Bugs!

Beautiful bugs.

And now it time for me to go to bed. Sleep well, all.

Your father was a barrel cactus!

re: #4 Floral Giraffe

And your mother smelled of Elderberries!

re: #5 Slumbering Behemoth

And your mother smelled of Elderberries!

Hah!
Hi SB!
You win, I win, we all win!
CHARLES ROCKS.

And now, it' sleepy times for me.
G'night, lizardia!

re: #6 Floral Giraffe

What do I win? I hope it's edible.

re: #7 Slumbering Behemoth

She'll be giving you a call, somewhat later....
LOL!
Hope you are well?

re: #8 Floral Giraffe

Gah! You can read minds through the internet! Burn the witch, burn the witch!/

I am well, hope you are the same.

Well, we have one of the AGW deniers back, again, downstairs...

To that I say:

re: #10 freetoken

I agree with the scientific facts behind AGW, but it still scares me that it seems like there's no choice other than relegating all developed society to mass transit or get flooded over.

/to use some Clarksonesque hyperbole

re: #11 laZardo

Well, look, in the big picture we're headed towards extinction, some day in the not too far (geologically speaking) future. Mammalian species just don't seem to stay around as long as, say, certain reptiles (e.g., crocs.)

So, pick your extinction scenario....

As for mass transit - there is no other way for urban areas to really exist. Attempts to do otherwise (as here in SoCal) are struggling and will do so even more as petroleum becomes (relative to demand) scarcer and scarcer.

The big CO2 generation is from coal, and other organic material used in heat water to turn turbines for electricity. Moving to non-carbon electricity generation is the single greatest target for long term mitigation against AGW.

re: #12 freetoken

Well, look, in the big picture we're headed towards extinction, some day in the not too far (geologically politically speaking) future. Mammalian species just don't seem to stay around as long as, say, certain reptiles (e.g., crocsLGF users?.)

/polishes smiley-face pin ;D

As for mass transit - there is no other way for urban areas to really exist. Attempts to do otherwise (as here in SoCal) are struggling and will do so even more as petroleum becomes (relative to demand) scarcer and scarcer.

The big CO2 generation is from coal, and other organic material used in heat water to turn turbines for electricity. Moving to non-carbon electricity generation is the single greatest target for long term mitigation against AGW.

It's not so much the power source I'm worried about, it's just that my experience with mass transit (depended on it since I was a teen, though I am in a "developing" country) is that it's very depersonalizing, to find a word. And sometimes unpredictable when it comes to reliability. Here in Manila the Light Rail can be cramped as fuck and only barely adhere to schedule.

I also have a seething hatred for buses, in particular. Back when I lived in Sacramento I was practically at the mercy of their RT. The bus line to college only ran past a street close to my house every other time on its schedule...which meant a doubly-long wait if the bus driver happened to forget. I also got robbed on a ride back from college.

I know it sounds rather shallow coming from me, but as an industrial design student hoping to specialize in transportation I think we deserve better. /:

re: #11 laZardo

I agree with the scientific facts behind AGW, but it still scares me that it seems like there's no choice other than relegating all developed society to mass transit or get flooded over.

/to use some Clarksonesque hyperbole

In this corner:

"Environmentalism means that we all have to live in lean-tos, eat organic soybeans and wipe our butts with leaves. Even if we have passed the tipping point and our efforts do not save the Planet, at least we will die in a state of Grace."

In the other corner:

"Progress means that we all have to consume as much of the fossil fuels that God gave us in order to preserve our unique lifestyle that most of the world envies and emulates (but only begrudgingly admits)and which terrorists hate to the point of commiting suicide just to kill us. Capping CO2 emission is tanamount to giving into terror, both Islamic and ecological"

...

Remember, no hitting above the waistline, scratching, biting, hacking and smearing are allowed as long as you are reaonably discreet about it.

re: #14 ralphieboy

Mmm, debate in the age of the Internet. :9 Tasty.

Brb, have to run a few errands.

re: #13 laZardo

I've lived in SoCal for most of my adult life and know well the poor quality of mass transit here. Yet in some parts of the US, such as DC where I've worked, trains are reasonably reliable and available.

