Jim Wright (Stonekettle) was asked this afternoon from a follower about a relative who is considering military service and enlistment. Mr. Wright’s response on Twitter was “Don’t,” which sparked a long conversation.
He has now written a blog post on why he feels that way.
Monsters (goes to Stonekettle Station)
If I was asked the question myself since I am also a veteran, I would give the same answer, and for the same reason: Enlisting requires an oath or affirmation that one will defend the Constitution, and obey the President and the officers appointed over you.
With Pumpkin Pinochet threatening war with half the planet, there is no way I could uphold such an affirmation. There is no way I would counsel anyone else to do so either.
Minimalist? That’s fascinating and complex. It ain’t no Philip Glass.
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Jim Wright (Stonekettle) was asked this afternoon from a follower about a relative who is considering military service and enlistment. Mr. Wright’s response on Twitter was “Don’t,” which sparked a long conversation.
He has now written a blog post on why he feels that way.
Monsters (goes to Stonekettle Station)
If I was asked the question myself since I am also a veteran, I would give the same answer, and for the same reason: Enlisting requires an oath or affirmation that one will defend the Constitution, and obey the President and the officers appointed over you.
With Pumpkin Pinochet threatening war with half the planet, there is no way I could uphold such an affirmation. There is no way I would counsel anyone else to do so either.
Yeah, but those Generals he’s got working for him will keep a lead on him.
*snark*
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Jim Wright (Stonekettle) was asked this afternoon from a follower about a relative who is considering military service and enlistment. Mr. Wright’s response on Twitter was “Don’t,” which sparked a long conversation.
He has now written a blog post on why he feels that way.
Monsters (goes to Stonekettle Station)
If I was asked the question myself since I am also a veteran, I would give the same answer, and for the same reason: Enlisting requires an oath or affirmation that one will defend the Constitution, and obey the President and the officers appointed over you.
With Pumpkin Pinochet threatening war with half the planet, there is no way I could uphold such an affirmation. There is no way I would counsel anyone else to do so either.
Yup, since the cynical Bush 43 “Get re-elected by Invading Iraq”, I have felt the same way.
re: #2 austin_blue
Minimalist? That’s fascinating and complex. It ain’t no Philip Glass.
Personally, I dig Philip Glass. This piece is one of my favorite short classical compositions.
Saw the US premiere of his opera version of Kafka’s “The Trial.”
Funny and poignant. Had this incredible solo—must have been an endurance trial for the singer—that’s effectively the whole monologue about “The Law” that ends the novella.
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Personally, I dig Philip Glass.
Saw the US premiere of his opera version of Kafka’s “The Trial.”
Funny and poignant. Had this incredible solo—must have been an endurable trial for the singer—that’s effectively the whole monologue about “The Law” that ends the novella.
I’ve always detested Philip Glass. Listening to Satyagraha was pure torture. I couldn’t stand more than 2 minutes of that piece.
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For some reason as I’ve grown older I appreciate him more.
Conversely, I find some of the older operas with showy bits—Mozart’s habit of “watch the soprano hit these two crazy notes, again and again”—make my head hurt.
For sheer weirdness, though, I tried watching Lulu, which is twelve-tone and features a Berg’s devotion to symmetry: it’s a palindrome.
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Personally, I dig Philip Glass. This piece is one of my favorite short classical compositions.
Saw the US premiere of his opera version of Kafka’s “The Trial.”
Funny and poignant. Had this incredible solo—must have been an endurable trial for the singer—that’s effectively the whole monologue about “The Law” that ends the novella.
Don’t get me wrong. I think Glass has done some brilliant stuff. But he’s a true minimalist. GoGo Penguin isn’t, at least not in classical sense.
His soundtrack for The Fog of War was absolutely brilliant.
re: #8 austin_blue
No biggie. I didn’t take your comment as stridently disapproving. Just exploiting a chance to drop some music on people.
re: #6 Hecuba’s daughter
I’ve always detested Philip Glass. Listening to Satyagraha was pure torture. I couldn’t stand more than 2 minutes of that piece.
You either like 12 tone and associated flights of musical fancy, or you don’t. It’s like anchovies or pineapple on pizzas. I find much of his music boring in the extreme, but then he does something absolutely brilliant.
He’s definitely an acquired taste.
From the last thread:
re: #268 Joe Bacon 🌹
Gee, that’s a real shame. Just waiting for the Tiny Penis Club to blame this on Obama…
Oh there are a number of ways to spin this.
That liar Obama! He was going to take over the country and set up Jade Helm FEMA camps under Wal*Marts to make us gay-marry our lawn mowers and take our guns! Now he’s going to try to do a secret Benghazi on Remington!
Typing that made my head hurt.
I bought the Universal 1931 Dracula Blu-Ray with the alternate Glass score. I wasn’t impressed by it at all, love the original track. Still remember when my Dad and I watched Dracula on WIIC Pittsburgh’s Chiller Theater one late Saturday night when I was a kid. Dad told me of when it was originally released and people fainted in the theaters.
Part of me wonders if William Castle was slipping some $$$ into the pockets of those fainters.
Then there was the time when I was 3 years old and Dad took me to the theater to see The Tingler. Dad sat in one of the chairs with Percepto, the seat buzzer. When it went off, Dad jumped out of his seat. Scared the CRAP out of me…
re: #9 The Ghost of a Flea
No biggie. I didn’t take your comment as stridently disapproving. Just exploiting a chance to drop some music on people.
I think any chance to drop challenging music on people is a mitzvah. Pushing art, in any form on people makes them think, and making people think is a good thing.
I’ve been on a Kate Bush thing lately, so here’s another one, with an appearance by Donald Sutherland:
Trump doesn’t always defend those men accused of abuse or assault against women:
Central Park Five (shown innocent through DNA evidence)
OJ Simpson
Alleged “Mexican rapists”
I wonder what the difference is? /s
Bill Cosby is foolish, stupid, or getting bad advice in remaining silent if he is innocent. Probably guilty! Not a fan.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2014
re: #13 austin_blue
Upfist for Cloudbusting. The whole album it appears on is good.
Hell of a chyron. pic.twitter.com/lUGp5zMOu1
— Brad Reed (@bwreed) February 9, 2018
Happy birthday to my son. Back to your regularly-scheduled LGF.
re: #13 austin_blue
There is apparently a back story to the Kate Bush Cloudbursting song.
Kate Bush’s single “Cloudbusting” (1985) described Reich’s arrest through the eyes of his son, Peter, who wrote his father’s story in A Book of Dreams (1973). The video for the song features Donald Sutherland as Reich and Bush as Peter.”
“This song is told from the point of view of Peter Reich, son of Austro-Hungarian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. The song discusses Wilhelm’s incarceration by the FBI in 1941.”
I’m off for the rack but I’m posting up one more Kate Bush, just because it was the first music video that incorporated modern dance as its core. It’s brilliant/erotic/sensuous and speaks to those who beseech God for intervention and pulls it down (maybe?) to the mundane. Lovely bit:
Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.
I once heard someone say that the great argument of politics (left/right) is whether money is distributed or earned.
That’s tired and broken.
Money was designed to circulate, not accumulate. It works best when it’s in motion.— Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) February 8, 2018
Opinions | The Trump administration is abandoning McDonald’s workers — and everyone else https://t.co/2HS7HRyABM
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 10, 2018
I’ve been trying to improve my cultural literacy by watching the original Dr. Who from the 1963 beginning. Amazon has this on their Britbox feature. William Hartnell is the grumpy, fallible and sometimes even deceitful first Doctor with granddaughter Susan (Carol Ann Ford) and a couple of kidnapped teachers to keep him in line. I’m up to episode 10, in which the Doctor and companions finish their very first encounter with the Daleks. This is really fascinating stuff, well written and acted with clever though elementary effects and sets.
Dear Chief of Staff Kelly,
I served in uniform for 8 years. I was a Marine infantryman. I enlisted 37 years ago. Since that day, I have never felt contempt for a Marine officer, like I felt for you, when made the “too lazy to get off their asses” remark.
