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Is marriage a bad joke in the patriarchal society? Nikita wonders why all marriage related jokes are about wife-bashing and why is it so deeply sexist. Here's the narrative on this subject, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths.
We often come across the messages where wives are insulted and ridiculed in the name of humor. I recently received this message on my WhatsApp: "A successful husband is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man!"
The internet is flooded with marriage jokes with a subtle sexism. A few examples are:
Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves. After marriage, the "y" becomes silent.
A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" In addition, the father replied, "I don't know, son, I'm still paying for it."
A bus full of homemakers going on a picnic fell into a river, all aboard died. Each husband cried for a week, one husband continued for more than two weeks. When asked, he replied miserably – "My wife missed the bus"
We often become an instrument in spreading this kind of evil humor that stereotypes wife as a woman who only knows how to spend money she has not earned.
"Your husband called. He said buy whatever you want." This might look like a plain joke but here is what you are saying when you make a joke about your wife spending all the money:
- My wife is unable to make her own money
- My wife does not understand money and how it is earned.
- My wife does silly things like shopping
It was not only the men who were sharing these jokes, the women were too. They spread like wildfire. Demonetisation in India acted like a fuel for firing more jokes on women.
Have you watched the video where husband calls to complain to his mother-in-law that the product he got from her is a defective piece? Refund, please.
Jokes, where women are compared to a lifeless object, are definitely not acceptable. Men sure lead a difficult life as their in-laws treat them as Kings and Emperors. It is not easy to live a life without millions of expectations from in-laws and extended families even neighbors.
The neighbors are quick to judge a newly married woman. Not all men appreciate jokes of this kind. The truth is some men are happily married. Yes, happy and married are not an oxymoron. I have witnessed, with my friends and cousins, who openly express such sentiments of sexism on their wives.
It is not just women alone who suffer from this kind of message—men and children are also negatively affected. It does as much hostile damage to a man, Ray says, because the theme intensifies the pressures on men to be a provider, to be masculine, and if they cannot, they are a failure. The message of benevolent sexism tells girls they are too fragile, and their job is to be pretty and be put on a pedestal, Ray said. "This also perpetuates self-doubt in girls and stifles their developing sense of self-efficacy and agency that are critical aspects to basic human contentment."
These are not light-hearted jokes but carry a subtle message of dehumanising and objectifying women. There are many heterosexual households where women make the money and the husband takes care of the household. We never hear the jokes on wife asking the husband, "Where did you spend all my money." This could be disastrous for their marriage, as it would hurt the male ego. Why can we take liberty with women but not men?
How a man and woman are earning and spending their money is a personal matter. If men have a problem being a breadwinner, they should confess it to their wives and be willing to take care of the household and children. Laughing on your wives does not make you a Hero!
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The UN is heavily involved in the promotion of localism, but research undertaken by Anne Palmer, has revealed that the flow may well have been from the Europeans upwards, rather than from the UN down! Indeed this quote from the Congress of Regional and Local Authorities of what is today the EU, from May 2001, linked here, almost completely confirms that fact. (Emphasis on the quotes below has been today added by myself)
The draft World Charter on Local Self-Government is an initiative started by IULA and developed in partnership with the UN Centre on Human Settlements. The draft is heavily based on the European Charter.
Put alongside the fact that regionalism, and thereafter control of the cities (as is clear from the linked document above), has been promoted by the EU- federalists according to a longstanding master-plan, as I blogged on Ironies on 3rd August 2003:
Previously there was a much more interesting organigram that illustrated, in a similar manner to the presentation of the two visually displayed documents on their present web page, a study with the title:-
Major Steps Towards a Europe of the Regions and Cities in an Integrated Continent
This detailed the progress shown as starting as early as 1951 to 1984 – a period the Eurocrats call Genesis, through 1985 to 1992 which they triumphantly label Breakthrough onto 1993 and beyond which they label Consolidation and New Challenge. Contrary to the claim on the CoR web site linked from our earlier post of today that they have only been working to that end since the Maastricht Treaty in 1994.
The pedigree of the Localism Bill, now progressing through Parliament in Westminster, far from being part of Cameron's "Big Society" is nothing other than the final nail in the coffin of individual rights. More research and background has been undertaken by Anne Palmer, which due to its length has not been posted here, but it may be read with all its extensive links from HERE. The huge problems and unconstitutionality of EU fines "upon and payable by" the Regions, is particularly covered on that link.
The real terrifying crux of all this comes when one finally realises that the differences between the three main parties in Westminster simply DO NOT EXIST! The Tories, Labour and now the Liberal Democrats in Coalition, all march to the step as the tune is called by the EU. Changes of UK Government make no difference being that new names are coined, such as the Big Society, for the same concepts as promoted by their predecessors, all without exception leading to the destruction of Westminster Governance and the suppression of individual liberties and freedoms. Thus even our national vote is thereby neutered (and in my own particular case, actually removed!)


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Funny, learned and frank, this book explores what life was really like in the Middle Ages. With specially commissioned illustrations by Robert Venables.
