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[cjboffoli]

I’m not sure what your budget is, but I have to put in a plug for the Miele line. My dishwasher is absolutely the best I have ever used. Beautifully designed. Super quiet. Ultra efficient. Leave it to the Germans to figure out how to manage to get everything sparkling clean despite the fact that the dishwasher uses less water than just about every other dishwasher out there. I never pre-rinse anything. I just don’t have to.

I’ve used my Miele heavily for going on five years and I’ve had no problems with it at all. The only downside was that I had to deal with Albert Lee who weren’t the most responsive people to work with. For me it was definitely worth the price premium.

http://bit.ly/hLcwPz

[ghar72]

We inherited a BOB double stroller. It’s an older model, pre-Revolution. We also own a BOB single that IS a Revolution. What a world of difference! The front wheel of the Revolution is free to turn instead of tracking in a single line. If we could afford it, we’d upgrade to the double Revolution, but it was free, so can’t really complain too much. Just glad we didn’t pay for it. Super cumbersome when trying to turn, with 50 lbs of kid weighing down the stroller!

[dufus]

Ode to the vegetables — you can sing this post to the tune of yankee doodle dandy if you like…

Once again…I know I said this in my post, but here it is again…

Nutritional carnitine deficiencies have not been identified in healthy people without metabolic disorders. Your post, JoB, talks about people WITH illnesses needing to pay attention to carnitine issues…and your post even references a list of illnesses where carnitine can help. I would agree, if a person has an underlying illness, and that illness would be helped by carnitine, then go for the supplement. So there you have it, you are talking about illnesses, ill people, I am talking about healthy people. If people have an illness, then yes, they should take a supplement… most vegans and vegetarians do not get an illness from lack of carnitine, so it is a non-issue.

The red-herring comment was supposed to be a joke. However, I do believe an obscure carnitine deficiency reference, by you, is indeed a red herring which you bring up to deflect from the point of the rant: how animals are treated in slaughter times. I do not get how your points talk at all to how animals are often cruelly treated during their farming and processing for our consumption. In fact I would say you are pandering to the supplement industry. They of course want to say carnitine is lacking in your diet, so you will buy it. It seems you are buying into and propagating their fear mongering to people who have illness. Many ill people are grasping at anything that might make them well. Once again, this has NOTHING to do with how animals are killed or mistreated during the farming and processing of meat.

And JoB, do you or don’t you believe animals should be farmed and “processed” in humane ways?

Some say that the video is just shock value material…does it not show real ways in which animals are slaughtered and farmed?

JoB, are you Ok with those tactics? Because you do very little to show respect for those animals by your posting about carnitine on this particular rant thread. I think it is much worse than crass that people do not stand up for the humane treatment of all animals.

And btw, this rant has nothing to do with abortion — so it is also a red herring for someone to bring that topic into the mix. If you have a rant about abortion videos, start your own rant, gosh darn it. Or better yet, go actually do something about it yourself. Talk is cheap, and actually, it is free on this forum, so I am taking full advantage. Hmmm… actually it is not free because I am taking up billable time writing this… but I digress. And I’m having you on.

I am not invested in having the last word or in being right. My many meaningful friendships have taught me a lot about being OK with being wrong and admitting it. I am usually open to another person’s point of view. I also have no issue with being put in my place. I give you, JoB, I am not a carnitine expert, nor do I study the body’s intricate metabolic processes. I read and study and try to make sense of the world around me and be a good person.

What I do have issue with is inhumane meat processing methods and animal cruelty for no good reason. And people who are OK with the way things are and who’d rather bury their heads in the sand than just admit it is currently sickening that we still allow these types of practices to continue.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” –

— Albert Einstein

Thanks to you all for responding to the rant of this flawed human! It is most satisfying to blah blah blah and get it all out. And in my final commentary… I’m sure some of you will have something to say about my poor cat getting a terrible illness from this..it just occurred to me that I now choose to move on to feeding my cats veggie booty instead of the chicken bits and other animal parts they are currently consuming. Or let them eat all the birds outside as nature dictates. How’s that for new fodder? Did I just chum the waters?

And now, I bid you all adieu and bon appétit.

[Ken]

Sadly, the sarcasm impaired quote the same part of the article to support the idea of merit pay = test score.

another humorous take on applying the theories of NCLB to the banking industry:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/07/953476/-Notice-to-All-Banker-Types-from-a-Teacher

[Ken]

Damifino. Google is no help or I can’t for the right query.

