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Now more than ever we expect brands to make hard choices that are consistent with their core values and reflect who they are as a business.
But we also want more. We want to know that the brands that we rely on, work with, and work for understand our humanity. In a moment of crisis, brands make the world better by delivering consistent treatment across all stakeholders – including employees. May Day, a traditional holiday in Europe dedicated to celebrating the return of spring, lit up social accounts across the United States as brands that have been beacons of hope were celebrated for taking care of their employees.
The employee value proposition, or EVP, represents this give and take. It’s what’s expected from an employee and what will be given in return from the employer. It’s a powerful recruitment and employee engagement tool.
But it can also be more than that.
EVPs are a brand’s cultural beacon and as such, the best EVPs are honest. They are consistent. They are authentic. They pass the bullshit test. They are quirky. They are the extension of their people and reflect them fully. An EVP says, “I know my people” and like a magnet, draws them in.
When uncertainty threatens to splinter people off, EVPs call them back home.
It is the single commitment that ensures that your people will continue to deliver on your brand’s promise even through their own personal hardships.
Why is the EVP so powerful for brands during times like these? Customers evaluate brands in moments of crisis more holistically, not just in terms of product and service delivery but also company behaviour.
Here’s how EVPs help build stronger brands that can weather crises like the one we’re dealing with now:
- They empower brands to demonstrate how they are built from the inside out: EVPs are an empathetic gesture to employees that bring out reciprocal responses. Employees are helped and so they want to help. This is noticed by customers particularly in times of crisis.
Shortly after the NBA announced it was suspending the season in March, Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban announced that he was implementing a payment plan for his stadium’s hourly workers – a move that has been imitated throughout the sports world. But he didn’t stop there. As the effects of the shutdown continue to challenge the economic viability of local businesses, Cuban encouraged acts of reciprocity through his employees: he recently implemented a program where employees are reimbursed for breakfast and lunch purchased at local restaurants and coffee shops.
- They allow brands to bring their purpose to life and promote a sense of community inclusive of their customers: Brand purpose without a strong EVP behind it lacks integrity and believability. Employees are the lynchpin to delivering on purpose, and without clear and consistent promises to them, they cannot deliver. EVPs also show that a company cares and that they belong in their communities – they provide clarity about how the relationship will play out and the rules of engagement.
Microsoft is a brand that has demonstrated through their words and their actions that responding to COVID-19 requires a collective effort. In addition to providing flexible working arrangements for employees during stay-in-place orders, Microsoft has expanded its notion of “community” by continuing to pay their hourly campus employees, providing remote learning support for educators and redirecting their AI for Health initiative towards first responders backed with an additional $20 million in funding.
- They can rally all ranks of employees and business leaders around a shared vision: There’s little debate that COVID-19 may irrevocably change our lives. At this moment, organisations need transformational leaders to activate followers’ values and social identities. EVPs address existential questions about how we will survive this, and they suggest that we will survive it by working together to fulfil our vision. They make people feel safe and useful.
In his address to Marriott employees, CEO Arne Sorensen was at the same time resolute, vulnerable, and hopeful. He conveyed his personal pain acknowledging that employees’ roles may be impacted by circumstances outside of their control. This demonstration of transformational leadership highlights the need for executives to confront difficult realities in a way that is truly other-oriented. Sorensen’s address acknowledges the uncertainty of the moment while communicating a vision to provide a sense of calm leadership his people need.
EVPs in these times that are done well demonstrate to all stakeholders that the brand can survive this crisis because it puts its people first and proves that they will be treated with dignity and respect. It fulfils fundamental human needs for safety, belonging, and reducing uncertainty. In its absence, it also demonstrates how companies will soon need to re-enliven the conversation about how EVPs can define internal culture to deliver their brand’s promise to all stakeholders.
This article originally appeared in AW360


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If there is such thing as a gardening superstar, then you can count both Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury among them. From the High Line and Battery Park in New York to the Lurie Garden in Chicago, Oudolf is the man behind some of the most high-profile planting projects in the world. Kingsbury, meanwhile, has written no fewer than twenty books on planting and garden design.
"Planting: A New Perspective," the fourth book co-authored by Oudolf and Kinsbury, is the definitive resource for landscaping and gardening in the 21st century. As to be expected from Oudolf, the theme is one of collaborating with nature, rather than trying to control it. Filled with examples of the his signature, free-flowing gardens, the book features extensive plant charts and planting plans alongside lavish photography, making it an essential reference guide and source of inspiration. For landscape professionals or casual gardeners, this is required reading. Grab your copy via Amazon.

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As a sand specialist, Yamakawa Sangyo provides products such as coating drying equipment to artificial sand, such as the unique ESPEARL, which is utilised in engines for automotives
What you believe to be this company's core strengths or competencies that set it apart, and make you competitive compared to your regional manufacturing rivals?
I think that in the past, a lot of Japanese companies used to produce final products. However, a lot of companies have shifted their focus to the manufacturing of the materials, or raw materials, where they are making best use of their accumulated knowledge and technologies.
Looking into the automotive sector, Toyota is still a top company globally, and I would say that the subcontractors of Toyota - which have been trained and have accumulated knowledge and technologies under the umbrella of Toyota - are now being used widely across the whole industry.
These are material makers, especially, and thinking about how they have been trained under this structure, I think that they are now very good at thinking about what users want, or what would be the benefit to users, and they are also good at providing after service and follow-ups to the users.
They have worked side by side with their customers and users, and that's why their materials are superior to their regional competitors. That quality has been recognized widely by other countries.
Regarding finished products, they are pretty much affected by social trends, so there are a lot of ups and downs, but in terms of the materials, they are normally used for longer periods of time, so I think in that sense, Japan has got a competitive edge.
They are pretty much influenced by people’s preference or social trends, so it's very hard to accommodate, or incorporate, these changes in the finished product. On the other hand, the materials are not very diversified, they have not changed a lot, so I think that matches the corporate culture in Japan. This is my challenge.