Shame, sir. For shame.— Chaplain America (@Chaplain_Billx) February 7, 2018
re: #22 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
For a hoot, Amazon also has the 2 non-canon Peter Cushing Dr. Who films shot in 1965, before all the Time Lord stuff was made invented.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 10, 2018
You misspelled “Corrupt authoritarian covers up criminal acts of his subordinates” https://t.co/eHee7XRjqf
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 10, 2018
re: #19 austin_blue
I’m off for the rack but I’m posting up one more Kate Bush, just because it was the first music video that incorporated modern dance as its core. It’s brilliant/erotic/sensuous and speaks to those who beseech God for intervention and pulls it down (maybe?) to the mundane. Lovely bit:
Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.
My introduction to Kate Bush’s music was “The Sensual World.”
re: #20 Kragar
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Money in the economy is like water in the ecosystem — it needs to circulate. That’s what keeps everything and everyone and the system itself healthy.
If you allow it to collect in too few places, to stagnate… that’s where parasitic diseases come from.
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Money in the economy is like water in the ecosystem — it needs to circulate. That’s what keeps everything and everyone and the system itself healthy.
If you allow it to collect in too few places, to stagnate… that’s where parasitic diseases come from.
Parasite libelz. Roundworms or tapeworms are just trying to get by. In no sense are the Kochs or the Mercers just trying to get by.
Here’s a story about the benefits of circulating money:
Its a slow day in a little East Texas town. The sun is beating down,
and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and
everybody lives on credit.On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through
town.He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants
to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs
next door to pay his debt to the butcher.The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt
to the pig farmer.The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the
supplier feed and fuel.The guy at the Farmer’s Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt
to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had
to offer her “services” on credit.The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the
hotel owner.The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the
rich traveler will not suspect anything.At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100
bill, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and
leaves town.No one produced anything. No one earned anything.
However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future
with a lot more optimism.
Email subject line from the White House: “Immigration Crime Stories Round Up: Week of February 4th”
I guess that’s where we’re at now.— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) February 9, 2018
I bet Trump’s campaign and administration team has a higher crime rate than any immigrant group. https://t.co/t3iIbA14qs
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 9, 2018
Forreal tho’, like how are people still doing this I don’t get it?
I really don’t understand how people are still confidently predicting shit when nothing makes sense anymore.
— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) February 10, 2018
Another Republican Hypocrite.
‘Family Values’ Republican Accused of Paying for Sex Also Voted to Raise Penalties for Paying for Sex https://t.co/AAQ2Bm93pm
— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) February 9, 2018
I’m out for the night, after taking down a “Lost Causer” over on the atheism site I run on behalf of another group. (Gaaa, that was a three-drink minimum. “I read in history books… . .” yadayada it wasn’t about slavery it was about tariffs, &c.)
I’m guessing that citing the Dixie states’ own secession documents and Alexander Stephens’s “Cornerstone Speech” won’t make a lick of difference.
I’m waiting for the “appeal to authority” fallacy because I only have a high school diploma and she has a PhD (in English LIt).
So I wake up and find my prediction was correct, Donny’s excuse for why he won’t release the Dem memo is “It’s too sensitive!”
Gee, that didn’t stop you from releasing the Nunes memo sans retractions.
re: #36 Targetpractice
I can’t see how his team doesn’t see how ludicrous this looks.
re: #37 Dave In Austin
I can’t see how his team doesn’t see how ludicrous this looks.
This is the same team that thought firing Comey would not pose any problems because Democrats were still livid over the “Emailgate” letter.
re: #38 Targetpractice
Isn’t that team all gone now ( or will be shortly). I’m so tired of this shit.
re: #39 Dave In Austin
Isn’t that team all gone now ( or will be shortly). I’m so tired of this shit.
According to sources, Javanka was responsible for pushing for Comey’s termination. And it seems that, no matter how utterly stupid it looks to keep them around, Donny will do so because they’re the few people he trusts anymore.
re: #36 Targetpractice
So I wake up and find my prediction was correct, Donny’s excuse for why he won’t release the Dem memo is “It’s too sensitive!”
Gee, that didn’t stop you from releasing the Nunes memo sans retractions.
Note how the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine has been cranked up from 11 to 12 and the Russian bots are in maximum deployment mode on Twitter, Facebook and the rest of the Disinformation Infrastructure!
Chalk up yet another one for General KKKelly!
The former commander of the Marines’ Wounded Warrior Regiment who spent two months in the brig last year after driving drunk to his own arraignment is behind bars again, this time as a civilian.
Todd Shane Tomko, 54, was arrested and lodged in the Adams County Jail in Quincy, Illinois Nov. 22 on outstanding warrants from the Virginia Beach Police Department, officials with the jail confirmed to military.com. The Quincy Herald-Whig, which first published news of Tomko’s arrest, reported that he was arrested on seven felony warrants of indecent liberties with a child.
At Tomko’s May 2016 court-martial in Quantico, Virginia, his military attorney described him as a broken man, beset by post-traumatic stress after a 33-year career, which included combat tours. He was fired from his post as commanding officer of Quantico’s Wounded Warrior Regiment in 2015 amid reports of misconduct including drunkenness at public events and inappropriate relationships with female enlisted subordinates
In all, four active-duty and retired general officers testified for Tomko as character witnesses, including retired Gen. John Kelly, former commander of U.S. Southern Command and now White House chief of staff.
re: #9 The Ghost of a Flea
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Greets and saluts from the resistance in the NYC metro area.
Trump’s commented on his blocking the Democrat memo from release, and his excuse is, well, Trumpian.
You’re so transparent in your lies.
Your lips move.
You’re desperate to avoid the facts coming out about your corrupt and craven inner circle.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 10, 2018
It was too long.
Yeah, too long and too many words.
This is the same guy who doesn’t read PDBs because he can’t be bothered with the fundamentals of the job.
The entire White House is like this. We’ve got a WH Comms Director in Hope Hicks who doesn’t know how to do communications (and the entire admin is a train wreck in this). We’ve got Trump’s inner circle who enables wife beaters and domestic violence.
I don’t care about Hope Hicks’ dating preferences. I do care that she and the rest of the WH publish nonstop lies and obfuscations about what they’re doing and it goes to ongoing complicity in a coverup/obstruction of justice case in the Russia-Trump investigation.
We’ve got Trump inner circle members getting access to classified info despite not having full clearance (Jared Kushner and Porter, we’re looking at them). Neither should ever have been allowed clearance - temporary or otherwise. Kushner should have been perp walked long ago, but the GOP looks the other way while the WH runs roughshod over the rule of law.
A lot of undecided and independent voters have had enough with Obama’s lack of transparency. I don’t blame them.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2012
There’s a goddamned tweet for every occasion.
Trump tries to bury the Schiff rebuttal to Nunes’ laughable attempt to cover for Trump.
This will not end well for Trump. https://t.co/kaKve7w7fw— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 10, 2018
re: #30 Anymouse 🌹
I think we need to talk about ending the sanctuary policy in the Whitehouse. cc @RepDaveWilliams @ttancredo #copolitics
— Charles Buchanan (@CRobertBuchanan) February 9, 2018
re: #5 The Ghost of a Flea
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Personally, I dig Philip Glass. This piece is one of my favorite short classical compositions.
Saw the US premiere of his opera version of Kafka’s “The Trial.”
Funny and poignant. Had this incredible solo—must have been an endurance trial for the singer—that’s effectively the whole monologue about “The Law” that ends the novella.
oH That’s nice to wake up to. I tend to think Glass gets a bum rap, Adams & Kernis too when lumped in as “Minimalist”. Their material is much more entertaining than the 12 tone excrement for example.
Another bit of Glass. This is the Tirol Concerto. A bit long at 31 minutes but well worth the time.
He came here an undocumented baby.
Ours is the only country he’s ever known.
He’s now a journalist and volunteer first responder.
Yesterday he rescued a drowning child and was detained by ICE agents.
They want to deport him.
But there’s a problem.