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Funny, learned and frank, this is the book to read if you want to know what it was really like to live in the Middle Ages. For here you can explore the medieval era as you would a foreign country – its customs and dress codes, sights to see and who to consult if you are ill. Ian Mortimer blends in-depth scholarship with literary flair as he leads the reader on a fascinating journey through the streets and lanes of 14th-century England, detailing the landscapes and towns, the people and their homes, their pastimes and their laws. In 'What to Eat and Drink', he describes dinner in a noble household: 'on a fish day you might be served a first course of lampreys baked in vinegar, pepper, ginger and cinnamon;' and he reveals the ingredients of 'pottage', the staple food of peasants. In 'What to Do' he notes the people's love of music and the 'disguising games' beloved by Edward III, who once took part himself by dressing as a giant bird. Jousting is essential viewing, though not for the faint-hearted: 'In case you have any doubt about the level of danger, let it be stated unequivocally. Jousting is dangerous.' 'Health and Hygiene' describes treatments that anticipate modern methods, such as trusses to repair hernias, and others which, mercifully, have been abandoned, such as the cure for quinsy (an abscess in the throat) that involves flaying and roasting a cat with the grease of a hedgehog and the fat of a bear, before anointing the sufferer. Robert Venables's absorbing illustrations depict these diverse aspects of day-to-day life, from cooks at work to a scene at the gallows. This edition also includes a newly commissioned map of Medieval England.
'After The Canterbury Tales, this has to be the most entertaining book ever written about the Middle Ages'
Ian Mortimer is a British historian. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998, and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine. He is the author of four medieval biographies, The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer (2003), The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III (2006), The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King (2007) and 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory (2009), and a book of related scholarly essays, Medieval Intrigue. In 2009 his PhD thesis was published by the Royal Historical Society as The Dying and the Doctors. In 2012, following the success of his The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer published a sequel, The Time Travellers Guide to Elizabethan England, which is now a three-part TV series presented by him. Ian Mortimer also writes historical fiction under his middle names, James Forrester, and has published three novels – the 'Clarenceux trilogy' – set in the 1560s.
Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester, attached to the Centre for English Local History. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours. He is well known as a historian of everyday life. His most recent publication is A Country Merchant: 1495–1520. Trading and Farming at the End of the Middle Ages (Oxford, 2012).
Robert Venables is a British artist, who studied graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. A master of the pastiche, Robert has created many high-profile advertising campaigns through major international advertising agencies. He is also a prolific editorial illustrator creating illustrations for many magazines and newspapers. For The Folio Society he has previously illustrated The Persian Expedition and The Violet Fairy Book.
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DIY GIFTS - These "Do It Yourself" gifts can be fun and affordable. Picking a gift with a minimal number of components and looking for deals on the supplies you do need can help keep this a manageable gift option. You can also personalize a lot of lower cost gifts you would find in a store such as picture frames or journals by adding a little crafty flare. Doing gifts like homemade soaps or candies can be a great way to take care of a lot of people on your list without having to come up with several different ideas. Giving a homemade gift shows that you took the time to create something special for that person, which often times means more than a high-priced item. Here is a great list of DIY Gift Ideas: 2011 Ultimate DIY Gift Guide
PERSONALIZED GIFT BASKETS - These are a great way to bring together a collection of lower cost items that can be a fun treat for the person you're gifting. Chocolate Lovers could indulge in M&Ms, candy bars, and baking chocolate for making their favorite treat - throw in a recipe for your double fudge brownies or hot chocolate and you have a personal yet inexpensive treat they'll really like. Themes such as Coffee Lovers, Movie Buffs, Sweet Tooth, or New Pet will be a big hit! Find more ideas here.
THE GIFT OF GIVING - The holidays back up onto the time of year when charities near and far are looking for your end-of-the-year donations. You can save time and funds by giving one gift of whatever amount you choose or can afford to your charity of choice and in your Christmas Cards let your friends, coworkers, neighbors, or whoever is on your list, know that you made a donation in their name to an organization that is doing important work in your community, in your country, or around the world. This is a truly meaningful gift that doesn't require you to spend above your means. Charity Watch can help you find a top-rated and reputable charity for whichever cause you are looking to support.
This year, you may also have someone on your list who was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer or has been fighting the disease for some time. Many times it is difficult to know exactly what to say or what to do to let that person know that you are there for them and want to support them in their Battle Against Breast Cancer. This year, take the Holidays as an opportunity to give something truly meaningful, and useful, to the women and men in your life who are experiencing breast cancer with their families. Here are some ideas, pulling from our list above.
DIY Gift: Paint a picture frame pink or use a paint marker to write a heartfelt message around a picture of the two of you or create a photo album of the moments you've shared. With so many things changing in their lives, it is comforting to know that some things, including relationships, will stay the same.
Personalized Gift Basket: Helping Hands themed basket could include 'vouchers' for help with housecleaning, an 'IOU' for a home-cooked meal you bring to their family once a week or once a month, 'coupons' for driving them to and from their doctors appointments - these small things add up to a lot for the families who have to rearrange their lives to help care for their loved ones fighting cancer.
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We hope these gift ideas are helpful to you this holiday season. By saving some green you can spend more of your time Living Pink and doing everything in your power to make the lifestyle choices that will keep you cancer free. Whether you are trying to find just the right thing to give to a friend experiencing breast cancer or a trinket for a friendly neighbor, everyone will appreciate something homemade just for them.
