Sammy was diagnosed with a moderate gluten allergy (likely exacerbating his skin problems). So now I'm trying to wrap my head around a gluten-free diet for him. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
From the wiki article: "A gluten-free diet allows for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and many dairy products. The diet allows rice, corn, soy, potato, tapioca, beans, sorghum, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, arrowroot, amaranth, teff, Montina and nut flours and prohibits the ingestion of wheat, barley, rye and related components, including triticale, durum, graham, kamut, semolina, spelt, malt, malt flavouring or malt vinegar."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
There are many more gluten free options than before. I'm sorry to hear that.
- Shevonne
from iPhone
Yeah, there's definitely more available than there used to be and the Bay Area is an epicenter of that availability. There are a number of folks here on FF who have gluten allergies and could offer advice. I wonder if there's an FF room for it? Shoot a note to RAPatton, too. He's an expert at making goodies that are gluten-free.
- Spidra Webster
We're here for your Stephen. Both Janine and I have celiac so the house is gluten free. Just let me know what you need to know. It's not that bad once you figure out the logistics. You can eat all fruits, vegetables, potato, meat, rice, non flavored chips and once you know where to shop you can make almost anything. Hardest part is being smart eating out but even that's easier than ever. On FF you can ask me, Lix, or RAPatton for advice.
- SteVe C
I have a couple emails to send you with local options but I have found that quinoa pasta tastes best (at least to me) and I have a favorite glutin free pasta sauce I'll double check the name for you. Also Mexican food has lots of glutin free options.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Thanks Rachel! I made him some rice pasta mac 'n' cheese the other night. It was awful. He hated it. (Although Sophie liked it okay.)
- Stephen Mack
Yeah I never liked the rice pasta either. You can get quinoa at most super markets. I don't need glutin free in everything but I still make it sometimes.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
My mother-in-law has celiac as well, so we're pretty well-versed on travelling with it as a consideration, where to shop, restaurants that are accommodating (and I imagine that like Seattle, your area has a lot of them). I also agree that the quinoa pasta tastes best and has the best texture. I also have a lot of recipes for cakes, etc.
- joey
Stephen, my favorite pasta sauce is Mezzetta Napa Valley Bistro. I love the Creamy Vodka Style Marinara but all of their sauces have been good. I also sent you an article about the all gluten free store in SF but here it is again: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
- Rachel Lea Fox
Got the e-mail, thanks! So far with Sammy, I've learned he really likes simple. I tried two different gluten-free bars, and the one I thought he'd like with caramel was too much, but the straightforward rice puff and peach one he liked a lot. (He's still not big into sauces.)
- Stephen Mack
Oh and there was a discussion on here about a particularly good gluten free brownie mix. But now I can't remember if it was from Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. I'd know if I saw it. Can anyone chime in with the answer?
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the most challenging thing about this is that he's a picky eater to begin with. Plus he's allergic to nuts & peanuts, And plus he's saying he wants to be a vegetarian...
- Stephen Mack
Oh goodness that is difficult. I just know when I was experimenting with gluten free I was surprised to find that pasta sauce had gluten in it. I never would have guessed that. Turns out it was good that I did since it seems I have no gluten allergy but in tomato products they must remove something else, likely a preservative, that I have huge issues with. So all my pasta sauce has to be gluten free.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Jimminy, that wasn't the original discussion I saw but I think you are right. I just remember discussing the brownies on here in the past and getting a box and trying it and really liking it. I think the original discussion is so old that it is no longer in the buffer on here. :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
Kristine is gluten free and no doubt can help, Stephen.
- Louis Gray
Betty Crocker now has gf cake and brownie mixes in regular stores both excellent too. How old is Sammy? Just wondering age range to send ya food hints like tequila vs gluten free rice krispies?
