playing on the PA between sets trumped every band. When the crowd approved, the flags came out and the crowd snaked up and down, singing like one big barrio. Nationalism and big, big hooks = el dinero. Molotov's current MTV border politics hit, "Frijolero," suggests they were taking notes: "Don't call me gringo, you fucking beaner." Café Tacuba would never write such a button-pushing song, because it wasn't rock's symbolic power that made these Mexico City design school students start a band in 1989. They're racked in the rock section, somewhat arbitrarily, because they do what they feel like doing, whenever. They're a straight-up art band.
A review stickered to Café Tacuba's new, fifth album, Cuatro Caminos, compares it to Radiohead's Kid A; other critics have gone for "Mexican Pogues" and "Mexican Beatles." All distort Tacuba's motivations and charms. Hipsters who like their art bands to truck in melancholy and reach for the ungraspable will find Tacuba impossibly cheerful and energetic. The band can admit digital anomie, but only as a 20-second intro before the lead-off "Cero y Uno," a lusty tune telling you to toss your Blackberry: "Zero and one . . . I don't know either if you really exist . . . the only way is to travel to where you are." Done à la mode, this sentiment would probably be rendered as a langorous, four-note death whinge, sung in Hopelandic. Tacuba, instead, are just hopeful, again and again.
Try "Hoy es," for example. Translated, roughly, the words are: "Today is the most amazing day, the most beautiful ever. There is green, red, and yellow, blue, purple, white. . . . There is whatever you are looking for." Who Tacuba recall, more than a little, is Talking Heads. Sweet nerds like these find their own interests sufficient, so the backdrop switches from acoustic ballads to ska to unconvincing punk to soundtrack sprawl, just because. For Tacuba, disjunct noises and surrealist tropes are sympathetic to energy and melody and jumping; they're not just paths back to undergrad sulks. Authenticity, thank Dios, is simply not a concern here. Andget the Big Suit readyRubén Albarrán is silly. The second song on Cuatro Caminos, "Eo," contains whistling!
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But Tacuba have worked with Beck, and he's silly too, right? Oh right, he's sad now. And since Tacuba's composition for Kronos Quartet's Nuevo wasn't silly at all, the marketing department has its work cut out. Expect them to lead with the American angle for Cuatro Caminos. In addition to long-running producer Gustavo Santaolalla, Tacuba worked with producers Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) and Andrew Weiss (Ween), as well as actual drummers Joey Waronker (Beck) and Victor Indrizzo (Beck). The net effect is less than you might expect. A drummer will change the live show for the better, most likely, but on record this difference is often negligible. As producers, Weiss makes everyone play together in a clean, convincing Real Band way in "Recuerdo Prestado," and Fridmann adds that big fake-Bonham drum sound from The Soft Bulletin in "Encantamiento Inútil," but Tacuba already had an Eno in the woodpile. All Tacuba albums are studiolicious, and Santaolalla is still best at shadowing the band's zig-zag desires.
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Cuatro may be closer to "normal" guitar rock than previous records, but what everybody will notice is how good the vocals sound. And since art bands often violate their own conceits for fun, it isn't surprising that Café Tacuba were magnificent last Tuesday at the Bowery Ballroom, every inch a major band. With touring drummer Luis Ledezma behind them, they maintained their stamp-club nerdiness while making the crowd bounce like an Elephant Man video. Albarrán wore a light blue jacket and skinny tie, like he'd jumped out The Breakfast Club, and the band pushed lots of older, ska-flavored material. But the new songs sounded best, thick and full of open-throated joy. They may end up breaking here anyway, just to see what it's like. ¿Porqué no?
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It stood isolated on an almost perpendicular height, rising sixteen hundred feet from the plain of Jezreel.
So Jehu said, "If it is your will, let no one escape from the city to bring news to Jezreel."
It was due east from Duhy; the best way of getting at it from Nabloos is across the plain of Jezreel.
The chariot reached Jezreel, and at the city gate Elijah stopped.
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
The plain of Jezreel formed, as it were, the centre of the Canaanitish kingdoms.
Jezreel, now represented by Zerin, was situated on a lofty height, and gave name to the whole valley around.
