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Thomas Jefferson on the Importance of a Free Press (UPDATED with Trump's Jefferson Quote)
Yesterday, President Donald Trump called the media (singling out the New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC) the "enemy of the American people."
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
Trump's barrage of animosity toward the press reminded me of the Sedition Act of 1798. I hope we do not go back to that dark day.
Thomas Jefferson was a staunch critic of the Sedition Act. Jefferson believed a free press was essential to republican government. In light of Donald Trump's attacks on the press, I believe we should consider Jefferson's thoughts on a free and independent press.
In a letter to James Currie in 1786, Jefferson complained that John Jay had been treated unfairly by the "public papers." However, instead of calling the press the enemy of the people, Jefferson said:
In truth it is afflicting that a man [John Jay] who has past his life in serving the public, who has served them in every the highest stations with universal approbation, and with a purity of conduct which has silenced even party opprobrium, who tho' poor has never permitted himself to make a shilling in the public employ, should yet be liable to have his peace of mind so much disturbed by any individual who shall think proper to arraign him in a newspaper. It is however an evil for which there is no remedy. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. To the sacrifice, of time, labor, fortune, a public servant must count upon adding that of peace of mind and even reputation. (emphasis added)
Even though Jefferson believed the papers to be wrong, he asserted that the liberty of the nation depends on the freedom of the press without limitation.
Three years later, Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington from Paris with a similar sentiment.
The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs thro' the channel of the public papers, & to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people. The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them. (emphasis added)
Jefferson was aware that the newspapers were sometimes wrong and he became exasperated with the press at times. However, he was sure that the liberty of the people depended on a free, if imperfect, press.
To Elbridge Gerry in 1799, Jefferson wrote:
I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another: for freedom of the press, & against all violations of the constitution to silence by force & not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.
Jefferson himself was the subject of just and unjust criticism and yet he did not start a war with the press.
Jefferson maintained this view through his old age. To Marquis de Lafayette, Jefferson wrote in 1823:
Two dislocated wrists and crippled fingers have rendered writing so slow and laborious as to oblige me to withdraw from nearly all correspondence. not however from yours, while I can make a stroke with a pen. we have gone thro' too many trying scenes together to forget the sympathies and affections they nourished. your trials have indeed been long and severe. when they will end is yet unknown, but where they will end cannot be doubted. alliances holy or hellish, may be formed and retard the epoch deliverance, may swell the rivers of blood which are yet to flow, but their own will close the scene, and leave to mankind the right of self government. I trust that Spain will prove that a nation cannot be conquered which determines not to be so. and that her success will be the turning of the tide of liberty, no more to be arrested by human efforts. whether the state of society in Europe can bear a republican government, I doubted, you know, when with you, a I do now. a hereditary chief strictly limited, the right of war vested in the legislative body, a rigid economy of the public contributions, and absolute interdiction of all useless expences, will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive. but the only security of all is in a free press. the force of public opinion cannot be resisted, when permitted freely to be expressed. the agitation it produces must be submitted to. it is necessary to keep the waters pure. we are all, for example in agitation even in our peaceful country. for in peace as well as in war the mind must be kept in motion. (emphasis added).
Finally, Jefferson recognized that a free press provided information that some governments would deliberately keep from the people. We must have a free press to help provide a check on governmental power. To Charles Yancey in 1816, Jefferson wrote:
if a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. the functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. there is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. (emphasis added).
Although Jefferson was not a perfect man, he articulated natural rights as well as any Founder. A free press is a surely a right under the Constitution and it is a necessity for a free people. Trump's assault on the media is unpatriotic and certainly unJeffersonian. Even when Jefferson disagreed with the press (and he often did), he was a statesman and patriot in his response to it. Today, we are in great need for statesmen and stateswomen to stand up for a free press.
UPDATE: During a rally in Florida today, Donald Trump quoted Jefferson as a critic of newspapers:
They have their own agenda and their agenda is not your agenda. In fact, Thomas Jefferson said, "nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper." "Truth itself," he said, "becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle," that was June 14, my birthday, 1807. But despite all their lies, misrepresentations, and false stories, they could not defeat us in the primaries, and they could not defeat us in the general election, and we will continue to expose them for what they are, and most importantly, we will continue to win, win, win.
Trump pulled this quote from an 1807 letter to John Norvell. Indeed, Jefferson had many negative things to say about the press. However, he also said all of the things I quoted above. Trump only told his audience half of the story. Newspapers were more politically biased in Jefferson's day than now and yet he defended the need for an independent press as a crucial means of protecting our liberties. Let's recall that Jefferson's harsh criticism came in private letters; Trump's venom is delivered daily via Twitter. If Trump wants to be Jeffersonian, he must stop his public war on the press.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 18, 2017 January 31, 2020 Categories Donald Trump, Getting Jefferson RightTags donald trump, first amendment, Not the Enemy, Press, thomas jeffersonLeave a comment on Thomas Jefferson on the Importance of a Free Press (UPDATED with Trump's Jefferson Quote)
New RICO Suit Brought Against Gospel for Asia
I reported earlier this week that Garland and Phyllis Murphy, former Gospel for Asia donors filed a motion to join the RICO lawsuit initiated by Matthew and Jennifer Dickson. A separate suit was filed yesterday by the Murphys.
Read the Murphys' complaint here.
The complaint is similar to the one filed by the Dicksons but has a separate case number from Dickson's case and follows a motion to withdraw the earlier request to join the Dickson's case.
Plaintiffs' Motion to Withdraw Proposed Intervention Motion
Plaintiffs respectfully move the Court to withdraw the motion to intervene [Doc. 48] filed on February 6, 2017. The proposed intervenors, Garland D. Murphy, III, M.D. and Phyllis A. Murphy, filed an independent but related action on February 16, 2017 which was assigned Case No. 5:17-cv-05035-TLB. Defendants do not oppose this motion to withdraw.
So now GFA is defending itself against two RICO lawsuits with the potential for others to join the existing classes or for additional suits to be filed.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 17, 2017 Categories David Carroll, Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanTags Garland and Phyllis Murphy, Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanLeave a comment on New RICO Suit Brought Against Gospel for Asia
David Barton Again Whitewashes Thomas Jefferson Views on Race
Yesterday, David Barton came to Thomas Jefferson's rescue after a statue of the third president was defaced last weekend at Jefferson's alma mater the College of William & Mary. Those who attacked the statue painted Jefferson's hands red and wrote "slave owner" nearby.
Indeed, Jefferson was a slave owner at the same time he made some steps to end the slave trade. He signed the bill ending the slave trade in 1808. However, Jefferson owned slaves at the same time he signed that bill into law.
When it comes to his positions and actions relating to slavery, Jefferson remains an enigma. However, Barton considers Jefferson to be a civil rights hero. Barton told WND:
Barton argues Thomas Jefferson was a major opponent of slavery who worked all his life to end the practice. He also contends Jefferson was not the "racist" he has been portrayed as.
"Students today need to study Thomas Jefferson's own writings and actions rather than listening to the blatantly false claims of those who hate America and her Founders," he advised.
I agree that we need to study Jefferson's own writings. In fact, I have some for you below.