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Your firm has been involved in recycling activities for sand products since the 1970s, longer than any other sand related company in Japan, if we're not mistaken. I was hoping you could walk us through your your recycling scheme, and where you see areas that can still be improved to make this material as sustainable as possible?
Speaking about recycling, as you know, Japan doesn't have a lot of natural resources compared to other countries, so we have tried to make the best use of what we have. Japanese people tend to take very good care of their materials and resources. That kind of spirit has been accumulated since the Edo period.
Speaking about sand, this has been used in the casting industry for a long time, and among different kinds of sand, silica sand has been used a lot in this industry. Silica sand has a lot of merits, but it also has a lot of demerits, and we have worked very hard to overcome these demerits for a long time.
The largest drawback of silica sand is the thermal expansion. Ever since I joined this company, we have tried to overcome or improve this drawback, and we also looked into the other kinds of sand as well. We are blessed with the mountain where we take the raw materials and sand from. It is different from the sand that is used by firms from Australia. The feature for this sand is that it has less SiO2.
From a recycling perspective, it would be better if the sand contained more silica sand, because it's going to be harder. Looking into the other kinds of sand for recycling, Espearl is the best in terms of its high yield, and there’s also less loss from recycling.
What role can artificial sand play in supplementing the amount of available material, and could you tell us a little bit more about the development history of the Espearl product? What are some of the main applications that it’s being used for by your clients?
A lot of things happened before we reached the point of developing Espearl. At first, we developed NE Sand made from Ferro nickel slag. It was able to eliminate the thermal expansion, but since it was not round, it was unable to meet some of the high-SPEC requirements. Then, we reached the point of developing Espearl in China.
I think you are very familiar with the features of this sand. You researched very well, but the features include that it is in a bowl shape, it is round, it is hard, and it is highly fire-resistant, so it is often used in environments where the temperature is quite high.
However, in 2007, we proposed a new application, to use it in aluminum engine cylinders in cars, and that proposal was accepted by a Japanese car maker, and we built a new factory for RCS (Resin Coated Sand) located in Shiga Prefecture. Products of Espearl-R which are processed at that factory are sold to the casting factory. Then, we collect the used sand, reprocess it again as Espearl-R, and sell it repeatedly.
For aluminum, the temperature for casting is around 760 degrees Celsius, which is relatively low for the casting industry. The problem here is that the resin doesn't get burned completely, so it's very hard to take out the sand after the casting, so you need another process step to bake it again to get the sand out of it.
However, if you use Espearl, you don't need a lot of resin for the coating because that problem doesn't exist anymore, so it's going to be easier to take out the sand. Some of the car makers produce all of the engines using Espearl.
Alumina Type Spherical Artificial Sand ESPEARL
We read that in May of last year you released some equipment – the MADM - which is portable water-based coating dryer equipment. Could you tell us a little more about this product, and what advantage your business, or your history as a material provider, brings to your equipment development process?
Basically, we are targeting a niche field. We are not trying to become a top maker, but we would like to be superior in that niche field, so for this particular product, we are targeting relatively small sized factories. You are able to install this wherever you want because it saves space. That is the feature of this product.
We are targeting what larger companies don't want to do, and where the volume of orders is small and may be difficult to fulfill. I think that's why we have been competitive in this kind of field.
Is this something that came internally from within this company, or was this a request from a customer that you accommodated? Now that it's been nearly one year since it was released, how has it been received by your customers?
Our stance has been to work side by side with our customers and listen to their problems. In the course of our activity, this product has been developed but as a sand maker, we are not trying to make a profit out of the equipment that we produce, but to cater to relatively small-scale companies or subcontractors, so that we can solve their problems with their labor force or space, or costs.
This is a kind of package where the existing components are already assembled, so this is not a pure development or a new creation like Espearl, but this has evolved from our after service. This is not borne of the technology, but by an idea.
In the course of sales activities, our service engineers visited the customer and listened to their problems. For a long time, we've provided this kind of solution to the customers based on the customer's needs, but this time we decided to make this kind of solution and decided to announce it publicly.
Other than this one, we have provided this kind of packaged equipment solution to the customers, which is not in our catalog, but is nevertheless something we have been doing for a long time, so this is not a pure development, it is just a proposal to the customer as a part of the service.
For casting, you need a coating agent to be applied to the cast, and it is conventionally an alcohol-based agent. However, due to environmental concerns, this agent has recently been switched to a water-based agent.
For the small-scale businesses, it's going to require a lot of investment to change the dryer itself, so we wanted to solve this problem so that they could install and switch this kind of dryer easily. We have a lot of relationships with SMEs compared to larger companies, and we want to work side by side with these companies.
You mentioned working together with a Chinese firm helped improve the sand quality of Espearl and brought the product to market. What role does collaboration play in your business? Are you looking for new opportunities to collaborate with overseas companies?
Regarding our relationships with the foreign companies, traditionally, we had relationships with foreign companies to procure materials from them. The starting point was that we just wanted cheaper materials, not for new development.
The biggest challenge when we enter new markets overseas is the shortage of human resources. We don't have a lot of talent who are able to deal with negotiations or transactions overseas, so it's a bottleneck when we think about overseas expansion.
For further expansion in the overseas market, we need to solve the problem about talent and human resources. If we use more human resources in the domestic field, then we will have a shortage here, so that challenge needs to be overcome.
What are you doing to overcome this challenge?
Firstly, I would like to improve the image of this company so that we can attract more talent here. The other thing we are focusing on is the education of our existing human resources, to make them more of a global talent.
Can you tell us a little more about your vision for the global development of your business? Would it be through trying a different joint venture in a different market, for example?
I think that going forward, we need to collaborate with local companies that have a deeper knowledge of the local business practices, laws and regulations. We actually used a consultant to go to that market, but it still didn't work.
Let's say we come back to interview you again in 10 years' time for your company’s 100th anniversary. What would you like to tell us about your goals and dreams for the company in that timeframe, and what would you like to have achieved by then?
This is something I've always said to my employees. My dream is to make our employees happy, and I am not a part of the founder’s family, but I was an employee and now I am president.
