Israel On Christmas Morning [CBD]

Barry Wilmore woke up early on Christmas morning to take some pictures.....

The lake to the North is the Sea of Galilee, and the larger one to the South is the Dead Sea. I would guess that the blue and green areas to the South of the Dead Sea are salt ponds, but that is a WAG.

The extent of the agricultural development in what used to be arid land -- much of it desert -- is clear. Israel's agronomist's have pushed the envelope of water use to an incredible extent, and their agricultural technology is a world leader. Israel is a major exporter of produce, although the percentage of GDP has fallen because of the rise in other areas (technology is huge, and growing).

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:00 AM

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1 Sea of Galilee = Lake Tiberias = Lake Kinneret. Swam it.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 10:56 AM (E9ron)

2 See? There's more than enough room in the sea for those pesky Israelis.

Posted by: Zombie Arafat at December 27, 2014 10:56 AM (MOjUR)

3 Jews. Is there anything they can't do?

Seriously, that picture is as striking as the one of North Korea at night, a mute reproach to those who say that actions don't matter. Wanna know why Israel is more prosperous than your sorry ass nations Muslims from the middle east? They work hard to be so.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 27, 2014 10:57 AM (KAmzK)

4 3 Jews. Is there anything they can't do?

Make a decent hamburger, for one.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 10:59 AM (E9ron)

5 Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 10:59 AM (E9ron)

Overdone. Always...always overdone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:05 AM (Zu3d9)

6 So I take it you don't like the gefilteburger?

Posted by: McDonaldstein's at December 27, 2014 11:05 AM (HKvMD)

7 I notice here that you can literally see the West Bank and Gaza from space, as a paler green - exact same shade as western Transjordan.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 11:07 AM (AVEe1)

8 Oh - and what sick culture puts TUNA on pizzas?!?! Israelis, that's who. That alone *almost* makes me want to drive them into the sea. But then I remember - I am civilized.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 11:07 AM (E9ron)

9 Loved living above the Kinneret on the west side. The view is spectacular.
Heavy agricultural land right up to our houses. Same on the Golan on the east and north side. Beautiful.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:09 AM (oOXKj)

10 Good Morning Morons. Yes, I survived but barely.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:09 AM (u9gzs)

11 Wow. lotta peeps asking for you Vic, the past few days.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 11:10 AM (E9ron)

12 Vic!

We were worried.

Glad to see you.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 27, 2014 11:10 AM (0xTsz)

13 Good to have you back,Vic! We've missed you.

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 27, 2014 11:11 AM (Lqy/e)

14 You'd think the Gaza Bridge would be big enough to be seen from space.

Posted by: Vox Writer at December 27, 2014 11:11 AM (0xTsz)

15 I went to Israel a few years ago. I found it VERY strange the Jesus spent almost all his time in areas BELOW sea level.

Is there a message here?

Vic, you are back. The horde has been axing about you ass.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:12 AM (0FSuD)

16
You ought to check in more often, Vic.

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:12 AM (XK/4h)

17 10 welcome back vic

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:12 AM (/2Qtx)

18 Make a decent hamburger, for one.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 10:59 AM (E9ron)

Yeah, WITH cheese! ha ha

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:13 AM (0FSuD)

19 "
Oh - and what sick culture puts TUNA on pizzas?!?!"
Posted by: goatexchange

Thank You! I had a great laugh at that! I had forgotten!
You have to know what to order on your pizza. And like here, some places are Much better than others. I don't eat at their McDonalds at all.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:13 AM (oOXKj)

20 8 and what sick culture puts TUNA on pizzas?!?!

freaks here put spam on pizzas
freaks

and no, we don't like f'king pineapple on our f'king pizzas here damnit!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:14 AM (/2Qtx)

21 Hey, I just noticed my VPN URL-thingee has "-ron" in it! Does that make me official here?

Kaf - remember the pits-in-olives on your pizza as well?

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 11:15 AM (E9ron)

22 Israel's best export is hot chicks with guns
just saying

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:15 AM (/2Qtx)

23 Good to see you back, Vic. You've been missed, and some of us were even worried about you.

Posted by: Empire1 at December 27, 2014 11:16 AM (N0fVU)

24 Wait a fucking minute, you have a problem with Spam?

http://tinyurl.com/anqymnz

Posted by: Spam capital of the world, CLT at December 27, 2014 11:16 AM (0FSuD)

25 22 Israel's best export is hot chicks with guns
just saying

I second that. was rescued by one of them, once.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 27, 2014 11:16 AM (E9ron)

26
I just invented a new pizza topping! Shredded glazed doughnuts.

Eh? Eh?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:17 AM (XK/4h)

27 Of course I should mention that the great many types of cheese are ....
Goat Cheese!
Most are pretty good.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:17 AM (oOXKj)

28 "freaks here put spam on pizzas

freaks"

England, is that you....?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 27, 2014 11:18 AM (WHIPH)

29 My annual Christmas bender. But I am back now and wifey is giving me grief all day.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:18 AM (u9gzs)

30 8 Israelis, that's
who. That alone *almost* makes me want to drive them into the sea. But
then I remember - I am civilized.

Also, you'd need one of them there Amphicars and they're hard to come by these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar

Posted by: Anachronda at December 27, 2014 11:18 AM (coJ1L)

31 >>> Israel's agronomist's have pushed the envelope of water use to an incredible extent, and their agricultural technology is a world leader.

Isn't Israel the world leader on desalinization?

Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2014 11:19 AM (Ua6T/)

32 What a beautiful picture.

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:20 AM (9BRsg)

33

Can we have a Comparative Shopping thread?

Where do you shop for vittles? What do you buy? What bargains do you find?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:21 AM (XK/4h)

34 Vic in da house!

Peace between Israel and its neighbors can happen with one simple decision: stop trying to destroy Israel.

Sadly, it's often the simple decisions that are the hardest to make.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 11:21 AM (MQEz6)

35 Slippery
Do you mean just groceries?

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (9BRsg)

36 The Gaza strip is a little less green.

Must be the drainage from the tunnels.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (MQEz6)

37 29
My annual Christmas bender. But I am back now and wifey is giving me grief all day.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:18 AM (u9gzs)

I feel you pain. Wife got mad at me for opening a bottle of wine this morning at nine.
It's the holidays, dammit. We are English, we drink. Get over it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (0FSuD)

38 heh
my dad used to say jews are just Sicilians with money

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (/2Qtx)

39 21 - GE, I did not run into that, but I did hear stories from others that did.
My favorite was Pizza Pizza halfway down from Poriya to Tiberius run by an old French cook guy that took great pride in his pizza. The other was some mad Russians in Poriya.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:23 AM (oOXKj)

40 Worst pizza I had was in Germany.

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:23 AM (9BRsg)

41 37 We are English, we drink.

painkiller for bad dental hygiene?

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (/2Qtx)

42
I'm not into New Years resolutions, but it just so happens, starting now, I'm gonna start eating better.

But I need to know what foods to buy...and how to prepare them. Plus, my inner-joo wants my improved diet to be economical. So let's trade tips.

For instance, beans. Great food but gassy and time-consuming to prepare. What else?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (XK/4h)

43 Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (/2Qtx)

Are you Mel Gibson?

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (3jmxp)

44 Peace between Israel and its neighbors can happen with one simple decision: stop trying to destroy Israel.

That and submit to Israel. It is depressing as hell to see so many poor people in Gaza and so many rich people in Israel.

