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From ‘no means no’ to ‘an enthusiastic yes’: Changing the Discourse on Sexual Consent Through Sex and Relationships Education

  • Maddy Coy
  • Liz Kelly
  • Fiona Vera-Gray
  • Maria Garner
  • Ava Kanyeredzi

How sexual consent should be discussed with young people is the subject of current policy debates and contestations in the UK. While the current Westminster government violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy (Home Office, 2011) and subsequent action plans recognise the importance of addressing consent, with no statutory relationships and sex education there are few contexts in which these conversations with young people routinely take place. Organisations that work with young people as victims/survivors of violence and through school-based primary prevention programmes have long identified sexual consent as an issue which requires specialist attention and intervention (see e.g. Coy et al., 2010; EVAW, 2011).

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  • Liz Kelly
  • Fiona Vera-Gray
  • Maria Garner
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From the Mouth of Peter Dowd by Fred Vogel

Man: Hello. I’m Peter. You are a lovely lady.
The lovely lady seated across from Peter: Well, thank you, Peter. I’m Georgia.
Peter: You are too pretty to be a state.
A courtesy smile.
Peter: You have perfect teeth.
Georgia: I brush between meals.
Peter: Good concept.
Georgia: You should try it.
Peter: I believe I will.
Georgia: Tell me, Peter, why are you here?
Peter (after a brief moment of reflection): I believe religion to be an archaic concept that caters to the insecurities of fragile, ignorant people. And you?
Georgia: Goodbye Peter.
Peter: Goodbye Georgia.

Peter: Hello. I’m Peter.
The new lady seated across from Peter: Sam.
Peter: You are too pretty to have a man’s name.
Sam: You’re named after a penis.
Peter: Understood.

Peter: Hello. I’m Peter.
The newest lady seated across from Peter: Hello, Peter. I’m Crystal.
Peter: You are too pretty to be named after a water glass.
Comment ignored.
Crystal: Have you always been a Christian?
Peter: Why on earth would you ask me that?
Crystal: Uh, because, this is a Christian dating seminar?
Peter: Really? I thought this was an Atheist dating seminar. I must have come in the wrong door.
Crystal: That’s not even funny.
Peter: Not meant to be. I’ve always thought religion to be such folly. I mean, people actually believing that Jesus motored off to Heaven and is expected back here any day now. I mean, in all seriousness, do you really see God as anything more than a mythical creature?
Crystal: You’re sick.
Peter: And don’t get me started on that book of fiction you all read.
Crystal: Go away, creep.
Peter: May your God bless you.
Crystal: Creep!

When Security arrives, Peter offers no resistance.

He finds the nearest bar and orders a Cosmopolitan.

Peter: Barkeep, is there nothing better on the tube?
Barkeep: Call me barkeep again and I’ll rip your face off.
Peter: I’m so sorry to have offended you, my good man. Would you prefer the term Bartender?
Barkeep: I’d prefer you take your sissy drink and shoving it where the sun don’t shine.
Peter: My, you are the roughneck. Tell me, were you ever spanked as a child?

Peter Dowd has had numerous black eyes throughout his life as a blathering idiot, but this was the first time he recalls looking in the mirror and sporting twins.

Peter (to himself): I must remember to not frequent that establishment again. That barkeep throws rights and lefts. Good God Almighty, what a tough little monkey.

Peter works at Beaumont’s Hardware. He hates his job, as well as his manager, Bob.

Peter: Bob, what should I do with all these rakes?
Bob: What the hell happened to your face?
Peter: I asked you first.
Bob: And I’m asking you, what the hell happened to your face?
Peter: It had something to do with being spanked.
Bob: Well, you can’t be helping customers looking like that. Go on home and don’t come back until you look like a human being.
Peter: I’m not so sure you have the authority to make such a decision.
Bob: Oh yeah, smart guy? How ‘bout I give you a permanent leave of absence?
Peter: You’re a buffoon. You wouldn’t dare.

Peter has never been in an Employment Office before and is struck by the diversity of those in attendance. He waits for his name to be called, skimming over the latest issue of The Job Market. After a brief two and a half hour wait, Peter’s number is called.

Employment Office Worker: I see here you were recently let go from your previous line of employment.
Peter: Can we fight the bastards?
EOW: I’m sorry?
Peter: Do I have a leg to stand on? Do I have any recourse?
EOW: Mr. Dowd. We are not mediators. Nor do we interfere with employer-employee issues. We are here to help you find new employment. To see what fields may be best suited to your talents. To see what special skills you possess.
Peter (sighs): I’ve never felt so low.
EOW: Look around Mr. Dowd. You’re not alone.

Landlady: Peter, I’m still waiting for the rent.
Peter: It appears as though I’ve found myself in a sinking boat.
Landlady: Peter, I need the rent by tomorrow.
Peter: That will be impossible.
Landlady: Make it happen.
Peter: I’ve lost my job.
Landlady: Not my problem. I need a check no later than tomorrow.
Peter: I can write you a check this very moment, but I assure you, it will bounce like a baby on a trampoline.
Landlady: There’s a fifty-dollar charge for bad checks, Peter. A fact, I’m sure, you know all-too-well by now.
Peter: Indeed I do.
Landlady: What happened to your face?
Peter: Life. I’m afraid life happened to my face.
Landlady: Peter, it’s time for you to shape up or ship out.
Peter: I’ve already told you my boat is sinking.
Landlady: Tomorrow, Peter. Rent is due tomorrow. Understood?
Peter: Understood.
Landlady: Goodnight Peter.
Peter: Goodnight Mother.

Peter begins the arduous task of setting up interviews for potential employment.

1st Interviewer: Well, Mr. Dowd, what special qualities do you feel you can bring to this position?
Peter: I’m punctual. I’m honest. I don’t have a criminal record.
1st Interviewer: Those are fine qualities, Mr. Dowd. But we have many other applicants who possess those very same traits. What we are looking for is someone who stands out from the crowd. Someone who is a leader and not a follower. Someone who shows them self to be a go-getter. Someone who isn’t afraid to take the bull by the horns. Someone who encompasses the right mix of experience and personality, as well as a drive towards excellence. Do you see yourself fitting these descriptions, Mr. Dowd?
Peter: For eight-dollars an hour?
1st Interviewer: Mr. Dowd, I can assure you that there are dozens of well-qualified candidates who would take this position in a heartbeat.
Peter: Is it true that you are not even able to ask customers if they want their meal supersized anymore?
1st Interviewer (standing and extending her hand): Well then, best of luck to you, Mr. Dowd.
Peter: And to you, Madam.

