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By Jake - 29/04/2009 08:06 - Australia
Today, as I was taking an evening jog around my neighbourhood, I passed an elderly woman. I grinned at her as sign of friendliness to a common pedestrian. She grinned back. Whilst staring at my crotch. FML
Too real
Know your equipment
By Harry641 - 23/02/2016 22:53 - United Kingdom - Hounslow
Today, I got accused of ruining my girlfriend's birthday, all because I accidentally got her the same birthday present as her mother did. FML
By tehhotness - 27/03/2009 14:13 - United States
Today, I was going down on my girlfriend when I noticed a hickey near her hip. I said, "wow, last night was crazy, I don't even remember doing that!". Without even interrupting the action, she simply said, "You didn't". FML
I agree, your life sucks 102 609
By madelynn - 31/01/2011 02:03 - United States
Today, this guy I have a huge crush on came with me to my house to study. I was warmly welcomed by my drunken mother laying naked on the floor. FML
By OyGeeze28 - 09/08/2011 06:24 - United States
Today, at work in a liquor store, a man came in to demand a refund because after he "drank the whole bottle of Jack" he "couldn't get it up" for his wife. He thought that alcohol was supposed to be an aphrodisiac, and blamed me personally for his "whiskey dick". FML
This pandemic is ruining our health in so many ways
By Anonymous - 21/02/2021 20:01 - Germany - Zittau
Today, I'm in pretty good physical shape. No, wait, that was two years ago. Now I need to take a break after brushing each quadrant of my teeth because my arm gets tired. FML
By missalexa - 03/08/2010 18:13 - United States
Today, upon getting out of the shower, I discovered the towel I grabbed off the rack had dried poop on it. Apparently, during my sister's birthday party yesterday, we'd run out of toilet paper. FML
Alexa, play "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy
Today, I was yelled at and fired by my boss. He claimed that I've been sleeping with his wife. I've never met his wife. FML
By Jen__ - 22/03/2014 07:18 - Canada - Kitimat
Today, once again I was told I looked a bit like Lindsay Lohan. I can't figure out if they mean the young, good looking one, or the current cracked out rehab version. FML
By Brotherssuckkk - 18/01/2010 20:04 - France
Today, my mom asked me to clean beneath my brother's bed for money. I found a rotten apple, a picture of my best friend, and a dead bird. I got $10. FML
By Anonymous - 19/05/2012 23:20 - Sri Lanka - Piliyandala
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me. He said it was because my mom's lazy eye creeps him out, and that my dad hates him. She doesn't have a lazy eye, he's never met my dad, never seen my mom, and now according to his friends, he's been cheating on me for the past two weeks. FML
By Anonymous - 22/08/2013 17:56 - Philippines - Dasmari?as
Today, it's my last day before I get my colonoscopy. I've been on a strict chicken broth and jello diet in preparation. My dad thought it would be hilarious to drag me out to one of the best restaurants in town just so I could watch everyone else eat their delicious meals. FML
Today, while making out in my car, the guy I was with decided it'd be a great idea to stick his tongue in my ear. He shoved it in so far that my ear still feels wet four hours later. FML
By ew. - 17/08/2010 04:28 - Canada
Today, I learned that I was conceived on a public bus. FML
By Anonymous - 29/09/2020 10:01 - United Kingdom - London
Today, I asked a girl to move from Tinder to WhatsApp, after 3 weeks of nice chat. She said no way, and that I just wanted nudes and then unmatched. The only intention I had was getting to know her and asking her on a date. FML
By ReluctantAntEater - 21/08/2014 21:48 - Canada - Toronto
Today, I tasted a perfectly salted, crispy, and dead carpenter ant hidden in my bag of pistachios. FML
By phoenixditch - 23/05/2013 07:13 - United States - Burke
Today, I was ditched by the guy I flew over two thousand miles to see. His excuse? "I'm just tired. I want to go home and sleep" Later, he checked in at a bar right down the street from the hotel on Facebook. FML
By FromNL - 25/03/2011 12:22 - Netherlands
Today, I got 2 creams for a skin condition. The one for my face says "Don't expose skin to sun after use of this product". The one for the rest of my body says "This product relies on exposure to the sun". In other words, I have to be outside as much as I can, naked and with a box on my head. FML
Burning up
By Eliana - 06/05/2021 14:01
Today, my left eye is bright red and painful. Also, I have pimples all over my genitals. Spoiler alert: it's herpes. The eye? A bacterial eye infection. Welcome to a week of pain. FML
By Anonymous - 06/06/2012 12:55 - Australia - Brisbane
Today, my brother, the plumber, was called to unblock a toilet. Whenever this occurs, he takes a photo of it and sends it to me. It always seems to happen around meal time. FML
By children ain't pawns - 21/11/2016 15:23 - Australia - Perth
Today, after discussing having our son's hair styled nicely for school, my ex returned him with his head shaved. I didn't realise bald was in style for 4-year-olds. FML
By screwed - 20/03/2014 21:03 - United States - Amarillo
Today, I had to give a deposition ahead of a trial in which my former boss is accused of fraud. I'm not a smart man, and I smoked a joint before heading out to try to calm my nerves. I got way too high and ended up giggling like an idiot through half the deposition. FML
By Dan - 08/10/2009 16:13 - United Kingdom
Today, I had my leaving party after work to celebrate getting a new job. 3 people turned up. I'd invited 35. FML
By Raw95 - 15/03/2009 04:20 - United States
Today, I was eating at Steak N' Shake. I noticed that the cute waitress was checking me out. When I was done with my meal she wrote her number on the ticket. So, as I was walking out the door, I turned around to wave at her, and walked into a metal bar next to the door. FML
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
By preggo eggo - 30/11/2017 16:00
Today, after months of my fiancé begging me to have a baby with him, I found out I'm pregnant. He doesn't want a baby anymore. FML
By tkoester - 29/08/2015 04:29 - United States - Fairfield
Today, I got a phone call letting me know my grandmother was arrested for trying to light my grandpa on fire. She's now in jail, asking for bail money. FML
By KayIsKiwi99 - 29/08/2016 19:00 - United States - Houston
Today, I realized after turning in my resume to over 100 job openings over the past month, that the resume I've been submitting does not have my phone number or any other contact information besides my name. FML
By KamiAzaaaaaa - 11/12/2015 16:34 - United Kingdom - London
Today, I found out my credit card was maxed out to the penny, all thanks to purchases made on an online wine store. Apparently my mother was thirsty enough to steal from her own son. FML
Today, due to the dry weather, my nose became dry and began to bleed so I plugged it with toilet paper and went about my business. Forgetting about it, I later went out to smoke a cigarette. Not paying attention, I lit the toilet paper on fire as well. FML
By PerpetuallyHappy - 25/09/2012 23:20 - United States - Rochester
Today, I got sent to the principal's office because my Dad decided that instead of signing his name, he would sign, "Ms. Bigtits", because he wanted to make sure the teachers were paying attention to what their students handed in. FML
By green and not with envy - 13/06/2014 20:17 - Canada - Toronto
Today, my dad called me into the bathroom, saying "Get a load of this shit, son" and forcing me to look at the biggest, foulest-smelling turd I have ever seen in my life in the toilet. It's been three hours and I still feel physically ill. FML
By unknown951 - 29/11/2010 07:11
Today, I went to the doctor because recently I've had a white liquid coming from my breast. I found out it's milk. I'm not pregnant. FML
Today, my dog disappeared for an hour. After calling her name repeatedly, she crawled out from under my bed, threw up on my feet, and then happily walked out the room. FML
By deservedly - 09/06/2014 16:28 - Canada - Calgary
Today, I clogged the only toilet at work. Thinking I could escape and blame someone else, I opened the door, only to see a line of people waiting outside. FML
By Rejection - 04/05/2010 07:33 - France
Today, I sent my boyfriend a naughty pic. I then asked him if there was anything else he wanted before I got dressed. His reply? "No it's fine." FML
By MasterMcrib - 17/04/2016 20:33 - United States - Highland Park
Today, while walking down the street I thought it would be funny to moon a crowd of old people taking a photo, in a few seconds a couple of them started pointing in my direction... Turns out they were pointing at the car that ran me over shortly after. FML
By Danicole927 - 28/12/2016 03:53 - United States - Trenton
Today, I had a job interview with a world-renowned forensic psychologist, and it fits my degree perfectly. He didn't want to hire me, but he'd like me to return as a patient. FML
By hé merde - 23/02/2014 02:27 - France - Paris
Today, I was pushing my wheelchair-bound grandpa back home, when a pretty girl walked past us in the opposite direction. He made me stop and turn him around, just so he could check her ass out as she walked away. FML
By Anonymous - 01/04/2016 21:06 - United States - Los Angeles
Today, I went to pick up my daughter from my dad's house. He'd shaved her head bald. "For a laugh." FML
By alice - 14/02/2011 01:18 - United Kingdom
Today, on the bus, water kept dripping on my head so I stood up to move. As I got up, the bus turned round a corner and I fell over into a man's lap. When I tried to get up, I slipped down between his legs. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I were getting frisky. He pulled off my panties and was about to go down on me when he said, "Wait, what's this white thing?" It was a piece of toilet paper. FML
farmgirl 3
Wednesday 29 April 2009 16:15
old woman are horny! (and at least you know you got a good crotch)
Higgyoo 0
Maybe you just thought she was. Or maybe you just got a hot date for tonight.
osemness 0
Sunday 2 January 2011 3:16
u kno since u r an old lady
MrCatman1125 2
Sunday 14 October 2012 23:30
99 has great spelling.
camillewhite1 12
Sunday 27 January 2013 19:43
U must be hot
Credibleskills 28
Monday 7 April 2014 6:33
you're right
Jimboom 11
Grab-a-granny. Best gumming of your life. ;-)
Brittney_E 0
Tuesday 3 August 2010 2:10
lmao like in yes man
mrs_bruno_mars 14
Sunday 9 October 2011 5:29
I was just thinking that :)
You just got eye fucked by an elderly women! I bet that's creepy as hell for you.
420hiadventurer 0
get her number.
rukusrazor 0
Well then don't wear those paint-on leotards that bikers wear whilst jogging.
butteredtoast 0
Not an FML. THIS IS COMPLETELY LAME.
Dhamy 0
Lmao. She wants you,bad!
lovetoday_fml 0
so? ugh
Daysgoby 0
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This is the most recent information about Earth Wind & Fire that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Earth Wind & Fire, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Elementals EWF represent 3 of the 4 astrology elements Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"Mighty Might" originally "Mighty Mighty"
"Hat's The Way Of The World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
"Tat's The Way Of The World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
"Shining Tar" originally "Shining Star"
"Love Is Lie" originally "Love Is Life"
"Shining Stair" originally "Shining Star"
"Lover Is Life" originally "Love Is Life"
"Wanna Bet With You" originally "Wanna Be With You"
"Wanna Beg With You" originally "Wanna Be With You"
"Can't Hide Glove" originally "Can't Hide Love"
"Mighty Eighty" originally "Mighty Mighty"
"That's The Wax Of The World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
"That's The War Of The World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
"That's The Way Of Thy World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
"That's Thy Way Of The World" originally "That's The Way Of The World"
I used to think it was "dining out", as was the case with "We are the World".
"Sing As On G" originally "Sing A Song"
"Sin Gas On G" originally "Sing A Song"
"My life to me" sounds redundant.
"I Infer Pretense" originally "Serpentine Fire"
"After The Glove Has One" originally "After The Love Has Gone"
"Prefer Nineties" originally "Serpentine Fire"
"Free Inert Pines" originally "Serpentine Fire"
"Teenier Fir Pens" originally "Serpentine Fire"
"After The Glove Has Awn" originally "After The Love Has Gone"
"Surfin' Teen Pyre" originally "Serpentine Fire"
Firth, End & Wire originally "Earth, Wind, & Fire"
Earth, Fend & Wire originally "Earth, Wind, & Fire"
Worth Fend & Ire originally "Earth, Wind, & Fire"
Worth End & Fire originally "Earth, Wind, & Fire"