Read Jefferson's opinions of African slaves from his Notes on the State of Virginia, pages 264-267. Partly correct, Barton tells us that Jefferson wanted to free the slaves. What Barton doesn't tell you is that Jefferson didn't want the freed slaves to have American civil rights. He wanted them sent elsewhere because he didn't think blacks and whites were of equal ability. Jefferson wanted America to be white. Jefferson wrote:
To emancipate all slaves born after passing the act. The bill reported by the revisors does not itself contain this proposition; but an amendment containing it was prepared, to be offered to the legislature whenever the bill should be taken up, and further directing, that they should continue with their parents to a certain age, then be brought up, at the public expence, to tillage, arts or sciences, according to their geniusses, till the females should be eighteen, and the males twenty-one years of age, when they should be colonized to such place as the circumstances of the time should render most proper, sending them out with arms, implements of houshold and of the handicraft arts, feeds, pairs of the useful domestic animals, &c. to declare them a free and independant people, and extend to them our alliance and protection, till they shall have acquired strength; and to send vessels at the same time to other parts of the world for an equal number of white inhabitants; to induce whom to migrate hither, proper encouragements were to be proposed.
It will probably be asked, Why not retain and incorporate the blacks into the state, and thus save the expence of supplying, by importation of white settlers, the vacancies they will leave? Deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites; ten thousand recollections, by the blacks, of the injuries they have sustained; new provocations; the real distinctions which nature has made; and many other circumstances, will divide us into parties, and produce convulsions which will probably never end but in the extermination of the one or the other race. — To these objections, which are political, may be added others, which are physical and moral. The first difference which strikes us is that of colour. Whether the black of the negro resides in the reticular membrane between the skin and scarf-skin, or in the scarf-skin itself; whether it proceeds from the colour of the blood, the colour of the bile, or from that of some other secretion, the difference is fixed in nature, and is as real as if its seat and cause were better known to us. And is this difference of no importance? Is it not the foundation of a greater or less share of beauty in the two races? Are not the fine mixtures of red and white, the expressions of every passion by greater or less suffusions of colour in the one, preferable to that eternal monotony, which reigns in the countenances, that immoveable
veil of black which covers all the emotions of the other race? Add to these, flowing hair, a more elegant symmetry of form, their own judgment in favour of the whites, declared by their preference of them, as uniformly as is the preference of the Oranootan for the black women over those of his own species. The circumstance of superior beauty, is thought worthy attention in the propagation of our horses, dogs, and other domestic animals; why not in that of man? Besides those of colour, figure, and hair, there are other physical distinctions proving a difference of race. They have less hair on the face and body. They secrete less by the kidnies, and more by the glands of the skin, which gives them a very strong and disagreeable odour. This greater degree of transpiration renders them more tolerant of heat, and less so of cold, than the whites. Perhaps too a difference of structure in the pulmonary apparatus, which a late ingenious experimentalist has discovered to be the principal regulator of animal heat, may have disabled them from extricating, in the act of inspiration, so much of that fluid from the outer air, or obliged them in expiration, to part with more of it. They seem to require less sleep. A black, after hard labour through the day, will be induced by the slightest amusements to sit up till midnight, or later, though knowing he must be out with the first dawn of the morning. They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female: but love seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a tender delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy or in wrath, are less felt, and sooner forgotten with them. In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection. To this must be ascribed their disposition to sleep when abstracted from their diversions, and unemployed in labour. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep
of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them to Africa for this investigation. We will consider them here, on the same stage with the whites, and where the facts are not apocryphal on which a judgment is to be formed. It will be right to make great allowances for the difference of condition, of education, of conversation, of the sphere in which they move. Many millions of them have been brought to, and born in America. Most of them indeed have been confined to tillage, to their own homes, and their own society: yet many have been so situated, that they might have availed themselves of the conversation of their masters; many have been brought up to the handicraft arts, and from that circumstance have always been associated with the whites. Some have been liberally educated, and all have lived in countries where the arts and sciences are cultivated to a considerable degree, and have had before their eyes samples of the best works from abroad. The Indians, with no advantages of this kind, will often carve figures on their pipes not destitute of design and merit. They will crayon out an animal, a plant, or a country, so as to prove the existence of a germ in their minds which only wants cultivation. They astonish you with strokes of the most sublime oratory; such as prove their reason and sentiment strong, their imagination glowing and elevated. But never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never see even an elementary trait of painting or sculpture. In music they are more generally gifted than the whites with accurate ears for tune and time, and they have been found capable of imagining a small catch. Whether they will be equal to the composition of a more extensive run of melody, or of complicated harmony, is yet to be proved. Misery is often the parent of
the most affecting touches in poetry. — Among the blacks is misery enough, God knows, but no poetry. Love is the peculiar ;oestrum of the poet. Their love is ardent, but it kindles the senses only, not the imagination. Religion indeed has produced a Phyllis Whately; but it could not produce a poet. The compositions published under her name are below the dignity of criticism. The heroes of the Dunciad are to her, as Hercules to the author of that poem. Ignatius Sancho has approached nearer to merit in composition; yet his letters do more honour to the heart than the head. They breathe the purest effusions of friendship and general philanthropy, and shew how great a degree of the latter may be compounded with strong religious zeal. He is often happy in the turn of his compliments, and his stile is easy and familiar, except when he affects a Shandean fabrication of words. But his imagination is wild and extravagant, escapes incessantly from every restraint of reason and taste, and, in the course of its vagaries, leaves a tract of thought as incoherent and eccentric, as is the course of a meteor through the sky. His subjects should often have led him to a process of sober reasoning: yet we find him always substituting sentiment for demonstration. Upon the whole, though we admit him to the first place among those of his own colour who have presented themselves to the public judgment, yet when we compare him with the writers of the race among whom he lived, and particularly with the epistolary class, in which he has taken his own stand, we are compelled to enroll him at the bottom of the column. This criticism supposes the letters published under his name to be genuine, and to have received amendment from no other hand; points which would not be of easy investigation. The improvement of the blacks in body and mind, in the first instance of their mixture with the whites, has been observed by every one, and proves that their inferiority is not the effect merely of their condition of life.
Later in the WND piece, Barton says:
Yes, Jefferson owned slaves, but he repeatedly tried to pass laws not only to free his own slaves, but all those in his state of Virginia. Sadly, he was unsuccessful. And state law would not allow him to free his own slaves. History clearly shows that Jefferson should be seen as an early anti-slavery advocate who was far ahead of his time in his home state.
In fact, after an early attempt to emancipate slaves in order to send them somewhere else, Jefferson had little to do with emancipation efforts in VA. After Virginia slave owners got the right to free slaves in 1782, Jefferson did not move to emancipate his slaves. Barton is simply wrong on this point. While it may have been difficult financially for Jefferson to free his slaves, he was legally allowed to do so after 1782. History clearly shows that many Virginia slave owners emancipated slaves while Thomas Jefferson did not. Jefferson talks about his early efforts on behalf of African slaves in the passage cited above and repeated below:
To emancipate all slaves born after passing the act. The bill reported by the revisors does not itself contain this proposition; but an amendment containing it was prepared, to be offered to the legislature whenever the bill should be taken up, and further directing, that they should continue with their parents to a certain age, then be brought up, at the public expence, to tillage, arts or sciences, according to their geniusses, till the females should be eighteen, and the males twenty-one years of age, when they should be colonized to such place as the circumstances of the time should render most proper, sending them out with arms, implements of houshold and of the handicraft arts, feeds, pairs of the useful domestic animals, &c. to declare them a free and independant people, and extend to them our alliance and protection, till they shall have acquired strength; and to send vessels at the same time to other parts of the world for an equal number of white inhabitants; to induce whom to migrate hither, proper encouragements were to be proposed. (emphasis added)
Yes, if this bill had passed, the slaves would have been freed but they would have been colonized to another location (he favored Santo Domingo) and exchanged for white people living elsewhere. Jefferson's plan wasn't perhaps as harsh as others who wanted slavery to persist in this country, but he certainly maintained views that can only be described as a racist. Jefferson's tenure as a slave owner also requires scrutiny. He sent slave catchers after runaway slaves and profited from the babies born to slave women. These facts should not be minimized.