Krypton no longer exists.— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) February 9, 2018
Went to look up Karen Pence on Google and was pleasantly surprised. pic.twitter.com/jumgmhdgfl
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 10, 2018
Just had a report of a suspicious bag. You certainly wouldn’t want them to go off. pic.twitter.com/Hd4JRUQIW8
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) February 10, 2018
Those of you who follow Philip Glass might know Moondog. Glass and Stravinski vouched for him in a 1960s trial (Vagrancy, IIRC). He invented his own music and instruments, stalked NY banks dressed as a Viking, and went on to be “world-famous in Germany”. We had a nodding acquaintance, literally, on 6th Ave in the 60s.
Note the preface on the bio.
emptymirrorbooks.com
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He’s one of my favorite academics. His focus is on a lot of stuff I took courses on.
re: #60 HappyWarrior
Well, it takes balls to wear that in public.
Not a good wakeup on the day after a kidney stone snatch-and-grab.
This column by @sullydish actually *opens* with a discussion of why campus politics matter beyond campus.
Responses: Oh right it’s college students who are a threat to democracyhttps://t.co/R2cTLE8PSU— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) February 9, 2018
Except for the part where they’re currently destroying the media and getting people fired for mild sexual jokes.
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) February 9, 2018
Replace “millennial” with “Gen X” and “social justice” with “political correctness” and you’ve just written an article pitch for the National Review or the New Republic circa 1992.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 9, 2018
Again, replace “nineties political correctness” with “60’s new left” and you’ve just written a usenet rant from 1994. It’s comical how repetitive this all is.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 10, 2018
re: #47 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the resistance in the NYC metro area.
Trump’s commented on his blocking the Democrat memo from release, and his excuse is, well, Trumpian.
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It was too long.
Yeah, too long and too many words.
This is the same guy who doesn’t read PDBs because he can’t be bothered with the fundamentals of the job.
The entire White House is like this. We’ve got a WH Comms Director in Hope Hicks who doesn’t know how to do communications (and the entire admin is a train wreck in this). We’ve got Trump’s inner circle who enables wife beaters and domestic violence.
I don’t care about Hope Hicks’ dating preferences. I do care that she and the rest of the WH publish nonstop lies and obfuscations about what they’re doing and it goes to ongoing complicity in a coverup/obstruction of justice case in the Russia-Trump investigation.
We’ve got Trump inner circle members getting access to classified info despite not having full clearance (Jared Kushner and Porter, we’re looking at them). Neither should ever have been allowed clearance - temporary or otherwise. Kushner should have been perp walked long ago, but the GOP looks the other way while the WH runs roughshod over the rule of law.
The long and short of it is he loved the Nunes memo because it totally misrepresented classified documents and information in a way that benefited him while relying upon a simple verification method: “Trust us, this is totally what the documents say.”
The Schiff memo actually relies heavily upon the same documents, but goes into detail to show how Nunes’ was lying out his ass and the reality is totally at odds with what Trump wants to believe. So of course he’s going to complain that the Dems totally did this as a political stunt (while, as we all know, Nunes’ memo was an act of heroism) and he had “no choice” but to refuse release and order them to send him back something easier to “refute.”
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I’m so sick of the whining about PC from people who fall for FNC’s War on Christmas crap year after year.
Everyone’s so sensitive these days! Trumps critics are satanic!
Maybe we should start tagging Mother (@secondlady) so @VP isn’t so out of the loop on the goings on in the White House.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 10, 2018
Schiff’s reply to Trump’s excuse should be “It takes more words to tell the truth than to tell a lie, which is why we needed 6 extra pages to point out all the lies in the 4 pages that Nunes used.”
Wait, you just said PC was repudiated, now you say PC is the status quo.
You can’t even keep your bullshit straight from one tweet to another.— jay (@random__name) February 10, 2018
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Someone’s having a sad because he lost two spousal abusers and his Chief of Staff may have to leave because he’s a shitty liar. https://t.co/EcUEzOgIbe
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 10, 2018
re: #62 Ace-o-aces
You’re veering off track. The point is that this sudden “concern” about how millenials act is just a rehash of the same arguments for preventing change that have occurred over decades.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) February 10, 2018
re: #69 darthstar
How many tweets did he write about Al Franken?
re: #62 Ace-o-aces
The biggest proponents of coercive policy in the country are worried they might have to be polite to someone they don’t like.
Julian Assange has a private email line to the President?
Check your other email ASAP.
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JuIianAssagne) February 10, 2018
Screencapping that shit now.
re: #69 darthstar
So which ones are true and which ones are false?
re: #69 darthstar
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The problem with this is he’s fine with prejudging people when they’re against him I.e Clinton or Cruz’s father or the Central Park Five. He’s full of shit. We’ve seen the photos you fucker.
re: #76 Dr Lizardo
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If that’s legit, I’m not sure what to say.
DAFUQ pretty much covers it for me.
The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2017
Always a tweet.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
This is coming from the man who said he would imprison his political opponent, who has never been charged or convicted of a crime. https://t.co/kofbI0mi4Z
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 10, 2018
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This is a man who stood on a stage on live TV and told his opponent to her face that if he was elected she’d be in jail.
re: #81 Targetpractice
This is a man who stood on a stage on live TV and told his opponent to her face that if he was elected she’d be in jail.
Yep. Or wanted to execute people who were exanorated of a crime.
re: #81 Targetpractice
This is a man who stood on a stage on live TV and told his opponent to her face that if he was elected she’d be in jail.
Her and her attorneys.
North Korea tyrant level achieved.
Steven Greenhouse
@greenhousenyt
Is Trump tweeting here about is false allegations about the Central Park Five or his false allegation about Obama being born in a foreign country or his false allegation about Obama tapping his phones?
Or perhaps his allegations that Adam Schiff leaks confidential material?
Women’s lives are being shattered and destroyed by abusive men. All are true and none are false. It makes no fucking difference if they are old or new. There is no recovery for black eyes, stomped hands, and cigarette burns - life and mental health are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as due process?
“Due process,” two words that never left Trump’s lips (or fingertips) when a Democrat was the person being pressed to resign.
re: #69 darthstar
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
Ten bucks says Hope Hicks wrote that.
By the way, Donny, “due process” means Porter has to provide more than his word that the allegations against him are false. When one wife has visual proof of an injury and the other secured a protective order, saying “I’m innocent” is not enough to keep your ass from being shit-canned. The FBI felt the evidence compelling enough to deny him full security clearance…oh wait, I forgot, you think the FBI a den of vipers who are all committed against you. I see where the problem is.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Someone’s having a sad because he lost two spousal abusers and his Chief of Staff may have to leave because he’s a shitty liar. https://t.co/EcUEzOgIbe
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 10, 2018
Marital Rapist In Chief said what? https://t.co/SUzpzOIzKB
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) February 10, 2018
re: #88 makeitstop
Ten bucks says Hope Hicks wrote that.
Would Hicks have capitalized “Due Process”?
I don’t know at Trump’s business, but most any other business in the US, if your boss gets credible evidence that you abuse your spouse, it’s sufficient grounds to can your ass. You can dispute the decision and argue your defense, but you are not denied “due process” if you mount no serious defense beyond professing your “innocence.”
re: #92 Targetpractice
I don’t know at Trump’s business, but most any other business in the US, if your boss gets credible evidence that you abuse your spouse, it’s sufficient grounds to can your ass. You can dispute the decision and argue your defense, but you are not denied “due process” if you mount no serious defense beyond professing your “innocence.”
Well, yeah, because domestic abuse is a crime, and companies are well within their rights not to employ people who are credibly accused of committing a crime. There’s a reason they do background checks on potential employees.
We might be a little too focused on our domestic ailments.
Seems kind of eerily back page that battles in Syria are heating up so strongly. Israel has been hammering many Hezbollah targets in Syria, and it looks like Syria and Russia set up a SAM battle plan designed to mousetrap Israeli planes. It worked, they got one, both aircrew safe. Russian plane shot down and pilot executed maybe a week ago. Turkish attack chopper shot down.
Among all this is an ongoing suicide drone battle, Iranian drones now disperse chaff to survive enemy missile fire. Any of this can trigger a wider conflict. Right when we are half in and half out, and rudderless leadership wise.
