Well it seems like my fears of The Stand becoming real and giving me a reason to move back to Boulder and get free rent are becoming more and more ridiculous. Damn you logic for proving that my fears are stupid!
Anyway, found some fun clips on the swine flu scare fest. Daily show did it well:
And a fun short youtube vid on "Why NOT to Worry About Swine Flu":
The funny political fallout of this is that in the GOP's crusade to slash the stimulus cause of "wasteful spending" (which I am against, but often the GOP's idea of wasteful spending is very different than mine as they think everything is wasteful), they actually cut out money to prepare america to deal with a flu pandemic. That's right, Obama wanted to use money to prepare in case something like the swine flu happened and the GOP called it wasteful spending and fought to have it removed. And what are they saying now? "We didn't know swine flu was going to happen!" Duh. Neither did Obama. But he was being PREPARED. It's kind of like having a flashlight and extra batteries laying around the house. It's an extra cost up front but in the long run it's well worth it for when the power goes out.
Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele defended GOP opposition to pandemic preparedness funding in the stimulus bill in an interview with CNN Tuesday, saying the party had no way of knowing that such a threat might actually materialize. "Did we know this at the time of the vote?" Steele asked. "Don't come back and make this link six months after the fact ... we don't know what tomorrow holds." He added, "I'm not going to sit here and accept that connection."
Call me crazy, but I like the idea of the Gov being prepared to deal with things like hurricanes, tornadoes, and huge disease outbreaks. To me that's one of the main reasons we have a government.
Anywho, Colorado is yet to have a confirmed case so I feel pretty good about my chances of surviving this apocalypse. haha
Yea so I'll go to bed soon to rest up before the biggest party days of the year here in Uppsala. I'm really excited about it. Tommorow I'll try to take it somewhat cool and don't get too burnt out, but thursday will just be sick. So many good friends, so much great food and beverage and no obligations for a couple of days. Except the useall crowd I'm really excited to hang out with Lesbian Girl from last summer. She might be the most evil/funny little HBT-person I've seen so far, haha. Also, I'll get my hands on some Discworld books in exchange for some Heinlein books. Sweet!
Random points:
I need to start dressing better. Got a few shirts and a pair of jeans when I was shopping with a couple of friends. I bought them because I found out that I was all out of decent shirts. This is not acceptable. I just really hate shopping for clothes, lol.
Gawuss is giving me lessons in Polish. Yesterday I learned two words. I've forgotten one of them.
I'm getting out of shape. I'll need to do something about that.
As far as music goes England > Ireland > USA. The rest of the world kinda sucks. Some spanish stuff is decent enough though.
For you guys with spotify; check out these 5 songs and if you like anything state which and reply with a couple of songs you think I'll like that aren't very well known.
Gentlemen, start your engines - Gratefull Dead
The Queen of Argyll - Silly Wizards
Lorelei - The Pogues
Wayward Child - Rory Gallagher
Universial Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Nice article from Arianna Huffington, an ex Republican who overall supports Obama but doesn't hold back when she sees him fucking up. I overall agree with her analysis here. The only thing I'm not sure about is the bank bailout situation, mainly because I don't know enough about the details of what's going on and I don't have a strong understanding of economics. I don't like forming opinions on things where I'm not informed. I think she's right that Obama failed on staffing the treasury department, but Obama's speech on his economic plan made sense to me. But while his plan to unfreeze credit and avoid extreme pain by giving money to the banks makes sense, I don't know how realistic it is. I'm very torn between letting the bad businesses / banks fail and trying to find a way to save them but change them. So basically I'm not happy with what he's done in regards to the bank bailouts, and but I'm not angry about it either. Kind of in a middle ground.
Anyway, here's her article. If you don't want to read it all then just skip to the bottom where she makes her points about the good and the bad.
Has it been only 100 days since Barack Obama took the oath of office? Actually, it's only been 98, but sometimes 100 days feels like more than 100 days. This is one of those times. Obama's first 100 days have been among the most eventful in history.