In the course of that process, there were a lot of milestones where I felt that improvement was needed, so I would like to continue these improvements. As you may know, Japanese salaries haven't increased for a long time, and commodity prices didn't increase a lot, but now we see a rise in commodity prices, so we would like to take some actions to address this situation.
I always make a commitment to my employees that I would like to have them feel that they are happy to be a part of this company. This is not just a dream for the 100th anniversary, but I would like to make this company sustainable for another 100 years until the 200th anniversary.


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A recent survey of 189 metro areas nationwide places Anchorage at the bottom of the list when it comes to accessing “affordable fruits and vegetables.”
The Gallup-Heathways Well-being Index, which gathered information from at least 300 Anchorage adults between January 2012 and December 2013, shows only about two-thirds of respondents reported easy access to fruits and vegetables.
Since Gallup began measuring fruit and vegetable access in 2008, it said the nationwide average has hovered around 91 percent. Anchorage comes in at 67 percent — more than 15 points behind the next runner-up. Olympia, Wash., where 96.6 percent of respondents reported easy access to fruits and vegetables, placed first on the list.
A pound of regular carrots at an Olympia-area Fred Meyer store goes for 59 cents, while the same pound sells for 99 cents at an Anchorage Fred Meyer. Gallup said there are several reasons behind Anchorage’s low ranking.
“This isn’t particularly surprising given Alaska’s extreme seasonal variations and generally colder climate and distance from the continental U.S.,” Gallup wrote.
A 2011 study by the Food Research and Action Center placed Anchorage at the top of the list when it came to difficulty accessing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. According to that research, 30 percent of respondents reported difficulty accessing fresh produce, more than double the rate of the next community.

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In the ever-evolving world of aviation, some aircraft break free from the constraints of traditional design norms and venture into uncharted territory.
These unconventional flying machines defy expectations and challenge the boundaries of engineering. From bizarre to awe-inspiring, we will explore a compilation of the weirdest planes ever created.
Join us as we take a glimpse into the realm of 20 extraordinary and peculiar aircraft that have emerged from the minds of creative engineers over the years.
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- Bartini Beriev VVA 14
- Blohm & Voss BV 141
- Boeing B377PG
- Caproni CA 60
- Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
- De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle
- Edgley Optica
- Goodyear Inflatoplane
- Grumman X-29
- Hafner Rotabuggy
- Hughes H4 Hercules
- Lockheed Martin P-791
- Lockheed XFV
- Lun class MD-160 Ekranoplane
- NASA Ames-Dryden AD-1
- NASA M2-F1
- Sikorsky X-Wing
- SNECMA Coleoptere (C-450)
- Vought V-173
Picture a bizarre-looking mashup of an airplane, submarine, and marine components, and you will begin to understand how the Bartini Beriev VVA 14 arrived at its strange appearance. The VVA 14 was a Soviet Union response to the fear of a US submarine-driven nuclear assault.
This craft was intended to be an amphibious vehicle capable of taking off from land or water. In tight places, its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities would prove useful. The Soviets foresaw the VVA 14 gliding low over the ocean surface, conducting high-speed submarine detection missions.
The project was ultimately abandoned following the failed delivery of the vertical takeoff jet engines and the death of Bartini – one of the key engineers.
To see this strange design in all its glory, visit the last remaining model at the air force museum in Monino, Moscow.
One of the largely accepted tenants of aircraft design is that the vehicle be symmetrical from side to side. The Blohm & Voss BV 141 threw that convention out the window in favor of a main fuselage that housed the power plant and a secondary crew cabin located further out on the wing.
While it may look counterintuitive, the asymmetrical design is surprisingly functional in more ways than one. It helped to offset the torque generated by the engine’s rotation while at the same time giving the reconnaissance crew a more unobstructed view from the cockpit.
Despite these positive design attributes, only a small number of BV 141s were ultimately produced since the Focke-Wulf was already doing a satisfactory job running air reconnaissance.
Don’t you just love it when a weird plane has a weird name to go with it? The “Pregnant Guppy” as this modified Boeing 377 is fondly referred to, was born from NASA’s need for a way to transport bulky components for the Apollo missions. They came up with this bloated, ungainly-looking plane, but clearly, it did its job and is one of the lesser-known aircraft to play a supporting role in the space program.
The early days of aviation were like the wild west, and designers could basically do whatever they wanted. There were no computer simulations to help test the feasibility of a design. You simply dreamed it up, built it, and went for it. This all-out style of hands-on learning yielded some true gems as far as weird airplanes go. Case in point – the Caproni CA 60 was built in Italy in 1921.
If one pair of wings is good, then three sets of triple wings are even better, right? Wrong…so very wrong. Still, hats off to the pilot who managed to get this 77-foot-long, 30-foot-high beast 60 feet in the air and who lived to shake his head and tell about it.
The military is always innovating and some of the ideas that are thrown out there are a little strange. The Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 was one of those bizarre inventions. Billed as the “flying Jeep,” the VZ-7 was indeed a mash-up between an aircraft and a Jeep.
Two prototypes were delivered, but ultimately the ungainly contraption with the overly exposed cockpit didn’t catch on with pilots or with the Army, and the program was discontinued.
Built because what reckless young soldier doesn’t want to stand on top of rotating helicopter blades as part of his job? The questionable design of the HZ-1 Aerocycle sets up just that scenario.
The theory was that this craft could be a low-cost reconnaissance vehicle that would be steered by the pilot shifting his body weight, much like today’s Segue or hoverboard. Unfortunately, the reality was that the maneuverability was horrible, and soldiers were understandably reluctant to be assigned to pilot this death trap of a contraption.
Is it a helicopter or a fixed-wing aircraft? Well, Edgley Optica is in a class of its own, borrowing design elements from both. The cockpit looks like that of a standard helicopter, though it is mounted in front of a ducted-fan motor, fixed wings and twin booms, and a high-mounted tailplane.
Since it first debuted in the mid-1970s, the Optica design has gone through several launches and re-launches by its various owners. It continues to intrigue for its potential for border patrol and fire protection applications.
