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Yeah. Let's leave it up to the individual states whether women are allowed to make choices about their own bodies.
sonofsven
Quote from: Michael in ABQ on January 13, 2022, 08:11:24 PM
Quote from: maizefolk on January 13, 2022, 07:49:59 PM
Quote from: ChpBstrd on January 13, 2022, 07:25:28 PM
*Roe v. Wade will be effectively overturned within the next few months. Abortion has been effectively regulated out of existence in many states within the past 20 years anyway. A nationwide ban could occur within the Biden presidency if the R's win enough seats to override a veto.
In order to be able to override a presidential veto the republicans would need to flip 17 democratically held seats in the senate. However, are only 14 democratic senators up for re-election between now and the end of Biden's term and that includes elections in states like Hawaii where Biden beat Trump by 30+% in 2020.
Realistically a disaster of an election for the democrats would mean losing at most five seats in 2022. If I turn my head and squint are another 12 seats the republicans could maybe win in 2024 if that was also a complete disaster of a year for the democrats. But if anything even close to that happens in 2024 there's no realistic way Biden would have won reelection, so at that point the republicans being able to override a veto would be a moot point.
If (and hopefully when) Roe v. Wade is overturned, it will mean a return to state's deciding if abortion is legal. Not a complete ban. The whole basis of abortion being a right based on the 4th amendment (privacy) was always a terrible legal precedent - no matter which side of the issue you're on. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated....." it took a lot of convoluted logic to get from there to a right to end a human life.
I don't see the convoluted logic. The part you bolded is the reason.
Sailor Sam
Location: Steel Beach
Semper...something
You know what I think about, sometimes? How radical the idea of a republic was, back in 1776. I know the concept was around. People were writing constitutions left and right. Yet, actually living under democracy was a pretty wild concept. How much safer it must have seemed, to revert to monarchy. But they didn't.
Imagine the current US Senate, acting with such courage and spirit of experimentation. Hard to even picture. Which is true crying shame. I love America, and I've signed up to die for it if I absolutely have to, but goddamn if I'd rather not die for this current lot.
GreenToTheCore
In the words of Owen Wilson, "Wow".
PDXTabs
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Quote from: Kris on January 13, 2022, 08:15:26 PM
It's ironic that the Republicans want abortion to be regulated the way that it is in the United Mexican States.*
* - the actual name of "Mexico."
They argue it is possible for liberals to "sit and watch" and "do nothing" and the wins will inevitably come all on their own because demographic destiny, because the courts will save us, or because everyone in their blue enclave thinks the R's are nuts. No amount of losses seem able to challenge this entrenched idea, because in the end hyper-individualism is about letting somebody else do the hard work of making collective structures like government function.
This is definitely how I felt before ~2018. I trusted our institutions to take care of Trump. Instead Trump took care of our institutions. I'm not sure how you can not see that as a liberal, progressive, or Democrat at this point. But as I've written before, I'm not sure how the Democrats overcome the Senate. I think the country will soon be at a stalemate if it doesn't fall apart entirely.
JoePublic3.14
Quote from: PDXTabs on January 13, 2022, 11:57:42 PM
Being at a stalemate 99% of the time due to the system is somewhat the secret sauce of the USA. The system forces us to not flip flop on the whim of a few. There has been exceptions of course ( prohibition as an example, but even that got corrected.)
I sleep well at night knowing the base structure provides some checks and balances, and tomorrow will be close to the same as today.
GodlessCommie
Location: NoVA
Quote from: Sailor Sam on January 13, 2022, 08:44:41 PM
I absolutely agree with your big idea! But to nitpick a bit - people have been self-governing for a very long while. Founding fathers refer to some of it. Federalist Papers, for one, include a decent analysis of some of those efforts. Heck, Machiavelli's "Prince" (written in 1513) has whole sections describing how to conquer republics and retain control of them. Note that in the early 16th century there was enough data for a fairly systemic analysis. Self-governance was not only not a new idea, it wasn't a new practice, either.
But then again, on your big idea - that it was a very courageous step into the relative unknown at that moment in time and place - I'm absolutely with you. It seems especially ironic that the side that wraps itself in the flag and the Constitution, and hides behind Founders' judgement made 200+ years ago on nearly every question of today, is most at odds with this spirit of courage and social innovation.
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Quote from: JoePublic3.14 on January 14, 2022, 05:29:15 AM
Compare and contrast with parliamentary democracies that flail wildly from month to month and year to year.
China, India, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, Korea and Russia allow women to buy hormonal contraception without first submitting to an entirely unrelated physical exam.
The US will get there eventually. But the resistance on the Left was disgraceful. Yes, both PP and NARAL were once strongly opposed to hormonal contraception being OTC. They're coming around as it's indefensible. But this should have been the centerpiece of reproductive rights.....that women in the US should at least have as much freedom as women in Russia.
Oregon saw the light. A dozen other states soon followed. So, yes, let's let individual states decide. Because if it took federal legislation to make it happen, it wouldn't have happened anywhere yet.
Quote from: GodlessCommie on January 14, 2022, 07:04:42 AM
"Bernard, I have served eleven governments in the past thirty years. If I had believed in all their policies, I would have been passionately committed to keeping out of the Common Market, and passionately committed to going into it. I would have been utterly convinced of the rightness of nationalising steel. And of denationalising it and renationalising it. On capital punishment, I'd have been a fervent retentionist and an ardent abolishionist. I would've been a Keynesian and a Friedmanite, a grammar school preserver and destroyer, a nationalisation freak and a privatisation maniac; but above all, I would have been a stark, staring, raving schizophrenic."
More seriously, yes you see bigger faster structural changes implemented in parliamentary democracies. Before 2006, college was free to students in Germany. Then the German government decided universities would charge tuition. So they did. Then, eight years later, another German government felt differently and college became free again. Can you imagine either change happening in the USA? Let alone both in a decade?
Quote from: maizefolk on January 14, 2022, 07:24:49 AM
The point I was countering was "The system forces us to not flip flop on the whim of a few". Which I read as "not to have unreasonable instability". The changes you describe don't fall into this category. Even if Germany was able to make and revert changes to university tuition, the overall system remained stable. I would argue that it is more stable than in the US - we are not discussing a possibility of a civil war in Germany, after all.
And to nitpick, I will point you to US Presidents undoing each other executive orders. We flip-flopped on climate-related issues pretty drastically, too - all in the span of a decade. Flip-flopped to the extent that EPA site was scrubbed of all mentioning of the dreaded "two Cs", and foreign policy programs related to climate change were canceled. Another example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/09/energy-efficiency-climate-change-biden/
LaineyAZ
Quote from: SuperNintendo Chalmers on January 11, 2022, 06:06:40 PM
I am not a prepper either. But I can easily imagine this scenario or some variation thereof:
1. Democrats get creamed in 2022 elections.
2. GOP uses victories to further consolidate power/install Trumpist election officials and judges.
3. Even with the rise of the right, Trump is such a bad candidate that enough centrists align with democrats to defeat him in the 2024 electoral college.
4. Key state election officials refuse to certify the vote/throw out enough votes to turn election to Trump. Legal challenges dismissed by lower-court Trumpist judges. SCOTUS either (1) does not act until it is too late; (2) punts on the issue; (3) feels that the winds have shifted and sides with the GOP; or (4) overturns the lower courts but then are ignored. [NOTE: I do think the majority of justices are more concerned about personal legacy than fealty to the GOP/Trump. So I do hold out hopes for SCOTUS as an institution, but it may not be enough to stop the following chain of events.]