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Ahiya, ou Achiya, Achia, est un avant-poste israélien, implanté en Cisjordanie. Administrativement, il fait partie du conseil régional de Mateh Binyamin, dans le district de Judée et Samarie. Il est situé à  du village palestinien de  et proche de la colonie . Le nom fait référence au prophète Achija originaire de Silo, situé à , à l'ouest. En 2011, la population d'Ahiya était d'environ .

Situation juridique
En application de la IVe Convention de Genève dans les Territoires palestiniens, la communauté internationale, considère comme illégales, les colonies israéliennes de Cisjordanie, au regard du droit international mais le gouvernement israélien conteste ce point de vue.

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Source de la traduction

Avant-poste israélien (Cisjordanie)
Cisjordanie

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Kirsten Sehnbruch is a British Academy Global Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sehnbruch is known for her work on conceptualising and measuring the quality of employment, particularly in developing countries. Her research subjects include quality of employment, multidimensional indicators, Latin American labour markets, labour relations, Chilean politics and public policy.

Research
Sehnbruch has consistently worked on the subject of the quality of employment. Her work argues that employment conditions such as income levels, job stability, occupational status, social security contributions, and access to quality vocational training are extremely important to an individual's capabilities and well-being. Still, these conditions are often neglected by labour market experts and policy makers, who tend to focus mostly on the quantity of available jobs. Influenced by Amartya Sen's capability approach and by work on multidimensional poverty indicators undertaken by the Oxford Human Development Initiative and the United Nations Development Programme, Sehnbruch argues that conceptualising and measuring the quality of employment, preferably by means of a composite indicator, is essential to attracting more policy attention to employment issues in developing countries.

In addition to her work on the quality of employment, Sehnbruch has written many articles on Chilean politics and public policy. Her 2013 book, co-edited with Peter Siavelis, Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990–2010, examines how the political and institutional legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship shaped both the political and policy development led by the Concertación between Chile's transition to democracy, and the first government of Michelle Bachelet after which the coalition lost the elections to the centre-right candidate Sebastián Piñera.

From 2011 to 2017, Sehnbruch led the team of researchers from the University of Chile for NOPOOR project, founded by the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission.

In 2013, she coordinated a proposal for a FONDAP research hub on social conflict and cohesion that was funded by the Chilean National Research Council (Conicyt) and later became known as El Centro para el Estudio de Conflictos y Cohesión Social (COES). Sehnbruch then served as a founding board member of the centre between 2013 and 2019.

In 2018, Sehnbruch was awarded a four-year British Academy Global Professorship to study The Quality of Employment (QoE) in Middle Income Countries.

Biography

Sehnbruch was born in Oberhausen, Germany, and raised in London (where she attended to the German School London), and in Kirchen, Germany. Sehnbruch studied modern and medieval languages at Jesus College, Cambridge. During her undergraduate degree, she worked as a trainee auditor for Price Waterhouse in Buenos Aires, where she gained first-hand experience of development issues. After graduating from Cambridge, she worked as an equity analyst for Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London.

In 1997, she moved to Brussels to work at the European Commission on the Mexico Desk of the Directorate-General for External Relations with the team that negotiated the Global Agreement on Free Trade with Mexico. That year, she also returned to the University of Cambridge to undertake a Masters in Philosophy (MPhil) in Latin American Studies, focussing on economics and sociology.

She subsequently undertook a PhD in social and political sciences at the University of Cambridge, which analysed the quality of employment in the Chilean labour market, and was published as the book The Chilean Labor Market: A Key to understanding Latin American Labor Markets by Palgrave Macmillan in 2006.