Barton's whitewash of Jefferson doesn't serve anyone well. When Barton obscures the truth, he gives ammunition to those who wish to obscure the positive contributions that Jefferson made to the common good. We must see historical figures in their time and place but not change the facts to make them fit our wishes. Jefferson's racist words should be studied so that we can understand the errors he made, why he made them, and seek ways to avoid making them again.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 17, 2017 Categories david barton, Getting Jefferson RightTags david Barton, thomas jeffersonLeave a comment on David Barton Again Whitewashes Thomas Jefferson Views on Race
Gospel for Asia Appeals the Denial of a Stay in the RICO Lawsuit
K.P. Yohannan, Founder of GFA (source: YouTube)
Gospel for Asia really doesn't want to enter discovery in their defense against allegations of corrupt financial practices and fraud.
Last week, after the Western Arkansas District Court rejected GFA's request for a stay (pause in the case) while GFA's appeal is being heard, GFA promptly appealed that denial yesterday.
Read GFA's appeal here.
In the appeal, GFA "respectfully request[s] a stay under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8 pending the outcome of this appeal." GFA wants the case stalled while the mission organization appeals the District Courts refusal to compel the plaintiffs, Matthew and Jennifer Dickson, to enter arbitration instead of continue with the RICO suit. The Dickson were members of GFA and signed an arbitration agreement while they were involved with GFA. However, as donors and now as non-employees, the Dicksons want their claims heard in court. Furthermore, the Dicksons represent a class of donors who allegedly have been defrauded by GFA's deceptive financial practices. Thus far, the federal court has sided with the Dicksons.
In the space of several months, GFA went from being a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability and a full participant in the federal government's Combined Federal Campaign fund drive to being evicted from ECFA and kicked out of the federal program. According to those who have been questioned by federal investigators, GFA is also under investigation for possible illegal practices as well.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 16, 2017 Categories David Carroll, Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanTags Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanLeave a comment on Gospel for Asia Appeals the Denial of a Stay in the RICO Lawsuit
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Against Arlene's Flower in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
Just awhile ago the Washington Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling against Barronelle Stutzman and Arlene's Flowers in the sexual orientation discrimination case over flower arrangements.
Read the ruling here.
The owner of Arlene's Flowers, Barronelle Stutzman was fined as the result of refusing to provide a custom flower arrangement to a gay couple in Richland, WA. Stutzman appealed the fine and ruling to the Washington Supreme Court and today lost at that level as well.
The court held that Washington's Law Against Discrimination and Consumer Protection Law was violated by Stutzman when she refused to provide services on the basis of her customer's sexual orientation. Stutzman maintained that she did not discriminate on the basis of orientation but rather due to the fact that the customers wanted custom arrangements for a gay wedding. She had provided flowers for one of the gay men for years but balked at providing them for the man's wedding.
I have asked the Alliance Defending Freedom organization for comment and will update this post throughout the day.
My question is what would ADF do if the reason for refusal of service related to a religious objection to miscegenation. Would ADF defend a store owner who –for religious reasons — refused to provide a custom arrangement to an African-American and white couple?
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 16, 2017 Categories sexual orientationTags Arlene's Flowers, WashingtonLeave a comment on Washington State Supreme Court Rules Against Arlene's Flower in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
Announcement for Rick Saccone's U.S. Senate Bid Featuring David Barton
I mentioned it before but we have a Wallbuilder in the PA Senate race. Here's the announcement for the big debut.
Join us Monday, February 27 at 11 AM at The Capitol Rotunda! pic.twitter.com/jBqKAA7fN0
— RickSaccone4Senate (@RickSaccone4Sen) February 15, 2017
It is surreal that doctorate faker Barton still has a significant following. Once upon a time, faking academic credentials was considered a serious problem. Now it doesn't matter if you support the right candidate.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 15, 2017 Categories david bartonTags david Barton, Rick SacconeLeave a comment on Announcement for Rick Saccone's U.S. Senate Bid Featuring David Barton
Former Donors Request to Join Gospel for Asia RICO Suit
On February 6, 2017, Garland D. Murphy, III, M.D. and his wife Phyllis A. Murphy filed a motion to join the RICO lawsuit agains Gospel for Asia. In the motion, the Murphy's allege that they were defrauded by Gospel for Asia and would not have donated had they known how GFA planned to use their donations.
Specifically, the Murphys took the GFA promise to send 100% to mission work at face value and donated on that basis.
From Exhibit A attached to the Motion:
Plaintiffs-Intervenors Garland D. Murphy, III, M.D. and Phyllis A. Murphy made several donations to GFA over the course of several years. They made each such donation only after learning of GFA's guarantee that it would apply 100% of every donation exactly as the Murphys designated.
For example, on December 29, 2012, the Murphys decided to donate $225 to GFA's "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund. The Murphys viewed a webpage on GFA's website discussing the "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund. The webpage for the "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund at GFA.org (as it appeared 1n December, 2012).
On December 29, 2012, with the understanding that GFA would apply 100% of their $225 donation to the "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund in the Field, the Murphys made the donation through GFA's website. GFA provided the Murphys with a receipt (Exhibit 8 hereto) reciting the GFA 100% guarantee and noting that $605 in donations, presumably including the December 29 donation, was designated to the "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund. The Murphys' 2012 Annual Receipt documenting their gifts to GFA's "Widows and Abandoned Children" fund.
The 2012 Annual Receipt the Murphys received from GFA, bearing the GFA 100% Guarantee, a statement that GFA is "committed to apply your gifts according to your preferences," and the ECFA and ICA seals of approval and assurances thereby (valid at the time this receipt was issued). Exhibit 8 hereto.
Every single donation the Murphys made to GFA was made only with the understanding, based entirely on Defendants' representations, that 100% of the donation would be applied exactly as designated by the Murphys.
GFA hoped the district court would require former employees Matthew and Jennifer Dickson to comply with an arbitration agreement and avoid a public trial. However, the district court denied that request. GFA then appealed. Even if the Appeals Court requires the Dicksons to go through arbitration instead of a RICO suit, the Murphys would not have to do so since they never worked for GFA. Their case would presumable require a different remedy, one they hope will be in court.
For the many articles on the GFA story, click here.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 15, 2017 Categories David Carroll, Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanTags Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanLeave a comment on Former Donors Request to Join Gospel for Asia RICO Suit
And Today's Twitter Winner Is: Senator Chuck Grassley for His Ask Putin Why the Dead Pols Tweet
So many questions and so much material just from this one tweet.
Whoever monitors twitter at WH tell Pres Trump to ask Putin"What do u hv agst ElectionOpponents bc they are killed/imprisoned/poisoned?"