I remember when you wanted to murder the Central Park 5.
I also remember when your deplorable supporters chanted “lock her up” and you basked in the idiocy instead of telling them they were acting crazy.— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 10, 2018
LOL!!!
For the love of gawd, somebody tell me this photo is real. 😊 pic.twitter.com/JmnHlONcza
— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) February 10, 2018
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
In point of fact, 2 ex-wives talking on the record to journalists and to the FBI and one ex-girlfriend on background, with a photo of a black eye and a police report, is not “a mere allegation.” https://t.co/yummWOW4qZ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2018
re: #94 Unshaken Defiance
We might be a little too focused on our domestic ailments.
Seems kind of eerily back page that battles in Syria are heating up so strongly. Israel has been hammering many Hezbollah targets in Syria, and it looks like Syria and Russia set up a SAM battle plan designed to mousetrap Israeli planes. It worked, they got one, both aircrew safe. Russian plane shot down and pilot executed maybe a week ago. Turkish attack chopper shot down.Among all this is an ongoing suicide drone battle, Iranian drones now disperse chaff to survive enemy missile fire. Any of this can trigger a wider conflict. Right when we are half in and half out, and rudderless leadership wise.
One of the guests on Bill Maher last night claimed that the US military has killed more civilians under Trump than were killed in the 8 years under Obama. My limited research under Google indicates that seems to be true. Why isn’t the media attacking the administration for this slaughter? Or does it not matter because the deaths are among Arabs and Muslims? And Americans don’t care if others are dying.
Morning! In some Ohio related political news…
Ohio Universities do not want Richard Spencer speaking on their campuses. He keeps threatening lawsuits…universities ignore him tell him to go away.
He wants to speak at Kent State on May 4th. Yeah right, like they are going to let a shit stirring White Nationalists on campus on May 4th at Kent State. Campus will be tense enough knowing current politics and the history of that date.
Kent State University again rejects speaking date for white nationalist
CINCINNATI (AP) — Kent State University, facing the threat of a lawsuit, reiterated on Friday that it cannot accommodate a request to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak in early May as part of his campus tour.
The university, which is based in Kent but has regional campuses elsewhere in the state, said it had responded to attorney Kyle Bristow reaffirming its earlier response that no suitable space is available for Spencer to speak between April 30 and May 12.
Bristow had told Kent State it had until the end of business Friday to agree to rent space at an “acceptable date and time” or face a lawsuit. Several other schools, including Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati, are in litigation over Spencer.
Tour organizer Cameron Padgett wanted Spencer to speak at Kent State on the May 4 anniversary of Ohio National Guard shootings that killed four students during anti-war protests in 1970. The university said early May is too busy with activities around the end of the academic year.
Bristow said last year that Spencer planned to speak March 14 on the University of Cincinnati campus, but the university said there was no contract in place, and the two sides are now in a legal standoff over the university’s demand for a security fee of nearly $11,000.
Bristow sued the university last month, saying requiring such payment because a speaker is controversial or prompts hostile reaction is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The university said it expected to spend much more on security than the fee. The March date falls during the university’s spring break.
The university on Feb. 2 asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit as meritless, saying the organizer hadn’t paid the fee or obtained required insurance.
… more at link…
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re: #61 Decatur Deb
Not a good wakeup on the day after a kidney stone snatch-and-grab.
Did they get it? You better?
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re: #98 Hecuba’s daughter
One of the guests on Bill Maher last night claimed that the US military has killed more civilians under Trump than were killed in the 8 years under Obama. My limited research under Google indicates that seems to be true. Why isn’t the media attacking the administration for this slaughter? Or does it not matter because the deaths are among Arabs and Muslims? And Americans don’t care if others are dying.
He has let the Generals have their way for sure. Trump is getting a pass where Obama took crap day in and day out. I’ll feel like a hypocrite if I don’t admit being a critic of Obamas Syria policy. That been said, Generals are implementing a lack of direction in our policy apart from killing ISIS and Taliban where we can. Israel is doing more to push back on Hezbollah than we are now. Arab spring and ISIS are played out, now we have to manage a return to a nation states in charge policy. And get our troops out finally.
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Those kids today
My parents generation just doesnt get itTwo statements spoken by everybody everywhere
And in every era.
re: #67 Targetpractice
Schiff’s reply to Trump’s excuse should be “It takes more words to tell the truth than to tell a lie, which is why we needed 6 extra pages to point out all the lies in the 4 pages that Nunes used.”
Ten total pages? A high School level book report
re: #99 ObserverArt
Morning! In some Ohio related political news…
Ohio Universities do not want Richard Spencer speaking on their campuses. He keeps threatening lawsuits…universities ignore him tell him to go away.
He wants to speak at Kent State on May 4th. Yeah right, like they are going to let a shit stirring White Nationalists on campus on May 4th at Kent State. Campus will be tense enough knowing current politics and the history of that date.
Kent State University again rejects speaking date for white nationalist
Compare to the University of Washington, which has decided to not only let the Nazis speak, but to cancel Black History Month events for them.
As a result, a #BlackHistoryMonth event for Washington state Black students, Young, Gifted and Black, has been cancelled. To ensure the GOP event can go on.
This is not a free speech protection issue. Let me tell you why.— Dr. Chanda 🇧🇧 If you are in crisis, text 741741 (@IBJIYONGI) February 9, 2018
Reread this several times, because as I’m parsing it:
UW decided to host a Nazi event, and then decided that because of said Nazi event, it wouldn’t be safe to hold a Black History Month event, and so they’re canceling… the Black History Month event. https://t.co/XEvg5MvmRM— Jessica Price (@Delafina777) February 9, 2018
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Let me know when he gets to borrowed
And blue
re: #107 scottslemmons
This seems apropos…
My latest:
Powerful white men who disproportionately occupy the commanding heights of politics and the business world while enjoying ready access to the most prominent media outlets have been silenced by political correctness.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 10, 2018
OT: Playing with a newish to me bit of software called “Darktable”. Essentially it’s a Lightroom replacement for linux/opensource and, as such, only does the raw manipulation, lens correction, etc. A working photo editor (GIMP for me) is still needed. Still it’s an interesting change to the workflow for me - I’ve been happy to ignore raw because it’s generally not been work the effort till now, especially since Olympus’ JPEG engine is quite good. Still, I’m always interested in improvement. Here’s what I’ve been puttering on today.
I’ve started with the RAW orf file from my Olympus camera. I used my 50/2 Russian Jupiter 8 for this shot. A copy of the pre-war Zeiss Sonnar, it makes an excellent short tele on the 2x crop sensor of m4/3. I cropped the image a bit to get the square aspect ratio and get the power lines out of the image. I then used the channel mixer in grey scale mode to convert to a passing resemblance to Tri-X (r:.25 g:.35 b:.40, grain iso1600 & 25%) and a fairly short toe and head on the tone curve.
Thoughts and or tips greatly appreciated.
re: #67 Targetpractice
Schiff’s reply to Trump’s excuse should be “It takes more words to tell the truth than to tell a lie, which is why we needed 6 extra pages to point out all the lies in the 4 pages that Nunes used.”
This is always the problem, though. Evidence-free assertion takes almost no time and effort. Evidence-based debunking takes time and explanation. That’s the whole point of the Gish Gallop.
The Nunes Memo is just a couple strides in the Gish Gallop that is the Trump Presidency.
Read the thread
All your face are belong to us. pic.twitter.com/9nXnkPYa4f
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 10, 2018
re: #110 William Lewis
It looks really good. The only things I even might suggest is bring up the darkest areas of the upright trestle supports a bit. But that’s style not method so not really my call.
re: #90 Unshaken Defiance
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Mere allegation? Like a full page ad in the NYT calling for death penalties?
