Video: Mike Pence Refuses to Call Former KKK Leader David Duke “Deplorable”

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Sometimes I can’t even believe what’s going on in this election. For example, who would have ever thought we’d see a Republican candidate for vice president of the United States refusing to say that former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is “deplorable?”

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UPDATE at 9/12/16 3:19:38 pm by Charles Johnson

Hillary Clinton responds to this latest jaw-dropper from the Trump campaign:

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Belafon  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:13:34pm

They’re OK with embracing David Duke, he’s not going to renounce his involvement in the KKK any time soon.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:15:06pm

Stands I didn’t really anticipate the GOP taking this election: refusing to call the KKK deplorable.

I mean, I know that’s what they think, but I didn’t think they’d make it so blatantly obvious.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:15:35pm

Eventually, the Large Hadron Collider will smash together enough tiny subatomic particles that its sensors will briefly be able to detect Mike Pence’s balls and spine, before they wink out of existence.

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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:18:21pm
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Shiplord Kirel  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:18:48pm

Otoh, it is certainly deplorable and a good indication of current Demon-rat attitudes that Robert Byrd belonged to the Klan 70 years ago. Never mind that he left quickly, repudiated his membership, and apologized for it regularly right to the end of his life.

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Shiplord Kirel  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:21:14pm

Has Hillary called fellow Democrat Jefferson Davis “deplorable?”

Hypocrites!

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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:23:04pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:23:32pm

re: #3 The Ghost of a Flea

Vaguely related:

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Belafon  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:23:34pm

Around here, the Trump signs say he backs the blue. Nope.

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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:25:59pm
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:29:44pm

Last Night’s dinner: Cedar Plank Salmon with a honey pepper sauce, charred asparagus and sweet potatoes:

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Interesting Times  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:30:30pm

Ima gonna need moar verses:

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Skip Intro  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:34:27pm
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bratwurst  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:35:11pm

Nothing deplorable about this twitter user!

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SteelPH  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:37:26pm

re: #14 bratwurst

Nothing deplorable about this twitter user!

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1. David Duke has made his support for Trump VERY public.
2. Robert Byrd renounced the KKK and spent the rest of his life apologizing for it.
3. Robert Byrd is dead. David Duke is not.

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ramex  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:37:53pm

Hillary gave them an out. She said they have two baskets, but nobody’s bailing from the deplorable one. They accept and even embrace their deplorable basket. And that I find truly deplorable.

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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:39:04pm
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bratwurst  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:39:45pm

re: #15 SteelPH

1. David Duke has made his support for Trump VERY public.
2. Robert Byrd renounced the KKK and spent the rest of his life apologizing for it.
3. Robert Byrd is dead. David Duke is not.

Well aside from THAT, it was a good tweet! /

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Skip Intro  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:41:09pm

re: #17 jaunte

Pence would make a good future Bond villain when he becomes unemployed in November.

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piratedan  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:43:36pm

re: #19 Skip Intro

disagree, Pence doesn’t even have enough going on upstairs to be a good henchman. A good Bond villain is at least a smart SOB and Pence is probably no smarter than many pieces of outdoor furniture.

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Skip Intro  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:43:53pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:45:47pm

Woohoo! President Obama’s approval rate hits a 7-year high. I cannot believe he’s now at 58%. This definitely should help Secretary Clinton when he hits the trail to campaign for her.

joemygod.com

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:47:35pm

re: #21 Skip Intro

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That’s one of the most grotesque things I’ve ever seen but it’s fitting for a grotesque dictator so there’s that.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:49:09pm

Donald Trump Calmly Promises To Start A War If Those Damn Iranians Flip Off Our Sailors Again

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:49:42pm

re: #10 jaunte

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Oh, so that basket….

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Skip Intro  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:49:57pm

re: #23 Patricia Kayden

Mugabe says he likes it.

bbc.com

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Charles Johnson  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:51:10pm
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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:51:18pm

re: #15 SteelPH

1. David Duke has made his support for Trump VERY public.
2. Robert Byrd renounced the KKK and spent the rest of his life apologizing for it.
3. Robert Byrd is dead. David Duke is not.

4. David Duke is reveling in his new prominence.

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Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:52:24pm

Thanks for reminding me you exist, Mike. For a moment I had forgotten that there are two assholes on the Republican ticket.

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Shiplord Kirel  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:52:51pm

re: #14 bratwurst

Holy Poe! I thought my #5 was a joke!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:53:12pm
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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:54:48pm

Fools rush in.

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petesh  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:57:23pm

This is a “Bring it on” moment, isn’t it? Or, I suppose, a “Please proceed” moment.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:57:55pm

re: #13 Skip Intro

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That is one of the cutest tweets I’ve ever seen. I have a Boxer and couldn’t imagine having him so close to me while I’m trying to drive. But I’m a bad driver to begin with so it wouldn’t work.