Furthermore, having lived in Japan I know, have experienced, mass transit systems that work very well indeed.

Yet quality is only manifest where the consumers demand it. Here in SoCal the dream, the idea that the ultimate life is driving a convertible down Wilshire Blvd... is so embedded that we don't require of our society a better transportation system.

"Girls Gone Wild" really ought to be called "Hyper-individualistic, Materially Obsessed, Females Gone Wild." The ideal of being the Ultimate Individual, the Self-Sustaining Idol, the Demi-God with the ability to move where-ever on the surface of the Earth our hearts so desire (at the moment)... that is the real fantasy of American Society.

Since my half-hearted attempts to derail arguments downstairs with "Office Space" references failed, I will make you all up here suffer...

Bwahahaha!

So Obama just had a checkup (he's 48) and is in good health, so much so that the docs advice was "come back when you're 50" (that'll be after August 2011)

Obama underwent his first physical as president at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Kuhlman said the president could wait until he's 50 (in 2011) for his next physical. After the 90-minute exam, Obama visited with wounded soldiers who are being treated at the facility.

Kuhlman recommended changes to Obama's diet to reduce his cholesterol level and urged him to "continue smoking cessation efforts." Last June, Obama acknowledged he had sometimes "fallen off the wagon" and occasionally still smoked, despite efforts to quit. The president is "doing the right things," says Cam Patterson, a cardiologist and professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. "The stress of being president hasn't made his weight go up."

Obama's weight, blood pressure and resting heart rate are all much lower than average, suggesting he is very physically fit and is exercising regularly, Patterson said. He estimates that the president is in the top 25% of men his age in terms of health.

"That doesn't mean he's without risk," Patterson said. "It means he's taking care of himself."

Obama does have several factors for heart disease, including being a man, a history of smoking and moderately high "bad cholesterol," or LDL, Patterson said. If this number continues to rise, Patterson said, Obama's doctor might consider prescribing drugs to lower his cholesterol, known as statins.

The crankosphere's headlines on this?
Predictably: DOCS TELL OBAMA TO QUIT SMOKING.

Posted preemptively for the morning Wingnut Wave.

re: #20 iceweasel

Heh, docs tell all smokers to, gasp, stop smoking!
Sheesh.

re: #20 iceweasel

I think Obama should stop smoking. Does that make me a wingnut? q:

/I walk past a real "smokers' row" between the station and college and my little bro smokes. I think I'll be the first one to die of (secondhand) smoking symptoms. ):

//checking though...has he?

re: #22 lazardo

I think Obama should stop smoking. Does that make me a wingnut? q:

/I walk past a real "smokers' row" between the station and college and my little bro smokes. I think I'll be the first one to die of (secondhand) smoking symptoms. ):

//checking though...has he?

I think he's on the patch or something and still falls off the wagon. At least, something I read today referred to 'nicotine cessation treatments' or something equally vaguely worded.

re: #20 iceweasel

The "crankosphere" is terminally maladaptive.

They hate him because he is a successful black male. They hate him because he has been married, to one woman, for several years. They hate him because he has two adorable and quite normal children. They hate him because he went to an Ivy league school and got a doctorate. They hate him because he was an academic. They hate him because he has a foreign sounding name.

re: #20 iceweasel

You're already too late.

re: #17 freetoken

In nearly all US cities, mass transit is a pipe dream. The massive disruption required to add it in the form of some sort of light rail system is simply too much. Witness Boston's "Big Dig," which has been going on for years, and is plagued with huge cost overruns and shoddy work.

Here in Detroit, the People Mover is also the face of fiasco. It took over a decade to lay a very small section of track, demolishing several sections of downtown in the process, with most of the money flowing directly into Coleman Young's pockets and the pockets of his cronies. Again, it cost several times what it was originally projected to, and to this day the ridership numbers have never approached even a small fraction of the system's estimated break-even point. Huge subsidies are required to keep the cost of ridership at even vaguely reasonable levels. And this only services a tiny, isolated section of the city.

