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Nina Jankowitz, better known as Stanky Janky, briefly the head of the Disinformation Governance Board, is now officially a registered foreign agent.

Jankowicz also became infamous for her enthusiasm for musical theater as a means of expressing her left-wing political ideas. She also referred to herself as the "Mary Poppins of disinformation" in a singsong TikTok post.
However, Jankowicz was herself a font of disinformation, spreading the notorious "Alfa Bank hoax" before the 2016 election, which falsely claimed that then-candidate Donald Trump had financial ties to a Russian bank.
She has now registered as a foreign representative under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), on behalf of the Centre for Information Resilience, a British organization devoted to countering disinformation online.

One critic of the group, which was only incorporated in 2020, noted its focus on censorship and wondered openly if it is "a British government cutout, conducting info-war operations at arm's length from the state."

The only "policy" objective that leftists are viscerally excited about is fascist oppression of other people's right to object to their fascism:

This is true of 100% of fake reporters in the new really fake news fields of "fact checking," "social media coverage," and "disinformation." Even in a general field of fake news, these guys stand out as really really fake news. They do no reporting. They do no interviews -- cancel that, they will send you a nasty DM demanding comment five minutes before the hit piece they've written on you goes to print. (Or a couple hours after, in the case of Taylor Lorenz.)

That's the extend of their "news gathering."

They're just Twitter partisans offering up the most repugnantly ignorant and tribalistic twitter hot takes, except instead of just pumping them out on Twitter, the "news" organizations put their Hot Twitter Takes right on television and call them "disinformation reporting."

Jonah Goldberg, who eagerly agreed with the "51 Intelligence officials" that the Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation, claiming that the story that it was turned over by a laptop repair shop owner was not credible, insists that this was just a bit of "skepticism" for which he owes no one any accountability:

But note this wasn't just "sketicism;" in accordance with the wishes of their leftwing Democratic backers, The Dispatch embargoed mentions of the laptop and still have not, to my knowledge, offered a single substantive piece admitting the authenticity of it and the implications of that authenticity. As with Russia Collusion itself -- they're still pretending the lie is still the truth. They're not repeating the lie; they're just acting in perfect agreement with the lie, taking the lie to be the governing truth of the situation.

But yeah Fatboy you and your undulating waves of neckfat just showed a bit of healthy "skepticism."

Some guy named Simu Liu, who starred in one of those crappy Marvel movies everyone's already forgotten, took to the Twitterz Tuesday to attack legendary directors Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese as racist.
Liu is "clapping back" because Scorsese and Tarantino are not Marvel movie fans. Their lack of affection for superhero movies, in general, appears to be based on three solid reasons: 1) Scorsese and Tarantino are not 11 years old; 2) they believe superhero movies are not cinema but rather $250 million amusement park rides that say nothing about the human condition, and 3) superhero movies suck all the oxygen out of the theaters leaving no room for anything else.
Posted by: SMOD

Tarantino is such an anti-Asian racist he personally championed the films of John Woo and got John Woo the entire Western Period of his career, and then directed a long homage to Japanese karate/samurai flicks, as well as producing a kung-fu flick.

I mean, he was such a fan of Chinese police action movies that he shamelessly stole most of Reservoir Dogs from City on Fire, just like Elvis tributed black blues rock...

Wait, that's not the greatest argument. Well anyway, he does love Asian movies.

And feet.

He's not anti-Asian: He just hates boring, artless, soulless corporate pablum like Shiang-Chi.

Whether you like Tarantino or not, there's a personality and "voice" to his movies. You know a Tarantino movie when you see it.

Pop quiz:

Who directed Shiang Chi? Anybody? Anybody?

It's a trick question; Marvel movies nominally have a director but they're primarily directed by the Soulless Blob of the studio itself. If they feel like they've been constructed from answers to questions in a focus group where the participants were promised Oliver Garden coupons, that's because that's precisely how they were assembled.

The one bit of Marvel content -- we're beyond pretending these are movies or even TV shows; they're just filler to occupy the memory card of your DVR for a few weeks, and to occupy our brain for a few hours (or less) -- which had a definite authorial voice was She-Hulk, and that didn't work out too well, because that authorial voice was a dumb defensive incompetent c*nt.

From a couple of weeks ago: CNN says your pets must eat zee bugz.

Americans should consider purchasing smaller breeds of household pets and feeding them an "insect-based" diet to help curb their alleged influence on the climate, according to a CNN article that circulated on social media last week. The recommendation comes as activists have ramped up calls to normalize bugs and synthetic meat not only in pet diets but in human diets as well.
"Our four-legged friends don't drive gas-guzzling SUVs or use energy-sucking appliances, but that doesn't mean they don't have a climate impact," CNN suggested in its September article entitled "Our pets are part of the climate problem."

According to "researchers," CNN said, dogs and cats "play a significant role in the climate crisis."
The article, which generated backlash on social media last week after CNN posted a link to it on Twitter, suggested that it's not so much the pets themselves but their "meat-heavy diet" that "is the biggest contributor to their carbon pawprints."
Though told not to "panic," and that "[b]idding farewell to your best friends is not the answer," readers were advised to consider buying "smaller breeds or species" of pets "if you're aiming to minimize your impact on the planet," since a "Chihuahua's carbon pawprint will be much smaller than a Saint Bernard."
Moreover, while the piece notes that cats are carnivores whose diet shouldn't be stripped of meat, American dog owners are urged to consider swapping out their canines' chicken, turkey, or beef-based kibble for "new food developments," including "lab-grown meat" and "insect-based pet foods."
"Insect-based pet foods can be nutritionally complete and are starting to come onto the market around the world," Angela Frimberger, a veterinarian with Vets for Climate Action, told the outlet.

When we arrest Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Klaus Schwab and the rest of this crew, we'll make sure that they only serve Zee Bugz in their prisons.

Found in closet at Twitter HQ fr 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/3xSI3KvvHk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2022

I just want to vote for him sixteen times now. (I was already planning to vote for him for the customary "Democratic 8.")

Former Guantanamo detainee alleges that he was tortured by Ron DeSantis during the 10 months DeSantis spent at the facility in 2006 https://t.co/xTyuwQkAax
— noah kulwin (@nkulw) November 22, 2022

The allegation is that DeSantis gave the go-ahead to force-feed the terrorist Ensure. He was attempting to kill himself through a hunger strike.

Feeding a terrorist so that he doesn't die is " " " torture. " " "

Posted by: Ace at 06:40 PM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 23, 2022 06:41 PM (uNylN)

2 not sponge

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (LvTSG)

3 This is a first for me.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (HLfce)

4 Willowed: Avatar 2 isn't screening for critics until 4 days before the movie's wide release:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8239w2

Disney either thinks the movie is completely critic proof, or they don't think the critics will be that kind to it.

The estimates on the first weekend box office I've seen are high, but not ungodly high. It would tickle me if Avatar 2 didn't make half of what Avatar did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (LvTSG)

5 First seriously? I was reading the content and scrolled down watching the video and noticed there were no comments. Who are you people?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (uNylN)

6 Or maybe not. Participation trophy???

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (HLfce)

7 They are 3 toed sloths, perhaps??

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:43 PM (HLfce)

8 The one bit of Marvel content -- we're beyond pretending these are movies or even TV shows; they're just filler to occupy the memory card of your DVR for a few weeks, and to occupy our brain for a few hours (or less) -- which had a definite authorial voice was She-Hulk, and that didn't work out too well, because that authorial voice was a dumb defensive incompetent c*nt.