Jehoram had returned wounded to his palace at Jezreel, whither Ahaziah had come down to visit him.
For this purpose Ahab wished to have a beautiful vineyard which belonged to Naboth, one of the most respected citizens of Jezreel.
The heavens shall hear the earth, and the earth shall hear the corn and the wine and the oil, and they shall hear Jezreel.
God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9:14-37; 10:1-11). It has been identified with the modern Zerin, on the most western point of the range of Gilboa, reaching down into the great and fertile valley of Jezreel, to which it gave its name. (2.) A town in Judah (Josh. 15:56), to the south-east of Hebron. Ahinoam, one of David's wives, probably belonged to this place (1 Sam. 27:3). (3.) A symbolical name given by Hosea to his oldest son (Hos. 1:4), in token of a great slaughter predicted by him, like that which had formerly taken place in the plain of Esdraelon (comp. Hos. 1:4, 5).


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Posted by Christopher Johnson | Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 | Uncategorized | 30 Comments
University of Chicago law professor Eric Posner thinks that this country really needs to dial down its obsession with free speech:
The universal response in the United States to the uproar over the anti-Muslim video is that the Muslim world will just have to get used to freedom of expression. President Obama said so himself in a speech at the United Nations today, which included both a strong defense of the First Amendment and ("in the alternative," as lawyers say) and a plea that the United States is helpless anyway when it comes to controlling information. In a world linked by YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, countless videos attacking people's religions, produced by provocateurs, rabble-rousers, and lunatics, will spread to every corner of the world, as fast as the Internet can blast them, and beyond the power of governments to stop them. Muslims need to grow a thick skin, the thinking goes, as believers in the West have done over the centuries. Perhaps they will even learn what it means to live in a free society, and adopt something like the First Amendment in their own countries.
Maybe that's right. But actually, America needs to get with the international program.
But there is another possible response. This is that Americans need to learn that the rest of the world—and not just Muslims—see no sense in the First Amendment. Even other Western nations take a more circumspect position on freedom of expression than we do, realizing that often free speech must yield to other values and the need for order. Our own history suggests that they might have a point.
Look at it this way. At least the trains will run on time and everyone will be able to read the "No Food Today" signs. Posner points out that it was the left which first turned the First Amendment into an weapon.
The First Amendment earned its sacred status only in the 1960s, and then only among liberals and the left, who cheered when the courts ruled that government could not suppress the speech of dissenters, critics, scandalous artistic types, and even pornographers. Conservatives objected that these rulings helped America's enemies while undermining public order and morality at home, but their complaints fell on deaf ears.
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A totem that is sacred to one religion can become an object of devotion in another, even as the two theologies vest it with different meanings. That is what happened with the First Amendment. In the last few decades, conservatives have discovered in its uncompromising text— "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech"—support for their own causes. These include unregulated campaign speech, unregulated commercial speech, and limited government. Most of all, conservatives have invoked the First Amendment to oppose efforts to make everyone, in universities and elsewhere, speak "civilly" about women and minorities. I'm talking of course about the "political correctness" movement beginning in the 1980s, which often merged into attempts to enforce a leftist position on race relations and gender politics.
Posner wants Americans to remember two things. The First Amendment is strictly an American idea whose inspiration is not shared by anybody else in the world and which cannot force people stop thinking bad thoughts.
We have to remember that our First Amendment values are not universal; they emerged contingently from our own political history, a set of cobbled-together compromises among political and ideological factions responding to localized events. As often happens, what starts out as a grudging political settlement has become, when challenged from abroad, a dogmatic principle to be imposed universally. Suddenly, the disparagement of other people and their beliefs is not an unfortunate fact but a positive good. It contributes to the "marketplace of ideas," as though we would seriously admit that Nazis or terrorist fanatics might turn out to be right after all. Salman Rushdie recently claimed that bad ideas, "like vampires … die in the sunlight" rather than persist in a glamorized underground existence. But bad ideas never die: They are zombies, not vampires. Bad ideas like fascism, Communism, and white supremacy have roamed the countryside of many an open society.
In the past, American "values" have made this country look bad to the rest of the world.