Adding tracks or tunnels is just too damn expensive. Buses can fill this gap, somewhat, but most people stay the hell away from the bus system because it's nasty, dirty and downright dangerous, and the temptation to eliminate routes that are underused is just too great to provide reliable service to all parts of the city and surrounding suburbs.

Frankly, a better idea seem to me to be a return to city designs of the past, with small, relatively self-sufficient neighborhoods spanning just a few blocks each, with most essential services - grocery, drug stores, hardware, sundries - in easy walking distance, with less frequently purchased items available in several clustered shopping districts. This approach isn't favored by central planners, because they've been remarkably ineffective at forcing such neighborhoods into existence, but with the right incentives (mainly tax reductions) they can be encouraged to grow more or less spontaneously. Also, boosting telecommuting helps make such things feasible.

Mass transit, though, strikes me as simply too difficult and expensive to overlay onto the existing urban landscape.

re: #24 freetoken

Most significantly, they hate him because he is the POTUS.

re: #24 freetoken

"terminally maladaptive" is an excellent phrase for it.
There's a certain schizophrenia that infests wingnut criticisms of him.

He's stupid, ignorant, an "affirmative action" HLS grad/Columbia grad-- and also diabolically clever.

He's 'ghetto trash' and an Ivy League elitist.

He's naive, a 'boy', and a super-cunning supervillian bent on destroying democracy.
Etc.

re: #27 Slumbering Behemoth

Most significantly, they hate him because he is the black POTUS.

Fixt.

re: #17 freetoken

Only in Japan do the trains run on time.* Maybe (South) Korea too. Yet Japan also has some of the world's largest auto companies actually trying to find ways to reduce their energy consumption as well as ways to make sure their customers avoid fast, fiery deaths.

And speaking of fast and fiery I'm gonna sound REAL wingnutty by saying that "Girls Gone Wild" is a hormonally-exaggerated caricature IMO. Sorta like how Grand Theft Auto IV (one of my favorite video games) is a caricature of American society, though in more cynically humorous terms.

/*The Japanese also have the bizarre talent of representing virtually anything as large-eyed, pretty anime girls.

re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth

You're already too late.

Oh, I know it's already all over the crankosphere. My comment was intended to pre-empt the morning Wingnut Wave of people linking to those stories in this thread.
They will anyway, but I believe in being pro-active. :)

re: #28 iceweasel

As ever the refrain of the blinkered ideologue goes. Bush II was both a stupid hick, and an evil genius.

Certain types of people will trip all over their sexual organs to demonize "The Other". Substantive arguments need not apply.

re: #32 Slumbering Behemoth

I thought Bush was the stupid hick and Dick was the evil genius.

/speaking of sexual organs...

re: #31 iceweasel

The second link I included was just for lulz:

The White House released the official report of Barack Obama’s medical exam this morning, giving the president his first clean bill of health since he went into office. So what did we learn from our look inside the body of our leader today?

• He might be a cyborg. Who has 20/20 vision at age 48?
• He has no past surgical history. None. Whatsoever. Again, cyborg.
• His efforts to quit smoking continue with “a self-use” “nicotine replacement therapy.” Our cultural discouragement on smokers might actually hurt Obama’s ratings more than the fact that he may be a terminator from the future with no history of eyesight problems or any surgery.
• He takes medication for jet-lag/time-zone management. Well, no one’s perfect…we all need a Xanax once in awhile.

Sekrit Muslin SoCalist Sy-Borg! It's no wonder he has no Nirth Certifikat.

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

The second link I included was just for lulz:

Sekrit Muslin SoCalist Sy-Borg! It's no wonder he has no Nirth Certifikat.

Okay, then he must have a warranty!11!!
Show us the Warranty!111!~

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #35 Varek Raith

Given that Obama is a cyborg, I think I know exactly where to find his warranty.

/ q;

re: #30 lazardo

My observations of auto ownership in Japan: The automobile is prized, but also un-worshipped. It's a tool, which may be used on a daily basis by the breadwinner. The wife and kids use bicycles, unless the wife is one of those rare professional women who also drive to work.