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Multiverse of Madness had that distinctive Sam Raimi stamp. It didn't save the movie as a whole, but he managed that much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:44 PM (LvTSG)

9 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 06:44 PM (OQM6D)

10 legendary directors Quentin Tarantino
_____________

Tarantino? Legendary??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 23, 2022 06:45 PM (G6Pml)

11 245 "They're really teaching rescue dogs how to drive."

Which will make rescuing Little Timmy from the well much quicker.
Posted by: Ripley at November 23, 2022 05:55 PM (MxEKc)

heh

My first thought was something like "wth do they expect these freaking "rescue dogs" to do? Jump in the car and go save somebody?"

wow I really am an ass.

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 23, 2022 06:44 PM (cknjq)

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 23, 2022 06:45 PM (cknjq)

12
9 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 06:44 PM (OQM6D)

Are saying the evening is good? Nevermind, Gandalf said it better, and I forgot the rest.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (HLfce)

13 Remember back when 'NOOD' was a thing?

Good times...

Good times.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (uLr+K)

14 Jonah Goldberg, who eagerly agreed with the "51 Intelligence officials" that the Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation, claiming that the story that it was turned over by a laptop repair shop owner was not credible, insists that this was just a bit of "skepticism" for which he owes no one any accountability

You lost any shred of credibility you once had with me with that Hunter Laptop schtick, you fat dumb turd.

As a conservative voice, you're dead to me now. So f*ck right off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (guGkK)

15 13 Remember back when 'NOOD' was a thing?

Good times...

Good times.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (uLr+K)

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I am a never nood. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (LvTSG)

16 Some limp dicked twatwaffle accused a rising Conservative star of something bad?

"I'm Shocked! Shocked! I say!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (OQM6D)

17 Tarantino made From Dusk Till Dawn - I remember Cheech Marin - and Salma Hayek - mostly Salma Hayek.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:49 PM (HLfce)

18 >>>My first thought was something like "wth do they expect these freaking "rescue dogs" to do? Jump in the car and go save somebody?"

I envy you the magic of the one moment you lived in a magical world in which that could possibly be true.

i want to go to there

Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:49 PM (C1Zwz)

19 The only actual "racists" left any more that aren't That One Weird Guy in the small town who flies the Nazi battle flag that nobody talks to are all the actual minorities in the media that make it very clear they are screaming racists about white people.

Posted by: azjaeger at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (3/XaG)

20 Important question:

Green bean casserole or corn pudding?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (LvTSG)

21 legendary directors Quentin Tarantino
_____________

Tarantino? Legendary??
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 23, 2022 06:45 PM (G6Pml)

Legendary.

Posted by: Stuntman Mike at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (4I/2K)

22 Important question:

Green bean casserole or corn pudding?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (LvTSG)

Yes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (4I/2K)

23 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

24 20 Important question:
Green bean casserole or corn pudding?

The night was *sultry.*

Posted by: Mama at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (C1Zwz)

25 18 >>>My first thought was something like "wth do they expect these freaking "rescue dogs" to do? Jump in the car and go save somebody?"

I envy you the magic of the one moment you lived in a magical world in which that could possibly be true.

i want to go to there
Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:49 PM (C1Zwz)

I might still be there but I READ THE FREAKING CONTENT.

wow I really am an ass.

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (cknjq)

26 Corn pudding all day long and twice on Sunday.

Posted by: ballistic at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (oXNqT)

27 23 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

========

I'll go inside.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (LvTSG)

28 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

The Hills Have Eyes

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (4I/2K)

29 Elon, you make me laugh.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (xhaym)

30 Shiang Chi? That was a movie?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (guGkK)

31 Shiang Chi? That was a movie?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (guGkK)

Check it and see

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 06:53 PM (4I/2K)

32 I guess Shimu Liu doesn't want to be in moves anymore.

Good luck at the barista gig, dude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:53 PM (guGkK)

33 It's probably a deer. Yeah, a deer Ima gonna go with that.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:53 PM (HLfce)

34 Doggeh mostly eats pork chops.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 23, 2022 06:54 PM (5rBf5)

35 31 Shiang Chi? That was a movie?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (guGkK)

Check it and see

RT rating of one hundred and three

Posted by: Foreigner at November 23, 2022 06:54 PM (C1Zwz)

36 23 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

Yeti?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:54 PM (guGkK)

37 There were references upthread to Toonces. I think that's Obama but what does it mean?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 23, 2022 06:55 PM (VdGjU)

38 32 I guess Shimu Liu doesn't want to be in moves anymore.

Good luck at the barista gig, dude.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:53 PM (guGkK)

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The funniest bit of inside baseball regarding Disney actors over the last few years involved two actors from the live action remake of Aladdin. The guy who played Aladdin was told to just sit back and wait for the offers to role in. Nothing rolled in. The guy who played the outrageous Swedish prince, a very minor side character, actively pitched a show based on his character to Disney brass.

The Swedish prince character is supposed to be getting a Disney+ show.

This was described as racism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:55 PM (LvTSG)

39 toonces is an SNL sketch about a cat who could drive (but not well). Every sketch ends with the cat driving the car off a cliff.

Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (C1Zwz)

40 36 23 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

Yeti?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:54 PM (guGkK)

Yeah, or Big Mike -

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (HLfce)

41 Former Guantanamo detainee alleges that he was tortured by Ron DeSantis during the 10 months DeSantis spent at the facility in 2006

He is the Kwisatz Haderach.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (VJFAr)

42 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

river otters. Prepare your anus.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (UQUAY)

43 I totally misread your last headline, ace. This is what I get fir posting when exhausted.

I'll be better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (Wnv9h)

44 Accountability, there is a concept I bet no one at Twitter ever saw before

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (xhxe8)

45 Please vote yes for this if you have twitter

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/
1595473875847942146

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (5rBf5)

46 Simu Liu has the charisma of a small blob of gelatinous filth found in Jonah Goldberg's pit-like bellybutton.

Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (C1Zwz)

47 Any dog breed that's smaller than Hex (20 lb Bombay cat) is not a real dog breed in my mind. And the ones that are smaller than Bel (7 lb cat) belong in the "varmint" category.

Posted by: pookysgirl, big dog lover at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (XKZwp)

48 There were references upthread to Toonces. I think that's Obama but what does it mean?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 23, 2022 06:55 PM (VdGjU)

We saw him messing around with the wheel of the ship of state and just assumed he could drive.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (VJFAr)

49 river otters. Prepare your anus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (UQUAY)

Also, gird your loins. Otters are murder on loins.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:57 PM (guGkK)

50 43 I totally misread your last headline, ace. This is what I get fir posting when exhausted.
I'll be better.

No, you read it right. I wrote "Furrious." I did the Charlie Brown scream because "Furriest" was obviously the right choice and I didn't think of it. I changed it.

Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (C1Zwz)

51 Maybe Elon can teach dogs to run Twitter.

Posted by: wth at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (v0R5T)

52 Good evening, Tonypete!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (OX9vb)

53 When we arrest Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Klaus Schwab and the rest of this crew, we'll make sure that they only serve Zee Bugz in their prisons.

Arrest? I'm sure there are some South Pacific cannibals who need a meal.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (sAmhv)

54 I noticed today that both my toothpaste and my pizza have new packaging that, for Democrat Party ESG brownie points, now loudly demands that their customers RECYCLE THIS PACKAGING.

Life in a corporate-fascist superstate sure is fuckin' tedious. Just the same G-d cursed, endlessly droning propaganda, everywhere you look.