2nd Interviewer: From all you’ve said, Mr. Dowd, I am highly suspicious that you have ever even been on a fishing boat before.

9th Interviewer: We have kiosks set up in major malls throughout the country. We stock well over one hundred colognes for men and each one smells as genuine as the real McCoy.
Peter: It all sounds enticing. I guess my one concern is when does one ever get a bathroom break? My bladder has seen better days, if you know what I mean.
9th Interviewer (standing and extending his hand): Alright then.
Peter: Well, do I get the position?
9th Interviewer: Not a chance, Mr. Dowd. But thank you for coming in.

24th Interviewer: On the contrary, Mr. Dowd, let me explain to you, once again, that there is a huge difference between our company and the AMC movie theater chain. We are ANC, Mr. Dowd. The American Nature Channel. Can I make myself any clearer?
Peter: I suppose not.
24th Interviewer: Well then, this concludes our interview.
Peter: You both make movies.
24th Interviewer: Good day, Mr. Dowd.

And so it goes, interview after interview always ending the same.

Peter, to himself, while looking through the fogged bathroom mirror: What is the matter with everyone? Don’t they see my potential, my joie de vivre? Am I really so hard to understand?

Mother: It’s because you are fooling yourself, dear.
Peter, unaware of his mother’s presence: Holy shoot, Mother. What are you doing in here?
Mother: Put some clothes on, Peter. We need to talk.
Talking means Peter listening. Nodding. Agreeing. Pretending the two of them are on the same page.
Mother: Aren’t you sick of your life? Don’t you want to better yourself? You are going to be forty years old this Friday, Peter. Are you just going to just let your life slip away? I won’t have it. I won’t let my son be a nothing. Do you hear me, Peter? I want the best for you.

(Reaching into her handbag)

Here’s some Kleenex, dear. Sobbing does not show strength. You’re a good boy, Peter, but it’s time to get your ducks in a row.
Peter: I understand, Mother. You are right, of course.
Mother: I’m going to be visiting my brother for a few days. Here’s a little something for you, dear (handing him an envelope). I hope you have a pleasant birthday.

With his birthday money in hand, Peter heads to his favorite bistro, two blocks from his apartment. It appears as though he will be celebrating his fortieth year on Planet Earth solo. Peter hoists himself onto a barstool, exchanges pleasantries with Francine, the crossed-eyed bartender, and orders a Cosmopolitan, along with a Croque Madame.

Peter: You know, Francine, today is my birthday.
Francine: Well, happy, happy to you, Peter. How old are ya?
Peter: Forty, I’m afraid.
Francine: It could be worse.
Peter: I don’t see how.
Peter downs his drink in two gulps as a second one is planted in front of him.
Francine: This one’s on me, birthday boy.
Peter: You’re a good girl, Francine.
Francine: It’s been a long time since anyone’s called me a girl, Peter.
Peter: And it’s been even longer since I’ve been called a boy.
Francine: All men are just grown boys, Peter.
Peter: Touché (raising his glass in a toast).

The third and fourth drinks are a perfect accompaniment to his meal, although the last few bites are a bit out of focus. The restaurant was now becoming filled with those who feel the need to talk over one another. The banal conversations and high-pitched laughter surrounding him have caused Peter to feel uneasy. He climbs off his barstool and makes his way through the boisterous crowd and into the men’s room, where he relieves himself while looking at yesterday’s sports page framed above the urinal. Peter forgets to flush but does remember to wash his hands, along with splashing some cool water on his sorrowful face.

Peter (to the man in the mirror): A little more sober would be nice.
He takes a deep breath before making his way back to the bar.

Peter: Excuse me, young lady. I believe you are in my seat.
Young Lady: I beg your pardon?
Peter: Francine, is this not my seat?
Francine: No Peter (pointing), that is your seat.
Peter: (to the young lady) I humbly beg your pardon, my dear.
Peter crawls up onto his bar stool and takes a few deep breaths.
Young Lady: It’s quite alright.
Peter looks over to the young lady.
Peter: Today is my birthday.
Young Lady: Let the celebration begin.
The young lady lifts her wine glass in a toast to Peter’s special day.
Peter: Forty.
Young Lady: That’s a lot of birthdays
Peter: So I’ve been told.

Peter appreciates the banter. He tries to think of something clever to say but is at a loss. Forty birthdays are indeed a lot. For the life of him, Peter cannot remember a single birthday past. Surely this special occasion would elicit a fond memory or two, but not at this moment. Where was he last year on his birthday? Or the year before? How about his twenty-first birthday?  He hasn’t a clue.

Young Lady: May I buy you a drink?
Peter: Excusez moi?
Young Lady: May I buy you a birthday drink?
Peter: That would be memorable.
Young Lady: I’m Danielle.
Peter: Peter Dowd, at your service
Danielle: And what do you do, Peter Dowd?
Peter: I’m afraid as little as humanly possible. You could say I am between careers at this time.
Danielle: Well, here’s to doing as little as possible between careers.
They clink glasses and continue to converse.

How Peter and Danielle got back to Peter’s apartment remains a mystery, as many drunken moments are wont to do. Peter vaguely remembers the foreplay; the long, satisfying kisses; the awkward transition from the couch to the bedroom; the clumsiness of it all; the spinning in his head; the haphazard removal of clothes; the thought that he wished he had kept himself in better shape for these rare moments; the neighbor’s TV blaring from the other side of the thin walls; the penis.

In the shower, as an all-too-sober Peter applies the third soaping of Irish Spring to his genitals, he hears the vibrating shutter of the front door slamming.

Peter: Goodbye Danielle…or Daniel…whatever the name.
Then Peter muses: Fantastic kisser.

Once again, Peter finds himself peering through the fogged mirror, naked as a child, and tries to stare into his soul for answers, but the one staring back has no answers. He climbs into bed and turns on the radio. Five minutes later, with eyes closed, Peter is serenaded to sleep by Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”.