The Goodyear Inflatoplane, or GA-33 as the Army called it, seems to be an example of a plan that wasn’t thought out clearly prior to execution. Goodyear pitched an idea for a compact, portable aircraft that could be dropped on downed airmen trapped behind enemy lines. The entire airplane could be carried in the back of a Jeep or truck. How is this possible? That’s the problem – as you can guess from its name, the Goodyear Inflatoplane is indeed inflatable.
Understandably, the Army eventually decided that a blow-up aircraft with a 55-mph max speed isn’t exactly a practical extrication vehicle that a pilot would want to trust his life to.
Did they put those wings on backward? No, that is just the design. The Grumman X-29 is one of those aircraft that look like someone took all the standard airplane parts and then assembled them in a very bizarre configuration. Instead of extending perpendicular to the fuselage or being angled slightly aft, the wings on this strange aircraft are inverted and point towards the nose, giving it quite a strange appearance.
The bizarre design was a flop, and the X-29 was a very aerodynamically unstable craft that didn’t live up to its billing as a fighter jet.
Americans weren’t the only ones experimenting with an airborne Jeep. The UK toyed with its own version, called the Hafner Rotabuggy. This version took a Willy’s Jeep and added helicopter blades on top to make a cartoon-like vehicle of which only one was ever produced.
The single test model did carry out a successful 10-minute test flight, reaching speeds of 65 mph and an altitude of 400 feet. Still, that wasn’t enough to get this project off the ground.
If someone asks you what material aircraft are usually made of, “metal” seems like a safe generic answer, right? Usually yes, but in the case of the Hughes H4 Hercules, more commonly known as the “Spruce Goose,” you would be wrong.
With metal in short supply during World War II, the U.S. government contracted with billionaire aviator Howard Hughes to construct a large cargo plane capable of transporting troops and supplies from the U.S. to Europe. The catch? Hughes was forbidden to use any metal in his design.
A long 5 years later, the war was over by the time Hughes unveiled a massive craft made of laminated birch wood. While the “Spruce Goose” still holds the record for the largest wingspan of any constructed aircraft, only one was made and the lone Goose only took a single flight. With Hughes at the controls, the Spruce Goose flew a total distance of 1 mile over the ocean near Long Beach Harbor before returning to the ground.
Today, you can visit the Spruce Goose for yourself, as it is on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
The classic airship gets supersized in this strange conglomeration of aircraft engineering courtesy of “Skunkworks.” The P-791 is a tri-hull design airship with disk-shaped landing cushions on the bottom. It was developed to run missions as either a heavy-load cargo carrier or an intelligence-gathering vehicle.
While the U.S. Army ultimately passed on picking up the P-791, Lockheed Martin is still working with private companies, and you may soon see P-791s flying the skies carrying both cargo and passengers in remote areas like Alaska.
Deck space is limited on Navy ships, so there has long been an interest in developing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighters to protect convoys. The XFV, another Skunkworks production, was designed to fill that need.
Looking like a turboprop that somehow got stood on end, the XFV took on the nickname of the “Salmon” after namesake chief test pilot Hermon Salmon who made the first test flight in June of 1954.
Ultimately, the skillsets needed to pilot the Salmon during vertical take-offs and landings were simply too high, and the project was cancelled a year later.
Part plane, part hover vehicle, almost part-boat, the Lun class Ekranoplane was a very visually confusing aircraft. This Soviet beast was gargantuan in size and impressive in firepower. The Ekranoplane weighed in at 350 tons and was equipped with six sunburns SS-N-22 anti-ship missile launchers along with .50-caliber machine guns and 23mm cannons.
The craft was designed to take advantage of the ground effect. In fact, it flew in ground effect all the time, at a cruising altitude of just 16 feet above the water. Not only did this improve fuel efficiency and cruising speed (350+ mph), but it also rendered the Ekranoplane virtually invisible since radar at the time (1987) wasn’t able to pick up very low-flying aircraft.
The single MD-160 that was produced remained in service from 1987 until 1997 and is now sitting inactive at a Kaspiyisk naval station.
Is it a fixed-wing aircraft? Well, sort of. Although the AD-1 does have a long, high wing, this single wing (known as an oblique wing) is mounted to a center point on the top of the fuselage. Rather than being completely fixed in place, the wing can pivot.
This unique design allowed NASA to test the aerodynamics of a pivoting wing, and they discovered that the wing could pivot up to 60 degrees while maintaining stable flight.
Lift is usually generated by wings, but in the early 1960s, NASA started doing testing on the wingless lifting body concept of aircraft construction. The M2-F1 was part of that program. Nicknamed the “flying bathtub,” this lightweight unpowered craft helped to test the aerodynamics of a wingless aircraft like that which NASA envisioned using for spacecraft reentry vehicles. The program was a success and despite its unconventional look, the M2-F1 was a key proof-of-concept in the eventual development of the space shuttle.
Luke may have had his X-wing fighter a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but we humans didn’t venture into X-wings until the late 1980s. The Sikorsky X-wing is an airplane-meets-helicopter mashup intended to combine the best of both worlds with the speed of a jet paired with the vertical takeoff capabilities of a helicopter.
Funded by DARPA and developed for both NASA and the US Army, the X-Wing may have had potential, but the program was scrapped amid budget cuts.
While we Americans were playing with VTOL aircraft in the 50s, the rest of the world was doing the same. The French foray into this arena gave birth to a very weird and ungainly “plane” known as the SNECMA Coleoptere or C-450. This annular wing craft placed a jet cockpit atop a barrel-shaped fuselage housing a turbo reactor.
As with the American VTOL crafts, the pilot had to have a high degree of skill to manage the tricky vertical landings and the transitions between vertical and horizontal flight. On the C-450’s 9th test flight, the pilot lost control during the approach to landing and was forced to eject from the crashing aircraft. This brought a quick end to the program.
In 1932, the Italians started tinkering with the fuselage design of traditional aircraft. The engineer – Luigi Stipa – decided that a long fuselage wasn’t necessary, and it took up too much space in aircraft carriers, so he basically cut it off just aft of the wings, and the very bizarre-looking Stipa-Caproni was born.