Americans have not always been so paralyzed by constitutional symbolism. During the Cold War, the U.S. foreign policy establishment urged civil rights reform in order to counter Soviet propagandists' gleeful reports that Americans fire-hosed black protesters and state police arrested African diplomats who violated Jim Crow laws. Rather than tell the rest of the world to respect states' rights—an ideal as sacred in its day as free speech is now—the national government assured foreigners that it sought to correct a serious but deeply entrenched problem. It is useful if discomfiting to consider that many people around the world may see America's official indifference to Muslim (or any religious) sensibilities as similar to its indifference to racial discrimination before the civil rights era.
It says in another part of the First Amendment that the US government is supposed to be indifferent to the sensibilities of all religions. That's what we were always told whenever some governmental entity allowed the display of the Cross or the Ten Commandments anyway. So it's unclear why the United States government should care one way or the other about the feelings of Muslims.
But according to Eric Posner, they apparently should care deeply whenever Islamic feelings are hurt. Not only that, this American law professor thinks that the fact that Washington was unable to legally force Google to take that film down is a scandal.
The final irony is that while the White House did no more than timidly plead with Google to check if the anti-Muslim video violates its policies (appeasement! shout the critics), Google itself approached the controversy in the spirit of prudence. The company declined to remove the video from YouTube because the video did not attack a group (Muslims) but only attacked a religion (Islam). Yet it also cut off access to the video in countries such as Libya and Egypt where it caused violence or violated domestic law. This may have been a sensible middle ground, or perhaps Google should have done more. What is peculiar it that while reasonable people can disagree about whether a government should be able to curtail speech in order to safeguard its relations with foreign countries, the Google compromise is not one that the U.S. government could have directed. That's because the First Amendment protects verbal attacks on groups as well as speech that causes violence (except direct incitement: the old cry of "Fire!" in a crowded theater). And so combining the liberal view that government should not interfere with political discourse, and the conservative view that government should not interfere with commerce, we end up with the bizarre principle that U.S. foreign policy interests cannot justify any restrictions on speech whatsoever. Instead, only the profit-maximizing interests of a private American corporation can. Try explaining that to the protesters in Cairo or Islamabad.
I've got a better idea, Professor. Try explaining to the protestors in Cairo and Islamabad that ANYTHING that happens inside this country is none of their damned business.
The mendacity and dishonesty of this piece is easily ascertained by asking yourself a simple question. If some form of artistic expression had insulted Jesus or villified Christianity, would Posner still have written it?
If some museum displays an egregiously blasphemous painting of Jesus or Mary, if a particularly blasphemous movie was made, if another TV show or play debuted which ridiculed Christians or if Bill Maher opened his pie hole, would Posner think it regrettable that the US government was unable to legally prevent these things from happening?
Of course he wouldn't. The question wouldn't even come up. And the reason why the question wouldn't come up is simple. Christians don't kill people and destroy property when they are insulted and villified or their Lord is blasphemed.
A faculty sinecure at the University of Chicago Law School would seem to suggest a certain level of intelligence. So it's hard for me to figure out why Eric Posner thinks that restricting American rights simply to avoid offending Muslims is a good idea.
For one thing, it's unworkable. As President Obama said in his recent speech, the Internet means that the genie is out of the bottle. Putting it back in would mean establishing the sorts of governmental Internet controls which would start a second American revolution all by themselves.
Even if the Web could be controlled, does Posner really think that the American people would tolerate the establishment of what would effectively be a Federal Bureau of Censorship which would have the power to officially ban or even criminalize any form of expression that it deems contrary to the national interest?
Take this idea to its logical conclusion and Eric Posner and other First Amendment restrictionists have effectively ceded a large portion of American sovereignty to people who are fiercely hostile to this country and its values. Not only that, but it would no doubt encourage the same kind of behavior among fringe Christian groups that one sees inside most of the Muslim world right now.
Bill Maher, Ellen Barkin and other fiercely anti-Christian "artists" would probably have to spend a fortune on security for the rest of their lives.
And where does it stop? I shouldn't be allowed to make a film that insults Mohammed? What if I were to write that, as a Christian, I don't believe Mohammed, assuming he even existed at all, was a prophet of the God I worship? Is that not an insult to Mohammed and to the adherents of his fraudulent religion? For that matter, isn't the fact that I am a Christian an implied insult to Mohammed as well?