5. Massive protests erupt to decry the throwing out of votes, along with condemnation across non-Fox media. Protests continue for weeks. But nothing is done and counterprotests of pro-GOP groups start showing up and growing in that time. Smaller armed right-wing groups see this as their dream come true and start engaging violently.
6. Eventually pushing and shoving and bottle throwing leads to shots fired, then many shots fired. With encouragement from elected officials, cable news talking heads, and social media, police/military largely give right-wing groups pass as "keepers of order" over the "violent looters." Centrists and the more well-to-do stop protesting.
7. Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2025 removes any doubt that violence against those protesting Trump's presidency will be tolerated, as protesters are beaten/killed with few repercussions.
8. After initial chaos and plunge of the stock market, things settle down. There are still blistering op-eds about the death of American democracy, but people generally try to live their lives under the new regime, hoping for the best. Massive deregulation and tax cuts juice things for a period of time.
9. Eventually due to short-sighted policies, massive deficits, loss of confidence in the U.S. economy, and maybe brain drain from people fleeing, market starts plunging again and things generally get really bad.
10. GOP politicians scapegoat "liberal elites" for wrecking the country. Laws are passed permitting confiscation of assets of those deemed to be part of the problem (e.g., tech professionals, academia, those not registered GOP, etc.). GOP state legislators order auditing of election ballots by partisan contractors to determine who voted the wrong way. This is accepted by most of the population as justified by the liberal elites' prior crimes against the country.
11. "Liberal elites" turns into broader and broader groups of people deemed not sufficiently patriotic. Facebook/Congress/Cable news personalities provide all the assurance needed that this is OK.
12. The frog has been boiled and this is America now.
To me, part of why today is different is the wholesale creation of alternate realities that more and more people are living in, people who you might normally think are just busy living their own lives. This provides the justification to do things that would be unthinkable just a decade or so earlier.
As just one anecdote, I was stuck in a car recently and flipping through AM radio stations to find the news, and there was program after program whose message was essentially, "the Democratic party in the US is eroding your freedom, you are not alone in thinking this, there are legions of us out there, and things will be changing soon." There's a lot of programming going on with much larger segments of the population than just the fringe right.
This is exactly what I think will happen, too. I used to be a glass half-full type of person, but watching Democrats become personally demonized after years of TV and radio propaganda is both sad and horrifying. No way to reverse that now.
What level of instability is "unreasonable" is in the eye of the beholder* and so that seems like a silly point to debate. I don't think it is possible to make a valid argument that our system of government in the USA is in stalemate less often (or even as often) as the vast majority of parliamentary democracies. And that's despite how often parliamentary democracies fail to form governments entirely. Israel took four elections over two years to get a government, the dutch just spent nine months negotiating to finally decide to keep the same one they already had.
Whether a person thinks that's a feature or a bug probably depends on where they fall on the bulldozer vs vetocracy political axis. Over the long term people's views on this seem to be pretty independent of the left/right political axis, although obviously in the short term people support the party closer to having political power tend towards the bulldozer end of the spectrum.
But it makes absolutely no sense to dismiss the difference, regardless of whether one thinks the difference is positive or negative.
*At least for the moment United States remains one of the oldest surviving democracies on the globe, our warts and all. France's more parliamentary style democracy collapsed in 1958, and the solution that country converged upon was to strengthen the executive branch independent of the legislative branch into a more presidential style democratic system (although one with multi-round voting, something I really wish hope we'll see adopted in the USA someday if we don't get instant runoff voting instead).
I'm definitely not saying that parliamentary democracy is an unassailable ideal. Again, the point I was making wasn't that it was better - it was that our "safeguards against unreasonable* rapid change" don't produce unique results, or that much stability. On the latter, I see your France 1958**, and I raise you United States 1861. Plus, inability to make necessary changes is a destabilizing factor in and of itself. And if we value no changes over too much change, then inability to form a government is a feature, not a bug.
As far as the longest running democracy, that may not be true anymore. It's not clear if we qualify as one any longer.
* in the eye of the beholder, as you aptly noted
** yes, the French government collapsed, and there was a period of governance by decree - but I would argue that no living human would have preferred a 4-year long civil war
GuitarStv
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Does a democracy really exist when large numbers of the population are not allowed to vote? Women were allowed to vote in 1920, and black people in 1870 (kinda . . . I mean black women who were only allowed to vote in practice in 1965).
Quote from: GuitarStv on January 11, 2022, 07:09:14 PM
I'd watch this movie.
Don't Look Up.
Streaming now.
Quote from: GuitarStv on January 14, 2022, 08:48:55 AM
Indeed. Depending on how you define democracy, the UK had broad enfranchisement by 1928. I'm not aware of a country that can beat that. Also, the USA has never had a single national referendum AFAIK. It's clearly a republic.
Indeed. I spent my formative years in this country and like every good American kid valued all the safeguards that were built into the constitution to prevent a mistake from happening. Then I lived through the Obama years. Sometimes the mistake is not acting. I no longer value the quagmire that we have created. With that said, the framers of the constitution can't be personally blamed, they never thought it would last this long.
But if you actually believe in democracy, what's so bad about a unicameral parliamentary democracy?
Quote from: PDXTabs on January 14, 2022, 09:28:48 AM
With that said, the framers of the constitution can't be personally blamed, they never thought it would last this long.
That's the thing, when you actually read what they wrote, they fully expected us to continue to actively shape the country using our judgement. Nothing is more contrary to what founding fathers intended than hiding behind their opinions, trying to close an argument with "this was founders' intent".
That's a straightforward question and it has a straightforward answer: Yes it does.
What you're describing is a subset of democracies with a universal of near universal franchise. And make no mistake that's a good thing. But it's a type of democracy, not the definition of democracy.
But the roman republic (as distinct from the roman empire) was still a democracy. One with an extremely limited franchise. Lasted about 500 years (about 2.5x as long as the USA's present system of government has managed so far).
I didn't say anything was so bad about a unicameral parliamentary democracy. I said that that it is a system of government that can and does effect bigger faster structural changes than the american democratic system.
Whether that's good or bad depends on 1) whether you think there is value to stability for its own sake (I think there is some value but not a vast amount) and 2) whether you think the types of changes the types politicians your fellow citizens tend to elect would be mostly for the better or mostly for the worse.
Quote from: ObviouslyNotAGolfer on January 10, 2022, 02:05:54 PM
I don't think this is paranoia in light of the events of last year and the recent concerns raised by former presidents, generals, some of our allies and experts around the world, etc. A large proportion of Americans reject the legitimacy of Biden's presidency and some have shown eagerness to pick up arms as a result. If things get really bad, I wonder whether my assets, savings, retirement, investments, property will be seized and/or what other unthinkable financial and other things may occur.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/opinions/canadians-fear-us-democracy-collapse-obeidallah/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071082955/imagine-another-american-civil-war-but-this-time-in-every-state
I am a dual U.S./Irish (EU) citizen and am interested in retiring in Ireland (not Dublin!), but not for another decade at least. I want to stay here and put in some more time at my job (which I generally enjoy) and collect a nice pension. However, I wonder whether the pension will go out the window with everything else.
