Jon Gomm: The Ghost Inside You

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From the album The Faintest Idea: Listen or buy vinyl / CD / T-shirt / Deluxe Edition book/DVD version at https://jongomm.lnk.to/TheFaintestIdea

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Miscarriage is devastating. So difficult to understand. It’s like grieving in reverse: Instead of memories, you have hopes to hold on to. Who are you mourning?

I believe in a soul - I have to now - in as much as something to represent the difference between being alive, or inert. The force that is at the source of every person, the fundamental burning core. That place inside us where, when we are totally alone and in darkness, we are all the same. And, being the same, never truly alone.

This music was written in a blur after driving home from an abandoned tour in Germany to collapse inward in grief. I’m sorry to everyone I let down then. I can remember the hour or so it took to write only as a single snapshot from outside myself.

It is dedicated with constant love to a life never lived. I wish we’d got to meet you.
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Audio mastered by Tom Woodhead.

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212 comments
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EstebanTornado1963  Feb 6, 2021 • 11:22:43pm

Re: white history month

Why We Need a White History Month | The Amber Ruffin Show

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 6, 2021 • 11:48:07pm
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Cheechako  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:05:28am

re: #2 Dread Pirate Ron

My wife and I were able to schedule our first vaccine shots for next Friday.

At todays rate, the 100 million shots appears to be a do-able target.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:16:04am

re: #3 Cheechako

My wife and I were able to schedule our first vaccine shots for next Friday.

At todays rate, the 100 million shots appears to be a do-able target.

My wife and I are 64, we’ll probably be eligible in the spring time. I’m not sure if we will get the shots through Kaiser Permanente or the State/County. We registered through the state. I’ll take what is available ASAP.

Remember, the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid-19. You will just have minimal, if any, symptoms. You can still infect others.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:17:35am

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ckkatz  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:29:30am

re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron

I’m 66 and live in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Fairfax County, Va has something over 1 million inhabitants. It has almost 200,000 on the waiting list.

The County Health Department opened 1c the day Azar announced that HHS was releasing its extra stocks of vaccine. But before HHS announced that there were no extra stocks of Vaccine.

Currently the County is getting 18,000 doses of vaccine a week. (Although it isn’t clear whether that includes second doses as well.)

I signed up on the waiting list through Kaiser. I have heard of people getting vaccinated through private physicians and the Veteran’s Administration in Clarksburg WVA.

Most of the folks that I have heard have received vaccinations are 75+ and a the VA is reportedly prioritizing pre-existing conditions as well. The county is also prioritizing First Responders, Medical Personnel and Teachers.

I expect to be waiting for a while.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:32:58am

re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron

My wife and I are 64, we’ll probably be eligible in the spring time. I’m not sure if we will get the shots through Kaiser Permanente or the State/County. We registered through the state. I’ll take what is available ASAP.

Remember, the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid-19. You will just have minimal, if any, symptoms. You can still infect others.

If you’re in CA and have Kaiser, they’ll probably be your source. I think they’re still working on 65 and above right now, but you might want to call them.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:52:26am

re: #7 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

If you’re in CA and have Kaiser, they’ll probably be your source. I think they’re still working on 65 and above right now, but you might want to call them.

Kaiser seems to be using their vaccine in Southern California mostly. It is worse off than the Bay Area. I just saw my doctor yesterday, no mention of when it will be available. I walked out on my blood test. That department is really slowed down because of cleaning everything after each patient. I’ve been to Kaiser 3 times since the pandemic started, they are pretty much operating in crisis mode. I just don’t think they will be first to have vaccine available here.

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Jack Burton  Feb 7, 2021 • 1:42:00am

re: #8 Dread Pirate Ron

Everything I’ve seen from Kaiser in Southern California is basically this:

“The state says we can give the vaccine to people 65 and up (Phase 1B)… BUT, we don’t have enough so we are only giving it to health care workers at the moment.”

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 3:28:16am
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Ming5000  Feb 7, 2021 • 3:45:19am

re: #6 ckkatz

An acquaintance, who is healthy and well below 65 years of age, signed up an the waiting list and the estimated vaccination date is in September. As someone said in an older thread, it is all about supply now.
Thankfully we have competent management at the helm as of Jan 20.
(edit: this is in Michigan)

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 3:46:23am

re: #5 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The most impressive teenager I ever met was the daughter of a fellow student. At 15, she ordered a harpsichord kit, assembled it, and played it. That was the early 70s, but you can still do that.

theparisworkshop.com

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 3:48:54am

re: #6 ckkatz

I’m 66 and live in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Fairfax County, Va has something over 1 million inhabitants. It has almost 200,000 on the waiting list.

The County Health Department opened 1c the day Azar announced that HHS was releasing its extra stocks of vaccine. But before HHS announced that there were no extra stocks of Vaccine.

Currently the County is getting 18,000 doses of vaccine a week. (Although it isn’t clear whether that includes second doses as well.)

I signed up on the waiting list through Kaiser. I have heard of people getting vaccinated through private physicians and the Veteran’s Administration in Clarksburg WVA.

Most of the folks that I have heard have received vaccinations are 75+ and a the VA is reportedly prioritizing pre-existing conditions as well. The county is also prioritizing First Responders, Medical Personnel and Teachers.

I expect to be waiting for a while.

Today Alabama opens vaccination for the 1C group, including >65. Wife is on a list now.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 4:00:06am

re: #12 Decatur Deb

The most impressive teenager I ever met was the daughter of a fellow student. At 15, she ordered a harpsichord kit, assembled it, and played it. That was the early 70s, but you can still do that.

theparisworkshop.com

A buddy of mine ordered plans for a hammered dulcimer (in the late 1970’s when such instruments were not widely available) from the Smithsonian Institute and built one which we used in our band.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 4:25:35am

re: #11 Ming5000

An acquaintance, who is healthy and well below 65 years of age, signed up an the waiting list and the estimated vaccination date is in September. As someone said in an older thread, it is all about supply now.
Thankfully we have competent management at the helm as of Jan 20.
(edit: this is in Michigan)

They are finally getting the vaccine in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but for now it is still only for 80-year-olds and above.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 7, 2021 • 4:44:56am
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:41:17am

re: #16 Patricia Kayden

Do not laugh because I watched The Sound of Music last night and yes that too is one of the best scenes in the movie.