There were the exceptions, of course. In the neighborhood in which I lived the longest (2 years) there was a middle age guy who adored classic US autos and drove around in one of those horribly oversized two-door Buicks from the 1970's. It was a perverse sort of individualism for him, something by which he could differentiate himself from his society (which otherwise required conformity.)

The little Japanese boxcars are amazingly functional, very inexpensive (compared to what is sold in the US), and fit on the narrow streets.

SixDegrees is observant that the average US city cannot, ad hoc, recreate a rail-centric urban system without great expense. Yet I know, from living here in SoCal, that much more could be done, if the people actually wanted a rail system. But people here are wed to the idea that the automobile defines their identity.

In San Diego the light rail system runs on old right of way from a century ago. The inter-county rail system (between SD, OC, and LA) runs on existing right of way that likewise is a century old. In LA they are trying to put in a rail system, tiny bit by tiny bit, but it is slow and expensive. OC doesn't even try, but given that OC is the home of the Yuppie right-winger and fundamentalist libertarian crowds pretty much any community project is looked upon with suspicion. And poor Riverside Co. is spread out over such a long distance, and with such vertically challenged routes, that rail is a no go.

Yet we are, without a doubt, facing a crisis in fuel prices, in the long term. I used to post a lot more on oil and energy prices... maybe I should get back to that. There has been, in this deep recession, a marked decrease in US petroleum use. However, during this time also the Asian nations have successfully forged even closer relations with OPEC. One example is KSA closing their petroleum storage facility in the Caribbean and instead contracted with Japan to provide the major off-shore (of KSA) storage facility.

I went to the store yesterday. Among other things, I needed a lighter. I buy pink lighters. Why? Do you have or would you carry a pink lighter? No? Then I don't have to worry about you stealing mine. They had no pink lighters. I had to go with a lime colored one. Now I need to make Key Lime Pie. And the new girl at the store is cute. Morning.

re: #35 Varek Raith

Okay, then he must have a warranty!11!!
Show us the Warranty!111!~

Varek, you magnificent bastard. This must become an internet meme.

If I had any photoshop skills, I would be mixing terminator images with Obama images. But I don't, so this is the best you can expect from me.

re: #38 Cannadian Club Akbar

Lime is underappreciated compared to lemon.

re: #37 freetoken

I suppose as the automobile has defined their identity, so has it defined the way their environments grew around them. After 60 years, it would be nigh impossible to get them to switch to a more mass-transit-based infrastructure.

New York is about the only working example of that, if only because such an infrastructure has been there since the 19th century.

re: #40 lazardo

Lime is underappreciated compared to lemon.

I'll agree with that. Rainbow trout, tossed on the grill a couple minutes per side and sprinkled with fresh lime juice, is about as good as it can get. Add a real daiquiri - fresh lime juice, rum and simple syrup - and things go right over the top.

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

The second link I included was just for lulz:

Sekrit Muslin SoCalist Sy-Borg! It's no wonder he has no Nirth Certifikat.

I have to start reading mediaite!

Quite a few Obama/borg or Obama terminator images out there...haven't found any funny enough though.

re: #42 SixDegrees

I'm there.

re: #38 Cannadian Club Akbar

I learned back in the '80s, hessian that I am, that pink and white bics were the least likely to be stolen within my crowd. Too ghey.

"Lookit your lighter, ur a fag".
"You want this lighter"?
"No way, it's teh ghey"!
"QED. I am not a 'fag', I am a stoner who wont get his lighter nicked, idiot".

re: #41 lazardo

Yes, I used the trains in NYC, and clearly they still reap the benefit of their 19th century ancestors' desire to build a large city with rail. Other US cities have maintained a minimal rail system (e.g., Chicago), some are better than others. In DC there has been a concerted effort to build a rail system, and I've ridden it before (used to work in Crystal City).

But here in SoCal - it is the convertible, the open sky, and the open (well, now choked) road...

re: #45 Slumbering Behemoth

People called you a cigarette?