I am starting to think about opening accounts abroad--holding some assets in Euros at an Irish bank is a possibility I will be looking into with my accountant and feduciary. Maybe time to start looking for a job over there!
I have never been the stock-the-bunker-with-ammo-and canned foods kind of person, but I think less severe measures are worthwhile to think about at this point!
Any thoughts on this?
It is paranoia.
An equally large number of people proudly declared "Not My President" about Biden's predecessor.
One of whom did take up arms and opened fire on 24 Republicans gathered for baseball practice, shooting Congressman Steve Scalise in the hip, civilian Matt Mika in the chest, Capital Police officer Crystal Griner in the ankle and legislative aide Zack Barth in the calf. The shooter had been a volunteer with Bernie Sander's 2016 campaign.
Stop consuming so much news. It's messing with your understanding of the world and making you afraid of the wrong things. Read a book. Start with Pinker's Better Angels of our Nature.
Tragedy is going to happen in 2022, no doubt. It will also happen in 2023, 2024, 2025. It might even happen in a way that hurts you personally. And the statistically most likely kinds of tragedy are that you or those you care about will suffer are a catastrophic illness, weather event, an accident or as the victim of a crime. These are the little things that happen day in and day out to all of us, to our neighbors, colleagues and friends. You could stock the bunker with ammo & canned goods, but liquid investments, a balanced portfolio and insurance, along with loved ones who care about you are far more valuable when tragedy strikes.
There will still be people like right wingnut James Alex Fields Jr. and left wingnut Darrell Brooks Jr. who intentionally drove their vehicles into crowds. And while whatever news media that you consume is trying to make you afraid of only one side or the other, both gloss over the obvious. Fields, Brooks and Hogkinson (the guy who shot up the Congressional baseball practice) all share something in common with each other. If you know what it is, you know the prudent breakdown of whom to fear isn't on political lines.
Stop reading the news. It's making you dumb.
Lots of Parliamentary systems are bicameral, not unicameral. We are, the UK is, Australia is. Our Senate is supposed to be the house of sober second thought, a job it does very poorly these days.
Quote from: kite on January 14, 2022, 01:13:16 PM
Over 70%* of Republicans doubt that Biden actually won a fair election. Nowhere near 70% of Democrats thought that the defeated former President didn't win fairly.
* https://polsci.umass.edu/toplines-and-crosstabs-december-2021-national-poll-presidential-election-jan-6th-insurrection-us
the_gastropod
Oh, good! It's my old pal "BOTH SIDES!!" again. Yes, liberals chanted "Not My President" about Trump to suggest "This [disgusting] man does not represent me or my views". It was not some widespread view that Trump stole the election by rigging voting machines or whatever. This is false equivalency.
Indeed! And this was condemned almost immediately [1] by Bernie Sanders and virtually every other Democratic politician. Contrast this to, say, Kyle Rittenhouse or the McCloskeys, who are celebrities among the right for killing and/or threatening to kill BLM protesters.
Ahh, a Stephen Pinker fan! There's a lot [2] to critique about that particular... uhh, "thought-leader".
[1] https://time.com/4818385/steve-scalise-shooting-james-hodgkinson-bernie-sanders/
[2] https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-worlds-most-annoying-man
Quote from: the_gastropod on January 14, 2022, 02:22:31 PM
It is false equivalence, but I don't think for this reason.
A lot of us on the Left thought that Trump won unfairly, thanks *in part* to collusion with Russia. I still don't see the case as closed even now, since it was never properly investigated - Mueller was constrained by partisan DoJ leadership, and he flat out refused to compel Trump himself to testify. He also included in his report that there may be evidence of obstruction of his investigation by Trump, which he again decided not to pursue for <reasons>.
Even what was investigated proved beyond any benefit of the doubt, with grand juries and all, that Russia was actively working to help Trump. Left's position on that isn't disconnected from reality, it simply has unresolved/uninvestigated parts. Compare and contrast with the Republican complete embrace of total fiction, comically idiotic accusations that no one is even trying to defend in the court of law. Rudy said, in court, that he found his material on the internet and didn't have time to verify. Sidney Powell's defense is that what she said wass so idiotic that no reasonable person would have believed it, and so was harmless.
Where the real difference lies is changes Republican state legislatures put in place afterwards to take power away from independent/non-partisan election authorities, and in the hands of legislative bodies they control. The machinery is now in place to overrule the will of the voters. This is the scary part, for which there is no both sides at all.
Quote from: RetiredAt63 on January 14, 2022, 02:14:55 PM
I will be up front that this is where my graph of political science/political theory breaks down a bit. My understanding of the house of lords is that it's essentially a vestigial body at this point. Is your view that it still holds political power? If so I'll defer to you as having more expertise in this area as a citizen of the british commonwealth.
It is certainly true that there are bicameral parliamentary systems out there, but my go-to example would probably Italy where the PM requires the support of both houses and either can hold a vote of no confidence. It's not really clear to me what the benefit of this system is, but the Italians clearly like it having rejected a proposal to reduce the power of their upper house in a way that would have brought their system more in line with the systems used by various british common wealth members only five years ago by a margin of nearly 20% which seems pretty decisive.
House of Lords is the UK. We (Canada) have a Senate, which is appointed. It has major problems and there have been lots of discussion on how to improve it, including eliminating it. The Provinces are all unicameral so there is precedent.
Location: Port Vincent
I was concerned until the January 6 debacle. They'd been better off as keyboard warriors. I've seen Mardi Gras parades more threatening than those Alt-right punks.
The House of Lords isn't vestigial. It doesn't do finance and won't bring down a government or vote out major legislation. But it is effective in scrutinising government proposals and getting them changed if they don't make sense - because of the rather odd nature of appointments to the Lords and little government control over who turns up on any particular day the government can't push through a vote against the feeling of the House in the same way as it can in the Commons, but has to rely on winning the argument instead.
Quote from: Bateaux on January 14, 2022, 04:29:52 PM
Lol, my view exactly. A couple minor defensive moves and January 6th wouldn't even be a footnote.
Just Joe
Location: In the middle somewhere....
Here to learn.
Seriously? Oath Keeper guns. Bombs defused. Deaths during and after the riots.
I never meant to imply that you said anything was bad about unicameral parliamentary democracies. But lots of others have. I stand by my statement that if democracy is a value that a country espouses then a unicameral parliamentary democracy is better than the US system or a bicameral parliament. If the people are sovereign then let them rule.
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Indeed, so was ours. Ours is even worse than yours.
Quote from: kite on January 14, 2022, 08:52:05 AM
Yep, I've seen it and I think we're all living it right now.
Quote from: JoePublic3.14 on January 14, 2022, 06:02:50 PM
I don't think there's anything to lol about. Those minor defensive moves were prevented by the Administration. Next time Rs control the WH, the National Guard may not come at all.
Wars tend to destroy things.
Would a strongly capitalist society like America let widespread destruction happen? I know there are profits to be had for a few in reconstruction but would the USA let lawlessness destruction spread? Would the insurance industry allow it?
Or does it look more like the a Hatfield and McCoy feud?