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William Lewis  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:48:43am

Just got home from the hotel. It’s warmed up to -16 F O_o

Thanks to the way the schedule is written, I have the today, tomorrow and Tuesday off. I have plenty of food stocked up, it’s cold out & I have no need to go anywhere. Good time to curate older photos I’ve taken and play video games :D

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:48:49am

I have come up with the idea of finding a cure for cancer faster. Nobel prize in medicine, please!

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:54:57am

Trump basically said, “I couldn’t be bothered with managing the pandemic so I need a miracle before Nov. 3.”

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:59:07am

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:04:06am

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steve_davis  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:15:35am

re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron

My wife and I are 64, we’ll probably be eligible in the spring time. I’m not sure if we will get the shots through Kaiser Permanente or the State/County. We registered through the state. I’ll take what is available ASAP.

Remember, the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid-19. You will just have minimal, if any, symptoms. You can still infect others.

giving vaccinations is like dropping control rods in a reactor: no, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the reactor goes cold, but it does mean we are gradually reducing the amount of flammable material it has available to burst forth.

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BigPapa  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:18:37am

still looking for a rational explanation of how Hunter’s book is unethical

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:22:45am
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jeffreyw  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:27:20am

Superb Owl Sunday!

Good morning!

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:28:25am
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:31:55am

re: #27 Dangerman

It is amazing what happens when GOTV is applied. A person with what looks like no chance to become POTUS becomes said President.

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:32:55am
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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:34:06am

re: #29 Dangerman

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Oh wait. There’s more

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Jay C  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:34:13am

re: #29 Dangerman

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The arc of history may be long, but it sometimes bends back to form a raised middle finger….

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:36:15am

re: #17 PhillyPretzel

Do not laugh because I watched The Sound of Music last night and yes that too is one of the best scenes in the movie.

I love that movie. Haven’t watched it in a while but it was a family favorite growing up.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:43:47am

re: #11 Ming5000

An acquaintance, who is healthy and well below 65 years of age, signed up an the waiting list and the estimated vaccination date is in September. As someone said in an older thread, it is all about supply now.
Thankfully we have competent management at the helm as of Jan 20.
(edit: this is in Michigan)

OH SHIT. Does this mean I am going to miss my granddaughter’s wedding?

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:46:15am

re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron

My wife and I are 64, we’ll probably be eligible in the spring time. I’m not sure if we will get the shots through Kaiser Permanente or the State/County. We registered through the state. I’ll take what is available ASAP.

Remember, the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid-19. You will just have minimal, if any, symptoms. You can still infect others.

I don’t need to wear a mask I got the vaccine. //

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:48:52am

re: #11 Ming5000

An acquaintance, who is healthy and well below 65 years of age, signed up an the waiting list and the estimated vaccination date is in September. As someone said in an older thread, it is all about supply now.
Thankfully we have competent management at the helm as of Jan 20.
(edit: this is in Michigan)

South Florida is so effed up we can’t even get on a list yet
That includes 92yo dangers mom

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:50:56am

re: #20 Barefoot Grin

Trump basically said, “I couldn’t be bothered with managing the pandemic so I need a miracle before Nov. 3.”

And he failed! He didn’t get it!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:51:07am

re: #33 The Pie Overlord!
Z will probably get it before you (if he hasn’t already gotten it)

Update - if you are over 65 you should be in line to get it now.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 7, 2021 • 6:58:03am

re: #37 Eric The Fruit Bat

Z will probably get it before you (if he hasn’t already gotten it)

Update - if you are over 65 you should be in line to get it now.

We are registered for the vaccine with our primary providers & also with the Oakland County Health Dept.

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mmmirele  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:00:52am

re: #16 Patricia Kayden

That scene made a huge impression on me when I was a little kid. That said, I already knew that the swastika was BAD because one of the older kids had drawn one on the sidewalk in chalk, said to the surrounding kids it was illegal (it’s not, but you know how “illegal” gets the attention of people) but *she* was letting us know this so we didn’t get in trouble. Then she drew some more lines and it disappeared.

It’s really kind of weird what we learned through the kid grapevine in a lower middle class housing development in the mid 1960s.

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Belafon  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:05:36am
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wrenchwench  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:08:16am

re: #29 Dangerman

Ooops, not that one, this one:

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:10:55am

re: #41 wrenchwench

That’s FORMER president, solely because he hates being called that.

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Belafon  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:11:05am
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Belafon  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:13:51am

re: #34 Dangerman

I don’t need to wear a mask I got the vaccine. //

Might have been true had we not been playing “mutate the virus” games:

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:14:15am

Happy Sunday everyone.

Proof that the space lasers really are Jewish.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:16:26am

re: #44 Belafon

Might have been true had we not been playing “mutate the virus” games:

Nobody could have predicted a single cell organism with a short life span could mutate over several generations in what we consider a year.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:18:02am

re: #46 darthstar

Nobody could have predicted a single cell organism with a short life span could mutate over several generations in what we consider a year.

Isn’t that the so-called “evolution” thing that doesn’t exist except in the minds of the Godless libs?
/////

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:19:12am
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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:20:47am
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mmmirele  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:23:08am

re: #45 darthstar

Happy Sunday everyone.

Proof that the space lasers really are Jewish.

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What is this “call his mother”? My grandmother used to call my father at 5 am in the morning, when she knew she would find him at home and the call rates were lower (remember that?). If I wasn’t awakened by the phone ringing*, I was awakened by my father’s rising voice trying to reason with my grandmother about something or another.

* We had one bell for all the phones in the house, it was a modified doorbell, it was mounted at the bottom of the stairs from my bedroom, and it was LOUD. This was also back in the day when the phone company charged for each extension. My dad was enamored of such things. On the same wall as the doorbell/ringer, he had a mechanical timer on the heater which was set to turn off at 11 pm and turn back on again at 4:30. We were warned not to touch it. If we were cold, we could go back to bed. Even to this day, I still get weird about hearing a heater running.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:23:26am
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:24:42am

re: #51 darthstar

TrumpTalk. He has to have his name on everything.

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mmmirele  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:27:13am

re: #46 darthstar

Nobody could have predicted a single cell organism with a short life span could mutate over several generations in what we consider a year.

There’s a debate as to whether viruses are actually alive. Here’s a discussion of that question by “Ask a Biologist” at ASU.

askabiologist.asu.edu

tl;dr: it’s not clear.

ETA: Maybe I should check with the Japanese anime “Cells at Work!” to see what it has to say. /half

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:31:36am

re: #43 Belafon

Dangerously stupid decision that will only place more Americans at risk during a deadly pandemic.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:35:18am

re: #54 Patricia Kayden

The wants of a few outweigh the health and well-being of the many. How very American.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:35:56am

re: #37 Eric The Fruit Bat

Z will probably get it before you (if he hasn’t already gotten it)

Update - if you are over 65 you should be in line to get it now.