Those are some of our thoughts - what about yours? Leave a comment and share your ideas for spreading holiday cheer without spreading yourself and your resources thin. Can't wait to see your ideas!


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Tracy Morgan Is Sorry People Got Upset About His Homophobic Material
Which is not quite the same as being sorry he said it.
Tracy Morgan was on Letterman last night, where he discussed his homophobia-apology tour from this summer, while sort of backing down from some of the more clear mea culpas he'd given in June. "It was a misunderstanding," he said last night. "I was just up there working," he said of his homophobic set, adding that he's in the George Carlin/Richard Pryor school of stand-up, so if people are more used to a "Comedy Central" style (what Morgan described as "premise, setup, punch line"), they might not understand or appreciate his act. He also says he can't remember exactly what he said at the Nashville show.
"You apologized because you had made a mistake, or because people were upset?" Letterman asked. "I apologized because people came to the show and paid money and they got upset about it," Morgan said. "It got out of hand." Morgan and Letterman both expressed a mutual loathing for people texting or tweeting during shows, though for the record, the article that first called Morgan out was posted on Facebook, hours after the show.


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A white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night.
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Right behind Lorenzo is Jesse Haus, an ambitious young reporter from the city's evening paper. Almost immediately, Jesse suspects Brenda of hiding something. Relentlessly, she works her way into the distraught mother's fragile world, befriending her even as she looks for the chance to break the biggest story of her career.
As the search for the alleged carjacker intensifies, so does the simmering racial tension between Dempsey and its mostly white neighbor, Gannon. And when the Gannon police arrest a black man from Dempsey and declare him a suspect, the animosity between the two cities threatens to boil over into violence. With the media swarming and the mood turning increasingly ugly, Lorenzo must take desperate measures to get to the bottom of Brenda Martin's story.
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As someone who reads quite a bit of crime fiction, I found this book rather difficult to follow. The plot seems to ramble all over the place and takes a long time getting anywhere. I gave up reading it about half way through. Disappointing.
Great book and I don't usually read crime/thrillers. But so much more than a thriller, amazing dialogue, complex characters, wonderful writing and truth-telling insight into what it's like for the 99%.
Another winner from richard Price.
Could have used some serious editing for length, however. About 100 pages too long.
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ENCINO — Former "Saturday Night Live" comic Phil Hartman was shot to death early Thursday, apparently by his wife, who killed herself as police were shepherding the couple's two children from the family's million-dollar Encino home.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired at the home arrived to find the couple's 9-year-old, Sean, fleeing out the front door. They took the boy to safety, then returned to get his 6-year-old sister, Birgen. A single shot was heard--Hartman's wife, Brynn Hartman, 41, apparently killed herself as police took her daughter from the home.
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Alliance for the Arts. Works by members of the Lee Art Educators Association will be on display throughout the month. The elementary and middle school exhibit runs through April 10; the high school exhibit, April 14–30. A reception is April 14 at 5 p.m. 939-2787.
BIG Arts Center. The Southwest Florida Craft Guild presents its annual Exhibit of Excellence, on display April 2–23; reception, April 9 at 5 p.m. 395-0900.
Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs. Tools in Motion, a showcase of works from the Hechinger Collection, is on display through April 30. 495-8989.
First Fridays Art Walk. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the art galleries and businesses of Fort Myers' River District from 6–10 p.m. on April 1. www.fortmyersartwalk.com.
Florida West Arts. Winner of Best in Show at the Florida West Arts National Juried Exhibition 2010, Taylor Robenalt's sculptures are shown through April 14. 948-4427.
Marco Island Historical Museum. Florida's Lost Tribes is on display through April 8. 642-1440.
Marianne Friedland Gallery. Spring Fantasy, an exhibition of paintings and prints by American and European artists, runs April 2–30. 262-3484.
Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art. On display this month: Nevelson: Dawn's Forest; Albert Paley Sculpture; Blossom II The Art of Flowers; Tuscany: Wandering the Back Roads; Modern Mexican Masters; Leaders in American Modernism; The Mouse House, featuring works from the Olga Hirshhorn collection; selections from the NMA permanent collection; and Florida Contemporary 2011. 597-1900.
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. Eric Riemenschneider shows the beauty of the everyday man in his show AmERICa, on display all month. 333-1933.
Southwest Florida Museum of History. Darwin & Dinosaurs is on display through May 14. 321-7430.


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Bell, Smith, Becker lead MSU in upset
Bell finishes with .500 batting average in three-game series
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Briana Bell and Ka'ili Smith had run-scoring base hits in a three-run second inning, and Stephanie Becker held No. 4 Tennessee scoreless over the final five innings to lead Mississippi State to a 3-2 upset of the Lady Vols in the series finale on Saturday.
Bell, who hit .500 in the three-game series, had the two-run double in the second before coming back with a single later in the game. Smith's RBI base hit in the decisive second was the highlight of her 2-for-4 afternoon.
In the last eight games, Smith is hitting .375 with a double and four RBIs.
In her third consecutive start this weekend, Becker scattered seven hits and allowed two runs over the first pair of innings in a complete-game effort. She tossed 16.1 innings in the three games.
The Bulldogs salvaged the final game of the series to improve to 23-26 overall and 9-13 in SEC play. The win snapped a 13-game Tennessee win streak and dropped the Lady Vols to 41-7 and 17-5 in the conference.