I thought it was amusing. Looking at some of the videos, it seemed to me that the group of thugs had no real plan and actually looked a bit surprised at how easily they were able to stroll inside. Uh, uh now what? Breaking into offices and posing for pictures is hilarious. There's no conceivable outcome of that 'attack' that would actually have taken down the country. Drive some change? Of course. We have a long history of complacency, and the occasional comeuppance is healthy. Certainly horrible that some innocent folks got hurt though, that sucks.
An interesting feature of our system is just how difficult a coup would be to execute.
I thought it was amusing. Looking at some of the videos, it seemed to me that the group of thugs had no real plan and actually looked a bit surprised at how easily they were able to stroll inside.
...except some of them had a plan. A plan and a stash of weapons on the VA side of the Potomac.
It wouldn't be difficult next time, when the failure of this one is analyzed, and better preparations made.
The Oath Keepers did have a group (a "stack") moving through the Capitol to find Pelosi. Were they just looking to have a quiet chat with her about the budget?
Eastman's plan certainly didn't include storming the capitol. It did include attempting to convince Pence and the Arizona Speaker, among others, to toss out the popularly elected electoral slate. It included Cruz et al trying to delay the certification of certain states.
What would happen if Pence refused to certify GA, AZ, WI, and MI votes* because there were dual electors? Eastman explains this in Step 4. There would be no declared winner and it gets kicked to the House, where the defeated former President would've prevailed. Lawsuits would follow and then the question becomes: Do the new Justices really believe in the Constitution or are they also part of the cultural wars?
* Pence did call former VP Quayle and asked for his advice. Pence might've been skeptical but he was considering it.
Paul der Krake
Location: UTC-10:00
It's entirely possible to hold the following two views at the same time:
1) January 6 could easily have been much much worse
2) The perpetrators are incompetent clowns
Large, angry crowds are /always/ super dangerous. Doesn't matter if the median crowd IQ is 50 or 150.
Quote from: Just Joe on January 15, 2022, 11:42:59 AM
People do irrational and economically non-optimal things all the time. And people in large groups are far less rational and reasonable creatures than we are as individuals.
A man was shot in Yugoslavia, and twenty million people died, governments around the world spent on the order of $6T (in today's dollars) and ultimately many of them fell completely. It would have been in the best interests of all the people making the decisions in those various nations NOT to fight world war 1. Almost all of them knew it was going to be a complete disaster. And they did it anyway.
Quote from: GodlessCommie on January 14, 2022, 02:41:13 PM
Whomever is telling you that the sky is falling is profiting from you being afraid that the sky is falling. And every news outlet is in on the game. Every single one. Their individual slant is irrelevant, it's tailored to their particular audience's pre existing beliefs and fears.
There doesn't have to be a war for a democracy to be lost: Venezuela was once a democratic, strongly capitalist country. And Big Capital, including the insurance companies, supports the Republican Party which supports the Big Lie.
Whomever is telling you that the sky is falling is profiting from you being afraid that the sky is falling.
Whomever tells you that everything is fine is profiting from you being uninformed. And every news outlet is in on the game. Every single one. Their individual slant is irrelevant, it's tailored to their particular audience's pre existing beliefs and fears.
See? Two can play this game.
Quote from: former player on January 15, 2022, 02:31:14 PM
What does support of one of the parties have to do with it? I thought the Big Lie was about not believing the results (as dumb as that is)?
Are there big numbers of folks from Big Capital saying "we believe the results, but want our guy to be the President anyway", thus doing away with the democratic republic system in place? And if so, does anyone think they have a plan to make that happen?
I mean, yes. Totally. 100%.
Isn't it more that Big Capital wants low taxes, lax environmental regulation and weak monopolies and anti-competitive behaviour regulation and will suport the Republican Party that gives it those things whichever of their guys they put in power?
Interesting, I have not seen anything about that. Of course, it is next to impossible to get facts about something like that.
Seems like a way to make this happen is a call to boycott voting. "Don't vote, we are taking it by force and it will look better if the vote is 0% for our person." That would show commitment to the cause. Whining after the fact, such as was seen in 2016 and 2020, comes off as sour grapes.
I'm a little bit confused, so apologies if we're having different conversations. My interpretation of your questions in the innermost quote were: "would big capital throw/buy/manufacture a win for their candidate?" and "are they're plans to put a puppet of big capital in high office?"
I said yes, because of the gerrymandering and voter suppression currently happening in the US, which I attribute to PAC money, and lobbiests, and big capital in politics.

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And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
that Jehovah called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.
And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.
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And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
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And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.
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Mr Cote is currently CEO of GSAH and Honeywell. He will now serve as Vertiv's executive chairman, supported by the existing management team as led by CEO Rob Johnson.
The acquisition will be worth approximately US$5.3 billion upon closing. The company's public name will also be changed to Vertiv Holdings Co.
"Platinum Equity, Rob Johnson and his team have done a tremendous job over the last several years positioning Vertiv for long-term success," comments Cote.
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Upon completion, it is expected that, subject to various purchase price adjustments and any redemptions by the public stockholders of GSAH, Platinum Equity will hold approximately 38% of Vertiv Holdings Co and the sponsor (including Cote and affiliates of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) will own approximately 5% of Vertiv Holdings Co.
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The Geldner Lab
Current Lab Members
Previous Papers by Niko Geldner
Classics of Casparian Strip Research
Resources and Protocols
Wave Lines
Activities and outings
Niko Geldner, Full Professor e-mail
Niko Geldner studied biology at the Universities of Mainz, Bordeaux 2 and Tübingen. In Tübingen, he started to work in the lab of Gerd Juergens and did his diploma thesis (1998) and PhD thesis (1998-2003) in the same laboratory, working on the role of GNOM in Arabidopsis embryogenesis and the polar localisation of the PIN1 auxin efflux carrier. He left Tübingen in 2004 to do a Postdoc as an EMBO and HFSP fellow at the Salk Insitute in La Jolla, California, in the lab of Joanne Chory. There, he worked on the endosomal trafficking of the plant steroid receptor kinase BRI1 and developed the WAVE set of sub-cellular compartment markers. In summer 2007 he started as an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne in September 2007, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. He was awarded a Starting grant of the European Research Council (ERC) in 2007 and a Consolidator grant in 2013. In 2011 he became an EMBO Young Investigator and was elected EMBO member in 2017. Niko Geldner is now Full Professor at the UNIL, since 2018.
Valérie Dénervaud Tendon, Lab manager email
Valérie Dénervaud-Tendon joined our lab in October 2007 and enjoyed the shopping in order to set up the lab. She began her professional life in Nestlé Research Center where she obtained her professional diploma. To continue her studies, she studied at an Engineering in Food technology and Biotechnology in Sion, Switzerland. She went to University of Lausanne and started in Dieter Haas's lab in the Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF). There, her research was focused on the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the role of the quorum sensing regulatory network. She then enjoyed Irish life style while working in University College of Cork, Ireland in the lab of Fergal O'Gara.
Tonni Grube Andersen, Postdoc e-mail
Tonni is from Denmark. He obtained his Masters and PhD at University of Copenhagen at the Center for Dynamic Molecular Interactions (DynaMo). His previous work includes elucidation of transport and biosynthetic mechanisms of the defense compounds glucosinolates in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. After his PhD he continued his work, and investigated protein-protein interactions in glucosinolate biosynthetic pathway using Y2H and FRET-FLIM analyses. Tonni received a Marie Curie grant to join the Geldner lab in February 2014. Tonni's project revolves transcriptional identity of individual cells in the endodermis and molecular identification of the non-suberized "passage cells". He aims at characterizing molecular markers for passage cells that will allow us to study the behavior of endodermis cells during a variety of abiotic stresses. To unravel this, he will employ single-cell transcriptomics, functional genomics and live-cell imaging.