Following her PhD, Sehnbruch worked as a lecturer and senior scholar at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2009, she moved to Chile where she worked at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de Chile and as director of the Institute for Public Policy at the Universidad Diego Portales. During this time, Sehnbruch was instrumental in co-ordinating a significant grant from the Chilean government to set up a research hub on social conflict and cohesion (), based at the University of Chile and the Catholic University of Chile. COES undertakes multidisciplinary research on subjects related to social conflict and cohesion in Chile. It brings together a group of more than 50 researchers from all social science disciplines as well as a network of international researchers from around the world. Sehnbruch was a member of the COES board for five years.

Sehnbruch has consistently worked on the subject of the quality of employment in developing countries. Her work conceptualises and measures the quality of employment using the theoretical framework of Amartya Sen's capability approach and the empirical methodology developed by Sabina Alkire and James Foster. Her work argues that measuring the performance of a developing country's labour market by focusing only on the quantity of jobs, as expressed by its unemployment rate, is as simplistic as measuring a country's level of development only by its GDP per capita level. More sophisticated, multidimensional measures are required that focus on the quality of jobs.

Media
For several years, Sehnbruch wrote a blog for one of Chile's principal newspapers, La Tercera. She maintains an active profile in the Chilean press, but has also written for The Guardian, The Washington Post'''s Monkey Cage, Open Democracy and the Inter-American Dialogue.

 Selected publications
 Refereed journal articles
Sehnbruch, K., González, P., Apablaza, M., Méndez Pineda, R., & Arriagada, V. (2020). The Quality of Employment (QoE) in nine Latin American countries: A multidimensional perspective. World Development, 127, 104738. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104738
 Madero-Cabib, I., Biehl, A., Sehnbruch, K., Calvo, E., & Bertranou, F. (2019). Private Pension Systems Built on Precarious Foundations: A Cohort Study of Labor-Force Trajectories in Chile. Research on Aging, 41(10), 961–987. doi:10.1177/0164027519874687
Piasna, A., Burchell, B., & Sehnbruch, K. (2019). Job quality in European employment policy: one step forward, two steps back? The European Review of Labour and Research, 25(2), 165–180. doi:10.1177/1024258919832213
 Sehnbruch, K., Carranza, R., & Prieto, J. (2019). The Political Economy of Unemployment Insurance based on Individual Savings Accounts: Lessons from Chile. Development and Change, 50(4), 948–975.             doi:10.1111/dech.12457
 Sehnbruch, K. (2017). The Impact of the Chilean Earthquake of 2010: Challenging the Capabilities of the Neoliberal State. Latin American Perspectives, 44(4), 4–9. doi:10.1177/0094582X17705859
 Sehnbruch, K., Agloni, N., Imilan, W., & Sanhueza, C. (2017). Social policy responses of the Chilean state to the earthquake and tsunami of 2010. Latin American Perspectives, 44(4), 24–40.                                    doi:10.1177/0094582X16648955
 Ocampo, J., & Sehnbruch, K. (2015). Introduction: Quality of employment in Latin America. International Labour Review, 154(2), 165–170. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00237.x
 Ruiz-Tagle, J., & Sehnbruch, K. (2015). More but not better jobs in Chile? The fundamental importance of open-ended contracts. International Labour Review, 154(2), 227–252. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00240.x
 Ramos, J., Sehnbruck, K., & Weller, J. (2015). The quality of employment in Latin America: Theory and evidence. International Labour Review, 154(2), 171–194. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00238.x
 Sehnbruch, K., Burchell, B., Agloni, N., & Piasna, A. (2015). Human Development and Decent Work: Why some Concepts Succeed and Others Fail to Make an Impact. Development and Change, 46(2), 197–224. doi:10.1111/dech.12149
 Burchell, B., Sehnbruch, K., Piasna, A., & Agloni, N. (2014). The quality of employment and decent work: Definitions, Methodologies, and ongoing debates. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38(2), 459–477. doi:10.1093/cje/bet067
 Sehnbruch, K. (2012). Do the Poor Count? Democratic Institutions and Accountability in the Context of Poverty By Michelle Taylor-Robinson Penn State Press. 2010. 223 pages. $69.95 cloth, $34.95 paper, Social Forces, 93(2), Page e44. doi:10.1093/sf/sos107
 Dresdner Cid, J., & Sehnbruck, K. (2010). El Impacto del  Sismo 2010 sobre el Mercado Laboral de la Región del Bío Bío. Revista Sociedad Hoy, 19, 71–96.
Sehnbruch, K. (2006). Unemployment Insurance or Individual Savings Accounts: Can Chile'S New Scheme Serve as a Model for Other Developing Countries? International Social Security Review, 59(1), 27–48. doi:10.1111/j.1468-246X.2006.00232.x

 Books
 Sehnbruch, K., & Siavelis, P. (2014). El balance: Política y políticas de la Concertación 1990–2010. Santiago: Catalonia
Sehnbruch, K., & Siavelis, P. (2014). Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990–2010. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Sehnbruch, K. (2006). The Chilean Labor Market: A Key to Understanding Latin American Labor Markets''. New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

References

Living people
1970 births
People from Oberhausen
Academic staff of the University of Chile
Academics of the London School of Economics