Every media organ constantly blares out "WE ARE SIGNALING THE VIRTUE YOU MUST ALSO SIGNAL!" So, millions eventually tune it out altogether, and we can't have that.

So, you wake up and do your ablutions, and look down, and there it is: "SIGNAL THE VIRTUE!" You do your day's work and stop for a bite to eat, and there it is: "SIGNAL THE VIRTUE! DO IT NOW! THE TOOTHPASTE ALREADY TOLD YOU, BUT I GUESS YOU DIDN'T GET IT, WRECKER!!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (oINRc)

55 51 Maybe Elon can teach dogs to run Twitter.
Posted by: wth at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM (v0R5T)

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I don't get it.

Taylor Lorenz does nothing but Twitter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (LvTSG)

56 Former Guantanamo detainee alleges that he was tortured by Ron DeSantis during the 10 months DeSantis spent at the facility in 2006.

I have photos that my Dad took of Red Chinese POWs from the time he was in Korea.

I imagine that would be considered some type of abuse these days.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (OQM6D)

57 river otters. Prepare your anus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (UQUAY)

"Prepare." Loosen, or tighten?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (guGkK)

58 Hey April! How's every little thing? Good I hope!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (OQM6D)

59 As far as I'm concerned, the MCU ended with the appropriately named Avengers: Endgame. It gave a very satisfying conclusion to the entire saga.

There's simply no point to watching anything in Phase 4 or whatever phase they are on.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (BpYfr)

60
Waterboarding a mohammedan asshole with Ensure?

Dood, that's frickin' awesome.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (n+4am)

61 Some guy named Simu Liu, who starred in one of those crappy Marvel movies everyone's already forgotten, took to the Twitterz Tuesday to attack legendary directors Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese as racist.

I watched ten minutes of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and turned it off. I've felt zero desire since then to try again to watch it.

Is this the first woke attack of Tarantino? I've been wondering for a long time when they would go after him for all his n-words in his scripts.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (eyxn4)

62 Willowed: Avatar 2 isn't screening for critics until 4 days before the movie's wide release:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8239w2

Disney either thinks the movie is completely critic proof, or they don't think the critics will be that kind to it.

The estimates on the first weekend box office I've seen are high, but not ungodly high. It would tickle me if Avatar 2 didn't make half of what Avatar did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:42 PM (LvTSG)

Disney Exec: Avatar made a gazillion dollars. Let's make four sequels. It can't fail!!!

Everyone Else: You know the movie was mediocre and only made money because of 3D effects?

Posted by: WiNO at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (EpDzw)

63 It would tickle me if Avatar 2 didn't make half of what Avatar did.

I have yet to be able to get through the first 15 minutes of Avatar. Even the great Stephen Lang couldn't save that horrible, garbage factory of a movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (sAmhv)

64 Hey, Physics Geek! One of us!

Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (pTb/Z)

65 There's simply no point to watching anything in Phase 4 or whatever phase they are on.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (BpYfr)

You have no interest in The Enchickening then?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (guGkK)

66 I don't think the Guantanamo detainee understands how our political system works. This will most people like Desantis even more. Those who already don't like him will still not like him
Desantis should send the guy a thank you card for his campaign contribution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (87Ur0)

67 Seems to me Elon Musk is a Classical Liberal. In the same vein of why it used to be an OK thing to be a card carrying member of the ACLU ... before they decided that nobody had the right to speak their mind contrary to the regime.

Which ... for the record ... got really real right after 9/11.

The cat that wrote Freedom and Capitalism ... Milton Freedman ... wouldn't be welcome anywhere in today's society. That's the problem.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:02 PM (zxstO)

68 river otters. Prepare your anus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 23, 2022 06:56 PM (UQUAY)

"Prepare." Loosen, or tighten?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (guGkK)

*shrugs* depends on your kink, I reckon. my comment was academic in nature.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 23, 2022 07:02 PM (UQUAY)

69 Quote the "journalist": "...readers were advised to consider buying "smaller breeds or species" of pets "if you're aiming to minimize your impact on the planet," since a "Chihuahua's carbon pawprint will be much smaller than a Saint Bernard."
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Bloody hell, does this idiot have any idea how much meat a Chihuahua goes through in a week? Mine has already gone through two whole kids, and it's only Wednesday! I'm going to have to switch him back to canned hobo.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 23, 2022 07:02 PM (BuI2a)

70 59 As far as I'm concerned, the MCU ended with the appropriately named Avengers: Endgame. It gave a very satisfying conclusion to the entire saga.

There's simply no point to watching anything in Phase 4 or whatever phase they are on.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2022 07:00 PM (BpYfr)

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With Black Friday deals going on right now, a bunch of MCU movies have been dirt cheap. I've been checking out the ones I've missed through the library, just to see if they'd be worth a buy at such reduced prices.

Nope. The best is probably Spider-Man: No Way Home, but it's also a giant mess that relies heavily on other movies for its emotional points. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is probably the most interesting because it's Raimi kind of bloody and with a shit ton of money, but it doesn't work overall. And then Thor: Love and Thunder is simply a dud (but pretty).

I haven't missed much, and I see no need to check out the others I've yet to see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 07:02 PM (LvTSG)

71 I'm always late to the party...anyhooooo, I rooted for the humans to wipe out the creepy blue creatures in the 1st Avatar movie. I have no intention of watching the 2nd one, but if I did, I'm sure I'd do the same. I f'ing hate blue aliens...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (S7une)

72 Can someone explain to me why we force feed people on hunger strikes? How is it bad for me if you decide to not eat? It's like the monks who immolate themselves. Nice fire but doesn't change my position.

Posted by: WiNO at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (EpDzw)

73 Lying cocksuckers tell lies, suck cocks.

Posted by: Details at 11 at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (pLSJi)

74 The allegation is that DeSantis gave the go-ahead to force-feed the terrorist Ensure. He was attempting to kill himself through a hunger strike.

Feeding a terrorist so that he doesn't die is " " " torture. " " "

I had jaw surgery as a late teen to fix a malocclusion. I drank Ensure for a while. After about three weeks I was willing to blend anything and everything to get something other than Ensure. Pizza, salad, burgers, anything was OK as long as it wasn't Ensure.

I'm not saying it was torture, but it was torture adjacent.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (eyxn4)

75 I have yet to be able to get through the first 15 minutes of Avatar. Even the great Stephen Lang couldn't save that horrible, garbage factory of a movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (sAmhv)
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Yeah, Dances with Smurfs didn't really do it for me, either. I watched bits and pieces of it when it showed on TV, I think, but I've never watched it from start to finish. If you are relying on amazing special effects to save your movie, you have already failed. Movies succeed or fail on their STORY. Or they should, at least.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (BpYfr)

76 They are 3 toed sloths, perhaps??
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:43 PM (HLfce)

There are, there are two toed and three toed sloths.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (xhaym)

77 It's Morbin' Time

Posted by: guy who always thinks it's time for morbin' at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (C1Zwz)

78 legendary directors Quentin Tarantino
_____________

Tarantino? Legendary??

I remember the first time I heard that adjective applied to an entertainer. It was about 30-40 years ago, and KTel (or its like) was flogging a Boxcar Willie cd or album, can't remember which. I remember thinking "seriously, legendary?", and also "great, now that word will be the go to bit of puffery for any no talent hack".