As Jared Kushner’s security clearance is delayed, White House hesitates to act on others with problems. McGahn and Kushner have clashed. Two U.S. officials said Kushner is not expected to get cleared anytime soon. Latest w/@mattzap & @devlinbarrett: https://t.co/F8CIfGCAlW
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 10, 2018
This is a really important story. The President hired his own kids into the US government. His kids are un-fireable. Admin knows Jared can’t get a clearance, so they refuse to act on the many others who can’t pass clearances. This places us all at risk. https://t.co/AnyS7HrfFK
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) February 10, 2018
re: #98 Hecuba’s daughter
I found this from the UN fwiw…businessinsider.com
Overall the U.N. attributed 64 percent of civilian casualties to anti-government militants like the Taliban and Islamic State.
Pro-government forces were responsible for 20 percent overall, while the remainder was attributed to joint fighting or unidentified groups, according to the U.N.
Afghanistan, not Syria or Iraq.
I guess the same thought occurred to many others, probably here too….
Donald Trump, due process fan, once called for the execution of five suspects who turned out to be wrongfully convicted.
He has never apologized. pic.twitter.com/RHW9o1ikDY— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 10, 2018
re: #113 Unshaken Defiance
It looks really good. The only things I even might suggest is bring up the darkest areas of the upright trestle supports a bit. But that’s style not method so not really my call.
I’ll work with that. It’s essentially a practice image - one of a number taken of one of my “usual suspects” on the same day - so it’s always good to have more ideas to try learning with.
Thanks!
Watching yesterday’s opening ceremony. How the hell does VP Pence NOT stand and applaud the entrance of the host nation’s team? What is the matter with these damn people?
Edit: Mother of Dog, how the hell did I leave out the word “NOT”?
re: #117 Barefoot Grin
I guess the same thought occurred to many others, probably here too….
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re: #115 FormerDirtDart
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All that plus:
The president’s kid doesn’t merit clearance
re: #119 FormerDirtDart
Watching yesterday’s opening ceremony. How the hell does VP Pence stand and applaud the entrance of the host nation’s team? What is the matter with these damn people?
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re: #117 Barefoot Grin
I think it’s cute that people are assuming Trump knows what due process is, and that it wasn’t just something he heard on fox news
re: #119 FormerDirtDart
Watching yesterday’s opening ceremony. How the hell does VP Pence NOT stand and applaud the entrance of the host nation’s team? What is the matter with these damn people?
Edit: Mother of Dog, how the hell did I leave out the word “NOT”?
They are bad at diplomacy. Also the two Korean teams walked together, meaning to applaud South Korea would be to applaud North Korea. Can’t applaud an act of peace when your plan is war
re: #31 Anymouse 🌹
Gorden Klingenschmitt thinks Trump’s critics are demon-possessed.
(I’ve run across this from other right-wing Christian apologists, most of them not infamous liars like disgraced Navy chaplain Klingenschmitt.)
Goes to Utah Outcasts (14:57, NSFW for language)
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Is that ass still in the Colorado legislature?
As a result, a #BlackHistoryMonth event for Washington state Black students, Young, Gifted and Black, has been cancelled. To ensure the GOP event can go on.
This is not a free speech protection issue. Let me tell you why.— Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🇧🇧 (@IBJIYONGI) February 9, 2018
Somehow, the perfect microcosm of where we are in this country…
According to the @nytimes, a Russian sold phony secrets on “Trump” to the U.S. Asking price was $10 million, brought down to $1 million to be paid over time. I hope people are now seeing & understanding what is going on here. It is all now starting to come out - DRAIN THE SWAMP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Trump appears to be working in concert with Moscow on this. Russians ran a likely dangle op (https://t.co/xhLLqF1j9m) to set up US intel, which assessed and rejected it. Having taken the op as far as it could, Moscow likely planted the story. Now, Trump echoes Moscow’s narrative. https://t.co/sCgOpU1c2H
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) February 10, 2018
I love this dude:
The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency. Told them to re-do and send back in proper form!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
I read the #DemocraticMemo and @realDonaldTrump is lying. The memo is:
-Not political
-Not long (many adults, and teens, routinely read more pages than this memo)
-Not a revelation of sources & methods.
But unlike the #NunesMemo, it does contain facts. #ReleaseTheDemMemo https://t.co/65ACXQ26wn— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 10, 2018
Two White House aides have resigned due to domestic violence allegations. Some want to make this a Trump/GOP issue. But remember - domestic violence knows no party. It knows no occupation. Or ethnicity. Domestic violence is domestic violence. It should always be condemned.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) February 10, 2018
Okay, but it’s the GOP that’s enabling domestic abusers. People within your party — including POTUS, who is your leader — are defending abusers and the only conservatives I hear calling them out on it are ones who’ve already left your shitshow of a party. https://t.co/BRvnUnohSl
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) February 10, 2018
“Both sides.”
It should always be condemned, but right wing religious leaders routinely send abused women back to their abusers.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 10, 2018
It would be news if Trump told the truth. He lied through his whole life all the way to the Presidency, and his supporters call lying “telling it like it is.”
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 10, 2018
Scroll down for it:
Senior White House aide Rob Porter physically assaulted two ex-wives, they tell @theintercept. Full story to come in the morning.
His first wife, Colbie Holderness, provided these photos from a vacation they took together in Florence, Italy: pic.twitter.com/tl3TbyGA8Y— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) February 7, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump: I am told you prefer visuals. Look at these photos. Then let’s have a discussion about your tweet about due process.
Also, if it helps you, we can make visual charts of how due process works, both in the court of public sentiment and the court of law. https://t.co/peRZrI0C8I— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 10, 2018
Oklahoma schools go on four-day weeks so teachers can make rent by working at Walmart on Mondays https://t.co/dMhajwER3G
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) February 8, 2018
Another Republican experiment in social collapse via tax cuts.
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And OU’s head football coach makes $3.1M a year.
A big THANK YOU to whoever it was posted the Instant Pot frittata a couple of days ago (please stand up and take a bow and forgive me for not remembering). You inspired me to make mini-frittatas in 4 ramekins with tomatoes, chilis, cheddar and turkey bacon (that I will not use again because it’s nasty. Picked it out and gave it to the kids) that reheat beautifully for several days of breakfasts. Topped with salsa and NOM.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
In case you thought President Racist Grandpa couldn’t get any more disgusting… https://t.co/Ouj4PsgetW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2018
Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue. Vote Republican!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
President Obama signed DACA in 2012, you ignorant dope. https://t.co/e0HZ2yptRX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2018
re: #140 Charles Johnson
On that note, I’m enjoying CNN’s no more fucks to give of late. Last night one of the Trump shills tried to pull that DACA is unconstitutional crap again and Cooper and the other panelists were all eyeroll LOL no shut up. On the issue of Porter, apologists were vivisected. Likewise the FBI is biased crap. Then there was the 2 hour program on the Trump and Russia that was brutal.
If Republicans actually stood for anything good, you wouldn’t have to lie like that. DACA was signed in 2012. Vote out the lying, worse than useless, Republicans.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 10, 2018
14,000 year old animation:
Archaeologists think this spinning disc might be a children’s toy! It’s at least 14,000 years old. When you spin it, the two sides make it look like the deer is running. Delightful! #archaeology pic.twitter.com/Mby4b1lvBc
— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) February 9, 2018
Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue. Vote Republican!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
YOU killed DACA. Not the Democrats. YOU. Now you’re trying to pose as the protecter of DREAMers, and it’s typically disgusting and hypocritical. Resign. https://t.co/e0HZ2yptRX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2018
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I had already started the chili when I had a notion to make some flour tortillas. I should have deep fried them to crisp them up enough to make chili scoops. How do they make them come out round? Asking for a friend.
Mmmm. I just bought all the stuff I need to make up another batch of chili.
Just thinking…to make little tortilla bowls, could you use a small tea-cup strainer as a mold by pressing the tortilla into it?
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Round ball. Cast iron press. I’ve only seen them in corn-tortilla-size. But, you know, start small.
re: #125 wrenchwench
I’m set for the day. A guy rode by the shop on his motorcycle, playing my favorite song.
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Pardon the 2 minute introduction, but I like that part too. The rest is lipsync, or sounds just like the record through some kind of magic.
I enjoy cumbias. Thanks for posting the video!