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Baseball's 10 Most Dominant Dynasties
These major league powerhouses exhibited greatness over long stretches of time and gave opponents little to hope for.
If you're looking for a little controversy in our Lists section—and trust us, it wouldn't be the first time—than this category might provide more than our usual fair share of external debate and intense bark-back from angry e-mailers.
What it all comes down to is this: What is a "dynasty," properly defined?
In the context of sports, "dynasty" is interpreted as "a team that dominates (its) sport or league for an extraordinary length of time." For us, what's missing—though certainly inferred—from this definition is the word "consecutive." The San Francisco Giants, for example, recently won three World Series in five years, and Bay Area fans are quick to call the team a dynasty. But how does that compute when you don't win any of your trophies in succession and even post a sub-.500 record in between?
Our barometer for what qualifies as a dynasty below is broken down into two parts: One, you need to win consecutive league pennants. The more, the better. Second, and more importantly, you need to snag as many World Series titles as possible during your reign. The Detroit Tigers won three AL pennants in a row from 1906-08, but it's dubious to consider them a dynasty when they kept getting beat up in the World Series.
Breaking it down more, we also gave weight to those teams that were truly dominant, teams that ran away with the pennant and then laid waste to their World Series opponents.
Check out our 10 greatest dynasties listed below, and see if you agree. Fair warning: If you harbor a dislike for the New York Yankees, you will get ill from this point on.
New York Yankees, 1960-64
Not surprisingly, we start with the Yankees and their stretch of five straight American League pennants, including consecutive World Series triumphs in 1961-62. Yet outside of Roger Maris' record home run pursuit in 1961, this is a period that's not looked upon so fondly by Yankee fans of this era, as the franchise had become such a behemoth of expectations that anything other than a World Series conquest would have been considered a disappointment. There wasn't even much joy in winning it all; it all seemed business as usual, as if that was simply the way life was supposed to be.
Bored with the utopian existence, Yankee fans and the local media focused on the negatives of these times: Casey Stengel's managerial ouster in 1960, the oil-water relationship that was Maris and the media, Yogi Berra's histrionics over Phil Linz's harmonica and—goodness gracious—Joe Peptione's hair dryer.
Tossing the tabloids aside, there were positives to discuss. Of course there was Maris and Mickey Mantle, who combined to hit 356 home runs over these five years; cocksure southpaw Whitey Ford, who always won far more than he lost; superior middle infield play from Tony Kubek and Bobby Richardson; and catcher Elston Howard, the franchise's first black star player who maintained the excellence behind the plate after Berra aged himself out of the job.
This dynasty died hard in 1965 from a mass of beat-up, aging stars, clueless new ownership (CBS) and the sapping of its power to sign young stud players thanks to the onset of the fair-is-fair amateur draft. The Yankees would not rise again until George Steinbrenner came along over a decade later.
In sharp contrast to the Yankees of the early 1960s, the Yankees of the 1920s were dearly beloved by fans embracing the birth of a superpower. And although it didn't quite feel like the first time for Bronx Bombers fans—the Yankees had taken a few pennants and a world title earlier in the decade—the 1926-28 squads showed Yankee greatness at its most awesome.
The 1926 team was the weakest of this lot, winning a somewhat mortal 91 games—and yet all that separated them from a World Series triumph was a failed Babe Ruth stolen base attempt and a superb relief performance from a (possibly) inebriated Pete Alexander of the St. Louis Cardinals. But then we come to 1927, and the team many still call the greatest of all time—one that won 110 games and featured Babe Ruth's 60 homers, Lou Gehrig's 47 (with 175 RBIs), 231 hits and 23 triples from Earle Combs and a Cy Young Award effort (had the award existed in 1927) from Wilcy Moore, who won 19, saved 13 and registered a league-best 2.28 earned run average. In the World Series to follow, the Yankees easily deconstructed the overmatched Pittsburgh Pirates in four straight—and did it again the following year as a point of revenge against St. Louis on the heels of another dominant (101-53) regular season finish.
Dynastic aspirations of longer proportions for the Yankees were never met thanks to the next team on our list.
Philadelphia Athletics, 1929-31
While Ruth and the Yankees were monopolizing both the American League and the sports page throughout the 1920s, long-time A's manager Connie Mack was quietly building his own powerhouse from the ashes of a franchise that hit rock bottom with a series of 100-loss campaigns a mere decade earlier. By 1929, it was clear that the Yankees had met their match—and then some—from Mack's newly constructed mean machine.
The Yankees had Ruth, but the A's had Jimmie Foxx, a slugger whose muscular frame left opposing pitchers rattled from his mere appearance. Like Ruth with Gehrig, Foxx had a worthy Hall-of-Fame sidekick in Al Simmons, who hit .378 over this stretch with seasonal averages of 40 doubles, 13 triples, 31 homers and 150 RBIs. And unlike the Yankees, the A's had a dominant ace at the top of his game in Lefty Grove, a grouchy character who really hated to lose; but from 1929-31, Grove was a relatively happy camper, posting a phenomenal 79-15 record.
In winning three straight pennants, the A's were seldom challenged; the closest anyone came to doing so was Washington, who finished eight games back in 1930. They nabbed World Series triumphs in 1929 and 1930, but were denied a three-peat in 1931 by those pesky Cardinals (and, almost single-handedly, Pepper Martin), who took the Fall Classic in the max seven games.
The Great Depression took a great toll on Mack, constantly hounded by failing banks to replay massive loans; as a result, he was forced to tear down his dynasty earlier than hoped, and by the mid-1930s the A's were back to being second-division retreads—and would remain that way through the next 40 years and two westward relocations, until #3 below.
New York Giants, 1921-24
Ruled with an iron fist by the feisty, diminutive John McGraw, the Giants let it be known loud and clear to the Yankees that there was room for two juggernauts in town during the early 1920s. Sure enough, while the just-arrived Ruth had risen the Yankees to unparalleled heights through his previously unthinkable display of slugging numbers, the Giants were successfully going about business in their usual hard-nosed, unrelenting style of play, becoming the first—and still, only—National League team to win four straight pennants.
Feeding McGraw's ego even more was the fact that the Giants, with those first two pennants, squared off against the Yankees in the World Series—and won. The 1922 Series in particular—in which the Giants swept (excusing one tie) over an ineffective Ruth—was surely the high point in McGraw's baseball life, reveling in back-to-back titles over an "inferior" American League he never liked; adding insult to injury, he ordered the Yankees to move out of the Polo Grounds, where they'd been tenants since 1912. (The Yankees shrugged, departed and built Yankee Stadium.)
In winning four NL flags in a row, the Giants were not über-dominant, winning anywhere from 93-to-95 games each season. But in pure McGrawian tradition, the roster—peppered with future Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, Travis Jackson, Dave Bancroft and Ross Youngs—was amazingly consistent and consistently good. Everyone seemed to bat over .300; as a team, they hit exactly that over the four years. Giants pitching was no different, with a collection of solid pitchers who all rated a mere notch below ace level; only one hurler, Art Nehf in 1921, reached the 20-win plateau.
In the late 1920s, the Giants slipped from prominence even as they remained competitive and brought on future key talents in Bill Terry, Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell. Key to this drop may have been McGraw's decreased ability to lead and read a roster that was more educated, sophisticated and more in tune with the modern baseball politic of swinging from the heels.
Cincinnati Reds, 1975-76
In more recent times, Sparky Anderson's Big Red Machine might be the default answer for those pairing the words "dominant" and "dynasty" in the same sentence. And although the Reds made six postseason appearances and averaged 95 wins per year through the 1970s, they reached the World Series consecutively only from 1975-76—but what times those were in Cincinnati.
There was no getting around a talented roster that started with all-time hit king Pete Rose, followed by the absolutely dynamic Joe Morgan (who won NL MVPs in both seasons), emerging slugger George Foster and aging but still effective catcher Johnny Bench and first baseman Tony Perez. Don't forget the original Ken Griffey (.305 average in 1975, .336 in 1976), shortstop Dave Concepcion (54 total steals) and outfielder Cesar Geronimo (.307 average, 22 steals in 1976), and collectively you faced a lineup with essentially no holes. The Reds often proved that; in winning 102 games in 1976—after racking up 108 the year before—they led the NL in every offensive category.
Like the Giants of the early 1920s before them, the Reds relied on pitching that lacked big names but was nevertheless efficient. Had fragility not beset Don Gullett (26-7 over both years), he might have evolved into an All-Star-level ace.
The Reds were just as mighty in the postseason, winning 14 of 17 games. Their only three losses came against a spirited Boston Red Sox team during the memorable 1975 World Series—the greatest ever, by many accounts. Otherwise, the Reds were lowering the broom—twice sweeping Philadelphia in the National League Championship Series, and the Yankees in the 1976 Fall Classic.
Career downslides for Bench, Morgan and Perez, diminished pitching and the Reds' stubborn (some say arrogant) refusal to embrace the advent of free agency put an early end to their dynasty.
Chicago Cubs 1906-08
Once upon a time, the Chicago Cubs won world titles. Honestly. Anyone today who says they were around to actually witness it is lying—the last one who didn't died in 2003, according to a New York Times article.
The Cubs of the late 1900s—the decade, not the century, of course—were a genuine powerhouse. They were led by first baseman-manager Frank Chance, so highly esteemed that he was nicknamed The Peerless Leader—although The Fearless Leader would have been more apt given his fatalistic courage to take one (actually, a whole lot more) for his team, often in the head. Chance was also the tail end of baseball's most legendary double play combination that also included shortstop Joe Tinker and second baseman Johnny Evers, a medley of stardom that led poets to write depressing sonnets on behalf of frustrated fans of the archrival Giants.
But pitching was the Cubs' primary weapon. When they racked up a 116-36 record in 1906—by the percentages, the best-ever ledger in modern times—their staff posted an uncanny 1.75 earned run average. A year later, it got better—with an all-time low of 1.73. Chicago's undisputed ace was Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, nicknamed as such because of an unfortunate childhood farming accident which, all too fortunately for him, gave his mangled throwing hand the ability to throw what was arguably considered the most devastating curve ball ever known.
Astonishingly, the Cubs could not leverage their eye-popping 1906 campaign into a World Series triumph when they lost, somewhat shockingly, to the statistically inferior and offensively absent White Sox, recalled as the Hitless Wonders. A year later, the Cubs made up by sweeping Detroit (with one tie) after a 107-45 regular season; they made it two World Series titles in a row in 1908, but it took a bone-headed move by the Giants' Fred Merkle to help them get there. The Cubs were good enough to turn in two more championships in 1909-10—winning 104 games in each season—but the Pittsburgh Pirates beat them out for the NL pennant in 1909 and, in 1910, they succumbed to the Philadelphia A's in the World Series.
New York Yankees, 1998-2001
Early in his tenure as Lord of the Almighty Yankees, George Steinbrenner brought the once-storied franchise back to full prominence, winning back-to-back World Series in 1977-78 through sensational free agent signings and trades. But he became addicted to the process and, throughout the 1980s, he hastily traded away his best prospects for over-the-hill veterans in an attempt to return to the Fall Classic—with little or no success. One decade and a three-year suspension from the game later, Steinbrenner finally began to listen to his front office lieutenants (no, George Costanza wasn't one of them) who pled with him to keep his latest batch of blue chippers—a group that included shortstop Derek Jeter, outfielder Bernie Williams, ace Andy Pettitte and closer Mariano Rivera.
These homegrown Yankees provided an All-Star base for the franchise's latest dynasty, an impressive feat given the increased parity and competition (30 ballclubs) of the times. Although they earlier won it all in 1996, the dominance really began in 1998 when the Yankees took the first of four straight AL pennants and three straight world titles with a team that rivaled the 1927 Yankees in the history books—finishing the regular season at 114-48 before winning 11 of 13 postseason games, including a World Series sweep of the San Diego Padres.
Under the cool guidance of veteran manager Joe Torre, this was not your father's Yankee dynasty when controversy and infighting ruled; it was a remarkably harmonious roster that always had each other's backs. Even the collection of reclamation projects from troubled pasts—Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and Tim Raines among them—followed the lead, stayed out of trouble and did as asked via supporting roles.
As good as the Yankees were in the regular season, they were better in October—managing a 43-15 record over the four-year stretch. Hopes of winning a fourth straight World Series in 2001 against Arizona were dashed when, just three outs away from victory in Game Seven, the normally untouchable Rivera was tagged with a rare blown save, allowing the Diamondbacks to snatch the trophy.
Oakland A's, 1972-74
Steinbrenner's Yankees of the late 1970s (not included on this list, but close runners-up) may have constituted a zoo, but the A's of earlier in the decade represented a flat-out asylum. Everyone was at war with each other; the players fought each other, the players fought the owner, the owner fought back, and so on. Anyone with a weak heart—to say nothing of a weak ego—would not have survived this clubhouse.
Yet somehow, the A's held themselves together just enough to win three straight world titles—the most by anyone not named the Yankees. They did it despite never winning more than 94 games in any of their three seasons—hardly a sign of supreme strength. They did it despite failing to collectively outscore their opposition over three postseasons. (Fourteen of their 21 playoff wins were by one run.) They did it despite a change at manager (Al Dark replaced a fed-up Dick Williams in 1974). And they did it despite all the dissension, often fertilized by mercurial owner Charles Finley—though many of the players, led by flashy egomaniac slugger Reggie Jackson, didn't help.
Fact was, the A's simply knew how to win, even if they often did so by the skin of their teeth—and more to the point, with their backs against the wall—using the grit and intensity spilled over from the caustic clubhouse atmosphere.
Like Connie Mack's two previous dynasties (including the early 1910s, which also barely missed the list), this A's empire died hard. The 1975 defection of All-Star pitcher Catfish Hunter—because Finley unsuccessfully attempted to weasel his way out of a contractual obligation—was followed by a flood of departures as modern free agency destroyed a penny-pinching Finley and, by the late 1970s, relegated the A's to a who's who of nobodies playing in front of nobody at the Oakland Coliseum.
After establishing themselves as baseball's preeminent power in the 1920s, the Yankees were looking for a second wind in the mid-1930s following the fadeout of Babe Ruth. They found it thanks primarily to the arrival of Joe DiMaggio and an underrated pitching staff that, along with a potent offense, let the baseball world know that they'd be in this for the long run.
Starting with DiMaggio's rookie 1936 season (at age 21) and for the three years that followed, the Yankees reclaimed their status as the game's untouchables. DiMaggio himself was on fire, hitting .341 over the four years with annual averages of 36 doubles, 12 triples, 33 home runs, 140 runs knocked in and 130 scored—and that was just while playing an average of 139 games a year. As usual, DiMaggio had help from his teammates, including third-baseman/tablesetter Red Rolfe, Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey, second baseman Joe Gordon and, of course, Lou Gehrig—whose slugging thunder continued unabated until he was tragically crippled by ALS at the start of the 1939 season.
In all four pennant-winning seasons, the Yankees led the AL in runs scored (including a near-record 1,065 in 1936), home runs, walks and, easily, earned run average—as a New York staff led by Red Ruffing (who won 20 or 21 games each year) continually neutered opponents in a time when offense ran amok throughout the league.
It didn't matter who the National League threw at the Yankees in the World Series; they all faltered. The New York Giants gave it their best shot in the 1936-37 Fall Classics but managed a combined three wins while being outscored 71-35. But not even the Chicago Cubs, in 1938, and the upstart Cincinnati Reds in 1939, could make a dent in the Yankee machine, both being swept away like second-tier combatants.
World War II put a crimp on continued Yankee greatness as all teams were sapped of veteran talent and reduced to lesser rosters yo-yoing from year to year depending on who was left and who was drafted/enlisted. Postwar times would allow the Yankees to resume their reign, which leads us to #1 below.
After watching the Yankees finish third—a rotten result by Bronx Bomber standards—in 1948, many baseball experts predicted the fall of an empire. They then rolled over in laughter once they found out who the buttoned-up Yankee brass had hired as the team's new manager: Casey Stengel was a clownish personality who couldn't lift any of the previous teams he managed out of the second division, and seemed to excel less in winning and more with one-liners. But Stengel had the last laugh, immediately embarking the Yankees on the greatest run of successive championships ever seen.
These Yankees may not have been as strong on paper as the late 1930s edition—or even those placed elsewhere on the list, as they continually had to fight to the finish to win their pennants. But Stengel, backed by the shrewd roster movement of general manager George Weiss, knew how to maximize talent and make it work for the right moments. He mastered the concept of platooning—he had no choice to do otherwise, with so many of his players getting hurt—embraced pinch-hitting as an A-list job (aging Hall of Famer Johnny Mize was always trouble coming off the bench) and his pitching staff, usually fronted by Ed Lopat, Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi (who combined for a 255-117 record from 1949-53) typically finished as the league's best.
Most importantly, Stengel witnessed the transition of superstardom in the lineup as a declining Joe DiMaggio bowed to brilliant young prodigy Mickey Mantle, the latest in an illustrious line of Yankee legends. Sidekicking it alongside Mantle was catcher Yogi Berra, who also broke through and matured into a perennial MVP threat during this period.
By now imbued with the dogma that it was championship or bust, Yankee players took to the field each October determined to win the World Series as if it was their birthright. Such convictions paid off. Thrice they derailed a strong Brooklyn Dodgers unit (in 1949, 1952 and 1953), swept down a young, confident Philadelphia Phillies squad in 1950, and muffled the momentum of Bobby Thomson's historic NL-pennant winning homer when they deflated the Giants in six games in the 1951 Fall Classic.
What's ironic about the end of this dynasty is that it occurred in a 1954 season in which the Yankees posted a better record (103-51) than any of their five previous championship campaigns. Blame the Cleveland Indians, a runaway train of a team that won 111 games that season. Not that this put a stake in the Yankees' long-term prospects, as the New Yorkers grabbed nine more pennants over the next 10 years.
1908 The Merkle Boner
Nineteen-year-old rookie Fred Merkle costs the New York Giants a National League pennant by committing one of the game's most notorious blunders.
1922 Yankees Go Home
Jealous New York Giant manager John McGraw hands an eviction notice to the suddenly popular New York Yankees.
1927 The Yankee Juggernaut
The 1927 New York Yankees—the team often considered as the greatest ever—sweeps away the competition.
1929 Running on Ehmke
All but washed up, veteran pitcher Howard Ehmke gets the dream call for Game One of the World Series and delivers, setting the tone for a long-overdue championship for the Philadelphia A's..
1936 The New Yankee Juggernaut
First-year star Joe DiMaggio upgrades the New York Yankees back to superpower status—and the start of an impressive dynasty.
1949 Casey at the Helm
The zany Casey Stengel silences the critics and embarks the New York Yankees on a long and fruitful dynasty.
1961 The Greatest Feat Ever Performed*
Roger Maris experiences a year of triumph and troment as he threatens Babe Ruth's season home run record.
1971 Dynasty on the Rise
After years of constant losing, the colorful Charles Finley finally has a winner with the A's in Oakland.
1975 Birth of a Renaissance
Sparked by rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, the Boston Red Sox tangle with Cincinnati's Big Red Machine in a World Series considered one of the greatest ever—reawakening America's passion for baseball after a decade spent in the doldrums.
2000 New York, New York
The first Subway Series in 44 years is spiced with antagonism thanks to an ongoing feud between Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza.