Turns out I was right.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 23, 2022 07:04 PM (eOEVl)

79 23 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken

It's just a demon spawn bat, waiting to feast on your soul. You'll be fine.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:04 PM (sAmhv)

80 75 Yeah, Dances with Smurfs didn't really do it for me, either. I watched bits and pieces of it when it showed on TV, I think, but I've never watched it from start to finish. If you are relying on amazing special effects to save your movie, you have already failed. Movies succeed or fail on their STORY. Or they should, at least.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (BpYfr)

========

I've seen it a few times. It's...decidedly okay. I own it and check it out once every five years or so to see if my opinion changes. The ending battle scene is amaze-balls, though. Cameron can stage epic action like few others.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 07:04 PM (LvTSG)

81 No love for Tarantino here. It isn't just feet, Ace.

https://is.gd/bQv5dP

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 23, 2022 07:05 PM (YJwUM)

82 I have yet to be able to get through the first 15 minutes of Avatar. Even the great Stephen Lang couldn't save that horrible, garbage factory of a movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:01 PM (sAmhv)

Then you missed all the floating dirtbergs?

Posted by: Rep. Hank "Hank" Johnson, (D)umbass at November 23, 2022 07:05 PM (guGkK)

83 "my pizza have new packaging that, for Democrat Party ESG brownie points, now loudly demands that their customers RECYCLE THIS PACKAGING."

I noticed that on my last pizza box too.

The fun part is that according to people what recycle paper, cardboard with grease - i.e. pizza boxes - will ruin the whole batch of recycled paper, so if a load of paper to be recycled comes through with a pizza box in it, the recycler will reject ~the entire load .~

Which then gets thrown in the landfill, presumably.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 23, 2022 07:05 PM (oRXQU)

84
I don't think the Guantanamo detainee understands how our political system works. This will most people like Desantis even more. Those who already don't like him will still not like him
Desantis should send the guy a thank you card for his campaign contribution
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Par for the course. The mohammedan savages really have no clue about the American people. Example: in 2004 Osama Bin Laden actually endorsed John Kerry for President in that election.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2022 07:05 PM (n+4am)

85 Well it was either a big deer or a middling bear. We have both here. Deer like salmon, right??

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (HLfce)

86 I am a never nood. There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:47 PM (LvTSG)

👌

Posted by: runner at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (V13WU)

87 Not only am I going to get a big dog for our farm, I'm now going to get TWO.

NYT has been a joke for over 20 years.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (Rbu5d)

88 "1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his[a];
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations."

Psalm 100

Posted by: Marcus T at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (pIKd9)

89 You have no interest in The Enchickening then?

Nope, and even less in the Enflouncening.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (eOEVl)

90 >There were references upthread to Toonces. I think that's Obama but what does it mean?

Posted by: That NLurker guy

I gather you're not '29' then

Posted by: DB at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (geLO8)

91 We have our ups and downs, Tonypete. So far, Mr. April is planning on attending Thanksgiving dinner, but we're hours away. Anything could happen.

I will be so grateful for good moods tomorrow, God willing.

Hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (OX9vb)

92 83 The fun part is that according to people what recycle paper, cardboard with grease - i.e. pizza boxes - will ruin the whole batch of recycled paper, so if a load of paper to be recycled comes through with a pizza box in it, the recycler will reject ~the entire load .~

Which then gets thrown in the landfill, presumably.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 23, 2022 07:05 PM (oRXQU)

=========

I presume that any recycling collection that allows the mixture of materials is just going to the dump anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (LvTSG)

93 A cat is the embodiment of "better to ask forgiveness than permission".

Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (KAi1n)

94 We have both here. Deer like salmon, right??
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (HLfce)

Okay, but I can't see Bambi's mom making it upriver through the rapids.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (guGkK)

95
Bruno says he wants to drive over to Angela Frimberger's house and bite her on the leg.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (sn5EN)

96 Elon should get orangutans, they have thumbs dogs don't.
Let the dogs run security

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (xhxe8)

97 Well it was either a big deer or a middling bear. We have both here. Deer like salmon, right??
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 07:06 PM (HLfc
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Hey, you found the world's first carnivorous deer! Congrats!

Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2022 07:07 PM (pTb/Z)

98 > Psalm 100

AKA the Thanksgiving Psalm. Good choice.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:08 PM (eyxn4)

99 Paw Patrol to the rescue.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2022 07:08 PM (63Dwl)

100 Cats are rather accomplished narcissists.

Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 07:08 PM (HLfce)

101 20...Green bean casserole or corn pudding?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (LvTSG)

Yes

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 23, 2022 07:08 PM (Rbu5d)

102
If you didn't see this the other night, the motherWEFers are openly talking about SOMA now, dosing the population with some drugs, happy juice to make them more compliant. Even talking about putting such in the water supply.

Sam Bankman-Fried's auntie is one of the motherWEFers writing papers on this shit.

The WEF is truly the real life THRUSH, the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 23, 2022 07:08 PM (Mzdiz)

103 According to this site, pizza boxes are indeed recyclable :
https://tinyurl.com/ykzck4hn

But recycling is still mostly stupid...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (S7une)

104 Well, they found a dead gunshot victim on the sidewalk down by the liquor store near a major intersection just before sunset.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (uLr+K)

105 Tortured.

By feeding him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (cP/Ah)

106 NYT inspired me. I just bought my dog a ticket for the upcoming Hawaii vacation. Didn't want to leave him in the kennel anyhow.

In addition to a mask, these types need a toga or other religious garment to signal their awesomeness to one another.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (kJLpK)

107 103 According to this site, pizza boxes are indeed recyclable :
https://tinyurl.com/ykzck4hn

But recycling is still mostly stupid...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (S7une)

========

Unless there's food stuck to it. The food is not recyclable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (LvTSG)

108 I had jaw surgery as a late teen to fix a malocclusion. I drank Ensure for a while. After about three weeks I was willing to blend anything and everything to get something other than Ensure. Pizza, salad, burgers, anything was OK as long as it wasn't Ensure.

I'm not saying it was torture, but it was torture adjacent.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:03 PM (eyxn4)

Ah the joys of six weeks with a jaw wired shut. I did that. Baby food worked well. Plus, I had Mom get me cups with lids. If I couldn't see it, it didn't bother me. But, it was two years before I even wanted to consider a milkshake again.

Posted by: WiNO at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (EpDzw)

109 I saw a Peanuts show today in which the gang lays on the grass and saw shapes in the clouds. That's modern journalism. "That cloud looks like an ultra mega MAGA manic gunning down innocent people at a children's happy fun drag time story hour!"

P.S. If the Peanuts gang were journalists, they'd have lied down on the grass.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (FVME7)

110 The hills are alive with the sound of grifture.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2022 07:09 PM (KAi1n)

111 Pizza boxes burn real good.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2022 07:10 PM (sn5EN)

112 Shiang Chi? That was a movie?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:52 PM (guGkK)

Bad guy from the Shadow novels, right?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 07:10 PM (xhaym)

113 Pizza boxes burn real good.
Posted by: fd at November 23, 2022 07:10 PM (sn5EN)

But they're no used tires.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 07:10 PM (guGkK)

114 In my county, there are numerous spots, run by the county, to recycle. At the main one, they will take, along with the usual stuff, tires, paint and used motor oil along with damn near anything.

What they will not take is old lumber. Tree cuttings are okay tho' - go figure. Anywho, I was putting a monster piece of old bowling alley lane into the old furniture roll off that was the top of an old workbench and the attendant told me they couldn't accept it. I told him, sure you can - it's a table top.

Into the dumpster it went.