30th Interviewer: Mr. Dowd, do you not remember my interviewing you a while back?
Peter: Your face does look a bit familiar. How did I do the first go around?
30th Interviewer: Not very well. I believe you were questioning our hourly rate.
Peter: Did my protest do any good?
30th Interviewer: I’m afraid not, Mr. Dowd. The company has managed to survive just fine without you.
Peter: Impressive. How much is the rate you are offering today?
30th Interviewer: For you, Mr. Dowd, nothing.
Peter: Is there any room for negotiation?
30th Interviewer: I’m afraid not. Good day, Mr. Dowd.
Peter: Madame.
30th Interviewer (as Peter stands up to leave): Are you O.K, Mr. Dowd?
Peter: However do you mean?
30th Interviewer: You seem a bit…off.
Peter: I assure you I am as on as on can be. But I do appreciate your benign concern.

47th Interviewer: Where exactly on your resume does it show any previous experience as a lifeguard?

63rd Interviewer: Let me get this straight, Mr. Dowd. You believe our products to be inferior to other products on the marketplace. You would never use any of our products. And you cannot understand why anyone else would. Am I correct?
Peter: To a T, sir. But let me explain.
63rd Interviewer: Not interested, Mr. Dowd. You really should be more prepared when coming in for an interview. Why would we ever consider you for a position?
Peter: Understandable. Please let me explain.
63rd Interviewer: Still not interested.
Peter: But you asked the question.
63rd Interviewer: My mistake. There is absolutely nothing you can say to support your case for employment.
Peter: Perhaps if you offered better products….

89th Interviewer:  Welcome aboard, Mr. Dowd. I trust this will be a long and fruitful relationship. You seem to have the needed energy and drive that we always look for in our staff. Now go give ‘em hell.
Peter: Thank you, sir. I appreciate the opportunity and will do my very best to make the company proud.

Although he will make a feeble attempt, Peter Dowd will be fired one week into his new position as a roadside sign spinner. Costumed as a brown and white cow, representing a going-out-of-business mattress company, Peter will be unable to tolerate the comments and honking horns from passing motorists and will not be shy about flashing them his middle hoof.

Fred Vogel

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15 thoughts on “From the Mouth of Peter Dowd by Fred Vogel

  1. Hi Fred,
    This made me smile and realise that maybe my social skills aren’t as bad as I thought.
    Witty, cutting and very well written.
    All the best my friend.

    • Thank you for reading, Art. Peter always bets the longest price in the shortest field. But we must remember, he’s a bit of a loser.

  2. Wow. Your Peter Dowd is some character! I smiled the whole time while reading this story You’re a talented writer with a great sense of humor !

  3. Fred!

    I especially liked the jump from “2nd Interviewer” to “9th Interviewer”, and also the description, “sporting twins”. (Of course, who doesn’t like sporting twins?)

    Peter reminds me of a fellow I knew who supported himself in the bar by taking bets on his ability to reel off a non-repeating string of cuss-words for a full, timed minute. Like your Peter, a man of non-typical skills.

    Thank you for bringing this Peter to life (and the many double entendres that attach, thereto).

    – m

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dessert for two: gooey-chocolatey-minty sundaes

The husband has been craving after a chocolate sundae for a while now, so when I asked what I should make for a Dessert for Two post, the answer was pretty obvious. And it wasn’t just any chocolate sundae he was after, it had to be the proper chocolate sundae with soft serve, chocolate sauce all over, nuts on top and a wafer sticking out, as well as being mint flavour.

I’ve never been a huge fan of a chocolate sundae, I find it has a little too much going on, very old-fashioned and too sweet for even me to want to eat. But it definitely has the right mix of ingredients to zing it up a notch. So with a clear brief of what is envisaged by the husband, and the determination of making a sundae that I will actually enjoy, I set forth to create this ice-cream and chocolate masterpiece.

So, the first hurdle was the blatantly obvious – where to get soft serve from? My husband loves soft serve (and to be honest so do I), and because having our own soft serve machine in the house would be LETHAL, I had to think of something else. I came across some gelato in our local supermarket (new Weis’ Vanilla Bean Gelato I am sorry for the shameless advertisement here, but it was ahhh-mazing, and the only ice-cream I will ever buy again), which I found to be a lot softer and smoother than regular ice-cream. After leaving it out of the freezer for about an hour it was nice and soft, and tasted nearly exactly the same as soft serve (and it was with superhuman strength that I had to put the spoon down before I finished off the whole tub before even starting the dessert)!

The glasses I used were quite deep, and I needed something on top to give the dessert a bit of height and absolutely did not want to go down the whipped-cream-on-top road. So I decided that is was as good a time as any for me to have my first go at spinning sugar to pile a lovely high nest of delicate strands of spun sugar on top of the ice-cream. I have always found spinning sugar to be so daunting, but it really is quite simple. Leaves an enormous mess though, so if you are doing it in the kitchen be sure to lay down some newspaper on the floor and the bench (I did mine outside).

I wouldn’t say that it was the quickest dessert ever, but if you’re after a treat and don’t mind the extra little steps in getting there I would highly recommend making a sundae and putting your own spin and flavour on it.

Gooey-Chocolate-Minty Sundae
(Mint) Ice-cream
Chocolate sauce
Chopped chocolate (I used Nestlé’s Peppermint Crisp)
Chopped nuts (I used hazelnuts)
Chocolate wafer
Spun sugar

Assemble all the of the above in which ever fashion you prefer!

As previously stated, I used the phenomenally good tasting Weis’ Gelato. It was originally vanilla bean flavoured, but seeing as this needed to be a tad more minty, I added about two drops of green food colouring gel, two drops of Mint Chocolate Chip flavouring and a handful of chopped dark chocolate to turn it into a mint flavoured ice-cream.

Chocolate Wafer
(adapted from Taste)
1 egg white
2tbs castor sugar
2tbs flour
20g butter, melted
20g chocolate, melted

  • Preheat your oven to 180°C.
  • Beat the egg white and caster sugar until soft peaks form.
  • Fold in the flour, melted butter and melted chocolate.
  • Spoon the mixture in rectangular shapes onto a greased oven tray.
  • Bake for only 5 minutes and remove from the oven. While the wavers are still hot you can cut the edges off into equal sized wafers.
  • It is quite a soft waver, but super easy and quick to put together.

Spun Sugar
200g caster sugar
100ml water

  • Stir together the sugar and water over a medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Leave the sugar syrup to boil until it reaches the hard-crack stage (if you have a candy thermometer – 150°C, if not leave it until the sugar just starts turning brown)
  • Take the saucepan off the heat and submerge the bottom of the pan in cold water.
  • To make the spun sugar simply place three pots next to each other with their handles facing outwards (as you need something to ‘suspend’ the sugar strands on).
  • Dip a fork in the sugar syrup and then rapidly flick the sugar syrup back and forth over the pot handles to form very thin strands.
  • Once you have as much as you need, gather the spun sugar together and form into whatever shape you want. (Work really quickly here, as the heat from your hands will start melting the sugar strands).
  • (For step by step photos and instructions you can go here).

