I am with Madamejujujive, is there anything that can be done?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 9:58 PM on October 10, 2008

The cruelty for those in the quake was that they maybe too old to have a second child so the government being kind enough to let them have a second child seems kind only on paper.

I am wondering if the foreign holder, Fonterra, is going to take the fall. They had the temerity to try to warn of the contamination and the New Zealand government tried to whistle blow as well. Things like that get you punished.

On why the government does coverups?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 2:15 PM on September 21, 2008

Is the Republican Party or members of it purposely trying to derail McCain? The Palin nomination seems so problematic on a wide spectrum of areas. If he chose her as a Hail Sarah pass without vetting then "wow." If she was foisted upon him and his team assumed due diligence then someone just shanked him, bad. I am still trying to digest everything, and I admit that this is one very strange buffet that I am ladling on my plate.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:09 PM on September 1, 2008

Thanks to Orthogonality and others. I am going to go ahead and think that McCain was done a purposeful disservice by both Rove and anti-abortion elements; caught in a compromise with predictable behavior he chooses a candidate that was not fully vetted. Damn, I assume he plays craps better than this blooming situation indicates. Man, there are a lot of long knives out for Palin in Alaska and wow, McCain in his own party.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 10:01 PM on September 1, 2008

Okay, I am horrible at reading people. But do the spokespeople for the McCain campaign and the Republican Party seem to be truly sincere and believable? I am watching the news and gosh, golly they are really working hard for the candidate.

I am trying to get my head out of the media echo chamber and trying to get substance to digest. I have read through this thread and the conservative voices including Konolia (who I truly respect for her convictions and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 2:30 PM on September 2, 2008

In answer about the annual Alaska checks, better known as the PFD. Every Alaskan regardless of age receives a dividend check including infants as long as residency requirements are met. There are no state taxes levied however there are Federal taxes. The PFD came about when oil wealth was placed in stock funds and managed by the state under a Democratic administration. It is joked that Alaska pissed away all of its oil wealth foolishly except for the PFD which a lot of families depend upon... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 5:35 PM on September 2, 2008

I need some perspective. Do any of the medical folks have any input on the questions arising with her fifth child and her risky behavior? As on the line of trying to cause a miscarriage? Scurrilous? Yes. Possible? You tell me.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:21 AM on September 3, 2008

To Davar and everyone else. I am not accusing her of trying to kill her baby I want to understand the underpinnings of what is becoming broken-water gate (postings elsewhere by "maybe" medical people raise disturbing questions). I am happy to leave this alone because the ramifications are hideous. It either tells me things are gonna get REAL ugly are some things are too ugly to contemplate. Since mefi has verifiable medical people to provide perspective I raise the issue here.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 9:26 AM on September 3, 2008

Ah, so the plan is to make Palin a martyr and victim of the press? Does the press plan to be the scapegoats on this one?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 1:00 PM on September 3, 2008

Holy crap, the AIP has a you tube link where it is basically stated that Palin is a member but is a Repub for infiltration purposes. Also, the Gibson "interview" is anything but. Blog with Youtube link
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 12:56 PM on September 8, 2008

Leaf lard is not difficult to acquire at all. If you are willing to have things shipped example here I can vouch for the quality of this. I usually buy my own hog and work out the details but you can definitely go smaller than a hog of that size.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 4:10 PM on August 30, 2008

You're welcome stbalbach. The trick is having storage and a plan for how the hog is going be parted out. The hardest part for me is that I still have to buy from reliable suppliers deeply favored parts such as, pork belly. Also, a butcher who is willing to do certain style of cuts. Tomorrow will be slow smoke cook two racks of ribs. The irony of cooking is that I have to force myself to eat what I cook. I eat a certain amount to be polite but I am much more interested in others' reactions... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:35 PM on August 30, 2008

from an interview with David Simon:


My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader. I was always told to write for the average reader in my newspaper life. The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 12:35 PM on August 26, 2008

PBS beat them with the earlier T Shirt Travels which explores the same themes by following a single t-shirt through the rag business ending in Africa.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 3:01 PM on August 17, 2008

I am sure that the news reports will include a musical background of Billy Jean and man, this is disappointing. Not because it is John Edwards, per se, but it is never good to see a relationship take this kind of blow.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 3:19 PM on August 8, 2008

I am going to go from a different angle on why Edwards' being unfaithful having impact for those not directly involved in the oath breaking. If his excuse of being on the campaign trail leads to narcissism and being isolated then Edwards choosing to risk everything for immediate pleasure has impact in the following ways:

* He judged poorly thinking that people would not gossip nor notice;
** He has made himself blackmailable. He and his friends are paying... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 1:00 PM on August 10, 2008

It is a lovely collection and it is very generous to allow hi-res download, which of course, has borked their servers.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 11:34 AM on August 1, 2008

OK, I admit it, I completely base the wedding gift I give on the Bridezilla quotient of the wedding. I am trying to be considerate and make one less difficult thing for the couple to split items when the divorce happens. Candlesticks is my go to future divorce gift.