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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:58:26pm
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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:58:56pm

re: #33 petesh

This is a “Bring it on” moment, isn’t it? Or, I suppose, a “Please proceed” moment.

Please keep weaving. Need more baskets.

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jhncsy  Sep 12, 2016 • 3:59:19pm

It’s okay, guys! Trump doesn’t even care about running the country. He’ll leave it all to Pence!

/s

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:00:31pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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Because the literal former head of the KKK, who is still an avowed White Supremacist, is not deplorable to Trump and his supporters. But Secretary Clinton is wrong for calling them out somehow.

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petesh  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:01:02pm

re: #36 wrenchwench

Dammit, I quite weaving baskets years ago (still have a couple). Can we substitute industrial-sized dumpsters? We could paint them gold and call them Trumpsters!

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Archangelus  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:01:09pm
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Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:01:20pm

Also, I ended up on top of a mountain again. I don’t understand how this keeps happening.

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petesh  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:02:22pm

re: #41 Ia! Ia! Trump Ftaghn! (née Sophist)

Grrrrr. That’s not a bear, it’s me being jealous.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:03:18pm

re: #26 Skip Intro

Mugabe says he likes it.

bbc.com

Ha! He should. It makes him look absolutely ridiculous which is what he is. It’s a shame that a country which started with such promise is now run by a tinpot dictator. Occasionally, I watch Bob Marley’s “Zimbabwe” video which shows newly independent Zimbabweans celebrating their hard won freedom. I’m sure Marley would be disappointed at what Zimbabwe has become.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:03:34pm
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Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:04:11pm

re: #42 petesh

Grrrrr. That’s not a bear, it’s me being jealous.

There actually was a bear there, but I only heard it, so no photos.

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jaunte  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:05:15pm

“Welcome Racists, Misogynists, Homophobes, Islamophobes, and Unaffiliated Bigots!”

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:05:45pm

re: #40 Archangelus

Duke is still an outspoken and active White Supremacist. At the time of his death (and his repentance had occurred long before then), Byrd was not a racist. Anyone who doesn’t understand this distinction is being idiotic, in my opinion.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:06:46pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

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Here ya go, Junior.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:07:15pm

re: #46 jaunte

“Welcome Racists, Misogynists, Homophobes, Islamophobes, and Unaffiliated Bigots!”

“AND METHODISTS!!!”

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makeitstop  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:08:10pm

re: #33 petesh

This is a “Bring it on” moment, isn’t it? Or, I suppose, a “Please proceed” moment.

It’s more like a ‘Fuck it, all we got is the racists so let’s go with that’ moment.

I can barely believe what I’m reading here.

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Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:11:13pm

re: #46 jaunte

“Welcome Racists, Misogynists, Homophobes, Islamophobes, and Unaffiliated Bigots!”

Haters of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your shame!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:12:59pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:14:54pm
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Skip Intro  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:16:12pm

re: #53 The Vicious Babushka

Chris Christie?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:16:12pm

re: #53 The Vicious Babushka

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Why is that fuckwad in the green shirt still there?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:16:18pm
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allegro  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:17:03pm

I think it’s hilarious that Trump and his Trumpistas are trying to play the game Hillary and team have been playing so successfully by embracing their intended insults and making them look foolish, i.e. the “woman card” and “taco trucks”. They haven’t figured out that embracing “deplorable” is never going to be adorable or funny. It just makes them bigger assholes.

Please proceed!

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ObserverArt  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:20:17pm

And so one Friday Trump, his followers and a lot of the media were complaining about Hillary calling out the 50% of Trump supporters as deplorable.

Looks like she dug a big hole for them to step in and they have obliged her.

Instead of doing everything that can to prove her wrong they are doing everything they can to prove her right.

What did she do wrong on Friday again?

Nothing.

I know everyone was all worried about yesterday. Some even saying her campaign was over, done…fini!

I get the feeling by next week her poll numbers are going to be up some. Far from finished, she may just be getting started. Friday was the first bombing.

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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:23:38pm

Brain cleaner:

She needs to raise the seat of her bicycle.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:30:29pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:31:15pm

re: #59 wrenchwench

Brain cleaner:

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She needs to raise the seat of her bicycle.

I know, right? She’ll destroy her knees!

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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:32:57pm

re: #61 Blind Frog Belly White

I know, right? She’ll destroy her knees!

She’s not getting the max from her quads. She could go faster! Make that pink foxtail fly!