Chocolate Sauce
100g chocolate (I used Lindt Mint Intense Chocolate)
1 tbs milk

Melt the chocolate and add the milk to make it a runny chocolate sauce that won’t harden up once it comes into contact with the cold ice-cream (unless you love your chocolate to go hard and crispy on top of the ice-cream, in which case omit the milk and simply drizzle melted chocolate over the ice-cream).

…be fearless, and have fun!

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Knitted Travels

The anticipation is killing me!!  We leave TOMORROW for a 5-day vacation in West Virginia, visiting Odin’s family.  Apparently, it’s going to be a big deal, and tons of people are going to be there.  Somehow, I still maintain that I will have enough time to knit everything I want to, and still worried that I won’t have enough projects with me.

I have finally made up my mind as to what to bring along, as follows:

I have enough yarn for 2 of these hats, called the Suzy Snood and an original design.  One hat is going to be “autumn” colored and will be the completion of an order placed in November by Mystic Moon Media as a trade for a family portrait.  The other is simply a set of colors that my mind put together in one of those “A-ha!” moments.  Maybe I will have left over yarn from the other projects that will make another hat.  The more the merrier! And warmer!

Estimated time: 5 hrs.

Total time used: 10 hrs

I will also be bringing enough yarn to make one, if not two, of these lovely berets.  I am trying to get ahead on orders while offering a sample at the next show.  I have two made already but those are being shipped off to Mystic Moon Media as well.

Estimated time: 3 hrs

I will also be making these, which is a pattern I found on and can be located here.  I do not have a suitable pair of mittens for the upcoming winter season, and I have never made mittens before.  Also, this pattern is absolutely beautiful and I love Fair Isle knitting, and I think a double stranded knit from 100% wool will be incredibly warm.  So, there you have it.

Estimated time: 10 hrs.

This is the Hemlock Ring Blanket, also a pattern found on and can be located here.  It is adapted from an Antique Doily pattern to be over 4 feet, using heavier yarn and will make a fantastic throw.  I pick up the yarn tomorrow on our way out of Chicago and can’t decide what color to make it.  Black? Green? Deep Purple? Gray?  Something warm, soft, and interesting.

Estimated time: 24 hrs

And as if all of the above weren’t enough, I am also bringing a bag of yarn remnants with which to make about a half dozen of these fun little guys.  Just because.  They make a great gag gift.  And, there’s a ton of things you can do with a simple pattern.

Estimated time: 1 hr.

So in short, I have enough projects to last me….roughly 48 hrs, if my estimation is correct.  It is a 12 hour drive, each way – so, 24 hours of knit time in the car.  Then, we will be there Wednesday – Saturday, which is 4 days.  That means that’s a full 96 hrs of potential knit time.  In total, over 100 hrs of available knit time.  Now, I understand that I will be required to spend a portion of this sleeping, eating, socializing politely, and possibly driving.  But still.  I’m a fast knitter.  48 hrs of knitting.  I am soooo going to finish before we leave.

I wonder if I can fit more yarn into the bag….

Oodles and Oodles of Yarn

Step 1: Curious about the damage done to my project via incorrect gauge, I decided to finish the band I had going with the smaller needle size and block the project.  I am not too far off now, but I still need to go down another needle size.  I meant to pick up the smaller size today, but totally spaced.  Either way, what I have complete so far:

I may yet have time to run out and get the missing needles.  Or, they may magically appear in my stash, which I tried to organize somewhat this afternoon.

Basically, I have had several boxes of yarn, remnants, works-in-progress, and the dreaded forgotten works-in-progress.  I decided to begin with the full skeins of yarn.  My reasoning for this was actually quite economical of me.  We are driving to West Virginia on Tuesday and will be gone for 4 days, plus 2 days driving.  This is at best a 13 hour drive (from Chicago) and I have no intention of driving if I can help it.  I do not want to bring my sweater in the car to protect it from mistakes and dirt, so I must find an alternative suitable project, or projects as the case will most likely be.  I have two orders to complete for snoods:

I have one hat about halfway done, and the second one is a child’s size, which will be a fairly quick knit.  Especially since it is an original pattern that I have memorized and uses remnants specifically (pattern is for sale here).   Provided I don’t complete the hat already begun (unlikely) this is a mere 6 hours of knitting.  That’s not even the trip there.

My original plan was to swing by the yarn store near Odin’s workplace and stock up before picking him up and heading out.  However, today, while cleaning, I made the realization that me stash looks…well, rather disorderly and neglected.  Observe:

So, as you can see, I do have quite a bit of yarn to work with.  And that’s only what hasn’t been used yet.  There are so many half skeins and works-in-progress that are destined to be frogged!  I decided, in a strike of knitterly organization, that I was going to catalogue my yarns via Ravelry, in order to link to patterns designed for each type of yarn and gain inspiration.  This way, I save money on yarn, and use of some of the unmanageable stash, and have several projects to keep me busy throughout our road trip vacation!  Brilliant, right?

I am also proud to report that this portion of my stash now looks like this!

And now, I have 3 days to clean the house, get myself and the 5 year old packed, change the oil in my car, and find enough patterns to prepare.  Easy, right?

Roses and Tulle

It is not that I have been, necessarily, neglecting work.  It is merely that my excitement may has gotten the better of me.  Again.

I have been picking up my slack, however.  Mainly because I realized that, while my stitch gauge is correct, my row gauge is off.  And, as the sweater is initially knit horizontally rather than vertically, it has come to my attention that the sweater is a lot wider than it ought to be.  And, because the knitting is done in small block of 22-26 rows, interspersed with 4 rows of sparkly yarn, with a nightmarish amount of loose ends I will have to weave in, ripping back does not seem like a viable, nor economic, solution.  As such, I have slowly begun reducing needle size, in hopes that by the time width actually is supposed to fit snug, I will have corrected my mistake, and will end up with a more A-line, swirly sweater than I had initially intended.

But an update on that:

Completion: Almost done with Band 4 (of 6 full bands)

New needle size: 4 (down from 6!)