"It was great to bounce back with the win today, especially after being held without a hit yesterday. It was big for our ballclub to come out and get some runs on the scoreboard, and Stephanie Becker put in another great performance on the mound," Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller said.
"It was big for us to have Briana come through and drive in those first two runs. Ka'ili also did a great job hitting in that three-run inning. After being shutout twice, we needed to get on the board, and that was a big step for our ballclub. I wish we could have scored some more runs for Stephanie, but those three ended up being enough. At this point in the season, we'll take the win any way we can get it."
After failing to capitalize on Ali Bainbridge's 13th double of the season in the opening inning, the Bulldogs put the decisive three runs across in the second to rally from a 1-0 deficit.
Heidi Shape started the inning by beating out a ground ball to shortstop. Shelby Fisher and Bainbridge drew a pair of walks to load the bases, and Bell put the Dawgs in front with a double to left-center field.
Bainbridge, who made a stellar slide to get into third on Bell's hit, gave MSU the 3-1 lead as she scored on Smith's two-out base hit through the left side.
Bainbridge also drew two walks in the game to bring her season total to a personal-best 37. The Vestavia Hills, Ala., native, who stands four hits shy of 200 for her career, is now tied for sixth in single-season walks and seventh in career free passes with 69.
The three-run burst chased UT starter Ellen Renfroe. Renfroe suffered her first defeat in the circle since March 13. She allowed the three runs and four hits in two innings before giving way to her sister, Ivy, for the final five frames.
Tennessee cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the second when Kat Dotson hit a one-out single and came around to score on a Kelly Grieve sacrifice fly. The Bulldogs avoided any further trouble, however, as Sam Lenahan took the throw at home and tossed out Chavanne trying to take third.
The Bulldogs earned a pair of walks in the top of the fourth off Ivy Renfroe, but they were unable to scratch across any insurance runs as a strikeout ended the inning.
Becker and the MSU defense preserved the 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Tennessee got a single from Chavanne and a walk to Gibson. The Bulldogs issued an intentional pass to Spigner, but Becker got Melissa Davin to fly out to right field to leave the bases loaded.
MSU missed an opportunity of its own in the top of the seventh. With one out, Bainbridge reached on an error by UT shortstop Melissa Brown. Bell followed with her second hit of the game, and Smith loaded the bases with a ground ball that made its way through the left side of the infield.
A pair of strikeouts by Ivy Renfroe, however, left the bases full.
Becker sealed the win with a solid seventh inning. She got Chavanne, who had been put out just once in the series, to fly out to right field to open the inning. Kelly Grieve also flew out to Bell in right, and after Gibson kept UT alive with a base hit, Becker fanned Shelby Burchell to notch the victory.
Saturday featured the third sellout crowd of the season (1,649) at the Lee Softball Stadium. Prior to the contest the Big Orange celebrated the "Senior Day" of center fielder Kelly Grieve, honoring the Asheville, N.C., native for her outstanding contributions to the Lady Vol program.
Ivy Renfroe improved her consecutive streak of no earned runs to 30.2.
Chavanne led the Tennessee offense, going 3-for-4 on the day with a run scored and her squad-high 28th stolen base of the season. Chavanne led the Lady Vols by hitting .800 (8-of-10) overall with a triple and four thefts. Third baseman Jessica Spigner posted a 1-for-2 effort with her 40th RBI of the year. Grieve knocked in a tally on her "Senior Day" via a second inning sacrifice fly.
"Today was all about Mississippi State," Lady Vol co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. "They wanted this game more than we did. They came out and threw some punches at us early, and we didn't answer. I think since we're so young, our 13-game win streak sort of went to our heads a little. I'm really very proud of our team, but when they are young like this, you have to learn the hard way sometimes."
For the second consecutive day Tennessee quickly got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first. An infield single from Chavanne, a stolen base and a fly ball to right by Grieve proved plenty to station the UT occupant at third with one retired. Second baseman Lauren Gibson walked and first baseman Shelby Burchell was struck by a pitch from Becker to load the bags. Spigner stepped to the plate and ripped an RBI single through the infield as Chavanne scored from 60 feet away to make it 1-0. A fielder's choice cut down the lead runner at the plate and a strikeout left the bases juiced.


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In this week's Breaking Bad recap, Matt Zoller Seitz pondered the "believability" of the characters' descent into their figurative holes. "That's one of the many things I love about this show: All the characters behave in internally consistent ways, even when they're doing objectively preposterous things, or showing you sides you might not have previously imagined they had. You believe them." Here's what you all thought of "Buried."