/ah, Britslang

re: #46 freetoken

That's reaping the benefits of being Hollywood's suburb, affiliations of the stars and residents be damned.

My radio just said the tea party candidate in Nevada might be a democrat, looking to split the Republican vote. Not sure if it's true, but it is a good plan. And Harry Reid is a douche.

A call back to an earlier theme: Girls Gone Wild Syndrome. Probably NSFW.

G'nite Lizards.

re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth

Nighty.

re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth

Too funny...

The leftys and rightys should blow a gasket over this.
[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

re: #53 Cannadian Club Akbar

The leftys and rightys should blow a gasket over this.
[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

BUSH'S THURRRD TURRRM

/ O:

President Obama admitted to not giving up smoking totally. I'm OK with it. But, remember when "W" had a non-alcoholic beer? The press freaked. Another reason I don't watch the media.

I am watching my mom and step dad's house. they went to North Carolina. But my mom bakes, so with her gone, I got no cookies or cake. So I bought a Pepperidge Farm cake. Super duper chocolate. My brother stopped by yesterday. He ate half of it. Asshole. I think I might make a pineapple- upside- down- cake.

Headin' to evening class. Cheers.

re: #56 Cannadian Club Akbar

I am watching my mom and step dad's house. they went to North Carolina. But my mom bakes, so with her gone, I got no cookies or cake. So I bought a Pepperidge Farm cake. Super duper chocolate. My brother stopped by yesterday. He ate half of it. Asshole. I think I might make a pineapple- upside- down- cake.

And a Key Lime pie.

re: #23 iceweasel

I think he's on the patch or something and still falls off the wagon. At least, something I read today referred to 'nicotine cessation treatments' or something equally vaguely worded.

When you're under that much stress quitting cigarettes is probably the last thing on your mind. The office ages people pretty quickly, if he manages to quit he'll look like he's 60 in time for the re-election run.

I made a red sauce yesterday. I think I'll put some oregano in it and make it a pizza sauce. I have pizza dough in the freezer. So, tonight's pizza will have Italian sausage, hamburger and I'll throw on some pepperoni. And jalapenos. Maybe some mushrooms.

Did I mention the girl who was hitting on me at the store? She was cute. I didn't realize she was hitting on me until I was half way home. I'm a fucking moron.

bitter wikipedian is bitter about the Olympics....

(screenshot)

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re: #62 iceweasel

bitter wikipedian is bitter about the Olympics...

(screenshot)

[Link: static1.firedoglake.com...]

THAT's funny!

re: #61 Cannadian Club Akbar

Take this from an older guy: it happens to the best of us. Women often don't realize how slow we men can be at times.

re: #63 RogueOne

THAT's funny!

Heh. Yes, I thought so too!

re: #61 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did I mention the girl who was hitting on me at the store? She was cute. I didn't realize she was hitting on me until I was half way home. I'm a fucking moron.

Does she work there? Go back, fool! :)

re: #64 freetoken

Take this from an older guy: it happens to the best of us. Women often don't realize how slow we men can be at times.

What pisses me off is she was either Italian or Greek. I love dark hair and olive skin. But, I figure if it was meant to be, I'll see her again.

A local sheriff deputy went to a DUI school to learn how to teach the class. He blew a .05. Not legally drunk, but not exactly the best idea.

Caterpillar, the US building equipment group, has become the latest company to bow to a lobbyists’ “name and shame” campaign by announcing steps to sever trading links with Iran.

The company said it would bar its non-US subsidiaries from accepting orders for products that they knew were destined for delivery to Iran.

The New York-based United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which spearheaded a campaign against the Illinois company, greeted the announcement as its second victory in a month after Huntsman, the Texas chemicals manufacturer, announced in January that its foreign subsidiaries would suspend sales to Iran in view of the “reputational risk” posed to the company.

SNIP

I wasn't around much this weekend but wanted to make sure everyone saw this:
[Link: reason.com...]

SWAT team breaks into home, fires seven rounds at family's pit bull and corgi (?!) as a seven-year-old looks on.