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 12, 2017
Did someone hack Sen. Grassley's account?
If not, it is noteworthy that before church this morning a U.S. Senator implied Vladimir Putin has had his political opponents killed. It is also noteworthy that a Senator is reaching out to the President through Twitter.
Apparently, Grassley hasn't been paying attention because Trump monitors his own Twitter account. Can't find an answer yet.
Can you imagine the phone call? "Hey Vlad, Chuck Grassley wants to know why you're killing off all your political opponents?"
I think we should all tweet an "Ask Putin" tweet.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 12, 2017 Categories Odd stuff, politicsTags Chuck Grassley, donald trump, Vladimir PutinLeave a comment on And Today's Twitter Winner Is: Senator Chuck Grassley for His Ask Putin Why the Dead Pols Tweet
Fan of David Barton to Run for PA Senate Seat
PA State Rep. Rick Saccone tweeted this announcement on Thursday:
We will have our big kickoff rally in the capitol rotunda 27 feb 11am. David Barton will intro me. So blessed. Come join us in hburg.
— Rick Saccone (@Ricksaccone1) February 10, 2017
As a GOP state representative, Saccone sponsored a resolution proclaiming 2012 as The Year of the Bible in PA. He is also behind the effort to place the motto In God We Trust on display in PA public schools.
Saccone has an earned PhD from University of Pittsburgh. I wonder how he would feel about Barton if he knew about Barton's attempt to pass off an honorary degree from a non-accredited diploma mill as an earned doctorate.
Saccone is seeking the GOP nomination to take on Sen. Bob Casey in 2018.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 11, 2017 January 9, 2021 Categories david bartonTags david Barton, Rick SacconeLeave a comment on Fan of David Barton to Run for PA Senate Seat
Federal Court Rejects Gospel for Asia's Motion for a Stay; New Plaintiffs Request to Join Suit
On Wednesday, the Western Arkansas federal district court rejected Gospel for Asia's request for a stay of trial proceedings while an appeals court considers GFA's motion to dismiss the case. This will allow the case to proceed to discovery and trial.
Read the judge's order at the link below. Some best hits from the order:
The only foreseeable "harm" of discovery in this forum is that it might reveal that Defendants have, in fact, committed fraud against Plaintiffs and the purported class. This is not the kind of harm a stay is intended to prevent.
Because this Court has no control over appellate dockets or calendars, the risk of harm a stay poses to Plaintiffs and putative class members is substantial.
The public interest weighs heavily against staying this matter. It is certainly the case that the Federal Arbitration Act's liberal preference for arbitration would favor a stay if Defendants were more likely to succeed on the merits of their appeal. However, the gravity of Plaintiffs' allegations—that between 2003 and 2014, Defendants fraudulently solicited $700,000,000 in donations from putative class members, and that Defendants continue to fraudulently solicit such donations—and the publicity generated by those allegations give rise to a strong public interest in resolving the merits of this dispute.
In another development, another donor couple have requested to join the suit against GFA.
Motion to Intervene as Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs Matthew Dickson and Jennifer Dickson and proposed Plaintiffs-Intervenors Garland D. Murphy, III, M.D. and Phyllis A. Murphy (residents of this jurisdiction) respectfully request the Court to grant the Murphys permission to intervene as Plaintiffs and proposed class representatives, and to file the proposed amended complaint attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Murphys donated to GFA but were never employees of GFA.
Order on Motion to Stay
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on February 10, 2017 Categories David Carroll, Francis Chan, Gospel for Asia, K.P. YohannanTags Dickson v. GFA, Gospel for AsiaLeave a comment on Federal Court Rejects Gospel for Asia's Motion for a Stay; New Plaintiffs Request to Join Suit


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HomeGet InformedNewslettersMay 12, 2018 Newsletter
Despite a growing budget, housing, infrastructure and transportation needs outpace resources. With resident satisfaction on the decline, City eyes hotel and sugary drink taxes and residents launch ballot initiative to constrain citywide office growth.
Guest Commentary:
Consider the Community Before Creating a Community Center – by Sarah Burgess
Council relaxes office growth limits while residents seek stricter controls.
FY2019 budget season kicks off as local, regional and state tax ballot measures loom.
Residents mobilize around roadway safety issues.
Affordable housing overlay approved.
Council designates next steps on airplane noise.
City to share water allocation with East Palo Alto.
May 14 – First Baptist Church community center and elimination of rail crossing options
May 21 – Downtown RPP modifications and Wireless Cell Antenna appeal.
Click here for Calendar of Notable Upcoming Action
Consider the Community Before Creating a Community Center
Guest Opinion by Sarah Burgess
I have lived in Palo Alto for almost 40 years. I have taken our local government for granted, confident I could just vote for the best candidates, and they would do the rest. Recent events in my neighborhood have changed that view. I live within 600 feet of the First Baptist Church (FBC) on North California Avenue. On May 14, the City Council will consider the application of FBC to become a community center. If the council follows the recommendation of the Planning and Transportation Commission, FBC will be allowed to operate both as both a church and a community center with longer hours than our underused city-run community centers, without the parking required by current zoning, or any restrictions upon who can use it.
Several years ago, FBC began illegally renting out its space to non-religious commercial tenants. At one point, a Google search included over 40 organizations listing their address as 305 N. California Avenue, FBC. FBC acts as a church in an area zoned R-1, residential use only. It was founded before any zoning requirements, so its use is grandfathered in. If it were to apply for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate as a church today, its available parking would be insufficient by 63 spaces.
Neighbors began to complain when faced with hundreds of additional cars traveling to FBC each day, speeding cars racing to drop children off for lessons and practices, children running across the street through traffic, and cars parked in front of hydrants and even on sidewalks. Because of FBC's location on the corner of two major bike routes, on the Safe Routes to School for Jordan and Paly, these traffic issues were extremely hazardous.
As a result of these complaints, New Mozart School of Music applied for a CUP to operate at FBC, which ultimately was denied. In the process, the city determined that there were many other non-permitted uses taking place at FBC. Notices of noncompliance were issued, and many vacated FBC. FBC responded by filing a request for the issuance of a CUP for it to operate as a community center.
First Baptist Church at the corner of Bryant Street and N. California Avenue
If the City Council next Monday were to enact the Planning Commission's motion, FBC could begin renting to anyone – Palantir, a medical clinic or any organization. As long as they claim to be engaged in a fraternal, social, or recreational activity, any rental, including for-profit/commercial, would be allowed. The CUP requested is for the FBC, not for iSing, nor any of FBC's other tenants. The worthiness and needs of current tenants is irrelevant, for if the CUP were granted in the form recommended by the Planning Commission, FBC could evict all current tenants tomorrow. FBC could have 120 occupants from 9 am until 10 pm 5 days a week, and until 11 pm on week- ends. With uses such as the hour-long classes currently taking place at FBC, that means an additional 2640 daily car trips to and from FBC on weekdays, and more on weekends, could travel through our neighborhood and the school traffic, and still be in compliance with the CUP.
The issuance of a CUP for FBC to operate as a community center will set a precedent for other churches, in other neighborhoods, to do the same. One church has already expressed a desire to do so, despite having even fewer parking spaces. FBC does not have sufficient parking to operate as a community center – the city is "grandfathering in" the parking allowed to FBC in violation of the Municipal Code section 18.12.150.