I got my first Pfizer Fauci Ouchie jab at my local VA on the third. They were doing 750 that day and it was all very efficiently set up logistically. I was in and out, literally, in 30 minutes. I’m 73 with a heart condition that doesn’t affect me but qualifies. I had registered ahead as willing to go and that sped things up.

What an amazing feeling of lifting of tension and dread it was. I napped for most of the next two days. (Way too cold to be outside doing things.)

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Belafon  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:37:14am

I heard on CBS Sunday Morning that the audience at the Super Bowl will be front line health care workers that have been vaccinated.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:37:58am

re: #54 Patricia Kayden

Dangerously stupid decision that will only place more Americans at risk during a deadly pandemic.

All this shit being done because of Religious Freedom. Great, you want to die, go for it, but the fact that they interact with others completely removes the individual aspect and puts it in the public domain.

It’s unbelievably frustrating.

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Ming5000  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:39:44am

re: #49 darthstar

How deep are Lindell’s pockets? He is acting like he has unlimited resources.

Ok, I had to check it out.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:45:44am

So Sarah Huckabee has a shot after all.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:49:08am

WUT

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:51:34am

re: #26 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:51:59am

re: #49 darthstar

Given Mike Lindell’s standing as a true public figure, he’s totally screwed if he thinks he can win a defamation case.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:55:15am

re: #35 Dangerman

South Florida is so effed up we can’t even get on a list yet
That includes 92yo dangers mom

Have you tried moving to The Villages?

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:58:44am

Anti-maskers tend to be more sociopathic? Who could have guessed?

Researchers from the State University of Londrina found that people who reported “antisocial traits,” such as low levels of empathy and high levels of callousness and risk-taking, were less-likely to comply with Covid-19 prevention measures, such as wearing a mask and social distancing.

In this case, “antisocial” refers to traits that are typically present in people diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, which is defined as “a chronic and pervasive disposition to disregard and violate the rights of others,”

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Ming5000  Feb 7, 2021 • 7:59:19am

re: #63 Eric The Fruit Bat

Lindell is famous, plus he is credentialed.

Lindell is an evangelical Christian and received an honorary Doctor of Business from Liberty University in 2019.

I mean, he has it all ….. (cue Stefan)

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:00:39am

re: #44 Belafon

Might have been true had we not been playing “mutate the virus” games:

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I’m hearing about different “preliminary findings” as well, so it might be too early to tell. (Mainly that it’s about as good at preventing more serious cases.) But it would be nice if we stopped mutating the virus, I agree.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:03:51am

re: #61 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

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In the parallel universe he’s not wrong. Some of the nutters around here who are still flying Trump flags also have homemade signs with all kinds of rants about Pelosi (with several variants of spelling). Those signs have been up for over a year (except for the one that popped up before halloween that had Pelosi as a witch).

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:04:10am

Biden’s show was better.

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Dangerman  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:04:43am

re: #64 Decatur Deb

Have you tried moving to The Villages?

I don’t have the temperament

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Ming5000  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:06:16am

This is interesting. (thread)
EDIT: Here is who originally developed the map. Andrew Beers
@beeeeeers

Here is one detail from the thread “The largish blue account on the peninsula that reaches out to the red is @thehill”

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:08:29am

re: #67 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

I’m hearing about different “preliminary findings” as well, so it might be too early to tell. (Mainly that it’s about as good at preventing more serious cases.) But it would be nice if we stopped mutating the virus, I agree.

If the J&J vaccine simply prevents Covid-19 from killing people and preventing serious on-going conditions I’d consider that a win. We get another “nasty flu” virus floating around, but it’s also a lot better than 500,000 dead and segments of the economy seriously compromised.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:08:36am

re: #58 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

All this shit being done because of Religious Freedom. Great, you want to die, go for it, but the fact that they interact with others completely removes the individual aspect and puts it in the public domain.

It’s unbelievably frustrating.

Agreed. But if they care to make an issue of it, the “no singing or chanting” rule should close half of them down because of violations and keep the other half empty because of boredom. (In my part of the, we’re good about keeping the rules, and I rather doubt that many churches will now open, or see much business if they do.)

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:10:57am
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:13:04am

re: #67 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

But it would be nice if we stopped mutating the virus, I agree.

Heaven help us if SARS-CoV2 winds up like the influenza virus, which even when they hit upon a good set of strains you’d be lucky to get to 70% coverage - so not only would we dealing with influenza, but SARSv2.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:15:46am

re: #74 darthstar

I watched that multiple times and just now realized that two of them were stuffies.

Not too sharp on my part.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:19:18am

Another Biden accomplishment. He cured cancer (windmill cancer)

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:22:29am

re: #71 Ming5000

This is interesting. (thread)
EDIT: Here is who originally developed the map. Andrew Beers
@beeeeeers

Here is one detail from the thread “The largish blue account on the peninsula that reaches out to the red is @thehill”

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From the comments:

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:25:41am

re: #72 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

If the J&J vaccine simply prevents Covid-19 from killing people and preventing serious on-going conditions I’d consider that a win. We get another “nasty flu” virus floating around, but it’s also a lot better than 500,000 dead and segments of the economy seriously compromised.

Likewise (and it’s what epidemiologists are saying too). The vaccine would put covid in the “really nasty cold” area, since people are hospitalized and die of the flu.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:25:47am

Cute…especially the last sentence.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:30:25am

re: #78 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

From the comments:

That one tweet makes it make a lot more sense - the thread itself is so data centric I lost interest in reading it. The yellow blob got smaller was all I needed to see.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:32:02am

This is the classic abusers argument i.e. “Look what you made us do!”

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:39:16am

re: #80 darthstar

I’m still waiting for the first feline in the White House since Bush Jr.’s India/WIllie.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:39:56am

It doesn’t have to be Garland as acting AG - Biden could make Preete Bahara acting AG and he could start the investigation pending Garland’s approval.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:42:03am

re: #83 Eric The Fruit Bat

W had a cat? I thought he had a dog.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:44:07am

re: #85 PhillyPretzel

Yep, W had a black cat in addition to his two scotties.

Someone with a sense of humor on Wikipedia penned Willie as the last “Chief Mouser to the Oval Office”, much in line with the British “Chief mouser to the Cabinet Office”, which, of course, everyone knows as Larry.