You discussed the role of female characters …
"Surprised not to see any mention of Lydia in your post. But then, not. Her character is, in my opinion, one of the sloppier and more disappointing things about the last slate of episodes from this writing team. She feels like a deus ex machina every time she hits the screen. Which is one thing. But to add insult to injury, she's a bimbo. A hard core bimbo but a bimbo. When I see a 'strong' female character who's hobbled with weaknesses, high heel shoes and other nervous girly tics, I get pissed off. It's lazy writing, it's insulting to intelligent viewers and it demonstrates a disrespect for women in the real world. As has been said by many a feminist commenter about many a movie or TV show, there's a difference between "strong" women characters and "strong" male characters. Why did the writers have to give us a strong female boss but put her in $1000 Louboutins and have her hobbling around the desert like an idiot bimbo? A boss of this caliber has other things to worry about besides vanity footwear. And would never let herself be mocked by Todd's crew! You don't get where she is by acting like that. Not only in the crime world but in the corporate world." –ksra
"It was great to see Marie/Betsy Brandt unleashed last night. She's had moments in the past but nothing quite like last night. That scene in the coffee shop between Hank and Skyler was an all-timer as well." –Ducard
"If the shows love of parallelisms holds, it's Lydia who brings down the besieged Walt, with Jesse unintentionally aiding this process. My suspicion is that the flash-forward is Walt's last (and futile) stand against the new 'king' -- who is in fact a queen, namely Lydia. The show will end with her at the top of the heap (with a possible allusion to some future downfall on her part). The resolution won't be one in the strict sense of the term. It will mirror, rather, the end of a Greek tragedy. The Greeks understood human nature as fixed. Hence events proceed in a cyclical fashion (Jesse doing circles in the playground seem to hint at this); there is no notion of progress or evolution. Hence a reset position seems to be what we're in store for." –ed68
"Skyler made an error that could come back to haunt her, and Walt. When she was being questioned hard by Marie — interrogated, really — and Marie asked about Walt's complicity in the contract against Hank, she really should have denied that strenuously, blaming the cartel, even mentioning that Hank got a warning call, rather than saying 'I'm sorry' finally after not speaking. I know that Skyler thinks that Walt did have something to do with it (earlier, Skyler made up the gambling story to get money for Hank's rehab because she thought that Walt was somehow responsible). But she should have used some sense of self-preservation, as well as a lack of factual knowledge, to get out of that." –alesh
"Skyler is not as fast or devious as Heisenberg ... that she didn't admit anything to either Hank or Marie is pretty impressive, considering the state she was in." –elblipo
… and debated imagery and symbolism.
"How about the remote control car in front of Hank's driveway? Clearly it's there to represent something, particularly when Walt pulls out and backs up right to the little car and they both speed off in opposite directions. Metaphor for how Walt actually has no control over his life and is at the will of others operating the controls?" –NYC15
"The overhead shot of Jessie spinning on the playground equipment, when accompanied by the audio, suggested a clock ticking down. Not necessarily a time bomb but who knows? Walt could go out in either a whimper or a bang. I'll be looking for more clock imagery in the next episodes." –smaknstein
"I see some people have some doubts that given how many horrible things he's done, Walt wouldn't consider 'sending Hank to Belize' ... but consider this. Walt refuses point blank to consider killing Hank, and even reacts in disgust towards the very suggestion. He seems to think he could never even consider it, let alone DO it. That's fine... When Jane went out Jimi Hendrix style, do you remember the look of shock and horror that came over Walt's face when he realized what he'd just allowed to happen? He couldn't believe what he'd just done. He had the same look of panic and immediate regret right after he shot Mike and the car drove off and crashed. Utter disbelief at how far he'd just gone, at the line he'd just crossed. I often think that Walt is almost as clueless as others as to who he really is, and what he's capable of. Walt's surprised us before, and if he gets put in a me-or-Hank or Hank-or-my-family situation, I bet he could surprise himself. Walt wouldn't kill Hank, but Heisenberg would." –Hendoism
"Is there any news on the light beige-light blue-light pink colors that Walt and Marie have been wearing? They look cleaned up and almost angelic." –Bloshka
"I'm sure someone else has already said this, but it occurred to me that the last two digits in the coordinates for the money are 52 — the same numbers Walt spelled in bacon in the season premiere's flash-forward. He seemed to be spelling his age at the time, but I wonder if he was surreptitiously delivering the final coordinate of his dark fortune to Skyler somehow?" –robertjpeterson
You praised Aaron Paul, and speculated about what will happen to Jesse ...
"It says a lot about Aaron Paul's acting ability that he was able to convey so much emotion in an episode where he literally said nothing at all." –A_Full_Measures_Salud
"I'm trying to figure out what kind of charges Jesse faces being found with millions of dollars in unexplained cash. He has no way out now other than turning evidence on Walt or whomever else, right? It's almost like Jesse's malaise was a product of subconsciously wanting to get arrested as the only way to help make amends for all the wrong he's done. I'm guessing he will spill all the beans to Hank, help Hank fill in a lot of the blanks, and since nobody knows he's been taken in, will be put back on the street to get more evidence to put Walt away for good." –vinegarstrokes
... and made more predictions about how your favorite series will end.
"If anything it sounds like the show is setting things up for Walt to be brought up on every charge we can think of only to walk out of the courtroom with the case dismissed due to illegal police work in obtaining ALL the evidence and potential testimony from Skyler. Who knows what kind of illegal tactics Hank will resort to in obtaining whatever info he gets from Jessie, which should be a slam dunk for him. Should that happen, Walt walk away with charges dismissed, we can expect Hank to go crazy and shoot him dead (with Skylar attempting to save him by jumping in front of Walt, but only to have Hank kill them both with one bullet LOL)" –JohnnyMorales
One thing's for sure: You're all serious about the show. Very serious.