Take a hint. Let the Jews run the place. Everything will work and your kids will get rich, or at least not dead.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:25 AM (0FSuD)

45 You want crappy pizza?

Come to Northern California.

And be ready to shell out big bucks for it, too.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 11:26 AM (MQEz6)

46

Sam's Club or Costco's?

Well, that one is now easy since Costco has come out as obama-fascistic. But Sam's Club bothers me, too.

Then what aboot BJ's?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:26 AM (XK/4h)

47 41
37 We are English, we drink.

painkiller for bad dental hygiene?

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (/2Qtx)

Straight teeth? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Prince Charles at December 27, 2014 11:26 AM (0FSuD)

48 Then what aboot BJ's?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:26 AM (XK/4h)

I am all in, call my wife.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (0FSuD)

49 "Are you Mel Gibson?"

*giggles*

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (WHIPH)

50 Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (XK/4h)

By a Ninja or Nutribullet and substitutute one of your meals with a vegetable/fruit/nuts drink. Easy prep and clean up.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (3jmxp)

51 *does Forrest Gump wave to Vic*

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (0HooB)

52 Sounds like a good food thread for CBD to consider!

One cheap way to eat is to hit Asian mkts. And of corse buying bulk.

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (9BRsg)

53 Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:23 AM (oOXKj)

Grilled foie gras on fresh pita at Avazi.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (Zu3d9)

54 42
I'm not into New Years resolutions, but it just so happens, starting now, I'm gonna start eating better.

But I need to know what foods to buy...and how to prepare them. Plus, my inner-joo wants my improved diet to be economical. So let's trade tips.

For instance, beans. Great food but gassy and time-consuming to prepare. What else?
Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:24 AM (XK/4h)

Green veggies and drink lots of water.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (MQEz6)

55 But first...

Posted by: Mel Gibson at December 27, 2014 11:27 AM (Dwehj)

56

Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (XK/4h)

57 Seriously, that picture is as striking as the one of North Korea at night

To be fair, that green strip next to the Med may stop at Gaza, but it extends all the way up into Turkey.

Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (FcR7P)

58 One of the interesting things you can see is the border between Israel and Egypt in the Negev Desert. Look for the straight line with faint green on the Israeli side.

It is one of the few international borders you can see from space.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 11:29 AM (PD6iL)

59 Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (XK/4h)

Sea good. Farm Raised bad.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:29 AM (3jmxp)

60 Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2014 11:19 AM (Ua6T/)

Wouldn't surprise me.

We used to be. And I'll bet the U.S. Navy knows something about the subject.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:29 AM (Zu3d9)

61 I've always said to give Gaza over to a Lebanese Christian crime family. At its location the place would be the Havana of the Mediterranean as opposed to now, where it's... the Havana of the Mediterranean

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 11:30 AM (AVEe1)

62
Hey, jim Kelly is on ESPN right now, and he looks great!!

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:31 AM (XK/4h)

63 Easy Cliff Clavin trivia but what is the only man made structure you can see from space (this posts distance) ?

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (3jmxp)

64

the live interview is just about over, but Jim Kelly's appearance has improved greatly, and he seems energetic

pretty good for someone we thought was near death months ago

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (XK/4h)

65

the space needle??

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (XK/4h)

66 pretty good for someone we thought was near death months ago
-------

Looks deceive

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (fWLrt)

67

the Great Wall?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (XK/4h)

68 le sigh
look heathens, the best pizza on the planet is in Chicago (and no not deep dish)
its nellas over on fullerton and I think just up from southport

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (/2Qtx)

69

the Panama Canal?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (XK/4h)

70 The worst thing is I stuck my phone somewhere and now I can't find it. Wifey wanted to use it to call her phone to find it because she has misplaced hers too. What a sorry crowd we have here.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (u9gzs)

71 Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:32 AM (XK/

Yep

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (3jmxp)

72 Great wall.

Posted by: Roy at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (fWLrt)

73 Beans are somewhat time consuming to prepare if you get the beans in the package and soak them overnight. However, if you buy a can of black beans or rather kinds of beans (no bakers beans you just rinse them off to get rid of extra sodium, pop them in a pot, add some garlic and a little onion and some spices, hear them up and add some fresh salsa (or canned) with some grated cheddar cheese on top and you have an inexpensive, protein rich meal. And if you're worried about gas add more of them gradually to your diet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (Dj3AB)

74 Meant no "baked" beans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2014 11:34 AM (Dj3AB)

75 Israel needs the Palestinians to cut the throats of all the Hamas folks and every other douche canoe there who is trying to destroy Israel.

Once they do that everyone there will live in peace and prosper.

Not likely to happen though.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 11:34 AM (MQEz6)

76 Slippery Sooth -
I'll talk with CBD. Seems like food thread territory but if he doesn't do it, I can sometime.

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:34 AM (9BRsg)

77 Goat Exchange, Ricardo, I was working in a hot (no air conditioning) conference room in the summer in London once and the English coworkers said they would get pizza for lunch. Sounded great. They came back with fish pizza that stunk up the room. It was disgusting.

To add insult to injury, the one window we had opened onto a major tourist destination and there was a guy playing bagpipes outside badly a few floors below. So either you had ventilation and bleating bagpipes, or stuffiness and fish smell. It was a long afternoon.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 27, 2014 11:35 AM (5f5bM)

78 People don't get anchovies on their pizza like they used to.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:36 AM (3jmxp)

79 60 And I'll bet the U.S. Navy knows something about the subject.

reverse osmosis for the win!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:36 AM (/2Qtx)

80 78 People don't get anchovies on their pizza like they used to.

we do at casa de joe
its a must have....oooooh that salty goodness

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:37 AM (/2Qtx)

81 Found my phone called wifey's phone and found it over at her mother's house.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:40 AM (u9gzs)

82 I miss living in Italy
even the nastiest pizza there smokes anything I can find in Hawaii

true fact, in Italy you have to be certified to make pizza

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:40 AM (/2Qtx)

83 Eating healthy?

Don't forget Spam!

http://tinyurl.com/anqymnz

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:40 AM (0FSuD)

84 SPACE JEWS!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:41 AM (doBIb)

85 The best pizza I ever had was at an Italian place in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:41 AM (u9gzs)

86 Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (XK/4h

Who knew goldfish got so big.

Two of the best items for saving money are the food vacuum sealer and the pressure cooker.
Pressure cooker lets you use tougher meats and gets you all the nutrients out of things like soup-bones and beans, and the sealer lets you buy and repackage bulk buys.

The third, of course, is to buy jars and lids and start buying and canning fruits in the summer when it is cheap. When you get confidence you can get a pressure canner too and start canning low-acid stuff.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 11:41 AM (t//F+)

87 EC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZhtT-dUyo

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 11:42 AM (AVEe1)

88 78
People don't get anchovies on their pizza like they used to.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:36 AM (3jmxp)

I love em. They give me da gout.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:43 AM (0FSuD)

89 Classic!

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:43 AM (doBIb)

90
Speaking of tougher meats...

I might start buying "top round" which is sometimes called "london broil" in order to save $$.

But if it's a pain to cook, with the marinade, etc., and it's tough to chew...