- SteVe C
Steve, he's 6. Tequila is a ways off. :)
- Stephen Mack
How did you get the diagnosis? Our doctor wants us to test Wade to rule out celiac disease. We have to get a blood test, not looking forward to that.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Laura, blood test from a pediatrician recommended by his teacher.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Any tips for making the blood draw go smoothly? Wade is not particularly stoic.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
ask the tech to use small "butterfly" instead of needle. Much easier stick
- WarLord
Oh man! Sammy is a bread and butter kind of kid so this sounds like tons of fun. Let me know how I can help! My good friend Angela has a son sammy's age who has a wheat allergy so maybe I can get some tips from her. *hugs*
- Yvonne
from FFHound!
Head out here to Sac one of these weekends and check out Gluten Free Specialty store in midtown - all sorts of food items that are gluten free. I have become friendly with the owner and if she is there she will gladly give you advice and suggestions. I'd be happy to meet you there if you like. You can also like the store's Page on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/glutenf...
- Corinne L
The inner beauty of a Woman ♥♥
Like an oyster in the ocean,
its outer shell so plain and dull,
but when you look inside of it,
there’s a pearl so beautiful.
The most beautiful women are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depts. These women have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
- mina_sydney
خیلی زیبا بود مینا جان:-) این سخن در مورد آقایون هم صدق میکنه، فرا جنسیتی است به نظرم. مرد یا زن، زشت یا زیبا در ظاهر، بعد از زمانی چشم به زیباترین یا زشترین عادت میکنه و تنها چیزی که هیچوقت در مقابل چشم آدم یکنواخت جلوه نمیکند زیبایی و حسن درون آدمهاست که البته بس نایاب هست
- "Flo14wer"
Brilliant post & image. Nice, nice and nice again:)
- Sean_Geneva
Flo14wer jan, مرسی خوشحالم که دوست داشتید/ بله درسته خانم و اقا فرق نمیکنه/ اگر ادم ها بدانند که قلب خوب داشتن چقدر زیبا هست اسلن ناراحت بیرونشان نمیشوند چون زیباتر دیده خواهند شد/ مرسی از کامنت شیرینتان:-)
- mina_sydney
Yes, thanks, Shawn. Pull quote: "Ressentiment is a reassignment of the pain that accompanies a sense of one's own inferiority/failure onto an external scapegoat. The ego creates the illusion of an enemy, a cause that can be "blamed" for one's own inferiority/failure. Thus, one was thwarted not by a failure in oneself, but rather by an external "evil." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Micah
My mind is blown that they had the gall to put together a panel like this, ALL FREAKING MALE, to discuss something that affects WOMEN'S health. They had to have tremendous balls (many, many pairs of them) to come up with something like this and then televise it. And then they whine about being persecuted. What universe are they living in???
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Hillarious! Have anybody read "Sexing the body" (http://www.amazon.com/Sexing-...) ? It's about gender politics but based mostly on intersex people problem in USA right now. Many damage done, by the law and common place in our gender culture (supported by all the wrong "science" conclusions) that you have to be either male or female. I wonder what would these guys do when the intersexed come to get their rights? :D
- Cyber Wanderlust
Wow Micah Nitetzsche not easy to "get", you even "get" ressentiment And war rolls on...should I bump my Casus belli? I think that's in order http://ff.im/OPhRj which begs the question how many religions can i blaspheme? A: ____ ____ ___.
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Am seriously thinking about buying a niche small wine retail business. It's a bit of a crazy thing to do, but I could be quite excited about this, and I could grow it too - it's that good a fit! And if one isn't capable of being a bit naive and crazy when it matters, what's the point of life?
I will send u some great wines from small Spanish wineries if u do
- Jack Sagel
from iPhone
Jack, that'd be very interesting indeed
- Iphigenie
Todd, it's an online business 10 years old almost, too small to be of interest to any big players but not failing. I am a customer of theirs. Due to other reasons they are planning to close and I am considering making an offer. Since I thought of doing something like this AND I have quite a lot of interest in food and wine and contacts from when I was in B2B publishing in the field for...