I generally find the style of Spanish spoken by the introducer amusing. Blindingly fast (at least to me) and yet clear. I wonder what her spoken words per minutes is.
re: #148 wrenchwench
Round ball. Cast iron press. I’ve only seen them in corn-tortilla-size*. But, you know, start small.
* I’ve only seen one. It has already been sold.
re: #147 ObserverArt
Mmmm. I just bought all the stuff I need to make up another batch of chili.
Just thinking…to make little tortilla bowls, could you use a small tea-cup strainer as a mold by pressing the tortilla into it?
I made some once for a party by molding them over the bottom of a cupcake tin and baking them in a hot oven. They weren’t as crispy as fried but they held up.
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I start with a ball and squish them with a dinner plate.
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Another Republican experiment in social collapse via tax cuts.
100 years ago the state with the most radical Socialist Party was Oklahoma.
But add 100 years of right wing Jesus and later Ayn Rand indoctrination and…POOF!
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I made some once for a party by molding them over the bottom of a cupcake tin and baking them in a hot oven. They weren’t as crispy as fried but they held up.
That is why I was thinking strainer…you could dip it in the hot oil. I’ve never made any tortillas, but I imagine they don’t take a long time to fry.
re: #149 ckkatz
I enjoy cumbias. Thanks for posting the video!
I generally find the style of Spanish spoken by the introducer amusing. Blindingly fast (at least to me) and yet clear. I wonder what her spoken words per minutes is.
Back in the 70s, I spent a month in Mexico, travelling by train and bus (and hitch-hiked once). I found that the words-per-minute decreased as I headed north. I’m almost positive it wasn’t my ability to understand increasing.
re: #147 ObserverArt
Mmmm. I just bought all the stuff I need to make up another batch of chili.
Just thinking…to make little tortilla bowls, could you use a small tea-cup strainer as a mold by pressing the tortilla into it?
Maybe drape the raw tortilla over an inverted small bowl and bake the in an oven? Dunno.
I have to ask are these Instant Pots really all that great. I am single person who does not cook very much and I have very little counter space. To me it looks like a dressed up pressure cooker.
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“I made yogurt. It’s white”
re: #161 PhillyPretzel
I have to ask are these Instant Pots really all that great. I am single person who does not cook very much and I have very little counter space. To me it looks like a dressed up pressure cooker.
Yes. I’m a single person with little counter space. Best appliance I ever bought. I cook more now because it makes everything so quick and easy.
re: #148 wrenchwench
Round ball. Cast iron press. I’ve only seen them in corn-tortilla-size. But, you know, start small.
I guess I could have used my press on these, it worked pretty well last week on some half flour/half masa tortillas but I could tell that the gluten would be an issue - press them out only to watch them shrink back to pucks. Roll them into the ball and rest them for 20 minutes or so before pressing might work.
re: #163 allegro
Did you get a small one or a larger one?
re: #165 PhillyPretzel
Did you get a small one or a larger one?
I got the 6 qt size. It’s big but I use it for most everything so it’s counter space well used.
re: #166 allegro
Thanks for the information. I have to think about it.
re: #125 wrenchwench
Love it! Makes me wish I could play the accordion.
Daniel Dale
So: four wrong things in this 43-word tweet.
- Dems didn’t control Congress til ‘09
- House Dems passed DREAM Act in ‘10; it was stopped by GOP filibuster
- DACA didn’t exist until ‘12
- Trump cancelled DACA; Dems want to simply protect recipients, GOP wants deep concessions
re: #168 PhillyPretzel
Thanks for the information. I have to think about it.
It does a lot more than I originally thought it would. For example, I like to keep hard boiled eggs around. When cooking them on the stove ya gotta watch to see when the water boils, time them and just generally have to pay attention. (I have forgotten about them too many times to count to unfortunate results.) With the IP, I put them in, set the timer for 5 minutes and go do whatever til it beeps. Added benefit is that they are always easy to peel. No more stuck shells.
re: #172 allegro
That sounds good. I use the Cook’s Illustrated method. Cold eggs in cold water bring it up to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let them set for 10 minutes. Put them in an ice bath and peel them. They turn out good and no grey rings.
re: #173 PhillyPretzel
That sounds good. I use the Cook’s Illustrated method. Cold eggs in cold water bring it up to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let them set for 10 minutes. Put them in an ice bath and peel them. They turn out good and no grey rings.
I’ll give this method a second. Works well.
re: #156 wrenchwench
Back in the 70s, I spent a month in Mexico, travelling by train and bus (and hitch-hiked once). I found that the words-per-minute decreased as I headed north. I’m almost positive it wasn’t my ability to understand increasing.
Heh. Perhaps it is my biases. But my experience regarding the speed of spoken English when approaching the US Southwest from the northern urban areas seems to mirror your experiences with Spanish.
I grew up in Pittsburgh. The local region speaks ‘yinzer’, but outside of that area, the local dialect is “Midland”. I spent time in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Northern Texas while in the Army. I found the dialect of spoken English there was a very similar Midland, but spoken a bit more slowly with a drawl.
One thing I noticed was it appears to be a unit that does not require a heat source.
I just finished reading that Boston Globe article on Chuck C, Johnson.
The closing paragraphs sum up Chucky completely. He’s a full of shit stirrer.
…
…Johnson says he believes the Nazis had a systematic program to kill Jews. But he’s offered a number of different opinions about the number of Jews killed.
“I think the Red Cross numbers of 250,000 dead in the camps from typhus are more realistic” he wrote on Reddit.
In an interview with the Globe, he gave another answer.
“It’s probably like 3 to 4 [million],” Johnson said. “Somewhere in there. It was a war. And people were not keeping detailed records.”
In a demonstration of how flexible his views can be (another hallmark of Trump’s Washington), Johnson said his thinking on the matter has evolved further. He said this week he has “new information” that’s led him to believe the 6 million figure, after all.
How convenient, he just got new info. No wonder he is pissed off about the article. It depants him and shows him for the smartass he is. If he is all that intelligent then he is also lazy to turn his smarts into duping people as a troll to gain fame. Get a life Chuck.
Link if anyone missed it prior.
The Boston Globe - Spurned in Milton, a race-baiting troll has found acceptance — in Trump’s D.C.
“During an MSNBC interview on Saturday morning, Republican National Committee spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said that the Trump White House “stands with women, unmistakably.”
thinkprogress.org
re: #178 jaunte
While they are standing with them they are also hitting and groping them.
re: #161 PhillyPretzel
I have to ask are these Instant Pots really all that great. I am single person who does not cook very much and I have very little counter space. To me it looks like a dressed up pressure cooker.
Consumer Reports did an article on Instant Pots*. Their conclusion was that it does about as well (a little better or a little worse) of multiple gadgets such as slow cookers, rice makers, yogurt makers, etc. And that it does save a lot of counter space.
*Edited for clarity - changed ‘pressure cookers’ to ‘Instant Pot’ in first sentence. The Consumer Reports’ article compared Instant Pots to generic pressure cookers as well.
re: #173 PhillyPretzel
That sounds good. I use the Cook’s Illustrated method. Cold eggs in cold water bring it up to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let them set for 10 minutes. Put them in an ice bath and peel them. They turn out good and no grey rings.
I find you can leave them in the water 30 min an hour or longer
re: #136 darthstar
Somehow this appeals to the wounded and scared part of my psyche.
re: #177 ObserverArt
I just finished reading that Boston Globe article on Chuck C, Johnson.
The closing paragraphs sum up Chucky completely. He’s a full of shit stirrer.
How convenient, he just got new info. No wonder he is pissed off about the article. It depants him and shows him for the smartass he is. If he is all that intelligent then he is also lazy to turn his smarts into duping people as a troll to gain fame. Get a life Chuck.
Link if anyone missed it prior.
The Boston Globe - Spurned in Milton, a race-baiting troll has found acceptance — in Trump’s D.C.
He hasn’t had any kind of revelation.
