Hixter
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True, but I'm also not sure that banning or removing every instance of an historical flag as a knee-jerk reaction to a single case of racism is the best way to further racial harmony in our nation.
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It was by European white supremacists, and that's what I referred to. I don't really feel like a southerner, but I've lived the majority of my life in the south. The impression that I've always gotten from people who display the Stars and Bars hasn't been one of racism, rather a little bit of heritage/history and a whole lot of "up yours, Yankees." I see the south and southerners maligned almost daily -- Florida Man, Texas sucks (except Austin), redneck bible-thumping hillbillies, etc. and I think most people just see it as an "I'm proud to be a southerner" statement rather than "I'm a racis
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And that points out how symbols can be (mis)appropriated. What if a group of white supremacists decided that WILCO was an acronym for White Ideologues Lynching Colored Occupiers and started wearing the band's shirts? It would symbolize hate and racism, but would that mean that the band's name and imagery should be banned? No, and I'm sure the band would come up with a clever way to reclaim their "brand" while denouncing the racists. I'm sure the same thing could be done with the Stars and Bars. Perhaps rework it in traditional African colors with a "You Lost" banner underneath? African America
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http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/estimates.faces
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I don't believe that a piece of cloth can be racist. It's the ideology that's important, not the flag itself, and I'd like to think that the fact that the flag flies over houses of legislature filled with black politicians who were elected by free, black citizens with rights equal to white Americans is a clear sign that the Civil War south is long gone and ain't coming back. Seven states' flags contain all or part of the Confederate flag, so I imagine that "concerned" politicians will set their sights on them next. And then we should consider banning the flags of the UK, Netherlands, Spain
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Nope. And you're not a racist just because you watch a Lynyrd Skynyrd video or a Dukes of Hazzard episode. But I'll agree that the whole thing is yet another example of politicians needing to be seen as "doing something" after a tragedy.
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From Facebook: We regret to announce that due to US State Dept. Visa issues, King Sunny Ade must cancel his performance at the Solid Sound Festival this Sunday (as well as numerous other US dates). Download the revised three-day schedule here:http://bit.ly/Schedule_SSF15 With the Taj Mahal cancelation, that's two of my must-sees down the drain.
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Perhaps this should go in the craft beer thread, but it also pertains to SS, so what the heck... United changed my flights after I'd already booked them, so I'm looking at a 5-hour layover at O'Hare Thursday morning from 8:45 until 1:45. I obviously need to be sober when I arrive in Albany that evening, but I figure I'll kill some time and a few beers at the airport. It looks like there's a small, unexceptional Goose Island bar near my gate in Concourse C, but I'm willing to trek across the airport (Is that even possible?) in search of a better location for decent beer and food. Any sugge
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That would be fantastic! I've been wanting to try their beers. As I've said before, my friends in Brookline are friends with the owners and I attempted to schedule a last minute meetup at Solid Sound for a beer transfer, but it seems my friends are in Iceland at the moment. Maybe next time. The beer selection at Solid Sound is decent, but it would be so cool if they could wrangle up some of the legendary breweries in Vermont and Massachusetts and have a world class beer concession for the weekend. It'd save me several hundred miles of driving every other year.
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With Solid Sound right around the corner, I'd like to ask Vermont residents for any tips or tricks for locating some beer to bring back home. It was easy to pick up as many cases of Heady Topper as I wanted during SS 2013, but now that the brewery isn't open to the public it seems a lot trickier. I've looked at delivery schedules and locations for The Alchemist and Lawson's; I've also checked out the retail store hours for bottles and growlers at Hill Farmstead. Looks like I'll be making a major road trip from my hotel in Wilmington to Montpelier and the surrounding area Friday morning. I'll
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The footage that rolled as the cover song played reminded me to make sure that I pick up my water bottles and beer cups before I leave the field next weekend.
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I don't recall seeing anything other than a download button, but I just went back and downloaded the 1080 version. Thanks for letting me know that it existed. I don't use iTunes for anything other than music, but I'm playing the downloaded file with Plex and it works fine.
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There was a link on the confirmation window that popped up after I purchased it. There's also a link on the page where you can stream it online. It's a 1.5 GB .mp4 file.