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ericblair  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:44:37am

re: #27 Dangerman

One year ago today, betting markets gave Joe Biden a 5.9% chance of winning the presidency.

I think we can safely conclude that the political betting markets are dumb. It’s blind name recognition and the shallowest of political headlines. Either the investors have no clue, are completely ideologically committed anyways, or are investing assuming that everyone else is one of the first two.

These markets are probably at the “reliably wrong” level, where you can usually figure out what’s happening by assuming the opposite of what these things are telling you.

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:49:29am

re: #87 ericblair

I think we can safely conclude that the political betting markets are dumb. It’s blind name recognition and the shallowest of political headlines. Either the investors have no clue, are completely ideologically committed anyways, or are investing assuming that everyone else is one of the first two.

These markets are probably at the “reliably wrong” level, where you can usually figure out what’s happening by assuming the opposite of what these things are telling you.

It’s the fact that bookies in other countries actually allow people to bet on US politics that’s kind of fun. I’ll bet a few people put down 20 quid on Biden at 15-1 odds in January…what’s the harm in a bet like that?

I remember reading a few stories about people who made long shot bets 300-1 in a lark and then wound up winning.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:51:25am

I’m watching this and it brings a bit of joy to me!

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:54:05am

All the snowstorms reminds me of this classic: (in spoiler tags if you’ve seen it a zillion times before)

Click to Reveal


Dec 8. - It’s starting to snow. The first of the season and the first I’ve seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered rums and sat by the picture window. Watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful.

Dec 9. - We woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in my life and I loved it. I did both the driveway and our sidewalk. Later, the city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.

Dec 10. - It snowed an additional 6 inches last night and the temperature dropped to around 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled the driveway again. Shortly afterwards the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of the snow is now brownish-grey.

Dec 11. - Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway; $145 to a chiropractor, but nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected today.

Dec 12. - Still cold. Sold the wife’s car and bought a 4x4 in order to get her to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway and did considerable amount of damage to the rear quarter panel. Had another 8 inches of the white shit last night. Both vehicles covered with salt and crud. More shoveling in store for me today. That goddamn snow plow came by twice today.

Dec 13. - Two below zero outside! More fucking snow. Not a tree or shrub on our property that hasn’t been damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a kerosene heater, which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put out the flames, but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost my eyelashes and eyebrows. Car slid on the ice on way to emergency room and was totaled.

Dec 14. - Goddamn mother-fucking white shit keeps coming down. Have to put on all the clothes I own just to get to the mailbox. If I ever catch that son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow I’ll chew open his chest and rip out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then comes down the street about 100 mph and buries our driveway again. Power still off. Toilet froze and part of the roof is starting to cave in.

Dec 15. - Six goddamn more fucking inches of fucking snow and fucking sleet and fucking ice and god knows what other kind of fucking white shit fell last night. I wounded the fucking snowplow asshole with an ice axe but he managed to get away. Wife left me. Car won’t start. I think I’m going snow blind. I can’t move my toes. Haven’t seen the sun in weeks. More snow predicted. Wind chill is minus 22 fucking degrees. I’m moving back to Florida.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:54:22am

re: #49 darthstar

He’s gonna end up like Navin Johnson, isn’t he?

The Jerk - This is all I need

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:56:18am

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

That is a good one. It is snowing again in Philly. :(

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:57:09am

BTW, I made a crispy pork belly for dinner yesterday and I have to say it didn’t suck. Had it over purple mizuna salad with a fried egg.

Pretty straight forward recipe too.
kirbiecravings.com

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:58:09am

re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

That’s FORMER president, solely because he hates being called that.

Former, one term, twice impeached, part time, president.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 8:59:34am

re: #87 ericblair

I should have bet on Biden for sure becoming the nominee. He had the black vote from the very beginning. I knew he was going to be the nominee, and I was glad because he was my candidate. (Love Kamala, but knew she wouldn’t win the nom)

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:00:19am

re: #94 John Hughes

Former, one term, twice impeached, part time, president.

And right now that asshole is probably sitting on the john watching Mike Lindell’s shtick on OANN….

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:00:41am
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:01:08am

re: #96 🌹UOJB!

Where else would he be except at the golf course.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:02:10am

re: #98 PhillyPretzel

Where else would he be except at the golf course.

He’s too depressed to play golf and that makes me feel sooooooo goooood inside!

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:03:24am

re: #98 PhillyPretzel

Same here.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:10:51am

One more chance to fleece the suckers. I wouldn’t be surprised if my insane relatives have already made reservations!

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darthstar  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:15:12am

From kronocide I believe…

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:15:40am
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:16:39am

Question for my cooking peeps. Do you think Spicy Szechuan Asparagus would work instead of green beans? I have the former but not the latter.

allrecipes.com

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mmmirele  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:19:14am

re: #89 🌹UOJB!

I’m watching this and it brings a bit of joy to me!

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This is great! The cost of prosthetics is unbelievable, and shockingly, many prosthetics are not covered by insurance. I do like how people with 3D printers are getting involved.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:19:31am

re: #104 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Question for my cooking peeps. Do you think Spicy Szechuan Asparagus would work instead of green beans? I have the former but not the latter.

allrecipes.com

Mom would steam asparagus, drizzle Good Seasons Italian dressing on the stalks and lightly dust some red pepper flakes on them. Gave the stalks a little kick!

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:22:01am

re: #103 Eric The Fruit Bat

I want to help with puppy bowl. It is the cutest thing ever.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:22:46am

re: #106 🌹UOJB!

Mom would steam asparagus, drizzle Good Seasons Italian dressing on the stalks and lightly dust some red pepper flakes on them. Gave the stalks a little kick!

I hate both Italian and ranch dressings. I’ve seen recipes using one or the other (bottled or dried packets) and I can’t think anything but ewww. But thanks for the thought!!

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:22:47am

re: #104 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Question for my cooking peeps. Do you think Spicy Szechuan Asparagus would work instead of green beans? I have the former but not the latter.

allrecipes.com

Sounds pretty good. Today I am going to try my luck with a full size roasted duck. The first one I have tried. Looks like a 3-hour roasting, frequent turnovers in the oven.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:22:50am

re: #104 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Yes. It will be delicious. Make sure to cook it so the asparagus doesn’t get too soft. YUM

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:24:11am

re: #102 darthstar

Now if someone would do this for Sheri’s Ranch.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:25:48am
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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:30:10am

re: #105 mmmirele

This is great! The cost of prosthetics is unbelievable, and shockingly, many prosthetics are not covered by insurance. I do like how people with 3D printers are getting involved.

