The Bob Cesca Podcast: Clean Your Balls

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Clean Your Balls — [Explicit Content] Buzz Burbank sits in for TRex again today. Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s balls. Gen-X Bob is totally out of touch with pop culture. Nuclear tests on the Korean peninsula. Mark Esper planned for a possible Trump nuclear launch long before General Milley. Mike Pence’s conversation with Dan Quayle. Don’t forget Steve Bannon. The latest Red Hat freakout over monoclonal antibodies. Jody’s Facebook post about COVID. Waiting on a booster. Who’s Suing Trump Today? Kids are being decimated by COVID. With Jody Hamilton, and music by Carol Pacey and the Honey Shakers and Marius Billgobenson, and more!

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130 comments
1
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:14:37pm

We used to hear it through the grapevine, now we hear it from a pop singer’s cousin’s boyfriend.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:15:18pm

I actually found a ball washer.
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com

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JOE 🥓  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:29:35pm

And it almost fits in a Wheel Of Fortune puzzle!

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:31:48pm

like $8M total revenue (before expenses)

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:35:39pm

(from downstairs)

Former President Donald Trump offered his public support to those accused of joining the January 6 riot at the Capitol, claiming that suspects are “being persecuted* so unfairly.”
He added: “In addition to everything else, it has proven conclusively that we are a two-tiered system of justice.”

*then again maybe he spelled ‘prosecuted’ wrong
i mean whoever is persecuted fairly?

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:36:53pm

re: #4 Dangerman

like $8M total revenue (before expenses)

He can’t even get his cult to spend $50 anymore. He’s done.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:38:08pm
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prairiefire  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:40:15pm

re: #4 Dangerman

Those are horrible numbers for pay per view! That’s like a local public cable show.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:42:01pm

re: #8 prairiefire

Those are horrible numbers for pay per view! That’s like a local public cable show.

holyfield is eligible for AARP
who would pay to see him fight (or even get beaten up)?

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:43:54pm

i am now sufficiently convinced

a hot dog, however adorned served on a side split and still connected bun is, in fact, a taco

there are rules

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William Lewis  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:44:17pm

Another one from last night. Not quite as good but still nice.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:44:19pm

re: #4 Dangerman

like $8M total revenue (before expenses)

ETTD strikes again.

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William Lewis  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:45:45pm

re: #10 Dangerman

i am now sufficiently convinced

a hot dog, however adorned served on a side split and still connected bun is, in fact, a taco

there are rules

only if there are lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese and salsa on that bun. Otherwise, nopers,

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(((Archangel1)))  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:46:46pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:50:55pm

re: #14 (((Archangel1)))

I cannot recall who pointed out here that people who totally fail to understand a what concept (like patriotism, manhood or Christianity…) truly means simply fixate on and cling to the superficial symbols we have come to attach to those concepts (flags, guns, crosses…).

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:53:22pm

re: #13 William Lewis

only if there are lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese and salsa on that bun. Otherwise, nopers,

Don’t know where you’re from, but down here in Texas, when I get real Mexican, the tacos generally have meat, optionally with cheese, cilantro, and onion. Tex-Mex tacos, on the other hand, have what you describe.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:53:35pm

re: #15 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot recall who pointed out here that people who totally fail to understand a what concept (like patriotism, manhood or Christianity…) truly means simply fixate on and cling to the superficial symbols we have come to attach to those concepts (flags, guns, crosses…).

Like a cargo cult.

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:54:51pm

*sigh* Local police blotter.

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nines09  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:55:06pm

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:55:32pm

re: #16 Belafon

Don’t know where you’re from, but down here in Texas, when I get real Mexican, the tacos generally have meat, optionally with cheese, cilantro, and onion. Tex-Mex tacos, on the other hand, have what you describe.

I used to wonder why anyone would permit cilantro to be in their food until I learned that a genetic variation I have makes it taste nasty.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:57:26pm

re: #16 Belafon

Don’t know where you’re from, but down here in Texas, when I get real Mexican, the tacos generally have meat, optionally with cheese, cilantro, and onion. Tex-Mex tacos, on the other hand, have what you describe.