This experimental aircraft had a stubby, barrel-shaped fuselage that really did look as though someone had hacked off the rear of the craft. The hollow fuselage enclosed both the engine and propeller so that the aircraft functioned much like a single ducted fan. This was intended to increase thrust. The resulting Stipa-Caproni was quieter than aircraft of the time and had a slow landing speed of 42 mph. Unfortunately, in addition to improving thrust, the “intubed” propeller design also caused extensive drag, limiting the Stipa-Caproni’s top speed to just 81 mph.
Ultimately the Italian Royal Air Force decided not to move forward with the design, so only a single unit was built, but the design did influence future jet engines.
The U.S. Navy’s official name of this weird aircraft is the Vought V-173, but everyone knows it as the “Flying Pancake” thanks to its strange round, flying saucer-like profile. The purpose of the odd design was to provide the Navy with an aircraft capable of taking off and landing in tight areas. The prototype performed extremely well with low take-off and landing speeds thanks to the lift-generating design of the disk-shaped aircraft body.
Funding was given for an improved version with a target landing speed of 20 mph and a top speed of an impressive 425 mph. Sadly, the initial re-design proved flawed with excessive engine bay vibration, and by the time this was corrected, the war was over and the military was focused on jet aircraft development instead.
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The Young Architects Program (YAP), is an annual competition hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative architecture. The winning design by Ball-Nogues (Los Angeles) is on view at MoMA PS1 during the summer 2007. This year’s finalists are Gage/Clemenceau Architects (New York), IwamotoScott (San Francisco), MOS (Cambridge, MA, and New Haven), and Ruy Klein (New York).
Organized by Barry Bergdoll, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator, and Linda Roby, Department Coordinator, Department of Architecture and Design.
The 2007 Young Architects Program is sponsored by Bloomberg.
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Rosuvastatin is used together with diet, weight-loss, and exercise to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke and to decrease the chance that heart surgery will be needed in people who have heart disease or who are at risk of developing heart disease. Rosuvastatin is also used to decrease the amount of cholesterol such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (‘bad cholesterol’) and triglycerides in the blood and to increase the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (‘good cholesterol’) in the blood. Rosuvastatin may also be used together with diet to decrease the amount of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood in children and teenagers 8 to 17 years of age who have familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (an inherited condition in which cholesterol cannot be removed from the body normally). Rosuvastatin is used together with diet, and alone or in combination with other medications, to decrease the amount of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood in adults and children, and teenagers 7 to 17 years of age who have familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia (an inherited condition in which cholesterol cannot be removed from the body normally). Rosuvastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol in the body to decrease the amount of cholesterol that may build up on the walls of the arteries and block blood flow to the heart, brain, and other parts of the body.
Accumulation of cholesterol and fats along the walls of your arteries (a process known as atherosclerosis) decreases blood flow and, therefore, the oxygen supply to your heart, brain, and other parts of your body. Lowering your blood level of cholesterol and fats with rosuvastatin has been shown to prevent heart disease, angina (chest pain), strokes, and heart attacks.
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Rosuvastatin may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
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- difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
- joint pain
- memory loss or forgetfulness
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical help:
- muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness
- lack of energy
- chest pain
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- dark-colored urine
- pain in the upper right part of the abdomen
- extreme tiredness
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- loss of appetite
- flu-like symptoms
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
- swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
Rosuvastatin may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
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- if you are taking aluminum and magnesium hydroxide antacids (Mylanta, Maalox), take them at least 2 hours after rosuvastatin.
- tell your doctor if you have liver disease. Your doctor will order laboratory tests to see how well your liver is working even if you do not think you have liver disease. Your doctor will probably tell you not to take rosuvastatin if you have liver disease or if the tests show that you may be developing liver disease.
- tell your doctor if you are Asian, if you drink more than 2 alcoholic beverages daily, if you are 65 years of age or older, if you have ever had liver disease, or if you have or have ever had seizures, muscle aches, or weakness, low blood pressure, or kidney or thyroid disease.
- tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. You should not become pregnant while you are taking rosuvastatin. Talk to your doctor about birth control methods that you can use during your treatment. If you become pregnant while taking rosuvastatin, call your doctor immediately. Rosuvastatin may harm the fetus.
- do not breastfeed while taking rosuvastatin.
- if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking rosuvastatin. If you are hospitalized due to serious injury or infection, tell the doctor who treats you that you are taking rosuvastatin.
- ask your doctor about the safe use of alcoholic beverages while you are taking rosuvastatin. Alcohol can increase the risk of serious side effects.
Rosuvastatin comes as a tablet (Crestor) to take by mouth. Rosuvastatin also comes as a capsule (Ezallor) to take by mouth or to open, mix with water, and give through a feeding tube. It is usually taken once a day with or without food. Take rosuvastatin at around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take rosuvastatin exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Your doctor will probably start you on a low dose of rosuvastatin and gradually increase your dose, not more than once every 2 to 4 weeks.
Swallow the capsules (Ezallor) whole; do not chew or crush them. If you cannot swallow the capsule, open the capsule and carefully sprinkle the contents onto 1 teaspoonful of applesauce. Swallow the entire mixture immediately without chewing. Do not save the applesauce mixture for later use.
Continue to take rosuvastatin even if you feel well. Do not stop taking rosuvastatin without talking to your doctor.
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor may order lab tests during your treatment, especially if you develop symptoms of liver damage.
Before having any laboratory test, tell your doctor and the laboratory personnel that you are taking rosuvastatin.
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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Kia Optima Hybrid Sets World Record for Fuel Efficiency
Expert hypermilers Wayne Gerdes and Chris Bernius just set a new Guinness World Record for the lowest fuel consumption by a gasoline hybrid car traveling through all 48 contiguous US states.