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Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in shares of Otter Tail Co. (NASDAQ:OTTR – Get Rating) by 14.8% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 5,626 shares of the utilities provider's stock after buying an additional 727 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC's holdings in Otter Tail were worth $346,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of OTTR. Chilton Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Otter Tail during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in Otter Tail during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $45,000. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. purchased a new stake in Otter Tail during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $47,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Otter Tail during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $88,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Otter Tail by 100.0% during the 2nd quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,320 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $89,000 after buying an additional 660 shares in the last quarter. 49.01% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 31st. The utilities provider reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.31. Otter Tail had a return on equity of 27.09% and a net margin of 19.69%. The firm had revenue of $383.86 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $389.30 million. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Otter Tail Co. will post 6.6 EPS for the current year.
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Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. The company's Electric segment produces, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc markets.
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The veteran forward might extend his yearly stay in Davos for a bit longer and sign a contract until the next NHL-season kicks off.
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With the start of the NHL-season being delayed until presumably December, players are allowed to sign contracts in Europe (or elsewhere) with out-clauses and return to the NHL once the league is set to start again.
One candidate to make use of this could be Joe Thornton. The 41-year-old usually spends part of the summer in Switzerland, and, as Elliotte Friedman mentioned on Sportsnet's Saturday Headlines-segment yesterday, he might extend his stay this time around. With the San Jose Sharks not being part of the playoffs, the veteran could ink a deal with a National League team and eventually return overseas. He does not have a contract for the upcoming season yet.
Already having played for HC Davos during the most recent NHL-lockouts in 2004 and 2012, it would be safe to assume Thornton were to sign with them again. During his two tenures in the National League, he made 87 games, recording 26 goals and 89 assists.
"Joe is an icon of world hockey. It would never cross our minds to ask or even request him if he wanted to play another season with us. This is a matter of respect. But if Joe were to come to the conclusion to want to play for us, we would sit down and find a solution," Davos' team manager Raeto Raffainer tells Watson's Klaus Zaugg when asked about the case. "In the next few days, we will have a chat and see what plans he has."
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Mexico City, Jun 16 (EFE).- An exhibition in Mexico City shows the collective work and legacy of Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci through 11 oil paintings and two drawings.
"All these works are important, there is not one that was really captivating in particular over the others. To choose one we would have to go to the aspect of historicity and which ones are more associated with Leonardo himself," Nicola Barbatelli, the curator of the exhibition titled "Leonardo and His Followers" told EFE prior to the opening.
Works such as "Maddalena Discinta," which was a direct collaboration between da Vinci and one of his students, drawing "The Battle of Anghiari" and the painting "Saint Catherine of Alexandria," which he made with another student, reveal the thinking and legacy that the artist passed on to his apprentices and students.
Da Vinci's vision on the themes of death, eroticism and struggle is present in the 13 works on display.
According to the curator, da Vinci collaborated with his students in an unusual way, sometimes sketching the design of the paintings and letting his students finish the work, so the approach to these works offers a different experience of his way of thinking.
Among the students who signed the collective works are Salaì, Bernardino Luini, Marco d'Oggiono and Giampetrino.
According to the Italian ambassador to Mexico, Luigi De Chiara, the exhibition is part of the activities marking the 500th year of da Vinci's death that was commemorated in 2019.
The exhibition, which opens to public on Friday in the Torre del Reloj gallery in the Miguel Hidalgo mayor's office in the west of Mexico City, will be shown until Nov. 25 and entrance will be free on Mondays.
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Just a nice, herby chicken soup perfect for cool spring nights. This soup uses up delicious thighs which are generally pretty cheap and give really good flavor. You can trim the fat off them if that's your thing but otherwise I think it bulks up the soup a little. I used mini spaghetti as the pasta but any small shape will do.
Heat a large pot over medium-high heat with enough olive oil to lightly coat the surface and brown the chicken in the pot.
In the pot, add your vegetables and a bit of chicken stock then cook the until the onions become clear.
Add the seasoning and broth and bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes bring the soup back to a boil and add in your pasta and cook about 7-8 minutes until tender.
Mean while melt the butter in a bowl and stir in flour to form a roux.
Add the roux to the soup, turn the heat off and let soup thicken then add lemon juice to finish.