The best tacos I ever had were steak tacos at an authentic Mexican restaurant, by which I mean, a restaurant that was actually IN MEXICO. It’s been 20 years and I can still remember how good those things tasted.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:58:59pm

re: #19 We all walks this ways

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 2:59:49pm

If the Mexican restaurant makes their own tortillas, it’s the real deal.

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:01:42pm

re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg

The best tacos I ever had were steak tacos at an authentic Mexican restaurant, by which I mean, a restaurant that was actually IN MEXICO. It’s been 20 years and I can still remember how good those things tasted.

The one annoying thing is how hard it is to find straight Mexican food here in DFW. We need one to become a franchise.

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ckkatz  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:02:12pm

re: #20 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I used to wonder why anyone would permit cilantro to be in their food until I learned that a genetic variation I have makes it taste nasty.

Yes!

A lady a I used to date hated cilantro. We both agreed that brown mammorated stinkbugs had hints of cilantro in their spray. But she viscerally detested their smell because of that.

I like cilantro and the hints of cilantro smell in the stinkbugs is the only redeeming feature of their smell to me.

We both concluded that this was based in genetics.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:05:13pm

We’re having beef chili tonight. My partner will sprinkle copious amounts of cilantro while I will only barely grace the chili with a slight pinch. I don’t hate it. But she loves it.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:06:29pm

re: #26 Barefoot Grin

We’re having beef chili tonight. My partner will sprinkle copious amounts of cilantro while I will only barely grace the chili with a slight pinch. I don’t hate it. But she loves it.

I did a rack of ribs in the oven while I slapped ears of corn on the grill. It turned out very nice, but no cilantro. The last time I ordered tacos from a local upscale place that does Mexican food with smoked meat, it came with exactly what was described: Meat, chopped onions, chopped cilantro, corn tortillas.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:07:25pm

re: #27 Dopamine Fish

I did a rack of ribs in the oven while I slapped ears of corn on the grill. It turned out very nice, but no cilantro. The last time I ordered tacos from a local upscale place that does Mexican food with smoked meat, it came with exactly what was described: Meat, chopped onions, chopped cilantro, corn tortillas.

Ribs…..

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:12:01pm
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retired cynic  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:13:14pm

re: #20 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I used to wonder why anyone would permit cilantro to be in their food until I learned that a genetic variation I have makes it taste nasty.

I have that, too! Ack! Like washing mouth out with soap.

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nines09  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:13:30pm

re: #22 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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John Hughes  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:13:52pm

re: #115 Belafon

Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett
And another false assumption is smashed by the #Singapore #COVID19 data — that having universal high quality healthcare ensures protection against epidemics. Singapore has possibly the best health system in the world, but….

Singapore vs somewhere else
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jeffreyw  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:16:47pm

re: #28 Barefoot Grin

Ribs…..

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(((Archangel1)))  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:19:38pm

Man, you’re really making me miss Mexican food right now. xD
Almost impossible to find any restaurant even remotely Mexican in this corner of the world. There’s really only two in the whole country that I know of (and I’ve looked), and they’re closer to local takes on Mexican food (not quite the same thing).
No cilantro to be found in either of them, which is ironic since “koosbara”, as it’s known here, is found just about everywhere and in a gazillion recipes.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:23:01pm

I love cilantro.

I hate licorice.

I am a genetic person.

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(((Archangel1)))  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:23:05pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:23:21pm

In the mountains of Colorado there are a great many delicioso Mexican restaurants. Always look for the holes in the wall.

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Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:24:10pm

re: #10 Dangerman

i am now sufficiently convinced

a hot dog, however adorned served on a side split and still connected bun is, in fact, a taco

there are rules

Nope. These are tacos.

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(((Archangel1)))  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:25:27pm

re: #37 teleskiguy

Always look for the holes in the wall.

Sure, but the rent for some of those in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem is outrageous…

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jeffreyw  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:25:56pm

re: #38 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict

Nope. These are tacos.