Inês Barbosa, Postdoc email
Inês is from Portugal. She studied Biology at FCUL (Lisbon) and did her Master's thesis on the impact of last century CO2 increase on alpine meadows water-use efficiency, in the group of Prof. Hans Schnyder, TUM (Munich). Later, she discovered Arabidopsis genetics in the group of Dr. Paula Duque at the beautifully located and active research institute IGC (Oeiras, Portugal). For one year, she investigated the role of RNA splicing regulators, SR proteins, in abiotic stress responses. Curious on auxin transport and plant development, she was back in Munich to do her PhD in the lab of Prof. Claus Schwechheimer, TUM. There she studied the polarity and trafficking of an auxin transport regulating kinase, D6PK. She discovered D6PK plasma membrane targeting is very dynamic and essential in maintaining PIN phosphorylation and active auxin transport and, that D6PK is anchored to membranes by ionic interactions with phospholipids. She joined Niko's group in May 2017 where she will dissect the molecular mechanisms behind CASP proteins recruitment to the Casparian strip, their membrane domain organization properties and role in establishing the lignin polymerizing complex.
Satoshi Fujita, Postdoc e-mail
Satoshi is originally from Kobe, Japan. He obtained his bachelor analyzing one of the receptor-like kinases in tobacco suspension cells under the supervision of Prof. Toru Matoh in the faculty of Agriculture Kyoto University, Japan. By this experience, he was motivated to start the plant cell biology, so he decided to move to NAIST (Nara Institute for Science and Technology), where is located one of the most active research institutes for plant biology in Japan. During his Masters and PhD, he worked with Prof. Takashi Hashimoto's group, which focuses on the organization of microtubules and their function. During his PhD, he found a novel atypical kinase domain, which can destabilize the inter-phase cortical microtubules through alpha-tubulin phosphorylation under the hyperosmotic stress. After finishing his PhD, he found an interest in how cells and tissues can properly coordinate the structures in the context-dependent manners. He joined Niko's group in May 2014. He has just started to clarify functional relationships among various Casparian strip-forming genes, especially from phosphorylation pathways.
Yan Ma, Postdoc e-mail
Yan is originally from Suzhou, China. Following her interest in plants from a young age, she moved to the UK in 2009 to study Plant Science at the University of Manchester, and later obtained a PhD on plant disease resistance genes. In the group of Prof. Jonathan Jones in The Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich), she investigated how a resistance gene pair from Arabidopsis recognizes different bacterial pathogens in order to activate defense. Her PhD thesis (2016) and follow-up work unravel functional mechanisms of these resistance proteins at molecular level: from perception of pathogen molecules to the subsequent conformational changes that initiate defense signalling. Yan joined Niko's group in July 2018, because she is fascinated by the 'integrity surveillance' signalling pathway in plant roots, which functions to establish a continuous water tight barrier (the Casparian Strip) rather than to monitor pathogen invasion. She was awarded a FEBS long-term fellowship to exploit this powerful system to uncover missing signalling modules and potential cross-talk with defense signalling.
Peter Marhavy, Postdoc e-mail
Peter comes from Slovakia, where he obtained his Bachelor (2006) and Master's (2008) degree in Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences in the department of Molecular Biology with specialization on Acetobacter Identification. For his PhD studies he joined group of Eva Benková VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium. During his PhD Peter was studying, how cytokinin a crucial regulator of plant development through PIN1 lytic degradation enhancement, not only to control the auxin transport capacity, but also possibly to be part of a mechanism determining the auxin stream directionality. After obtaining his PhD degree (2012) Peter continued as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Eva Benková at the Institute of Science and Technology IST Austria. Peter received a FEBS grant to join the Geldner lab in February 2015. In the Geldner group, his work will focus on the mechanism(s) of CASPs localization, as well as the mechanisms by which internal and external signals are integrated into the distribution of CASPs in order to generate a coordinated, multi-cellular tissue.
Robertas Ursache, Postdoc, e-mail
Robertas is from Lithuania. He studied Molecular Biology at the Vilnius University, Lithuania. He obtained his Masters and PhD at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in the group of Professor Yrjö Helariutta. During his PhD he studied vascular development in Arabidopsis thaliana and he was particularly interested in xylem specification, as well as in uncovering novel mechanisms of phloem sieve plate formation. After his PhD he continued his work, focusing particularly on phloem development and symplastic communication. Robertas joined the Geldner lab in August 2015 and he aims at uncovering the mechanism of Casparian strip remodelling during lateral root emergence. To achieve that, he will employ functional genomics, live-cell imaging and advanced electron microscopy.
Feng Zhou, Postdoc e-mail
Feng comes from China. Since August 2006, under the supervision of Prof. Jianmin Wan, he studied at Nanjing Agricultural University and the Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing. His graduate work focused on exploring the molecular mechanism of strigolactone signaling. Using a gain-of-function rice mutant displaying a increased-tillering and dwarf phenotype, he identified a new protein DWARF 53 which acts as a repressor of strigolactone signaling in rice. Feng obtained his PhD at Nanjing Agricultural University in June 2014 and then received an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship to join the Geldner lab in January 2015. In the Geldner group, his work will focus on elucidating the role of the endodermal barrier in root immune and stress responses. To reveal this, a set of sensitive, cell-type specific immune response marker lines will be established. Feng is also interested in the understanding of the role of strigolactone distribution and signaling in the endodermal cell layer growth and development.
Aurélia Emonet, PhD student e-mail
Aurélia g ot her bachelor degree at the University of Fribourg, where she carried out a short project on C.elegans sex determination in the group of Alessandro Puoti. Determined to study plants rather than worms, she joined ithe MSc in Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Lausanne in 2013. There, she integrated into the Geldners lab, working on the characterization of superoxide dismutases and laccases involved in Casparian strip lignification. Staying in the same department, she did her master project in the group of Philippe Reymond, where she analysed how the eggs of Pieris brassicae are able to highjack plant defences through an antagonistic interaction between salicylic acid and jasmonate pathways. After a short internship in the lab of Enrico Martinoia (University of Zürich), where she was interested in the impact of PDR1 strigolactone exporter overexpression on mycorrhization of petunia, she returned in September 2015 in Niko Geldner's lab as a PhD student. The aim of her project is now to analyze the flg22-induced immune response in the different cell layers of the root, as well as to investigate the role of the endodermis in defense.
Andreas Kolbeck, Phd student e-mail
Andreas obtained both his Bachelor (2012) and Master (2015) degree studying at the Heidelberg University in Germany. During his studies, he focused on plant biology and acquired a background in various imaging techniques, ranging from subcellular EM-analysis to live-imaging and large-scale phenotyping. For his Master thesis, he performed a functional characterization of a receptor-like protein as part of a newly found cell wall feedback pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Having finished his studies, Andreas decided to continue working in plant sciences and joined the Geldner lab as a PhD student in September 2015. Here, his projects include the investigation of the physiological roles of the Casparian Strip as barrier for ion transport.