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Gop Debate Audience Stacked With Bush Supporters
Somehow nearly all of the debate tickets went to Jeb Bush supporters
February 7, 2016 Kelleigh Nelson NWO-Globalism, Politics & Government Comments Off on Gop Debate Audience Stacked With Bush Supporters
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Luke 12:2 — For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. KJV
A Class Act
People often mistake Donald Trump's self-confidence for arrogance or even narcissism. But there is not a narcissist on the planet who would have put themselves into a position like Trump did to assist a competing colleague at the latest debate.
Dr. Carson's name was called for introduction, but he didn't hear it, and other candidates names were called and they walked right by Carson. Not Trump. When his name was called, he then realized the embarrassing position of a fellow candidate hanging in the wind. Trump showed his leadership by standing right next to his friend, and not walking onto the stage.
The other names continued to be called, and proceeded as mentioned. But not Donald Trump, he remained with his colleague thereby reducing the internal anxiety felt by Carson.
Then, like a boss, when Dr. Carson was called to the stage, Trump waited and allowed Ben to get the audience response and appreciation. It takes a lot of courage to make split second decisions like this, and it shows a remarkable insight into the man's character.
Make sure you check out The Classiest Debate Moment That No-One Noticed – Never Leave A Good Man Down… This shows the real Mr. Trump, a class act, unlike the rest of the candidates who just walked on by Dr. Carson. Make sure you watch the videos too.
The Stacked Bush Audience
If you watched the February 6th debates, you noticed it was another stacked deck against Trump. This time however, it was far more subtle than it has ever been on Faux News. According to Gateway Pundit, only 20 tickets were sold to Trump supporters. The rest of the audience appeared to be Bush supporters.
Business Insider reported:
Frontrunner, Donald Trump confronted a Republican debate audience who repeatedly booed him during an exchange with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:
The audience loudly booed Trump, driving the back-and-forth off the rails. Trump said audience members were all members of the Republican establishment.
"That's all of his donors and special interests out there," Trump said of the people booing him. "That's what it is. And by the way, let me just tell you: We needed tickets. You can't get them. You know who has the tickets? … Donors, special interests, the people that are putting up the money. That's who it is."
The booing continued. Trump said he was self-funding his campaign, so Republican donors weren't a fan of his candidacy.
"The reason they're not loving me is I don't want their money.
Trump was right.
The audience was stacked against the GOP frontrunner.
Trump's close associate Roger Stone tweeted out that the Trump camp was only given 20 tickets by the GOP!
Jeb Bush Attack
The whole conversation started because Jeb stated that Trump took a woman's house via eminent domain for a development in Atlantic City. This is totally false, because she didn't want to sell even at an inflated price. The woman still had her house until 2011, when she moved to a retirement community. Do people really believe that a man like Trump who saved a Georgia family farm, is going to oust a homeowner who doesn't want to sell? The town tried to condemn her property and take it, but she won the court case and kept her home.
People don't want to lose their property, so they hear the GOPe tell these lies and they become fearful, not realizing it is purposeful manipulation to destroy the top candidate in the eyes of the electorate. The real folks who want your property are the globalists promoting UN Agenda 21 and a Constitutional Convention. Agenda 21 destroys private property ownership, and the Ford Foundation's New States Constitution, waiting in the wings to replace our 1787 Constitution, does the same thing.
ABC News anchor David Muir and ABC News chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz were moderators. Additional questions were posed by WMUR political director, Josh McElveen, and conservative blogger, Mary Katharine Ham. The questions were not targeted to destroy a particular candidate as they were in the previous Fox News debates, but the audience was definitely stacked against Trump.
If you watched, you would have noticed that when Trump answered a question the applause was very slight, or he was even booed. When Bush answered a question the applause was loud and long. The same thing with loud applause for the other candidates, especially for Rubio and Cruz. That's what it sounded like!
Was it stacked? You bet it was! For Jeb Bush! Nevertheless, Trump came off looking Presidential and answering the questions with perfect aplomb and skill. He was calm, deliberate, and had brilliant answers ready for every subject matter questioned.
When Bush attacked him, rather than saying, "Quiet," he should have said, "Excuse me, Governor Bush, but would you please allow me to speak." And that very calm approach would have startled Bush and the commentators and stilled the audience. This is how you handle abuse. We know the GOPe, MSM, DNC all want Trump gone because he's fouled up their NWO plans.
The other GOP candidates and moderators will continue to target Mr. Trump and try to rile him. Trump has to use the psychological warfare of Ronald Reagan. Remember when Reagan and Carter were debating? When Carter said something negative about Reagan, his response would be to smile that very calm smile and say, "There you go again." He remained so calm that he turned the tables and totally neutralized the attack by his opponent. This is what Mr. Trump has to do. Not only does it turn the tables, but it defuses the attacker and makes him look foolish.
Despite the audience being very light on Trump supporters, purposefully only 20, I believe this was one of the better debates so far. If you missed it, you can read the transcript here.
Cruz and Rubio Should Bow Out
The GOPe wants us to elect one of these two men, both of whom should bow out of the race because neither are eligible. We do not need a Presidential candidate or President so badly, that we have to go outside the pool of two citizen parents at their birth for a President, regardless of the candidate's ethnicity. As lawyers, both these men know this, and certainly have been told about Vattel's The Law of Nations, which defines "natural born citizen" from Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution. There were three copies of The Law of Nations at the 1787 Convention for the very purpose of defining "natural born citizen."
Yes, I'm going to say it again! Cruz is the son of a Cuban born father, and an American born mother. He was born in Canada, and we do not know if he really did have dual citizenship with America because of Canadian laws and his mother's citizenship, which also may have been Canadian. The Examiner's article, Proof That Ted Cruz did Not Become an American Citizen at Birth, brings up some valid points.
Marco Rubio is an anchor baby and is not eligible. Despite being born in America, his parents were both Cuban citizens at the time of his birth .
The truth of the Constitution is this. To be eligible to run for President or Vice President in America, you must be born to two American citizen parents. Here again are two great articles on this very subject.
Natural Born Citizen Status is Inherited – It's Not Bestowed By the Constitution or Acts of Congress.
The Elephant in the Constitution that No One References When Dealing with the Natural Born Citizen Issue.
More War With Cruz and Rubio
Cruz, with fist pumping and venom in his voice, pledges to carpet bomb ISIS when he is president. I wonder if he'd get Congressional approval first. Ted is running as The Big Fist, as the Militant Warrior, and God help us, he is running as the Capeless Crusader against Social Security and Medicare.
We have all paid into Social Security and Medicare for decades, it has become necessary for many of the elderly to survive. I am getting sick and tired of hearing that Social Security and Medicare are entitlements. Remember that this Congress did not stop Obama from making a deal to give Iran $150 billion dollars, and that same Congress couldn't give social security recipients a lousy three percent raise.
Foreign Policy Advisors
Several of the Republicans are using the same foreign policy advisors as Hillary Clinton. What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and globalists like Cruz and Marco Rubio?
Consultants affiliated with a small Washington, D.C., firm called Beacon Global Strategies provide high-profile foreign policy guidance to Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz, among others. Isn't that special, both left and right together.
Beacon Global was founded in 2013 by former senior officials from the State Department, Department of Defense, and Central Intelligence Agency, and has more than a dozen clients, primarily defense contractors, according to Defense News.
The founders of the firm are both from Hillary Clinton's inner circle, Philippe Reines and Andrew Shapiro. Read about this firm here, and note the last paragraph:
Beacon Global Strategies' seed funding came from Claude Fontheim, a former Clinton adviser who now serves as a lobbyist to the U.S.-China Exchange Foundation, a nonprofit reportedly used by Chinese government officials and Hong Kong tycoons to shape American policy toward China.
Despite the manipulation of every single debate to destroy Donald Trump, the support for his candidacy keeps growing. He is beholden to none of the groups the globalists are funded by. The people know, and the people want him. The only way this man will not win the nomination, and then presidency, is through fraud and corruption by the Republican party and the phony conservatives who so many people put their faith in falsely.
And guess what? All the polls still show that Trump won this debate too. Link
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Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s: The minnesota stroke survey
Eyal Shahar, Paul G. McGovern, Michael J. Sprafka, James S. Pankow, Katherine M. Doliszny, Russell V. Luepker, Henry Blackburn
The underlying reasons for the decline in stroke mortality in the United States are not well understood and have been the subject of ongoing debate. This study was undertaken to determine whether survival of hospitalized stroke patients has changed during the 1980s, thereby contributing to the decline in stroke mortality during that period. Methods For the years 1980, 1985, and 1990, we obtained listings of discharge diagnoses from hospitals in the Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area and identified all hospitalizations with a discharge diagnosis code of acute cerebrovascular disease according to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. A 50% random sample of men and women aged 30 to 74 years was selected in each survey for detailed medical record abstraction. Standardized sets of criteria for stroke were then used to validate acute stroke events throughout the 1980s. Each of the three period cohorts of hospitalized stroke patients (1980, 1985, and 1990) was followed for at least 2 years for all-cause mortality end point. Results A total of 1853 patients met minimal criteria for acute stroke: 564 patients in 1980, 598 patients in 1985, and 691 patients in 1990. Controlling for age, the odds of death within 2 years after stroke were approximately 40% lower in 1990 than in 1980. The relative odds of 2-year death in 1990 (versus 1980) were 0.65 (95% confidence interval, 0.47 to 0.89) and 0.60 (95% confidence interval, 0.42 to 0.85) for men and women, respectively. The improved survival was evident in the short term (28 days) as well as for stroke patients who survived that period. Analysis according to stroke subtype revealed that improved survival of ischemic stroke and specifically of stroke with no apparent cardioembolic source largely accounted for the overall trend. The prognosis of stroke patients who were admitted in a comatose state has not changed during that decade. Conclusions Despite the absence of any clear major advances in acute stroke therapy, survival of stroke patients substantially improved during the 1980s. The underlying reasons for this unexpected yet remarkable trend remain uncertain but may include improved supportive and rehabilitative care of stroke victims as well as a change in the natural history of the disease.
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.26.1.1
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Shahar, E., McGovern, P. G., Sprafka, M. J., Pankow, J. S., Doliszny, K. M., Luepker, R. V., & Blackburn, H. (1995). Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s: The minnesota stroke survey. Stroke, 26(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.26.1.1
Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s : The minnesota stroke survey. / Shahar, Eyal; McGovern, Paul G.; Sprafka, Michael J. et al.
In: Stroke, Vol. 26, No. 1, 01.1995, p. 1-6.
Shahar, E, McGovern, PG, Sprafka, MJ, Pankow, JS, Doliszny, KM, Luepker, RV & Blackburn, H 1995, 'Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s: The minnesota stroke survey', Stroke, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.26.1.1
Shahar E, McGovern PG, Sprafka MJ, Pankow JS, Doliszny KM, Luepker RV et al. Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s: The minnesota stroke survey. Stroke. 1995 Jan;26(1):1-6. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.26.1.1
Shahar, Eyal ; McGovern, Paul G. ; Sprafka, Michael J. et al. / Improved survival of stroke patients during the 1980s : The minnesota stroke survey. In: Stroke. 1995 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 1-6.
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Many of you remember last summer when we had a sweet little red heifer calf born.
Because we couldn't think of a name for her, all of you lovely readers chimed in with dozens of suggestions. We finally chose "Lucy" since, of course, she's a red-head.
Lucy is now seven months old and darling.
True to the nature of calves, she's become quite an escape artist.
I often see her where she shouldn't be. She never wanders far, though, so we're not worried.
She's become my frequent companion in the barn, where she gorges undisturbed on hay. As a result, she's fat as a butterball.
Unlike the other animals who use the awning for shelter, little Lucy uses the whole barn.
Her coloration certainly makes her stand out. I don't think we've ever had such a red heifer.
No special point to this post, just thought you might like to see some cute pix.
From another red-head . . . she's adorable!
She's beautiful! The red just adds to it, says the woman with a bright sorrel mare!
She is completely gorgeous - but...is she destined for the freezer or will you keep her to breed?
We currently have four animals earmarked for the freezer, but Lucy isn't one of them. She'll be a breeder.
Yay - I know looks shouldn't matter, but those are some fine genes going on there. Conformation is a little hard at this age, but she does look good.
She's a darling. Thanks for sharing.
She's got some 'splaining to do!


