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Offline Right_in_Virginia

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Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« on: January 09, 2018, 01:02:29 pm »
Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
Fox News, Jan 8, 2018, Judson Berger

In their effort to break the mold, the planners of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago are taking heat for some less-than-lofty features in the sprawling complex.  Namely, a “test kitchen.”

Reports first surfaced last fall that the monument to the first black president’s legacy was taking on an activity-center vibe. There would be a museum – but also a basketball court, possibly a room for yoga classes, and a test kitchen to teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food.”

But Chicago Tribune columnist Ron Grossman trashed the “test kitchen” idea as not worthy of the ideals and history for which the presidential center is supposed to stand.

“Mr. President, I’ve got to tell you: The renderings for your museum are ‘little plans,’ more likely to congeal than stir blood,” he wrote.


More:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/08/obamas-criticized-for-lavish-library-plans-including-test-kitchen.html
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2018, 01:03:47 pm »

The Obama Presidential Center design, as seen from the south side of the campus.  (Obama.org)
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 02:49:11 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on January 09, 2018, 01:03:47 pm

The Obama Presidential Center design, as seen from the south side of the campus.  (Obama.org)
@Right_in_Virginia More proof that money can't buy class or taste.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 03:22:26 pm »
Now the University of Chicago is pushing back and telling Obama to move the library as a waste of state funds to the tune of $100mm
University of Chicago faculty tell Obama to move ‘socially regressive’ library
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/8/university-chicago-tell-barack-obama-move-library/
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2018, 03:30:18 pm »
Test kitchen.  For cooking meth?
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2018, 04:14:38 pm »
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2018, 05:16:17 pm »
Quote from: verga on January 09, 2018, 02:49:11 pm
@Right_in_Virginia More proof that money can't buy class or taste.

Especially when the money isn't your own.  888high58888

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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2018, 05:25:42 pm »
Quote from: verga on January 09, 2018, 02:49:11 pm
@Right_in_Virginia More proof that money can't buy class or taste.

The design seems appropriate to me.  It has that temple ruins feel.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2018, 09:31:24 pm »
A kitchen will come in handy when the "library" is repurposed as a halfway house / homeless shelter...
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2018, 09:35:45 pm »
Artists rendering of the Obama Library....

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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2018, 09:39:33 pm »
Test kitchen so suckers can come in and sample the types of lunched Michelle made the school kids eat?
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2018, 11:10:48 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on January 09, 2018, 09:39:33 pm
Test kitchen so suckers can come in and sample the types of lunched Michelle made the school kids eat?

The test kitchens are for meth.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2018, 11:14:29 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 09, 2018, 11:10:48 pm
The test kitchens are for meth.

Perfect for a Obastard Library.  A Mobile home.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2018, 11:18:59 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on January 09, 2018, 03:30:18 pm
Test kitchen.  For cooking meth?
LOL! GMTA! That was my first thought, too.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2018, 11:22:47 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 09, 2018, 11:14:29 pm
Perfect for a Obastard Library.  A Mobile home.

Clinton used that idea already...



Obama will have to come up with another idea. Maybe a 20 year old DeVille with stolen plates.
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« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2018, 11:24:39 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 09, 2018, 11:22:47 pm
Clinton used that idea already...



Obama will have to come up with another idea. Maybe a 20 year old DeVille with stolen plates.

Pimp'in ain't easy but I bet Obastard can get down with his bad self.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2018, 11:27:46 pm »
Quote from: verga on January 09, 2018, 02:49:11 pm
@Right_in_Virginia More proof that money can't buy class or taste.


Who needs money?
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2018, 11:31:09 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 09, 2018, 11:27:46 pm


Who needs money?

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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2018, 11:35:58 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 09, 2018, 11:27:46 pm


Who needs money?

Looks like a Kenyan mud hut.
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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2018, 11:40:44 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 09, 2018, 11:35:58 pm
Looks like a Kenyan mud hut.
I think the Kenyans generally preferred more round designs....

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« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2018, 11:46:32 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 09, 2018, 11:40:44 pm
I think the Kenyans generally preferred more round designs....



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Re: Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including 'test kitchen'
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2018, 12:02:31 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 09, 2018, 11:40:44 pm
I think the Kenyans generally preferred more round designs....



Why? Do right angles scare them?
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« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2018, 12:06:16 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 10, 2018, 12:02:31 am
Why? Do right angles scare them?
It keeps the kids busy when you tell them to stand in the corner...
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« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2018, 04:08:33 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 10, 2018, 12:02:31 am
Why? Do right angles scare them?
@Frank Cannon In all seriousness a round home is the most efficient, It encompasses the most are with the smallest perimeter, consequently it requires less material to have the same number of square feet of living space. Heating and cooling is generally more efficient further cutting cost, and because there is less exterior surface area the amount of heat/ cooling exchange is lower which would reduce cost even further.
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