Time taken: Approximately 10 hours

Number of expletives muttered: probably a dozen at this point, especially when I realized my gauge error

Excitement levels: Rocky

Mood Swings: less frequent, but more severe

Familial relations: Deteriorating steadily (if I’m quick however, I can salvage them!)

Besides the sweater, I have been working on Faery Skirts (Tutus) and Rose Hair clips.  I still have several items to knit and patterns to complete, as well as a new supply of baby wings to sew and some coffee cozies and coasters to finish.  The ones I had up at the coffee shop are beginning to move, much to my excitement.  It also means that while preparing for the upcoming show, I am also working on restocking existing locations.

This photo was particularly amusing because I had tutus and roses covering the dining room table when company arrived.  Rather, a potential roommate arrived and saw me standing precariously on a chair with random floor lamps positioned in different spots and trying desperately to get a good photo.  At least he had the humor to laugh at the situation with me.

These are the roses that I have been working on.  They are rather popular because they are both hair clips and pins.  I make them out of 100% cotton, in an assortment of colors (including black!)  They are also relatively inexpensive and versatile.  I have several small ones for myself that I made using scraps of bamboo, soysilk, and wool yarns.

Another hiccup has occurred in my creative process, involving this quest for a roommate.  A friend asked if we were still looking, and could he perhaps come over and check out the space, the room, and talk about our options.  As it turns out, he is interested in renting out the attic from us, which might work.  My significant other and I got into a little spat involving the movement of our studios, and finally, I think, came to an agreement.  This means, however, that while I had gotten the studio mostly set up, I now have to relocate to the front room of the house.

Today, I took out the measuring tape, feeling rather dominating in my stubborn determination to figure this out, and began to measure and record the dimensions of EVERYTHING!!  This, I converted to a ratio of 1 ft = 1 inch and mapped it out on pieces of card stock.  I marked off windows, doors, entryways, the fireplace, and sockets.  Then, I measured the rough dimensions and the used dimensions of chairs, couches, tables, and shelves, cut these out of card stock, and began playing puzzle-maker on the room charts.  Somewhere in the process I had the “EUREKA!” moment involving the movement of our bedroom (if we are no longer renting out the best room in the house, I am determined to move my bed in there!) and following closely was the layout for the front room and the parlour.

With some time to spare before picking Ellette up from school, I began sweeping, cleaning, and rearranging furniture as best I can into the new layout.  I must say, it suits the space better than the original layout.  Once Odin gets home from work we will deliberate on this layout and how he likes it, and then I will begin, finally, putting holes in the wall for artwork, photographs, and the like.

Probably the most significant portion that I am looking forward to is the drapes.  We have two “entryways” into the front room, one of which is over 4 feet wide and smack in the middle of the wall, making it a little difficult to define space.  In order to give me working privacy, and offer me the mental separation of home and work, we are putting up drapes that, at will, can be pulled back.  My favorite part of all this?  Tomorrow and Saturday, Vogue Fabrics on Main here in Evanston is having a Warehouse Sale.  I just got my paycheck.  Me in a fabric store is about as dangerous as me in a yarn store.  And really, I through the “on a mission” mentality out the window.  I look at this as business, and if I find something that inspires a new product, or will perk up an old one, I grab it, thinking to myself that one must spend money to make money.

But, I will try to behave.  Honest.

How many curse words does it take to make a sweater?

Day 3 of Project:

Band 1 completed!!  I am currently halfway through band number 2 and exercising every measure of self control I possibly possess.

Time taken: about 3 hours

Alcohol consumed: 1 glass of wine

Number of expletives yelled: at least four, mostly while grafting the ends together…

Excitement levels: Stable

Mood Swings: frequent

Family: annoyed by my obsession

Outlook: Sore hands, frustration, and temporary uneasy family relationships.

In other news: I am pulling together stock for the upcoming Garfield Inn and Museum fair in December, which isn’t going to be too difficult considering Stronghold was such a flop for me this year.  60 pairs of wings and I still have 40…  I am making tutus, although I’m not quite sure how many to make.  Usually 10 is sufficient, but that was both a less expensive style and a different sort of show.  It is difficult for me to prepare based on my ignorance.  What sort of people will be present and how heavy are their wallets?  Nearing the holiday season, I expect sales to pick up slightly, but I also need a more “mature” selection of items that are suitable for gifts.

I will be setting up the studio further, cleaning up, and making a dress form, after which I will be able to take photographs of high-end stock and get it up online.  Fingers crossed that is completed by Friday!!

Until then, I keep on trucking, making tiny little stitch after tiny little stitch, coming closer to a happy ending (I hope) and getting ready for a relaxing trip to Virginia.

Happy Knitting, My Friends!

Skein One

Cost of Yarn: $136 (add cost of interchangeable circular needle – just one, I have control)

Location: Mosaic Yarn Store in Des Plaines

The pattern: Klimt, by Daniela Johannsenova in Verena Knitting Magazine Fall 2010

The Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock and Blue Heron Yarns

Funniest part: I told Odin I was going to the yarn store, and his response was “You’re going to the yarn store BEFORE you go grocery shopping?  You have less to lose the other way around!”

Most Frustrating: Deciding the perfect set of colors

The Child: Happily occupied herself collecting the little plastic snowflakes in the store and redistributing them where she saw fit.

My level of sobriety: considering I haven’t yet started, pretty darn good.  Had one bagel with water for fortification, and then I’m going grocery shopping (yes, I do have cash left over – I’m thrifty!)

So now, the question is this:

To swatch, or not to swatch?

Today, my to-do list seems insurmountable.  There is simply no way that I can complete it all while retaining sanity and without time travel.  I wish I could ask Santa what his secret is.

This is my dining room, at the moment.  You see, I have had this terrible urge to just KNIT, and so that is what I have been doing.  However, my budget does not allow for frivolous knitting or yarn purchasing at the moment, so digging through my stock I found a lot of lace/sock weight yarn remnants (or balls that I had no idea how I acquired).  Well, what was I going to do with it?

Sometime in the past, I think perhaps last winter, Stitch Diva offered a solution to my predicament, and surveying my stash, this idea popped into my head.  I needed to practice knitting lace, but didn’t want to spend hours upon hours working on one project (which, in either case, I did not have enough yarn for!) so I began knitting swatches.  What a perfect way to practice both lace knitting and getting a feel for different yarns?