The two drivers travelled 7,899 miles over two weeks in a Kia Optima Hybrid with no modifications or special equipment, achieving an astounding 64.55 miles per gallon average. Guinness World Records verified the attempt and presented the drivers with a certificate during a ceremony held Monday at Kia Motors' West Point, Ga., manufacturing facility.
Thomas Oh, Kia's Senior Executive Vice President & COO, said the Optima Hybrid "has been specifically designed to achieve maximum fuel economy in all driving conditions, not just in the city."
Gerdes remarked that the trip effectively tested the Optima Hybrid in a wide range of real-world conditions. The drivers maximized efficiency through careful driving in outside temperatures ranging from freezing to 118 degrees F (both in Nevada), elevations from sea level to 7300 feet (all in Flagstaff, AZ), and traffic conditions from light volume to heavy stop and go congestion (rush hour in Chicago and New York.)
Gerdes, founder of the popular site cleanmpg.com, coined the term "hypermiler" to describe "a driver who strives to exceed their vehicle's EPA fuel economy rating." The Optima Hybrid is rated at 40 mpg on the highway, an already impressive figure, which Gerdes and Bernius exceeded by over 60% in their record run. The team employed a host of hypermiling techniques to maximize fuel economy on their transcontinental journey, achieving as much as 68.5 mpg on one segment.
Gerdes does not expect that most drivers will achieve such high efficiency in Kia's first hybrid, but predicts they will typically exceed EPA estimates, even with normal driving habits.
He was particularly impressed that such high efficiency was possible in a vehicle large and comfortable enough to drive for 12 to 15 hours per day. "This is a mid-sized car. This isn't a compact car. This isn't a sub-compact car," he said at yesterday's event.
Gerdes, who has driven and reviewed dozens of hybrid, electric and conventional vehicles, considers the Optima Hybrid "more fuel efficient than anything else I've driven." Because this efficiency comes without the typical sacrifices of a small, bare-bones vehicle, Gerdes recommends the Kia Optima Hybrid as a top pick for new car buyers.
The conventionally powered Optima went on sale late last year, and has garnered praise for its features, value and styling. Continuing this trend, the well-appointed Optima Hybrid, expected to hit Kia dealers late this year, will start at just $26,500 with a list of standard equipment including features like dual-zone automatic climate control. For about $5,000 more, the upscale Hybrid Premium Technology Package adds premium features like navigation, a panoramic sunroof and heated and cooled front seats. All Optima Hybrid models benefit from Kia's generous 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, one of the industry's best.
With their first hybrid arriving as a 2012 model, Kia comes to the hybrid game a bit late. But the manufacturer has surprised the automotive world before, not just with this record-setting cross-country trip, but also with impressive marketplace performance. The Optima Hybrid is likely to continue this success through excellent quality, competitive pricing and a high level of appeal that's uncommon for this segment.

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Drying coffee in a Guardiola is similar to drum roasting coffee in that it involves pushing moving air through the drum, which leaves the air temperature generally hotter than the bean temperature. The maximum recommended air temperature for machine drying arabica parchment coffee is 40° C (104° F) (J. N. Wintgens, 2004, and F. Mena, 2020). For naturals, Wintgens advises a 5° C (41° F) increase, given the significantly thicker layer of flesh surrounding whole cherries. Interestingly, Wintgens also recommends that Coffea canephora should be dried to far higher temperatures (85–95°C) and a final temperature of 50–60°C, which, he claims, ‘results in darker beans and a milder brew’ (J. N. Wintgens, 2004. pg. 802).
When bean temperatures exceed these limits for several hours, coffee beans can crystallise at their surface. The crystallised surface prevents water from the centre of the bean from escaping, and therefore reaching safe overall moisture content below 12% becomes impossible. Furthermore, a crystallised surface can cause beans to crack during dry milling (e.g., hulling) and storage. A coffee’s bleached, blue-grey appearance indicates that it was dried at too high a temperature.

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I once said that there are several types and degrees of corruption in Egypt, some of which are protected by law and agreed upon. But the corrupt and the distorted are not similar. One of them is less harmful than the other, even if their descriptions share similarities.
Imagine if we were going to build a school, airport, or any public facility. We will face four potential types of corruption:
First: The airport would be built with high quality and at a reasonable price, but the corrupt will try to achieve personal gain through having brokerage or personal privileges without causing a direct damage to the facility provided to the country. This is the lowest degree of corruption.
Second: The airport would be built with high quality, but at an exaggerated price, which allows the corrupt to take the price difference for himself.
Third: The airport would be built with low quality or perhaps with some construction mistakes, and the corrupt would receive special privileges or brokerage and cause severe loss to the country.
Fourth: The airport would not be built at all, or the corrupt would establish a building that looks like an airport, while he obtains the allocated funds or brokerage and cause a severe loss to the country. This type seeks to achieve personal interests even at the expense of the country.
Of course, all previous types of corrupted people always justify their dirty business. Actually, they consider themselves as oppressed and their acts cannot be seen as corruption at all. They perhaps take advantage of loopholes in the law, and many may sympathise with them, because the corruption creates a culture which fuels and supports them.
The fight against the culture of corruption is as important as the fight against corruption itself. The corruption in democracies is the abuse of public office, even if there was not a clear violation of the law. You might not violate any law, but you can be prevented from exercising some of your authority as an employee or charged due to giving an impression to others that you abuse your office. I swear to God that officials of the United States can be held accountable, not because they abused their position, but because they have given the impression that they are corrupt. They want to avoid creating a culture that justifies the corruption of others.
Let’s have a look at presidential decree No. 11222 of 1965 signed by President Lyndon Johnson, which stipulates that “any public employee should avoid any action which might result in, or create the appearance of: (1) using public office for private gain; (2) giving preferential treatment to any organisation or person; (3) impeding government efficiency or the economy; (4) losing complete independence or impartiality of action; (5) making a government decision outside official channels; or (6) affecting adversely the confidence of the public in the integrity of the government.