"Several hundred of viewers in Fairfield, Conn lost their cable vision during this past Sunday BB. In an emergency like this they could only think of one thing. They called 911, police were not amused. It came back at 11:30 for them to see an encore performances. Those folks are dedicated bad addicts!!!" –February6


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Banks tighten screws on foreign buyersWritten by admin on May 10, 2016 – 5:00 am
All four of Australia's big banks have tightened lending for foreign buyers over the past months, some blaming increased regulatory requirements. Under the Basel III banking reforms, banks will face higher capital requirements on loans reliant on foreign income.
Highly elevated house prices and paltry rents in Australia means rental income is often insufficient to service the loan. Hence, banks require extra income to service the loan and obtaining this top-up income from foreign sources can pose additional risks in an increasingly challenging economic environment.
Martin North from Digital Finance Analytics adds, "In addition, if house prices were to slide, overseas investors might be more willing to cut and run, and we also know that some investors from China are finding it harder to get funds out of the country."
A recent distressed property report from SQM Research found there are some 27,000 "distressed" properties for sale in Australia. The most concentrated area for distressed properties is the Gold Coast, Queensland, where banks are being forced to sell homes after being unable to contact the borrower.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) no longer provides loans to self employed applicants who use foreign income to service the loan. Temporary residents must now earn their income within Australia and be paid in Australian dollars. They can only obtain a loan with a maximum loan-value ratio (LVR) of 70 per cent, down from 80 per cent.
Westpac, including St George Bank, Bank of Melbourne and BankSA have ceased lending to non-residents, temporary visa holders and borrowers using foreign, self-employed income to service loans. It has also reduced the LVR for loans serviced with foreign income to 70 per cent, down from 80 per cent.
NAB reduced its maximum LVR from 80 per cent down to 70 per cent for foreign applicants, but continues to lend on a case by case basis.
ANZ will no longer accept loans serviced with 100 per cent foreign income and now has a maximum LVR of 70 per cent applying to these loans.
Of the big four, the ANZ has been the most transparent indicating as early last month that many foreign loans were missing critical information. Later in the month, it was reported ANZ had retracted the approval on approximately 90 loans after the parties were unable to provide supportive documentation for their sources of foreign income. It was understood at the time, some borrowers were being paid by obscure and often non-existent offshore companies. ANZ has an extensive network of retail and business banking contacts across Asia and had no record of these companies.
The truth may have finally come out yesterday, when it was disclosed ANZ and Westpac banks have approved hundreds of loans supported by fraudulent foreign income documentation.
The banks have blamed dodgy mortgage brokers for the fraud, reporting the cases to the regulators and police.
Westpac continues to say "the primary driver of our decision was the changes in capital and funding requirements."
» ANZ, Westpac hit by hundreds of Chinese home loan frauds – The Australian Financial Review, 9th May 2016.
» ANZ Bank's clampdown sees home loan approvals retracted – The AFR, 28th April 2016.
» Australian Lenders Are Clamping Down on Foreign Buying of Homes – Bloomberg, 27th April 2016.
» Westpac stops lending to foreign property investors – The Sydney Morning Herald, 27th April 2016.
» ANZ Banking Group cracks down on dubious offshore mortgage funding from Asia – The Australian Financial Review, 5th April 2016.
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More sizable deposits required as property bubble reaches tipping pointWritten by admin on May 9, 2016 – 5:00 am
Borrowers are having to pay larger housing deposits in 2016 as lenders re-evaluate their risk appetite, according to Genworth.
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Limited is Australia's largest provider of Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI). LMI protects the lender when borrowers default on their home loans.
According to the Chief Executive Officer, Ms Georgette Nicholas, approximately 17 per cent of new business written is to cover loans with a loan-to-valve ratio (LVR) of 90 per cent – down from 29 per cent in the first quarter 2015.
Due to a slowdown in new business volumes and the decline in the LVR mix, Genworth Australia's first quarter net profit has fallen 25 per cent to $67.3 million, compared to $89.5 million in the same quarter of 2015.
In a first quarter 2016 earnings statement, Glenworth stated, "The overall portfolio is performing in line with expectations. Performance in NSW and Victoria remains strong, while pressure in WA and Queensland continues as those regions navigate through tough economic conditions."
But it is not only the banks that are re-evaluating the risks.
Genworth Financial Inc's CEO Tom McInerney said in an interview in New York, "We've cut back in writing in Western Australia and Queensland." Genworth Financial owns 52 per cent of the Australian business after floating it in May last year.
McInerney says, Genworth has become more "more wary" of Australia's housing market due to our ties in a macro sense to China and Commodities.
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Perth rental crisis a precursor to housing crashWritten by admin on May 7, 2016 – 5:27 pm
An unprecedented 10,200 vacant residential properties are now available for rent in Perth, according to an ABC news report published today.
Perth City now has a distressing vacancy rate of 6 per cent, while the suburbs hover around an highly elevated 4 per cent, about three times the long term average.
REIWA president Hayden Groves remarks, "It really is quite startling."
With every Australian aspiring to be a negatively geared multiple property landlord, and with a chronic shortage of renters, tenants are the big winners.
Groves told the ABC, "Tenants certainly have the rental market in their favour at the moment."
Data from SQM affirm the challenge facing landlords as rents plunge across Perth and Western Australia. In the past twelve months, rents for houses in Perth and surrounding suburbs are down an average of 12 per cent. Units are holding up only marginally better at 11 per cent. Over three years, rents for houses have fallen 26 per cent and units 23 per cent. The data shows no signs of abating.