This is a mercerized cotton I had picked up in this beautiful ruby red, black, navy blue, and gold some time ago.  My intention was to knitting juggling balls out of them, but the idea of knitting more sets of juggling balls (I’d already made myself a set of 4) was too daunting, and I never got around to making them.

This was a silk damask yarn (I think?  I should probably look for the label) in an interesting combination of greens.  I purchased 2 balls of this colorway and 3 balls of a pink colorway that is currently being used in a top that made it into the Lost Projects pile when I realized I didn’t have enough of the pink.  I remember I purchased the yarn from when they were having a massive sale and I thought the colors were interesting and the idea of working with a fingering weight silk blend was enticing.  I first started knitting this swatch on larger needles and it just looked a mess.  So, I frogged it and started over, down a needle size or two, and, once blocked, it looks pretty cool.

This is remnants from an amigurumi project that I abandoned when my wrist issues flared up.  It turns out that crocheting cute ami dolls is not good for me, which makes me a little sad (I now have a plethora of dragons and faeries that are missing eyes, limbs, wings, and/or other accouterments).  So, the last bit of this Lamb’s Pride merino/cotton blend was turned into a small swatch of a lace ribbing.  I’m envisioning this as the edging of a sweater in the future?

Combining this pattern and this yarn was a risk, I’d thought.  The yarn is a thin sock weight superwash wool (very very soft!) that I had purchased years ago when I was determined to learn sock knitting.  Unfortunately, my gauge was off and I didn’t stitch the toe together right, and suffered Second Sock Syndrome (as a result of the gauge, perhaps?)  I have attempted a second, more interesting sock pattern, convincing myself it was simply the boring stockinette stitch that gave me SSS, but, alas, I didn’t even make it through the first sock!  (And this is in February of 2009).  Anyway, I kind of like the result of this swatch.

This was a more recent sale bin score that I had no idea what I was going to do with, just liked the color and texture.  It stretched a bit more than I was expecting in the blocking process (READ: the importance of blocking!!)  The color changes with flecks of white and the swirling lace pattern make for an interesting visual piece that I haven’t quite decided if I like or not.

So, 6 pieces done so far and my dining room table is covered, and you’re wondering now what I am going to do with all these swatches, yes?

Well, there is an awesome fair coming up in December that I am working, and this is what I will be making with the swatches:

I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of weird dangly earrings and no where to hang them.  This is my solution, a picture frame of jewelry.  So, once the swatches dry, and providing my kitten doesn’t chew them up, they will become works of functional art, on sale by Little Green Pixie at the Garfield Inn and Museum Holiday Fair.  (

My next few weeks consist of taking inventory of stock, replenishing what is low, and preparing my display.  See you there!

Let it Begin!

…This is the space I had to work with when creating my studio.  Spacious, well lit, and open, right?  That’s what I was thinking.  The slanting roof makes it a little difficult to work with.  Initially, the picture on the right was going to become the main point of my studio, but once I began to put it together, I realized the layout wasn’t as streamlined or inspiring as I’d hoped.

This is a half completed studio in that space.  I stopped when it came to placing tables, because I realized that any place I put the table was either in the shade of the slanted roof or blocking traffic towards the rest of the attic.  If you notice, the stairs are located to the left of the studio space.  Yikes.

I turned my attention towards the other end of the attic.  You see that door down there?  That leads to a small, dark room that’s somewhat full of cobwebs with a gaping hole in the drywall.  Perfect for long term storage, and so it doesn’t need to be easily accessible (I’m hoping to put up a curtain over the door).  Well, my little girl helped me move all of the shelves and boxes to the other end of the attic and had fun drawing while I organized.

I’ve been collecting milk crates from work and trying to create more shelf space, but it’s a slow process.  I’m still trying to figure out how to organize my works-in-progress.  And the white walls are really getting to me.  I’m wondering where I can put curtains up and whether or not I can paint.  I do have these:

I need help screwing these into the wall, but I’m hoping to entice the faeries into my lair and play with my creativity.  What sorts of things can I make now??

For now, I leave you with a photo of my daughter’s knitting project.  She is learning how to knit, and having a perfectionist mother, I won’t let her get away with mistakes.  I gently take the yarn from her, show her the mistake and how it happened, and have her correct it.  She’s a trooper!

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7 of the best French cities you need to visit now

7 best French cities beyond ParisFrancophiles unite! You know that France is so much more than just Paris and that the best French cities have just as much style and substance as the capital.

But for those of you that didn’t get the memo, we have put together a list of some of the more off the beaten track cities you need to visit in France.

Be it for their history, their cool culture or just great French cuisine, these cities are well worth considering for a weekend away.

So book your flight, source accommodation – perhaps one of the many France vacation rentals, and plan a weekend filled with joie de vivre.

Here are seven of great French cities you need to visit now, serving up their own definition of cool, and something to surprise and delight beyond the City of Light.

The best French cities to take you beyond Paris

1. Versailles

Best French cities - Versailles

Versailles is just 40 minutes from Paris and is the perfect dip-your-toes-in city.

Drop your bags off and head for the Palace of Versailles to explore the grandiose architecture and gardens. The 17th-century palace was a hunting lodge, a seat of power and a museum over the centuries.

The Hall of Mirrors is the most impressive room, with ceilings and walls bedecked in murals and 357 mirrors to reflect the economic prosperity of mirror manufacturing in France at the time.

Explore the immaculate park and gardens and if you’re with a loved one, look out for the Temple of Love – an idyllic and unexpected setting in which to declare your love!

2. Lyon

Best French cities - Lyon

Lyon is made for food lovers. Its food scene includes a healthy dash of Michelin-starred restaurants mixed in with typical Lyonnaise bouchons – traditional restaurants serving Lyonnaise cuisine, such as sausages, foie gras and roast pork

Of course wine is the drink of choice when you’re in France, so visit La Cave des Voyageurs to sample and discover more about the region’s sumptuous wines.

To really see and savour the region’s fare laid out in all its glory, Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse should be the first port of call. More than 50 counters, plus a number of bars and restaurants will ignite your senses from rich cheeses to divinely sweet chocolates.

3. Strasbourg

Best French cities - Strasbourg

Half-timbered houses plucked straight from the pages of mediaeval literature and elegant French mansions can only begin to encapsulate Strasbourg.

Resting on the German border, the city is the official home of the European Parliament. It unashamedly exudes a unique and modern feel to confuse and contrast with its fairytale-esque architecture.