And the “information” has always been there
new favorite way to prepare sweet potatoes:
cut into fries or wedges, toss in olive oil & baharat spice blend, bake 15-20 minutes at 425F (turning once halfway through).
alternatively, zap the sweet potatoes in the microwave, cut, toss in olive oil & baharat blend.
nom nom nom
Thanks for the information on the Instant Pot. I will start saving money for it.
re: #164 jeffreyw
I guess I could have used my press on these, it worked pretty well last week on some half flour/half masa tortillas but I could tell that the gluten would be an issue - press them out only to watch them shrink back to pucks. Roll them into the ball and rest them for 20 minutes or so before pressing might work.
Gluten is underappreciated. I tried a new pie crust on the first of the month. Came recommended by J. Kenji Lopez Alt, the master of pie crust. Second recipe.
Stella’s Old-Fashioned Flaky Pie Dough takes a tack that’s nearly the opposite of mine. Rather than limiting gluten formation by forming a fat/flour paste, it actually encourages gluten formation in a controlled fashion.
I made a rhubarb pie. No strawberries. Mr. w made the rhubarb last summer, when it was in season. It was his birthday, and he wanted a pie, so I made one.
he’s quoting Judicial Watch again:
“My view is that not only has Trump been vindicated in the last several weeks about the mishandling of the Dossier and the lies about the Clinton/DNC Dossier, it shows that he’s been victimized. He’s been victimized by the Obama Administration who were using all sorts of…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
….agencies, not just the FBI & DOJ, now the State Department to dig up dirt on him in the days leading up to the Election. Comey had conversations with Donald Trump, which I don’t believe were accurate…he leaked information (corrupt).” Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch on @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Dang! Tortillas, chili, pie, sweet potatoes… Now I’m hungry. Time for a late lunch. bbl
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
not just the FBI & DOJ, now the State Department
Trump is agitating for a coup against his own executive branch.
re: #186 PhillyPretzel
Thanks for the information on the Instant Pot. I will start saving money for it.
Another trick I’ve learned lately since I’m trying to eat better. It’s hard for a single person to eat wholesome home-cooked meals because you can’t cook one person portions and who wants to eat the same thing every day for a week? And I don’t want to cook every day anyway. So I got these, freezer and microwave safe so I can cook whatever in the IP, divide it into individual meals and freeze them for a quick meal when I want it. I have quite a menu selection now in my freezer. I also got bowls to make several days worth of salads at once and just grab one so I eat great and healthy with very little food prep requirement.
You know who defends Nazis?
Other Nazis.
You know who defends traitors?
Other traitors.
You know who defends cheaters?
Other cheaters?
You know who defends wife beaters?
Other wife beaters.
Next time you see WH staff and Fox News pundits aggressively defending, remember that.— Red (@Redpainter1) February 9, 2018
re: #190 jaunte
Trump is agitating for a coup against his own executive branch.
Are we placing bets? I think I’d take Justice versus Trump, even with the Sessions elf in there mucking things up.
There will be a point where the Republican party may even have to face the wrath of Justice.
Would it not be interesting to see the FBI start talking about some investigations that have been going on into Nunes, Ryan, McCarthy, Gohmert, King, Jordan, Meadows, etc.?
Trump it seems is going to force a drag-down knock-out fight; who knows what form it will take because this is all new.
No one ever expected a president to be this caustic to the system. No one expected anyone to be this devious. No one expected his party to back the corruption.
It is uncharted territory, therefore it may take uncharted means to stop it.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I like living while this particular history is being formed. But on it goes.
#BREAKING: Officer killed in line of duty near Columbus https://t.co/Xj4l3Z0S66 pic.twitter.com/9loi7ULlQ3
— WCPO (@WCPO) February 10, 2018
UPDATE: A second Westerville, Ohio officer has died. Both were shot at about 1 p.m. today. https://t.co/Xj4l3Z0S66 (Photo via @10TV’s Chris Blake) pic.twitter.com/NvsS2xB4k1
— WCPO (@WCPO) February 10, 2018
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
We are deeply saddened to report that one of our officers has been killed in the line of duty. Please continue to follow back for more information.
— City of Westerville (@tellwesterville) February 10, 2018
It is with a heavy heart we report a second Westerville officer has been killed in the line of duty. We will share more details here as it becomes available.
— City of Westerville (@tellwesterville) February 10, 2018
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s quoting Judicial Watch again:
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What happens if TRUMP THEN QUOTES THE ANALYSIS
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) February 10, 2018
Purdue Pharma, which I wrote about last fall in The New Yorker, has just announced that it will lay off half its sales force and stop marketing opioids to physicians. https://t.co/Zap8Q0tkdL
— Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) February 10, 2018
And here’s a podcast I did with Steven May, a Purdue sales rep who pushed Oxy in Virginia and West Virginia, reassuring doctors with false info about low levels of addiction & abuse. https://t.co/Jbqubalzg9
— Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) February 10, 2018
re: #191 allegro
Another trick I’ve learned lately since I’m trying to eat better. It’s hard for a single person to eat wholesome home-cooked meals because you can’t cook one person portions and who wants to eat the same thing every day for a week? And I don’t want to cook every day anyway. So I got these, freezer and microwave safe so I can cook whatever in the IP, divide it into individual meals and freeze them for a quick meal when I want it. I have quite a menu selection now in my freezer. I also got bowls to make several days worth of salads at once and just grab one so I eat great and healthy with very little food prep requirement.
Ooh, interesting! Freezer-to-microwave and very useful stackability for a smaller freezer. Showed ‘em to my visiting sister who cooks for one, and just got herself an Instant Pot. (I’m lusting after a Pot myself, after all of the kudos from the Lizards. My picky-eater kid needs to learn to cook, it might be a good way to get him interested.)
#recap Seriously Tesco?https://t.co/xSVMkFqBOZ pic.twitter.com/auFqhgkHFI
— The Poke (@ThePoke) February 10, 2018
heh
Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue. Vote Republican!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
“three branches”???? The House and the Senate are ONE BRANCH, loco. https://t.co/BP25SdvOOl
— meta (@metaquest) February 10, 2018
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Damn. I haven’t watched any local news. It has been crazy around here lately.
Women’s Short Track Relay in progress
stream.nbcolympics.com
The Equifax data breach last year exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed, according to documents given to lawmakers. https://t.co/C0GmtmBXi8 pic.twitter.com/AmefmvZHJM
— ABC News (@ABC) February 10, 2018
I just had a sandwich that contained both Marmite and watercress.
STOP ME BEFORE I BRITISH AGAIN.
re: #203 FormerDirtDart
Thank G-d I have Lifelock.
re: #202 FormerDirtDart
Women’s Short Track Relay in progress
stream.nbcolympics.com
Transitioning to Ski Jumping
re: #207 TedStriker
Okay. But I have had my data breached when Target announced it was compromised. I got a bill from Kohl’s which I have never purchased anything from. With Lifelock’s help I was able to get that account and one from T-mobile cancelled.
re: #198 CleverToad
Ooh, interesting! Freezer-to-microwave and very useful stackability for a smaller freezer. Showed ‘em to my visiting sister who cooks for one, and just got herself an Instant Pot. (I’m lusting after a Pot myself, after all of the kudos from the Lizards. My picky-eater kid needs to learn to cook, it might be a good way to get him interested.)
The small space stackability is fantastic for storage too. After getting these in several sizes I cleaned out a cabinet full of miscellaneous containers. I only need one shelf now. :) My fridge looks like Martha Stewart organized it.
Mixed Doubles Curling: Norway - USA
stream.nbcolympics.com
So bored……
Waiting for Macy’s delivery - which I bet you money will not arrive before I leave for Pasadena.
I’m think I’m going to buy an gd instant pot.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Interesting how the president of the United States can empathize with child molesters and wife beaters, but can’t seem to find any sympathy whatsoever for immigrants, refugees, LGBT people, or the poor. https://t.co/Q6eXYeS7SN
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 10, 2018
re: #214 The Ghost of a Flea
It is super convenient.
Steel cut oats, no hands-on effort, in forty minutes.
meh on oats.
hard boiled eggs? sold.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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On the watch of any other administration I would hold out hope for an investigation, leading to charges.
But, I’m sure these are “some very fine people”.