I am looking forward to the AskMeFi of a bridegroom wanting to know if he should ditch his woman because of the Bridezilla moments or if it is just jitters kind of thing.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 1:52 PM on July 24, 2008

What, no shout out to Kitty Kelly's The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 5:32 PM on June 29, 2008

You know, I remember reading about gender role changes in the Viking era where a daughter could become a "son" to carry on the line and then married allowing her husband to carry on the line. Drat, can't find the source.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:35 AM on June 26, 2008

All this ink and soul searching or lack there of... wouldn't it be more productive to stop searching the Austrian soul and start searching basements instead?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 7:07 AM on June 9, 2008

Orangina, unfortunately, in US is corn syrup based. Oh I do so miss the the simple sugar based one.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 11:14 AM on May 23, 2008

I started from the end and moved backwards. I saw him and all that he loved, mundane and otherwise, become younger and keep their kindnesses. There my friends, is the best complement to the momento mori. I find it soothing that there are no captions beyond dates because it makes me interact with the photos with my curiosity and wonder.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:29 PM on May 21, 2008

How can you forget the Master of the Bulgarian Ocarina?

Yeah, my parents lurved these albums. I plan to inherit them.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:01 PM on May 1, 2008

"Prole but Proud" was a t-shirt I wanted to sell at one point. Anyway, the one thing I do notice from my travels and living across the US is that there are regional differences in how wealth is acceptably displayed. In some regions I notice, shall we say, a more upfront way of wealth display vs. a more modest or different means; modest main home and oh yeah, the lake house or cabin being an instance. While in the UK I was kind of exempt from the class mental calculations being a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:34 AM on May 1, 2008

Ha, in my day a TRUE gaming geek would not be distracted by breasts. I went to a con once with a friend who in medieval garb who could shoot hard candies from her breast region. She would come up to fellow gamers and ask, "would you like a candy?" and if they said, "Yes" would shoot one right out from her bodice. It was a skill, almost a gift. Anyway, the true gamers would yell at her for distracting people from the Warhammer table and tell her to get the hell away... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 7:48 AM on April 23, 2008

Knew someone in the field who could put together a pr0n site completely geared to the target. Man, nice to know what some of those high end servers were being used to do. Friend could also target anyone who used Ebay as well including search histories. Yes, you are indeed being watched; very closely.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 7:23 AM on March 28, 2008

It is very painful for me to see photos of My Lai because it is not hard for me to see myself in the young and now at my age, the not so young victims. It is still harder when the faces of the children bear a resemblance to my children, now. But you know, I still feel bad for the soldiers. Why? Because, I, through my government have asked people to kill and take the weight of that killing. My government, its representatives, basically have failed in the most basic sense, of caring and care... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:25 PM on March 15, 2008

Well, I wear socks and sandals and what sandals. If you have seen a woman in orange and electric blue birkenstocks and white ankle socks in the Bay Area that was me. Because you don't go half assed or half shod; either be deliriously good looking or so ugly it is a statement.

I love sandals because I have wide feet, like an elephant's, but I do not like getting the "patina" from sandals nor want to give freebies to foot fetishists so socks it is.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:30 AM on March 13, 2008

*cough* err...let us say, hypothetically, that you have your eyes blissfully closed and then open them a crack to see the bliss of your partner to only find that their eyes are very open and very actively scanning the distance. A possible solution to get him to refocus is to exclaim, "What, you got another wife?!" or "Dammit, we are not on the savannah and avoiding the saber tooth!". I have *heard* that it does cause re-focus.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 4:50 AM on March 4, 2008

Curse, bless you now! I had WORK to do and a crappy meeting to attend but now...it will be spent watching all these clips and whatever anyone else is vetting for as great shows. I think I will send this FPP to as many people as possible to bring the workplace productivity to a standstill. In these times of "we are doomed!" how could you bring down the productivity of the world economy like this? Oh the manatee.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:34 AM on January 24, 2008

Ah, the Trash-80 that was the first love. Of course, had a 64 and a 4+. You heard me, a 4+ and man that was not a good thing.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:49 PM on December 7, 2007

The resurrectionist trade is used as part of the novel The Dress Lodger which illustrates that the poor have been used in life and death. As one character put it roughly, when do the poor stop being worked by the wealthy? It was a nice historical novel with good 19th century details.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 1:40 AM on December 5, 2007

Duplicate.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:51 AM on November 19, 2007

"I suppose no one else remembers the TRS-80 either. Sigh."

Oh no my dear, those memories linger like all sepia toned images of days past. TRS-80 models I-IV for me are like the first kiss of the Other; sweet, innocent and a prelude to more lingering ones.