Admire the glorious facades, and visit the grandest of all – Cathédrale de Notre Dame – in the late afternoon. Feeling fit? Climb the 332 steps to watch the sunset and seek out graffiti from notable 18th century visitors including William Pratt of London.

Vegetarian diner Bistrot & Chocolat, is a two-minute saunter from the cathedral, and here you can order an indulgent hot chocolate from 13 different varieties to sate your hunger until dinner.

Like any of the best French cities, you have countless dining options. Au Pont Corbeau gets our vote for the hospitable welcome and freshly prepared Alsacienne dishes which await.

4. Nîmes

Best French cities - the Arena of Nimes

If history is your thing, watch it all unfold before your eyes in Nîmes.

This Occitanie region was an important Roman outpost. The well-preserved amphitheatre, Arena of Nîmes dating from 70 A.D. still holds concert performances, so time your visit accordingly.

The limestone temples and impressive tri-tiered aqueduct also remain standing today, and are great locations to reflect on and picture life more than 2,000 years ago.

The city is also sprinkled with museums catering to the arts and architecture in which you can delve into its history.

Finish off your city wanderings and lounge or dine in the attractive Old Town. And if you need to cater to a range of interests with your travel companions, catch the train onwards to food-loving Lyon.

5. Reims

Best French cities - Notre Dame Cathedral, in Reims

Start your time in Reims in local style by sampling a glass or two of champagne – yes, the city is the unofficial capital of the Champagne region.

Reims is a small city with a big reputation, and not just due to its royal past as host to the crowning of 33 French kings. There are three UNESCO World Heritage Sites here – the gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral adorned with over 2,300 statues, Palais du Tau – the palace of the Archbishops of Reims, and Saint-Remi Basilica and Abbey-Museum.

They are all grandiose, but also be sure to hit the city’s streets for the most charming art deco architecture – the result of post-war rebuilding.

Stop for lunch at Café du Palais in the city centre. It has been serving local dishes, a host of champagnes and wonderful French wines since 1930 and earned itself note for its marvellous meals and flamboyant decor.

6. Nice

Best French cities - aerial view of Nice

Nice lies on the luxurious French Riviera. A former retreat for the European elite, it has also attracted many an artist including Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall.

The city is home to the largest collection of the works of Matisse, so it’s a great place for art fans to soak up the works of masters.

Whether you prefer Renaissance or abstract art, Nice overflows with galleries offering rare insights into the life and times of artists and their works.

Once you’re all water-coloured out, the fashionable boutiques, restaurants and beaches are the ultimate places to soak up the cosmopolitan Riviera vibes.

And for a vista to inspire your own masterpiece, a walk up to Castle Hill will reveal beautiful city views and the unbelievably blue waters of the Bay of Angels.

7. Lille

Best French cities - Lille

To really experience Lille is to explore it through its food culture. Book a food tour to delve into the dishes here and the inspiration behind them.

Savor France is a good place to start. For the three and a half hour tour, you will visit an artisan bakery and a chocolate factory, to discover the culture and history which have defined the food here.

Walk off your lunch and wander the cobblestoned streets of this former merchant centre of French Flanders, and stop by the Grand Place to admire the facades.

After working up an appetite, head to an estaminet for pre-dinner drinks, with a shabby chic interior and bistro vibe to start your evening off right.

France offers whatever your heart desires, and its real appeal lies beyond Paris where you’ll discover a wealth of experiences in the best French cities. Would you add any other cool French cities to this list? Tell us about your favourite French city break destination below.

Lover of all things travel, Lorraine can often be found whiling away hours on Pinterest (so easily done!), looking for new places to visit or new spaces she can make over at home. Throw in a good book, delicious food and wine, combined with great company, and she is a happy soul indeed!

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SAFE’s swapped US treasury for US mortgage debt

Lots of macro news from China over the last two weeks as the government stepped up efforts to boost liquidity in the economy. What is less covered by media is a piece of report ( about its management of its large foreign exchange reserve – the country reduced holdings of US treasury while increased holdings of mortgage securities, in anticipation of QE3. As I understand it, the mortgage securities are mainly agency securitized mortgage bonds – high investment grade but yielding a bit higher than the US treasury.

Well done, SAFE!

Balance sheet recession has happened across the developed world and is due to continue. It is true even in the US, the most dynamic economy in the world, although central bank printing money – quantitative easing – slows the speed of balance sheet contraction and tries to give more time for the economy to recover. To “grow” out of the already high amount of debt is extremely challenging, with Japan being the case in point. One reason is that asking a high-consuming country to increase savings rate is difficult. Another reason is that reducing real exchange rate by reducing labor cost is often politically unpopular. And finally, the implicit future liability of the American economy – onerous future pension payments – requires a significant amount of political bargain and negotiation which may go beyond imagination, to reduce it back to sustainable level.

Therefore, “financial repression” has become an increasingly popular term – savers subsidizing borrowers with the aim to stimulate inflation that reduces the real cost of servicing debt. As much as a way to “grow” out of debt at the aggregate level, it is a way of wealth redistribution between economic sectors. It sounds unfair, but faces less political obstacles than reducing wage by firing people aggressively or forcing savings rate to increase by reducing bank lending. In a financial repressive world, people may still be able to hold on to their jobs, which helps contain social instability, but may gradually see the decline of their real income – but only gradually. It appears less painful than a sudden drastic crisis, at least psychologically. Financial repression has been used by many developing countries with high inflation (not hyperinflation by the way); and now it is used by the developed economies as well.

And SAFE was right to figure this out and capture its effect by jumping onto the yield buying spree. Low interest rate that subsidizing borrowers clearly benefits home buyers and the housing market, and ultimately boosts the mortgage bonds. The Obama government has shown its unwillingness to write down mortgages and determines to support the domestic housing market, probably until the inflation comes back and the market is able to supports itself again. In the mean time, the treasury yield will remain low, while the yield on mortgage bonds may not significantly jump (ie. perceived quality not deteriorate) given government support in the market. Given such outlook, shifting one’s capital from US treasury to US mortgage bond should not be a bad idea. And SAFE is indeed doing it.

Another paradoxical and very important fact is that, when foreign central banks anticipate QE3 and start to do trades that should benefit from the policy, the Fed actually needs less firepower (e.g. using less of its balance sheet) to implement the policy. That is because the foreigners are now helping the Fed to support the domestic housing market.

Well done, Fed.