Disregard for neighborhood impacts erodes community
Palo Alto is at a crossroads. Right now the city is taking actions that are at odds with what its citizens, and voters, want. A multi-million dollar bike lane program has caused such an uproar that it is currently on hold. Castilleja, long a fixture of our city, has been determined to be out of compliance with its CUP for years, and its neighbors have fruitlessly sought enforcement of its conditions. The situation has deteriorated to the point where our city is peppered with signs, using phrases that demonize supporters of the other side. No one wants that.
It is time for the City Council to look not only at the situation as it is today, but at the future effect of any zoning variance granted to FBC. Look at what the neighbors, your voting citizens, wanted when they purchased their property – what they believe make us a stronger community. We bought houses in a quiet residential neighborhood – with a lovely church that was a good neighbor. We did not buy homes next to a commercial enterprise masquerading as a "community center." If you think residential neighborhoods should not have businesses in their midst, make your feelings known. Come to the City Council meeting on May 14, and tell the council how you feel – what you value in your neighborhood, and your home. Because if you don't, it may not be there for you tomorrow. And in the November City Council election, remember who has or hasn't been looking out for your interests.
City Council adopts relaxed annual office limit. Citizen ballot initiative seeks more far-reaching controls.
On April 30, City Council adopted an ordinance (5-4, DuBois, Fine, Holman, Kou dissenting) to perpetuate a 50,000 square foot limit on commercial office development in Downtown, the California Avenue area and the El Camino Real corridor. In doing so, however, they also perpetuated significant community friction over the role office growth plays in the city's 3 to 1 jobs/housing imbalance and associated negative community impacts.
The April 30 action converts the previously interim law to a permanent ordinance, and incorporates two controversial changes that loosen the original limits. It also added a new requirement to revisit the ordinance in two to four years (bringing into question its "permanent" nature). First, the new ordinance allows unallocated square footage to roll-over from one year to the next, creating potential for up to 100,000 square feet of office development in a single year. Second, it calls for approving new projects on a first-come, first-served basis, rejecting the original competitive review process that prioritized projects based on such things as sustainable design, mitigation of traffic impacts and the inclusion of public benefits like affordable housing. The sharp division among Councilmembers regarding those two modifications remained unchanged from last fall with Fine, Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka, and Wolbach again supporting them and DuBois, Filseth, Holman and Kou opposed.
Residents fed up with spiking rents, increasing congestion, and growing taxes want to take the issue of office growth into their own hands. Taking aim at a Comprehensive Plan policy that allows double the historic average rate of 58,000 square feet of new office space per year, they are collecting signatures for a November ballot initiative that would cap citywide office growth at 850,000 square feet over the 15 year life of the Comprehensive Plan (2015-2030). While such a cap will not turn back the tide of impacts, initiative supporters argue that allowing double the historic office growth, as the Comp Plan does, virtually guarantees that housing, infrastructure, and community supports won't be able to catch up.
Volunteers will be collecting signatures through May 21 at the following locations (those who prefer that a volunteer come to them can contact Ceci Kettendorf at (650) 493-0804):
California Ave. Farmers Market, (next to Bank of the West) on Sundays, 9am to 1pm
Downtown Farmers Market on Saturdays, 8am to 12pm
3719 Grove Avenue (off East Meadow, near Middlefield), during daytime hours
Questions about the initiative can be directed to Greg Schmid, former Vice-Mayor, at gregschmid@sbcglobal.net or (650) 799-7976.
Rising capital costs and pension obligations strain the city budget. Voters may face higher utilities rates and five new tax measures.
On March 15, the Council Finance Committee will kick off a series of all-day hearings on the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget.
"Continued healthy growth," including a 4.9 percent increase ($5.8 million) in revenues from major tax categories, is not proving sufficient to offset rising construction, pension, and benefits costs. Despite a proposed increase of $32 million in the city's capital budget, a gap of $76 million remains to fully fund the 2014 Infrastructure Plan (including a $20 million contingency for rising costs). Beyond the 2014 Plan, additional funding needs include support for the Transportation Management Association, parking management, and community engagement, as well as major capital costs for the Junior Museum and Zoo, the Animal Shelter, and Parks Master Plan projects, not to mention massive investments in grade separations. The budget is also heavily constrained by near term pension costs, let alone huge unfunded future pension and benefits liabilities, that squeeze out desired community investments.
City eyes utilities rate hike, and infrastructure and soda tax.
The bottom line? Our aspirations are bigger than our pocketbook. Last month, the Finance Committee resisted hikes in utilities rates of 4 percent in July, followed by 7 percent in each of the next two years. Although Council has not yet weighed in on utilities rates, the proposed FY2019 Budget accounts for an average rate increase of 4.7 percent.
In addition, the City Council continues to contemplate a ballot measure in November to raise revenue for the Infrastructure gap. An initial poll to gauge public support for four possible tax vehicles, showed tepid enthusiasm and garnered criticism from the dais as well as the public for not exploring interest in a business tax. Nonetheless, on April 30 the Council voted 7-1 (Tanaka dissenting, Kou absent) to further explore a 2 percent increase in the Transit Occupancy Tax (Hotel tax) and a $1.10 per $1,000 increase in the Real Estate Transfer Tax as well as a newly proposed sugar sweetened beverage tax of 1 to 2 cents per ounce.
Possible $480 million bond measure to fund PAUSD 20-year facilities plan
The Board of Trustees has begun to discuss a $375 million to $480 million bond measure to replace the $378 million school facilities bond the voters approved in 2008. The bond would fund facilities improvements prioritized in the District's 20-year Facilities Master Plan that is under development. Although Trustees asked for future enrollment growth to be considered in the Plan, staff demurred based on uncertainties in predicting growth and suggested, instead, that future Boards could reprioritize the bond projects if necessary. In initial polling, 63 percent of voters polled said they would vote for the $480 million bond.
Palo Alto opposes higher bar for new taxes and local leaders split on regional bridge toll
On April 16, Council voted 7-2 (Kou, Tanaka dissenting) to oppose the "Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018." That state ballot measure, put forth by the California Business Roundtable, could severely impact local governments. Among other things, it would reclassify certain local government fees as taxes, require any new tax to gain approval from two-thirds of voters, and retroactively invalidate any voter-approved taxes imposed in 2018 that didn't meet the two-thirds threshold. Click here for staff report.
On the June ballot, Regional Measure 3 (RM3) would raise $4.5 billion for transportation improvements by gradually raising bridge tolls by $3 over the next six years. Despite the widely recognized need for transportation improvements, local officials are divided about whether RM3 is an appropriate vehicle. RM3 enjoys the support of Mayor Kniss, State Senator Jerry Hill, and Representative Marc Berman. However other prominent officials, including Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel oppose the measure. The League of Women Voters will hold a series of events outlining the pros and cons of RM3 and five other Propositions on the June ballot. Click here for event details.
City goes hi-tech to measure traffic while residents zone in on localized safety risks.
In addition to highly visible streetscape projects designed to create "complete streets" for all modes of travel, the city is ramping up use of automated tools to collect data and manage traffic flow. The newly released 2017 Traffic Safety and Operations Report outlines city plans for use of bluetooth traffic monitoring technologies, signal controls based on real-time traffic conditions, and electronic speed feedback signs.