These guys. . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:11 PM (OQM6D)

115 Unless there's food stuck to it. The food is not recyclable.
Well yeah, that's a given...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:11 PM (S7une)

116 "If you didn't see this the other night, the motherWEFers are openly talking about SOMA now, dosing the population with some drugs, happy juice to make them more compliant. Even talking about putting such in the water supply. "

Just great.

What's next....Reavers?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (uLr+K)

117 There were references upthread to Toonces. I think that's Obama but what does it mean?

Toonces was an SNL bit about a literal cat that could drive a car, but not very well. Obama is a cat who can President a country, but not very well.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (zm+d5)

118 "But they're no used tires.
Posted by: Cicero"

Kindling for tire fires.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (sn5EN)

119 No, you read it right. I wrote "Furrious." I did the Charlie Brown scream because "Furriest" was obviously the right choice and I didn't think of it. I changed it.
Posted by: ace at November 23, 2022 06:58 PM

I still read it as Furious. I need sleep. And a drink. But mostly a drink.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (Wnv9h)

120 Willowed but important question:
What if a dog is driving and a squirrel crosses the road?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (5rBf5)

121 Tortured.

By feeding him.

Yeah. As an Academic Exercise ... that is possible. Same as a Human Centipede.

There is a real situation where forcing someone to take calories, rather than die, is torture ... in the literal sense.

We're not talking Ethiopian at a Buffet here.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:12 PM (zxstO)

122 Sunday on our local NPR station, a program called "Reveal" went heavy on how mean and totally unjustified it was for conservatives to attack the highly qualified Nina Jankowitz. I don't think it was produced by NPR.

It was really something.

Posted by: KT at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (rrtZS)

123 > Green bean casserole or corn pudding?

Y'all!

Don't do that green bean casserole slop.

Here's what you do:
Pre-heat your oven to 420. Get some nice fresh green beans. Lop off the ends. Wash and pat them dry. Put about a tablespoon of nice extra virgin olive oil on them. Spread them out on a cookie sheet. Salt to taste. Put them on the middle rack in the oven. Roast them 11-14 minutes. Mince some garlic. Serve the green beans with minced garlic on top.

So much better than nasty old green bean casserole.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (eyxn4)

124 ID of the walmart shooter is out - looks like i called it a couple hours ago.(wasn't hard) Andre Bing, Angry Black Man.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (r46W7)

125 102
If you didn't see this the other night, the motherWEFers are openly talking about SOMA now, dosing the population with some drugs, happy juice to make them more compliant. Even talking about putting such in the water supply.

Sam Bankman-Fried's auntie is one of the motherWEFers writing papers on this shit.

The WEF is truly the real life THRUSH, the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.
Posted by: publius,

They're the Alliance, creating Pax, to make people 'better'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (sAmhv)

126 I would actually consider insect based food for my very allergic dog, if I could find economically viable sources.

Mix that up with sweet potato and rice and he'd probably be perfectly happy. I've seen him eat an insect or two anyway.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (OX9vb)

127 I will be so grateful for good moods tomorrow, God willing.

Hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving!
Posted by: April

Thank you - prayers for calm waters for you and your kin tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:14 PM (OQM6D)

128 flogging a Boxcar Willie

Is that what the kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 23, 2022 07:14 PM (dCtRx)

129 Love grilled salmon.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 23, 2022 07:14 PM (Xrfse)

130 Don't do that green bean casserole slop.

That hurts me. You singe the top layer of onions ... gotta' give it an extra crisp. And you bake the shit - to stiffen up all that mushroom soup. Pro Tip ... throw some bread crumbs under the layer of onion to give it some texture.

Good green bean casserole is not slop.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:15 PM (zxstO)

131 I watch Asian movie and one hour later I'm hungry again.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at November 23, 2022 07:16 PM (yXRn/)

132 In his San Francisco home Melissa Engles tells its story of the current path of its former employer

https://bit.ly/3EC8DKi
--------------------------------

Thinking that place was a real freak show.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 23, 2022 07:16 PM (gfCY0)

133 The cat that wrote Freedom and Capitalism ... Milton Freedman ... wouldn't be welcome anywhere in today's society. That's the problem.
Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:02 PM (zxstO)

Pffft. Now try Murray Rothbard or Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 07:17 PM (xhaym)

134 I spent the day cleaning out the remaining bits of the house house. My youngest lent a hand. To spend the entire day with one of your adult children - just the two of you - is priceless.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:17 PM (OQM6D)

135 Hey, you found the world's first carnivorous deer! Congrats!
Posted by: bluebell

Oh, no?
https://tinyurl.com/ms56wyhd

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:17 PM (cPGH3)

136 I wonder if you can substitute okra for green beans in the casserole?

Or Brussel Sprouts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 07:17 PM (uLr+K)

137 126 I would actually consider insect based food for my very allergic dog, if I could find economically viable sources.

**

I would guess that anyone allergic to shellfish would probably also be allergic to bugs.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 23, 2022 07:18 PM (5rBf5)

138
Well, if you're gonna own nothing, eat ze bugs, and live in a pod in some high density brave new urban dystopia, they realize they're gonna have to drug the hell out of you to make you "happy".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 23, 2022 07:18 PM (Mzdiz)

139 I don't care what the ubiquitous, ceaseless propaganda is, or whether the message is good.

If every single piece of cultural output, down to the fucking toothpaste tube design, was screaming decent stuff like "BE A GOOD PERSON! GO TO CHURCH! DON'T BE A COMMIE!" I'd still feel a surge of anger while brushing my teeth. Just STFU already.

But it sure doesn't help that it's all horrible ideas cooked up by Satanic tards.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 07:18 PM (oINRc)

140 I spent the day cleaning out the remaining bits of the house house. My youngest lent a hand. To spend the entire day with one of your adult children - just the two of you - is priceless.
Posted by: Tonypete
___

That's nice.

And yes it is.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:18 PM (MVxcn)

141 Good green bean casserole is ~~not slop~~ an oxymoron.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:19 PM (eyxn4)

142 I would guess that anyone allergic to shellfish would probably also be allergic to bugs.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Doggeh is not allergic to fishes. It's the birds and the land animals.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:19 PM (OX9vb)

143 Tortured.

By feeding him.

Eat yer bugz.

Posted by: WEF at November 23, 2022 07:20 PM (CaJIi)

144 I have a My Pillow and it's quite good

Posted by: steevy at November 23, 2022 07:20 PM (yezA1)

145 I'm always amazed at the (lack of) taste of the Horde.
Okra, green beans, "hot dish" (and all it's permutations), maple syrup...

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:20 PM (cPGH3)

146 123 I love a good roasted green bean, but my family wants the gross casserole. So I am making it, only with fresh green beans and home made cream of veggie soup. A compromise, if you will. I don’t make this kind of food normally, we eat pretty healthy at least 90% of the time. They are taking advantage and making bacon cheeseburgers tonight. I air fried sweet potato fries, so take that mi familia! 😀

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2022 07:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

147 bluebell
You see that little buck eat that bird?

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (cPGH3)

148 I'm always amazed at the (lack of) taste of the Horde.
___

Not everyone can be as refined as you.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (MVxcn)

149 If you didn't see this the other night, the motherWEFers are openly talking about SOMA now, dosing the population with some drugs, happy juice to make them more compliant. Even talking about putting such in the water supply.

I see you haven't talked to Gen Z much. They'll gladly drink at the public fountain.

We've reached a point ... straight up ... where I was almost twenty years ago when I came here. Because, at the time, I could not believe how out of step the leading folks - at the time - compared against the folks I worked around every day. So I'd get banned ... weekly ... arguing with those fossils and their Norman Rockwell reality.