So how's it going?
According to the American people, pretty damn good. Not only does 69 percent of the public approve of the job Obama is doing, but last week, for the first time since January 2004, more Americans felt the country is headed in the right direction than in the wrong direction (48 percent to 44 percent). Remarkably, this "right direction" number has been steadily rising even as the economy has been steadily falling.
In his Grant Park acceptance speech on election night, the newly elected president warned that "the road ahead will be long," and "our climb will be steep." But his poll numbers are a vindication of the idea that, with the right leadership, Americans are mature enough to heed those words and not expect immediate results.
So any list of the most impressive achievements of Obama's first 100 days should start with the intangible qualities of transformational leadership --- from the president's personal equanimity (which Robert Reich described as "the serene center of the cyclone -- exuding calm when most Americans are petrified") to his masterful use of the bully pulpit.
In just his first 100 days, Obama has had almost as many prime time press conferences as George Bush did in his entire first term. And it's not just press conferences. Obama's willingness to speak directly to the American people -- in town halls around the country, on YouTube, on Leno, on ESPN, etc -- and to engage with them by answering questions online and reading ten letters a day from the public, is a powerful reminder that the White House isn't a privatized bubble or underground bunker off limits to the people.
He's also offered tone setters that are a useful reminder that the president is more than just the country's chief executive -- that he and the First Lady are also potentially the country's chief teachers. They've already taught the country a lot of lessons -- about what we eat and how we eat by planting an organic vegetable garden at the White House, and about commitment to family through their relationship with their daughters and by having the First Granny move into the White House to help Sasha and Malia settle into their new lives.
Now to the more tangible aspects of his presidency. Let's start with the pluses:
* The stimulus package. It wasn't big or bold enough, and it suffered from the malodorous scent of Eau de Congressional Business as Usual, but the speed and focus with which it was passed showed how serious Obama was about pulling America out of its economic free-fall. And how competent his team was at hitting the ground running. Plus, it taught the new president an important lesson about the limits of bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship.
* Passing and signing the national service bill. Not so long ago, a call for sacrifice meant asking people to go shopping or take a trip to Disney World. Creating a system in which more people can feel as if they're true stakeholders in their communities will not only produce physical benefits -- it will help repair America's moral infrastructure as well. And their answering of the call will be additional proof that Americans have been waiting for a leader to ask more of them.
* Reversing course on stem cells. It was a clear statement about the return of the reality-based world. As Obama put it when he signed the order "It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda, and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
* A progressive budget. Healthcare, provisions to tackle rising economic inequality, a more rational defense budget, tax cuts for all but the very wealthy -- as David Leonhardt of the New York Times wrote, Obama's budget is "nothing less than an attempt to end a three-decade era of economic policy dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and his supporters."
* Foreign Relations. From granting his first presidential interview to Al-Arabiya TV to loosening the embargo on Cuba to hanging an open sign on the State Department, Obama has signaled that the bellicose days of antagonism as our default foreign policy position are over. And his decision to close Guantanamo also sent the right message to the world.
* The rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama. Blowing away fears of a sea-faring Black Hawk Down, Obama's restrained behind-the-scenes handling of the volatile hostage situation demonstrated that the new commander-in-chief is not afraid to pull the trigger when an American life is on the line. Bonus points for causing the Limbaugh-Hannity worldview about Democrats being nothing but bleeding hearts to shift on its axis.
A solid run of pluses. Now for the minuses:
* The bank bailout. In his appointments at almost every agency, Obama has demonstrated a desire to receive a wide range of opinion. But the exception is a doozy: at Treasury, the range of opinion goes all the way from Goldman to Sachs. Several hundred billion dollars later, the banks still aren't lending, the zombies are still on their feet, preferred shareholders are still being catered to, the knowledge of where our money has gone is spotty at best, and oversight and transparency remain unfulfilled promises. The Obama White House's vision for the rescue remains startlingly myopic. The result is the continued funneling of hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to the very people who got us into the mess we are in -- with very little accountability demanded in return. The biggest black mark on Obama's first 100 days is his head-scratching reliance on the bank-centric beliefs of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner.