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:44 AM (XK/4h)

91 82 true fact, in Italy you have to be certified to make pizza

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:40 AM (/2Qtx)

One of the guys who made a lot of Med cruises told me they called it tomato pie in Italy. He also said it didn't taste anything like American pizza.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 11:45 AM (u9gzs)

92 Good to see you, Vic!

Posted by: mindful webworker at December 27, 2014 11:45 AM (Bd6VC)

93 Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:44 AM (XK/4h)

You can slow cook and make Swiss steak. That was one of my father's specialty growing up. Man I miss that.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:46 AM (3jmxp)

94 true fact, in Italy you have to be certified to make pizza

There's a pizza union?

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:46 AM (doBIb)

95 Made the Swiss steak in an electric skillet. I'm too lazy to do it.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 27, 2014 11:47 AM (3jmxp)

96 Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:44 AM (XK/4h)

It's very lean, and not particularly flavorful. Sirloin is a better cut and about the same price.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:48 AM (Zu3d9)

97 84 SPACE JEWS!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:41 AM (doBIb)

http://tinyurl.com/klcxdjh

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 11:48 AM (yxw0r)

98 Too slow, Bob!

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:48 AM (doBIb)

99 91 He also said it didn't taste anything like American pizza.

I thought you did a couple meds on the Sara
anywho, its like night and day
basically the dough is insanely good, little sauce, basically basil and the toss clumps of cheese and whatever goodies on top

sweet lord im drooling

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:49 AM (/2Qtx)

100 Poor Bob. It's the barrel for him...

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 11:49 AM (AVEe1)

101 Can you get barreled for linking the same thing?

Seems harsh.

Posted by: EC at December 27, 2014 11:50 AM (doBIb)

102 94 There's a pizza union?

actually I believe their is
also there are pizza schools and then I believe they have to serve like 2 years apprenticeship before they can make their first to serve to the public

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:51 AM (/2Qtx)

103 Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:33 AM (/2Qtx)

I feel sorry for you. ;-)

That's not pizza....that's cheese and tomato pie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:51 AM (Zu3d9)

104 While the press speculated what could receive Uruguay in exchange for hosting a half dozen terrorism suspects detained in a jail that represents a headache for President Barack Obama, who seeks to fulfill his promise to close it done at the beginning of his administration This Friday [Uruguay President] Mujica revealed what the "ballot".

"We said we would ask something," Mujica said in his radio address President Speaks. "We do this for money or material things, but we have no qualms in saying that you please ask the US government to make it possible for those two or three Cuban prisoners that many years ago that are there, they find a way to free them, because that is also a disgrace."

Mujica concerns five Cuban agents arrested in 1998 and convicted of espionage in Florida, and considered in the island "anti-terrorist heroes", of which three are still in prison. He also said that "were already 18 countries who have given their similar collaborations to help end this disgrace and you are 89 prisoners who have gone or are going to Guantanamo."

Obama has gotten Castro to pimp out his Gitmo prisoners

(CNN) -- The Obama administration hopes to transfer dozens of detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the next six months as part of a stepped-up effort to reduce the population there, according to a U.S. official.

As many as five detainees are expected to be moved from the detention facility in the next few days, with several more transfers anticipated in early 2015, the official said on condition of anonymity.

The news comes less than a week after the United States announced it had repatriated four detainees from Guantanamo to Afghanistan, leaving 132 detainees at the U.S. naval base in southeastern Cuba.

Posted by: Van Jones at December 27, 2014 11:53 AM (e8kgV)

105 When I was in Rome, the pizzas were mostly made for tourists

They sucked. Nothing on them.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:53 AM (0FSuD)

106 53 CBD Sounds good! Best meal I had was at an old Christian Arab's place in Bayt Jala, just above to the NW of Bethlehem. Do Not Speak Hebrew there. Many crazed moslums eat there.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:54 AM (oOXKj)

107 "I feel you pain. Wife got mad at me for opening a bottle of wine this morning at nine.
It's the holidays, dammit. We are English, we drink. Get over it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 11:22 AM (0FSuD)"

Look to the example of one of the greatest Englishmen, Winston Churchill:

"His normal wartime regimen included a glass of white wine at breakfast
(taken as a substitute for tea during the war, when only canned milk was
available). Then, a weak scotch and soda, refreshed with soda
throughout the morning. At lunch, perhaps a port, always Pol Roger
champagne, a brandy or two (likely Hine, and bottled in the previous
century), sometimes a beer. After his nap and before dinner he'd nurse
another whisky (Johnnie Walker Red Label was his favorite brand). At
dinner, more champagne during the meal, followed often by 'several doses
of brandy' in the latter stages. He loved his meals as much as the
libations that accompanied them... Another such drinker would recoil from
food, but Churchill's appetite was unaffected, and he rarely lost
possession of his remarkable faculties..."

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 11:55 AM (PD6iL)

108 So this has nothing to do with Israel, but I thought the horde would appreciate it. We stayed the night at the Anatole in Dallas and they upgraded us to the presidential suite when we mentioned it was our 10th anniversary. We get to the suite, and discover it's the Thatcher Suite. There's a giant portrait of Reagan and Thatcher in the bathroom. God bless Texas.

Posted by: Lauren at December 27, 2014 11:55 AM (tSXq7)

109 No Ryder Cup thread?!!!!

#warongolf

Posted by: Y-not semi-retired on the phone at December 27, 2014 11:56 AM (9BRsg)

110 103 That's not pizza....that's cheese and tomato pie.

that's deep dish...aka heartburn casserole
Nella is a chick from Naple's Italy and makes authentic

105 They sucked. Nothing on them

true that
you have to hit the little places away from the hotels to get the good stuff
Italian pizza isn't about toppings, its all about the crust and the sauce
each region is different
Naples is the king of course

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 11:58 AM (/2Qtx)

111 Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:54 AM (oOXKj)

What kind of food? Traditional fare? Because that stuff can be incredible!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 11:58 AM (Zu3d9)

112 I cook the top round and such in a dutch oven in the oven with veggies at a low temperature for a couple of hours. You need to check it from time to time to make sure it doesn't boil dry.
Part of the flavor is the slow cooking, which makes it tender, but also the initial browning you do with flour and fat and onions before putting in the veggies and the water to stew it.

I will also leave the lid off the dutch oven at times to allow the veggies to caramelize just a touch.

(as opposed to being Carmel-ized, or being turned into a mountain in Israel)

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 11:58 AM (t//F+)

113 Worst pizza I ever had, although the place had about 20-125cc motorbikes with insulated delivery boxes and was packed with people was a Dominos.
In Kolhapur, India. I think the problem was Me.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 11:58 AM (oOXKj)

114 Here Vic:

http://cheezburger.com/6551522816

Might as well be over-prepared.

Posted by: DaveA at December 27, 2014 11:59 AM (DL2i+)

115 Israel is an island of civilization in a roiling sea of savagery. That alone should be reason enough to protect and defend her.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 11:59 AM (mx5oN)

116 @107

And he lived to be in his 80's?

The best story about Churchill? He came over to DC before the war and stayed at the WH. He just about drank FDR into the ground.

Ellener almost kicked him out. He could drink all day, FDR could not and was always hung over.

That and smoking cigars all day. He had brandy for breakfast.

God Bless Him!

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 12:00 PM (0FSuD)

117 Then what aboot BJ's?

I'm in favor of them.