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- Iphigenie
it makes a lot of sense - south african wines were a revelation when I moved to the UK, we'd never seen them on the shelf in Switzerland and there are such awesome wines and grapes there! This business I am looking into is specialised in wines from Europe outside the big regions and big names. Wines from small wineries in great places with stories and people. For expats or people who are looking to try something different, old grape varieties etc.
- Iphigenie
Well, if you need to hire people...put me on your list. :) I'm actually pretty interested in how UK winemaking will go with global climate change. As things warm up, I wonder if the areas where one can grow wine in the UK will expand and if the varieties possible to grow will increase. Of course, the tricky thing is it isn't just warming...cold weather is getting more extreme in some places as well. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Spidra Webster
I have the advantage that I helped set up http://harpers.co.uk/ before it got sold to Reed and http://www.iwsc.net before it got spun off - from a tech and ebusiness perspective back then but I learned lots about the business, since I knew much about wine anyway, so I know people who can help me for PR and all :) Getting excited now, something's bound to go wrong and make it not happen :(
- Iphigenie
Spidra - if it happens, I'll let you know :) And you're right, the UK so far seems a winner in the Climate Change lottery, and they have the climate for Champagne already these days. Reds will take a bit longer. I'm totally clueless on UK wine though :)
- Iphigenie
Seriously, the wines in BC are delicious. You should come over here and try them for yourself! I was trying to get my brother to start a wine import business to the UK for them, they need a wider audience :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Does the existing biz have a good location, loyal clients, have a wholesale distribution side? If not then you might as well start from scratch in a good location. I used to come over to the UK to do wine tastings of my wines (wines I represent on the export side) so that is a possibility. Where are you in Yorks somewhere?
- Jack Sagel
Sorry just read the comment that explained it's an online biz
- Jack Sagel
Jack, taking over a physical retail location would be another level of risk altogether - and a whole different level of constraints too. This is a business run from home and via events, with the wine in a warehouse which does the fulfilment. The store does have a loyal clientele any of whom reacted rather crushed that this might close (and that includes me), but it really provides a...
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- Iphigenie
PS: do you have a website or some info on your wines, would happily pass this along to my friends who run wine clubs etc. anyways :)
- Iphigenie
Here are a few with websites: http://cellerclua.com/ in the Terra Alta south of Barcelona; http://carballal.net/ is an Albariño the best white area in Spain; http://www.vendrellrived.com/ a small winery in the Montsant next to the trendy Priorat region again south of Barcelona. Anyone interested should contact me jack.sagel@gmail.com Salud!
- Jack Sagel
2 days on the plan is still a plan. wow.
- Iphigenie
I'm still excited. Obviously got a lot of small things to check and yet to see the accounts but hopefully there's no surprise obstacle and I can make a win-win offer.
- Iphigenie
talked to my bank, talked to my accountants, talking to a lawyer tomorrow. Can't help thinking I don't really know enough to be doing this, but then I *always* would think that. I will be committed to this by Saturday.
- Iphigenie
at the moment, it looks likely to complete by the 15th... no worries i won't spam wine ads all the time in here after that :)
- Iphigenie
Fingers crossed and congratulations! That is incredibly exciting!!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
This is happening. Money is in lawyer's account. Strange how these things happen - for the past few years I've heard of people doing this, instead of starting from scratch, and since I didnt have the all-overriding passion or energy to tackle starting from scratch then I thought "it'd be nice to buy a business or product that is alreade there, that i can have some interest in, but how...
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- Iphigenie
Great to hear you have things in place and that you have support in taking on this exciting new project. Keep us up to date with what's going on! My brother is in the UK and Certainly enjoys finding new wines, so I'd be happy to direct him to your site :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Done. Oh my, I've now inherited a lot of stuff to sort, and a site to bring to 2012... and lotsa wine. Strangely enough this has "unstuck" me - I have ideas for my other work and other business aplenty suddenly. And I have made the previous owner's exit a lot better than he could have hoped, so win win!
