Thread before the Gardening Thread, March 6 [KT]

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

Because this is the weekend, here is Story Time with Mike Rowe. Followed by discussion and more stories. There are always a few surprises in his podcasts. Historical surprises in this one. 51 minutes. You could put it on while you do something else:

"Damnatio Memoriae (Thats Latin for Cancel Culture)"

In what appears to be an ongoing quest to get himself cancelled, Mike weighs in on the statue controversy much to the alarm of his producer, Chuck. Their conversation then pivots to the situation in San Francisco, where the school board has recently voted to remove the names of Washington and Lincoln from the facades of public schools - a truly bizarre decision that left Mike to wonder how in the world so many powerful people have managed to get their heads so far up their own asses.

Mike Rowe has been taking on some other controversial issues, too:

Lots of feedback on my recent post, which highlighted a few examples of how certainty and truth have taken divergent paths here of late. As usual, not everyone was delighted with my observations, as the comment section indicates.

(Emphasis Muldoon's. From the comments.)

Rowe chose one "gentle" criticism, which misrepresented what he had said about Climate Change and Covid in the manner typical of someone who has been educated in today's public schools.

. . . Pointing out misstatements from powerful people who shape policy is not taking things "out of context," it's holding people accountable. Hundreds of journalists, politicians, and scientists who spoke with great certainty about both issues turned out to be dead wrong. That doesn't mean that science is not to be trusted - but it does mean we can no longer hope to persuade skeptical people by simply proclaiming, "because the science is settled!" Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Point being, our current credibility crisis isn't happening because powerful people were merely wrong about critical issues that affect us all - it's happening because they were wrong, and certain, and unapologetic. That trifecta has had a devastating effect on the public trust, and for good reason. . .

(Emphasis mine.)

. . . But this crisis of credibility is also happening because "cancel culture" is very real, as is the attack on free speech.
As I type this, I see that Mr. Potato Head is no longer a male, and Dr. Suess is now a racist. Here in San Francisco, the school board has voted to remove no less than 44 names from the facade of public schools. Among them, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Jefferson. These decisions, in my opinion, are all promulgated by people who share two qualities in equal measure - certainty and intolerance. They are certain of what they believe, and they are intolerant of those who disagree. If you revisit the sources I provided in my original post, you'll see that combination appear over and over. It's not a coincidence.

We keep hearing that you can't apologize to a mob. That principle also holds true for the powerful leftists who make up stuff to manipulate us into doing what they want us to do. They can't apologize when they are shown to be wrong. Cancel Culture wreaks havoc on our society in ways beyond the obvious ones.

Rowe then gets into specifics. He Fisks the reader's criticisms. A model of clear thinking. An example:

But also, there's an underlying hypocrisy at work here that transcends the business of being wrong, and a level of hubris that makes persuasion nearly impossible. Gavin Newsom's future in politics is in real trouble today, not because of his policies, but because of his hypocrisy. Likewise, Andrew Cuomo's words have come back to haunt him in a big way. "Believe all women?" Ok, let's see if he means it. Al Gore scared the hell out millions of people by telling us the polar ice caps would be gone twenty years ago, and cited all kinds of scientific studies to support his claim. That doesn't make him wrong about everything, but when he refuses to walk it back, it makes him fundamentally unpersuasive. But you seem to be arguing that anyone who dares to hold experts responsible for their own words, is "anti-science." And you're doing it with the same level of certainty we hear from guys like Newsom, Cuomo, Gore, and now, John Kerry.

Speaking of Cancel Culture

New Discourses provides this Social Justice Usage of the term, from Vice, in their Translations from the Wokish:

[C]ancellation isn't personal but a way for marginalized communities to publicly assert their value systems through pop culture.
How else do we, the public, [who are] largely powerless in the everyday execution of systems of value, moderate society without something like cancel culture? Where we can point out in real time the attitudes that perpetuate violence and call them out? That said, does cancel culture work? I don't know, but it's what we have. I think it helps mobilize people and direct intentions toward better legislative possibilities.

It's not personal when we destroy your life. Charming.

From the New Discourses Commentary on the term:

One will recognize that one of the justifications for this behavior is to "point out in real time the attitudes that perpetuate violence." Social Justice has a complicated relationship with the term violence (best explained in its own entry), but for the time being, suffice it to say that "violence" can include words, speech, ideas, symbols, images, and potentially even thoughts that the Social Justice activist considers dangerous in their contribution to producing or sustaining dominant discourses. By branding these phenomena "violent," it is far easier to justify significant and censorious activism against them.

"The Sneetches" did not make the list of Seuss books which are considered to be immediate threats to society in the latest kerfuffle, but the SPLC has the book in its crosshairs for promoting a "race-neutral approach" which does not "encourage young readers to recognize and take action against social injustice".

And how did we even get to the point where such ideas would occur to the SPLC? Neo tackles the question: Why didn't more professors oppose the Gramscian march, or at least stick up for free speech on campus back when these ideas were less "mainstream" in academia?

How do the insights from her post apply to us today?

Some of our progressive friends (or our friends who started out progressive) are really, really worried now, too. Brett Weinstein: "We need to scan and circulate PDFs of all the books that are being disappeared."

Ideas in the thread for saving books that are now forbidden on eBay and Amazon. Do you have some other ideas?

Saturday Recipe

I haven't tried this, but it seems like an interesting Saturday experiment, and it comes with several variations: browned, milk-braised chicken.

Many years ago, I wrote about this oddball Jamie Oliver recipe that was so weird and yet so delightful it sent me into fits of hyperbole. Best chicken recipe of all time?

More Recipe Riffs on Chicken in Milk
Since publishing this we have riffed on this recipe using coconut milk, the slow cooker, and other small improvements and options that may be helpful to you.

You cooking something interesting this weekend?

Hope you have a great weekend.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:27 AM

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Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:29 AM (Cxk7w)

2 If Sponge wants a first he can get it himself

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:29 AM (Cxk7w)

3 Nooded, I remember that Dr Suess quote

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:30 AM (Cxk7w)

4 Isn't it non kosher to serve milk in a meat dish?

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:32 AM (Cxk7w)

5 The world will be safer without Dr Seuss!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at March 06, 2021 11:32 AM (87oRe)

6 Ok, I won't post anymore until everyone catches up,
Swear

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Cxk7w)

7 When it comes to destroying the lives of people the powerless seem to have a lot of power.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at March 06, 2021 11:34 AM (lgiXo)

8 Hallo again horde. The windows are now clean! The car windows are a different story. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2021 11:34 AM (Vxu+H)

9 Mike Rowe always seems able to point directly into the wind. He thinks clearly.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2021 11:35 AM (WLHrn)

10 ...certainty and truth have taken divergent paths here of late.

***

I really like this construction. Proverbial nail on the proverbial head.

Although I try to apply a fact-based reality testing strategy when looking at various issues I will admit that my analysis may be flawed and welcome other viewpoints to help me shape my conclusions. Lefty zealots have no such compunction.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 11:38 AM (m45I2)

11 I wish I could remember which book, but there was one Dr. Seuss book that was seriously creepy in an evil way.

And no, it wasn't "the pale green pants with nobody inside."

Posted by: Emmie at March 06, 2021 11:39 AM (ofYez)

12 Cancel Culture is a Dress Rehearsal for Mass Murder - Stefan Molyneux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:40 AM (DOEp8)

13 My own feeling is that civilization is on its way out, and the course is irreversible.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 06, 2021 11:41 AM (l9m7l)

14 Who Shat In My Pants?

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 06, 2021 11:41 AM (UMXod)

15 12 Cancel Culture is a Dress Rehearsal for Mass Murder - Stefan Molyneux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA
Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:40 AM (DOEp

Yep.

Either that, or a way for marginalized people to make their voices heard.

Posted by: Emmie at March 06, 2021 11:42 AM (ofYez)

16 Good morning, question for the horde,

Mr. Spypeach has tested positive for china bat flu, he's feeling okay, mild flu symptoms. A few months back someone posted a regimen of over the counter supplements, I believe it was Vitamin C, D, Zinc and Bio-Quercetin, but not sure what dosage they had recommended. Does anyone remember?

Posted by: spypeach at March 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Up/Jb)

17 Leftists want to destroy western civilization to make way for their utopia that can ever happen because their ruling class won't let it.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Cxk7w)

18
Cancel Culture is a Dress Rehearsal for Mass Murder - Stefan Molyneux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA
Posted by: SMH

When I made similar observations at Insty about a week ago in a slightly different context, a couple of commenters accused me of being paranoid. Which is why I put the observations up in the first place, to provoke that reaction.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2021 11:44 AM (n+4am)

19 Seuss is modern-day fairy tales, small morality plays on a whimsical background.

Hansel und Gretel marginalizes and trivializes the lived truth of Wiccan cannibalistic crones.

Burn the witch...er...Don't burn the witch!...er...

Burn the witch burners!!!!!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (m45I2)

20 Either that, or a way for marginalized people to make their voices heard.
Posted by: Emmie

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There's no either.

Socialists/Communists do not care about marginalized voices being heard. They only care about power.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (DOEp8)

21 It makes me sad/angry. Science is supposed to be about never being 100% certain. Here is the hypothesis, experiment and observe to see if holds up. There is always the possibility that a more advanced hypothesis is out there, eg. Newtonian gravity vs Einstein's theory of relativity. Funny story I've been told is that when the AF first launched some GPS satellites they didn't think they'd have to worry about relativity, but they put in a switch just in case. Data showed that yes, even just orbital speed does have enough effect that it needs to be accounted for at that level of measurement precision.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (Aashi)

22 I don't remember but a few Dr Suess books as a kid maybe half dozen at most.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (Cxk7w)

23 Did Stalinists natter on about speaking truth to power and representing the powerless as they sent people to the gulags or Lubyanka?

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 11:46 AM (lgiXo)

24 I really like this construction. Proverbial nail on the proverbial head.

Although I try to apply a fact-based reality testing strategy when looking at various issues I will admit that my analysis may be flawed and welcome other viewpoints to help me shape my conclusions. Lefty zealots have no such compunction.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 11:38 AM (m45I2)

Same here. I am fond of, at times, plotting a point out on the edge, suggesting something that MIGHT be true. Then my hope is, others will come along and help show where that point is... inside or outside the circle of truth.

What I often get instead, is people who overreact and declare YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. Then al the labels come out. Which helps discourse, not at all.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 11:47 AM (oQ94s)

25 There's no either.

Socialists/Communists do not care about marginalized voices being heard. They only care about power.
Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (DOEp

Yes, I agree. I was being sarcastic.