What, you mean the wholesale club? I switched to them when Costco went all loony lefty. Pretty much the same, although the Costco snack bar is light years better.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 27, 2014 12:02 PM (KAmzK)

118 whoops
off to the range again

Posted by: navycopjoe at December 27, 2014 12:03 PM (/2Qtx)

119 117 Then what aboot BJ's?

I'm in favor of them.

What, you mean the wholesale club? I switched to them when Costco went all loony lefty. Pretty much the same, although the Costco snack bar is light years better.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 27, 2014 12:02 PM (KAmzK)

In my neck of the woods there's a shipping plaza that has a BJs wholesale club and a Dicks Sporting goods a couple of doors apart from each other. So naturally there's a great big sign near the entrance proudly displaying "DICKS" and "BJs"

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 12:04 PM (mx5oN)

120 Pretty much the same, although the Costco snack bar is light years better.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 27, 2014 12:02 PM (KAmzK)

A $1.50 foot long with a drink is hard to beat. I was over there before Christmas and a group of guys were going in. I offered them my cart, they said they were just coming over for a dog for lunch.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 12:04 PM (0FSuD)

121 EFE news agency also reported that the family of one of the FMLN bomb makers may be released as well, he's been in jail for 23 years for actual bombings. I thing there was a Uruguayan link to that one, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 12:05 PM (t//F+)

122 Did someone say dutch oven?

Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 27, 2014 12:05 PM (Dwehj)

123 Trigger Warning!
Anybody else think we should strip the phrase gluten free pizza from the language and substitute the phrase abomination and an affront to God pizza?

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at December 27, 2014 12:08 PM (uPxUo)

124 abomination and an affront to God ersatz pizza

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at December 27, 2014 12:08 PM (uPxUo)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2014 12:10 PM (Zu3d9)

125 "61
I've always said to give Gaza over to a Lebanese Christian crime family.
At its location the place would be the Havana of the Mediterranean as
opposed to now, where it's... the Havana of the Mediterranean

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 11:30 AM (AVEe1)"

My modest proposal has been for Israel to buy the Dodecanese Islands from Greece for enough money to get the Greek Government financial house in order, then forcibly move the entire Palestinian population of Gaza and the West Bank to the islands, which are just off the coast of Turkey. Then the Israelis give the islands to the Palestinians who can have their own country or dozen countries if they prefer. After bulldozing Gaza flat, the whole place can be developed as a Mediterranean sea side resort and retirement area for northern Europeans starving for sunlight. The money from condo purchases will pay to retire the debt incurred to purchase the Greek Islands and the increased value and productivity of the land in Gaza and the West Bank will substantially add to an increased Israeli GDP.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 12:11 PM (PD6iL)

126 111 -CBD:
He specialized in BBQ CHICKEN! The guy running the grill, looked like a grizzly, missing front teeth, old backwoods hillbilly, big grin, Farmer overalls with one strap off. !! Honest! The owner had his boys doing the rest while he oversaw everything. He would not even teach the boys what the mixes, spices, were for the salads and chicken that were his specialties.
There were people waiting out in the street (alley) to get a seat.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 12:12 PM (oOXKj)

127 That was close CBD.

Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2014 12:12 PM (RZLOH)

128 There's nothing sexier than a good dutch oven or two in the morning.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 27, 2014 12:13 PM (Dwehj)

129 117 Then what aboot BJ's?

I'm in favor of them.

I concur. Unfortunately, wife isn't keen on them. Guess that's why she gave me Bacon Lube for Christmas.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 27, 2014 12:13 PM (6hrmc)

130 Too slow is the story of my life.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:21 PM (yxw0r)

131 @125

What a stupid idea. It makes sense, so it must be stupid. Besides those Palis can't swim.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 12:22 PM (0FSuD)

132 124 ....ersatz pizza
Yes, they do use an inferior grade of sawdust in the dough substitute. A worthy FIFY.

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at December 27, 2014 12:23 PM (uPxUo)

133 130
Too slow is the story of my life.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:21 PM (yxw0r)

I wish.

Posted by: Bob's wife at December 27, 2014 12:24 PM (0FSuD)

134 Israel is a miracle in many ways, including agriculturally. But in fairness, all of Israel in the photo isn't green. Some of it isn't because it hasn't been turned green YET, and some is Mars-like desert; and part of what you see is Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, which are also green-ish.

Posted by: ParisParamus at December 27, 2014 12:24 PM (N3MsF)

135 Why not turn the Christian part of Lebanon into a Christian Israel -- a last refuge for mideast Christian so they aren't all killed or forced to leave the region.

The Christian Lebanese appear to be the only Christian community large enough and strong enough to defend themselves left in the entire region. The rest all live at the whim of their psychotic muslim neighbors and have to constantly beg not to be murdered and raped.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 27, 2014 12:24 PM (ZPrif)

136 129 117 Then what aboot BJ's?

I'm in favor of them.

I concur. Unfortunately, wife isn't keen on them.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 27, 2014 12:13 PM (6hrmc)

Wedding cake can have that side effect.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:25 PM (yxw0r)

137 North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" as it blamed
Washington Saturday for Internet outages that it has experienced amid a
confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio
Sony Pictures.

... I'm sure Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are on the job

Posted by: Van Jones at December 27, 2014 12:25 PM (e8kgV)

138 133 130
Too slow is the story of my life.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:21 PM (yxw0r)

I wish.
Posted by: Bob's wife at December 27, 2014 12:24 PM (0FSuD)

Heh. Bob is no longer married.

'Course, Bob is also poor, so opportunities to practice are non-existent at the moment. Maybe I should move to North Dakota.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:29 PM (yxw0r)

139 I'm confused. Are there more BJ's per capita in N. Dakota?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 12:33 PM (t//F+)

140 Soak beans overnight in water. Next morning, drain the water off and add fresh. Cook like normal. Doing this takes out most of the sugars that cause gas. There's a site I like on grocery budgeting called don't waste the crumbs.com. might be helpful. I am considering doing Paleo again but its so restrictive. And I like baking bread.

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 27, 2014 12:34 PM (Lqy/e)

141 There are a couple of technologies that I often wonder why Israel does not develop.

One would build on the work of Israel's first President, Chain Weitzman. Weitzman had been a biochemist before WW I. Once everybody realized that the war was not going to be over before the leaves fell and the troops were not going to be home by Christmas, the British faced the problem that the acetone that they used in the production of Cordite, the propellant they used in their small arms and cannon, had previously all been bought from German chemical supply companies and the Germans, for obvious reasons, were not inclined to sell any more to the British.

Weitzman had found a microorganism, Clostridium acetylbutylecium, that ate starch and sugar and excreted acetone as well as ethanol and butynol. The microorganism could be fed in fermentation tanks and the acetone distilled out in whiskey distilleries. That was done and the British did not run out of gunpowder during The Great War. Among the things that a grateful British government did for Dr.Weitzman was the Balfour Declaration.

Anyway the butynol that is produced in the process can be used as fuel in unmodified gasoline engines. Butynol does not absorb water from the air the way ethanol does and the microorganism seems to be less fussy than the yeast that ferments to ethanol as to what it eats. Basically, you can feed it a mixture of molasses and boiled straw and it is quite happy to produce acetone and fuel for you.