Now I'm the fossil.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (zxstO)

150 "51 Intelligence officials"

---

So 51 people who get paid tax payer dollars to tell us the truth lied to us on purpose. Is this a fire-able offense or a jail-able offense?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (h1jJh)

151 125...They're the Alliance, creating Pax, to make people 'better'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 23, 2022 07:13 PM (sAmhv)

We're still aimin' to misbehave, right?

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (Rbu5d)

152 It's the birds and the land animals.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:19 PM (OX9vb)

Sad

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (5rBf5)

153 Why is he a former Guantanamo detainee and not some fish crap on the bottom of the sea?

Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (kts79)

154 Force feeding on a hunger strike is in fact torture and it's meant to intimidate the entire population of a political prison into submission.

Whether or not it's justified or not for Islamic terrorists is a point of debate. But let's not sugarcoat what it is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (oINRc)

155 Someone noted a Brussels sprout recipient a few days ago. If that was you, please share.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

156 FernGully: The Last Rainforest >> Avatar

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (4I/2K)

157 Not everyone can be as refined as you.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Nah, I'm not refined. I was always what mothers used to call "good eaters". I'll eat anything.

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (cPGH3)

158 Who directed Shiang Chi? Anybody? Anybody?

Who started in Shang Chi?

Hell, who WATCHED Shang Chi?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:23 PM (cP/Ah)

159 I love a good roasted green bean, but my family wants the gross casserole. So I am making it

Yeah, if the rellies demand it, that's what you do. My dear wife LOVES the jellied cranberry sauce out of the can. I don't like it, but it's always going to be on the table, because I love her.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:23 PM (eyxn4)

160 Ha! That "melissa engles" ex moderator is so obviously a man with bolt on boobs! (Or falsies))

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2022 07:24 PM (r46W7)

161 Force feeding on a hunger strike is in fact torture and it's meant to intimidate the entire population of a political prison into submission.

Yep. If the penalty is death ... tie the noose. If I, upon that penalty, choose to walk to the noose ? Stopping me is, indeed, torture.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (zxstO)

162 "Prepare." Loosen, or tighten?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2022 06:59 PM (guGkK)

Remember:

Lefty Loosy

Righty tighty

...and always be greasy. That's what I've heard.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (CCSxw)

163 Not the greatest management style but Musk must have to do it. You should never have to demand that your managers tell you what they managed all week. If you feel you have to do that, fire the entire management and start over with people you trust.

Never employ someone who has to describe what they do to you every week. You shouldn't need a rundown of the job - just do the job.

Posted by: Boswell at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (+Cgut)

164 My dear wife LOVES the jellied cranberry sauce out of the can.
___

So do I!

And green bean casserole.

Then again, I'm just a po', unrefined somebody.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (MVxcn)

165 Nina Jankowitz, better known as Stanky Janky,

AKA, Goebblchinsky.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (IyrhE)

166 Ha! That "melissa engles" ex moderator is so obviously a man with bolt on boobs! (Or falsies))
Posted by: Tom Servo

"IT'S 'MA'AM'!!

No, it really isn't you freak.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:25 PM (OQM6D)

167 Isnt shang chi some kind of chinese dog? Or menu item? Both?

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (r46W7)

168 Is this a fire-able offense or a jail-able offense?
Hangable.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (S7une)

169 > Someone noted a Brussels sprout recipient a few days ago. If that was you, please share.

It wasn't me, but the roasted green bean recipe I posted upthread works just as good for Brussels sprouts. Cut them in half, put them on the cookie sheet flat side down.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (eyxn4)

170 Nah, I'm not refined. I was always what mothers used to call "good eaters". I'll eat anything.
Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:22 PM (cPGH3)

Mikey...is that you?

Posted by: Life Cereal Ad Exec at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (CCSxw)

171 It's a sea of people.

Brazil Protests Against the Election Continue
5:16 AM · Nov 16, 2022 ·Twitter

https://bit.ly/3OM5Rap

If it wasn't for Twitter would anyone have any idea what was going on in Brazil? #BrazilianSpring

if only the major networks knew.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (gfCY0)

172 Is that Jet Jaguar?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (63Dwl)

173 Nina Hartley >> Nina Jankowitz

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (4I/2K)

174 155 Someone noted a Brussels sprout recipient a few days ago. If that was you, please share.
Posted by: Piper

I despise those things. However, last TG my daughter made a salad of shredded fresh Brussels sprouts with bacons and stuff, and I actually thought it was good. So, fresh and not cooked Brussels sprouts works for me.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:27 PM (OX9vb)

175 if only the major networks knew.
___

They know.

Which is why they will not air it.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:27 PM (MVxcn)

176 155. Recipe. Sheesh.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2022 07:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

177 NBC News@NBCNews
Right-wing media figures and influencers are doubling down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community in the wake of Saturday night’s Club Q shooting.

-
Those bastards! Jeez! You shoot a couple dozen people and, right away, you're a bad guy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (FVME7)

178
If it wasn't for Twitter would anyone have any idea what was going on in Brazil? #BrazilianSpring

if only the major networks knew.
Posted by: Braenyard

They're too busy doing the Transylvania Tranny.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (63Dwl)

179 "if only the major networks knew."

Knew what?

Posted by: The MSM at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (uLr+K)

180 177 NBC News@NBCNews
Right-wing media figures and influencers are doubling down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community in the wake of Saturday night’s Club Q shooting.

-
Those bastards! Jeez! You shoot a couple dozen people and, right away, you're a bad guy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (FVME7)

=========

The more we make fun of gay people, the more gay people kill each other? Does this make sense?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (LvTSG)

181 Nina Hartley >> Findings NINAs in Hirschfeld caricatures >> Nina Jankowitz

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 23, 2022 07:28 PM (AuTCi)

182 Force feeding on a hunger strike is in fact torture and it's meant to intimidate the entire population of a political prison into submission.

No, I reject this kind of argument. Its only torture if you are doing terrible, cruel, and unusual things to someone for a goal, an end such as gathering information or to bring about an evil end.

Feeding someone is not torture UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. You can torture someone WHILE feeding them (ie making it painful and miserable) but the bare act of providing sustenance to someone is the exact opposite of torture on the ethics scale.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (cP/Ah)

183 Nina Hartley >> Nina Jankowitz
Posted by: Count de Monet

Too bad Little Bill killed her.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (OQM6D)

184 >The allegation is that DeSantis gave the go-ahead to force-feed the terrorist Ensure. He was attempting to kill himself through a hunger strike.

And if he hadn't done that, and let the dude follow through with his hunger strike, he would be History's Greatest Murderer, guaranteed.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (0D0Oa)

185 159 you’re so good! And going to roast some Brussels.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

186 I came from a big family. At one time there were 4 teenage boys living at home. If you wanted food, you couldn't be real picky.
"You gonna eat that fat?"

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (cPGH3)

187
The more we make fun of gay people, the more gay people kill each other? Does this make sense?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I thought it was our SILENCE that was violence?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2022 07:30 PM (63Dwl)

188 Elon being red pilled about my pillow is >>this<< close to him figuring out the election was stolen.

Posted by: TexasDan at November 23, 2022 07:30 PM (JMPQm)

189 Trump cheated on his taxes and his breath stinks too......

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at November 23, 2022 07:30 PM (asDSi)

190 I'm always amazed at the (lack of) taste of the Horde.
Okra, green beans, "hot dish" (and all it's permutations), maple syrup...
Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:20 PM (cPGH3)

Take a look at the Deplorable Cookbook and then repent.