Posted by: Emmie at March 06, 2021 11:47 AM (ofYez)

26
Leftists want to destroy western civilization to make way for their utopia that can ever happen because their ruling class won't let it.
Posted by: Skip

With respect, commie cocksuckers want to destroy Western Civilization because they want to destroy Western Civilization. I'm convinced that none of those fuckers actually believe that crap about building a socialist utopia. The whole point is to shoot kneeling Kulaks in the back of the neck.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2021 11:47 AM (n+4am)

27 Leftists want to destroy western civilization to make way for their utopia that can ever happen because their ruling class won't let it.
Posted by: Skip

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Immanentize the Eschaton

"In political theory and theology, to immanentize the eschaton means trying to bring about the eschaton (the final, heaven-like stage of history) in the immanent world. In all these contexts, it means "trying to make that which belongs to the afterlife happen here and now (on Earth).""

https://tinyurl.com/34sa9twr

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:48 AM (DOEp8)

28 You cooking something interesting this weekend?

no

the only somewhat unusual dish i made lately was pasta with romanesco, capers and olives. It was just ok. I discovered that the romanesco is very filling and really should be used with a light touch when serving with pasta

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 11:48 AM (DJFLF)

29 14 Who Shat In My Pants?
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 06, 2021 11:41 AM (UMXod)

---------

I do not like shit in my pants
I do not like it when I dance
I do not like it when I nap
My plugs get caked with all the crap
I do not like shit, Dr. Jill
So clean it up while I sit still

Posted by: Joe Biden's Last Remaining Synapse at March 06, 2021 11:48 AM (fLVm1)

30 Emmie, was the story the Oobleck?

Posted by: Euro at March 06, 2021 11:49 AM (xER8d)

31 You cooking something interesting this weekend?

==

Everything I cook is "interesting"....

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 11:49 AM (zr5Kq)

32 This Doc Seuss stuff is a prime example of why there is no peaceful solution to this clusterfuck.

They cannot allow anything to exist that doesn't conform to their lunacy, and eventually will be drawn to genocide like a month to flame.

Not the first time I have said it, but get your shit together now. It's so much more convenient to whip up another holodomor when you can just shut off the power and tell people they're not allowed to go buy food. They're already talking about "climate lockdowns".

Posted by: somedood at March 06, 2021 11:50 AM (c3dw6)

33 You cooking something interesting this weekend?

*****

Prepping for the end times I've been planning to griddle my lions.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 11:50 AM (m45I2)

34 Darkness at Noon now seems prophetic.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 11:50 AM (lgiXo)

35 According to the XO, his mother used to braise wild pheasant in a milk sauce, claiming that otherwise the pheasant was too dry. The XO's father died before I met him, and the XO doesn't hunt so I have never been exposed to that particular way of cooking pheasant, or even pheasant in general except to see them strutting along the roadside.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Bitterly clinging to the deplorable life at March 06, 2021 11:50 AM (dLD8W)

36 2021, the year we marginalized Dr Seuss.

Take this story back 40 years and most would guess this move would come from the right.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 11:50 AM (UnQlg)

37 "Mr. Spypeach has tested positive for china bat flu, he's feeling okay, mild flu symptoms. A few months back someone posted a regimen of over the counter supplements, I believe it was Vitamin C, D, Zinc and Bio-Quercetin, but not sure what dosage they had recommended. Does anyone remember?
Posted by: spypeach at March 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Up/Jb)"

Look up the latest version of the EVMS treatment protocol, they have dosing info for all manner of things in there and explanations of where/when to use it.

As a note for the horde, Ivermectin is still widely available if you're not hung up on things like legality.

Posted by: somedood at March 06, 2021 11:51 AM (c3dw6)

38 Stefan Molyneux, as well as Mike Rowe, are definitely on my playlist today.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:52 AM (DOEp8)

39 imo it is not "hubris" or being "wrong" that is the real heart of the "issue". The issue is that they are at war with US, with USA, as the leader of the free world and the seat of liberty. As in -- our Statue of Liberty -- a lamp to brighten the path of other nations, into Sovereign God given rights, to be recognized by all governments that represent their people. --

Global Warming was a tactical effort to control energy, which was the door to control everything, tax everything. The cancel culture is more of the same. They are not "wrong" when they demand we repeat their 2+2=5 phrases (black lives matter, whites are naturally racist, diversity is our strength, etc.) They are forcing us into submission (mask mandates and shutdowns, but BigCorp thrives and is open, "academia" is closed to conservatives). These are acts of war, more than just hubris ... imo. Shadow men are the real central planners ... oligarchs and foundations, and global institutions with no one elected.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2021 11:52 AM (Cus5s)

40 They will come to your house to look for books.

Posted by: Soon at March 06, 2021 11:52 AM (E/azg)

41 The Left unleashed and promoted the lunatics to "get" their enemies, with no thought beyond as to what would happen next.

Yes, unleashing the tigers into the village will get your enemies killed. But there are still tigers, and they're still hungry.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 06, 2021 11:52 AM (l9m7l)

42 Either that, or a way for marginalized people to make their voices heard.
Posted by: Emmie
----
There's no either.

Socialists/Communists do not care about marginalized voices being heard. They only care about power.
Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (DOEp

Yep, if you own the public square, have mega corporations backing you, have all of DC lauding your every move, and you are shouting down the people who MIGHT oppose you, you aren't marginalized.

You are the marginalizer. It starts with a bullhorn, it proceeds to the bullwhip, it ends in the slaughterhouse. And the whole way there, as you march your prey, you'll be crying about being marginalized.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 11:53 AM (oQ94s)

43 When I made similar observations at Insty about a week ago in a slightly different context, a couple of commenters accused me of being paranoid. Which is why I put the observations up in the first place, to provoke that reaction.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

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I read some of the comments there and I just...smh.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:53 AM (DOEp8)

44 Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:32 AM (Cxk7w)

Someone would have to be super hardline extra kosher to have a problem with chicken in milk since by definition the milk can't have come from the chicken's mother.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2021 11:54 AM (1lKRm)

45 They will come to your house to look for books.
Posted by: Soon

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Bring it.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:54 AM (DOEp8)

46 I'll give you my Green Eggs when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 06, 2021 11:54 AM (8INGr)

47 Sneetches get steetches.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2021 11:54 AM (63Dwl)

48 spypeach, here is the flccc protocol.
https://tinyurl.com/vbfbbe6t

Ivermectin isn't OTC for people, and if you can't get a prescription and are up for the challenge, the dosage per pound for the apple-flavored horse formulation is the same as for humans. It comes in a tube, and you would have to guess a little on the exact amount.

Posted by: KT at March 06, 2021 11:55 AM (BVQ+1)

49 I have been thinking about making a meatball grinder for months, meatballs, provolone and mozzarella wrapped inside a pizza dough and baked.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:55 AM (Cxk7w)

50 Larry Grathwohl on Weather Underground's plan for killing millions of American

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMG5I_56Q4

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:56 AM (DOEp8)

51 They will come to your house to look for books.
Posted by: Soon

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Bring it.
Posted by: SMH

This. They will find out I don't "own" any guns. Not that I don't have any, just that I personally do not Own any..

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2021 11:56 AM (Vxu+H)

52 Stefan Molyneux, as well as Mike Rowe, are definitely on my playlist today.
Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:52 AM (DOEp

I need to break my addiction to Youtube. Some of these guys who have been cancelled, like Molyneux, I know they're still out there, but I'm not looking for them.

There are others, who are mostly charlatans, who I don't miss at all. Doesn't mean they should have been cancelled, but the phoniness of some of these people who fancy themselves warrior on the right, it's become more and more obvious to me who is who.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 11:56 AM (oQ94s)

53 Come looking for books at my house? Better pack a lunch, among other things.

Posted by: Only Context at March 06, 2021 11:57 AM (qu5Zx)

54 Spypeach,

Fluvoxamine is another option. Look into the clinical trial. Steve Kirsch, Quora, early treatments for COVID.

Posted by: KT at March 06, 2021 11:58 AM (BVQ+1)

55 "35 According to the XO, his mother used to braise wild pheasant in a milk sauce, claiming that otherwise the pheasant was too dry. The XO's father died before I met him, and the XO doesn't hunt so I have never been exposed to that particular way of cooking pheasant, or even pheasant in general except to see them strutting along the roadside."
********
I prepare pheasant quite a few different ways a lot of them similar to chicken but I always brine the birds after cleaning them and before freezing and prior to cooking them I usually soak them in milk for a couple hours. I get a lot of this can't be pheasant comments from the folks eating them.

Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 11:58 AM (zw2bc)

56 49 I have been thinking about making a meatball grinder for months, meatballs, provolone and mozzarella wrapped inside a pizza dough and baked.
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:55 AM (Cxk7w)

this sounds good! we've seen the stromboli pics you posted here so we know you're no slouch when it comes to the philly comfort food

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 11:59 AM (DJFLF)

57 Legal Insurrection says Andrew Branca is going to cover the upcoming trial of officer Chauvin. Will they fabricate evidence and turn it into a kangaroo court or let Milwaukee burn?

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:59 AM (Cxk7w)

58 Maybe I need to tear one of my Bibles into segments which can be hidden.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 11:59 AM (lgiXo)

59
Take this story back 40 years and most would guess this move would come from the right.
Posted by: fluffy

40 years ago it wasn't the right trying to ban Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2021 11:59 AM (63Dwl)

60 >>> I have been thinking about making a meatball grinder for months, meatballs, provolone and mozzarella wrapped inside a pizza dough and baked.

Isn't that a calzone?

Lightly toasted French bread, meatballs simmered in sauce, then a short time under the broiler to melt the cheese.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (UnQlg)

61 I usually soak them in milk for a couple hours. I get a lot of this can't be pheasant comments from the folks eating them.
Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 11:58 AM (zw2bc)

does the milk tenderize the bird?

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (DJFLF)

62
Thanks KT and somedood, appreciate it.

Posted by: spypeach at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (Up/Jb)

63 I heard pheasants were revolting.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (m45I2)

64 I have been thinking about making a meatball grinder for months, meatballs, provolone and mozzarella wrapped inside a pizza dough and baked.
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 11:55 AM (Cxk7w)

Oh man, actually making my mouth water. How about making two??

Posted by: Pony Tail at March 06, 2021 12:01 PM (fJy+U)

65 does the milk tenderize the bird?

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021�

Yes but it's hard to get them to drink it.

Posted by: LMAO at March 06, 2021 12:01 PM (E/azg)

66 I thought the milk braising trick with the chicken looked familiar and the author of the cooking link said so right up front. It's a rephrasing of the Italian technique of braising pork in milk.

Molly Stevens' book, "All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking" has a nice version of the pork loin recipe. And it's chock full of other recipes you all would probably enjoy as well.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 06, 2021 12:01 PM (ZSK0i)

67 does the milk tenderize the bird?
***
Milk tenderizes most meats.
I've heard of soaking deer quarters in milk and then smoking them. I'm going to try that someday.

Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (zw2bc)

68 That Dr Seuss quote appears to be fake: a source cannot be found.

Posted by: pst314 at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (mbIBQ)

69 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 06, 2021 12:01 PM (ZSK0i)

Isn't using a Crock Pot pretty much a braising technique?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (1lKRm)

70 They cannot allow anything to exist that doesn't conform to their
lunacy, and eventually will be drawn to genocide like a month to flame.
It's worse than that. They can't get off the tiger or it will eat them, so they must constantly discover new enemies and outrages. They need those enemies and outrages like normal people need oxygen. It's eerily reminiscent of Stalin, Mao, and the French Revolution.

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (v16oJ)

71 Oh, such an excellent thread KT.

Bookmarked all. Watched the Cancel Culture Dress Rehearsal yesterday.

Everytime I see some of this crap I look at my husband and exclaim, "In America? WTF".