The acting head of the Federal Railroad Administration has resigned after questions about his side job as a PR consultant — all as concerns heat up about rail safety. https://t.co/JZZHGxMN8c
— Axios (@axios) February 10, 2018
Running his business while Americans die on his watch.
Who does he think he is, president of the United States? https://t.co/vViZvJ0SUs— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 10, 2018
re: #216 Stanley Sea
Look up Indian food and Instant Pot.
And it’s not that I love oats, they’re penance for everything else I eat, but a pain to make.
(Okay that’s a lie. Done up right, I like steel-cut oats. Shit-tons of blueberries and a tiny dab of butter and honey)
DONE
Finally used my Amazon gift cards - 100.00 total from my birthday in November!
LOL, I don’t know why this decision took so long.
The acting head of the nation’s top railroad safety agency has resigned “effective immediately” after POLITICO raised questions about whether he had been simultaneously working as a public relations consultant for a sheriff in Mississippi. https://t.co/ZI69FRehv9
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 10, 2018
I realize every day brings some new surreal bit of news but I have to say, this tweet is a journey https://t.co/ucEQfYYjYF
— Mark Berman (@markberman) February 10, 2018
re: #177 ObserverArt
I just finished reading that Boston Globe article on Chuck C, Johnson.
The closing paragraphs sum up Chucky completely. He’s a full of shit stirrer.
How convenient, he just got new info. No wonder he is pissed off about the article. It depants him and shows him for the smartass he is. If he is all that intelligent then he is also lazy to turn his smarts into duping people as a troll to gain fame. Get a life Chuck.
Link if anyone missed it prior.
The Boston Globe - Spurned in Milton, a race-baiting troll has found acceptance — in Trump’s D.C.
The “new information” is that Dershowitz heard about what he said and expressed disappointment; Chuck thinks Dersh will still speak to him if he walks it back.
re: #223 Stanley Sea
People keep saying this is Trump, but that’s the surface eructation.
Behind all that talk of “local control” and “keep government out of X” is the understanding that implicit power systems—old boy’s clubs, the local aristocracy, the state’s political machine, et cetera—will create crooked structures…and that’s just dandy, because all of those groups gleefully use “tradition” to create exploitative systems.
re: #226 The Ghost of a Flea
Create and sustain exciting exploitative systems.
Just saw a live photo of the WH enveloped in fog & rain.
He’s suffering. It’s good.
A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge ruled. https://t.co/sfsbZMro5h - @NBCOUT
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 10, 2018
re: #191 allegro
Another trick I’ve learned lately since I’m trying to eat better. It’s hard for a single person to eat wholesome home-cooked meals because you can’t cook one person portions and who wants to eat the same thing every day for a week? And I don’t want to cook every day anyway. So I got these, freezer and microwave safe so I can cook whatever in the IP, divide it into individual meals and freeze them for a quick meal when I want it. I have quite a menu selection now in my freezer. I also got bowls to make several days worth of salads at once and just grab one so I eat great and healthy with very little food prep requirement.
I’ve been using ziplock bags to do the same. This is better, so I just ordered the containers you linked.
re: #229 FormerDirtDart
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Like I’ve said before…how long before someone uses religious exceptions to deny to blacks, or hispanics, or women, or…
Because I’m pretty sure this shit is the ideal end around of the 14th.
re: #211 FormerDirtDart
Mixed Doubles Curling: Norway - USA
stream.nbcolympics.com
I hope the Hamilton’s best Norway. Alas, the brother/sister team isn’t doing terribly well. 🥌🥌🥌🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🥌🥌🥌
re: #212 Stanley Sea
So bored……
Waiting for Macy’s delivery - which I bet you money will not arrive before I leave for Pasadena.
I’m think I’m going to buy an gd instant pot.
I’m going to take mine out of the box today—I bought it in October. Who SAYS I procrastinate!
re: #229 FormerDirtDart
Given that Christian beliefs have justified slavery, they’re a pretty wobbly rule to build laws on.
re: #234 jaunte
Given that Christian beliefs have justified slavery, they’re a pretty wobbly rule to build laws on.
Like Citizen K said above, I suspect that’s where they’d prefer to go…
re: #234 jaunte
Given that Christian beliefs have justified slavery, they’re a pretty wobbly rule to build laws on.
I still don’t get how “love everybody” translates into “keep people as pets for manual labor”, but I suppose my attitude would’ve been different if I had been raised in that era.
HPfr/G54rlas6ykLT87+HHFFyxtXLVPLSoVa1J9pb3auwTP5ZunfRZ/quRcaN9eR/SPKPFSlYmiwm+uDIFwmeS5/Wg584YmtyEMuZPvh0aTXWpPqAFJi/8VoIguDWx3GeYV6kWr1If7cR+gh6Ui5Nrvezb4OWz4RV1bqsAfOM/pPEf/kjJSx2IbdvySzOqU7c+p5Z9eRN7ISPQS9+CidRyn9KPXURPiLPuY7E7hp5c+QlHelL21mEEW7uzmrkZu+UCCEZPyQcTkiyxsLGwT4p4jJdWqld9qoRfdEUiPN91rMIqNkIm7+i0vfFjCp3OdhHnmH+3g0jcNo+X37Xo0iieLmQWgTY+3+as8a9fNCxUOobSVCM0tOLh9CRex7H7DnbQIslSzphmYLYU1V8wIrCTdROKabIEdW11/4K63gElGdUUyRSy9eFeW206s4Ouph2P6hr9OuDfmnCSLPI2otSeR/GBVIU66J
re: #233 BeachDem
I’m going to take mine out of the box today—I bought it in October. Who SAYS I procrastinate!
Mine is sitting in the box, too.
re: #232 MsJ
I hope the Hamilton’s best Norway. Alas, the brother/sister team isn’t doing terribly well. 🥌🥌🥌🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🥌🥌🥌
Norway concedes
Mustache!! pic.twitter.com/eUkDKm2jKr
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) February 10, 2018
re: #229 FormerDirtDart
A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge ruled. nbcnews.to - @NBCOUT
3:15 PM - Feb 10, 2018Baker can refuse to make same-sex wedding cakes, judge rules
A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge ruled.
nbcnews.com
Appalling that the judge knows nothing about history or maybe he is one that would have supported Plessy vs Ferguson. Actually sounds like a Federalist Society appointment — racist to the core.
re: #240 FormerDirtDart
Thanks for the Lesdoggg tip, I forgot she was all about the Olympics!!
re: #175 ckkatz
Heh. Perhaps it is my biases. But my experience regarding the speed of spoken English when approaching the US Southwest from the northern urban areas seems to mirror your experiences with Spanish.
I grew up in Pittsburgh. The local region speaks ‘yinzer’, but outside of that area, the local dialect is “Midland”. I spent time in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Northern Texas while in the Army. I found the dialect of spoken English there was a very similar Midland, but spoken a bit more slowly with a drawl.
Also growing up in Pittsburgh. We said “Yunz” instead of you. We called them “gumbands” instead of rubber bands. We “Redd up” our rooms instead of cleaned them. We put on “gutchies” instead of underwear. We “Warshed” up instead of washed up.
re: #244 Joe Bacon 🌹
Also growing up in Pittsburgh. We said “Yunz” instead of you. We called them “gumbands” instead of rubber bands. We “Redd up” our rooms instead of cleaned them. We put on “gutchies” instead of underwear. We “Warshed” up instead of washed up.
and some people get all bent out of shape with ebonics and “ax” instead of “ask”.
sigh.
re: #244 Joe Bacon 🌹
Also growing up in Pittsburgh. We said “Yunz” instead of you. We called them “gumbands” instead of rubber bands. We “Redd up” our rooms instead of cleaned them. We put on “gutchies” instead of underwear. We “Warshed” up instead of washed up.
All those R’s migrated west from boston
re: #173 PhillyPretzel
That sounds good. I use the Cook’s Illustrated method. Cold eggs in cold water bring it up to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let them set for 10 minutes. Put them in an ice bath and peel them. They turn out good and no grey rings.
This technique has never failed me.