Corruption is one of the most dangerous issues faced by the president, and he has to deal with it carefully, because corruption in Egypt is extended in the public space, and mostly in Egyptian culture. The experience of Eastern European countries in the fight against corruption through the establishment of special commissions for this purpose has been pretty successful. They manage not only to amend legislative loopholes that allow for corruption to take place, but also they created a cultured that opposes corruption. It is a difficult mission, but not impossible.
The most important lesson in the fight against corruption is to avoid fighting in an extended battle with corruption in all sectors. You should choose your battles and eliminate the biggest one, surprisingly. You should also reveal the roots of corruption to gain credibility, popularity, and legitimacy.
Corrupted people help each other, and they conspire against those fighting them to decrease their legitimacy and undermine their credibility. The fight against corruption needs wise planning, similar to major military battles.

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I am about positive that the lift motor is broken because all the other windows work fine and the wire connection is good (I can hear it). Before I get the part to fix the problem is there a way to manually get the window to close.
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Re: My rear window will not come back up.
Well u can try taking the inside panel off pushing the button to raise the window while pulling the window up manually,the track should come up,if not u should be able to lift everything together.the gears might be worn,or weak motor.just a suggestion
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Start small. Check the fuses. If all good, push your window button. If you don't hear anything, it's either a bad switch, window motor, broken wire, or loose connection. If you hear the window motor while pushing button, yet the window won't go up or down, then it either came off track or the window motor gears stripped out
Possible motor. Have you tried pushing on the window while operating the switch? Does the switch feel normal as you operate it? Possible broken wiring in door harness where wiring exits the door and enters the vehicle. You will have to cut protective boot to inspect wiring. Failure rates on rear window motors are low.
Try pulling back the wire harness cover between the left rear door and the door frame, usually a wire within is cracked or totally broken. It happened on my 2007 aspen. First it was intermittent than no power at all but this did the trick. good luck. tjm
my passenger window would only go up. Found broken white wire in the harness on the Driver side .I slit the rubber boot carefully to expose all the wires, It stuck out like a sore thumb.The broken white wire was bigger than most of the other wires going thru the harness. Spliced back together now it all works fine
This procedure may help. At least, you will know if the motor is good or not. Set a spare battery by the door and use jumper wires to connect to the motor. Pull the motor connector off, and connect the jumper wires-doesn't matter which side of connector- Does motor sound or operate? If nothing, then reverse the jumper leads, and see if motor operates in the opposite direction? If window motor is good. leave windowt up, and look for broken wires to the switch in both door openings, where breaks usually occur. If motor has nothing with jumper wires tried both ways, then you know the motor is out. There should be a way to manually get the window up, but I don't know. To remove regulator I believe in most cases, the glass is removed first, then access regulator fasteners to remove regulator and motor. Good luck.
It sounds like the Power Window Motor is bad, if it was a wiring issue it would either work or not work, it wouldn't matter what position (up or down) the window was moving in. Replace the motor and it should work fine.
Two problems are simular but not related. The power window the door panel can be removed, theres screws behind the door opener handle. and on the bottm edge of the panel , under plugs in the ends on the door closer armrest handle. once their all removed the panel needs to be lifted up and off its hooks theres wires connected to the switches in the panel and they can be picked unlocked and unplugged, Once the wires are off the motor is in plain veiw and it can be unbolted with 3 10MM headed screws with it off reconnect the switch and turn on the car and work the window with the swich if the gear turns good and you can't hold it back the window regulater has come off the window or it's broken the gear drive in the motor has a clutch and it can fail too. Removing the screw that holds the gear into the motor the gear can be lifted out. the clutch has three plastic roolers and they can break and or change to mush. They can be bought at an auto parts store. A new motor sometimes doesn't come with the clutch and the gear as your suposed to move them to the new motor. So if you end up needing a new gear make sure the new motor has all the parts that you need.
joe2 mercs is right, and that is the $ fix/proper fix, but first If window motor is doing nothing, stuck, ...try this....
NO COST and fast PROCEDURE TO try to FIX IT:
1. Sit in vehicle, on seat next to problematic window 2. Ignition key is on 3. Door in question is opened (in case you closed it) 4. While door is open, press and hold power window button in desired window travel, keep button pressed !! 5. SLAM hard the door closed with one hand while other hand holds button as per #4. 6. Watch window operate as it should.
7. Repeat 3-6 if necessary, but usually the first try works!


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The Meeting That Ended the RPV?
Will April 25 be the day that kills the RPV, or the day that they get out of their own way?
Anyone who has been following the nomination process for the GOP candidates in Virginia this year has had at least one moment of sheer frustration … screaming at a totally inanimate object like it matters. I have had too many to count. I’m just grateful no one had a video camera in my room last night, as I was screaming at my phone screen … at midnight.
The current State Central Committee (SCC) is bipolar (that is being extremely kind). There are two distinct factions now, and I’m here to tell you they will never agree. So, they should stop trying to reach the impossible consensus.
However, they still need to try to pull off this convention so I have decided to give them some advice on just a couple of points that jumped out and smacked me during the meeting last night. They can be smart and take it, or ignore it and end up sued to oblivion.
What, pray tell, do they need to do?
First off … the next SCC meeting is Sunday, April 25, at 7:00. The committee needs to approve the rules, and the rules might save them.
The Orthodox Jewish community has sent two or three letters asking the RPV to find a way they can participate. Usually, this would be a no-brainer, but this is not a usual year.
The SCC spent almost two hours arguing over whether they should provide a religious exemption for the Jewish folks who will not otherwise be able to vote. In America … in 2021. Then failed to do it.
I advise rapid backpedaling and a swift reversal of this disastrous vote. I mean … is someone secretly trying to feed the Donkey Clan even more ammunition for November?
Just amend the damn call, allow them to send a proxy, and cover it in the rules. This isn’t rocket science.
Secondly, at the moment James City, Williamsburg, Charles City, and Richmond (I may have missed a locality) don’t know for sure where they will be voting. No shit … two weeks out.
I am not in favor of splitting jurisdictions with RCV due in part to the numerous issues that I mentioned back on March 15 (yes, I was right; glad the campaigns are paying attention) but specifically because of the way the RCV ballots must be handled and counted. Screw this process up at your peril.