They found a "small amount" of marijuana, enough for a misdemeanor charge. The parents were then charged with child endangerment.

So smoking pot = "child endangerment." Storming a home with guns, then firing bullets into the family pets as a child looks on = necessary police procedures to ensure everyone's safety.

Just so we're clear.

[Link: www.columbiatribune.com...]

Send in the waaahmmmbulance!

The Palestinian Cabinet moved its weekly meeting to Hebron on Monday, in a symbolic protest against Israel's addition of a contested shrine in this volatile West Bank city to its list of national heritage sites.

Israel's decision last week drew widespread international criticism and heightened Palestinian suspicions of Israel at a time when the U.S. is trying to restart peace talks.

Israelis and Palestinians have clashed frequently in the past over two West Bank shrines added to the heritage list: the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel's move as an "attack on the holy places," and his Islamic militant Hamas rivals in Gaza called for a new uprising. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision was not about politics, but preserving culture.

SNIP

re: #68 Cannadian Club Akbar

A local sheriff deputy went to a DUI school to learn how to teach the class. He blew a .05. Not legally drunk, but not exactly the best idea.

Reminds me of this guy:

funny part @ :57 seconds in.

"I'm the only one in the room proffesional enough to carry this gun"

re: #70 RogueOne

I wasn't around much this weekend but wanted to make sure everyone saw this:
[Link: reason.com...]

[Link: www.columbiatribune.com...]

From the second link:

A man arrested on suspicion of drug charges and child endangerment said he is concerned with the actions of police who shot two dogs they described as “aggressive” while serving a drug-related search warrant at his home earlier this month in southwest Columbia.

They called the corgi "aggressive"? They're the sweetest dogs and TINY. they're just excitable and they bark, like a lot of little dogs.

Pic of a corgi here. I used to know someone who bred them professionally.

re: #72 RogueOne

"I'm the only one in the room profesional enough to carry this gun"

PIMF

re: #72 RogueOne

I've seen that. I might be a moron, but I've never shot myself.

re: #70 RogueOne

Wish President Obama had the cojones to end the "War on Drugs", but that would be by far the most "radical" thing he's done yet, and by the record of his first 13 months I think he's made it clear that he is more of a moderate/triangulator/status-quo-enforcer than anything else.

re: #73 iceweasel

My former boss owns 3 Corgis. Sweet dogs.

re: #73 iceweasel

They called the corgi "aggressive"? They're the sweetest dogs and TINY. they're just excitable and they bark, like a lot of little dogs.

Pic of a corgi here. I used to know someone who bred them professionally.

It seems like its just SOP, kick in the door and shoot the dogs. Remember Mayor Calvo? His dogs, labs, were running away and the officers shot and killed them.

re: #77 Cannadian Club Akbar

My former boss owns 3 Corgis. Sweet dogs.

I love them. (most dogs, in general, too).

My friend's were all adorable. I think the Queen has a few, or used to.

re: #76 freetoken

Wish President Obama had the cojones to end the "War on Drugs", but that would be by far the most "radical" thing he's done yet, and by the record of his first 13 months I think he's made it clear that he is more of a moderate/triangulator/status-quo-enforcer than anything else.

Since their announcement a month or so ago that the feds were no longer going to raid state legal dispensaries they've raided 2. Someone isn't getting the memo's.

Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected.

And the gauges ended up in a very different place: Iran.

The story behind the gauges shows how Iran is finding its way around international sanctions meant to prevent it from getting equipment that can be used to make a nuclear bomb. At least half a dozen times in recent years, the Persian Gulf nation has tried to use third countries as transshipment points for obtaining controlled, nuclear-related equipment.

SNIP

re: #78 RogueOne

It seems like its just SOP, kick in the door and shoot the dogs. Remember Mayor Calvo? His dogs, labs, were running away and the officers shot and killed them.