Regional centers exposed more heavily to the mining downturn have notched up even larger falls. Northern WA including the Pilbara region has seen rents fall for houses 35.4 per cent in the past twelve months.
Sale transactions down 40 percent, crash could be looming
In the March 2016 quarter, Perth Real Estate agents observed a 40 per cent collapse in the number of property transactions. This has even the most bullish agents running scared, as a slowdown is normally the precursor to price falls.
While Northern WA is already a couple of years into a serious property crash, Perth has been experiencing only moderate, single digit falls for a number of years. But this is expected to soon break out to double digit falls, officially designating a crash.
» Perth property correction to continue into 2016 – Who crashed the economy?, 4th January 2016.
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Australia joins club deflation, cuts cash rate.Written by admin on May 3, 2016 – 6:45 pm
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has today acknowledged the Australian economy is slowing more rapidly than forecast, deciding to slash the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a record low of just 1.75 per cent.
It follows ugly stats out last week from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), showing Australian consumer prices are now falling. In the March quarter, CPI fell 0.2 per cent on the back of weaker clothing and footwear prices (-2.6%), transport (-2.5%), communications (-1.5%), recreation (-1.0) and the all important staple, food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.2%).
In a statement on today's monetary policy decision, the central bank noted:
Inflation has been quite low for some time and recent data were unexpectedly low. While the quarterly data contain some temporary factors, these results, together with ongoing very subdued growth in labour costs and very low cost pressures elsewhere in the world, point to a lower outlook for inflation than previously forecast.
The big four banks, facing a tick up in bad debts provisions have acted immediately, passing on the full 25 basis points – all except ANZ. ANZ is arguing higher wholesale funding costs have forced it to only pass on 19 basis points. ANZ today announced its cash earnings have plunged 24 per cent to $2.8 billion due to problem loans resulting from low commodity prices.
» Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision – The Reserve Bank of Australia – 3rd May 2016.
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The ABC's Four Corners has aired an excellent story tonight showing how tax distortions such as negative gearing has created one of the world's largest housing bubbles:
Watch the 45 minute segment here.
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A Birthday Card For My Mom
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What a pretty card - reminds me of the summertime! Thanks for entering the challenge.
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This is just gorgeous, I love those flowers and layout and pretty colors of your card. Thank you for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers this week and good luck xx
- September 27, 2013 at 6:31 AM
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Hi Fiona,
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What an absolutely gorgeous card, great use of dies. Thank you so much for entering my challenge theme on an Oldie But A Goodie, and good luck!
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It is still a bit beta-ish, in the sense that I am the only one who has ever used it in earnest. So it may contain nasty bugs, although that has become increasingly unlikely over time.
I am not going to actively advertise this application. It works for me, has done so for quite some time already and I really do want to share it with others. However, it is becoming more and more difficult for me to find the time to do any serious RISC OS development. If I urged people to use it by advertising it, I would feel obliged to offer support immediately (or even sooner) and I may not be able to provide it that quickly. So I am just putting the program on this page in the hope that it is of use to anyone who stumbles across it. If it fails in some way, I will try to fix things. It just may take a lot longer than I would have liked...
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I was seventeen when Ayn Rand captured the hearts of my best friend, Sven and his other male friend. "We're libertarians," they proclaimed proudly, though I had no idea what that meant. When I asked, they responded that I ought to read Atlas Shrugged, because it would open my eyes to the Way Politics Really Were. They also told me that it was a philosophy based on individual liberty and reduced government interference. I said I supposed I was a libertarian, too, then. But I never read the book.
I didn't think I was interested in politics at all. After all, watching C-SPAN was not the highlight of my afternoon, the way it was for them. In the no man's land that is trying to find a job before turning 18, taxes were the furthest thing from my mind. I knew that the government was an evil, parasitic entity that would eventually sell itself to the Pope and commission the army to exterminate True Believers just before the Rapture. But I didn't seek out that knowledge, or any other knowledge. Somewhere along the way, I'd picked up the idea that politics were a male game that could not possibly be interesting to me, a girl. I also heeded my pastor's repeated warnings not to get involved in politics, because the secular realm was "Satan's kingdom" and there was no point trying to change the system.
We were not dominionists. We were premillennialists of the most extreme sort: "The world is going to hell, so let it. We'll be gone soon enough anyway, and then it will all burn up."
Despite this, and despite my constant attempts to change the subject, I ended up in lots of conversations with my libertarian friends. And this was how I learned that I wasn't actually a libertarian or apathetic. The conversations below are paraphrased, because it's been too long for me to remember them word for word:
On affirmative action:
- Sven: We should repeal affirmative action. I got turned down for a prestigious scholarship because they needed more black people for their quota. It's not fair. It rewards people who don't work as hard just because they're minorities.
- Me: But if two people are equally qualified and there are already lots of white guys in the program, doesn't it make sense to offer the spot to the one whose background made it less likely for him to achieve as much as he already has?
- Sven (impatient) : But that's not what happens. They need to meet racial quotas so they just let in whoever applies. Meanwhile, guys like me work our butts off for nothing.