Nelson Rojas-Murcia, PhD Student e-mail
Nelson has a bachelor's degree in Agronomic Engineering. To pursue his interest in fundamental biology, he left his original Colombia to move to Switzerland where he then completed an MSc in molecular life sciences at the University of Lausanne. After a short master's project in the Geldner's lab, working in the characterization of proteins involved in the establishment of the Casparian strip in Arabidopsis, he went downstairs in UNIL's Biophore building to work in microbiology. There, he focused his project to understand how the multidomain, large-size proteins named non-ribosomal peptide synthetases are able to produce small non-ribosomal peptides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These peptides usually display biologically activity and some of them are used as antibiotics and as agents to treat cancer, yet how they are synthesized is not fully understood. After several experiments involving protein radio-labeling and mass spectrometry Nelson decided to come back to work in Arabidopsis to deploy biochemistry along with in vivo experiments to understand how lignin is produced in the Casparian strip.
Kian Hematy, Visiting scientist e-mail
Kian discovered plant science during his undergraduate (1998-2000) with a part-time technician training in the laboratories of Loïc Lepiniec and Jan Traas (IJPB-INRA Versailles, France) studying respectively seed biology and meristem function in Arabidopsis. He obtained his Master at the University of Orléans and performed his training internship during a semester (2002) in the laboratory of John Mundy (Copenhagen University, Denmark) working on programmed cell death. He performed his PhD thesis (2003-2006) studying cell wall integrity signaling under the supervision of Herman Höfte (IJPB-INRA Versailles). He then went to California for a joint-postdoc in the laboratories of Chris and Shauna Somerville working on different aspects of cellulose biosynthesis and mechanisms of non-host resistance toward powdery mildew (in Stanford 2007 then UC Berkeley 2008-2009). In 2010 He obtained a permanent research scientist position at the IJPB-INRA Versailles in the team of Jean-Denis Faure working on lipids synthesis and its role in membrane organization and during plant development. He is currently performing a sabbatical in Niko's team working on the establishment of the Casparian-Strip Domain and of cell polarity in the endodermis.
Catherine Schwab, Technician e-mail
Catherine is educated as a medical assistant. Her first job was in medical center in Geneva, where she gained experience from a medical laboratory in care and medical treatments. After a few years, she was recruited to Philip Morris in Neuchatel as a Lab Technician. Here she worked in the Control & Quality laboratory for many years, mainly doing GC/MS-based chemical analysis in tobacco. After that, she worked as a «Cigarette Specification Administrative», where she established technical sheets concerning the products and packaging of cigarettes. At the end of 2011, she was recruited by the University of Lausanne as a technician for the DBMV. She joined The Geldner lab in october 2014 as technical assistant, helping the group, as well as aiming to learn new techniques.
Geldner Lab
Department of Plant Molecular
Biology (DBMV)
Biophore Building, Unil-Sorge
1015 – Lausanne
E-mails should be addressed to
niko.geldner @ unil.ch
Our Highlighted Publications
-Andersen TG, Naseer S, Ursache R, Wybouw B, Smet W, De Rybel B, Vermeer JEM, Geldner N. Diffusible repression of cytokinin signalling produces endodermal symmetry and passage cells. Nature. 2018 Mar 22;555(7697):529-533. doi: 10.1038/nature25976. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID:29539635
-Ursache R, Andersen TG, Marhavý P, Geldner N. A protocol for combining fluorescent proteins with histological stains for diverse cell wall components. Plant J. 2018 Jan;93(2):399-412. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13784. PMID:29171896
-Kalmbach L, Hématy K, De Bellis D, Barberon M, Fujita S, Ursache R, Daraspe J, Geldner N.Transient cell-specific EXO70A1 activity in the CASP domain and Casparian strip localization. Nat Plants. 2017 Apr 24;3:17058. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2017.58. PMID:28436943
-Doblas VG, Smakowska-Luzan E, Fujita S, Alassimone J, Barberon M, Madalinski M, Belkhadir Y, Geldner N. Root diffusion barrier control by a vasculature-derived peptide binding to the SGN3 receptor. Science. 2017 Jan 20;355(6322):280-284. doi: 10.1126/science.aaj1562 PMID:28104888
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module DfaceTicket
      class Coupon
            def initialize(options={})
                  options.symbolize_keys!.each do |key, value|
                        class_eval{attr_accessor key}
                        send("#{key.to_s}=", value)
                  end
            end

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                  begin
                        hash = {token: token, appid: appid, shop_id: shop_id, real_shop_id: real_shop_id}
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                        else
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                        end
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                    crud_basic  do
                         RestClient.post("#{DfaceTicket.config.host}/api/coupons", attributes)
                    end
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              def self.update(attributes={})
                    crud_basic  do
                         RestClient.post("#{DfaceTicket.config.host}/api/coupons/#{attributes[:id]}", attributes)
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              end

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                  begin
                        out_indent = out_indent||"#{Time.now.to_i.to_s(36)}#{self.id}#{4.times.map{|m| rand(36).to_s(36)}.join}"
                        hash = {out_indent: out_indent, token: token, user_id: user_id, shop_id: shop_id, id: self.id, appid: appid, status_callback: status_callback}
                        yield hash if block_given?
                        coupon_down = JSON.parse(RestClient.post("#{DfaceTicket.config.host}/api/coupon_downs", hash))
                        if coupon_down["errcode"] == "0"
                            DfaceTicket::CouponDown.new(coupon_down["data"])
                        else
                            coupon_down
                        end
                  rescue
                        nil
                  end
            end

             private
                    def self.crud_basic(&block)
                            begin
                                 coupon = JSON.parse(block.call)
                                 coupon["errcode"] == "0" ? new(coupon["data"]) : nil
                            rescue
                                 nil
                            end
                    end
      end
end

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A collaboration with Ben Gwilliam.
In this new work the post is used not to send recorded sounds but the objects to be used in their production. In the time leading up to the exhibition, each artist completely dismantled a tape machine of their own, right down to the components, wires and even collections of dust. Once the parts were listed they were methodically posted to the other collaborator in the two months preceding the show. Upon receiving a package of listed parts chosen specifically by the sender, the receiver then performs a single sound-producing action with each item in any way that they feel adequate. These actions were recorded to 1/4" tape.


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Chennaiyin FC champions of Hero ISL
By Editor December 21, 2015
Chennaiyin FC were crowned the champions of the second edition of the Hero Indian Super League after a dramatic 3-2 victory over FC Goa in the final played at Fatorda. It was 0-0 at half time but five goals in the second half brought life into the game. Chennaiyin FC took the lead after Bruno Pelissari scored with the rebound from the penalty save by Laxmikant Kattimani. Four minutes later, Thongkhosiem Haokip levelled things up for FC Goa and at that time and it looked like the game was heading for extra time.
Stiven Mendoza had a great chance to score from a penalty but Laxmikant Kattimani made another save from the spot kick. A flurry of goals ensued between the 87th minute and the end of the game. Joffre took the lead for FC Goa but minutes later, a mistake by Laxmikant Kattimani brought Chennaiyin FC back in the game. A defensive lapse from FC Goa resulted in Mendoza scoring the third goal for Chennaiyin FC and sealing the title.
Alto K10 Golden Boot Award of the ISL went to Stiven Mendoza while Edel Apoula won the Golden Glove Award. Mendoza also won the Hero of the League.