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John Hughes  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:26:01pm

re: #35 wrenchwench

My dad hates coriander, but loves licorice. I like ‘em both. Genetics is maybe not the best explanation.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:28:10pm

re: #10 Dangerman

i am now sufficiently convinced

a hot dog, however adorned served on a side split and still connected bun is, in fact, a taco

there are rules

As someone from San Diego watching people from the rest of the US discuss what is “good” Mexican food or what is or isn’t a Taco…

I don’t know whether I should be horrified or laughing my ass off.

Outside of Mexico, there’s no good Mexican Food north of Oceanside, CA or East of El Centro, CA other than certain parts of Los Angeles and even that is hit-and-miss.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:29:02pm

As a seasoning nerd, I find it interesting that there are a bunch of plants worldwide adopted independently of one another that have the compounds that make cilantro taste like it does. Sawtooth coriander in the New World, Rau ram in Southeast Asia both having that same core taste but more intense, and then whole clump of cilantro-adjacent herbs used in the same “strewed raw across food” manner that have similar notes.

On one hand…humans clearly really like this taste…but on the other I wonder if those other herbs also trigger the cilantro gene.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:29:26pm

You know when Seth Meyers was giving people from LA shit about their “Pizza” a couple of days ago?

That’s how San Diegans feel about Mexican Food anywhere else.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:29:46pm

In the part of New Mexico I came from, if you can fold the carb thingy (any carb thingy will do; bread, corn tortilla, flour tortilla, pita, naan, etc.) and apply edible things to it, and then you eat it, you can call it a taco.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:31:04pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

In the part of New Mexico I came from, if you can fold the carb thingy (any carb thingy will do; bread, corn tortilla, flour tortilla, pita, naan, etc.) and apply edible things to it, and then you eat it, you can call it a taco.

Isn’t New Mexico snobbish about their green chiles mainly?
// ;)

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:31:08pm

re: #41 John Hughes

My dad hates coriander, but loves licorice. I like ‘em both. Genetics is maybe not the best explanation.

None the less, I remain a genetic person.

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piratedan  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:33:54pm

re: #46 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

it’s Hatch or GTFO….

with good reason, they taste the best (must be all that marijuana byproduct being sent down the Rio Grande that ends up in the irrigation south of Truth or Consequences :-))

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:33:56pm

The best Mexican joint in Avon, CO is run by a Mexican family from San Diego.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:33:59pm

I’ve literally shipped Carne Asada Burritos overnight to friends who moved to Washington state and realized “oh shit… what about Mexican food?”

My father would bring a bag full of Mexican food and a Pizza from a real New York Italian Family’s restaurant to my aunt and cousins that lived up near Reno whenever he went to visit. Because Mexican Food was non-existent and “Pizza” was from the Hut there.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:34:20pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

The best Mexican joint in Avon, CO is run by a Mexican family from San Diego.

See. I’m not kidding about this.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:35:55pm

In the Midwest you saw some pretty authentic Mexican food in hamlets outside the cities since the migrant workers came through seasonally and some simply settled in and opened restaurants.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:36:10pm

re: #46 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Isn’t New Mexico snobbish about their green chiles mainly?
// ;)

I read the label from a can of Hatch green chiles recently. They were from Mexico. They have started growing them in Mexico using the same source of water, which lies beneath both countries and is owned in part by Carlos Slim.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:36:33pm

re: #38 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict

Nope. These are tacos.

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Just got home from dinner at the local Honduran restaurant, where I had a Sangria and a yummy fish taco.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:37:09pm

re: #52 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

In the Midwest you saw some pretty authentic Mexican food in hamlets outside the cities since the migrant workers came through seasonally and some simply settled in and opened restaurants.

Yep, but you have to go looking for them. I found such a hole in the wall up in the north country, of all places. And you can’t tell me it wasn’t authentic, I was the only honky in the place and everybody was staring at me the whole time.