Posted by: Pony Tail at March 06, 2021 12:04 PM (fJy+U)

72 Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (zw2bc)

Seems like it would take a lot of milk to cover that much meat.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2021 12:04 PM (1lKRm)

73 I truly wonder how many people will fire through the door, if the push comes to shove. Say, if your city or county enacts a diktat to liquidate books of certain kind from private homes. And sends goon squads to uphold. And the diktat either goes unchallenged, or takes a long time to make its way through the courts. Like when some cities had a complete ban on gun ownership. By the time it became McDonald v. Chicago, any gunowner was a criminal. Hypothetical question.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 12:06 PM (zr5Kq)

74 Cooking revolting pheasants falls under "something interesting'.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 12:07 PM (zr5Kq)

75 Even in Illinois, there are sanctuary counties for the 2nd Amendment, mostly in the southern part of the state.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 12:07 PM (DOEp8)

76 We keep hearing that you can't apologize to a mob. That principle also
holds true for the powerful leftists who make up stuff to manipulate us
into doing what they want us to do.

There is pretty much never any good reason to try to appease communists.

Posted by: Methos at March 06, 2021 12:07 PM (kOpft)

77 Here's some more data on Ivermectin

shorturl.at/kDFPW

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at March 06, 2021 12:08 PM (87oRe)

78 There is pretty much never any good reason to try to appease communists.

Posted by: Methos at March 06, 2021

Bipartisanship!

Posted by: GOPe at March 06, 2021 12:08 PM (E/azg)

79 **Seems like it would take a lot of milk to cover that much meat.

The guy who told me about had a dairy farm so the milk wasn't an issue for him. I'll probably try it with a couple of roasts.

Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 12:08 PM (zw2bc)

80 I've soaked wild game in buttermilk. It softens the meat and improves the flavor. Especially useful for geese and small game like rabbits and squirrels.

Posted by: PabloD, boop/bop/beep at March 06, 2021 12:09 PM (VsIlw)

81 Sir, those are not dormer windows. They are improvised gun turrets. Have a nice day.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2021 12:09 PM (Vxu+H)

82 Thanks KT, as usual one of the best posts of the week. Consistently.

Rowe is great, surprisingly great, on this important stuff.

However I think he might understate something. It's not hubris or "hypocrisy" that's critical, it's *being wrong*, that has created what Rowe calls (and I am very skeptical it's as large a phenomenon as he implies) the crisis in credibility.

As with everything, he's talking about a sub-set of the populace - those who are intelligent, actually educated, actually informed, and most importantly given to logical critical thinking - when he talks about those who are alienated from the irrational idiocy eroding the country and society.

And while they're clearly intolerant and arrogantly over-confident, the idiots doing the Taliban/Khmer Rouge act (as with public school names in SF) are most importantly *ignorant* or misinformed, and simply not very intelligent. It's not simply, or mostly, attitude problems we're up against.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 12:11 PM (OTzUX)

83 I made Jamie Oliver's Milk Chicken a little over a year ago.

Followed the directions to the letter. It looked and smelled great, however -

everyone's opinion was "meh".

It tasted okay, but wasn't even in the Top Twenty for Greatest Chicken Evah! If Kroger's Roast Chicken is the chicken you usually eat, I'm sure this is a revelation. If you cook at home often, and make even the slightest effort at good food and good cooking, you'll probably be as unimpressed as we were.

YMMV. So try it out and see what you think.

As for us, it did not go on the rotation.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 06, 2021 12:11 PM (dWwl8)

84 >>> I truly wonder how many people will fire through the door, if the push comes to shove.

Who will be the canaries in the coal mine? If the Commonwealth (Peeps Republic of Mass) decides they need to break down my front door and look for contraband they aren't going to announce to the internet "the right-wing bastard had it coming".

The authorities will be less froggy in places like South Carolina, Texas and Idaho.

Posted by: fluffy; Masshole at March 06, 2021 12:12 PM (UnQlg)

85 Thank you for the thread, and the links to the chicken recipes. I am still reading connected links, but I really appreciate it. Especially any slow cooker ideas.

Posted by: MikeM at March 06, 2021 12:12 PM (G9gd2)

86 It makes me sad/angry. Science is supposed to be about never being 100% certain. Here is the hypothesis, experiment and observe to see if holds up. There is always the possibility that a more advanced hypothesis is out there, eg. Newtonian gravity vs Einstein's theory of relativity. Funny story I've been told is that when the AF first launched some GPS satellites they didn't think they'd have to worry about relativity, but they put in a switch just in case. Data showed that yes, even just orbital speed does have enough effect that it needs to be accounted for at that level of measurement precision.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 11:45 AM (Aashi)

Sciency obsessed dickweeds are full of hubris regarding the capabilities of our species. Maybe we're not capable of understanding all the mysteries of the universe just like putting a book in front of a cow. There might be a more advanced species that understands quantum mechanics instinctively rather than having to be taught it, just for starters. To paraphrase Dirty Harry, mankind's gotta know its limitations.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 06, 2021 12:13 PM (y7DUB)

87 Isn't using a Crock Pot pretty much a braising technique?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2021 12:03 PM (1lKRm)

Very much so.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 06, 2021 12:14 PM (ZSK0i)

88 When it comes to confiscation, one might draw a comparison between private gun ownership and herd immunity.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:14 PM (m45I2)

89 Thanks KT and somedood, appreciate it.
Posted by: spypeach at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (Up/Jb)

Ask again when Sharkman shows up on one of the threads. He was offering some formulations from his company, gratis. I don't know if he is still doing this though.

He usually shows up on the ONT.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 06, 2021 12:15 PM (ZN7T5)

90 Just came across a slow-cooker whole chicken (olive and lemon) recipe that sounds worth trying. The photo with one of the recipe versions showed a beautifully browned bird - which seems impossible from a slow-cooker, but what do I know. May try it. Will be tough to match the meyer lemon-seasoned whole roaster done on the grill, with applewood chips in the smoker box, though. That's killer.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 12:15 PM (OTzUX)

91 Mr. Spypeach has tested positive for china bat flu, he's feeling okay, mild flu symptoms. A few months back someone posted a regimen of over the counter supplements, I believe it was Vitamin C, D, Zinc and Bio-Quercetin, but not sure what dosage they had recommended. Does anyone remember?

Posted by: spypeach at March 06, 2021 11:43 AM

I've read that a person loses their ability to absorb Zinc in their 20's. Which continues the rest of their life. The recommendation I read was take the govmint RDA (which is around 8 mg) and increase it by that much for each decade of life. So:
20's 8 mg/day
30's 16 mg/day
40's 24 mg/day
50's 32 mg/day
60's 40 mg/day
70's 48 mg/day
Zinc is potent antiviral. The other meds I don't know of. If you have insufficient zinc in your system you'll lose your sense of taste and smell. You know who else loses their sense of taste and smell? It's widely reported in covid patients. Correlation or causation?

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 06, 2021 12:15 PM (N/gDA)

92 I heard pheasants were revolting.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:00 PM (m45I2)

Molting...in the spring.

Posted by: BignJames at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (AwYPR)

93 Speaking of chicken, my wife made chicken and dumplings for lunch yesterday.

It was excellent.

That is all.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (2SdPm)

94 Mornin' all.. I have a question. Have any of you had your second moderna vaccine shot? I'm petrified because all I read is horror stories of near death experiences.... Well that may be an exaggeration but bad side effects.. I had the first with no problem

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (Zmnko)

95 Cancel Culture is a Dress Rehearsal for Mass Murder - Stefan Molyneux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA
Posted by: SMH

Just a reiteration of the fact that Social Justice is merely code for the new facisim. Hitler, Goebbels et al would be furiously taking notes were they members of the audience.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (h6A84)

96 "always the possibility that a more advanced hypothesis is out there, eg. Newtonian gravity vs Einstein's theory of relativity."

I'll never come close to doing the math to argue relativity or string theory, whatever. "I believe" they find incredible science, BUT, now the whole dark matter thing reveals how little "we humans" know. They have some goal of a unified theory of everything, but the wise ones admit they barely scratched the surface.--
imo all men need their own spiritual pursuit, which maybe does start with humility defeating hubris? BigTech powers try to dominate/saturate every attached brain 24/7, with intent own/control, not to provide fulfillment. But the front men that are ignorant/certain, are the tools of the evil ones behind the scenes ... like the men plotting behind Biden and Kamala ... evil is the root problem, not ignorance.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (Cus5s)

97 Now for the really difficult questions.

Do "Slow Children at Play" grow up to be "Slow Men Working" and marry "Slow Cookers Cooking"?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:19 PM (m45I2)

98 **94 Mornin' all.. I have a question. Have any of you had your second moderna vaccine shot? I'm petrified because all I read is horror stories of near death experiences.... Well that may be an exaggeration but bad side effects.. I had the first with no problem
******
My 89 year old mother had her second Moderna shot this morning. So far so good.

Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 12:20 PM (zw2bc)

99 Reality: None of Mike Rowe's positions are "controversial."

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 06, 2021 12:20 PM (+S1Fy)

100 >>> Zinc is potent antiviral.

Red meat (beef, lamb, pork) and shellfish have lots.

Oysters are a super food with lots of zinc and ridiculous amounts of B-12.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:20 PM (UnQlg)

101 The geniuses at SFUSD just sent us text "In person learning will not begin January 25."

Srsly?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2021 12:21 PM (EZebt)

102 Donna, I know a few people who've had the whole Moderna series. A few felt blah for a day after 2nd shot, most felt little or nothing. Doc friend says (and he emphasized it's early/anecdotal-ish) that about 20% of people feel nothing from either shot, but severe reactions are rare. I wouldn't worry.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 12:21 PM (OTzUX)

103 Posted by: Cosda at March 06, 2021 12:20 PM (zw2bc)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:21 PM (Zmnko)

104 Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 12:21 PM (OTzUX)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:22 PM (Zmnko)

105 "But, but, but....it's the *publishers* who are canceling Dr. Seuss on their own!" The apologists for book burning screeched.

Nevermind the fact that their mobs of howler monkeys have been hounding the publisher for years.

Posted by: McLurkerson at March 06, 2021 12:22 PM (QUg00)

106 People were wondering if the dystopia would be Orwell's 1984, or Huxley's Brave New World. Lately it seems like Bradbury's Farenheit 451 is more like it.

Distract the masses. Let them be a bit part in tv soap operas. OK, so instead of full wall TV's we have 5 inch smart phone screens, and its not being written into a soap opera its posting your personal soap on SM. But outlawing ideas and eventually books to protect people who got triggered by them? Here we are.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 12:23 PM (Aashi)

107 @Donna, the most common side effect I've heard of from people I know who've taken the second vaccine is general body aches for a day, then it passes.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 06, 2021 12:23 PM (2SdPm)

108 Spypeach, look up the Eastern Virginia Medical School COVID protocol. That should have all the info you need.

Posted by: Inisfree at March 06, 2021 12:23 PM (JvFhS)

109
Seems like it would take a lot of milk to cover that much meat.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

*blinks*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2021 12:23 PM (n+4am)

110 When it comes to confiscation, one might draw a comparison between private gun ownership and herd immunity.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:14 PM (m45I2)

One might...