The other thing that would seem to make sense for the Israelis to work on would be condensers to pull water out of the atmosphere, sort of like Luke Skywalker's uncle, the moisture farmer. Normal compressor refrigeration based systems would probably use too much electricity to be economical but it seems that something based on absorption refrigerators using the same process as propane refrigerators in an RV could probably use a solar reflector to supply the heat source and could sit out in fields trickling water on to the ground in the Negev desert without requiring any inputs or even much maintenance.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 12:35 PM (PD6iL)

142 136 129 117 Then what aboot BJ's?

I'm in favor of them.

I concur. Unfortunately, wife isn't keen on them.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 27, 2014 12:13 PM (6hrmc)

Wedding cake can have that side effect.
Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 27, 2014 12:25 PM (yxw0r)

Funny how that works. It's like there's some kind of selective anti-aphrodisiac in there. She won't blow you, but she'll bang the pool boy with reckless abandon. And you don't even have a pool.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 12:35 PM (mx5oN)

143 139 I'm confused. Are there more BJ's per capita in N. Dakota?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 12:33 PM (t//F+)

Not much to do in ND but frack and fornicate.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 12:36 PM (mx5oN)

144 I am considering doing Paleo again

-
Do you have to eat a lot of mastadon with that? It is so hard to find good mastadon.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 27, 2014 12:37 PM (zAK3w)

145 144 I am considering doing Paleo again

-
Do you have to eat a lot of mastadon with that? It is so hard to find good mastadon.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 27, 2014 12:37 PM (zAK3w)

Yeah, it's always frozen.

Posted by: eman at December 27, 2014 12:39 PM (MQEz6)

146 I am considering doing Paleo again

Paleo is for Homos.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 12:39 PM (mx5oN)

147 Gout was mentioned above. Pal(a)eo, which involves red meat and seafood, seems like a recipe for sore feet.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 12:40 PM (AVEe1)

148 "131
@125

What a stupid idea. It makes sense, so it must be stupid. Besides those Palis can't swim.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 12:22 PM (0FSuD)"

If they can't swim, they have to stay on their islands and not bother other people. That is a feature, not a bug.

If they are determined enough to bother other people, the nearest other people are the Turks who really, really do not like being bothered.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 12:42 PM (PD6iL)

149 A beautiful $50B photo.

ISS=Biggest waste evah.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 27, 2014 12:43 PM (XzRw1)

150 I am considering doing Paleo again

I think that is the goal of Greedpeace too.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 12:46 PM (t//F+)

151 I joke that Costco pulled their bid on the space occupied by my local BJ's Warehouse. When they saw that prostitution was one of the main economic engines of the South Bronx, they...heh...pulled out in favor of their more appropriately named competitor.

Posted by: Oschisms at December 27, 2014 12:49 PM (uqV2n)

152 140 Soak beans overnight in water. Next morning, drain the water off and add fresh. Cook like normal. Doing this takes out most of the sugars that cause gas.

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 27, 2014 12:34 PM (Lqy/e)

I do this, though I use pickle brine in lieu of water which prevents the beans from cooking to mush.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik's on vacation at December 27, 2014 12:49 PM (MOjUR)

153 "We don't see the Catholic Church as a hotbed of this or a place that has a bigger problem than anyone else," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "I can tell you without hesitation that we have seen cases in many religious settings, from traveling evangelists to mainstream ministers to rabbis to the Prophet and others."

Posted by: Islamic Rage Lawyer at December 27, 2014 12:50 PM (e8kgV)

154 I can proudly say that I am the proud Son in Law of a man who worked on the hydro projects that brought water to the desert in Israel. He was one of the engineers. Super cool to listen to his stories on how it all happened. Life used to be pretty damn tough in Israel in the late 40's and early 50's.

Posted by: Trunk Monkey at December 27, 2014 01:00 PM (aO9cR)

155 A beautiful $50B photo.

ISS=Biggest waste evah.

Posted by: Thin
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You may have underestimated the cost. I've seen numbers from credible sources that place it as high as $200 Billion.

On the upside, Muslim outreach....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:02 PM (vPh3W)

156 "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America," Obama declared to cheers at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. "There is the United States of America.

"We are one people," Obama roared, perhaps envisioning his political future as the crowd rose to its feet. "All of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."

And strangely enough, it was in that very speech that Obama predicted his own demise. Just before his climactic applause line, the future president issued a stark warning.

"Even as we speak," he said, "there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers, who embrace the politics of anything goes."

On May 21, 2012, more than three years after he was sworn into office, Obama confessed at a press conference in his hometown, Chicago, that he had become one of those peddlers.

Posted by: Mitt Romney at December 27, 2014 01:03 PM (e8kgV)

157 Among the things that a grateful British government did for Dr.Weitzman was the Balfour Declaration.

And thereby sowed the seeds of the present problems in the Middle East. Balfour and the British government had also made a lot of promises to the Arabs, some of which were mutually exclusive with those they made to the Zionists. Each side felt aggrieved because it hadn't gotten what it had led to believe it would get.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 27, 2014 01:06 PM (oKE6c)

158 "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America," Obama declared to cheers at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. "There is the United States of America.

... under the Democratic Party.

I always thought that speech was the rankest humbug foisted upon an electorate since Marcus Antonius claimed he wasn't there to praise Caesar.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 01:07 PM (AVEe1)

159 It's incredible that such a small patch of real estate has meant so much to the world.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:08 PM (rwI+c)

160 Hey I'm just glad that Gazan isn't burning now. You could see it from all the way up here.

Posted by: The Dumb Astronaut at December 27, 2014 01:09 PM (Q3eyu)

161 The writer Ephraim Kishon had a story about the old-timers in Haifa. He said something along the lines of if you got run down by a taxi one of the old-timers would come by and tell you back in his day there weren't any taxis, you'd have to wait around all day to get run down by a taxi and you should feel blessed.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 01:09 PM (t//F+)

162 It seems FNC is all Jeb all the time *spits*

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 27, 2014 01:09 PM (XzRw1)

163 155

You may have underestimated the cost. I've seen numbers from credible sources that place it as high as $200 Billion.

Good Lord.

On the upside, Muslim outreach....

and Tang and Velcro !

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 27, 2014 01:12 PM (XzRw1)

164 I'm still pissed at Jimmy Carter for letting Skylab crash. That guy was just a barrelfull of fail.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:14 PM (rwI+c)

165 Went to Ramsey Outdoor to buy some accessories for pistol. This "Hobby" is getting expensive

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2014 01:16 PM (nzKvP)

166 Not that I'm an advocate for it but you all do realize that if all tracking of internet users stops, we will have to start paying for stuff we now get for free?

Or it may disappear completely.

Google funds a bunch of apps and services that it would not it it couldn't use the data gleaned to sell to advertisers.

Ditto some of the others.

It's like when the fee charged for swiping a card went down, the free bank accounts went bye bye.

Not saying which is better just reminding folks what's at stake.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 27, 2014 01:21 PM (RZzX3)

167 Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2014 01:16 PM (nzKvP)

It's not a hobby.

It's a way of life.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 27, 2014 01:22 PM (RZzX3)

168 This "Hobby" is getting expensive

Think of it as an investment. I've never lost money on a firearm, except for that unfortunate canoe incident.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:23 PM (rwI+c)

169 It's not a hobby.

It's a way of life.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 27, 2014 01:22 PM (RZzX3)

Yeah I see that.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2014 01:24 PM (nzKvP)

170 It's incredible that such a small patch of real estate has meant so much to the world.

It connects Egypt and Syria, two ancient centres of civilisation. The land route is especially important during storm season in the eastern Med, or if thar be pirates (arr). I think the area was most backwatery when the Persians, Romans, and Europeans were more-or-less keeping the ocean clear.