- Me: Do you need the scholarship, though? Aren't your parents paying for college? If no one in my family could afford college and I was passed over for a guy who really didn't need it, even though we had the same scores, wouldn't that be worse?
- Sven: It should be about merit, not need.
- Me: But what if you're poor and you had to work second shift while making sure you have good grades in school? What if you had to take care of your brothers and sisters because your parents were sick? If someone like that has a 3.95 grade point average and the white guy who never had to do any of that has a 4.0, I would think the first guy had more merit than the other one. Part of affirmative action is to help minority children get into college despite having statistically poorer parents.
- Sven: Anybody could make up a story like that. We need concrete proof like GPA because otherwise anyone could tell a sob story about their dying father and get a scholarship, even if they were lazy. Everyone needs to compete on a level playing field.
- Me: But not everybody gets to start on a level playing field.
- Sven changes the subject.
On welfare:
- Sven: People on welfare are just lazy and don't want to get a job. If we got rid of welfare, they would have to take personal responsibility.
- Me: Welfare doesn't pay very much. Why would they do that?
- Sven: Because they feel entitled and just want a hand out. And they scam the system so they can get more money than they're supposed to.
- Me: What if they can't get a job, or they're sick, or they're a stay-at-home-mom whose husband left her, like mine?
- Sven (uncomfortable): Well, I don't mean people like you. The church should take care of people who really need help.
On gender equality:
- Sven: Straight white men are the most discriminated against group in America. (He would absolutely have agreed with this opinion piece on Yahoo arguing that "straight white men are the new minority." In fact, he pretty much said everything in that article to me privately.)
- Me: (Too speechless to express my disagreement.)
On the purpose of government:
- Sven and his friend: Government should be pared down to just the military and basic things like drivers' licenses and birth certificates.
- Me (very naively, I know): I think the government has three responsibilities: providing basic infrastructure, health care and education.
- The guys: Not defense?
- Me (having never seriously thought about the military at this point): I'm a pacifist. (Which I'm not, really. But I do still stand by those three things: I believe that patriotism means looking out for our fellow Americans' wellbeing, not popping missiles at whoever steps on our lawn.)
Sven, a libertarian, believed in equality of opportunity. For him, this meant getting rid of laws that discriminate based on race and sex. That was the beginning and end of it, because, for Sven, the government had no business meddling in employment or education decisions as long as it wasn't openly discriminating. Sven believed that all services should be privatized and that charities would pick up the slack of welfare for the worthy poor.
I, thinking I was a libertarian, readily agreed with him on the premise of equality of opportunity, but had strong reservations about the simplicity of his solution. I knew that I was starting out in life at a disadvantage. When Sven bought a car (his parents matched the money he saved), I was contributing to our rent and our shared car was repossessed. When Sven decided to go to our state college, he knew that his parents would help cover the gaps in his scholarships. They would also pay for him to rent an apartment off campus so he wouldn't have to have a worldly roommate. I entered college knowing that I had two considerations to balance: the cost of loans over time (there was no way my parents could cover the gaps), and the tuition-quality ratio of the school I went to. I needed enough academic quality to have a good shot at grad school, and enough student aid to cover the expense. In the end, I went to a small liberal arts college, which got me into two prestigious graduate schools but left me with massive debt.
When Sven went to work, he found himself promoted to front-end manager of his retail store within a year. I elbowed my way into the customer service desk position (of the same chain), a slight raise. Although customers could be jerks to both of us, I am pretty sure that nobody publicly masturbated to Sven at the register. Although I wouldn't have called myself a feminist at the time (for fear of being burned at the stake!), I was aware of the way that people looked up to Sven everywhere, while they looked down at my tits.
When I'd been in college for a few years and found my voice, I began to articulate better the ideas I had already hashed out in my arguments with Sven. I never self-consciously changed my voter registration or thought in party terms, though I did try to help vote out Bush in '04, my first presidential election. Yet when I came home on break to have dinner with my parents, I was thrown by a comment by my father:
"You've been brainwashed by those bleeding heart liberal college professors of yours."
I stared at him. I hadn't changed my position on issues of poverty and structural inequality at all. I had simply learned to talk about them using the appropriate terms.
"You're a feminazi now," he joked. And then he proceeded to lecture me on free-market economics… as though I hadn't spent my whole youth listening to conservative Christian radio, watching the conservative news with him, debating with my libertarian friends, or hearing periodic rants from him and from the pulpit about the Democrats being salivating sex fiends addicted to abortion who want to set up a nanny state and turn the whole world gay, then urinate on the cross and shoot Christians.
It was surreal.
College didn't "make me a liberal."
I didn't even know I was one until other people vindictively attached that label to me. Lived experience of poverty and sexism, and empathy with racial minorities (and, eventually LGBTQ people) had made me "liberal." All along, though, I just thought I was being a good Republican! I thought that we were the party that believed in equality of opportunity, and I just wanted to help make that imaginary level playing field become reality. I wanted to fix the problem of unequal starting points – children born into situations that work against their advancement – before I started even thinking about taxes.
But hell, maybe I don't even remember this properly after all my brainwashing. 😉
Happy Independence Day!
Check out these related posts by Libby Anne:
Happy Fourth: On Libertarianism, Citizenship, and Social Responsibility
Happy Fourth: On Secession and Armed Insurrection


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