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 12:23 PM (zr5Kq)

111 Mornin' all.. I have a question. Have any of you had your second moderna vaccine shot? I'm petrified because all I read is horror stories of near death experiences.... Well that may be an exaggeration but bad side effects.. I had the first with no problem
Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:18 PM (Zmnko)

Hi Donna, my sister had her second Moderna, she said it knocked her out for 3 days due to mostly body aches and feeling like crap. She's feeling fine now, but it was a lousy 3 days for her.

Posted by: Pony Tail at March 06, 2021 12:24 PM (fJy+U)

112 ou know who else loses their sense of taste and smell? It's widely reported in covid patients.
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I just completed my daily Covid test.

The bacon and eggs still taste delicious.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:24 PM (GLv8N)

113 Daniel Goldhagen used the term "social death" in describing Nazi persecution, what we use today for "cancel culture."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2021 12:25 PM (EZebt)

114 The Hub is in his last year of apprenticeship as an electrician.
He's 54.

You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 11:31 AM (DOEp

Merry Festivus and Happy New Year.

Posted by: SFUSD at March 06, 2021 12:25 PM (89T5c)

115 One might...

***

Because even a COVID virus at the end of his shift just wants to go home to his COVID wife and babies, and he's gonna calculate the odds that the next mucus membrane he knocks on is going to have a fully activated and well-trained antibody behind it.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:26 PM (m45I2)

116 The conservative case for burning books.....

Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:27 PM (QJp/w)

117 "Gradually and then suddenly."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 12:27 PM (zr5Kq)

118 I've had a great year for stocks, because I bought at the height of the Covid panic, and it's been a rocket to the moon since then. I'm getting itchy, though, and thinking about moving money out of the SM, but where? It seems everything is in a bubble and you're screwed no matter what. Since I'm an ex-Fed, I can buy the G fund, which is guaranteed not to lose money (granted it does lose in real dollar terms due to inflation, which I expect to kick up dramatically, but that's better than losing half your value in stocks, bonds, or whatever).

Anyone got any magic beans available for investment?

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2021 12:27 PM (v16oJ)

119 Have a young relative in the "Library" field. Seem to recall she was a big Dr. Seuss fan, probably has a metric crapton of his books, maybe some 1st editions, the whole nine yards.

And ... a huge leftist, due to her parents and indoctrination. I'd be interested in hearing what she thinks of all this. I know she must be really pissed off.

HA! No; not really, because one thing I've learned about a dyed in the wool leftist, "cause and effect" is simply not part of their world view.

She'll seethe and moan, yet keep voting for lefty twatwaffles.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:27 PM (lAVPT)

120 I took two doses of Ivermectin (apple flavored paste for horses) back in January/Feb.

I'm as healthy as a horse.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 06, 2021 12:29 PM (2BZBZ)

121 Zinc is potent antiviral. The other meds I don't know of.

Quercetin, Ivermectin, (Hydroxy)chloroquine, etc. are "zinc ionophores", meaning they help get zinc past the cell walls to destroy viruses, so I guess they boost the zinc concentrations.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2021 12:29 PM (/2aWP)

122 I took two doses of Ivermectin (apple flavored paste for horses) back in January/Feb.

I'm as healthy as a horse.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 06, 2021 12:29 PM

Neigh.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at March 06, 2021 12:30 PM (N/gDA)

123 I'm going to instapot a pork loin, I want a good sauteed herb crust on it first and I think I'm going for cumin oregano thyme. Set it ontop of onions and garlic with some chicken broth.

Then tomorrow or monday I'm going to spatchcock a turkey but I want to get some advice from the cooking thread first.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2021 12:31 PM (q54f8)

124 I took two doses of Ivermectin (apple flavored paste for horses) back in January/Feb.

I'm as healthy as a horse.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 06, 2021 12:29 PM (2BZBZ)

How luxurious is your mane?

Posted by: Count de Monet QRF at March 06, 2021 12:31 PM (4I/2K)

125
Speaking of libraries, I need to pick up a book that nice library people been holding for me.

Hasta, muchachas y muchashos.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2021 12:31 PM (zr5Kq)

126 Is there a downside to taking too much zinc? I know it's possible to poison yourself with oil-soluble vitamins (such as the B-complex), but I know little to nothing about mineral absorption.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:32 PM (GLv8N)

127 I'm going to instapot a pork loin, I want a good sauteed herb crust on it first and I think I'm going for cumin oregano thyme. Set it ontop of onions and garlic with some chicken broth.

That *does* sound tasty.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 06, 2021 12:33 PM (ZSK0i)

128 I've been outside for 3 hours; its cold with snow flurries.

Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:33 PM (arJlL)

129 Related rant: The Youtube channel, the Quartering... I'm sorry, but this guy is unlistenable. I see a title, says "Jeremy Renner is being cancelled" or whatever. So I'm wondering what ol' Jeremy did.

This goof spends the next several minutes meandering around in his sing-song voice, with his puffy face on camera, while he reads an article.

I HAAAAATE that type of content. Your face isn't meant for the camera, your voice isn't meant for the microphone. I don't care if I agree with you about things you say, GET TO THE F'N POINT!!

This dragging out videos so they go over the 10 minute mark, and blegging for people to like and subscribe, and oh noes! They might cancel you too!

Shut. The. F. Up.

This guy got punched out a couple years ago, even though he's supposed to be like 6 and half feet tall. Maybe he got punched by someone who was sick of the shitty content.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:33 PM (oQ94s)

130 but I know little to nothing about mineral absorption.

Why isn't that phrase I know nothing to little? I would say little to nothing because that sounds right and that is the phrase, I'm just wondering.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:34 PM (lgiXo)

131 the Mike Rowe piece is excellent

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:34 PM (nUhF0)

132 Sciency dickweeds. First that made me look up dickweed which was a fun little tour down the rabbit hole. Second I find sciency very apropos. Kind of sort of, having a veneer that makes it appear to be something it isn't. Sociology, to me is kinda sciency. Read the study by Ishuzka and Steven's which is the source used as justification for cancelling Whoville and all who dare consider that entertaining children's literature. The methodology used would have garnered them a C+ in my fourth grade science fair.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination at March 06, 2021 12:34 PM (h6A84)

133 I wonder how copyright laws work if you were to distribute say, the Dr. Seuss books that are no longer being published? I assume that the publisher still holds the copyright, but how would it be seen if they went after somebody distributing a PDF of a banned book?

This is probably going to get interdasting.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 06, 2021 12:35 PM (46GDR)

134 Is there a downside to taking too much zinc? I know it's possible to poison yourself with oil-soluble vitamins (such as the B-complex), but I know little to nothing about mineral absorption.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:32 PM (GLv8N)

I believe so. I've seen 50mg/day stated as the max amount and to cycle off that every once in a while.

Posted by: Count de Monet QRF at March 06, 2021 12:35 PM (4I/2K)

135 Badly educated, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually damaged children, have been unleashed as a force for evil by the left.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:35 PM (lgiXo)

136 I have a confession: I've always found Dr Seuss books a bit creepy, even as a kid
I much preferred PD Eastman

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:36 PM (nUhF0)

137 Too much of anything is not good for you. Zinc included.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:36 PM (QJp/w)

138 Those last 4 to 8 pounds of fat - some might call them "vanity" pounds - are just about impossible to lose.

Once I start getting a good head of steam going, and hit numbers on the bathroom scale not observed since ... golly knows when, I wig out and make a casserole or a huge bowl of popcorn and then proceed to nail everything in the kitchen. I keep bouncing off those lows back into higher weight. Still within the height and weight chart numbers.

I've been having success with mixed nuts - about 5 ounces or so, and a Beer. The Beer Nuts Diet!

I'm gonna be rich!

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:37 PM (lAVPT)

139 Sorry folks, I have bathroom rugs in the dryer right now. Literally sound like nails on a chalkboard, as they circle the drum.

If I seem a bit more irritable than usual.....

Which I know, is hard to imagine...

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:37 PM (oQ94s)

140 I've always loved reading and books but the only children's books I remember are Dick and Jane and moving from there to The Hardy Boys and Danny Orlis.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:37 PM (lgiXo)

141 Too much of anything is not good for you. Zinc included.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:36 PM (QJp/w)
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Remember the Libertarian Party guy who turned himself a charming shade of blue-gray by ingesting way too much in the way of silver compounds (silver nitrate, I think)?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (GLv8N)

142 We are going to wipe out round eye culture.

Posted by: Shao lin Swab Master at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (Y274z)

143 I remember a teacher reading from Danny Meadow Mouse, which I'm sure is speciesist.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (lgiXo)

144 >>> Why isn't that phrase I know nothing to little?

Probably because it rings better as 'little to nothing' in native English speaking ears.

Don't get me started on having your cake and eating it, too.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (UnQlg)

145 So they passed that monstrosity of a 'Covid Relief Bill'. They've apparently been able to chew through what's left of America, spit it out, and flush it down the drain.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (45fpk)

146 The Hub is in his last year of apprenticeship as an electrician.
He's 54.

You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: SMH

Sounds like someone who does not fear life. My kinda folk. Something tells me he is probably someone who walks the path of his own choosing.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination at March 06, 2021 12:40 PM (h6A84)

147 I have a confession: I've always found Dr Seuss books a bit creepy, even as a kid
I much preferred PD Eastman
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:36 PM (nUhF0)

Same here,vmom. I never liked Cat in the Hat at all, I found it ...mean, even as a kid. Sure didn't look like a fun day to me.

Posted by: Pony Tail at March 06, 2021 12:40 PM (fJy+U)

148 I wonder how copyright laws work if you were to distribute say, the Dr. Seuss books that are no longer being published? I assume that the publisher still holds the copyright, but how would it be seen if they went after somebody distributing a PDF of a banned book?

This is probably going to get interdasting.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 06, 2021 12:35 PM (46GDR)

Publishing has always been about gatekeeping, less so about disseminating information and knowledge.

I'm certain the Publishing Industrial Complex has mechanisms in place to fight this sort of thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:40 PM (oQ94s)

149 The Hub is in his last year of apprenticeship as an electrician.
He's 54.

You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: SMH

that is seriously inspiring!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:41 PM (nUhF0)

150 A Leftist would tell you the science of global warming was settled, but genders of humans is still evolving.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 12:41 PM (Cxk7w)

151 [iSo they passed that monstrosity of a 'Covid Relief Bill'. They've
apparently been able to chew through what's left of America, spit it
out, and flush it down the drain.
50-49 in the Senate (straight party line). It now goes back to the House for final approval. At least no GOPers voted aye.

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2021 12:42 PM (v16oJ)

152 >>> I much preferred PD Eastman

Go, Dog, Go!

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:42 PM (UnQlg)

153 There is a move on Netflix called Made You Look. It is about a massive art fraud scheme that went on for decades. And it shows how retarded many of the so called elites are who fell for it and paid millions of dollars for obviously fake paintings. It is an interesting documentary.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:42 PM (QJp/w)

154 The Hub is in his last year of apprenticeship as an electrician.
He's 54.

You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: SMH

Sounds like someone who does not fear life. My kinda folk. Something tells me he is probably someone who walks the path of his own choosing.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination

While being followed by a tank !

Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:42 PM (arJlL)

155 Those children that escaped abortion are in Satan's crosshairs for indoctrination. Prayer is needed.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:43 PM (lgiXo)

156 Same here,vmom. I never liked Cat in the Hat at all, I found it ...mean, even as a kid. Sure didn't look like a fun day to me.
Posted by: Pony Tail

glad to know it's not just me!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:43 PM (nUhF0)

157 Why isn't that phrase I know nothing to little?
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Probably because it rings better as 'little to nothing' in native English speaking ears.

Don't get me started on having your cake and eating it, too.
Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (UnQlg)

It's the glass half full principle. Optimists know nothing to little, pessimists... eat their cake, and... all the f'n cake is gone.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:43 PM (oQ94s)

158 Had the GOP kept the senate that bill would have passed as well. Who are we kidding?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:43 PM (QJp/w)

159 As a reward for dumping citizen-patriots of the National Guard into parking garages while trying to poison them with bad food, the troops who have endured this will get a shiny new award for their medal racks. It even comes with three red stars.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=111097

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:44 PM (1eY9C)

160 Go, Dog, Go!
Posted by: fluffy

Read that to the 3 year old granddaughter yesterday. For whatever reason it made me think of the ONT.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination at March 06, 2021 12:44 PM (h6A84)

161 I believe that sometimes (maybe more often than we think) a civilization/nation/community will commit suicide.

It might be accidental but perhaps some have inadvertently stumbled into actions and/or beliefs that are inimical to it's existence and proceeds to tear itself apart.

We can take hope that all such instances will result in the birth of new groups that will expand on the previous civilization that existed before it imploded. There will also be some that are worse but we can hope that the good will prevail.

Meantime we must prepare to survive the coming collapse/reformation.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (5+Bbc)

162 Remember the Libertarian Party guy who turned himself a charming shade of blue-gray by ingesting way too much in the way of silver compounds (silver nitrate, I think)?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:39 PM (GLv8N)

I didn't hear about that - guessing he took way too much colloidal silver to fight off the Chy-nah Cruds? Colloidal silver has a lot of interesting anti-bacterial properties, and is probably fine in proper supplemental doses. But jeez...

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (46GDR)

163 >>> pessimists... eat their cake, and... all the f'n cake is gone.

They fail the marshmalow test.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (UnQlg)

164 So the Senate voted 50/49 to pass that POS covid bill.. One R was absent for a family emergency... my guess was they didn't want to give the whore the satisfaction of breaking the tie

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (Zmnko)

165 I was an enthusiastic member of Scholastic Book Services club. I ordered a shit ton of books. Reading aloud in class was excruciating, because there were some kids who pored (slowly) over every single word.

What was the point of this torture? To shame the bad readers?? Do I think I was "better" than the bad readers? In a way, sure why not? My parents made damn sure I could read before school started. They didn't leave it up to the school.

I liked Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel. Also "Runaway Robot" by Lester Del Ray.

A huge trove of older books were expunged due to "lead concerns". Uh-huh.

Make no mistake what they are doing in aggregate is calculated and wicked AF. There will be nothing outside the "state". Only "approved" reading materials. Probably books, physical books, will disappear.

We're Watching You Comrade!

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:46 PM (lAVPT)

166 Maybe that is what really destroyed the Mayan civilization. Their priest/scientists kept getting the weather forecast wrong and everyone else fled to find food and water. Leaving the priests atop their pyramids.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:46 PM (1eY9C)

167 156: I also never liked Cat in the Hat. But I think Seuss's very early reader books like Red Fish Blue fish, etc that just introduce fun with words and colors and counting are great for wee little readers.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 12:46 PM (Aashi)

168 the Mike Rowe piece is excellent

It is, indeed. Of all the nefarious doings by the left, this cancel culture bullshit may be the most disturbing, IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 06, 2021 12:46 PM (W4eKo)

169 Yesterday the MSM was cumming all over itself over the jobs report. The recession is over Biden saved the economy. OK great. So why do we need a $2T stimulus package?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 06, 2021 12:47 PM (QJp/w)

170 lol

Thanks y'all.

I just read the hubs the comments and he smiled.

He says he's just an 18-year-old in a 54-year-old body.

JT, no tank, just me.

Posted by: SMH at March 06, 2021 12:47 PM (DOEp8)

171 Have any of you had your second moderna vaccine shot? I'm petrified because all I read is horror stories of near death experiences.... Well that may be an exaggeration but bad side effects.. I had the first with no problem
Posted by: It's me donna

my blog friend had her second shot recently, no side effects

KTY got her 2nd shot yesterday - no fever last night, havent heard yet today (she had a fever for 2 days after the first one) - if she's fine after this one then it might be because I told her to load up on vit D everyday a week out

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:47 PM (nUhF0)

172 I didn't hear about that - guessing he took way too much colloidal
silver to fight off the Chy-nah Cruds? Colloidal silver has a lot of
interesting anti-bacterial properties, and is probably fine in proper
supplemental doses. But jeez...
I expect a big fight over who gets his "ashes".

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2021 12:47 PM (v16oJ)

173 169 Yesterday the MSM was cumming all over itself over the jobs report. The recession is over Biden saved the economy

Imagine that! In just 43 days! And from his basement no less...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (Zmnko)

174 Don't get me started on having your cake and eating it, too.
Posted by: fluffy

Or having your cake and Edith too !

Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (arJlL)

175 I didn't hear about that - guessing he took way too much colloidal silver to fight off the Chy-nah Cruds? Colloidal silver has a lot of interesting anti-bacterial properties, and is probably fine in proper supplemental doses. But jeez...
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (46GDR)
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This was well over a decade ago. Don't remember why he was taking it. However, it did make him look like more of a crackpot than the general run of LP candidates.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (GLv8N)

176 Don't forget

Joey Bidet also rushed out the COVID vaccine...

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:49 PM (1eY9C)

177 if she's fine after this one then it might be because I told her to load up on vit D everyday a week out

I take a high dose vitamin D supplement everyday

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:49 PM (Zmnko)

178 They really need to acknowledge reality and start printing currency in different colors. You know, as long as it's monopoly money and all....

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2021 12:49 PM (v16oJ)

179 163 >>> pessimists... eat their cake, and... all the f'n cake is gone.
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They fail the marshmalow test.
Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2021 12:45 PM (UnQlg)

I aspire to be like Patrick Starr. I want to eat my candy bar, cake and ice cream (you can keep the marshmallows), then look at you and accuse you of stealing it.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:49 PM (oQ94s)

180 Same here,vmom. I never liked Cat in the Hat at all, I found it ...mean, even as a kid. Sure didn't look like a fun day to me.
Posted by: Pony Tail

glad to know it's not just me!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 12:43 PM (nUhF0)

I too as a kid was totally bummed about that freaking cat. In fact, that was my first and last Seuss experience. I'm totally all over the work Chuck Jones and crew did for Seuss in the Grinch, and have an awesome background from an unfinished project for Horton. But I just never felt the love. Meh, still, they're coming after stuff I do love, and soon.

As I mentioned before, this all started the second Trump was elected. 90% of the first articles you'll find if you do any sort of search on Geisel are from 2017. Funny since he was a liberal and a globalist. But he was anti-fascist. And that kind of thing can't stand.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 06, 2021 12:49 PM (46GDR)

181 So the Senate voted 50/49 to pass that POS covid bill

The death knell has been rung.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (W4eKo)

182 JT, no tank, just me.
Posted by: SMH

He is a most fortunate man.

Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (arJlL)

183 Meantime we must prepare to survive the coming collapse

I know what you're saying, but get it in your head - society isn't "collapsing", it isn't "committing suicide", we're not "losing" our rights.

It is being killed in a systematic deliberate process on purpose by evil, wicked people in government and without.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (lAVPT)

184 @SMH, that's an uplifting story about your husband.

Good for him.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (2SdPm)

185 I also liked Green Eggs and Ham. Fun rhyming and soft sell of 'keep an open mind about new things'

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (Aashi)

186 I was browsing through the latest Powerlineblog Week in Pictures and this one stood out, combining the best of the destruction of society, the bad weather in Texas and general cussedness:

https://tinyurl.com/VeganHell

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (ZSK0i)

187 Same here,vmom. I never liked Cat in the Hat at all, I found it ...mean, even as a kid. Sure didn't look like a fun day to me.
Posted by: Pony Tail at March 06, 2021 12:40 PM (fJy+U)

Yes, me too. Very mean; making big mess for others to clean up.. It made me uncomfortable even as a toddler. I liked the rest though- Horton , One Fish, Two Fish and Go Dog Go are the ones a remember best.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (Ed8Zd)

188 I deal with Gen Z kids on the daily. They are cynical beyond what I thought was possible. As a matter of fact, one of them seems to have channeled Carlin with the Its a Big Club and You Aint In It attitude. Do not know if I should laugh or cry.

Posted by: Jmel at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (bVhJi)

189 They should call it the "We got sent to DC and all we got was this stupid medal and diarrhea" award.

I remember one they handed out in 66 or 67 for being in the military within a certain time period.

We called it the "Alive in Sixty-Five" medal.

Lots of times they hand out medals because they can or because the situation is such that there are few acts of true sacrifice or valor in combat in large enough numbers to make the brass hats comfortable. In hopes to improve morale somehow.

That trick never works.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 12:51 PM (5+Bbc)

190 88 When it comes to confiscation, one might draw a comparison between private gun ownership and herd immunity.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 12:14 PM (m45I2)

When I saw so many fall in line with unquestioned obedience to masks and lockdowns (and still do), I know that Americans like me are a very very small percentage of the population.

As I've said many times, the coming conflict will be decided at the front door or the living room. And each of us will have to make a very lonely decision to either fight (most likely to the death) or submit to slavery.

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 12:52 PM (Fs5vw)

191 Jake

You are probably talking the National Defense and Service Medal. We called it the 'alive and breathing' award because everyone got it even the ones in BASIC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:53 PM (1eY9C)

192
When I was in grade school the most popular books among the boys were the Danny Dunn stories.
Yes I am no longer 29.

My favorite children's illustrator is Nicola Bayley.

Posted by: Glenn John at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (l17jh)

193 I heard it called the "Thank You For Being Here" Medal.

LOL. One thing the .mil does is come up with some pretty funny slang nomenclature for things, many of them oretty dirty.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (lAVPT)

194 Remember the Mane!

Posted by: Mister Ed at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (63Dwl)

195 Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (lAVPT)

I agree that it's being instigated. Just that the destruction that will come about will be greater than it's implementers believe to that the results will be far different than what they think will happen.

I'm talking about all the other folks who are going along with the setup.

It's a mob effect and right now our collective IQ is plunging to below the level of sustaining a civilized polity.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (5+Bbc)

196 Jake

You are probably talking the National Defense and Service Medal. We called it the 'alive and breathing' award because everyone got it even the ones in BASIC.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:53 PM (1eY9C)

I got one of those, when I was parked stateside, watching the Gulf War happen on teevee, like everybody else. It went in a drawer somewhere. I'm not even sure I ever put it on my uniform (which was only worn one more time after all that nonsense).