Here is the info on PA testing by min wage scorers:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/07/952045/-A-5th-grader-says-No-to-NCLB-

[metrognome]

Music has been a big part of my life, even tho I don’t play an instrument and am pretty tone deaf as far as my own ability to sing. So, I thought I would endeavor to bring your attention to some music by the best musicians you’ve probably never heard of … this week’s selection is Diedre McCalla (http://www.deidremccalla.com/). I’ve listened to Diedre for years and love the clarity of her voice and her wonderful lyrics. In the process of looking for her song ‘Blessings’ on YouTube for a friend’s funeral, I tripped over ‘Walk Me Down To The River’ from a ‘new’ album I hadn’t heard before. So, grab your Kleenex and let this song wash over you … there is a link to ‘Blessings’ in the suggested list on the right.

p.s. her CD’s are pretty hard to find; I ordered mine from cdbaby.com

[sun*e]

@dufus – This video is for you: Is it local?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2LBICPEK6w

[DP]

Re-quoth Kenneth:

“All children are atheists – they have no idea of God.”

(Paul-Henri, baron d’Holbach / 1723-1789)

Ken, I have a book I’d like to give you. (And no, it’s not the Book of Mormon.) Where might I drop it off?

Also, do you mean to imply, in quoting this quote, that children, if left to their own devices, would never invent themselves a God to believe in?

Come on, dude! Didn’t you ever have an imaginary friend when you were a kid?

 

[FreeRangeAuthor]

I’ve had excellent results from Huddleson’s Body Shop, White Center, next to Albertson’s.

http://www.autocolorworld.com

[Amblypygid]

If I’m just too tired to deal with them, I put them in their dog cage in the basement and they just sleep. Otherwise, they wander the house for the night until I go to bed and then they sleep in my bedroom, usually on the floor, but one really likes to be on a pillow by the heater.

I don’t think I can post pics, but here are links to the boys, and one really showing off the diapers.

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/Ambly/Mallards/DSCN9782.jpg

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/Ambly/Mallards/DSCN9773.jpg

[miws]

Without reading back through all of the replies, I don’t know if this has really been touched on, but I wonder if it has to to with tone of voice/inflection.

For example, the following scenario:

Just past 6:00 pm, on a Sunday, you go rushing to the store which you at earlier in the day, because you lost your wedding ring, and realize it must have ended up in the restroom trashcan as you dried your hands.

The employee that is locking the door on his way out, as you pull up is dressed in is best fanciest duds, because he’s going out on a first date with this really hot chick.

You frantically explain your situation, and the employee explains that, of course, yesterday’s many garbage filled bags are already in the dumpster. Not only that, there are two wheelbarrow fulls of chupacabra droppings, (unbagged) which another employee had scooped up from the parking lot earlier in the day, scattered across the top of them, and then today’s current many garbage filled bags on the very top.

The employee is about to ask if there’s any way you could come back after the store opens the next morning, then remembers that tomorrow is garbage pick-up day, and the truck comes long before even the earliest store employee arrives.

So, the employee smiles and sez; “Well, let’s just have a look!” He then proceeds to dig through today’s many garbage bags, the (unbagged) chupacabra droppings, until he reaches the many bags from yesterday.

After digging through bag after bag, he finally finds it in the second to last bag! (Who sez it’s always in the last possible place to look?)

So, here he is, 90 minutes later, all out of breath, he and his best fanciest duds coated with (unbagged) chupacabra droppings, and he hands the wedding ring to you, and you profusely and sincerely thank him, he smiles, (while imagining his really hot first date sitting there, in her best, fanciest duds, all P.O.’d, wondering why the hell he’s an hour late?!?!?!!1111), and sez in perhaps a bit of an exasperated tone; “No problem!“

Mike

[Ken]

“All children are atheists – they have no idea of God.”

(Paul-Henri, baron d’Holbach / 1723-1789)

hey… I am the OP in the strictest sense of the word.

:)

[Zenguy]

Maybe it swallowed a Holloween toy…my dog is only 7.5 lbs and could pass for a duck.

[thansen]

The sad part is for those of us who are natives and sports fans, it didn’t use to be this way. This city used to buzz with sports activity. Pioneer Sq was THE place to be on a game night whether you had a ticket or not. We’ve hosted the NCAA final 4 three times but not since 1995. We had the MLB All Star game TEN years ago.

I miss the way our city used to be about sports.

[chrisma]

May I humbly suggest you also run a full anti-virus scan and possibly a malware/adware scan as well. The minimized browser window can be a symptom of infection.

If you don’t have these tools already, you can get Microsoft’s own Security Essentials for free (provided you have a licensed genuine copy of Windows). It stands up pretty well against the subscription A/V’s, provides real-time protection (meaning it can catch infections as they are happening) and it’s pretty easy on the system resources. You can work even when it’s running a scan, albeit with a little lag in responsiveness. You can get security essentials here: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

If you don’t have a genuine copy of Windows, you can use AVG or Avast anti-virus for free, but without the ongoing Windows updates your likely just bailing water on a sinking ship.