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'Betray' the NSA at Your Own Peril
It's important to not resist the NSA when it wants something, especially if you depend on them for key contracts. From the Washington Post:
Nacchio was convicted of selling of Qwest stock in early 2001, not long before the company hit financial troubles. However, he claimed in court documents that he was optimistic about the firm's ability to win classified government contracts — something they'd succeeded at in the past. And according to his timeline, in February 2001 — some six months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — he was approached by the NSA and asked to spy on customers during a meeting he thought was about a different contract. He reportedly refused because his lawyers believed such an action would be illegal and the NSA wouldn't go through the FISA Court. And then, he says, unrelated government contracts started to disappear.
His narrative matches with the warrantless surveillance program reported by USA Today in 2006 which noted Qwest as the lone holdout from the program, hounded by the agency with hints that their refusal "might affect its ability to get future classified work with the government." But Nacchio was prevented from bringing up any of this defense during his jury trial — the evidence needed to support it was deemed classified and the judge in his case refused his requests to use it. And he still believes his prosecution was retaliatory for refusing the NSA requests for bulk access to customers' phone records. Some other observers share that opinion, and it seems consistent with evidence that has been made public, including some of the redacted court filings unsealed after his conviction.
Not only was Nacchio charged, but he was unable to mount a full defence in a public court on the basis that part of that defence depended on revealing classified information. That information, itself, concerned the CEO's unwillingness to engage in what his counsel advised were illegal activities.
You don't need secret courts to undermine the course of justice, or secret investigations. All you really need to do is establish that some evidence is too secret to be used in your defence. In effect, by precluding a full-throated defence of the accused the very legitimacy of the open court system is undermined.
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Sophie Jean Fell off the Bed!
Posted on October 24, 2015 by Carrie @ Season It Already!
Tuesday night, in the middle of the night, our dear Sophie Jean fell out of bed. Yes, our dogs sleep with us. Yes, I know it's not the best thing for any of us.
I didn't even hear it. In fact, I only woke to the light on in the bedroom and my husband walking around and had to ask him what was going on.
And it was true. She limped. We had to take her outside and set her on the grass to do her business. But that was difficult since she couldn't put any weight on her front right paw. Poor Jean!
I felt so bad for her. I couldn't get her an appointment to see the vet until 2pm on Wednesday. When I went home from work to pick her up, she almost seemed worse.
She still limped when we got to the vet; but she was also shaking pretty badly because she hates it there. But all the while the doctor pulled and prodded at her limp leg, she didn't make a sound. We were hoping to find out where it hurt her the most so that they could localize where they could take x-rays.
We decided to give her some pain meds and anti-inflammatories and re-evaluate the x-rays in a few days. In the meantime, little Jean was confined to a kennel during the night and when we were away at work. She hasn't been in a kennel since she was a pup; but it was a good way to keep her in one place and to stop her from getting up on the furniture and jumping down.
Luckily, by Thursday night, Sophie seemed good as new!
I canceled the x-ray appointment and am continuing to restrict her activity just in case it's the pain meds that are making her feel like she can do anything. I am so glad she hasn't broken anything!
That's right, it's the monthly BarkBox!
The dogs know the word BarkBox as well as they know outside, treat, bu-bye and walk.
The little to-go container of treats was helpful when I took Sophie to the vet. I gave her a few to distract her so she wouldn't try to jump up and down on the bench like she always does there when she is nervous. I didn't want her to make her paw/leg worse!
We only feed our dogs in the evening; so in the morning they get a few breakfast treats. We use these bigger treats for breakfast and smaller "trainer" treats as rewards.
Shamrock usually goes straight for the toys in the box, but he didn't seem too fond of the Peekaboo-Hoo this month.
I think it is the hat that freaks him out. When we first rescued him, he was afraid of all men, especially if one was wearing a hat.
I am quite thankful that Sophie seems to be doing better; but I think the pooches are grateful that they are still receiving their BarkBoxes! Click here if you'd like to get your pooch a BarkBox. The link will add a free box to your subscription and to Sophie and Sham's!