Now the place is doing well basically because the old rules don't apply anymore - Egypt and Syria both suck, and the place in between is wired into a non-Near-Eastern economy.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2014 01:25 PM (AVEe1)

171 Sooth, if you are still here, these are some of my favorite healthy meals:

Seared in garlic and oil tuna steak and a whole, chopped avocado.

Six ounce tenderloin (medium) and steamed broccoli, spinach or green beans.

A lot of water, a lot of sunflower seeds and pistachios, no bread, milk or starches. Lots of shrooms.

Dates and yoghurt.

YMMV, but these keep me relatively healthy and not too overweight.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 27, 2014 01:25 PM (F4emI)

172 Went to Ramsey Outdoor to buy some accessories for pistol. This "Hobby" is getting expensive
Posted by: Nevergiveup
------------------------

As are they all.., except maybe building birdhouses.

Back in school, a buddy of mine was wearing a wrinkled shirt. I asked him, "Don't you own an iron?"

"Nah", he replied, "First you buy an iron, then you gotta buy an ironing board, then spray starch...., it's a downward spiral.."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:26 PM (vPh3W)

173 I'm about to go buy a cheapie Toshiba laptop. Anyone got anything negative to say?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:27 PM (vPh3W)

174 Tilapia filets on the grill:
Mix olive oil and tomato paste (more oil than paste)
Add salt, pepper, garlic, parsley, etc.
Coat fish in oil ( I mix oil/paste/spices in ziplock bag and then add fish) You can leave fish in mixture for awhile.

Place filets on pieces of foil over hot coals. They are done when fish flakes. If the sauce burns around the edges, don't worry -- it's tasty!

Posted by: Mindy at December 27, 2014 01:30 PM (rcXlm)

175 173 I'm about to go buy a cheapie Toshiba laptop. Anyone got anything negative to say?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:27 PM (vPh3W)

You're a fcuking RINO pussy. Oh, you meant about the computer? Eh, I got nothin'.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 01:30 PM (mx5oN)

176 I'm about to go buy a cheapie Toshiba laptop. Anyone got anything negative to say?

I have two Toshibas. My only complaint is slow disk response. If you get one with a second HD slot for an SSD, you can fix that.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:31 PM (rwI+c)

177 173
I'm about to go buy a cheapie Toshiba laptop. Anyone got anything negative to say?

Purchased a Sattelite 2 years ago and not a problem yet. Get rid of some of the Toshiba nag aps if you get one.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 27, 2014 01:33 PM (XzRw1)

178 "Land flowing with milk and honey" and hot babes with guns

Posted by: MikeH at December 27, 2014 01:33 PM (4OZqu)

179 Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (XK/4h)

Industrial carp? Eeeew.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2014 01:34 PM (Uw6XW)

180
The other thing that would seem to make sense
for the Israelis to work on would be condensers to pull water out of the
atmosphere, sort of like Luke Skywalker's uncle, the moisture farmer.
Normal compressor refrigeration based systems would probably use too
much electricity to be economical but it seems that something based on
absorption refrigerators using the same process as propane refrigerators
in an RV could probably use a solar reflector to supply the heat source
and could sit out in fields trickling water on to the ground in the
Negev desert without requiring any inputs or even much maintenance.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 27, 2014 12:35 PM (PD6iL)

Another great idea, BUT remember the Jews have discovered oil and gas off the coast. They will be independent of any imports in a few years.

Posted by: Bob's wife at December 27, 2014 01:36 PM (0FSuD)

181 Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Dust with flour, fry with a bit of olive oil and enjoy.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:36 PM (rwI+c)

182 My cousin Tom went to Israel on vacation a few years back. He loved it. Couldn't stop talking about the experience. A year ago he was diagnosed with ALS. He's on a drug therapy that's not FDA approved. The medicine comes from Israel. Some coincidence. It's expensive, but it has slowed the spread of the disease. Hopefully the stuff is someday on an FDA list of approved drugs.
That's my connection to the land where the Qassam rockets land.

Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at December 27, 2014 01:38 PM (S8mz8)

183 Polish Radom P64's $219 @ Classic http://is.gd/h35OH5

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:38 PM (rwI+c)

184 You're a fcuking RINO pussy. Oh, you meant about the computer? Eh, I got nothin'.
Posted by: Insomniac
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* removes insomniac from Christmas Card list *

Nah, just kidding. As the mysteriously absent T9 would say, 'Gimmie hug...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:39 PM (vPh3W)

185
Six ounce tenderloin (medium) and steamed broccoli, spinach or green beans.

This is pretty much my supper every night, except i eat about a 14oz new york strip steak. And brown rice.

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 01:40 PM (XK/4h)

186 A generous gift in you name has been made to The Human Fund: Money, for people.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:40 PM (rwI+c)

187
The reason I mentioned tilapia filets is that I learned you can buy them in bulk at Sam's or wherever for cheap $$.

I honestly have no idea what tilapia fish is.

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 01:41 PM (XK/4h)

188 I honestly have no idea what tilapia fish is.
Posted by: Slippery
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Neither does anyone else.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2014 01:42 PM (vPh3W)

189 181
Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Dust with flour, fry with a bit of olive oil and enjoy.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:36 PM (rwI+c)

First you have to find some. Those things are rare around here. And I prefer corn meal instead of flour. Bream are much more abundant in the South and almost as good.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 01:43 PM (u9gzs)

190 I honestly have no idea what tilapia fish is.

You know the story of the Loaves and Fishes, right? Tilapia are the fishes.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:44 PM (rwI+c)

191 Nah, just kidding. As the mysteriously absent T9 would say, 'Gimmie hug...'

Errrrm...awkward, but OK.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2014 01:45 PM (mx5oN)

192 First you have to find some. Those things are rare around here.

My Winn-Dixie always has them. Flash frozen.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:45 PM (rwI+c)

193 Tilapia=pond chicken

Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at December 27, 2014 01:45 PM (S8mz8)

194 I've had Tilapia. Didn't really care for it. Rather have Catfish.

Posted by: Ronster at December 27, 2014 01:47 PM (9vrWU)

195 I'm waiting for the Miami-SC game. I hate Miami still.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:47 PM (rwI+c)

196 192 My Winn-Dixie always has them. Flash frozen.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:45 PM (rwI+c)

Our Winn Dixie closed years ago and so did my favorite store Harris Teeter.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 01:48 PM (u9gzs)

197 and it's raining here

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:48 PM (rwI+c)

198 Do you have Piggly-Wiggly, Vic? I remember whebn I lived in SC, BuyLow (sp?) and Food Town were the go-to stores.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:49 PM (rwI+c)

199 179
Tilapia filets, what are your thoughts on them?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:28 AM (XK/4h)

Good cheap source of protein. I'm always concerned about the mercury levels in fish so I tend to eat smaller fish - mainly sardines. Tilapia is supposed to be low in mercury as well.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 27, 2014 01:49 PM (AC0lD)

200 WeirdDave, if you are here, thanks for the Fundamental Concepts series. And a suggestion if you haven't already covered it: The Tragedy of the Commons.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2014 01:52 PM (Uw6XW)

201 From the side bar

Obama: America Has Become Less Racially Divided Under My Presidency

Can this idiot ever open his mouth without puking up a lie. He is the most racist President since Woodrow Wilson.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 01:54 PM (u9gzs)

202 I might start buying "top round" which is sometimes called "london broil" in order to save $$.

But if it's a pain to cook, with the marinade, etc., and it's tough to chew...
Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 11:44 AM (XK/4h)

Slice it in strips against the grain. Mine is always tender as hell.

Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2014 01:55 PM (WlUIO)

203 Can this idiot ever open his mouth without puking up a lie. He is the most racist President since Woodrow Wilson.
Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 01:54 PM (u9gzs)

Wilson wanted us to see Birth of a Nation.
Obama wants us to see The Interview.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 27, 2014 01:56 PM (W5DcG)

204 I've been thinking about buying or making a sous vide cooker and trying that technique.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:56 PM (rwI+c)

205

does tilapia have a low stink level when cooked/fried?

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 01:56 PM (XK/4h)

206 I've never noticed a stink, so I'm guessing yes.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 01:57 PM (rwI+c)

207 Nope. If his lips are moving he's lying. I used to feel bad for the kids, but they will turn out just like their classless parents.

Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2014 01:57 PM (RZLOH)

208
Yeah, they say to cut against the grain -- what does that mean? Longways??

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 01:58 PM (XK/4h)

209 Toby, I may take a shot at sous vide as a New Year's resolution, too.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 27, 2014 01:59 PM (F4emI)

210
Kindletot mentioned a vacuum sealer -- we'll have to discuss those, too.

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 02:00 PM (XK/4h)

211 @183

9x18 comes in two cal. One Russian and one German. Post doesn't mention which one, I would assume Russian.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:00 PM (0FSuD)

212 I may take a shot at sous vide as a New Year's resolution, too.

It's a surprisingly old technique. According to Wiki, fwiw, first described in 1799.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:02 PM (rwI+c)

213 across the grain means so you can see the grain of the meat. Makes tough meat edible.

I absolutely love my vacuum sealer.

Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2014 02:02 PM (RZLOH)

214 Sooth -

http://tinyurl.com/mzf7bp4

Against the grain and at an angle.

Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2014 02:02 PM (WlUIO)

215 yeah, Russian. It *was* developed from the (mm Ultra, as I understand it.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:03 PM (rwI+c)

216 dammit 9MM Ultra

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:03 PM (rwI+c)

217 190
I honestly have no idea what tilapia fish is.

You know the story of the Loaves and Fishes, right? Tilapia are the fishes.

Mexican/ Asian boney white fish that grows like a weed. A trash fish.

http://tinyurl.com/58knrh

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:04 PM (0FSuD)

218 developed or stolen. We are talking about Soviets after all.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:04 PM (rwI+c)

219 Actually prefer London broil most of the time if I am making it.

Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2014 02:04 PM (WlUIO)

220 If it is a Radom it is Eastern block which means Makarov.

Every time I look at one I say I want it.
Then I pick it up and I remember the kick I get from a Makarov
Then I set it down and look for something else.
Ow.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 02:07 PM (t//F+)

221 216
dammit 9MM Ultra

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:03 PM (rwI+c)

I have a Walter PP Super in 9MM Ultra. The Russian round will not shot in it, so make sure it's an Police/Ultra. The ammo is expensive, Fiocci still makes it, basically it's a 380 on steroids.

This.........http://tinyurl.com/oq7jdmr

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:07 PM (0FSuD)

222
Against the grain and at an angle.

good vid, thanks

Posted by: Slippery When Soothsayer at December 27, 2014 02:07 PM (XK/4h)

223 Wifey, who is a food and nutrition guru, says tilapia is short on omegas, and it is the difference between, say, olive oil and canola oil. Tilapia being the less healthy of fish varities. She says natural, undyed salmon is best of the common fish. Tilapia not bad; just not beneficial.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 27, 2014 02:10 PM (dk6q4)

224 Shit, we have broken the AoSHQ style book, we started a gun thread before 250.

Could be a barrel offense?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:10 PM (0FSuD)

225 Every time I look at one I say I want it.
Then I pick it up and I remember the kick I get from a Makarov
Then I set it down and look for something else.
Ow.

I like mine, though you wouldn't want to shoot a hundred rounds through it or anything. A stiffer recoil spring and a much weaker hammer spring, both available from Wolf Springs, make a world of difference from stock. Excellent safety, loaded indicator, and it's palm size means I carry one in my trouser pocket all the time.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:12 PM (rwI+c)

226 @221

Did I mention I bought the PP Super at a flea market in ID for $200!

A damn good throw away gun.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:12 PM (0FSuD)

227 Did I mention I bought the PP Super at a flea market in ID for $200!

Nice.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:13 PM (rwI+c)

228 Tilapia . Not high on my list, at all. Pond-raised in Asia where it gets 85 degrees daily. Shallow ponds, at that.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 27, 2014 02:13 PM (uSAVP)

229 Another cheap fish is swai.

It's supposedly a type of catfish.

Posted by: Mindy at December 27, 2014 02:13 PM (rcXlm)

230 Toby, have you shot the FEG PA-63? that is what I am basing some of my concern on.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 02:15 PM (t//F+)

231 Regarding tilapia:

My daughter works at a seafood restaurant and she won't touch the stuff. She says the vast majority of it is farm-raised in China and is...sub-par. Questionable, at best. I was sad to hear it, because it's cheap and I like it OK, but if the safety/quality is iffy, I won't chance it.

Posted by: AngelEm at December 27, 2014 02:16 PM (nIVFt)

232 Yeah, was on a trout fishing trip and this old fart had one. Now I have a gun and no case and I am flying out that morning.

USPS flat rate box. No questions axed, came in two days. I bought a 1000 rounds from able's ammo. It fires the Ultra ammo great, but my extra clip is for 380, which you can shot, but not recommended. The 380 mag doesn't feed the Ultra round very well.

All and all, I am thrilled to have a Walter for $200, even with a strange round. It's a heavy gun and the round is loud as shit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:17 PM (0FSuD)

233 Also, paleo is an effective diet, but you do need to have healthy carbs in moderation. Carbs are vital for brain function. There are lots of yummy paleo recipes out there. My downfall is soda pop. My spleen must look like the rubble of Stalingrad.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 27, 2014 02:17 PM (dk6q4)

234 Toby, have you shot the FEG PA-63? that is what I am basing some of my concern on.

I just bought a couple from Wideners ($198 delivered) but haven't gotten them to the range yet. They are slightly lighter than the P64 (alloy frame vs steel), so I would expect a bit more sharpness to them. And they seem more fragile somehow. Plus I don't like the safety as much.

They are pretty though.

Posted by: toby928(C) at December 27, 2014 02:18 PM (rwI+c)

235 Looks like Fox is jumping on the Scankles bus. So they have chosen our slate already. Scanckles for a Dem and JEB for the Repub.

We are screwed.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 02:19 PM (u9gzs)

236 Oops

http://is.gd/AbGdos

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 02:19 PM (u9gzs)

237 Another cheap fish is swai.

It's supposedly a type of catfish.

Actually, it's a form of weasel.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2014 02:19 PM (8ZskC)

238 The only thing I have missed on Fox is the Kelly file. Have dish there is some sort of contract disagreement. Been out for almost 2 weeks.

Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2014 02:21 PM (RZLOH)

239 I'll look at the Radom again. Thank you Toby.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2014 02:23 PM (t//F+)

240 Arizona State is going to beat the crap out of Duke.

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:24 PM (rwI+c)

241 Well, well, well,,,
Duke who is 9-3 after an ACC conference season vs
Az St who is 9-3 after playing through the PAC 12.

Didn't take a Vegas bookie to know where this would be headed.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 27, 2014 02:24 PM (jGqoT)

242 238
The only thing I have missed on Fox is the Kelly file. Have dish there
is some sort of contract disagreement. Been out for almost 2 weeks.

Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2014 02:21 PM (RZLOH)

I was talking about the internet site. I don't have cable anymore.

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 02:26 PM (u9gzs)

243 I actually like catfish. Of course, I may be brainwashed since they're pretty much required eating in Texas.

Posted by: Lauren at December 27, 2014 02:27 PM (tSXq7)

244 240
Arizona State is going to beat the crap out of Duke.

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:24 PM (rwI+c)

Yeah, probably, I have turned it on yet. But hey, there are in a bowl and the money is the same.

That and unlike the UNC players, who got the shit beaten out of themselfs, the Dukies can read, and will find jobs.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:28 PM (0FSuD)

245 I'll look at the Radom again.

I made a free pocket holster for mine. It would probably work for any PPK type pistol. http://is.gd/KqTb86

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:28 PM (rwI+c)

246 Agreed Lauren. Especially blue cat.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 27, 2014 02:29 PM (jGqoT)

247 @245

That's pretty cool, what is the material?

Also, I have a Walter pp 32. Never carry it any more because I have a Ruger 380 pocket pistol with laser.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:31 PM (0FSuD)

248 I made a free pocket holster for mine. It would probably work for any PPK type pistol. http://is.gd/KqTb86

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:28 PM (rwI+c)

Is that just a piece of cardboard in the middle?

I got my gun leather from awkward davies. Shameless plug:
http://lastrefugeofascoundrel.blogspot.com/2014/12/mailbag.html
I have no financial interest, just a very satisfied customer.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2014 02:32 PM (6fyGz)

249 Mexican/ Asian boney white fish that grows like a weed. A trash fish.

I've seen cat fights break out over tilapia, so I guess it would be good cat food.

Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2014 02:33 PM (Ua6T/)

250 I was talking about the internet site. I don't have cable anymore.

Hey Vic, I don't have cable either. I found this streaming link for Fox that's pretty good. Half-way down the page.

http://tinyurl.com/mwzmejl

Posted by: dartist at December 27, 2014 02:33 PM (ahBY0)

251 @248

Nice. I have a High Standard with an old holster. No prices? Must be high.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:34 PM (0FSuD)

252 Yeah, two sheets of cardboard with a matching piece of milk jug sandwich between them on the leg side to stop moisture from vaporing through. No plastic on the out side. Two neoprene beer koozies set 90 degrees apart with the cardboard between them. The cardboard keeps it from printing in your pocket. It looks like you an iPhone or some such device in your pocket.

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:35 PM (rwI+c)

253 I've seen cat fights break out over tilapia, so I guess it would be good cat food.

Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2014 02:33 PM (Ua6T/)

I think the ground up left overs at the Chinese plant DO become cat food. That or they ship it to the Norks for dinner.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:35 PM (0FSuD)

254 My cousin Tom went to Israel on vacation a few years back. He loved it. Couldn't stop talking about the experience. A year ago he was diagnosed with ALS. He's on a drug therapy that's not FDA approved. The medicine comes from Israel. Some coincidence.

Yeah... coincidence

Posted by: genesis 12:3 at December 27, 2014 02:37 PM (AVEe1)

255 majority of it is farm-raised in China

Here in Alabama, they have to tell you at least the country of origin of any fish. I'm sure they would broadcast loudly if any of it were local, whether wild or farm raised.

Posted by: Fox2! at December 27, 2014 02:37 PM (brIR5)

256 FG Duke. 10-3 ASU

Posted by: toby928(C) predicts at December 27, 2014 02:38 PM (rwI+c)

257 @250

OK off to club to watch and drink. Now start that gun thread, it's legal!

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:39 PM (0FSuD)

258 nood

Posted by: Vic at December 27, 2014 02:58 PM (u9gzs)

259 Gasp! Your disparaging the fish Jesus ate? And Multiplied?
And you pay plenty for, at restaurants around the Kinneret served to tourists as St. Peters Fish with the head on, of course.
Heh! Heh!

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 03:15 PM (oOXKj)

260 Nice. I have a High Standard with an old holster. No prices? Must be high.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 27, 2014 02:34 PM (0FSuD)

Sorry, AFK for a while. You would have to contact ad for the prices (email in the posting), IIRC it was $50 for the holster but that might have been the "first time trying this" discount.

What model High Standard?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2014 03:24 PM (6fyGz)

261
259 Gasp! Your disparaging the fish Jesus ate? And Multiplied?And you pay plenty for, at restaurants around the Kinneret served to tourists as St. Peters Fish with the head on, of course.Heh! Heh!
Posted by: Kafiroon at December 27, 2014 03:15 PM (oOXKj)

Upside down?

Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2014 03:36 PM (zt+N6)

262 The lake to the North is the Sea of Galilee, and the larger one to the South is the Dead Sea. I would guess that the blue and green areas to the South of the Dead Sea are salt ponds, but that is a WAG.

Hate to jump in late, but the salt ponds to the south of the current Dead Sea are the remnants of the old southern part of the Dead Sea.

Posted by: steveegg at December 27, 2014 03:45 PM (cL79m)

263 "I would guess that the blue and green areas to the South of the Dead Sea are salt ponds, but that is a WAG."

Technically it's all the Dead Sea, which has been drying up, and the southern half disappearing. They pump water from the northern half to the southern half to keep something there: the aqua part in the upper part of the southern half is a collection of salt and mineral drying ponds, and the darker blue in the southwest part of the southern half is a strip of open water in front of resort hotels popular with Europeans, who value the alleged curative powers of the brine and also value leathery skin. But it's a losing battle; twenty years from now, the southern part will be nothing but a giant salt flat.

Posted by: Zumkopf at December 27, 2014 04:31 PM (kAi2B)

264 Technically it's all the Dead Sea, which has been drying up, and the southern half disappearing. They pump water from the northern half to the southern half to keep something there: the aqua part in the upper part of the southern half is a collection of salt and mineral drying ponds, and the darker blue in the southwest part of the southern half is a strip of open water in front of resort hotels popular with Europeans, who value the alleged curative powers of the brine and also value leathery skin. But it's a losing battle; twenty years from now, the southern part will be nothing but a giant salt flat.

Posted by: Zumkopf at December 27, 2014 04:31 PM (kAi2B)

Supposedly there's a joint Israeli/Jordanian/PA pipeline to pipe Red Sea water into the Dead Sea, but that plan is on its second iteration in a decade and won't be operational until at least 2017.

Posted by: steveegg at December 27, 2014 06:21 PM (cL79m)

265 The real fun part was watching bus loads of teenagers that were on tour in the hot summer. Since they were sweaty and inching themselves, the mass screaming when they were in the salt-mineral water was better than horror movies. Also the dummies that slather that black mineral mud on, for the "healing" properties, it can take a Loooong time of grease cutters and intense scrubbing to get it off. Some leave still black because the bus was leaving.

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