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The Phantom Detective #42 Audiobook
Specter of Death
by Robert Wallace
Read by Milton Bagby
Forged in war, The Phantom Detective wages a one-man battle on crime! Solving impossible mysteries and delivering his own justice, he is the underworld's masked nightmare!
Crimson poppies of doom mark the lurid trail of a dread chameleon of crime! Follow the Phantom on his pursuit of this sinister figure whose grim deeds are shrouded in mystery!
Although the magazine was titled The Phantom Detective, the character in the lead story actually went by two different names in each issue. Born Richard Curtis Van Loan, he was a child of wealth. Orphaned at an early age, Van Loan found a father figure of sorts in newspaper publisher Frank Havens, a relationship that would have a direct impact on his future as The Phantom, what the character was called in the series, never The Phantom Detective.
Not only did Van Loan share his playboy status with characters both before his creation and after it, he also had something in common with many other Pulp heroes, having served in World War One, specifically as a pilot. Returning from the war and struggling to find his purpose, he accepted a challenge from Frank Havens to solve a crime that law enforcement could not. Succeeding at this, the haggard war veteran and millionaire found his purpose, not something born out of personal tragedy, but out of a need to do good, to help others. Having been the epitome of a playboy prior to the war, Van Loan recognized he would need certain skills to follow his new mission. To this end, he taught himself to be a master at disguise, an escape artist, a fighter of multiple styles, and most importantly, an expert in detection and criminology. Once believing himself suitably ready, he donned a domino mask, not the top hat so famously depicted on each of the magazine's covers and became The Phantom Detective.
'Specter of Death' was originally published in the August 1936 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Chapter 1: Guns
Chapter 2: Emergency Call
Chapter 3: The Diamond Mask
Chapter 4: Death Trap
Chapter 5: Theater of Doom
Chapter 6: A Clue
Chapter 7: Menace House!
Chapter 8: Nervous Caller
Chapter 9: Sinister Warning
Chapter 10: Out of a Trap
Chapter 11: The Lizard's Sting
Chapter 12: The Hidden Ear
Chapter 13: Mystery Ship
Chapter 14: Watery Grave
Chapter 15: The Missing Thumb
Chapter 16: River Rats
Chapter 17: Bloodstains
Chapter 18: The Black Claw
Chapter 19: The Last Color
Milton Bagby is a veteran radio announcer and voiceover specialist who first turned to audiobooks in 2010. Since then, Milton has worked on several hundred audiobook projects and is a 2017 Audie Awards winner, the audiobook industry's highest award. Drawing upon years of stage acting and the occasional bit part in films, Milton uses his experience to create characters that stand out in the ear of the listener.
"I am very much aware that a perfect stranger is going to invest many hours listening to me tell a story. I do my best to give the listener an experience in which the characters in that story come alive and sound real."
When not behind a microphone, Milton is a writer. In addition to the well-received Rick Burkhart crime novels, Milton writes a line of 1950s style pulp stories, and is the author of dozens of magazine articles and two non-fiction books. Milton and his wife live in Nashville.
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West Coast coach Adam Simpson isn't worried about the prospect of instability despite making six changes for Thursday night's AFL clash with Essendon at Optus Stadium. Willie Rioli and Nathan Vardy go out through suspension, but the other four changes were unforced. Josh Smith, Josh Rotham, Tom Cole, and Jake Waterman were all axed in the wake of the recent 45-point loss to Sydney. Skipper Shannon Hurn (hamstring), Oscar Allen (Achilles) and Elliot Yeo (calf) all return from injury, while goalsneak Jarrod Cameron will make his AFL debut. Chris Masten and Jackson Nelson were the other inclusions. Essendon lost Jake Stringer to a leg injury. Mitch Brown was named as his replacement in Essendon's only change. Simpson decided upon the mass changes to his side in response to the meek loss to Sydney and the availability of several stars. "It (six changes) sounds like a lot, but the circumstances probably warrant the changes," Simpson said. "When you get players like Hurn, Yeo, Allen available, and a couple of suspensions as well ... "It's not too often you make that many changes. But when you look at the side we still think it's quite balanced and experienced." Essendon (6-6) have risen to 10th following consecutive wins, while West Coast (8-4) can move back into the top four with victory over the Bombers. Cameron, the younger brother of Brisbane star Charlie Cameron, has impressed Simpson since being snared with pick No. 39 in last year's national draft. Simpson decided to have some fun with the 19-year-old upon telling him he was in line to debut against Essendon. "We got him to kick a goal for his spot," Simpson said. "He missed the first one, so we said double or nothing. He kicked the next goal. "He was 20m out directly in front. He was going to get it eventually." Meanwhile, West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui will make his return from a second knee reconstruction when he lines up for West Coast's WAFL side against East Fremantle on Saturday. Simpson said there would be no restrictions on the amount of rucking Naitanui would do, with the 2012 All-Australian to play between 60-70 minutes. If Naitanui gets through the game unscathed, he will come straight back into West Coast's senior side for next week's clash with Hawthorn at the MCG. Simpson said the rain forecast for Saturday's game didn't make him think twice about playing Naitanui. Tom Barrass, who hasn't played since undergoing foot surgery following the round four win over Fremantle, will also return in Saturday's WAFL clash. Australian Associated Press
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Eagles make six changes against Bombers
West Coast captain Shannon Hurn is set to return from injury to face Essendon in Perth.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson isn't worried about the prospect of instability despite making six changes for Thursday night's AFL clash with Essendon at Optus Stadium.
Willie Rioli and Nathan Vardy go out through suspension, but the other four changes were unforced.
Josh Smith, Josh Rotham, Tom Cole, and Jake Waterman were all axed in the wake of the recent 45-point loss to Sydney.
Skipper Shannon Hurn (hamstring), Oscar Allen (Achilles) and Elliot Yeo (calf) all return from injury, while goalsneak Jarrod Cameron will make his AFL debut.
Chris Masten and Jackson Nelson were the other inclusions.
Essendon lost Jake Stringer to a leg injury.
Mitch Brown was named as his replacement in Essendon's only change.
Simpson decided upon the mass changes to his side in response to the meek loss to Sydney and the availability of several stars.
"It (six changes) sounds like a lot, but the circumstances probably warrant the changes," Simpson said.
"When you get players like Hurn, Yeo, Allen available, and a couple of suspensions as well ...
"It's not too often you make that many changes. But when you look at the side we still think it's quite balanced and experienced."
Essendon (6-6) have risen to 10th following consecutive wins, while West Coast (8-4) can move back into the top four with victory over the Bombers.
Cameron, the younger brother of Brisbane star Charlie Cameron, has impressed Simpson since being snared with pick No. 39 in last year's national draft.
Simpson decided to have some fun with the 19-year-old upon telling him he was in line to debut against Essendon.
"We got him to kick a goal for his spot," Simpson said.
"He missed the first one, so we said double or nothing. He kicked the next goal.
"He was 20m out directly in front. He was going to get it eventually."
Meanwhile, West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui will make his return from a second knee reconstruction when he lines up for West Coast's WAFL side against East Fremantle on Saturday.
Simpson said there would be no restrictions on the amount of rucking Naitanui would do, with the 2012 All-Australian to play between 60-70 minutes.