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A surprising January rally

It is very dangerous for economists to predict short-term market movement – as demonstrated by the January rally while many economists were pessimistic at the end of 2011 about the European economic outlook in 2012. They are unable to validate their predictions until there is significant correction in the market. The tricky thing is, from investors’/traders’ point of view, short-term volatility does help one to make money; when the correction comes, it is claimed to reflect investors’ “taking profit”. To put it simply, to make money is to ride on the right wave. Paradoxically, the right wave is hard to detect ex-ante, as claimed by EMH believers and many investors.

It is somewhat validated by the fact that many investors did miss the January rally. Those who preferred cash to equities apparently missed the rally. Even those who were fully invested in equity may still have underperformed the market index (at least in January) as many dynamics persistent last year got mysteriously reverted in January. Hungary and India -two of the worst performers last years- saw sharp rise in their equities and currencies in January. And major European indices hit new high against huge risk of economic recession. People cited many reasons for the rally, including central bank intervention and better US employment data.

All is convincing, ex-post.

I wishfully hope, as one who is keen to study fundamentals, the medium-term market return should conform to economic dynamics. To be self-relieved, I have to distant myself a bit away from the market volatility, including the January rally. Put it in another way, maybe I shouldn’t have written this blog entry. 🙂

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SME lending – what gives us a sign of relief about China

Reading a book about Japan’s recession over the past two decades, I was interested to see the Japanese companies having large incentive to repay/reduce the debt on their balance sheets. It was in line with the interest of shareholders and creditors as most of these companies still enjoyed strong positive cash flow thanks to strong foreign demand for their products. Therefore, repayment is just an issue of time. However, such deleveraging effect has significantly postponed the recovery in the Japanese economy.

This prompted me to look at the loan growth in China, particularly the lending situation of SMEs. Arguably, one should expect that SMEs are most vulnerable amid economic recession/slowed growth, as they don’t receive state/local government guarantee over their debt position. That implies that lending to SMEs should normally face larger setback than lending to big companies in the current hard situation.

The lending data published by the Chinese central bank ( a few days offers an encouraging sign: the growth of 18.6% in the outstanding loans to SMEs in 2011 outpaced the growth of 14.0% in the overall outstanding loans, implying robust borrowing needs of SMEs which are sensitive to growth dynamics in the economy. That stays in significant contrast to the current lending environment in developed countries like the UK and the situation ten years ago in Japan.

OK, to be fair, interpretation of Chinese economic data always inevitably involves multiple layers of quality check. For one thing, alongside the loan breakdown by company size, the central bank release also mentions the maturity breakdown – effectively shorter maturity- which indicates strong short-term liquidity needs and relatively weak long-term financing needs. Interestingly, I haven’t seen the intersection of the above two dimensions, e.g. what does the short-term liquidity needs of SMEs look like? And what about SMEs’ long-term borrowing needs, an important indicator of people’s confidence about the economy? For another thing, it is often tricky to analyse SME lending as there could be grey area of defining who is SME and who is not. This could end up lending to red-tapes which are legally classified as SMEs but enjoy soft budget constraint (eg government guarantee) that are not normally enjoyed by SMEs.

But still, the data looks as if China has yet to reach the edge of crisis. At least I hope so.

I know people are keen to raise the topical issue of “black-market” lending in China, particularly when there is great need to remove the regulatory obstacles to SME financing. I will be keen to look for some data before coming back to the issue.

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Monday, Tailwinds, Geese and Water Rescue

Over the weekend, we had a nearly 20 degree drop in temperature in ten minutes. The weather was alternately snowy and sunny and wind, wind, wind. It was still cold this morning, but no more snow and rain.

Rode Linus this morning on a more deserted Lakefront. The Lake is wild today. The wind and shifting temperatures has it in a froth, crashing against the breakwaters and swamping over the path. As I came over the harbor toward the new path configuration, there were fire trucks, ambulances and police SUVs spilling onto the trail. I can only assume someone was in the water. I could see the lights from the rescue boat launch, over a mile away. It passed me as I got closer to my office. Perhaps it was a drill but I think not–the drills are usually staged further south.

It’s pretty cold and I’m under-dressed in the burgundy NYDJ jeans and the H&M acrylic black crewneck sweater.

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Eight impeachable offenses: Legal grounds for launching House Judiciary Committee investigation

“The purpose of impeachment is not to punish for past crimes, but to remove from office a dangerous official who threatens the rule of law and the republic itself,” wrote Ron Fein, John Bonifaz, and Ben Clements in their Take Care blog post about their new white paper, The Legal Case for a Congressional Investigation on Whether to Impeach President Donald J. Trump (Free Speech for People, Dec. 6, 2017).

The paper’s purpose is to summarizes the legal grounds for Congress to pass a resolution calling on the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of President Trump. From the abstract:

President Trump’s abuse of power and corruption of the presidency are far worse than the Watergate scandal and the abuses that gave rise to the proposed articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon that were reported out of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives shortly before Nixon resigned. Abuse of power, corruption, and the threat to our republic are manifest today. They require a thorough and deliberate investigation in the House of Representatives. The factual summaries of the grounds for impeachment are based on publicly reported facts, including statements made by President Trump himself, and testimony to Congress. The legal analysis is based on the text, structure, and history of the Constitution and federal law, and legal and political precedent.

In the white paper, the authors identify eight impeachable offenses that could be grounds for a congressional investigation:

  1. Obstructing justice;
  2. Violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause and Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution;
  3. Conspiring with others to commit crimes against the United States involving the solicitation and intended receipt by his presidential campaign of things of value from a foreign government and other foreign nationals, and to conceal those violations;
  4. Advocating illegal violence, giving aid and comfort to white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and undermining constitutional protections of equal protection under the law;
  5. Abusing the pardon power;
  6. Recklessly threatening nuclear war against foreign nations, undermining and subverting the essential diplomatic functions and authority of federal agencies, including the United States Department of State, and engaging in other conduct that grossly and wantonly endangers the peace and security of the United States, its people and people of other nations, by heightening the risk of hostilities involving weapons of mass destruction, with reckless disregard for the risk of death and grievous bodily harm;
  7. Directing or endeavoring to direct law enforcement, including the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to investigate and prosecute political adversaries and others, for improper purposes not justified by any lawful function of his office, thereby eroding the rule of law, undermining the independence of law enforcement from politics, and compromising the constitutional right to due process of law; and
  8. Undermining the freedom of the press.

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