The process for this convention coupled with the extremely high delegate numbers is going to require some intervention. If something isn’t done, thousands of delegates are going to arrive on May 8 and spend hours in a car or a line waiting to vote, being chased around by overzealous campaign tweens … and that’s the folks who understand the Rank Choice Voting (RCV).
Those with questions are going to be at the mercy of whatever volunteers the districts can manage to find … so long as those volunteers understand RCV.
My advice here is simple. Approve the additional convention sites, but don’t split jurisdictions. Make the rules on ballot chain-of-custody and security airtight. Try to have impartial people handle data entry for the RCV. Find and train volunteers to work the voter lines.
Require all campaigns to remain at least 50 feet from voters while on convention property. Buy a ton of water and ink pens, and whatever you do … have a separate ballot for each of the three statewide races; just staple them together.
And for pete’s sake … stop fighting like petulant children.
This committee can use the meeting on Sunday to stop embarrassing itself, or guarantee the lawsuits that come from this process are never-ending. Will these people be loyal to a campaign, or the greater party?
Stay tuned … and good luck.
Photo: Lines form for Virginia 5th District drive-thru convention in 2020


This is terrible.
Donald Trump Jr. is not only a crook, but this now points to treason!
Well, unless new information emerges, it doesn’t look like Donald Trump Jr. broke any laws. Taking a meeting with a foreign national might be shady and scandalous and stupid, but it’s almost surely not illegal, unless there was quid quo pro, etc. And the meeting doesn’t meet even the broadest interpretation of “treason.” By using this kind of over-the-top rhetoric, you’re taking a legitimate political scandal and overplaying your hand — as you have numerous times in your quest for impeachment.
Look at the Trumpkin with his ready-made talking point. So nothing that is technically illegal can be wrong? ‘It’s horrible but not treason.’ You go with that!
Of course a lack of criminality doesn’t mean there was a lack of corrupt behavior. No one should excuse the actions of the Trump administration. But neither should we expect Trump voters to embrace a standard that Democrats dismissed only a few months ago. When James Comey found that Hillary Clinton had broken laws related to the handling of classified information — then attempted to conceal the evidence from investigators — she escaped because prosecutors were supposedly unable to prove intent. We were repeatedly lectured that the only thing that mattered was that Hillary had been legally cleared. She was ready to lead, and so on. Many of us pointed out that her defense was setting a corrosive precedent — which is more than we can say for the majority of Democrats.
Because the election is over, dude. When Hillary is president you can impeach her. Concentrate on what’s happening now.
It’s both happening right now. Condemning Trump’s bad behavior shouldn’t inhibit anyone from pointing out the duplicity and partisan aims of liberals who are attempting to gain back power. Those people are part of the equation, as well. In the same way the past doesn’t excuse Trump’s actions, his actions don’t excuse the behavior of his antagonists. Charges of whataboutism are often used to shut that discussion down. Moreover, the idea that Americans should contemplate politics without any historical context is a brand new, and utterly absurd, demand. Despite what you have heard, history did not start on January 21.
The two are not comparable. This isn’t about hypocrisy, this is about collusion with RUSSIA, America’s number one geopolitical foe!
The problem is, your newfound concern regarding Russia’s role in the world isn’t very convincing. Mine, on the other hand, is consistent. If you were truly worried about collusion and kompromat, then you would have been concerned about Hillary’s foundation engaging in favor-trading with a number of hostile and illiberal powers — including, The New York Times has reported, Russian oligarchs. You would have been concerned that Democrats were shopping that Steele dossier, which came directly from Russian sources, to anyone who would listen. And not only did the media bite on this fictitious intel, but the dossier may well have been used to unmask American citizens. Was this treason? Collusion? I don’t know, but you don’t care. So I don’t believe you’re arguing in good faith.
But whataboutism is mostly used to excuse Donald Trump.
I’d say it’s used as much for excuse-making by Trump’s fans as it is to circumvent uncomfortable debates. Take, for instance, NPR’s narrow definition of whataboutism. It says, “’whataboutism’ is an attractive tactic for populists allowing them to be vague but also appear straight-talking from what’s happening now.” Yes, it’s also an attractive word for partisans to throw around when they realize their past positions undermine their credibility.
So that makes it okay for Trump to steal our democracy.
Attempted Russian meddling in the American election system should be investigated fully and dealt with. But no one has stolen democracy or an election. When you make this claim, you telegraph that this is all about partisanship. Not one American vote was hijacked by a Russian. Not one American was fooled by anything the Russians were saying or doing. This mythmaking meant to cast doubt on the validity of an election. It’s tactically similar to what Democrats engaged in after George W. Bush won, and I suspect it will be similar to what they’ll do after the next Republican wins the presidency.
This is worse. What Trump is doing is unprecedented.
Folks who complain to me about “whataboutism” have a weird propensity to lecture me about historical precedents. Can we talk about the past or not? Take Paul Begala — a guy who led the mocking of Mitt Romney when the candidate called out Barack Obama’s Russian appeasement — who recently asserted that in his “34 years of campaigns, [he] never, ever heard of getting help from a hostile foreign power.” Never? He’s never heard of Charlie Trie, the man who was funneling millions to the Clintons on behalf of Chinese interests? He’s never read the leaked emails that showed the Clinton campaign working with Ukrainians to find information damaging to Trump? Never?
At the end of the day, your anti-anti Trumpism is allowing the president to destroy the country and abuse his powers. So I hope you’re happy.
At the end of the day, it’s best to take consistent positions always support strengthening the separation of power. If you were cheering on the last president as these standards were being corroded, your laments about abuse of power can’t be taken very seriously. In fact, it’s legitimate to point out that you’re part of the problem. Either working with a foreign agent is treason or it isn’t. Coddling up to Russian authoritarians (or Iranian Islamists) is gross, or it’s not. Ruling by fiat is how we do things when the opposing party is engaged in “obstruction,” or it isn’t. We can’t keep changing the rules every time it’s convenient for Democrats, then cry whataboutism when someone points it out.