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (oQ94s)

197 When I saw so many fall in line with unquestioned obedience to masks and lockdowns (and still do), I know that Americans like me are a very very small percentage of the population.
Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 12:52 PM (Fs5vw)

Concur. They not only fell into line, but loved the mask and are ready to denounce, arrest and vaporize anyone who dares not wear the mask.

The China Flu Scam broke many a person's mind and will.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 06, 2021 12:56 PM (R/m4+)

198 Heard the Democrats spending extravaganza 3/4 goes to Democrats cities to help recover what their storm troopers destroyed last summer. I'm sure a big portion goes to Democrats sponsors.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 12:56 PM (Cxk7w)

199 So the Senate voted 50/49 to pass that POS covid bill

The death knell has been rung.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (W4eKo)

Someone abstained? What a chickens shit move.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (Ed8Zd)

200 I heard it called the "Thank You For Being Here" Medal.

LOL. One thing the .mil does is come up with some pretty funny slang nomenclature for things, many of them oretty dirty.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2021 12:55 PM (lAVPT)

Army Cheesement Medal, only given to those butt sniffers who suck up to the First Sergeant and/or officers.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (oQ94s)

201
Concur. They not only fell into line, but loved the mask and are ready to denounce, arrest and vaporize anyone who dares not wear the mask.

The China Flu Scam broke many a person's mind and will.

It has also trained police in treating law abiding people as slaves to be forced into obedience.

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (lgiXo)

202 Don't get me started on having your cake and eating it, too.
Posted by: fluffy

Or having your cake and Edith too !
Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (arJlL)

Or Judge Judy and Executioner.

Posted by: Count de Monet QRF at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (4I/2K)

203
You are probably talking the National Defense and Service Medal. We called it the 'alive and breathing' award because everyone got it even the ones in BASIC.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2021 12:53 PM (1eY9C)

We called it the Fire Guard medal. Only those who had basic training quarters in wooden barracks understand that.

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 12:58 PM (Fs5vw)

204 Don't get me started on having your cake and eating it, too.
Posted by: fluffy

Or having your cake and Edith too !
Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (arJlL)

Or Judge Judy and Executioner.
Posted by: Count de Monet QRF at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (4I/2K)
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Armageddon outta here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:58 PM (GLv8N)

205 So the Senate voted 50/49 to pass that POS covid bill

The death knell has been rung.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 06, 2021 12:50 PM (W4eKo)

With all the illegal mail in voting, registration of everyone, everywhere , twice portions still in it?

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at March 06, 2021 12:58 PM (Ed8Zd)

206 Or having your cake and Edith too !
Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 12:48 PM (arJlL)

Or Judge Judy and Executioner.
Posted by: Count de Monet QRF at March 06, 2021 12:57 PM (4I/2K)

Eat, drink and beat Mary!

I used that one on my sister Mary once. She laughed. Mom scowled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Purveyor of Artisinal Trunalimunumaprzure at March 06, 2021 12:59 PM (x8Wzq)

207 With all the illegal mail in voting, registration of everyone, everywhere , twice portions still in it?

No.. That's the voting "rights" act.. This is the covid relief debacle

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:59 PM (Zmnko)

208 Count de Monet, nice Hot Fuzz reference. Hilarious movie.

Posted by: callsign claymore at March 06, 2021 01:01 PM (ntP+V)

209 You're Only Old Once is a great Dr. Suess book for us farts approaching the old side of things. My daughter and granddaughters gave it to me for Christmas several years ago.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * a figment of someone's imagination at March 06, 2021 01:01 PM (h6A84)

210 I hear a nap whispering my name.......

Posted by: JT at March 06, 2021 01:01 PM (arJlL)

211 I thought the Senate voted 51 - 50 with Kameltoe breaking the tie

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (Cxk7w)

212 No.. That's the voting "rights" act.. This is the covid relief debacle
Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:59 PM (Zmnko)

Oh, got it.

This one is just to finish off the bankrupting of America bill.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)

213 No.. That's the voting "rights" act.. This is the covid relief debacle
Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 12:59 PM (Zmnko)

It's like watching one great giant circle jerk. The government prints more money, because the oligarchs are seeing a slow-down in their profits, then the chickens and sheep spend the $1400 or whatever, at Amazon and Walmart, buying their China goods and Coke, and the oligarchs get richer... until the "stimulus" is noticeably not stimulating anymore... so let's print more!

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (oQ94s)

214 I thought the Senate voted 51 - 50 with Kameltoe breaking the tie

One Republican was absent for a Family emergency.. Wink.wink.. I think they just didn't want to give the whore the tie breaking vote

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)

215 I thought the Senate voted 51 - 50 with Kameltoe breaking the tie
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (Cxk7w)

I think that was to move the fraudsters voting rights bill to the next stage in the senate.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at March 06, 2021 01:03 PM (Ed8Zd)

216 I thought the Senate voted 51 - 50 with Kameltoe breaking the tie
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (Cxk7w)

If it was 50-49, I'd sure like to know who didn't vote.

Are the Gopes flipping coins to see who sits out, so the thing can pass?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:04 PM (oQ94s)

217 When "Democracy" means a power structure that absolutely hates your guts because you are clear thinking, logical, tolerant and vocal...then there is real trouble brewing. How did things work out for the Jacobins?

Posted by: No Longer Amused at March 06, 2021 01:04 PM (vTW2/)

218 One thing that's amusing is that many of the affected (at least that the news reports on) seem to be those that once promoted the very ideas that cancel culture is built upon.

They never thought that those actions/ideas could develop in the direction that they have. I blame the media and the technology.

I think McCluhan said that the "media IS the message".

Thus we have birthed a society that of instant outrage, dwelling upon the negative situations that occur as "injustice" or "violence" and than react as if the threat is immediate and deadly. Turns out that the actions that are taken to "protect" itself will be the undoing of the society.

Whether a just and positive gov't of any kind or size will survive remains to be seen.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:04 PM (5+Bbc)

219 Yeah, Simena or whoever you spell her name, and Mancin are "moderates" Hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 01:05 PM (Zmnko)

220 One of my teachers gave me a copy of Dr. Seuss' Oh The Places You Will Go! when I graduated from kindergarten, as an inspirational gift.

Oh wait, did I say 'kindergarten'? I meant to say 'post-doctoral fellowship training program'. I was 36 years old with a wife and TNTC kids. I would have been offended, but the guy meant well. I would have rather had Green Eggs & Ham all things considered.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (m45I2)

221 One Republican was absent for a Family emergency.. Wink.wink.. I think they just didn't want to give the whore the tie breaking vote
Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)

Ding! Dan Sullivan (R-Frozen Foods Section) drew the short straw.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (oQ94s)

222 Afternoon.

Prediction: Mike Rowe will be President of the United States

Why: Gut feeling

Robert's History of Accurate Prefictions: Piss poor

Prediction Trustworthiness: Sure, Why not?

Posted by: Robert, Objective Observer at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (1Yy3c)

223 Wasn't it a vote to bring it to the floor?

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (Fs5vw)

224 then the chickens and sheep spend the $1400 or whatever, at Amazon and Walmart

They'd better spend that gub'mint green cheese wisely. May be the last spending spree they'll ever have.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (W4eKo)

225 Democrats do not stray from the party

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:08 PM (Cxk7w)

226 .. until the "stimulus" is noticeably not stimulating anymore... so let's print more!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:02 PM (oQ94s)

===
I know, right?

Posted by: Social Security and Medicare at March 06, 2021 01:08 PM (EZebt)

227 Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (m45I2)

omg that is really a marvellously insulting gift LOL
you are a good guy to accept it with grace

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (nUhF0)

228 One of my teachers gave me a copy of Dr. Seuss' Oh The Places You Will Go! when I graduated from kindergarten, as an inspirational gift.

Oh wait, did I say 'kindergarten'? I meant to say 'post-doctoral fellowship training program'. I was 36 years old with a wife and TNTC kids. I would have been offended, but the guy meant well. I would have rather had Green Eggs & Ham all things considered.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (m45I2)

Cat In the Hate Comes Back is superior to Cat In the Hat.

There, I said it.

And don't even get me started on the prequels.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (oQ94s)

229 Watching Alter Bridge's last live concert video and guitarist Mark Tremonti has a Thin Blue Line patch on one of his guitar straps.

I always knew there was something about the guy that screamed, "Not a retard."

Good for him.

Posted by: Robert, Objective Observer at March 06, 2021 01:10 PM (1Yy3c)

230 Prediction: Mike Rowe will be President of the United States

==

I'd vote for him

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 01:10 PM (nUhF0)

231 The Left were prescient about one thing, soon it will be easier to buy a gun than a Dr. Seuss book.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2021 01:11 PM (WZ5i4)

232 I'd vote for him
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

No you didn't.

-- Dominion Systems

Posted by: Tonypete at March 06, 2021 01:11 PM (Rvt88)

233 Are You My Mother?

Posted by: Little Bird at March 06, 2021 01:11 PM (EZebt)

234 Posted by: Muldoon at March 06, 2021 01:07 PM (m45I2)

omg that is really a marvellously insulting gift LOL
you are a good guy to accept it with grace
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (nUhF0)

I graduated undergrad the same year one sibling graduated med school and another law school.

I was hurt that the fam was making such a big deal of those two, and I was kind of an afterthought. So I got a card from the sib who just finished medical school, saying something like "you're about halfway done!"

Jerk.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:12 PM (oQ94s)

235 Cat In the Hate
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (oQ94s)

Is he in a white hood?

Posted by: Robert, Objective Observer at March 06, 2021 01:12 PM (1Yy3c)

236 Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 12:58 PM (Fs5vw)

They had us stand Fire Watch in the new brick and concrete barracks also. But yes the old WWII and older barracks in the boot camps were not prime targets of renovation in the 60s.

It was a way to acclimatize and discipline the recruits for the awaiting 4 on and 8 off watches of the "normal" duty anywhere. They didn't mention the 4 on 4 off that would occur in combat zones. Or even 24/7 during high alert. And that was in the Navy where the threats were not that prominent at the time. Well except for the USSR but that was mostly submarine warfare. The surface Nav was in constant training for a type of warfare most of it wouldn't be up front when things started. Ever Vigilant does have it uses tho.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:12 PM (5+Bbc)

237 When I was in grade school the most popular books among the boys were the Danny Dunn stories.
Yes I am no longer 29.

My favorite children's illustrator is Nicola Bayley.
Posted by: Glenn John

I remember reading "Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint".
Far out, man.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 06, 2021 01:12 PM (tjZg/)

238 Are You My Mother?
Posted by: Little Bird

What is "Things Sasha and Malia have asked Moose" for $800 Alex.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 06, 2021 01:13 PM (Rvt88)

239 Like some here have voiced, the only solution is secession.

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 01:13 PM (Fs5vw)

240 Are You My Mother?
Posted by: Little Bird at March 06, 2021 01:11 PM (EZebt)

Yes, little bird. I am. Do you like to fly... on private aeroplanes, love? To exotic islands in the Caribbean?

Posted by: G. Maxwell at March 06, 2021 01:14 PM (oQ94s)

241 Are You My Mother?
Posted by: Little Bird at March 06, 2021 01:11 PM (EZebt)

No.