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Same here. It's one of my favorite styles of beer, but I don't have the patience to brew and ferment lagers. I've made a few ales with Pilsner malt and German/Czech hops and yeast and they've turned out pretty good. I'm also a big fan of British beers; they've done a great job of packing a lot of flavor into
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Bitterness and hop flavor and aroma aren't necessarily linked, but they should be in a balanced beer. It's easy to brew a super-bitter beer with no hop aroma or flavor by just throwing all the hops in at the start of the boil. It's also easy to brew a beer with no bitterness but tons of flavor and aroma by adding the hops at the end of the boil, after the boil, or while dry hopping. We seem to have developed a liking for big, bold, juicy, fruity, piney, citrusy hops, so there needs to be quite a bit of bitterness to balance out the flavors. To be honest, I seldom even notice a beer's bitter
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It doesn't make much sense, does it? Maybe they're reflecting to cost of having an employee filling a growler by hand (and often dumping a lot of foamy beer down the drain) as opposed to a canning line that is essentially automated and running at high speed?
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I assume we'll be able to download it. From Vimeo's website: What’s the difference between “Rent," “Buy,” and Subscription purchases on Vimeo On Demand? With Vimeo On Demand, you can make three kinds of purchases:Rent: When you rent videos, you will be able to stream the videos anytime during the specified rental period.Buy: When you buy videos, you will be able to stream the videos for as long as they remain on Vimeo. If the seller allows, you will also be able to download the videos to your computer and devices, DRM-free.Subscription: When you subscribe to a series, you have unlimited stre
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No, but any 60-year-old, never-been-married man who has a record of voting against gay rights legislation and is entering the dog-eat-dog world of American presidential politics should be prepared for it. And I'll guarantee that his campaign strategists have spent a lot of time on the matter. Welcome to national politics. No, the appropriate logic would be: Rand Paul sports a gang tattoo that commonly symbolizes the commission of a murder, so even though there's no proof that he killed someone, his opponents are likely digging up dirt on his past. Yes, it was. When I said "Every campaign
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Nope. He's not from my state and I gave up on TV news years ago. I don't watch television except for a handful of downloaded shows (many of them from the UK) so that gives me the added bonus of being able to shake my head when friends ask if I've seen the latest commercial that's making headlines. EDIT: To be honest, when I read the headline that said "Graham Announces White House Bid" I thought they were talking about former Florida senator Bob Graham. Then when I realized it was Lindsey Graham I got him confused with a Florida politician with a similarly ambiguous first name, Connie Mack.
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I've never heard the man speak, but your comment leads me to believe that he doesn't speak in a booming baritone. He's never been married and he has no children. It's certainly not proof of his sexual status, but it may be a clue. I assume Rand Paul and the rest of the candidates from both parties have been married, but if any of them haven't then I'd expect the same questions to be raised if they haven't already come out publicly. Rumors can't be stopped, but my original post was about opponents unveiling hard evidence: photos, videos, firsthand accounts, etc. He's been in office for
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There's never any proof of a coverup until it's unveiled. That was my entire point: any proof that may be out there is sitting in the hands of an opponent, a political party, a foreign intelligence service or a blackmailer and it will be unveiled at their discretion. Maybe he's straight, maybe he's gay, maybe he's celibate or maybe he's asexual. Who knows. But what I do know is that any evidence that he isn't straight will be used against him by someone at sometime. Politics is an ugly thing. Just as a reminder, there was no evidence that Denny Hastert was being blackmailed until he was
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What a politician does in the bedroom with consenting adults is nobody's business. But what lengths they might go to in order to cover up their acts *is* a big deal. We've seen career after career destroyed by sex scandals, so a rich and powerful politician might find himself susceptible to blackmail or tempted to use his clout to destroy an accuser. Voters are understandedly turned off by politicians who lie about or attempt to cover up their affairs. Just last week we saw Denny Hastert charged with paying millions to a blackmailer in order to cover up some sort of sexual act. What if the
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You give politicians and their teams too much credit if you think that they wouldn't out a presidential candidate with a track record of voting against gay issues. Like it or not, we live in an era where slinging mud at an opponent is more effective than campaigning on your own strengths and accomplishments.
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Shortest Distance/Longest distance for a Wilco/Jeff show?
Hixter replied to remphish1's topic in Just A Fan
I've seen shows that were only a few miles from former and future residences, but I guess the closest show from a current residence would be about 40 miles to Los Angeles. According to Google, the as-the-crow-flies distance to Berlin would be the longest at 5560 miles. -
Graham is a "confirmed bachelor." Every campaign team and tabloid probably has some dirt on him that they're holding onto until the appropriate time.