Meanwhile, residents continue to fume over roadway safety and neighborhood impacts from major streetscape renovations. A petition to stop the "traffic calming" project on Ross Road in South Palo Alto has garnered almost 1,000 signatures, and nearby roadway changes on Louis Road have produced similarly critical neighborhood discussion on NextDoor. In North Palo Alto, Walter Hays Elementary School families are raising red flags about sidewalk renovations and traffic signal changes at the intersection of Middlefield and Embarcadero Road. To the west, Barron Park residents are organizing to engage city and school district staff to develop neighborhood friendly strategies to address safety concerns at particular road segments and intersections.
Opposition to the roadway changes is not universal, however. The Ross Road project, for example, enjoys the support of the Parent Teacher Association Council (PTAC) as well as its Traffic Safety Committee, and some road-users favorably note reduced car speeds since the renovations. The Ross Road changes are a part of Phase 1 of the city's Neighborhood Traffic Safety and Bicycle Boulevard Project. Click here for an FAQ (with pictures) regarding Ross Road. Segments of Amarillo Avenue, Moreno Avenue, Bryant Street, Louis Road and Montrose Avenue will also see changes in Phase 1 of the Project. Phase 2, which is expected to start construction in late Fall 2018, includes segments of Bryant Street, Maybell Avenue, Stanford Avenue, Park Boulevard, and Wilkie Way.
Affordable housing overlay approved: A new Affordable Housing (AH) Combining District that sharply divided the Planning Commission also drew competing views on the council dais and among public speakers on April 9. Ultimately adopted on a 7-2 vote (Holman, Kou dissenting), the AH zone will relax parking, height and density rules to encourage rental housing development near transit, serving populations earning up to 120 percent of area median income.
Next steps on airplane noise: On May 7, City Council voted 8-0 (Scharff absent) to approve Policy and Services Committee next step recommendations regarding airplane noise. In addition, Council directed staff to develop a fast track strategy to support timely litigation within 60 days of FAA procedural changes that affect Palo Alto. The strategy should include building a multi-city legal alliance, defining a monitoring process, and evaluating use of outside technical and legal experts.
City shares water allotment with East Palo Alto: Following up on a 2016 Colleagues Memo (Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman), on May 7, Council voted 7-1 (Tanaka dissenting, Scharff absent) to transfer 500,000 gallons a day to East Palo Alto. East Palo Alto is allocated only 2 million gallons a day from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (as compared to 17 million a day for Palo Alto). The resultant water shortage recently forced East Palo Alto to impose a moratorium on new development.
Planning Commission foregoes staff compromise designed to limit impacts from First Baptist Church.
A July 2017 code enforcement action against First Baptist Church (FBC) kicked off a community controversy over what limits should apply to activities at a church located in a single-family residential district. Folks worried about the potential eviction of valued tenants and loss of revenue to the church lined up on one side and neighbors who suffer from increasing noise, traffic, parking and safety impacts from activities at the church on the other.
In November 2017, FBC requested a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in order to continue non-church related programs. Staff met several times with interested parties, both together and separately and sought to bridge the divide by recommending approval of a CUP with conditions designed to address neighborhood concerns including limiting the hours of operation, and the number, frequency, and type of events, and limiting community center uses to non-profit meetings, events, and musical groups, and ancillary counseling and psychotherapy offices.
At the Planning and Transportation Commission's April 11 hearing on the proposed CUP, members of the public argued both that the staff recommendation was too permissive and not permissive enough. The PTC favored the latter position. The commission voted 5-1 (Summa dissenting, Waldfogel recused) to amend the staff recommendation to:
Remove the non-profit restrictions, (thus allowing any use permitted in other community centers) and allow unlimited therapy offices.
Expand the hours of operation (to 9:00am-10:00pm Sunday through Thursday and 9:00am through 11:00pm Friday and Saturday);
Expand the occupancy for daily community center events from 50 to 120 people;
Increase the allowable annual special events from six to twelve; and
Allow amplified music.
City Council will take up the PTC recommendation on May 14, beginning at 6:50 pm. Click here for the staff report.
Council to eliminate grade separation ideas
On May 14, City Council will act on the Rail Committee's recommendation to end consideration of all but ten ideas for grade separations and will decide whether to initiate polling to gauge public support among the ideas. Click here for a list and matrix of the ten recommended ideas.
At public roundtables over the past several months, majorities consistently opposed options that would force the taking of private homes and favored tunnel/trench options. Residents in North Old Palo Alto and Southgate have organized to specifically oppose rail over lowered roadway options due to threatened homes and major aesthetic and circulation impacts. Residents in South Palo Alto expressed similar concerns at a recent community information session presented by Californians Advocating for Responsible Rail Design (CARRD).
Following Council's action, the Rail Committee will further narrow the options at its May 22 meeting.
Council to reconsider limits on employee parking permits in Downtown RPP.
On May 21, City Council is tentatively scheduled to reconsider its February vote to lower the limit on parking permits allotted to local employees. The new vote was scheduled in response to a petition from area dentists unable to secure parking permits in their preferred zone of the Downtown Residential Preferred Parking (RPP) program. Despite repeated requests from RPP stakeholders, the city has not developed a priority system to help small businesses compete for employee permits in high demand zones, instead favoring high program-wide limits and first come, first served access.
Council to hear appeal of wireless cell antenna decision.
On May 21, City Council will hear several formal appeals seeking to reverse the Planning Director's approval of Verizon's application to install wireless equipment on 11 power poles in residential neighborhoods from: the Palo Alto grassroots group United Neighbors; individual effected neighbors; and a Sonoma-base group concerned about radiation exposure. If the approval stands, it is thought to create a precedent that will support Verizon's plans for similar installations on up to 93 power poles throughout the city as well as applications from other wireless providers. According to United Neighbors, over 150 such installations are currently under review.
United Neighbors, which has long opposed the installations due to noise, safety and aesthetic impacts within a few feet of residences, asserts that Verizon's claims that it cannot underground the bulky ancillary equipment (shown at the base of the pole) are not credible. The group argues that the Verizon applications should only be approved on the conditions that non-antenna equipment must be placed fully underground and that all equipment must comply with the city's noise ordinances. United Neighbors is asking other concerned residents to write to City Council and come to the hearing at 5:45 pm on May 21 (City Hall) to support the appeals.
For questions or more information, contact United Neighbors at UNPaloAlto@gmail.com or call Jeanne at 650-325-5151.

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That's A Puzzlin': Part 2
In my entry last week [That's A Puzzlin': Part I], I chronicled a little about the curious puzzle-box that Pete and I put together for a holiday I took with a two handfuls of friends at an impromptu board games retreat out in Devon last month.
In that post, I covered the first three of the five puzzles which made up the quest; so it seems only fair to document the final two, and apply some closure to what it all led to. Let's find out:
Puzzle #4: Rings
The purpose of Puzzle #2 (Lovecraft) was, in essence, to lead the player's brains to think about using the Study as a hint mechanism for future clues involving books. Pete had always wanted to put in book cipher as one of the puzzles; so, having pre-prepped a candidate book with which to hide a cipher in the form of coordinates to specific page numbers, lines and words, we dropped the envelope containing Puzzle #4 on the hallway calendar on Friday evening.