- Iphigenie
Local TV news was here today (2/13) to film the eagles. I can't tell if the good shot with all the eagles was taken here or upriver, but I did see the camera inside the library. http://abclocal.go.com/wls...
- Betsy
I finally saw one flying yesterday. And just now, there was an adult and a young one flying around, and now there are three young ones perched on a tree across the river and an adult standing on the ice.
- Betsy
if these (too loose) joints are going to get me to 90, I need to make sure the muscles around them are strong. This is necessary. (she reminds herself...)
- Jenica
Real Dan Lyons- Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool » Real Dan Lyons Web Site - http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog...
"...lately I’ve been thinking of a business plan that sounds like it could work. First you establish yourself as an “influencer” by posting a lot of noisy stuff on a blog and building an audience. Then you need to “monetize” your influence. You tell all the VCs in the Valley that you are starting an “angel fund,” and you ask each one to give you, say, $500,000. They go along because (a) $500,000 is pocket change to these guys — so small, in fact, that they don’t care if they lose every penny of it; and (b) you’re an influential hack and they don’t want to piss you off; and (c) they figure you can maybe write nice things about their portfolio companies, which would be especially useful if/when one of their portfolio companies gets caught up in some scandal; and (d) if any independent journalists write something critical about one of the VC’s portfolio companies, you can can use your influential personal blog to savagely attack those journalists and try to discredit them."
- The original Kevin
from Bookmarklet
Hey all, I'm what's known as an "influencer" in that I post to several social media sites *ON A DAILY BASIS!* As it happens, I'm starting a new tech blog to be called "Pander Daily" and if you'll contribute a few hundred thousand dollars to my start up costs and initial operating budget, I can promise you positive exposure using my notable influence in "the valley." Interested? Then...
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- Mark J
from Android
"A drug used to cure skin cancer is also a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s, according to a new study in Science. The drug not only reduced levels of amyloid beta—a protein whose elevated levels are a hallmark of the disease—but also reversed cognitive decline. In mice, dramatic effects were evident after just 72 hours."
- Ken Morley
from Bookmarklet
This is very promising and should give hope to those with Alzheimer's disease.
- mina_sydney
And hope to all of us who might get it.
- Todd Hoff
"A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides."
- bcultral
from Bookmarklet
But but but ... Merka was founded by Jesus himself with the 10 commandments that God help him chisel out by the burning bush!
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Rene seems confused, that was Moroni and the golden tablets here in America. Moses and the commandments next to Mount Moriah. Mohammad and a transcriber, the Dome of the rock and the Kaaba. Pay attention there might be a pop quiz. Right now is a good time to learn about the Alawite sect since much is being written presently. Good luck
- Key West
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person,not the shell. That’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your... - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...
Oh, I guess I am joeybean. How convenient. I thought that was taken and I had to choose something else for some reason...must have been a different site.
- joey
I followed you, too, joey. My boards are kind of boring right now, but I'll start posting sooner or later. >.>
- John (bird whisperer)
Mine are pretty boring, too. I just browse the categories and repin for the most part.
- joey
I kind of get obsessive when I join a new website, so I have a fair amount but most it is wasn't posted recently.
- <3Heather<3
I just selectively reshare here. It would be overwhelming if I imported my feed. Heh.
- joey
Following Santorum and Gingrich and their extreme rhetoric this year (Al Qaeda in Cuba and Venezuela/Imagine a 9/11 with 2 more zeros, 300,000 dead and millions wounded), what I see now is the complicity of "liberals." Those 2 politicians have been targeting the "evangelical Christian" voters because of the pre-organized church networks. I had a day to spend by myself in Maryland a few...
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- Berthe
Second part of my theory of liberal complicity in getting warmongers into office: What do they use to motivate the evangelical Christian voters. No, its not love of Israel. Its abortion and gay marriage.
- Berthe
If your priority is opposing the US propensity for wars, you have to back away from those social issues. Personally, I believe that "gay marriage" has been a clever strategem all along; very odd the way it popped up from out of nowhere in the late 90's, while our culture has been undermining marriage for people who really need it, people with children, for the last few decades. As a political issue, abortion is truly unfortunate; the Supreme Court did the country a huge disservice on that one.