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piratedan  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:37:53pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

in Tucson, we’re plainly spoiled…

we get Baja from Puerto Penasco
we’re also are in the heartland for Norteno style
and we get Tex Mex, Cali and Oaxacan here in town as well…

and just like in Colorado, any self respecting local stays out of the chains and has their own mom/pop establishment that they frequent… to be found in 60% of the strip malls in town.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:38:59pm

After years of just reading about it I’ve finally gotten to play with epazote, which is like cilantro except gasoline instead of soap.

I can’t explain why it works but wow does it work—especially as a dried addition to bean cooking—and I think it’s a really interesting comparison to part of what cilantro does—herbal funk that isolated smells of something not-food associated, but when just a part of large mix of scents and flavors it adds complexity and depth.

It’s the other half of cilantro contrasted with something like parsley, where the bright green flavor makes things taste sharp and vegetal.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:40:25pm

re: #50 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

I’ve literally shipped Carne Asada Burritos overnight to friends who moved to Washington state and realized “oh shit… what about Mexican food?”

My father would bring a bag full of Mexican food and a Pizza from a real New York Italian Family’s restaurant to my aunt and cousins that lived up near Reno whenever he went to visit. Because Mexican Food was non-existent and “Pizza” was from the Hut there.

I lived in Oregon, then Washington, for 15 years. Then I lived in New Mexico for 25 years. Now I am back in Oregon. It has changed. The populace resembles NM a lot more than it did when I left.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:43:05pm

I really think discussions about food are the only non-political discussions left on the internet.

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:44:10pm

Well, I’m off to Jilibertito’s in Glenwood Springs, I’m hungry for some enchiladas. Good time to see what’s up in the canyon, haven’t driven through it in three weeks and I’ve got a few big weddings at the ski area coming up.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:44:13pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

I really think discussions about food are the only non-political discussions left on the internet.

Pineapple does not belong on pizza.

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Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:45:02pm

re: #56 piratedan

in Tucson, we’re plainly spoiled…

we get Baja from Puerto Penasco
we’re also are in the heartland for Norteno style
and we get Tex Mex, Cali and Oaxacan here in town as well…

and just like in Colorado, any self respecting local stays out of the chains and has their own mom/pop establishment that they frequent… to be found in 60% of the strip malls in town.

Yep. Mine is Jarritos. A small family owned “hole in the wall” type of place that serves really good food. They’re also the only place in town that makes Lengua (beef tongue) burritos. Those suckers are almost 12 inches long and thick.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:45:23pm

re: #61 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Pineapple does not belong on pizza.

That’s not political, it’s just crazy people vs. sane people.

:P

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:46:22pm

re: #57 The Ghost of a Flea

After years of just reading about it I’ve finally gotten to play with epazote, which is like cilantro except gasoline instead of soap.

I can’t explain why it works but wow does it work—especially as a dried addition to bean cooking—and I think it’s a really interesting comparison to part of what cilantro does—herbal funk that isolated smells of something not-food associated, but when just a part of large mix of scents and flavors it adds complexity and depth.

It’s the other half of cilantro contrasted with something like parsley, where the bright green flavor makes things taste sharp and vegetal.

My husband used to cook beans regularly, and started adding epazote for the reputed anti-flatulence effect. I couldn’t taste it. I never fart…

My smeller and my taster don’t work since my head injury (except they respond to chocolate…). But his bean-making predates that.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:47:09pm

re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s not political, it’s just crazy people vs. sane people.

:P

In America, that’s what politics now is.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:48:29pm

Nah, the smoke’s black rather than white so no new Pope, and why would they move to DC anyway?

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austin_blue  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:50:41pm

re: #40 jeffreyw

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Sausage wraps, in Austin.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2021 • 3:57:28pm

re: #42 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

As someone from San Diego watching people from the rest of the US discuss what is “good” Mexican food or what is or isn’t a Taco…

I don’t know whether I should be horrified or laughing my ass off.