You. Do. Have. The. Cookbook. Don't you?

Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (kts79)

191 Musk is doing a hostile takeover and every existing employee is suspect until proven to be trustworthy. That is going to require a few months of micromanagement.

Perhaps Trump's greatest failure was that he never understood this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (r46W7)

192 Mrs VIA shaves Brussel sprouts in the processor, tosses them in the frypan on high, adds bacon bits and some other stuff, spritzed with apple cider vinegar.

Little VIA loves it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (uLr+K)

193 They should water board him next time but with ensure

Posted by: TexasDan at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (JMPQm)

194 If you're going to roast Brussels sprouts, halve them and roast them cut side up.

Cut side down deprives you of all those little layers of crispy seared leaf.

Posted by: ballistic at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (oXNqT)

195 >NBC News@NBCNews
Right-wing media figures and influencers are doubling down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community in the wake of Saturday night’s Club Q shooting.

does NBC provide any examples?

Posted by: DB at November 23, 2022 07:31 PM (geLO8)

196 gross

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (MVxcn)

197 I saw that the new Republican House intends to interview each and every one of those 51 former intelligence officials to find out just how to put your finger in the air and detect a Russian plot.

Posted by: SMOD at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (X5CsJ)

198 If it wasn't for Twitter would anyone have any idea what was going on in Brazil? #BrazilianSpring
if only the major networks knew.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 23, 2022 07:26 PM (gfCY0)

That would make Ceausescu crap his pants

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (xhaym)

199 150 "51 Intelligence officials"

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So 51 people who get paid tax payer dollars to tell us the truth lied to us on purpose. Is this a fire-able offense or a jail-able offense?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 23, 2022 07:21 PM (h1jJh)

------------------------------

Oh, no, no, no... You see, they didn't *lie*. They merely said it bore all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. They didn't say it *was* Russian disinformation. If people took it that way, they can't be held responsible for that.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (uPgE/)

200 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.

---

Probably just a cougar

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (h1jJh)

201 The Savannah kitty boys said no bugs. But thanks anyways.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

202 Right-wing media figures and influencers are doubling down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community

"inflammatory rhetoric" is not a news term, its an opinion term. It is an attempt to manipulate and control, not inform. You present the rhetoric and its up to the viewer to decide if it is inflammatory or not.

You can report that SOMEONE thinks it is inflammatory, but you are not to assert this as a reporter in a news story.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (cP/Ah)

203 You. Do. Have. The. Cookbook. Don't you?
Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est

Obviously my comment missed the mark. I'm referring to people who don't like okra, don't like brussel sprouts, don't like maple syrup on waffles, don't... etc. ad nauseum.
I like everything! (Well, I draw the line at bugs).

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (cPGH3)

204 Someone noted a Brussels sprout recipient a few days ago.

One of my many ass beatings in the trailer park was over a plate of Brussels Sprouts. My old man was pretty much a garbage eater ... still is. Liver and Onions. Spam. That gross ass canned fish in mustard - anchovies ? Whatever. He'd eat out of a dumpster, with a sense of pride.

My mom could overcook an anvil. She made a TV Dinner look five star. I still will not touch a pot pie or vegetable soup.

So there was a vague, odd green shape on my plate. And she said "those poor kids in Africa". And I said "I'll buy the stamp and pay you back for the sprouts".

Good times. Good times. She won't get the meal plan.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (zxstO)

205 >>> I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.
Posted by: kraken at November 23, 2022 06:51 PM (HLfce)

Oh wow this sounds like the awesome gritty remake of MacArthur Park that we all need now. Someone record this please!

Posted by: banana Dream at November 23, 2022 07:33 PM (mShwQ)

206 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:29 PM (cP/Ah)

It brutally denies your freedom of conscience and personal agency as a means to the end of corroding solidarity and subduing even passive resistance among the other prisoners.

Is doing it to violent enemies of your people justifiable? Perhaps. But it's black-letter psychological torture.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 07:33 PM (oINRc)

207
does NBC provide any examples?
Posted by: DB

Asking for examples is hate speech.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2022 07:33 PM (63Dwl)

208 Just wait until NBC News finds out that Qanon hangs out at Club Q

Posted by: SMOD at November 23, 2022 07:34 PM (X5CsJ)

209 My Brussels sprouts recipe
Find any Brussels Sprouts in a store
Bring home, unwrap, then carefully place them in your compost container to be put in the compost at a later time.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 07:34 PM (xhxe8)

210 I also like good liver and onions.

My MiL makes it perfectly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2022 07:34 PM (uLr+K)

211 >t's a trick question; Marvel movies nominally have a director but they're primarily directed by the Soulless Blob of the studio itself. If they feel like they've been constructed from answers to questions in a focus group where the participants were promised Oliver Garden coupons, that's because that's precisely how they were assembled.

I would love to know the marvel viewing stats on Disney+. I joined the platform during the covid lockdown and my family watched every single thing marvel until phase 4. We looked forward to Falcon and the Winter Soldier (which sucked) and Loke (which was okay) and haven't watched a single thing else.

Not out of protest, nobody in the family has any interest anymore.

We are still into the genre, we saw all the spidermans (which are very good) and even checked out Snyder's man of steel series (just boring but not woke)

They are leaving so much money on the table and I find that scary because when money don't motivate corporation then it's something far worse.

Posted by: havel at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (+EnXD)

212 Dorcus--If there's one person that I can declare, with epistemological certitude, did NOT cheat on his taxes, it's Donald J. Trump.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (S7une)

213 200 I am outside grilling salmon in the dark. There are a pair of eyes glowing, in the tree line.

---

Probably just a cougar
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 23, 2022 07:32 PM (h1jJh)

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Do you have any college-age friends to distract her?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (uPgE/)

214 > Cut side down deprives you of all those little layers of crispy seared leaf.

I'll try it.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (eyxn4)

215 another view, another opinion

"If people of the world took to the streets like the people of Brazil then global tyranny would be eradicated"

https://bit.ly/3OzjwRG
-------------------------------------------------

If these protests are shown on the nightly news it may cause a revolt.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (gfCY0)

216 Kraken you have at least a side arm,
Right?

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (xhxe8)

217 Green bean casserole always made the Thanksgiving post-dinner hours of the get-together...uh...interesting.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (Xrfse)

218 >Someone noted a Brussels sprout recipient a few days ago.

I will never receive Brussels sprouts
why does every thread devolve to a Brussels sprouts thread?

Posted by: DB at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (geLO8)

219 Good times. Good times. She won't get the meal plan.
Posted by: Jaguar
___

Sounds familiar, except it was my mom who was the drunk, and my dad had his escape via the Navy.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (MVxcn)

220 Mmmm...liver and onions. Love it!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (S7une)

221 It brutally denies your freedom of conscience and personal agency as a means to the end of corroding solidarity and subduing even passive resistance among the other prisoners.

I think mostly its just compassionately keeping a prisoner alive as directed under the military code of justice, the geneva conventions, and pretty much every sane person's perspective on morality.

Starving yourself to death is not a good thing, under any circumstances. Feeding someone throwing a tantrum and trying to starve themselves is NOT TORTURE no matter how you try to spin it.

It might not be welcome, it might be frustrating to your plans, it might even be infuriating. But it is not torture to provide sustenance to a fellow human being. That's patently ridiculous.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (cP/Ah)

222 Do you have any college-age friends to distract her?
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Stifler's Mom is there?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (OQM6D)

223 158 Who directed Shiang Chi? Anybody? Anybody?