- Berthe
This report is consistent with the impression of many expert observers that the entire Global War on Terror has been a neoconservative con game, largely based on false flag ops, deception, manipulation, psychological operations, etc.
- Sean McBride
I can't think of a Democrat who has pushed the Global War on Terror crusade and propaganda theme who hasn't been a pro-Israel activist or militant -- emotion about Israel has been their driving motivation.
- Sean McBride
Sean, I think emotional attachment to Israel is a ruse covering for something sinister, i.e., looting. Our politicians are up for that, certainly. Would be interesting to put Haim Saban, Sheldon Adelson, etc. under hypnosis and find out their real angle, how they grab money off their advocacy for Israel.
- Berthe
I've been thinking about how its all facilitated to keep the American public in their place: The "left-right divide" over phony issues, outright lies, demagoguery. All that and deficit spending, of course.
- Berthe
I don't think these are mutually exclusive personality traits: Haim Saban and Sheldon Adelson may have a large appetite to accumulate vast wealth AND be fanatically dedicated to their brand of ethnic nationalism. Why should one factor exclude the other?
- Sean McBride
The Global War on Terror is being largely directed at Americans, not foreign political extremists. It is being used as a pretext to construct a neoconservative domestic police state and military dictatorship designed to protect the assets and security of the 0.01 percent against the discontented and unruly masses.
- Sean McBride
I wouldn't be surprised if Adelson and Saban are actually some kind of gangsters. Harry Markopolos, the guy who tried for years to get the SEC to look at Bernard Madoff, said that Madoff had links to organized crime and might be an organized crime boss. Israel is a place to hide money and launder money, I would think. They operate with bribery, extortion and intimidation in their...
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- Berthe
I've been thinking about it differently these last 2 months since the rise of Santorum: There are people concocting these issues. Its like which comes first, the chicken or the egg? For years we (people of good will) have been tsk-tsking the "intolerance" of these evangelicals. But thats the plan. Create issues to organize the evangelicals to concentrate in one political party (the...
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- Berthe
Its all tactics. The Ron Paul newsletter issue was tactics. There is only one political party, controlling the American people from all angles, upside down and sideways.
- Berthe
The focus on ethnic nationalism regarding Israel, in my opinion, misses a bigger picture. The national debt went up over 125% in the last 10 years. Trillions. Somebody (somebodies) got that money.
- Berthe
There is the whiff of international organized crime all over these issues we have been discussing. Some other names to keep in mind: Robert Maxwell, Marc Rich, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Leonid Nevzlin and Rupert Murdoch. With recent revelations, News Corp. is beginning to look more and more like a criminal enterprise. As to where those trillions went -- wouldn't the network of billionaires who seem to control this international network be prominent suspects?
- Sean McBride
The "entertainment" industry -- of which gambling interests are often a key component -- seems to be significantly connected to organized crime.
- Sean McBride
Alcohol, casinos, arms trafficking, assassinations, bars, black markets, blackmail, bribery, cocaine trafficking, computer hacking, contract murders, counterfeiting, death squads, Ecstasy trafficking, election fraud, extortion, false flag ops, financial fraud, financial management, forgeries, gambling, heroin trafficking, horse racing, human trafficking, identity theft, illegal...
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- Sean McBride
Yes, its huge and its for a financial incentive, and it all fits together better than the loony Al Qaeda/Osama bin Laden/Caliphate story, which is more reminiscent of the cartoon Pinky and the Brain (2 mice). "Pinky:: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world!"
- Berthe
Sean --- You've probably seen this Justin Raimondo column http://original.antiwar.com/justin... It can't be explained by ethnic nationalism for Israel on the part of a few billionaires!