Outside of Mexico, there’s no good Mexican Food north of Oceanside, CA or East of El Centro, CA other than certain parts of Los Angeles and even that is hit-and-miss.

scuse…. I’d lay odds El Paso has their share of excellent Mexican food…

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:03:04pm

re: #55 Dopamine Fish

Yep, but you have to go looking for them. I found such a hole in the wall up in the north country, of all places. And you can’t tell me it wasn’t authentic, I was the only honky gringo in the place and everybody was staring at me the whole time.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:03:59pm
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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:04:07pm

So they say France is pissed about the UK/US to Australia nuclear sub deal. Thing is? Years late and way the hell over budget. As a capper it turns out Australia will be getting Tomahawk and JASSM-ER cruise missiles. The latter are stealthy, very hard to see, and hit.

LOL maybe France should talk to China about being pissed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:04:56pm

re: #41 John Hughes

My dad hates coriander, but loves licorice. I like ‘em both. Genetics is maybe not the best explanation.

cilantro is definitely genetic (has actually been proven to be so).
one either likes it or it tastes like soap.

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Sir John Barron  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:08:28pm

re: #5 Dangerman

(from downstairs)

*then again maybe he spelled ‘prosecuted’ wrong
i mean whoever is persecuted fairly?

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So it wasn’t Anti-fa then?

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:12:20pm

re: #13 William Lewis

only if there are lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese and salsa on that bun. Otherwise, nopers,

I don’t make the rules

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:12:28pm

re: #46 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Isn’t New Mexico snobbish about their green chiles mainly?
// ;)

I keep meaning to get some more chili powder made with Hatch chiles from Taos…been years since I’ve had some.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:14:18pm

re: #74 Dangerman

I don’t make the rules

[Embedded content]

I would like to see a coiled wrap in there.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:15:06pm

re: #76 wrenchwench

I would like to see a coiled wrap in there.

Not a very good box, though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:15:10pm

re: #43 The Ghost of a Flea

As a seasoning nerd, I find it interesting that there are a bunch of plants worldwide adopted independently of one another that have the compounds that make cilantro taste like it does. Sawtooth coriander in the New World, Rau ram in Southeast Asia both having that same core taste but more intense, and then whole clump of cilantro-adjacent herbs used in the same “strewed raw across food” manner that have similar notes.

On one hand…humans clearly really like this taste…but on the other I wonder if those other herbs also trigger the cilantro gene.

There is a receptor gene that is linked to the ability to detect what are called aldehydes, chemical compounds that are found in soap and thought to be a major component of cilantro aroma.
OR26A is the genetic SNP (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that makes cilantro taste like soap. Same SNP is found in coriander.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:17:41pm

re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

😂 Hope this hurts her career. Pushing misinformation about vaccinations isn’t cute. It’s dangerous.

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William Lewis  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:22:10pm

re: #71 Rightwingconspirator

So they say France is pissed about the UK/US to Australia nuclear sub deal. Thing is? Years late and way the hell over budget. As a capper it turns out Australia will be getting Tomahawk and JASSM-ER cruise missiles. The latter are stealthy, very hard to see, and hit.

LOL maybe France should talk to China about being pissed.

Yep, that was France’s FUBAR moment. I just hope Aussy security is up to handling the toys they’ll be getting the info to build.

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austin_blue  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:23:01pm

re: #68 sagehen

scuse…. I’d lay odds El Paso has their share of excellent Mexican food…

There’s as many styles of cooking in Mexico as there are States in the Country.
Have you ever had huitlacoche?

foodrepublic.com

It is absolutely delicious despite looking liking death on the cob, and is harvested in the mountains of south Central Mexico. The Aztecs loved it.

Have you had Cochinita Pibil, a Yucatan BBQ cooked inside a palm leaf and served with black beans, white rice, and pink, finely sliced pickled onions, and any number of salsas.

Or food from Veracruz? A friend of mine from Mumbai who vacationed as a kid in Goa, had the Verecuzano Shrimp at a local restaurant in the ‘hood called Polvos. He just looked up and said “This is Goan, and it’s great!”

Or food from Acapulco, Guadalajara, the D.F., or Saltillo (grilled Cabrito!)?