For malware, I’ve used Malware Bytes. It will sometimes catch things that are more adware that Security Essentials won’t. You can get it here:

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4716-malwarebytes-anti-malware.html

Of course, I would recommend discontinuing use of Internet Explorer for anything but sites like Microsoft’s that require it. It’s slow, buggy, with seemingly no end to security issues. If you insist on continuing to use IE, do make sure it’s up to date. Same for your Windows updates. There have been several important security updates in the past few months that you should be sure to have. From IE you can run Windows Update Manually. In version 8 it’s under the Safety menu. In earlier versions it’s either under Help or Tools.

In my experience, many Windows users have their Automatic Updates turned on, but fail to install the updates. If your tired of seeing that little yellow shield with the exclamation point down there on the taskbar near the clock, or don’t know what it means, you should definitely click on it and let Windows update itself.

If you want to try a better browser there are a number to choose from:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Apple’s Safari.

All are a bit different from one another, but all are an improvement over IE, IMHO.

[dobro]

“The top 5% of earners pay over half of all federal income taxes”

You beat me to it, redblack. This is one of the common right wing dim bulb statements that pops up over and over from people who can’t figure out why that 5% pays a lot of the total taxes- its because they have all the money! Jeez!

[datamuse]

I think I saw a Colbert Report like this once.

[Remy]

Hello!! Bonjour!!

My name s is Remy Coutarel and I just moved to West Seattle from France with my wife (who is from the area).

I already have a green card and now I am looking for job opportunities, though I don’t have any specific job in mind.

I studied Graphic Design for four years in France. You can see my portfolio here: http://www.wix.com/coutarelremy/portfolio

I am very versatile and curious about everything. I love meeting new people and I am very human, open and sociable.

My English is not perfect yet, but I learn fast and am ready to learn new things.

I have a good working knowledge of computers and most graphics software, but I also love working with my hands (gardening, cooking, painting) and love to be in contact with other people.

My schedule is very open, I am available weekdays and weekends and am looking for a job where I can totally invest myself.

So if you know of any businesses or individuals who are looking to hire, please let me know!!!

Contact me at: coutarel.remy@gmail.com

Here is a link to my resume to: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/remyte/resume.jpg

(The address on my resume is in Bellevue, but I am moving to West Seattle mid-March.)

Have a great day and thank you so much in advance!

Remy Coutarel

[JoB]

yes2ws…

the number of people who think that i sit like a wasp over my keyboard waiting for a chance to sting a poster simply amaze me.

I am so not that person … and that so many are so openly hostile to me personally used to hurt my feelings. I take great care to confine my comments to ideas.. not to personalities.

But I truly believe ideas matter and that if we don’t speak up about them regularly people forget that real issues exist.

there is this myth that women have achieved equality… and the belief in that myth allows those who are daily eroding the legal equality of women all in the name of “protecting us” to flourish.. mostly un-noticed.

Every day there is an article in my mailbox that speaks to the erosion of civil liberties… especially that of women and children…

I have worked a lifetime on the cause of civil liberties in general and women’s rights in particular and legally we are no further today than we were when i came of age. In fact, in the last few years although we have gained some social progress we have lost some of the legal equality that we fought so hard to gain.

Today i read about a judge in Winnepeg who basically acquitted a man of rape because the woman was “asking for it” by the way she dressed.

In 1966 a public prosecutor refused to prosecute a convicted rapist who abducted me on a street corner at knife point, raped me and voiced his intention to kill me and then attempted to abduct another after i was able to escape with the reluctant help of some dock workers pulling overtime …badly injuring her when she screamed.. because even though the man intended not only rape but murder… he was not successful at murdering either of us and the two of us “asked for it” because we were on a public street wearing miniskirts.

Those dock workers nearly didn’t intervene.. wouldn’t allow me to call the police and nearly didn’t let me call my mother because the man claimed i was his wife and we were having a domestic dispute while he stood with his arm around me and a knife in my back.

I would like to think we have come a long way since then… but the truth is that we haven’t come nearly far enough.

If we are unable to speak the truth about the inequality in our private lives without having to make that inequality ok for the men around us.. then we will never achieve equality.

Those dock workers were good men. They just didn’t know if it was right to interfere in the personal business of a man and his wife… and they believed the man because men’s voices carried more weight than women’s.

In the end, I saved myself by crying for my mommy…

Inequality is the elephant in the room that no-one wants to address. I compare our public willingness to ignore it to the abused woman who thinks things are better because she hasn’t been beaten today.