I'd already hidden a copy of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit on the bookshelf in the study when I placed the Lovecraft code within Puzzle #2, so all the players had to do for this one was to interpret the riddle and hunt for a copy of the book – which they dutifully did after a minor amount of head-scratching. Then, using the three-number combinations, they would then need to construct a sentence (to be even more accurate, a question) using the specified coordinates; likely using a bit of trial-and-error to work out what the number combinations meant before stumbling on the correct structure: [PAGE NUMBER] [LINE NUMBER] [WORD NUMBER].
Doing so would, eventually, translate the following trivia question, giving the solution to Puzzle #4 (and on which we had banked on our player's Lord of the Rings knowledge to come up with the correct answer; an assumption which stuck):
The answer, of course, is nine; giving the directional combination (←↑) corresponding the runic 'H' symbol on the original "combination lock clue page".
Now, I haven't (yet) explained the importance of this so, before I introduce the fifth (and final) puzzle of the game, I'll briefly go into the meaning of it all.
Early on, Pete and I had identified that, if we dropped the various directional combinations in order across the weekend, it wouldn't be impossible for a brute-force method (of trying all of the combinations for the last code) to bear fruit once four-fifths of the code had been 'unlocked'. To counter this, we aimed to drip-feed the combination parts not in order, such that the risk of brute-force entry would be minimised. To add an extra layer of puzzling to the game, the players would be given clues which associated with five directional combinations (associated with five symbols) which then would then need to work out what was linked with what.
The symbols for each would be hinted at in the form of small markings on each of the initial clue envelopes containing each puzzle: Puzzle #1 (Jigsaw) had a rudimentary London Underground symbol; Puzzle #2 (Lovecraft) was a love-heart for obvious reasons; Puzzle #3 (Pigpen) had a '#X' representing the two pigpen keys; Puzzle #5 (Limes) had a five-pointed star for reasons that will be revealed in the next section; but Puzzle #4 (Rings) had a runic 'D' because this is the symbol which is drawn on Tolkien's map in The Hobbit marking the secret door on the Lonely Mountain. When placed all together, they would lead to a string of directions to be entered into the padlock, eventually releasing the goodies within.
Puzzle #5: Limes
The fifth, and final puzzle, drew experience from a meme that has been orbiting our circle of friends for many years: the meme of hiding limes in each other's houses.
This tradition kind of started at the annual party at Dan's house ("OckFest") whereby limes would be hidden in bizarre places in Dan's kitchen, intending them to be uncovered while performing unrelated tasks; for example: finding a lime in the box of Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes when pouring out the morning cereal; discovering a lime hidden inside the tube of kitchen roll when reaching to mop up a spillage; hearing a lime fall out of a hollowed-out French baguette when beginning to make a sandwich.
Without wishing to blow one another's trumpets too heavily, Pete and I are professionals when it comes to the international sport of Lime-Hiding. It was inevitable that we would initiate this tradition at The Winter Games 2017, but I forget which of us had the genius of incorporating it into the Puzzle Box game. Either way, the task for the players would be to figure out how many limes were hidden in a particular room, and then to use that number as the final directional combination.
The initial clue was provided in riddle form:
How many of I
Are plucked from the tree
And made into pie
You'll find that's the key
See? It's a pun. KEY LIME PIE. Like, a key to a box that's also a hint for the players to try and find some limes somewhere.
On each lime, we drew a five-pointed star and a number specified in Roman numerals: however, the trick was that the limes would not be numbered consecutively. Overall, four limes would be hidden, with numbers I, II, IV and VI; the twist being that, if the players simply entered 'six limes' as the solution, they would be incorrect. Y'see, we had circled the 'I' in "How many of I", indicating that the players should not – in fact – be counting the number of limes, but instead the number of 'i's in the numerals written on the limes; equaling five, yielding the directional combination (↓↑).
Furthermore, the missing numerals (III and V) were simply a red herring designed to make the players hunt even harder. Yes; I know I'm a meanie.
Because our original plan to hide limes in the kitchen became untenable because of the sheer people traffic that would be present in the kitchen at any one time, we were forced to change tack to hide limes in the games room annex where it was much easier to steal away time to distribute some fruit about the place. Hence, to do this, and while deployed at #TheWinterGames, I hastily mocked up an additional sheet of paper giving a hint towards the players looking in the games room by scribbling "Want to play a game?" and including it in the envelope right before deployment.
However, due to a simple lack of properly thinking through the implications of that phrase, we kind of didn't realise that that's also a quote from the movie Saw, spoken by the main antogonist, 'Jigsaw'; causing everyone to suddenly barrel down the hallway into the Dining Room (where Puzzle #1 [Jigsaw]) was still set up, frantically searching for an answer. Secondly, everyone appeared to miss the "key lime pie" solution to the clue and instead immediately leapt to the solution of "four-and-twenty blackbirds"; since, like limes, these are also a Thing™ which can be found in a tree but also baked into a pie, according to the nursery rhyme. In retrospect, it was actually a little satisfying to have the players burrow down the wrong rabbit-hole in search of this unintentional red herring [let's call this "Winter Games Puzzle Box Stroke of Luck #2"] but, at the time, it was immensely stressful to have to watch them struggle down a futile path and yet not be able to interfere, lest I give the game away.
However, some gentle nudging highlighted that the solution was in fact 'limes'; at which point, several reconnaissance groups were despatched to the various rooms of the house to hunt for round, green objects. After a short while, one of the search parties returned with four limes, and fairly swiftly cottoned on the Roman Numerals code; arriving at the answer of 'five'.
So, our players now had everything they needed to open the box; and open the box, they did. Also: I'd love to say that I'd planned to paint the box green to match the limes, but that was simply happy coincidence.
Puzzle #Z: Endgame
So, with great expectation and encircled by a perimeter of excited (if still confused) faces, one plucky adventurer keyed in the winning combination (↓↑↓↓↑↓←↓→←↓←↑), undid the chains and, with mild trepidation, lifted the lid of the confusing green box.
Inside was a map.
A map of the house, with an 'X' marked on in big, black pen. (Which Pete and I had to scribble in on location, after we'd figured out a good place to hide the prize).
The 'X' on the map led the participants out to the back garden where, under the cover of darkness in the late hours of the previous night, I had wrapped the final prize booty in an old carrier bag under stone lawn roller in the approximate location of the 'X' marking. Following a brief period of scurrying and scouting, the booty was located by a tall, loud Spaniard and brought inside to the metaphorical sound of bugle-horns heralding the arrival of a monarch returning from a crusade.
And so, with the 'pop-thmph' of the cork ejaculating from the bottle and reverberating off the living room's wall, the adventure was over; the puzzle was solved. I'll be honest: it was a heck of a lot of fun putting it all together and I adored the act of thinking to think laterally to come up with mysteries and conundrums that would (hopefully) confuse, but enthuse, an odd assortment of my friends.
Undoubtedly, there will be another #TheWinterGames; where Pete and I join forces to do something like this again remains to be seen. Perhaps it'd be not quite as fun if the players knew who was doing it all, but perhaps that would give us even more scope to add complexity given that – in event of them getting "stuck" – they'd be able to ask for help. I don't know, we'll have to see what the future brings.
Either way, it's been mighty enjoyable recapping and documenting what happened in a wonderful house a month or so ago; and I hope it has been for you, too. Godspeed, puzzlers.
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Impressive 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom same level flat conveniently located just minutes from Boscombe pier, beach, new artificial reef and many restaurants, bars and shops.