It’s all different and it’s all delicious and you can go to a different restaurant for lunch and dinner every day for a week and not even get *close* to hitting all the cuisines in Mexico.

And I haven’t even mentioned Taco Trucks, Central and South American cuisines, different styles flavors of BBQ and Ceviches from all over.

TexMex and CalMex is okay, but it really is the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee of Mexican food.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:24:38pm

Two randos

The only serious candidate on the replacement ballot, former San DIego mayor Kevin Faulconer, earned just 8.6% of the “replacement candidate” votes, while a carnival-barking talk-radio host buffoon earned 46.9% (ironically, the same % as trump earned last November). This indicates that the GOP is still full-steam ahead on the craziness & insanity, with little chance of turning back soon.

Almost one-half of California voters (nearly 45% !) left question 2 blank or wrote in a candidate not on the ballot.

And

Newsom not only highlighted the contrast with Larry Elder and tied him to Trump, but he also contrasted with Abbott and DeSantis on pandemic response and reproductive rights. That gives Democrats elsewhere, like McAuliffe in VA, a very good strategy to work with.

The entire party fits the Trumpian narrative/stereo type, except for a few like Baker in MA, Scott in VT, and Hogan in MD, and on occasion Reps Kinzinger/Cheney and Sen Romney. But none of them are influential to shape the midterms beyond their narrow circles.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:24:57pm

re: #74 Dangerman

I don’t make the rules

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1 could also be a pizza
4 could also be an enchilada
6 could also be a burrito (or a Hot Pocket)

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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:26:00pm
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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:26:12pm

Cross-cultural appropriation? I haz it.
I’m drinking a Shandy, but it’s West Coast style IPA and lemonade.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:27:52pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

1 could also be a pizza
4 could also be an enchilada
6 could also be a burrito (or a Hot Pocket)

Ok
So a pizza is toast
An enchilada is sushi
A burrito is a calzone

And we’re done!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:30:35pm

re: #86 Dangerman

3 could also be a hot dog or a lobster roll…

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:31:57pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

3 could also be a hot dog or a lobster roll…

A calzone is an empanada.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:32:34pm

re: #88 wrenchwench

A calzone is an empanada.

Or pierogi apparently.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:33:08pm

re: #88 wrenchwench

A calzone is an empanada.

We can do this all night!

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:34:36pm

re: #88 wrenchwench

A calzone is an empanada is a samosa.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:34:42pm
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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:37:07pm

re: #89 Rightwingconspirator

Or pierogi apparently.

Ravioli, wonton…

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Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:37:51pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

We can do this all night!

I can live with that. Foodie threads are some of the most interesting on this site imho. I have a bunch of posts bookmarked so I can later go back and get a dish name and then hunt down the recipe to try.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:38:42pm

re: #61 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Pineapple does not belong on pizza.

Fascist. ;)

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:42:08pm

re: #42 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

As someone from San Diego watching people from the rest of the US discuss what is “good” Mexican food or what is or isn’t a Taco…

I don’t know whether I should be horrified or laughing my ass off.

Outside of Mexico, there’s no good Mexican Food north of Oceanside, CA or East of El Centro, CA other than certain parts of Los Angeles and even that is hit-and-miss.

Why do you think I want immigrants? We have good places here, they’re just hard to get to because DFW is huge and that gap of white people between San Antonio and Dallas slows the migration. There’s also the fact that the Mexican restaurants are competing against the Indian, German, Greek, and other restaurants run by immigrants.

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jeffreyw  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:43:39pm

re: #88 wrenchwench

A calzone is an empanada.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:44:06pm

re: #42 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

As someone from San Diego watching people from the rest of the US discuss what is “good” Mexican food or what is or isn’t a Taco…

I don’t know whether I should be horrified or laughing my ass off.

Outside of Mexico, there’s no good Mexican Food north of Oceanside, CA or East of El Centro, CA other than certain parts of Los Angeles and even that is hit-and-miss.

Phx and Sante Fe would like a word with you..