See what I did there, Eric?
The world doesn't love the First Amendment? So what? This is one instance where we're right and the rest of the world is wrong. Besides, I don't love societies that make women dress in sacks and/or kill people for changing their religion. So until the Islamic world develops a thicker skin, I don't care what it thinks about anything at all.
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September 26, 2012
There's another (former) University of Chicago law instructor who bothers me. Maybe it's in the water.
The only reason these people are advocating speech restrictions is because some adherents of Islam, mostly but not exclusively overseas, are ignorant barbarians. Note that leftists scream bloody murder at any criticism of, much less suppression of, offensive leftist statements.
September 26, 2012
Why does their god hate them so much?
I don't love societies that make women dress in sacks … .
The last time that I was at the Dallas Galleria, we went to a fancy shoe store. This fat young unshaven Middle Eastern guy came in dressed in a tee shirt, shorts, and flip flops. My brother-in-law, whom he sat next to, later said he really stank, too. He was accompanied by an animated object that was apparently his wife, but I could not be too sure because it was wearing a burqa; maybe the beautiful mauve color was supposed to indicate gender. Anyhow, it certainly did not try on any shoes; I wonder whether it could have. It never said a word.
When we got back into the car, I said, "Now, I am not much of a women's libber, but …"
September 26, 2012
I have always been intrigued by the "Shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre" argument against free speech. What is one supposed to do if there IS a fire?
So am I supposed to keep my mouth shut and not observe that most terrorists in the Modern Age are Muslims? Or censor the fact that on the basis of the Koran and the Hadiths, all non Mulsims are to be relegated to the status of Dhimmis with no rights whatsoever under Sharia Law and that their lives may be forfeit to the Ummah because their very existence as "infidel" is an affront to Allah? Am I supposed to keep my logical conclusion that therefore Islam is NOT a relgion of peace a secret, lest I upset the barbarians?
September 26, 2012
Daniel Muller, I recently stood for half an hour in an Apple store waiting for my Genius Bar appointment. A Muslim man was there, also waiting. He was sitting on one of the stools that are supposed to be for people who are actually being helped. Behind him, for the full half hour, stood his wife and daughter. The thought of offering the stool to his wife, or to one of several older women standing there (including me) never occurred to him.
September 26, 2012
Not to be cranky, but at the moment I'm less concerned with the rants of a law professor than the silence on the mainstream media about the incompetence of the current administration in allowing what happened in Libya and then the denial and possible cover-up for over a week. If it were Pres. Bush, there would already be calls in The New York Times for congressional hearings about it.
Yes, I am being cranky.
September 26, 2012
I've got a better idea, Professor. Try explaining to the protestors in Cairo and Islamabad that ANYTHING that happens inside this country is none of their damned business.
In general I agree with this. But in my experience it is easier to tell other people to mind their own damned business when we are not constantly sticking our nose (and troops) into theirs.
September 26, 2012
My experience is that "progressives" think they are the only people who should have freedom of speech.
September 27, 2012
[…] Go here to Midwest Conservative Journal to read the brilliant rest. The committment to freedom of speech of many of our elites is distinctly underwhelming. John Stuart Mill summed up what is going on now long ago: […]
September 27, 2012
Perhaps the professor couls self-censor and shut up? This is America and we have our laws. Better yet, let him go advocate his position in person to the folks who are yelling. They should equally shut up under his advice. I suspect he will have a change of tune before they change his venue…permanently.
September 27, 2012
Can you say "Alien and Sedition acts"? Sure you can.
Didn't work out too well for John Adams.
Wouldn't go over too well for Barak Obama either.
September 27, 2012
My experience is that "progressives" think they are the only people who should have freedom of speech.
Indeed. You will notice our zero-population chuckle-heads never offer to commit seppuku to reduce their carbon footprint.
September 27, 2012
Republicans love free speech….
September 27, 2012
FW Ken, it's an outrage, a dangerous outrage. We can always hope the "news reporters" will do their jobs, but don't hold your breath waiting.