* Afghanistan. Obama has committed 21,000 more troops to Afghanistan but as many, including Obama himself, have noted, there is no exclusively military solution to Afghanistan. What's more, unlike with Guantanamo, Obama has adopted Bush's policies regarding the enemy prisoners being held at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.
* Torture accountability. Obama has said he wants to look forward and not back, and it's reasonable for him to not want his agenda sidetracked by torture commissions and investigations. But the way we respond to the revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture isn't merely a question of policy; it a question of morality. The minute the president starts framing the issue as a matter of right vs wrong, his choices will be clear. Because if there is one thing Obama cannot afford to abandon it's the moral high ground. And he can trust the American public to walk and chew gum at the same time -- to be able to support a national health care plan, a new energy plan, the reforming of our education system, and at the same time support accountability for those who undercut our fundamental values.
* Sensible gun control. Despite a recent run of deadly gun rampages and an appeal from the president of Mexico, whose country is paying a heavy price for bought-in-America guns, Obama has chosen the path of political expediency and turned his back on his campaign promise to reinstate a ban on assault weapons.
For the last eight years, we suffered from the soft bigotry of low presidential expectations. Taken as a whole, Obama's first 100 days have been an inspiring change from a White House that expected as little from us as it did from itself.
The road ahead is indeed going to be long and steep. But at least we're on the right road.
Playing around with a sidebetby Svenman87, April 28
basic premise
50 -> 1k at the end of July
50 -> 3k at the end of July
50 -> 5k at the end of July
50 -> 8k at the end of July
50 -> 10k at the end of July
Which is one do you think would be most challenging yet doable?
I'm new to the side bet business :3
Hey guys, last blog post I made I posted that I had moved down to $2/$4 for a while, then built back up to play at $3/$6 again, well since then things have continued to go well, and I'm now up decently for the month, considering how much I was behind. However I've been playing at $2/$4 and $1/$2 HU a fair bit aswell as $3/$6 6max and this wasn't really my plan so I'm a bit disappointed that I haven't stuck to my plan, but results have been good in those games anyway so I can be happy about that. My bankroll is back up to $28k and be rolled to move back to $5/$10 when I hit $30k. Despite a really slow start, I feel really good about how I've picked my game up this quick and things are turning around, however despite the fact that I'll be rolled for $5/$10 soon, I think I'm going to ignore the bankroll requirement and continue playing $3/$6 before moving back into those games. I'm still negative at $3/$6 since restarting and would like to get these numbers into the green, and above 2ptbb/100 minimum before moving back to $5/$10
On the last day of my holiday in Phillipines I picked up diarrhea and some stomach pains, and since coming back from Phillipines over 2 weeks ago, I've continued to have frequent bowel movements and pretty bad stomach pains both after eating, and before needing to take a crap. I figured it was just some bug that would go away, but I guess that's not the case. Today, for the first time, I've been feeling a little bit nautious aswell and have taken a crap 3 times, one time was very diarrhea like and the pain in my stomach during that crap was worse than I've felt yet. It also felt like my ass was bleeding, though it wasn't and it's really annoying me, so I think I'm gonna have to go to the doctors tomorrow. I hope it's nothing serious.
Tomorrow the LP poster 'Uptown' is coming to stay with me, I've met with him before and had fun so I expect more of the same when he's here. I hope he can put up with my shit, ha ha ha. . . . . !
I made yet ANOTHER attempt at making a video today, despite posting that I would give up attempting to make one, and again it failed. After I save the video it compresses for a while and I eventually got an error message saying that it had a problem merging the video with the audio or something like that. I'm gonna assume that some settings are wrong, even though I copied all the settings from this thread: http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-foru..._Free_decent_quality_size_videos.html apart from one thing: The K-Lite codec pack I installed didn't have the x264 component that that poster said is necessary so I had to use a different video compression method, maybe this is the problem I don't know. If someone could fix this problem I would make a $0.50/$1 video. I'm extra annoyed that it didn't work this time because I got into some really interesting spots that I think would help people out a lot, and although I actually broke even in the session I think I played great poker and people at these stakes would've learnt a lot about how to think about some of these situations.