Who started in Shang Chi?

it was one of awkwafina's finest roles

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (v3pYe)

224 Grilling salmon it's probably a grizzly bear

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (xhxe8)

225 then global tyranny would be eradicated"

STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (dCtRx)

226 Tossing something out there regarding all the meltdown about Elon Musk buying Twitter.

He tried to back out.

Remember that? Remember him trying to break out of the deal because of skulduggery involving actual users versus auto-bots on the platform?

Apparently, there would have been lawsuits. Probably folks suing for stock manipulation or the like.

So he takes the expensive yet easy way out - he seals the deal, warts and all.

Someone ought to compile all the tweets about that period of time, and compare them to current twits tweeting about stopping tweeting on Twitter.

Posted by: Another Anon at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (sy/OZ)

227
It brutally denies your freedom of conscience and personal agency as a means to the end of corroding solidarity and subduing even passive resistance among the other prisoners.
Is doing it to violent enemies of your people justifiable? Perhaps. But it's black-letter psychological torture.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 07:33 PM (oINRc)

Bobby Sands was convicted and allowed to starve himself to death. I am not convinced that is what should have been done to someone who was captured and never tried.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (xhaym)

228 What is it with these people and goiter?

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (zB/T/)

229 Both pies are out of the oven now. I'll whip up the whipped cream tomorrow, and then my Thanksgiving obligations will be complete.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (uPgE/)

230 Inflammatory rhetoric? Rub some dirt on it until you stop crying, ya big baby.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (4I/2K)

231 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (cP/Ah)

Providing and forcing things are distinctly different things.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (oINRc)

232 If some shady characters can create a MLP:FIM dating site and sucker them into handing over money, just imagine the cash cows these Leftists would be.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 23, 2022 07:37 PM (D+KTL)

233 The only brussel sprouts I've ever liked were covered in this tasty brown sugar balsamic vinegar glaze and if I'm being honest I really liked the glaze and the sprouts were just a means to deliver the glaze to my beckoning face hole.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 23, 2022 07:38 PM (mShwQ)

234 Looks like the cafe is open!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2022 07:38 PM (OX9vb)

235 Grilling salmon it's probably a grizzly bear
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2022 07:36 PM (xhxe

Or a large hairy biped perhaps.

Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at November 23, 2022 07:38 PM (kts79)

236 > Find any Brussels Sprouts in a store
Bring home, unwrap, then carefully place them in your compost container to be put in the compost at a later time.

Everyone has their own taste, but I'd like to note a couple of things.

1. The Brussels sprouts of today are different than they were 20+ years ago. Scientists fiddled with them to get rid of a lot of that sharp flavor a lot of people hate about them.

2. A lot of people were REALLY bad at cooking Brussels sprouts back in the day. If your mom boiled the crap out of them, she did it wrong.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 23, 2022 07:39 PM (eyxn4)

237 So what is "inflammatory rhetoric"? I need to know, to stay safe. For example, is it inflammatory if I say that Mabe Galor is a punk ass faggot who sucks donkey dongs for fun? Is it? Cuz it it's wrong, i wont do it,, I just need to know.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2022 07:39 PM (7lt8L)

238 AKA Chinny Reifenstahl.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 23, 2022 07:41 PM (IyrhE)

239 >>> I will never receive Brussels sprouts
why does every thread devolve to a Brussels sprouts thread?
Posted by: DB at November 23, 2022 07:35 PM (geLO

It could be worse...

Posted by: okra at November 23, 2022 07:41 PM (mShwQ)

240 I noticed today that both my toothpaste and my pizza have new packaging that, for Democrat Party ESG brownie points, now loudly demands that their customers RECYCLE THIS PACKAGING.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

The first time I saw that sanctimonious shit on my tube of Colgate a couple months ago was last time I bought Colgate. And I've been a customer for 50 years. Fuck them.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 23, 2022 07:42 PM (L/Xa6)

241 "20 Important question:

Green bean casserole or corn pudding?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 23, 2022 06:50 PM (LvTSG) "

Yes! Healing Power of And 2.0!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 23, 2022 07:43 PM (AAm6o)

242 nood

Cafe

Posted by: banana Dream at November 23, 2022 07:43 PM (mShwQ)

243 Re torture by feeding them -- The ones doing the intimidating are the prisoners, knowing full well that the US government is bound by law, custom, morals, and ethics (don't laugh) to see to the welfare of the inmates. Going on a "hunger strike" places the military personnel at the camp in a difficult ethical dilemma.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 23, 2022 07:43 PM (S7une)

244 Sounds familiar, except it was my mom who was the drunk, and my dad had his escape via the Navy.

One thing I diverge from with the Boomers and Silents is the idea of "eat what is on your plate" because of that.

I put food on my kids plate. Not hungry ? No problem. It'll be there in the morning.

And yes, we made a small effort to make things that we knew our kids liked. Adult tastes are different than kid tastes. My parents took great delight in serving shit like Liver and Onions, Vegetable Soup, and other shit that I still will not eat to this day.

If I won't eat it, as a grown ass man ... why beat a kid's ass for not eating it ? Except as a self ego stroke.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:43 PM (zxstO)

245 When Ace referred to "Twitter partisans", I read it as "Twitter pissants".

Posted by: Toad-O at November 23, 2022 07:46 PM (cct0t)

246 Re torture by feeding them -- The ones doing the intimidating are the prisoners, knowing full well that the US government is bound by law, custom, morals, and ethics (don't laugh) to see to the welfare of the inmates.

Bullshit. Straight up bullshit. No different than saying, as the cop enforces the edict of the mayor that you must surrender your gun ... that you are in the wrong for putting that poor cop in the position of enforcing the law to keep his pension.

He's just doing his job, you say.

Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:47 PM (zxstO)

247 Brussel sprouts

halve sprouts, score stalk, steam until fork tender
reserve steaming liquid for Sprout martinis (JK)
saute in EVOO with shallot, bacon, chopped apple, garlic, S&P, red pepper flakes
then add butter, sugar and toss
put on a cookie sheet and roast at 450 for 5 min, toss around and roast for 5 min more
transfer to dish and add parm cheese
can serve hot but are great cold
make plenty b/c even sprout haters love them

Posted by: DOG at November 23, 2022 07:47 PM (us2H3)

248 sorry, still had my DOG sock on

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2022 07:49 PM (us2H3)

249 Posted by: Jaguar at November 23, 2022 07:m

Show me where the bad soldier touched you.

Posted by: polynikes at November 23, 2022 07:56 PM (nBhwo)

250 Joabe Porto 🇧🇷🍷, video of our patriots from the State of Fortaleza. We are on the streets for freedom, for the family and for Brazil.

https://bit.ly/3GCBSQ1

#BrasilNasRuas #BrazilWasStolem #Brazil #braziliansprings #BrazilSprings #Freedom

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 23, 2022 07:59 PM (gfCY0)

251 I'm non-binary now.

I'm hexadecimal.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 23, 2022 11:35 PM (WnIQd)

252 I'm non-hexadecimal now.

I'm non-non binary.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 23, 2022 11:37 PM (WnIQd)

253 I'm non-binary again. I'm unitary.

My pronoun is pronoun.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 23, 2022 11:39 PM (WnIQd)

254 I'm binary...screw that. I'm normal.

Being woke is exhausting for a conscious sentient being. The constant nonsense collapses upon itself if one happens to reflect on the reality that is attached to a thought.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 23, 2022 11:44 PM (WnIQd)

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