John, you keep posting these stupid links. "Free speech" means you can say what you want. It doesn't mean you can freely disrupt meetings to force other people to listen to you, especially when the speaker is now protected by Secret Service.
September 27, 2012
HufPo is not much different that the National Enquirer. Actually the NE is probably a more reliable venue for news.
September 27, 2012
May not be an apt comparison, but QUISLING comes to mind.
September 27, 2012
Daniel, I recall the first time I saw a bagged figure. On a plane to Europe in 1992 coming down the aisle was a handsome, well dressed man accompanied by a cute little boy, and —- a vast amount of black cloth. Just shocking. It might very well have been a woman, but there was nothing to back up my guess. If I had been asked under oath "was that a woman?" I could not have said yes or no. I would hazard a guess it was the boy's mother? The closest thing to that poor creature I've seen since then are "dementors" in a Harry Potter film. I wonder if anyone else has noticed the resemblance? I expect there would have been howls of protest from the younger precivilized peoples of the east if my take on it was more widely held.
September 27, 2012
Here's a pretty good reply to Posner from, of all places, the Huffpo.
September 27, 2012
John, John, John, is that all you got? Check out these links on proper heckling by Democratic union thugs in St Louis…http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ffds1&p=st+Louis+union+thugs
Here's video so you won't have to strain the eyes with the small print: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr_4ZWEFOjQ
Democrats and Unions love free speech! Yes, sirree! Just so long as it is the "right" free speech and they can take away from someone to give away to another (themselves excepted).
September 27, 2012
bob, I had a very similar experience at an airport last year. I was sitting in the gate area waiting for my flight to board and noticed a family across the room. A man, two small children (one in a stroller), and a figure with what looked like a black sheet over its head. It seriously reminded me of kids putting a sheet over their heads to dress as a ghost for halloween, except there were no eye holes. No part of the face was visible, not even the eyes. I assumed it was a woman but didn't actually know that this was the case since no part of her was visible. I wondered how she'd gotten through security. To be honest, it totally creeped me out. Your suggestion of the dementors from Harry Potter is right on. That's exactly what it looked like.
September 27, 2012
I checked out your links and saw bad behavior but no punches thrown or anyone arrested. Not what you would call thuggery, reminds me of the Tea Party, only much milder… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html.
Much of the stuff on You Tube is staged for the cameras.
Speaking of staged protests, remember this…
September 27, 2012
Obviously, John does support the suppression of speech. not a surprise.
September 27, 2012
Fw Ken
Your comment is fallacious.
September 27, 2012
Thanks, John. You also saw no shouting in an attempt to drown out the speaker … cause it didn't happen. But, que sera, Chicago.
September 28, 2012
> As President Obama said in his recent speech, the Internet means that the genie is out of the bottle.
Actually, the sad thing is that Government does not need to fear the internet anymore. Here in my new homeland no-one knows about things as the collapse of the West, their booming economy, the beginnings of the construction of a National Heath Service, the countries incredible growth rate or even that it is now a member of the G20.
Because no-one watches TV for anything more than comedy shows and no-one uses te internet for anything other than facebook now.
The general public how managed to reduced to world's greatest news source to "My car gave birth to fluffy kittens last night."
I think the US Government invented facebook just to stop people actually USING the internet.
It took me three months to get Indonesians to believe me that an MRT was being built in Jakarta. They thought I was lying – even though there was a website relying progress reports.
Explains again why I left the UK. People WILL not see what is happening in their country.
As an aside – I am telling people here that we are living in the 1930's again. On TV here it was recognised that the only think keeping Europe going AT ALL were massive cash infusion from the IMP and the World bank. Asia know its cannot go on forever. They KNOW Europe (and I dare say the US thanks to Obama) is utterly bust.
Thing is… last time this happen we had world war. Given we have learnt absolutely NOTHING since 1945 or even 1989 watch for the tanks rolling. An Putin is licking his lips I can tell ya.
September 28, 2012
FW Ken – I see John-boy called your comment "fallacious." At least now we know what the "F" in "FW" stands for.
Posner has been insane for a long time – and is very full of himself. Pay no never mind to him.