- Berthe
Our entire power structure. And they must be up to tricks here at home, too, to control people. When Newt Gingrich made his remarks about "poor children" and teenagers doing custodial work, its NOT to appeal to Republican voters. He was doing his part in keeping voter groups in their place, in that case keeping black voters and goody-2-shoes liberal types in the Democratic camp.
- Berthe
Deep politics researchers have often described the international organized crime network you refer to as "the Octopus." It's quite likely that "al-Qaeda" has been an Octopus op all along -- and an extremely *profitable* op to say the least.
- Sean McBride
Organized crime, the Democratic and Republican parties, NGOs (including and especially of the "human rights" variety, apparently) and, IMO, self-styled goody-goody groups here in the US.
- Berthe
Berthe: That was one of Justin Raimondo's better essays -- full of important and interesting facts about NED. A few questions, however: 1. Which specific individuals and interests exert the greatest control over NED? 2. Is there any indication that NED has been agitating for an American war against Iran? 3. Is there any evidence that NED agitated for the Iraq War? 4. Is there any...
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- Sean McBride
I wonder if Israel isn't mainly a tool. Sure, there are some billionaires of Jewish extraction who are sort-of football fans for the Israeli team. (And some Israel-loving billionaires are probably very sinister figures.) The tactic we see here in the US is to create issues. Issues are useful. Israel a useful issue. I think Israel and the "Dancing Israelis" on 9/11 were very useful for...
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- Berthe
Remember in 2008 when people were talking about Obama playing "11 dimensional chess" - like he was super brilliant? Thats become a joke with regards to Obama but there are people playing 11 dimensional chess and they've got a lot of minions.
- Berthe
Barack Obama is the plaything and hireling of people who are actually capable of playing 11-dimensional chess. All presidents are. They are masters of ceremonies -- the celebrity greeters at the casino door.
- Sean McBride
Berthe -- what you are really asking is, what is the most powerful special interest group on the planet? Perhaps the best way to answer that question is to data mine the annual Forbes billionaires list for the last few decades. Which special interest group dominates that club? What beliefs and passions (other than an appetite to accumulate wealth) drive members of that group?
- Sean McBride
Berthe -- from the standpoint of most of the neocons who have dominated American foreign policy for the last decade, *America* is the tool, not Israel. Israel is the sun around which America orbits. American interests are subsidiary to Israeli interests. They are obsessed with Israel. They don't even try to hide it -- their long and voluminous paper trail documents their obsession.
- Sean McBride
I would turn it a bit and say that those billionaires "love" Israel because it serves their own interest. Remember the long discussion about the "On The Point" show on 9/11 conspiracy theorists? It got me thinking how very illogical the Dancing Israelis were if you try to see them as involved in the operational effort of 9/11. They had a purpose in being there and the purpose was most...
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- Berthe
Why did, say, Sheldon Adelson need Israel to earn his fortune? I think he, and many other people like him, are *true believers* -- they are authentically fanatical on the matter of their ethnic nationalism and religion. Haven't you ever encountered a true believer before? Someone who is powerfully driven by irrational beliefs? I have. They love their belief system and cult; they...
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- Sean McBride
I've taken a close look at Urban Moving Systems and I think it was a monumental screw-up, not part of a stratagem. They messed up big time, just like the Dubai assassins messed up by parading around in front of security cameras for the entire world to see. The neocon-dominated mainstream media have handled the Urban Moving Systems screw-up by totally censoring the story. Not a word can be spoken about it any mainstream media outlet.
- Sean McBride
My take is that the plan worked. The Urban Movers were in place to do exactly what they did and it looks like a screw-up because they didn't know the WTC was going to come down so when it did, their reactions were extreme and noticeable. Does it make sense any other way? Someone involved in 9/11 operationally would NOT have drawn attention to himself. Why did the perpetrators of 9/11...
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- Berthe
Your assumption is that Mossad is too smart and competent to make mistakes. But they have made monumental blunders in the past. A former Mossad head (and the founder of Mossad), Isser Harel, dreamed up and articulated the 9/11 scenario twenty years before it occurred. Quite the psychic. And he planted this nightmare meme in the head of Christian Zionist Mike Evans, who, in Pavlovian...