Lovely post, I am a fan of the clicky clacky key though I type on a macbook keyboard as we speak. The Model M and its loud tank like descendants are sweet.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:10 AM on November 4, 2007

All the teas you crave can be had in the US if you know where to look and here is a breakdown:

* I have found that upscale supermarkets carry PG, Tetley and Yorkshire. The independent small chain will do. Examples include, Andronico's in the Bay Area, Lunds and Kowolski's in Minneapolis;

* This store carries a variety of British goods including candy;

* If you live in a large enough area go to the area's Indian and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 7:20 AM on October 22, 2007

I am not too enthralled with molecular gastronomy, too reminiscent of mass food manufacturing and processing. Aspects of the movement remind me of Futurist style meals as well with the process and aesthetic being more interesting than the meal or the diners.

But it is cool, being able to do these things and have that equipment. Nice links.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:37 AM on October 11, 2007

Yeah, that 'sebacious cyst' video is interesting, but more for the conversation about how it is NOT a spider bite and whether it is a MRSA boil. I was a bit appalled that he did not take any sanitary pre-cautions -- the kitchen shears were a bit much and the tweezers, ah yes, low control tweezers. If any of the medical folks here can clarify what it was that caused that cyst that would be good and what was that material that was dangling from the wound?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 5:17 AM on August 10, 2007

Well, besides the Chinese version where can I read the Wendi Deng article? I would like to judge for myself whether the article has merit on it's own rather than a cause or example of Murdoch's usual interfering ways.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:42 AM on July 24, 2007

In response to Esebeche.

I housesat for a prof who told me at her small, prominent university that a bunch of her female classmates compared notes, at a reunion, and figured out that more than a few had been sexually assaulted by a history prof there. She went to school there in the 1960's and was an almost victim having only gotten away from him due to an adverse reaction to the drugged wine.

As an undergrad in the 90's I witnessed faculty... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 2:34 PM on July 14, 2007

I have wondered for years about Marley and the Banana Splits but first came the denial, "Ah, come on!" then the attacks, "Your're wasted! and finally the pleading, "You can't take down Marley! He's a legend! You'll die! No one will believe you!"

Well now the truth is known and I am not alone. It becomes even more apparent when you listen to the Liz Phair version of the Banana Splits song. Marley did live... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 3:14 AM on July 11, 2007

Not a complete derail but has there been any studies of strain developments of cannabis plants? At one point, the Vietnamese variety was listed as having the highest natural THC level but I am assuming breeders have enhanced and bred more interesting strains for the last few decades from the paper I saw on it. Any sources for this history of the plant development?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 2:47 AM on July 11, 2007

You can definitely tell in venues like Glastonbury festival who has raw vocal talent vs. those with only studio magic. Shirley Bassey kicked ass at Glastonbury and made a lot of the young 'uns seem real weak. The Winehouse performance was way weaker than anticipated and she was not the only one. But Winehouse writes her own material so she has saving graces.

Another interesting instance is when you watch modern bands try to do the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper on the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 3:57 AM on June 25, 2007

I admit that I am going to be one of those people who believes that Ashcroft acted because he believes in the law and loves his country above party affiliations and who he is beholden to.

I find it interesting that Republican senators avoided attending the Comey testimony except for Specter and he asked them to attend too.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 7:17 AM on May 16, 2007

If you read the article a little more closely, Wang DID NOT test the diethylene glycol but another syrup which was his first substitution attempt. The anti-freeze was his next attempt to wring even larger profit from fake glycerin.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 6:55 AM on May 8, 2007

OK, I am going to chime in here because I have had a child in both the US and Britain both as c-sections. My first child was an emergency after 3 days in the hospital, attempts at an induction and three vacuum attempts to get my son out. The second was a scheduled c-section on the advice of the British midwives, OB/GYN consultant and my own friend who is an American pediatric/emergency/NICU nurse.

I was not happy about my American HMO experience and there are things I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2007

Man, I asked a car dealer which car model on his lot would be the best for the post-apocalypse and the Subaru Outback was his choice. What is also funny is that Subarus were real popular in Alaska even with some of the burliest men I knew; the car would start in some pretty cold weather and had a block heater option.

Regarding that guy who assumed his date was a lesbian, I thought that would be a major fantasy for a guy (girl on girl action).
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 2:46 PM on April 12, 2007

Grobstein, your link does not work. Want to try again?
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 5:19 AM on February 27, 2007

Maaannn, this whole time I have been eating my way through the UK including a near heart attack inducing walk around Eninburgh with a deep fried haggis in hand and could have been a FPP?

I agree that Tesco's is a bad idea all around - at least try a Sainsbury range.

To the Yorkshireman in this thread, how would you rate the fare at Betty's at Harrogate? I liked the fat rascal alot but want to know how Betty's rates on the spectrum of tastiness to a Yorkshireman.
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 8:45 AM on February 7, 2007

Well, Afroblanco, I think that you, Derek and Astro could do a great service by genetically engineering a kosher pig [1]
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It would be midrashically possible....
posted to MetaFilter by jadepearl at 12:26 AM on February 1, 2007