Posted by: Robert, Covering you in barbecue sauce at March 06, 2021 01:14 PM (1Yy3c)

242 Staying away from click bate on new tablet, but getting a Barbie Benson is 80 and you should see her now on sidebar.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:15 PM (Cxk7w)

243 Cat In the Hate
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (oQ94s)

Is he in a white hood?
Posted by: Robert, Objective Observer at March 06, 2021 01:12 PM (1Yy3c)

Oh fudge. One stupid typo ruins a perfectly splendid little joke.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:15 PM (oQ94s)

244 The only surprising thing about Biden's Crimulus Bill is that the usual suspect fake Republicans didn't backstab us.

No doubt because their votes weren't actually needed, so the Deep State gave them permission to "take a principled stand".

This shit is basically like pro wrestling. It's all theatrics to fool the rubes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (QE98t)

245 They didn't mention the 4 on 4 off that would occur in combat zones.
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4 on, 4 off was one of the more debilitating experiences I have had. Getting any true rest was impossible.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (830x5)

246 Leftists in California won't leave Red States live alone, what makes you think any of the Soviet States of America will let whats left of the USA alone?

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (Cxk7w)

247 > Staying away from click bate on new tablet, but getting a Barbie Benson is 80 and you should see her now

Nah, man. I remember her when she was like 22. So I think I'll pass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (QE98t)

248 Legal Insurrection says Andrew Branca is going to cover the upcoming trial of officer Chauvin. Will they fabricate evidence and turn it into a kangaroo court or let Milwaukee burn?
Posted by: Skip

Well, maybe it's Minneapolis, but I get your drift.

Someone made and interesting bit of analysis; 34 of the 37 cities that experience BLM/Antifa rioting and burning had an office or bank for the Federal Reserve.

There is strong suspicion in some quarters that the after effects of the BLM/Antifa rioting is to drive down property values, and allow a handful of people with a lot of money to buy property cheap. I would watch if the Chinese buy a lot of real estate in NYC in the next year or two.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 06, 2021 01:18 PM (tjZg/)

249 Assuming you mean Barbie Benton?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:18 PM (QE98t)

250 We're in one big game of "Telephone".

Remember in grade school? Surely everyone had at least one session where you gathered in a circle and spread a starting phrase to the person next to you to see how it got twisted by the time it went full circle?

Only thing is that there are anarchists amongst the circle planting ideas that have a destructive aim. I bet even the KGB is surprised at how effective their agents have been.

It's taken 50+ years but I think the USSR actually won the Cold War.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:19 PM (5+Bbc)

251 > Yeah, Simena or whoever you spell her name, and Mancin are "moderates" Hahahahahahahaha

The sad thing is that Sinnamon Sticky Buns STILL has a much better voting record than Fuckstain McCain ever did.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:21 PM (QE98t)

252
Only thing is that there are anarchists amongst the circle planting ideas that have a destructive aim. I bet even the KGB is surprised at how effective their agents have been.

It's taken 50+ years but I think the USSR actually won the Cold War.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:19 PM (5+Bbc)

Is it possible the Democrats who have been shrieking Russia, Russia, are, in fact, the Russian agents? Can it be?

Posted by: Northern lurker at March 06, 2021 01:21 PM (lgiXo)

253 Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 06, 2021 01:18 PM (tjZg/)

I don't believe it's the property they want so much as the businesses and their database and their processes that they want to either steal and/or subvert.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:21 PM (5+Bbc)

254 May try it. Will be tough to match the meyer lemon-seasoned whole roaster done on the grill, with applewood chips in the smoker box, though. That's killer.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 12:15 PM (OTzUX)

do the lemons come from your own trees?

I drenched some haddock filets in meyer lemon yesterday just as they came out of the oven. The lemon juice totally killed the fishy taste. I think I'll add some thyme to the mix next time I prepare the fish

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:21 PM (DJFLF)

255
Like some here have voiced, the only solution is secession.

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 01:13 PM

Nah. Partition the one major city in every state so it gets some proportion of Electoral Votes, but not enough to throw the entire state. In my case, Philadelphia 'District' gets (3) EV's while the rest of the state gets the (13) other.

The Dems only ever visit Philly every four years, while it decays daily under (D) leadership. No way a decaying city should decide elections.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 06, 2021 01:22 PM (N/gDA)

256 The only surprising thing about Biden's Crimulus Bill is that the usual suspect fake Republicans didn't backstab us.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (QE98t)

Nothing surprising at all. They had one guy in the powder room while the vote happened. This time it was Danny Sullivan.

Next time it'll be someone else. Your stalwart Republicans know how to play this game.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:23 PM (oQ94s)

257 Bozo yeah I caught that right after posted it, should have atheist posted straight away my error.
NewNeo ( who seeks in a post here now and again) has a 5 minute window to change a comment.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:24 PM (Cxk7w)

258 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2021 01:17 PM (830x5)

Especially when part of the "4 off" was actually doing maintenance and other duties. One that was especially debilitating was the every other day of doing an underway replenishment.

This was an all hands evolution. No one slept in. Everyone had a station. It was almost like general quarters except that weapons weren't fully manned. So there went 4 hours of what should've been sleep.

Since there was no real threat we should not have been under combat level watches. During combat patrol it's much easier to stay awake when the adrenaline is up.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:26 PM (5+Bbc)

259 > This time it was Danny Sullivan.

Huh. So it was. The Anchorage Daily News (known as the "Anchorage Daily Worker" by many here) said that he voted no, but other, less mickey-mouse sources say that he was absent.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:26 PM (QE98t)

260 Nah. Partition the one major city in every state so it gets some proportion of Electoral Votes, but not enough to throw the entire state. In my case, Philadelphia 'District' gets (3) EV's while the rest of the state gets the (13) other.

The Dems only ever visit Philly every four years, while it decays daily under (D) leadership. No way a decaying city should decide elections.
Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 06, 2021 01:22 PM (N/gDA)

That's an idea. I don't know how you pass such a thing, and it undermines the electoral college to have states apportioning their votes. Makes a true popular vote that much easier to sell, I'd think.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:26 PM (oQ94s)

261 Huh. So it was. The Anchorage Daily News (known as the "Anchorage Daily Worker" by many here) said that he voted no, but other, less mickey-mouse sources say that he was absent.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:26 PM (QE98t)

Yep. I will admit I hardly remembered he existed, but I knew when I saw 50-49 there was going to be one of the Gopes involved in the game.

I guess it was his turn.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:28 PM (oQ94s)

262 My keyboard this tablet is smaller than old one, any wrong or double key it changes the word.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:29 PM (Cxk7w)

263 That's an idea. I don't know how you pass such a thing, and it undermines the electoral college to have states apportioning their votes. Makes a true popular vote that much easier to sell, I'd think.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 01:26 PM

Actually a couple of states have already done it. Maine is one, iirc.
The actual intent of the Electoral College was to take the power away from the largest states. This idea emulates their logic - take the power away from the metropolis. ESPECIALLY if they're cheating their ass off to steal.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 06, 2021 01:29 PM (N/gDA)

264 garden thread up folks.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 06, 2021 01:29 PM (Rvt88)

265 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 06, 2021 01:09 PM (nUhF0)

I think it's a rather sweet, silly sort of gift. Better than something like "How to increase your self esteem" or "Improve your beside manner" .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2021 01:31 PM (VP4Cd)

266 > I don't know how you pass such a thing, and it undermines the electoral college to have states apportioning their votes.

The Constitution lets the state apportion their electoral votes any way they damned well please.

They don't even have to have a vote at all, if they don't want to... Lottery. Simon Says. Trial by combat. It's all good.

Many states didn't for a long time (typically the electoral votes were decided by the state legislature in those cases).

The 17th Amendment (which sucked, IMO) required direct election of senators, but there has been no such amendment requiring direct election of the President.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:31 PM (QE98t)

267 I not the greatest cook, but I made a pretty good chicken soup this morning in the instant pot.

I was going to write what I did, but unfortunately it looks too much like spam and I couldn't post it.

Posted by: jojo2b at March 06, 2021 01:32 PM (ij9sq)

268 Lots of times they hand out medals because they can or because the situation is such that there are few acts of true sacrifice or valor in combat in large enough numbers to make the brass hats comfortable. In hopes to improve morale somehow.

That trick never works.
Posted by: jakee308 at March

Same in the corporate world. Company will survey what employees want and always the number one answer is more money even if is a $50 one time check. Can't have that but they will spend three times that on some lame recognition program which no one wanted and is mocked.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 06, 2021 01:34 PM (ZN7T5)

269 It's not like it makes any difference if one R was absent or if they had all voted no and Harris broke the tie. It is amazing how difficult it is to truly grok that the Republic was stolen on Nov 3. I think DJT meant well and probably thought he would win court challenges but all the "oh we've got this" from him, Sidney Powell, et al. turned out to be a bad thing. There should have been a movement, perhaps by a proxy to "do a general strike, cuz if this fraud stands the commies will do so much damage we may never recover, and the courts need a strong nudge"

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 01:34 PM (Aashi)

270 Republicans can get past a voter ID law, doubt anything would get by a Democrat block.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 01:35 PM (Cxk7w)

271 Thing is that people are being given an excuse for unreasonable behavior.

Most folks just want to go along to get along anyway so a good excuse that one can use to deflect any criticism is very useful.

This is how they approach tyranny. A tiny step at a time.

Get someone used to obeying you and soon you can get them to obey any order. Just give some sort of excuse that they can justify the obedience. Trouble is that at some point more and more people decide to not obey and most of those are armed.

What will be the determining factor on how far along we are will be how much they can resist going whole hog too soon.

I already believe they've gone a bit too far and will have to slow up to disarm (in both senses of the word) people.

One thing Tyrannists do is proceed too fast. If they have enough people they can get away with it but the gov't formed doesn't last. If they take their time they may still be in power 100 years from now.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:35 PM (5+Bbc)

272 > I will admit I hardly remembered he existed

That's easy to do. He's not the most memorable person.

Although he's generally not nearly as back-stabby as Murky. It's possible that he did have a genuine family emergency -- unlike her, Sullivan generally falls more into the "useless" category than the "evil" category.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:36 PM (QE98t)

273
Many states didn't for a long time (typically the electoral votes were decided by the state legislature in those cases).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:31 PM

That's what Pennsylvania should return to. We're a glowing RED state outside of the influence of Philadelphia. Both PA House and Senate (R) controlled.

Fvck Philly and it's voter fraud.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 06, 2021 01:36 PM (N/gDA)

274 I was going to write what I did, but unfortunately it looks too much like spam and I couldn't post it.
Posted by: jojo2b at March 06, 2021 01:32 PM (ij9sq)

Do it with 2 or more comments. Just mark them in sequence.

Wait until the cooking thread to do it.

Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:37 PM (5+Bbc)

275 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 06, 2021 12:32 PM
I used to work for a company that made mineral supplements. If you have a supplement that absorbs well, 50 mg of zinc is too much on an ongoing basis. It will throw off your iron, for one thing. Not too much short-term if you get COVID.

If you have a well-absorbed form of zinc, 10 or 15 mg is probably enough long-term unless you are taking a medication that depletes zinc. Zinc is plentiful in meat. Oysters are about the best source.