99
jaunte  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:45:56pm

I had a burrito in Amsterdam once that was basically chicken curry in a wrap.

100
TedStriker  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:48:48pm

re: #81 austin_blue

There’s as many styles of cooking in Mexico as there are States in the Country.
Have you ever had huitlacoche?

foodrepublic.com

It is absolutely delicious despite looking liking death on the cob, and is harvested in the mountains of south Central Mexico. The Aztecs loved it.

Have you had Cochinita Pibil, a Yucatan BBQ cooked inside a palm leaf and served with black beans, white rice, and pink, finely sliced pickled onions, and any number of salsas.

Or food from Veracruz? A friend of mine from Mumbai who vacationed as a kid in Goa, had the Verecuzano Shrimp at a local restaurant in the ‘hood called Polvos. He just looked up and said “This is Goan, and it’s great!”

Or food from Acapulco, Guadalajara, the D.F., or Saltillo (grilled Cabrito!)?

It’s all different and it’s all delicious and you can go to a different restaurant for lunch and dinner every day for a week and not even get *close* to hitting all the cuisines in Mexico.

And I haven’t even mentioned Taco Trucks, Central and South American cuisines, different styles flavors of BBQ and Ceviches from all over.

TexMex and CalMex is okay, but it really is the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee of Mexican food.

Hey, Chef Ettore (Hector) Boyardi was probably one of the most famous people who helped to make Italian food American food in the interwar period, but especially post-WWII; there’s a life-size statue of him outside the factory he built in 1938 in Milton, PA (and that, now owned by ConAgra, still makes Chef Boy-Ar-Dee products).

It is what it is, but, frankly, one could do worse.

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Cheechako  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:48:54pm

Alaska is not doing very well:

Alaska reports second consecutive day of over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

Time to go into hibernation.

102
Patricia Kayden  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:51:38pm

103
PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2021 • 4:53:42pm

re: #101 Cheechako

Philly has shut down some schools.
whyy.org

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JOE 🥓  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:01:18pm

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:06:20pm

re: #98 Dave In Austin

Phx and Sante Fe would like a word with you..

There is a very serious taqueria/pupuseria in Pensacola, near the airport.

facebook.com

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:11:47pm

re: #100 TedStriker

Boyardi is still so much of an Italian-American hero to some, there’s been a push to replace the statue of Christopher Columbus in Cleveland’s Little Italy with a version of the Boyardi statue in Milton (of which, there’s also another at ConAgra’s HQ in Omaha); Cleveland was Boyardi’s adopted hometown and he lived there from 1926 to his death in 1985.

wkyc.com

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No Malarkey!  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:14:25pm
108
Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:21:15pm
109
EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:22:39pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hopefully this result will help drive reform of this farcical recall law in CA.

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Dangerman  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:23:25pm

re: #107 No Malarkey!

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Its a year+ away
A week is a lifetime in politics
(Look what Elder managed to do to himself it in just 2 weeks- all self righteous and mostly self inflicted)

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:36:00pm

I’ve been reading some comments from female comedians about Norm MacDonald, finding out things I never knew but are sadly unsurprising.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:39:01pm
113
gwangung  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:40:12pm

Sigh.

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plansbandc  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:42:55pm

re: #41 John Hughes

I love cilantro and am not a fan of licorice. My dude is not a fan of cilantro, and loves licorice.

What a world.

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austin_blue  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:43:38pm

re: #81 austin_blue

There’s as many styles of cooking in Mexico as there are States in the Country.
Have you ever had huitlacoche?

foodrepublic.com

It is absolutely delicious despite looking liking death on the cob, and is harvested in the mountains of south Central Mexico. The Aztecs loved it.

Have you had Cochinita Pibil, a Yucatan BBQ cooked inside a palm leaf and served with black beans, white rice, and pink, finely sliced pickled onions, and any number of salsas.

Or food from Veracruz? A friend of mine from Mumbai who vacationed as a kid in Goa, had the Verecuzano Shrimp at a local restaurant in the ‘hood called Polvos. He just looked up and said “This is Goan, and it’s great!”