Bed linen and towels are included. A travel cot and highchair are also provided.
Set within the prestigious Burlington Mansions a former Victorian luxury hotel which has been affectionately restored into luxury apartments, each one being unique with many of the original features retained. The flat, suitable for 4 people has been newly furnished and redecorated.
The master bedroom has a large en-suite shower and there is another separate bathroom with a deep relaxing bath. The lounge/dining area is very spacious with a dining table; luxury L shaped sofa and large TV. There is free WiFi, TiVo TV and a large selection of DVDs. The kitchen is fully fitted with everything to make this flat perfect for a self-catering holiday.
Flat 51 is on the ground floor and lower level. There is an outside door on the ground floor which leads into the hallway and the second bedroom. The living room and master bedroom are on the lower level. The living room and bedrooms all have windows and natural light. The interior apartment door goes to the centre of the Burlington Mansions building.
My family have lived in this area since the early 1900's and I grew up here. It wasn't until I lived abroad that I fully appreciated this beautiful area of the UK. We currently live an hour away but get down to the coast whenever we can. I love to travel and try to use my experiences home abroad to enhance our guests stay. I am into health, fitness and wellbeing and try to practice what I preach- I am a nurse by profession so this a helps! I enjoy spending time with family and friends at home and abroad.
Our guests have described Boscombe Reef Retreat as a 'home from home'. We do our best to provide everything you need to make your holiday a fabulous experience. We love the beautiful historical building of Burlington Mansions and hope our guests will appreciate the combination of a historic building with modern facilities. We offer free WiFi and internet, free parking and have Virgin Media TiVo TV with a vast selection of TV channels. The property is suitable for young and old alike. If you have a young family we provide a travel cot and high chair.
Bedding provided for all beds. If using the travel cot our guests need to provide linen for this.
A gym is available free of charge to our guests in the building. The gym and pool table is located upstairs from the apartment. Details are available on request.
Is available free of charge to our guests. The pool table is located upstairs from the apartment- details available on request.
Entrances Flat 51 is on the ground floor and lower level. There is an outside door on the ground floor which leads into the hallway and the second bedroom. The living room and master bedroom are on the lower level. The living room and bedrooms all have windows and natural light. The interior apartment door goes to the centre of the Burlington Mansions building.
Entrances Flat 51 is on the ground floor and lower level. There is an outside door on the ground floor which leads into the hallway and the second bedroom. The living room and master bedroom are on the lower level. The living room and bedrooms all have windows and natural light. The interior apartment door goes to the centre of the Burlington Mansions building. A free gym and pool table are located upstairs from the apartment. Details available on request.
My wife and I visited with our 1 year old son in mid-October. The property is well furnished and equipped throughout, and is only a 5 minute walk from the beach.
Excellent Apartment, ideal position for beach,shops and restaurants.
Lovely stay, Teresa excellent from booking to arrival.
for exploring area.We would definitely book again.
Thank you for your kind words Simon, I am so pleased that you all had such a wonderful holiday and that you were able to take advantage of the gym. I hope you enjoyed the Bournemouth Air Festival and that we have the opportunity to welcome you and your family back in the future.
Relaxing and convenient beach vacation retreat!
My friends and I were very pleased with our stay at this lovely flat. It truly felt like a home away from home! The leather couch and beds were comfortable. The apartment was clean and fully prepared with fresh linens upon our arrival. The bathrooms were luxurious. The tub was spacious and outfitted with modern faucets. The kitchen is fully equipped with every appliance you would need to prepare meals, although I would highly recommend the several restaurants that are within a short walking distance. The beach is just a short walk away. This apartment is very conveniently situated. I would not hesitate to book this flat again the next time I vacation in the area. The surrounding area is beautiful. Between the beach, the pier, and the many great restaurant options, this flat is in the perfect location for a beach vacation! My friends and I had a great time here!
The apartment was very clean and everything was updated and in good working order. Comfortable beds, and well equipped kitchen with everything you need to prepare a meal or coffee. There is also an expansive selection of DVDs to choose from if you want to have a movie night. The AC worked great and kept us comfortable even when it was hot outside. The location is less than a 10 min walk to the beach, restaurants, and shops. Koh Thai and Reef Encounter are two nearby restaurants I really enjoyed. Theresa was very friendly and knowledgeable in answering our questions about the area. All in all, we had a lovely stay and would definitely come back!
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth which is on the map in its own right thanks to a beautiful sandy beach and Europe's first artificial surf reef. The reef is the size of a football pitch and since its opening in 2009 has fast become a popular destinations for both beginner and experienced surfers.
Built in 1888 and fully restored in 2007, Boscombe pier is an impressive sight with its unique aircraft wing design entrance, new decking, lighting and viewing section at the end. Boscombe Cliff Gardens offers an impressive view that stretches from Hengistbury Head, through Bournemouth all the way to Poole Harbour.
There is an impressive variety of quality restaurants, pubs and cocktail bars just minutes from the maisonette, several of which offer regular live music.
The centre of Boscombe has a good range of high street name and independent stores and on Thursdays and Saturdays a bustling market where you will find fresh fruit and vegetable, meat and fresh seafood stalls as well as many clothing stalls.
Once described by Thomas Hardy as the 'Mediterranean lounging place on the English Channel,' Bournemouth is an ever popular tourist destination with its 7 miles of award winning blue flag golden beaches. Beach huts were invented here in 1908, and those original huts (the oldest in the world) can still be rented today.
The award winning Central Gardens stretch from the sea at Bournemouth pier for several miles down the Valley of the river Bourne and includes the Pleasure Gardens, the Bournemouth Eye Balloon and the Pavilion.The free Bournemouth Air Festival every August features incredible air displays, attractions and fantastic evening entertainment, and was selected as a finalist in the 2010/11 South West England Tourism Awards.
The Christmas Market from mid November to Christmas Eve features German inspired chalets, an Alpine chalet style bar, carol singers and a brass band as well as the usual food, drink and present stalls and visits from Santa himself.
There is a thriving youth culture here due to the high university population and many language school students. The seeds of new business culture are revolving around surfing and a Californian lifestyle is emerging.
offer, from the country's finest seafood restaurants, to country pubs; from castles and museums to adventure parks.
they have done for centuries.
Dorset has amazing beauty with 140km of coastline, from Lyme Regis to Christchurch which features a selection of the UK's best beaches.
and Lyme Regis which was featured in the Meryl Steep and Jeremy Irons film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' and where the best fossil hunting in the country can be done.
In the area, there is a museum for everyone, if the Tank Museum in Bovington doesn't appeal to you, maybe the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester would, or the award winning Brewers Quay in Weymouth.
There are 140 picturesque villages in the region, featuring quaint names like Toller Porcorum, Nettlescombe and Cerne Abbas.
Adventure Wonderland is a family fun park with themed rides and entertainment, including shows featuring characters from Alice in Wonderland and boasts one of the largest mazes in the UK. For our international guests London is only 2hrs away on a quick direct train line. Bournemouth Station is 10 mins from the apartment where a train can be taken directly to London Waterloo. Waterloo Station is a short walk to many London attractions including The London Eye, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament and the South Bank of the River Thames where there is a hive of activity with many restaurants, street artists and sidewalk café's. Enjoy an active day in London and return to the peace and tranquility of Boscombe Reef Retreat.