I'm just really happy about how I'm playing right now and, although I'm running like a GOD right now I think I'm playing really good too and hope this continues.
Everytime the federal government says we are going to increase the funding or spending by giving X billion more to [insert some special interest here] from Y billion and hence the Federal Reserve starts printing more money, please keep this short video about history and economics in mind.
I'd really prefer not to repeat this route if possible
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
pokota75: checks
videopro: checks
killaherni: bets $52.35 and is all-in
pokota75: folds
videopro: folds
Uncalled bet ($52.35) returned to killaherni
killaherni collected $100.35 from pot
killaherni: doesnt show hand
Summary Total pot $103.35 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: pokota75 (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: videopro (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 3: Ivanovitch folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Namaskara folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: killaherni collected ($100.35)
Seat 6: epdog (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
of April. Had an incredible rough session yesterday, or more accurate, three rough session. The first one was pure sick, think I lost 3bi's only on 2outers. The second session was better and I only lost 1bi after losing QQ vs A10 all in on Q95 board, turn 8, river J. Sick shit imo. The last session I headed towards the HU-tables, and god I got crushed for 4bi's pretty quickly by the best NL20 HU-player I have ever met, but he also ran like good with some nice suckouts.
So now I'm down pretty exactly 4bi's for the month, have been worse, but I think it sucks pretty much as the top of the month was +7,5bi's. It has been a pretty swingy month and it will be good with some RB. Still will be up for the month 9-10bi's or something, but I wanna be a winning ppl also.
Maybe I will get in some hands with Remember87 tonight or else I won't start until saturday-sunday again. Have been a strange month but ok anyhow. I think 4bi's down can be pretty standard and doesnt have to mean that you get crushed by the level, have just played about 2hrs 5-6tables for about 10-12days also. So have not reached a samplesize yet.
just a small transfer, i've made multiple transfers with reputable LP members so far.
i'm willing to send first to anyone reputable. my full tilt, your pokerstars
reason is, i wanna cash out but FTP is being a bitch, even though i sent in photoID/address verification. i thought it would be easier to cash out from stars, where i'ved cashed out multiple times before.
well april was not a fun month at all lol. -3k live, -4k online cuz of the fucking keylogging scandal.
i cashed out my remaining online roll and i saved up living expenses from what's left of my live winnings. i realized a long time ago that money in the bank =/= bankroll so i'm not really able to deposit right now. gotta pay summer apartment expenses + next semester's tuition (fml i should have gone to class and graduated this semester).
funny. i tried rebuilding from what was left of my fpps and managed to get up to 100 bucks playing NL10 with 40 dollars. but then my friend mike's bday was two nights ago and i drunkenly 4tabled 25nl with it. hahahahahahahaha.
i gotta go look for a shitty minimum wage job now because i don't want to go back to my parents place even though i know they will be very very supportive, provided that i eventually quit poker.
/life
ps. seeing a shrink right now because i got referred by the dean of students for poor performance. debating whether or not i should tell him about all the time i spent playing poker since the end of junior year. i'm pretty sure he's not going to get it at all and instead label me as a gambling addict or something. fml.
Hi, I hold the Microsoft student partner position on my campus. This month i have a project that includes telling as many people as i can about the Dreamspark website and what is available.
For those of you who don't know, dreamspark is a site that allows you to register and then download various pieces of Microsoft software. I have dled visual studio, XNA game studio and many others.
For this project i was given a unique URL to give out to track how many people i can get to go to the site. I would really appreciate it if you would take the time to check this out for me.
Also, i have searched the forum for FTP scripts and have not been able to find any that allow you to open x amount of tables at a single time, i have found a few that you have to purchase online. Does anybody know of any free ones?
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