Just looking at the kids faces brings a bit of joy!

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:32:02am

re: #110 plansbandc

Yes. It will be delicious. Make sure to cook it so the asparagus doesn’t get too soft. YUM

That’s why Mom steamed them especially the thinner stalks.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:33:52am

re: #109 Rightwingconspirator

Sounds pretty good. Today I am going to try my luck with a full size roasted duck. The first one I have tried. Looks like a 3-hour roasting, frequent turnovers in the oven.

Have a *lot* of drainage capacity for fat cooking off of it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:35:39am

re: #109 Rightwingconspirator

Sounds pretty good. Today I am going to try my luck with a full size roasted duck. The first one I have tried. Looks like a 3-hour roasting, frequent turnovers in the oven.

I have read that duck fat is even better for frying potatoes in than bacon fat, as hard as that may be to believe.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:40:41am

re: #110 plansbandc

Yes. It will be delicious. Make sure to cook it so the asparagus doesn’t get too soft. YUM

I like to sautee lightly with a little red wine and mix in—toward the end—some green onions.

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jeffreyw  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:41:28am

re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White

I have read that duck fat is even better for frying potatoes in than bacon fat, as hard as that may be to believe.

farmfreshduck.com

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:42:50am

re: #118 jeffreyw

Not a duck fan. Pretty sure it’s due to never having had it made right. But I would try something cooked in duck fat.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:44:38am

re: #118 jeffreyw

farmfreshduck.com

Wow. I’m pretty sure that would go rancid before I could use it up, even if I fried enough potatoes to gain back the 25# I lost over the last year!

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:44:51am

re: #115 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Have a *lot* of drainage capacity for fat cooking off of it.

Thank you, will do. Gonna saute veggies in that stuff…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:45:16am

re: #119 plansbandc

Not a duck fan. Pretty sure it’s due to never having had it made right. But I would try something cooked in duck fat.

Gänseschmalz (goose renderings) is a delicacy in Germany, both for cooking or just for spreading on bread.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:46:06am

George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100

washingtonpost.com

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:46:24am

re: #121 Rightwingconspirator

Here is what I found at Cook’s Illustrated.
cooksillustrated.com

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:47:06am

re: #123 🌹UOJB!

RIP MR G P Schultz

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:47:51am

re: #125 PhillyPretzel

RIP MR G P Schultz

A Republican one could respect even if one did not always agree with him.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:49:29am

re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White

I have read that duck fat is even better for frying potatoes in than bacon fat, as hard as that may be to believe.

Several high end burger joints in Los Angeles use duck fat for their fries.

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jeffreyw  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:50:52am

re: #120 Blind Frog Belly White

Wow. I’m pretty sure that would go rancid before I could use it up, even if I fried enough potatoes to gain back the 25# I lost over the last year!

It freezes well. I divide it up and keep single portions in the fridge. Never had any go bad.

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:52:11am

re: #111 Eric The Fruit Bat

Now if someone would do this for Sheri’s Ranch.

LOL need a not safe for home warning. The wife walks in…

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:54:14am

re: #128 jeffreyw

It freezes well. I divide it up and keep single portions in the fridge. Never had any go bad.

I’m thinking to put herbed and quartered potatoes down in that fat catching pan

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retired cynic  Feb 7, 2021 • 9:59:07am

re: #130 Rightwingconspirator

I’m thinking to put herbed and quartered potatoes down in that fat catching pan

Careful they don’t drown!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:00:12am
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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:02:17am

re: #94 John Hughes

Former, one term, twice impeached, part time, president.

Damn, I forgot
Former, one term, twice impeached, part time, president, who lost the popular vote twice.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:02:41am

re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White

I have read that duck fat is even better for frying potatoes in than bacon fat, as hard as that may be to believe.

Put the duck on the rack itself with a deep pan below it to catch all the fat. After the first couple turns of the bird, add the potatoes to the drip pan beneath the duck as it cooks. To finish the potatoes, remove them, give them a smash and fry them in an ungreased fry pan. Finish with salt & pepper. Makes really nice little smashed circles that are crisped up and not fatty.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:03:38am

Ordered our superb owl meal. Pizza with extra cheese, mushrooms, green chile, green pepper, and sautéd spinach. NOM

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jeffreyw  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:03:54am

re: #130 Rightwingconspirator

I’m thinking to put herbed and quartered potatoes down in that fat catching pan

That should work well, I do that when roasting a chicken. Be advised: the duck will have a lot of fat come out of it.
whats4dinnersolutions.com

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:04:13am

re: #119 plansbandc

Not a duck fan. Pretty sure it’s due to never having had it made right. But I would try something cooked in duck fat.

I made a duck twice. The first time hubby got some and the damn dog got the rest… Bones and all.

The second time i got some and that’s the last time I’ll make duck. I didn’t like it at all.

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:06:56am

re: #119 plansbandc

Not a duck fan. Pretty sure it’s due to never having had it made right. But I would try something cooked in duck fat.

Just love me some duck cooked in duck fat.
(confit de canard🦆).
Not the healthiest food ever, but a great garlic delivery mechanism.

Damned autocorrect — “confirm de canard”)

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Nyet  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:07:00am
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:07:58am

re: #139 Nyet

That is someone who has seen the light.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:08:11am

re: #137 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I think we need to eat it prepared by someone who really knows how to do it. I hated lamb my whole life, then I worked for a chef who really knew how to prepare it. I was amazed.

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plansbandc  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:09:00am

re: #141 plansbandc

An example. My train of thought goes every which way. LOL

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:09:05am

re: #137 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

It’s all dark meat. Not for everyone, and I’m not even certain I will like it tonight. The last time I even ate it was was restaurant Peking Duck, before that Orange Duck.

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:10:19am

17 lb brisket already in the resting phase.

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ericblair  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:11:25am

re: #138 John Hughes

Just love me some duck cooked in duck fat.
(confirm de canard).
Not the healthiest food ever, but a great garlic delivery mechanism.

I’m sure you meant confit de canard, but autocorrect did you wrong.

For duck legs, I brown them upside down in a non-preheated frypan before putting them in the oven at low heat and slow (like, 1 and a half hours). At that point, it pulls apart like confit but technically isn’t. You can’t cook duck or goose anything like chicken or turkey, since they’re so much more fatty.

I haven’t tried guinea fowl, but I understand that it’s got less fat than chicken and you have to be careful not to dry it out.