I see some liberals are now proposing "fair speech" as a substitute for "free speech." Hmmmm. Wonder who decides what is "fair?" Our "betters," I reckon.
John – Here's some free speech for ya – "I love the smell of thick coal smoke in the morning."
September 28, 2012
Everybody: You HAVE to read this, which I found over at Mark Shea's blog. It's datelined "Devil's Bottom, Missouri" and it only gets better from there:
September 28, 2012
Oops, that's "Devil's Elbow"… my bad… but really, this is side-splitting, Onion-worthy satire.
September 28, 2012
John-boy can call me anything he likes. He promoted an article in which protesters were shouting down the speaker. That's suppression of the speakers freedom to speak and the rights of the audience to hear what he had to say.
Shouting people down was a favorite tactic in the 60s, and, yes, it has been used on the right as well as left.
September 28, 2012
Thanks, Elaine S., that was highly informative and entertaining. Let's just hope the MSM complex don't get "confused" and publish it like they believe it!
October 2, 2012
"This is that Americans need to learn that the rest of the world—and not just Muslims—see no sense in the First Amendment."
Americans don't much care what the rest of the world thinks does or doesn't make sense, especially Muslims.
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ATLANTA -- Justin Upton loves playing for a team with so many sluggers.
Now in his third week with the Atlanta Braves, Upton looks around the clubhouse and sees a solid starting rotation, a dependable bullpen and power -- lots and lots of power.
"It's fun when you can do that," Upton said. "But our goal is to go out and play good baseball every night, pitch well, play good defense, put together good at-bats and we've been able to do that so far."
Upton, Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla homered in the eighth inning, and Juan Francisco hit a pair of solo shots earlier in the game to help the Braves win their 10th straight with a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Atlanta's 10-game winning streak is its longest since the club won 15 straight from April 15-May 2, 2000. The Braves are 12-1 and off to their best start since they began the 1994 season 13-1.
Eric O'Flaherty (3-0) allowed one hit and struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the win in relief.
Heyward's second homer, Upton's eighth and Uggla's third were solo shots off Kelvin Herrera (1-1), who gave up three hits, four runs and one walk in two-thirds of an inning. The Braves have outhomered opponents 25-7 and outscored opponents 68-25 for the best run differential in the majors.
"You know the power is there," Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez. "That doesn't surprise you. It's nice to have that type of arsenal in your club because it's a game-changer. One swing of the bat and you can put some runs on the board, so that's always nice."
Heyward hit the go-ahead homer in the eighth with an opposite-field shot into the left-field seats before Upton and Uggla followed to make it 5-2.
After Francisco walked to chase Herrera, Chris Johnson followed with an RBI single off Aaron Crow that scored pinch-runner Jordan Schafer from second.
Luis Avilan recorded the first out of the ninth before seeming to injure his left hamstring. Avilan limped slowly off the field with the help of trainer Jim Lovell and Gonzalez before getting carted off the field.
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The Royals, who have lost three of four, led 2-1 in the fourth when Salvador Perez reached on Francisco's throwing error, moved to second on Mike Moustakas' single and scored on Jeff Francoeur's RBI single.
Except for Francisco, who hit his second homer to make it 1-0 in the second and his third to tie it at 2 in the seventh, the Braves were unable to do much against Kansas City starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie.
Atlanta's first five batters were a combined 0 for 14 with one walk and five strikeouts against Guthrie, who gave up five hits, two runs and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings. Guthrie was trying to win his eighth straight decision dating to last August.
Chris Getz tied it at 1 in the third off Braves starter Kris Medlen. Getz, Kansas City's No. 8 hitter, homered for the first time in nearly four years.
"It's too bad we lost," Getz said. "Too bad (the homer drought) took so long. I saw it on the board while I was hitting, so it definitely added to the satisfaction."
Medlen, who was trying to improve to 17-3 in his career as a starter, allowed six hits and two runs -- one earned -- with no walks and five strikeouts in seven innings.
"Any time you can do like our pitching staff did and hold us in the game and keep it close and give us a chance to win it late, that fires us up and makes us want to go out and get a good ballgame for them," Upton said. "Kris did a great job tonight and kept them (mostly) off the board and gave us a chance."