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stpaulbear  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:33:37pm

Good catch by JoeMyGod: GOP Tweets “Hillary For Prison” Image

At the exact moment that Donald Trump was on national television hypocritically whining about Hillary’s “demeaning” attack on his supporters, the official Twitter account for the Republican Party retweeted the above image of a young man proudly wearing his “Hillary For Prison” t-shirt. The image originated from the account of the chairperson for the Young Republicans group in Prince William County, Virginia.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:33:48pm

re: #62 wrenchwench

She’s not getting the max from her quads. She could go faster! Make that pink foxtail fly!

It would also shift more weight to the front wheel, so she’d be more stable at speed.

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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:35:50pm

re: #64 Blind Frog Belly White

It would also shift more weight to the front wheel, so she’d be more stable at speed.

It’s not a training video, is it. Not for cycling, anyway.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:36:03pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:37:10pm

Welp so it seems Hillary doesn’t like to drink a bunch of water because of limited access to restrooms, and of course Twitter assholes go berserk.

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ObserverArt  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:38:23pm

VB…other Lizards…

Saw where you were making some taco meat.

I don’t know if you are spicing the meat up with dry spices or getting all the flavor with chopped fresh items like onions and peppers.

I came by a nice recipe of spices blended together to make a nice dry spice fro taco meats, etc. I thought you might like it. It beats (at least to my taste buds) any of the dry spices in the packets. I find many times commercial taco spices have way too much salt. I add a bit more cumin (another 1/4 teaspoon) and onion powder (I go with 1/2 teaspoon), and I swap out 1/2 the black pepper with 1/2 cayenne pepper. I like the heat. It gives a nice starting point!

1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika (I use basic Hungarian)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Shake it all together and add to meat mixture to your taste.

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stpaulbear  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:39:42pm

re: #66 FormerDirtDart

But the NCAA are the real intolerant ones!!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:45:53pm

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

Welp so it seems Hillary doesn’t like to drink a bunch of water because of limited access to restrooms, and of course Twitter assholes go berserk.

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Gee, think the aversion to drinking water may have something to do with “Do you know what she was doing? I don’t want to talk about it. It’s disgusting!”?

I take a diuretic for my hypertension, and I find myself skipping it sometimes, like when I’m flying, or when I have back-to-back meetings or such, so I don’t have to slip out to pee. And sometimes I don’t drink enough water for the same reason.

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wrenchwench  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:47:16pm

re: #68 ObserverArt

VB…other Lizards…

Saw where you were making some taco meat.

I don’t know if you are spicing the meat up with dry spices or getting all the flavor with chopped fresh items like onions and peppers.

I came by a nice recipe of spices blended together to make a nice dry spice fro taco meats, etc. I thought you might like it. It beats (at least to my taste buds) any of the dry spices in the packets. I find many times commercial taco spices have way too much salt. I add a bit more cumin (another 1/4 teaspoon) and onion powder (I go with 1/2 teaspoon), and I swap out 1/2 the black pepper with 1/2 cayenne pepper. I like the heat. It gives a nice starting point!

1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika (I use basic Hungarian)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Shake it all together and add to meat mixture to your taste.

Dried chiles sound alien when every grocery store around here is roasting fresh Hatch chile by the bags full in the parking lot. Man, does that smell good.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:48:56pm

re: #68 ObserverArt

VB…other Lizards…

Saw where you were making some taco meat.

I don’t know if you are spicing the meat up with dry spices or getting all the flavor with chopped fresh items like onions and peppers.

I came by a nice recipe of spices blended together to make a nice dry spice fro taco meats, etc. I thought you might like it. It beats (at least to my taste buds) any of the dry spices in the packets. I find many times commercial taco spices have way too much salt. I add a bit more cumin (another 1/4 teaspoon) and onion powder (I go with 1/2 teaspoon), and I swap out 1/2 the black pepper with 1/2 cayenne pepper. I like the heat. It gives a nice starting point!

1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika (I use basic Hungarian)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Shake it all together and add to meat mixture to your taste.

That is pretty much the same recipe I used this afternoon.

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b_sharp  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:50:10pm

re: #49 Blind Frog Belly White

“AND METHODISTS!!!”

Nice one Gabby.

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ObserverArt  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:50:40pm

re: #71 wrenchwench

Dried chiles sound alien when every grocery store around here is roasting fresh Hatch chile by the bags full in the parking lot. Man, does that smell good.

Like I said…it’s a good starting point if you have the spices and want to make some tacos.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:50:44pm

re: #73 b_sharp

Nice one Gabby.

Ravid!

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Apocalypse  Sep 12, 2016 • 4:57:05pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

Also the 1488 in the handle.

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Apocalypse  Sep 12, 2016 • 5:00:14pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

Wait, so Jr thinks his all supporters are racists, homophobic, etc?

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Apocalypse  Sep 12, 2016 • 5:05:27pm

I hate it when I don’t check to see if there is a new thread and just assume a lull.


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