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:11:27am

re: #130 Rightwingconspirator

I’m thinking to put herbed and quartered potatoes down in that fat catching pan

Cut the potatoes in thinish slices and you’ve got pommes sarladaises.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:12:35am

re: #135 plansbandc

Ordered our superb owl meal. Pizza with extra cheese, mushrooms, green chile, green pepper, and sautéd spinach. NOM

We went to the Frozen store (nothing but pre-made, almost always delicious frozen foods) and got a trio of Chinese dumplings with podzu (?) sauce and spring rolls with sweet sauce. I’m going to make the asparagus noted above and we’ll be having a superb owl party without the supurb owl part.

Alas we don’t get the commericals up here so why bother?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:15:07am

re: #141 plansbandc

I think we need to eat it prepared by someone who really knows how to do it. I hated lamb my whole life, then I worked for a chef who really knew how to prepare it. I was amazed.

I love love love lamb!! but found lamb is very different based on where they’re ranched or whatever it’s called. New Zealand lamb is the best. The rest is ok at best.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:15:56am

re: #147 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

We went to the Frozen store (nothing but pre-made, almost always delicious frozen foods) and got a trio of Chinese dumplings with podzu (?) sauce and spring rolls with sweet sauce. I’m going to make the asparagus noted above and we’ll be having a superb owl party without the supurb owl part.

Alas we don’t get the commericals up here so why bother?

Probably Japanese ponzu sauce.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:17:38am

re: #143 Rightwingconspirator

It’s all dark meat. Not for everyone, and I’m not even certain I will like it tonight. The last time I even ate it was was restaurant Peking Duck, before that Orange Duck.

I’ve had Peking duck and liked it. That’s why I made it. I’ve made goose, too. I’ll take a pass on both. At least at home.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:20:07am

re: #137 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I made a duck twice. The first time hubby got some and the damn dog got the rest… Bones and all.

The second time i got some and that’s the last time I’ll make duck. I didn’t like it at all.

What, the same duck?

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retired cynic  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:21:44am

Opinion: How much did 2020 change the country? Jen Rubin, WaPo

If, in fact, we are entering a period when Americans are hungry for big government action and look askance at Republicans’ extremism and obstructionism, Republicans may have severely misinterpreted the public mood. In that case, Biden’s instinct to move quickly and boldly, despite a lack of GOP support in Congress, may prove prescient. We will soon find out if we are in a brief honeymoon for the new president or if we are experiencing a fundamental realignment of our politics.

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William Lewis  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:25:06am

re: #109 Rightwingconspirator

Sounds pretty good. Today I am going to try my luck with a full size roasted duck. The first one I have tried. Looks like a 3-hour roasting, frequent turnovers in the oven.

Duck! Ah, duck is great. You need to prick the skin all over so that the fat drains off. Have a rack raising the bird in your roasting pan is a must. Rub it with classic herbs like parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, basil, savory & rub in a bit of garlic. This is best on the inside cavity and under the skin. While baking, I like simply to baste it in olive oil and I never bother turning it if I have the rack so that the heat can get all around it.

Avoid the temptation and don’t molest the poor thing with that nasty orange sauce. BBQ can be good but I like just the classic herbs and oil above.

A stuffing of corn bread with apple, celery, carrot, onion, garlic, walnut and raisin is a go to for me as the primary side with a nice green veggie.

A nice bottle of burgundy will complement this well.

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wrenchwench  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:29:15am

Ducks on the Wall

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:30:25am

The Independent:

ISRAELI HACKERS TAKE DOWN KKK WEBSITE AND REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACIST FOUNDERS

A website run by members of the white supremacist organisation the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has been breached by Israeli hackers.

The hackers, who are a collection of anti-fascists called Hayalim Almonim - Hebrew for “Anonymous Soldiers” - exposed pictures, names, and personal information of members of the Patriotic Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

The KKK website, which originally contained white supremacist imagery and a link to join the society, was defaced, according to the Jerusalem Post. The site has now been removed.

Phrases including “SHABBAT SHALOM! GOODNIGHT WHITE PRIDE ;)” were posted to the top of the website. “Our objective is to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of humanity,” Hayalim Almonim told the Jerusalem Post.

“Neo-Nazi and other white supremacist groups believe that Jews have an all-seeing eye. Our desire is to make their fantasies a reality, and exploit their conspiracy theories as a form of psychological warfare.

“We want them to know, wherever they are in the world that will find them and expose them. We will destroy their lives. And we will bathe in their tears, and mock at the gnashing of their teeth. There is nowhere that is beyond our reach.”

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:31:14am

re: #143 Rightwingconspirator

It’s all dark meat. Not for everyone, and I’m not even certain I will like it tonight. The last time I even ate it was was restaurant Peking Duck, before that Orange Duck.

My pal Tim loves Pressed Duck. That’s his favorite dish!

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retired cynic  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:34:12am

Good long into-the-weeds article on the USPS in WaPo:

Biden inherited a USPS crisis. Here’s how Democrats want to fix it.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:35:08am

re: #148 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I love love love lamb!! but found lamb is very different based on where they’re ranched or whatever it’s called. New Zealand lamb is the best. The rest is ok at best.

Mom used to serve leg of lamb once a month…UNTIL we watched an episode of Alfred Hitchcock where Barbara Bel Geddes did something VERY NAUGHTY with it. Dad looked at Mom and said…NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

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ericblair  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:35:47am

re: #152 retired cynic

Opinion: How much did 2020 change the country? Jen Rubin, WaPo

I’ll estimate by 2022 about half the GOP congresscritters will be lying about having supported COVID relief in 2021. I understand the no-enemies-to-my-right tactic not to get primaried, but it doesn’t work forever and the country’s going to be in a significantly different place by that time.

Plus, voting against relief means you’re a sociopathic genocidal piece of shit, and it should count for something, even if they don’t think so.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:36:55am

re: #155 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

The Independent:

ISRAELI HACKERS TAKE DOWN KKK WEBSITE AND REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACIST FOUNDERS

Don’t mess with us. We will fight back!

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jaunte  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:37:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:38:42am

re: #150 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I’ve had Peking duck and liked it. That’s why I made it. I’ve made goose, too. I’ll take a pass on both. At least at home.

They are a greasy mess, yes…

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:39:45am
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jaunte  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:40:02am

re: #141 plansbandc

If you’re ever in Houston, the lamb shank at Aladdin’s is great.
aladdinshouston.com

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:42:03am

re: #158 🌹UOJB!

Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter, wife murders policeman husband with frozen leg of lamb, cooks it and feeds it to her husband’s colleagues who are investigating the murder but cannot find the murder weapon anywhere.

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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:44:37am

re: #165 John Hughes

Ronald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter, wife murders policeman husband with frozen leg of lamb, cooks it and feeds it to her husband’s colleagues who are investigating the murder but cannot find the murder weapon anywhere.

Memories of Roald Dahl’s WAY OUT. Creepiest TV show I ever watched…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:44:45am

re: #165 John Hughes

Ronald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter, wife murders policeman husband with frozen leg of lamb, cooks it and feeds it to her husband’s colleagues who are investigating the murder but cannot find the murder weapon anywhere.

British term for a bone-in roast is a “joint”.

I was rather speechless when my British mother-in-law announced that she was going to go out and fetch a joint for tea.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:44:51am
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🌹UOJB!  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:46:40am

re: #168 Dave In Austin

Q already alleges Hillary killed him.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:47:31am

re: #169 🌹UOJB!

Q already alleges Hillary killed him.

Twice.

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retired cynic  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:48:00am

Long opinion piece in WaPo by Stacey Abrams today: Stacey Abrams: Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it.

She has Big List!

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William Lewis  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:49:13am

Duke Ellington - Caravan

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:49:19am

re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Hubby cries out as she’s leaving, “get me some fags while you’re out”.

Bloody Android will not let me type fags, keeps proposing flags.

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nines09  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:49:42am

NSFW but turn it up if you are not offended by curse words.
Just noodling around and saw The Weeknd was the SB halftime act.
They won’t be doing this song. The name clicked and I remembered this gem.
To me anyway.

The Weeknd - Wicked Games (Official Video - Explicit)

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:50:52am

re: #169 🌹UOJB!

Q already alleges Hillary killed him.

Hilary killed Q? Jolly good show. Well done that woman.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:52:29am

FB friend posted this, just leaving it here for your amusement:

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:58:21am
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nines09  Feb 7, 2021 • 10:59:32am

re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Last year my 3 piece band was asked if we knew any Beyoncé.
Sometimes all you can do is stare.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:02:52am

re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

FB friend posted this, just leaving it here for your amusement:

[Embedded content]

Semi-apocryphal tale about Robert Merrill:
The Metropolitan star went to a bank while touring, and tried to cash a $100 check—but he had left his ID in the hotel room. The teller declined the check, and Merrill asked for the manager. Manager, knowing of the singer, said “I’ll approve the check if you will sing a few notes so I can be sure.”

Merrill: “If someone sings a few notes for $100, you can be sure it’s not Robert Merrill.”

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lawhawk  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:08:18am

re: #143 Rightwingconspirator

It’s all dark meat. Not for everyone, and I’m not even certain I will like it tonight. The last time I even ate it was was restaurant Peking Duck, before that Orange Duck.

We were in Paris on an anniversary trip and the Mrs. had ordered steak and I ordered duck from Ambassade d’Auvergne which is a really good spot to try regional French cuisine. The steak came out just this side of mooing, and the Mrs. liked her steaks more medium at that point. So we swapped. It was a great meal either way.

It was first time she had duck, and loved it. Perfectly done.

Best part of the meal was aligot, which is a cheese-potato mixture which was absolutely divine with the duck fat and steak drippings.

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sagehen  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:13:14am

Puppy bowl has started.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:15:00am

re: #154 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Those ducks get around.

VIBRATORS - Flying Duck Theory live 1978

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:23:04am

re: #180 lawhawk

We were in Paris on an anniversary trip and the Mrs. had ordered steak and I ordered duck from Ambassade d’Auvergne which is a really good spot to try regional French cuisine. The steak came out just this side of mooing, and the Mrs. liked her steaks more medium at that point. So we swapped. It was a great meal either way.

It was first time she had duck, and loved it. Perfectly done.

Best part of the meal was aligot, which is a cheese-potato mixture which was absolutely divine with the duck fat and steak drippings.

I once guided a DoD explosives team on an evaluation tour of all our bases in Italy and Turkey. One was in a tiny remote village outside of Pavia—a total whistlestop. We went to the only restaurant, where the (Italian only) waitress gave us the (Italian only) menu. My Tarzan-level Italian got us through it until we hit “anitra”. We were so impressed with the waitress’ barnyard pantomime that one of the guys ordered it. So she went off to the market to buy a duck.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:24:29am
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lawhawk  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:25:43am

Video of snow from my area.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:29:02am

OT I just finished replacing the old telephone jack with the new one. And yes it does work. The only trouble I had was trying to screw the new jack to the baseboard. Thankfully the kit came with that double sided foam sticky tape.

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Ace-o-aces  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:29:05am
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Thanos  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:29:37am

re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron

My wife and I are 64, we’ll probably be eligible in the spring time. I’m not sure if we will get the shots through Kaiser Permanente or the State/County. We registered through the state. I’ll take what is available ASAP.

Remember, the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid-19. You will just have minimal, if any, symptoms. You can still infect others.

My wife and I got ours yesterday, it was a matter of luck - I was at the clinic site performing the shots for our area when they refreshed that vaccine was available, all availability for 5000 shots was gone in under fifteen minutes after I hit the schedule button and got us in. I ran to the neighbor’s house and all slots were gone by time he got logged in.

Even if you are under the age you can qualify if you have any health complications, the list of them is quite extensive.

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KingKenrod  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:31:23am

I’ve been thinking about this shameful moment a lot lately, I’m glad Sen Warren isn’t letting it go either.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:37:49am

re: #186 PhillyPretzel

OT I just finished replacing the old telephone jack with the new one. And yes it does work. The only trouble I had was trying to screw the new jack to the baseboard. Thankfully the kit came with that double sided foam sticky tape.

This would be a good time to tell you that landline signal voltages are low and safe, but that the ringer voltage, for a couple seconds, can be around 90 volts.

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Acemarilllion  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:40:44am

re: #144 BlueSpotinAL

Is that a whole brisket? I’ve only once gotten a whole clod and broke it into the two brisket cuts. Do you cook the whole thing at once?

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:41:06am

re: #190 Decatur Deb

Thanks. I am aware of the low telephone voltages. That is why I did the job myself. I do not have a separate ringer.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:43:19am

re: #184 Dread Pirate Ron

Reminds me of an odd dream I had last week: I’m at a table with three other people, apparently the topic is Mars, specifically life on Mars. Apparently some device we sent detected possible signs of life (real signs, not the purported life implications of some other long-ago lander), and I argued that if we had only one shot then we should go for it - go there and follow up on the initial discovery. Another person at the table apparently was dismissing it. Then I am looking down through a microscope and see some little critter moving around.