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The Braves held a moment of silence before the game for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings Monday. ... Players, managers and coaches for both teams wore No. 42 on their jerseys to honor Jackie Robinson. ... Atlanta committed three errors. ... The Braves homered five times in a game for the first time since winning last June 20 at the New York Yankees. .. Francisco had the first multihomer game of his career. ... Getz last homered on July 19, 2009, when he played for the Chicago White Sox. He went deep off Guthrie, who was pitching for Baltimore. ... Francoeur, a former Braves RF, played his first game at Turner Field with Kansas City. He had an outfield assist and went 2 for 4 with an RBI.
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MANILA, Philippines - Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with families living in areas under a state of calamity may apply for the Home Development Mutual Fund's (HDMF or Pag-IBIG Fund) calamity loan.
"All OFWs who are active members of the Pag-IBIG Fund with at least 24 months of contributions and live in areas declared under a state of calamity may access calamity loans," Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said Wednesday.
OFWs who are currently out of the country may designate a representative to submit required documents in Pag-IBIG branches where they remit their contributions, he added.
Representatives of OFWs need a Special Power of Attorney authenticated by the Philippine Embassy in the OFW's host country. They must also present two valid IDs.
The Vice President is the Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns. He is also the chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and of the Pag-IBIG Board of Trustees.
Binay was set to visit Pag-IBIG Fund's Imus, Cavite branch to check the agency's processing of calamity loan applications Wednesday afternoon. He will also visit Pag-IBIG branches in Pasay, Manila and Caloocan Thursday.
Under Pag-IBIG Fund's calamity loan program, members may borrow up to 80 percent of their total contributions to be paid in two years.
Binay said qualified Pag-IBIG members may apply for calamity loans within 90 days of the declaration of state of calamity of a particular area.
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Tortoiseshell sunglasses and cotton canvas flip-flops, totes designed by Liz Hurley, free designer sarongs and Katie Price's "sexy beach read", Angel. If you're looking to stock up on cheap essentials for your summer holidays, you can pretty much pick up an entire beach bag full of stuff, and the bag itself, from this month's magazine rack. The July issues of the monthly women's glossies are out. Wrapped up in cellophane and bulging with their carefully chosen goodies, Marie Claire, Tatler, Glamour and Red are spilling out of the newsagents shelves, tempting the casual buyer to pick up a copy, if only for the sunglasses.
This magazine-cum-bazaar has become a trade standard for the summer editions of glossies. Editors are known to be privately horrified that their beautifully designed front pages and hard-fought-for covergirls are obscured by the promotional wrappers screaming "free make-up". It's not often that Sarah Jessica Parker, on the cover of this month's Marie Claire, is upstaged by a pair of cotton canvas flip-flops.
Easy Living, a Condé Nast title, is one of the many magazines that regularly puts on a summer giveaway. This year it's going with a Laura Ashley bag. For Chris Hughes, the publishing director, the rationale is simple. "If you believe you have a great magazine then any device to get it sampled by the consumer is worth it," he says. Ask the consumer and it certainly works. Women pick up a magazine with flip-flops because, they say, at £3 or £4 it's cheaper than buying the shoes in a store.
This simple bit of maths triggers what has become known in the industry as the flip-flop wars. It's an expensive campaign, with extra production and distribution costs, but given the uplift in sales and rivalry between magazines for the most desirable products, it's commercial suicide for a publisher not to join in. Vogue stands alone in being the only publication that doesn't engage.
There's an obvious irony that magazines driven by high-fashion advertising manage to put on sales by handing out cheaply made giveaways. To get round this uncomfortable truth, publishers of higher-end titles are using high-street brand names to give the covermounts some credibility. This month alone, along with the Laura Ashley-branded bag, there's an Elizabeth Hurley tote with In Style – though if you wish to read an interview with Hurley about pig-keeping, turn to Red – and Benefit lip gloss given away with Glamour magazine.
"Branded products are preferred if they are the right brands," says Patricia Stevenson, publishing director at Tatler. "They are of course negotiable, but often they [the companies] provide branded goods. It's an incredible opportunity to appear on the front cover of the magazine."