If we can’t even speak up and say that the sexual assault of women is a woman’s problem or that it’s not ok for a man to dismiss sexual harassment because a woman dresses in a manner he finds provocative or that even though many men now pick up some of the household load.. in most cases the distribution of labor is not equal… then how are we going to address the very real erosion of our legal rights?

so.. that’s my soapbox.. and part of the story of why i am on it…

maude…

you are right that equality often appears to be in the eye of the beholder.

but i would counter that it is equity we address when we make that comment.. not equality.

that said.. i am all for the division of household labor.. regardless of how it is divided.

[DP]

On a world that never was . . .

 

There’s too much advertising embedded in this vid, but other than that, it’s pretty good, from a layperson’s point of view.

[Lisa]

We are currently looking for two people (possibly high school students) to help with pickup and delivery for our store.

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Must be:

Available 3 – 5 hours on a midweek day (Tuesday preferable) with additional hours possible.

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Able to lift 80lbs

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Responsible

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Reliable

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*Having access to a pickup truck could provide extra side jobs and more hours*

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Please call or email to set up an interview.

Suite Arrangements

4706 California Ave SW

(206) 906-9379

info@suitesuitearrangements.com

[HMC Rich]

All that video did was show a verbal chat between a few disagreeing citizens. But if a Tea Partier had been questioning a black person like that, many of you would have been up in arms. Admit it.

I am not even showing the Hitler/Walker signs. Maybe they were LaRouchies, maybe not. All sides guilty at times.

The sun “rose” this morning. The political process was at work and in action whether we like it or not.

Walker was elected by the people of Wisconsin. He told people what he wanted to happen during his campaign. The good citizens (and some of my relatives) will vote him out if they do not like him and his policies. Hiding from the political process certainly made news for the elected representatives. The unions banding together may have made them stronger for future battles.

I don’t need to tell you this, but in two and four years these votes can be changed.

The larger issue right now is state debt. Here is a link (albeit not from the Daily Kos) that shows state debt in relation to public union representation in government.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/public-sector-unions-and-state-debt-go-hand-hand

Wisconsin and Washington State cannot print money like the Federal Government. Cuts have to be made. Our state did it differently from Wisconsin, so will California, so will Minnesota etc. The experiment is working.

Also, if big government is soooo good for the rest us, why are public unions needed? So many here seem to espouse how wonderful government is. If it is so grand then there shouldn’t be a problem.

Don’t get me wrong. I like and pay for many of these government services. I benefit from some of them. But there has to be responsibility from both Republicans and Democrats in power.

I do support our private unions. I also know for a fact how devious and greedy some (not all but SOME) businesses are. The worker needs protection and help at times. Good government helps the worker and the business owner. The capitalist works within the system but the evil corporatist works for themselves and needs to be kept in check. Unions help level the playing field. But the unions have their own problems. Bad employees are not let go or are given concessions when they don’t deserve them. Some school districts and termination policies are a joke. Our kids suffer.

Honestly, I do want what is best for everyone but if some of you decide to promote just one side, I will happily counter your argument just for fun. But we will disagree at times.

[sbre]

A similar innocent happened to me one morning (5:50 am) on the way to work going east on Admiral just prior to heading down hill towards the bridge, however on this stretch of Admiral there is no street parking.

Using the mirror attached to my glasses I constantly monitor the traffic coming from behind as to save me the surprise of their passing. An older, gold/copper colored Subaru wagon was traveling significantly faster in the right lane than all the cars in the left, my thought (and hope) was its driver was going to make a last second swerve into the left lane. Not so.

With my tires riding as close to the curb as I can get my elbow was smacked by the side mirror as the car passed, thankfully the mirror was a folding type which absorbed most of the energy of the impact and probably saved me from suffering a shattered elbow.

I was able to maintain control of my bike and come to a stop, which was a good thing as she immediately slammed on her brakes, flung the door open and was swearing at me like a drunken teenage sailor for striking her car as she passed.

Of course she wasn’t having anything to do with my side of the story, only worrying about any damage to her car (which appears to have the rear-end being held in place by all the bumper-stickers affixed to it) and not to me. Sadly none of the other drivers stopped, which brought on the thought of hitting her as hard as her car hit me, but the little angle on my shoulder that happens to look just like my mom reminded me how much of a gentleman I am (damn you mother!).

She ended up loosing more time during our ‘conversation’ than she would have if she would have slowed down enough to safely pass.

[linda]

I have to admit, it is also one of my all time favorites as well. Love the picture DP!

As promised, here is my source (just cannot overcome the no plagiarism drilled into me in the process of earning the Poli Sci/Political Economy degree):

Albert Jack, “Red Herrings & White Elephants The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day” (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004), page 12.

While not the exact phrasing since the original source was an ages old email, this marvelous book does include the origin of this expression, as well as many others.

[Ken]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/948732/-Busted:-Scott-Walker-fell-for-Prankster-posing-as-David-Koch-