Or food from Acapulco, Guadalajara, the D.F., or Saltillo (grilled Cabrito!)?

It’s all different and it’s all delicious and you can go to a different restaurant for lunch and dinner every day for a week and not even get *close* to hitting all the cuisines in Mexico.

And I haven’t even mentioned Taco Trucks, Central and South American cuisines, different styles flavors of BBQ and Ceviches from all over.

TexMex and CalMex is okay, but it really is the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee of Mexican food.

Oh, and everyone one of these cuisines, from Argentina to Brazil, from the Andes to Central America, and through Mexico to the Border lands, Austin has multiple iterations of all of these Western Hemisphere’s styles. Austin is a notorious foodie town, and in the past 5 years, we have really filled in the Asian/African gaps that used to be here.

Africa has been the toughest. We’ve got “Mediterranean” eats and groceries, but I would love to see more strictly North African styles. We’ve got a bunch of Sudanese, Kenyan, and Somali stores, representing those styles, and a couple of Nigerian joints, but I would love to see more joints from Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Congolese cuisines.

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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:45:19pm

re: #101 Cheechako

Alaska is not doing very well:

Alaska reports second consecutive day of over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

Time to go into hibernation.

The panhandle is where it’s low frequency, the high case rates are up north.

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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:49:59pm

I am also in the “Metric system in all things except temperature” club.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:50:49pm

Tots and pears.

119
Dopamine Fish  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:52:27pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Tots and pears.

120
retired cynic  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:52:40pm

Stonekettle is seriously wound. Posts yesterday and today:

stonekettle.com

stonekettle.com

121
EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:54:08pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Ms. Loomer’s pain is good news. I have had it with these dangerous fuckwits.

122
ckkatz  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:54:42pm

Mmmm Food Pron!

123
TedStriker  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:57:45pm

re: #113 gwangung

Sigh.

From the article:

York parent Matt Weyant commended the school board for implementing the ban.
“I don’t want my daughter growing up feeling guilty because she’s White,” he said.

Fuck you, you goddamned racist bigot…I hope your daughter turns out to be nothing like you, in a good way.

124
ckkatz  Sep 16, 2021 • 5:57:52pm

Looks like it’s Richmond’s turn with flash flooding:

125
Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:00:06pm
126
Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:04:46pm

Oh shit. One of my good friends lives in the Fan in Richmond.

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ckkatz  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:05:22pm

Someone above mentioned polzole which reminded me about this factoid I heard in a lecture about Mexican cuisine:

Pozole was mentioned in the 16th century Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún. Since maize was a sacred plant for the Aztecs and other inhabitants of Mesoamerica, pozole was made to be consumed on special occasions.

According to research by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History) and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, on these special occasions, the meat used in the pozole was human. After the prisoners were killed by having their hearts torn out in a ritual sacrifice, the rest of the body was chopped and cooked with maize, and the resulting meal was shared among the whole community as an act of religious communion. After the Conquest, when cannibalism was banned, pork became the staple meat as it “tasted very similar” [to human flesh], according to Bernardino de Sahagún.

Pozole
en.wikipedia.org

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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:05:37pm

re: #125 Punish Domestic Terrorists

This is a perfect example of how the propagation of lies and bullshit is a worse pandemic than covid.

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:06:23pm

re: #60 teleskiguy

Well shit. I get there and the joint’s closed until the 20th, starting today. First trip to Glenwood Springs in three weeks and I have to settle for Vicco’s Charcoalburger, itself one of Colorado’s finest burgers. But I didn’t want a burger! Oh well, c’est la vie.

Got the good shampoo/conditioner, a new hairbrush, and a Jimi Hendrix vinyl from Target. The highway is still there, CDOT has a hell fo a project on their hands repairing the part of the highway partially destroyed a couple of months ago.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 16, 2021 • 6:07:49pm

And another Florida Republican, who was a Covid truther and proponent of the Big Lie, is dead of Covid. sorryantivaxxer.com


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