It's officially the most wonderful time of the year and there's nothing I love more than Christmas movies, holiday songs and the occasional gift! It's the season for all things love & happiness, and speaking of, I just got engaged! So now that I have a fiancé, I thought I would round up some top gifts for HIM this holiday season. Read on to find the best ones I could find.


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232 E Walton – Chicago
232 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL 60611
Here are the 232 E Walton apartments for sale along with their location, building and apartment information. Schedule a showing online.
232 E Walton
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232 E Walton apartments have a cooperative form of ownership. The apartments are mostly 4 bedroom units. They range in size from 3,700 to 3,850 square feet of space.
Cooking appliances in units I've seen are gas. There are no private outdoor spaces. Views are fairly limited. Some apartments on the east side of the building have a window from which you can see the lake.
According to Baird & Warner's "A Portfolio of Fine Apartment Homes" published in 1928, a typical original floor plan had a living room, reception hall, dining room and butler's pantry. There were also 4 ensuite bedrooms and 2 maid's rooms with 1 maid's bathroom behind the kitchen.
Prices start at over $1M. Some apartments have sold for over $1,4M. See the listings below for current list prices.
232 E Walton built in 1921 has 11 floors with 20 units. It was designed by architects Fugard & Knapp who also designed 219 E Lake Shore Drive and 229 E Lake Shore Drive one block north. 232 E Walton is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building is staffed 24 hours with a door person. Until recently the door person operated the elevator, but now the building now has new freight and passenger elevators. Behind the building is a common patio with grills and a play area.
There's no on-site parking, but rental parking is available nearby. Pets are allowed. Utilities included in the monthly assessments include: cable TV, heat and water. Since this is a co-op, property taxes are included in the monthly assessments.
Buyers may finance up to 80% of their purchase. As with most other co-ops in Chicago rentals are not allowed. For more information on how buying a co-op differs from buying a condo see my article Chicago co-op apartments vs. condos.
232 E Walton is located in Streeterville in downtown Chicago. Some people also consider this side of Walton Place to be in the Gold Coast neighborhood. It's between North Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue 1 block south of Oak Street Beach. The Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue is less than 2 blocks to the west. Shopping on Oak Street is 3 blocks away. Chicago's Lakefront is one block to the east.
A Treasure Island grocery store is 8 blocks away. A pharmacy at Water Tower Place is 4 blocks away.
Its Walk Score is currently 98 and its Transit Score is 88. It's less than half a mile from the Red Line at Chicago & State. The #157/Streeterville Taylor bus which runs north and south is a block away. The #66/Chicago bus which runs east and west is 3 blocks south.
The location has a Bike Score of 76. A Divvy bike sharing station is within 4 blocks.
According to WalkScore.com, the location has a Crime Grade of A. That means it's a lowest crime area compared to all of Chicago.