Posted by: KT at March 06, 2021 01:37 PM (BVQ+1)

276 The Powerline "Week in Pictures" had some good memes on Dr. Suess. My favorites were "The Klan in The Hat" with the cat wearing a klansmans hat and "One Fish, Two Fish, red Fish, white Supremafish" with the fish wearing a MAGA hat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2021 01:38 PM (VP4Cd)

277 This guy got punched out a couple years ago, even though he's supposed
to be like 6 and half feet tall. Maybe he got punched by someone who
was sick of the shitty content.

The Quartering got suckerpunched by a guy who thought he was a nazi since he's anti-woke. Who worked in some capacity for the convention he was at. Litigation was involved, I don't know if it's been resolved yet.

Posted by: Methos at March 06, 2021 01:39 PM (kOpft)

278
Can't have that but they will spend three times that on some lame recognition program which no one wanted and is mocked.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 06, 2021 01:34 PM (ZN7T5)

__________

I can proudly say that in my 35 year career I never received any award or recognition whatsoever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 06, 2021 01:43 PM (mht8P)

279
I'm certain the Publishing Industrial Complex has mechanisms in place to fight this sort of thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2021 12:40 PM (oQ94s

Especially after the Walt Disney Copyright Act extended copyright to 100 years after the heat death of the universe.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 06, 2021 01:43 PM (qyH+l)

280 For American independence!

https://tinyurl.com/sayffwzk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 06, 2021 01:45 PM (LvTSG)

281 >>>Ideas in the thread for saving books that are now forbidden on eBay and Amazon. Do you have some other ideas?

Use Alibris.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2021 01:45 PM (XAAi9)

282 kallisto, yes, meyer lemons from the yard. Makes a huge difference, of course. I pick the lemons within minutes of using them, usually. For "products" I make with them, like limoncello, preserves, salted, or pickled, I pick them in the early morning (before any sun or warmer air can possibly reduce the oil/moisture of the rinds even a tiny bit). They're aromatic and amazing.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 01:47 PM (OTzUX)

283 The 17th Amendment (which sucked, IMO) required direct election of senators, but there has been no such amendment requiring direct election of the President.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2021 01:31 PM (QE98t)

The 17th Amendment was the worst self inflicted fuck job the country ever accomplished.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 06, 2021 01:47 PM (y7DUB)

284 >> Ideas in the thread for saving books that are now forbidden on eBay and Amazon. Do you have some other ideas?

Time to start a new website. Ebay for banned books. For people who want to buy and sell samizdat.

Posted by: Brian at March 06, 2021 01:47 PM (NYK30)

285 I can proudly say that in my 35 year career I never received any award or recognition whatsoever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 06,

Ha! Unfortunately, I have a large box of them in the garage which are headed for the garbage. All of them are generic atta boy Microsoft templates with a couple of manager scrawls on the bottom. The amount of thought and effort was about 36 seconds, 30 of which was waiting for the printer.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 06, 2021 01:49 PM (ZN7T5)

286 but all the "oh we've got this" from him, Sidney Powell, et al. turned out to be a bad thing.

Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn and Patrick Byrne presented him with a plan that his WH lawyers dismissed out of hand.

Giuliani trusted the courts, the legislatures, the US AG, SCOTUS, Mike Pence, GOP Senators - IOW The System - to do its job.

His trust was unmerited and naive.

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:50 PM (DJFLF)

287 They're aromatic and amazing.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 01:47 PM (OTzUX)

this makes me quite jealous

California has the mediterranean climate, allows you to plant and grow so many delicacies and delights

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:51 PM (DJFLF)

288 well parts of Cali anyway

Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:51 PM (DJFLF)

289 Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:50 PM (DJFLF)

In hindsight I agree. At the time the evidence was so overwhelming and the testimonies so compelling that I figured it was a slam dunk.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at March 06, 2021 01:55 PM (sOXXq)

290 The "Conservative GOP" governor of Wyoming ( Mark Gordon ) has revealed himself to be wrong, certain, and unapologetic on mandatory masking. State sources produce a constant steam of Covipropaganda: mask up, watch your distance, no large gatherings. Fuck you, Mark Gordonkaren.

Posted by: The Whizzo Quality Assortment at March 06, 2021 01:56 PM (T4D1y)

291 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 06,

I wouldn't worry about it. I think most people don't get awards in their work unless they're the top salesman of the year or something or came up with something that saved their company millions. You just try to do your work with as much integrity as you can and be pleasant to the people you work with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2021 01:57 PM (VP4Cd)

292 They're aromatic and amazing.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2021 01:47 PM (OTzUX)

this makes me quite jealous

California has the mediterranean climate, allows you to plant and grow so many delicacies and delights
Posted by: kallisto at March 06

Family visited Southern California in the Spring I turned 13. It was amazing for this cold state teenager. Fresh fruit, sunny weather, amusement parks, scantily glad girls, and more. By the time I turned 28 I was turning down job offers to live in Southern California. Such as much it had fallen in my eyes in a scant 15 years.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 06, 2021 01:58 PM (ZN7T5)

293 These wokies deeply and truly upset me. So the message of the Sneeches is bad because it simply promotes that dividing people by looks and choosing one clique for superior privilege is wrong? Instead it is vitally important to promote differences among people so they can remain focused on seeking revenge for past mistreatment no matter whether any of the people involved ever gave out or received the mistreatment? This is pure evil.

Posted by: azjaeger at March 06, 2021 01:59 PM (3/XaG)

294
Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn and Patrick Byrne presented him with a plan that his WH lawyers dismissed out of hand.

Giuliani trusted the courts, the legislatures, the US AG, SCOTUS, Mike Pence, GOP Senators - IOW The System - to do its job.

His trust was unmerited and naive.
Posted by: kallisto at March 06, 2021 01:50 PM (DJFLF)

Events are always much clearer looking through the retrospectoscope.

Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 01:59 PM (Fs5vw)

295 Posted by: The Whizzo Quality Assortment at March 06, 2021 01:56 PM (T4D1y)

At least you live in Wyoming. A conservative state. I live in fucking Minnesota.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at March 06, 2021 02:00 PM (sOXXq)

296 Posted by: Justsayin' at March 06, 2021 01:59 PM (Fs5vw)

Strong nic to post content.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at March 06, 2021 02:02 PM (sOXXq)

297 Although on a few minutes reflection it is interesting that the monkey with the star on star off machine is carefully not mentioned at all. No attempt to call it "capitalism" . Because the wokie leaders are the monkey and they really, really don't want you to think of that.

Posted by: azjaeger at March 06, 2021 02:13 PM (3/XaG)

298

I wouldn't worry about it.

_________

I don't. Adults neither seek nor accept awards.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 06, 2021 02:13 PM (mht8P)

299 It's taken 50+ years but I think the USSR actually won the Cold War.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 06, 2021 01:19 PM (5+Bbc)

And the USSR is no more.

There are more Commies here than in Russia.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 06, 2021 02:23 PM (HrMC1)

300 Soviets passed on, oligarchy took over there, the Communists here are winning but its the oligarchy taking over as well.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 02:31 PM (Cxk7w)

301 >>As a note for the horde, Ivermectin is still widely available if you're not hung up on things like legality.
Posted by: somedood at March 06, 2021 11:51 AM

There's absolutely nothing "illegal" about taking veterinary Ivermectin for COVID treatment. It simply hasn't been formally approved by the FDA for that purpose, so it is illegal to label or market it that way.

Get thee to your local farm supply store and pick some up ASAP. It's an OTC veterinary drug so you don't need a prescription.

Posted by: Bigsmith at March 06, 2021 02:38 PM (G/mW5)

302 301: Yeah, I have a huge supply of ivermectin cuz I use it to worm the horses and I forget I had restocked and ordered a bunch more a month ago. It might be tough to choke it down, but probably smushed between a bit of cracker would hardly taste it. But I aint taking it unless I actually get sick, and I have so little people exposure that I am unlikely to get sick.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 06, 2021 02:44 PM (Aashi)

303 I still am taking vitamin D and Zinc and a clementine or something similar almost daily.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 02:49 PM (Cxk7w)

304 Pet NOOD is up

Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at March 06, 2021 03:02 PM (Cxk7w)

305 Bigsmith, Be careful. Do you know exactly what the dosage is? Treating a respiratory condition is much different than using the Ivermec as a parasitic. Disclaimer, I treat my horses with Ivermec so I have some knowledge of its uses.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2021 03:06 PM (l26Ik)

306 The Sneetches is the reason Dr. Seuss is getting cancelled.
There are too many Sylvester McMonkey McBeans making bank on dividing people by ethnicity, and they don't want anyone to figure it out.

Posted by: PhilipNolan at March 06, 2021 03:07 PM (z0Lyu)

307 KT, honestly your Saturday threads are often some of the best on this site. I find this one to be particularly depressing.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at March 06, 2021 03:19 PM (m3XFr)

308 Soviet dissidents would distribute Samizdat copies of banned works.
That's all I'm saying.

Posted by: stv at March 06, 2021 03:24 PM (yBUFr)

309 >>Bigsmith, Be careful. Do you know exactly what the dosage is? Treating a respiratory condition is much different than using the Ivermec as a parasitic. Disclaimer, I treat my horses with Ivermec so I have some knowledge of its uses.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2021 03:06 PM

There's lots of info on line about dosing. The FLCCC papers cited above recommend 0.2 mg/kg dosage for both prophylaxis and treatment, the difference being frequency. Of course you have to do a little math to convert veterinary dosage forms to human doses... plenty of info online for this as well.

Some countries that have adopted Ivermectin as standard protocol are using significantly higher doses with little or no ill effects. Ivermectin has infrequent and mild side effects and a very high therapeutic margin, much larger than many common OTC drugs. More work needs to be done to establish the optimal dose (if only the powers that be in the US were interested in this....but theres no money in it) but the risk of problems with any reasonable dosing is very low. The only outright contraindication for Ivermectin I've seen is people who are on anti-rejection drugs following organ transplants.

Posted by: Bigsmith at March 06, 2021 03:31 PM (G/mW5)

310 In the not to distant future, underground groups will be passing Dr Suess books disguised with Leftists book covers

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 03:35 PM (Cxk7w)

311 Used to have work up in Wyoming, not what this Texas boy expected - not as bad as Alaska but unusual for a free western state. That's why I don't see Cheney losing in 22.

Posted by: Only Context at March 06, 2021 03:38 PM (qu5Zx)

312 A crummy commercial?

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2021 05:08 PM (Cxk7w)

313 Pretty sure AM is FoS.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 06, 2021 05:10 PM (cknjq)

314 Georgia or not, because it was stupid it was even that close, but America - you voted for this. The reaping is going to suck balls.

Posted by: Only Context at March 06, 2021 05:31 PM (qu5Zx)

315 $1400 to illegals and prisoners - when Rome was sacked in the 1500's there were more sentient beings about (they were all slaughtered by the way). Seriously, America?

Posted by: Only Context at March 06, 2021 05:34 PM (qu5Zx)

316 But, of course, as is custom, we are all enthralled with the Garden and Pet threads. Frankie Five Angels indeed.

Posted by: Only Context at March 06, 2021 05:36 PM (qu5Zx)

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