Anyway, that was a dream. In real life I doubt there are living things on Mars. It is quite hostile (like almost all the universe).

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:43:34am

Damn Winn Dixie.
bastard register system didn’t give me credit for 2 digital coupons totaling $5 off. Now I need to take my laundry detergent back to either return it or get the $3 coupon credited.
Hopefully with the receipt I can also get credit my $2 pizza coupon. Not returning the pizza, that’s scheduled for the Superb Owl tonight

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:44:10am

re: #192 PhillyPretzel

Thanks. I am aware of the low telephone voltages. That is why I did the job myself. I do not have a separate ringer.

Dunno from “separate ringer”. That’s the voltage for the phone’s internal bell. (Painful, not usually harmful.)

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:45:29am

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:45:34am

re: #191 Acemarilllion

Is that a whole brisket? I’ve only once gotten a whole clod and broke it into the two brisket cuts. Do you cook the whole thing at once?

Cook’s Country recipe calls for the whole thing, I may have tried it except I was concerned this massive thing would not finish, so cut off the point and cooked it separately. Still working out my technique.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:47:39am

re: #193 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Reminds me of an odd dream I had last week: I’m at a table with three other people, apparently the topic is Mars, specifically life on Mars. Apparently some device we sent detected possible signs of life (real signs, not the purported life implications of some other long-ago lander), and I argued that if we had only one shot then we should go for it - go there and follow up on the initial discovery. Another person at the table apparently was dismissing it. Then I am looking down through a microscope and see some little critter moving around.

Anyway, that was a dream. In real life I doubt there are living things on Mars. It is quite hostile (like almost all the universe).

Well, bacteria can live in boiling water, and there are creatures on the bottom of the oceans (frigid, dark and high pressure), so I wouldn’t rule it out. Macroscopic life might be another matter.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:48:05am

re: #195 Decatur Deb

My phones do not have an internal bell. They are all digital. I do have one old Trimline style phone with an internal bell. I only use it when the power goes out or for testing a line.

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retired cynic  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:50:45am

re: #189 KingKenrod

I’ve been thinking about this shameful moment a lot lately, I’m glad Sen Warren isn’t letting it go either.

[Embedded content]

I was, too! Coinckeydink.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:51:01am

re: #199 PhillyPretzel

My phones do not have an internal bell. They are all digital. I do have one old Trimline style phone with an internal bell. I only use it when the power goes out or for testing a line.

Remember the heft of those old rotary phones?

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sagehen  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:54:44am

re: #181 sagehen

Puppy bowl has started.

Even the commercials are great.

Jill and Major Biden did an ad for rescue shelters, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog are doing snacks recipes…

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Decatur Deb  Feb 7, 2021 • 11:56:51am

re: #193 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The issue of the discovery of life is a key element in the National Geographic series Mars. It’s an excellent knowledge-based drama with massive teaching value.

imdb.com

*added link

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Mattand  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:01:21pm

I guess some Daily Beast readers care about the constant stream of Harry and Meghan stories, but damned if I can figure out why. Unless you’re People or the National Enquirer, I do not get wasting time and energy reporting on them.

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sagehen  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:04:22pm

re: #203 Decatur Deb

The issue of the discovery of life is a key element in the National Geographic mini-series Mars. It’s an excellent knowledge-based drama with massive teaching value.

Excellent show.

I still remain hopeful somebody will do a series on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars).

Something from that series that has stayed with me; because a Mars day is about 35 minutes longer than an Earth day, they stay on a 24-hour clock by initiating the Time Slip at the end of each day, wherein the clocks are paused.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:13:16pm

re: #204 Mattand

I guess some Daily Beast readers care about the constant stream of Harry and Meghan stories, but damned if I can figure out why. Unless you’re People or the National Enquirer, I do not get wasting time and energy reporting on them.

re: #204 Mattand

I guess some Daily Beast readers care about the constant stream of Harry and Meghan stories, but damned if I can figure out why. Unless you’re People or the National Enquirer, I do not get wasting time and energy reporting on them.

I don’t get it either,, but there are lots of royals groupies in the US. I guess they’re not limited to the types who would read tabloids.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:20:33pm

How the GOP Surrendered to Extremism

Sixty years ago, many GOP leaders resisted radicals in their ranks. Now they’re not even trying. It’s an image that still shocks in its feral intensity: On July 14, 1964, supporters of Barry Goldwater, the arch-conservative senator from Arizona whom the Republican Party was preparing to crown as its presidential nominee, unleashed a torrent of boos against New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as he spoke at the party’s national convention in San Francisco.

More than half a century later, Goldwater’s army of conservatives from cookie-cutter Sun Belt subdivisions howling their discontent at Rockefeller—the embodiment of the GOP’s centrist, East Coast establishment—remains a milestone in the right’s conquest of the party. The atmosphere was so heated that Jackie Robinson, who was a Rockefeller supporter, nearly got into a fight on the floor with a Goldwater acolyte from Alabama.

What’s less remembered is why Rockefeller, who had lost the nomination to Goldwater, was standing behind the lectern in the first place: to speak in support of an amendment to the party platform that would condemn political extremism. The resolution repudiated “the efforts of irresponsible extremist organizations,” including the Communist Party, the Ku Klux Klan, and the John Birch Society, a rapidly growing far-right grassroots group obsessed with the alleged communist infiltration of America.

I remember this. The Birchers and their deranged allies howled like mad dogs and it went on and on. It was amazing at the time.
efootage.com

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John Hughes  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:23:27pm

re: #178 nines09

Last year my 3 piece band was asked if we knew any Beyoncé.
Sometimes all you can do is stare.

Well, do you?

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:25:31pm

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:35:16pm

re: #141 plansbandc

I think we need to eat it prepared by someone who really knows how to do it. I hated lamb my whole life, then I worked for a chef who really knew how to prepare it. I was amazed.

Over 25 years ago, leg of lamb at Greek restaurants was my favorite dish. But about 1994, I stopped eating red meat and haven’t had any since then.

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ckkatz  Feb 7, 2021 • 12:38:20pm

re: #190 Decatur Deb

Reminded me of this apocryphal story:
reddit.com

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Dave In Austin  Feb 7, 2021 • 5:46:58pm

re: #26 jeffreyw

You know what type of owl this is Jeff?


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