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- Sean McBride
Its possible that the Urban Moving guys were used as patsies by the Mossad, too, I guess. There is no limit to how convoluted the plan was. Many different "teams" all over to be used as needed, undoubtedly. It was a huge operation, not something run out tribal pow-wows in Afghanistan for $250,000. One thing the Urban Moving plan does prove is that the official story is a lie.
- Berthe
Thank you, dear Kelli, it is very kind of you to say that. :-))) I'm happy that I can share my pleasure in these items with you and others here.
- Maitani
Oh yes, Maitani is hands down my favorite feed on FF. *bows down in awe*
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
You share the best stuff, Maitani! If there is any justice in the world, one day you and I will get to meet. I would love to pick your brain. :)
- Kelli H.
*blushes* I'd love to meet you, Kelli. Maybe someday... But my brain is full of futile things!
- Maitani
Pfft! You have a magnificent brain, my friend! :)
- Kelli H.
from Android
My grand-mother had the Caillebotte hanging over the fireplace. It now hangs over my sister's fireplace, except at Christmastime. The real thing has its own wall at the Art Institute, and once in a while we'll go visit "our" painting. http://bit.ly/At3rEQ (that's not us in the photo).
- Betsy
in the 90's when I setup computers, I would occasionally label the C: drive TOO LOUD - see screen shot. Apparently this generated a few support calls long after I had left. #SaturdayFF
I worked with a guy who used to change the Internet Explorer icon to be Internet Exploder. No one noticed.
- Andy Bakun
I temped at a place where the drives & servers were all named after beers & wines. I asked why one was Sierra Nevada, one was Pyramid, etc and was told what they meant. Then I was told the guy who set em all up was fired for coming back from lunch drunk!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
When I used to work for Kinkos, I always named the drive THE HARDEST DISK IN THE WEST.
- Akiva
This is a "technique" group, and the technique here is regarded by some as insanity. For we are the reckless folks on flickr that enjoy the abstract, chance, generative, physical photography that results from throwing our cameras into the air (most often at night in front of varied light sources). It is about trading risk for reward in the pursuit of art. It is not about being a photographer, it is about enabling the photography that happens naturally when you let go of the process, give up control, and add a hell of alot more variables. It is about physics, gravity, angular momentum, acceleration, direction, chaos, and timing... most of which you have tenuous control of at best!
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
if i had loads of money to throw away and buy new cameras, maybe, but seriously, would anyone here dare try this? :-/
- Halil
Good morning, Stephen & Adam! I hope the day finds you both well! :) Stephen, that reference is lost on me. Clearly, I have some catching up to do here on FF! ;)
- Kelli H.
She's focusing on what's most important to her at this moment...the coffee! And good morning, lovely lass!
- caj needs a haircut
I don't like those people. ::shakes fist on Melly's behalf:: Can you call the police for disturbing the peace?
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
We've done that before and they made life really difficult for us for months afterwards. We've kinda got a truce with them now, so we try to grin and bear it, unless it's really OTT.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
The neighbours to our right and directly across the road suck. Everyone else in the street is awesome. And even asshole nextdoor has some redeeming features. He chainsawed our trees for us once.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
"The U.S. Interstates as a Subway Map infographic is a subway-style map of America's interstate highways, and it's pretty handy for quickly planning a cross-country trip. You can see at a glance how the highways connect and the major cities along the way. Although the map's lines aren't geographically precise, for planning a trip, this design by Cameron Booth may work even better than traditional maps' more accurate road representations. For example, if you're driving from Teaneck, NJ to San Francisco, CA you already know you're going west so all you need to find is that straight red line for I-80 cutting across the map. Also really useful are the map's circles representing the cities along the way—"stops," if you will, and "transfers" for other highways."
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
"Dear #startups @Pinterest was founded in 2008. This is not an overnight success. It took hard work, perseverance, and execution. Just FYI."
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