Clothes retailer Hobbs, which has provided a bag for July's Eve, in either spotty red or blue, also knows it's an easy way to get its name around. "It's all about brand awareness," says a spokesman. "We have it as part of our regular marketing schedule."
The covermount in turn says something about the magazine "Covermounts do affect brand image," says Simon Kippin, publishing director at Glamour, "which is why we ensure that the product is suitable and of a high quality to match our upmarket readership profile."
It all sounds like a round of cosy consumer back-slapping but in reality the covermount has become an essential, and expensive, way for magazines to maintain sales against their competitors. It is rare that the product would be worthy of the magazine's editorial pages. A notable exception was last September's relaunch of Harper's Bazaar, which set the standard for luxury branding. Its logo was studded with 200 Swarovski crystals and it sold itself as a collector's item. However, the summer deals are rather more mundane. One publisher, who did not wish to be named, admitted: "We're essentially dressing up cheap Chinese goods."
While major names may be brought on for the design, the magazines will often arrange the outsourcing through broker companies, such as Geevaz or Giftpoint, which specialise in covermounts. They are approached to come up with ideas and commission a factory in the Far East that can match the high demand with the low costs required. Typically, a budget will be a percentage of the magazine's cover price, and rarely cost more than 50p to make.
Though the flip-flops may be cheap, cheerful and expendable, there are some basics. Publishers, and Condé Nast in particular, do insist on materials and production being ethical, and the broker companies are keen to flag up their credentials on this. Also up on the agenda is the environmental costs of such promotions, an issue that is being addressed by the Periodical Publishers Association, which is drawing up a series of guidelines on the carbon footprint created by the industry.
Magazines are reluctant to say what their ethically sourced free sarong does to circulation but there is a general understanding that without a covermount, when all your rivals carry one, summer sales suffer. It's a pact with the devil of freebies that the readers have come to expect them.
Glamour publisher Kippin insists his magazine sticks strictly to four giveaways and they are there purely to gain "new readers, not to defend against other covermounts". As the biggest -selling women's glossy, Glamour may not feel the heat of the competition, or the costs attached to covermounts, as fiercely as its smaller competitors.
Chris Hughes at Easy Living reckons there's unlikely to be a ceasefire in the flip-flop wars. "Rather like the desire for world peace and everyone being kind to animals, lovely ideas are not always practical," says Hughes. "I'm not sure it's legal to ever have a discussion about such things with any other company, so we don't."
In this vicious circle, the Chinese factories keep pumping out the goods. However, there is one potential way out. Publishers are cagey about releasing sales figures for individual months, thereby showing the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns. The Audit Bureau of Circulations, which collates half-yearly figures for consumer magazines, does not as yet keep a record of how many covermounts are used in a season, but the subject is increasingly raised in the reports standards meeting, where publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies discuss how it skews sales stats. "Obviously the rules are based on what is agreed at the meeting between the buyers and sellers," says Hughes. "There haven't been detailed conversations but I wouldn't be surprised if it was brought up at a future meeting." It might just show that those flip-flops weren't worth it, after all.
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Officials say officers stopped Bibb County Judge Howard Simms on Sept. 22 for a license check during an operation they called "Rolling Thunder." Sheriff's reports state the judge was allowed to drive home although a roadside breath test showed his alcohol level was above the legal limit.
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Hai thar :3
Name's debs and i be an 18 year old anime fan from that lovely wee city of Glasgow.When I'm not hunting haggis and singing Loch Lomond with men in tartan skirts, i watch anime.
I learn all my haggis-hunting techniques through anime such as the Kage Bushin for trapping my haggis and then the kamehameha for obliterating it when i'm upset.
I love lots of genres of anime from shounen-ai to Shojo and harem to Shounen.
I love anything thats pretty random and funny such as Dokoro-Chan and Excel Saga.
I cant be bothered listing the anime i like here so just browse my profile to see my tastes :)
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@_@ Clearly haggis requires alot of high level techniques to capture
:D They can also be Nabe-Hame-ha'd aswell
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who is that fat character on your avatar :P
just kidding.. but compressing Asuka's body from top of her thighs to head into a square format is probably not a great idea :)


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