If Naitanui gets through the game unscathed, he will come straight back into West Coast's senior side for next week's clash with Hawthorn at the MCG.
Simpson said the rain forecast for Saturday's game didn't make him think twice about playing Naitanui.
Tom Barrass, who hasn't played since undergoing foot surgery following the round four win over Fremantle, will also return in Saturday's WAFL clash.


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Reliable transfer
Does the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 have an Ethernet port?
Best answer: Yes, the older Inspiron 15 7000 (7570) and newer 7580 model have an Ethernet port. Other ports include three USB-A 3.1, USB-C 3.1, HDMI, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an SD card reader.
Dell: Inspiron 15 7000 (7570) (From $882)
Why use Ethernet over Wi-Fi?
Internet service providers (ISP) frequently receive calls from customers asking why they're not seeing the internet speeds that were advertised in the subscription plan. The first question asked back to the customers is usually "Are you using Wi-Fi?"
A wireless signal offers freedom to wander around free of cables within the bubble of Wi-Fi from your router, and while speeds have come a long way in the last few years, it won't deliver the same speeds as a wired Ethernet connection. If you want the fastest internet possible, you'll want to stick with a wired connection.
You'll also experience less latency while using a wired connection, which is a big deal in the gaming world, and you shouldn't see the same interference that can occur with a wired connection. There are a lot of other signals out there, and your Wi-Fi must compete.
Where Ethernet can really shine is in locally transferring files between PCs. Speeds in this case aren't capped by your ISP, and you'll be able to transfer data to the limit of the cable and adapter. Stick with Wi-Fi for the convenience and cable-free setup, but stick with Ethernet for better speed and reliability.
What is RJ45?
When dealing with Ethernet, you'll no doubt hear the term RJ45, which stands for registered jack 45. It's a physical interface that's standard for network cables, and you'll see both RJ45 ports (like on the Inspiron 15 7000) and plugs (like on the ends of an Ethernet cable). RJ45 hardware has eight pins for the eight separate wires that run the cable.
RJ45 doesn't dictate how fast data can be transferred; that's for the category (CAT) designation. You'll most likely commonly find a CAT5e or CAT6 cable, both of which are capable of speeds up to 1,000 Mbps (1 Gbps) data transfer at 100 meters. CAT6 is capable of much faster speeds at shorter distances — up to 10 Gbps — making it a great solution for back-end networking. CAT7 is also coming along, but for personal use connecting your Inspiron 15, stick with CAT5e or CAT6.
How fast is the Ethernet port?
The Inspiron 15 uses a Gigabit Ethernet adapter, allowing for transfer speeds up to 1,000 Mbps (1 Gbps). You'll likely see a 10/100/1000 designation if you do some digging, which simply means that Ethernet is compatible and can downgrade to slower speeds when necessary.
In real world usage, maximum speeds will likely be determined by your ISP. If you're paying for a 250 Mbps plan, don't expect speeds to go much higher than that despite your laptop and Ethernet adapter having the capability.
Take advantage of Ethernet on your Inspiron 15 7000
If you're looking for a laptop that supports Ethernet, you've found it. When not running around using Wi-Fi for internet, you can sit down and plug in for a reliable, fast connection. You can also take advantage of three USB-A 3.1, USB-C 3.1, HDMI, an SD card reader, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Older model
Great performance, large display, and plenty of ports.
Dell's Inspiron 15 7570 comes at you with 8th Gen Intel Core CPUs, discrete graphics, and plenty of configuration options. This budget device also comes with plenty of ports, and it has a slim design that looks more premium than it costs.
From $882 at Dell
Newer model
Inspiron 15 7000 (7580)
The refreshed 7000 with new CPUs and SSD.
The Inspiron 15 lineup recently saw a refresh, bringing in new CPUs and more storage options. The 4K and touch FHD models are no longer available, so stick with the 7570 models for those features.
Time to mine
Grab one of these laptops for a satisfying Minecraft experience
Minecraft is one of the best games ever made, no doubt because of its ageless appeal and ability to run on just about any piece of hardware. We've rounded up a bunch of the best laptops on which you can enjoy Minecraft.
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Park your rear end on one of these comfy, massaging seats
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I was wondering if there was any news about the contest which fido was giving 50 lg g7 ones? The contest ended on the 30th of Novembre and they were suppose to announce the winners around the 3rd of December. Its the first time I enter a contest with Fido, so I'm just not sure how it works. I would like to know as soon as possible because I am actually looking for a new phone and the g7 one seems like a good one.
It's always exciting to participate at a contest.
The winners will be contacted via email or phone call.
Thanks for the reply. Do you know when the winners will be annouced?
Hi, so is there any news on the contest mentioned above?
We'll be uploading an announcement blog post in the near future with a list of all the winners!
Keep an eye out for it!
Where can i find this blog or is it just on the forum? I know i have a lot of questions, i'm just new to this.
No worries, Award88! The Blog will be posted on our Forum.
You'll be able to find it here once the post is live.
There was a draw for the LG G7 One handset and some other gifts, the last date of entries was December 2. There's no news about it yet. Was it even held or is there any update on it?
I've moved your post in this thread as it is about the same topic. You'll find that the answer to your question is provided above.


In this scene Morgaine learns that not all gods and goddesses are harsh. In a way this scene gives Morgaine quite a bit of hope.
The mist rolling over the lush grounds and encompassing the trees was cool and comforting. In fact if Morgaine closed her eyes she could almost imagine herself on her fabled Isle of Apples. That vision was only reinforced with the scent of the Apple trees hanging in the air.
A hand on her shoulder blew apart the image in Morgaine's mind. Morgaine jumped in fright at this unexpected touch. Morgaine whirled around to find herself face to face with Sigyn, wife of Loki.
Her red hair was in its customary braid and moonlight bounced off the pearls that were woven throughout. Sigyn was once again dressed in her long brown tunic. Instead of serenity on her pretty face sadness reigned supreme.
So much sadness radiated off the goddess that Morgaine swore she saw tears in Sigyn's eyes. Morgaine had seen many gods and goddesses in her lifetime, few of them were ever sad.
"My apologies my lady, you frightened me. How can I help you this clear evening," Morgaine asked genuinely.
Sigyn looked at what she considered to be a child and stretched out a hand caressing the scars that Madb had inflicted. Morgaine flinched as Sigyn stroked the sensitive flesh, but managed not to cry out.
Sigyn smiled at her new charge before replying, "Child I am primarily a mother and helper. You would not have suffered thy grievous injury had you not agreed to assist me. The least I could do is lend you what aid I can to alleviate the pain. I cannot take away the scarring that another inflicted upon you. However, I can make it so that you no longer feel the physical pain associated with the wound," Sigyn finished kindly.


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...shivering, so cold...    ...rising up, he could
      see--Trussaydn. And the smiling face of Destinee. Bed moderately warmer. Sank down
      below...    ...bed much warmer now. The children are helping, making
      cardboard houses, a city spread out across the bed, around the convalescent Montano. Sinking
      below again...    ...a neighborhood. Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. With each
      turn of the head, a new neighborhood. Bed is on fire. The victory of heat. Sinking...    ...what is this bed? How strange, how foreign. What are these strange lands?
      But at least I can speak Hmong. Black quilts of cloud. I am a stranger and this is not a
      bed.


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