Didn't you post about that here? I seem to remember something you posted involving dogs that were running away and were shot.
It does seem like SOP now.
In the columbia tribune link they say the pitbull was highly aggressive and I can believe that (but why don't they take animal control along in these cases??) -- but I can't see how they can justify shooting the corgi.

re: #82 iceweasel

I might have posted that here. It was late 2008. If they'll do that to a mayor, they'll do it to some schmo who can't afford to defend themselves. Calvo has been on a rampage drawing attention to the problem ever since he had it happen to him.

BBL, gotta run to work.

re: #83 RogueOne

I might have posted that here. It was late 2008. If they'll do that to a mayor, they'll do it to some schmo who can't afford to defend themselves. Calvo has been on a rampage drawing attention to the problem ever since he had it happen to him.

BBL, gotta run to work.

later! have a good day.

re: #79 iceweasel

I love them. (most dogs, in general, too).

My friend's were all adorable. I think the Queen has a few, or used to.

You know, if you lay on the floor, tilt your head just right, a corgi can finally break skin and pretty soon... get to your jugular vein.

You just have to be patient.

The Queen has at least four.

Cops shot corgis? Really?

“WATCH what we do, not what we say,” President Richard Nixon’s attorney-general told the press. Unfortunately for both men, the press eventually did that, and we got the first of the “gates” — Watergate. The consequences for President Barack Obama of watching what he does rather than what he says will be less dire, but nevertheless revealing.

Americans overwhelmingly say their main concern is jobs, and that they are satisfied with their present healthcare arrangements. In response, an allegedly chastened Obama “pivoted”, and said his primary concern from now on will be job creation, which will take priority over his controversial plan to radically change the nation’s healthcare system.

Yet last week he backed a $15 billion job-creation bill, which passed the Senate, and a $1 trillion healthcare bill. Since the federal balance sheet is already under huge pressure, this set of priorities tells us that the Obama administration intends to concentrate its resources on transforming the economy — a permanent restructuring of the healthcare and energy sectors that was planned long before the failure of Lehman Brothers triggered the financial mess Obama inherited.

Ya' think?

re: #85 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You know, if you lay on the floor, tilt your head just right, a corgi can finally break skin and pretty soon... get to your jugular vein.

You just have to be patient.

The Queen has at least four.

Cops shot corgis? Really?

One corgi, nonfatally, according to RogueOne's second link there. But they appear to have shot it in front of the seven year old child, so points for that.//

Corgis are loud and happy, friendly dogs-- or my friend's were, anyway. They get all excited and bark. If you laid down for one I guess they'd eventually lick their way to your jugular vein in a year or so.

re: #87 iceweasel

Pretty much...

re: #86 MandyManners

I can't imagine that people fight so hard to get that job.

re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I can't imagine that people fight so hard to get that job.

Power, FBV. Power.

re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I can't imagine that people fight so hard to get that job.

If I were President, I would find the douchebags who broke into my house, then send a SEAL Team to them and put them in the memory hole. But I'm not bitter.:)

re: #91 Cannadian Club Akbar

If I were President, I would find the douchebags who broke into my house, then send a SEAL Team to them and put them in the memory hole. But I'm not bitter.:)

CCA in 2012!

re: #92 MandyManners

CCA in 2012!

I would be a kick ass President.

I would be a war mongerer.

We'd kill a bunch of bad guys... We'd probably kill some good guys on the way.

BUT NEVER CORGIS!

re: #69 MandyManners

Caterpillar, the US building equipment group, has become the latest company to bow to a lobbyists’ “name and shame” campaign by announcing steps to sever trading links with Iran.

Means that more US manufacturing jobs will be lost to China, Germany or any number of other countires tat are not too ashamed or to devious to find ways to trade with Iran.

Principles are sticky things to stick to, especially when everything else is so slippery...

re: #94 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I would be a war mongerer.

We'd kill a bunch of bad guys... We'd probably kill some good guys on the way.

BUT NEVER CORGIS!

I approve FBV non-corgi-killing platform, and will devote some grassroots activist efforts towards it.

re: #94 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I would be a war mongerer.

We'd kill a bunch of bad guys... We'd probably kill some good guys on the way.

BUT NEVER CORGIS!

I would double the amount of spooks in the CIA.

re: #97 Cannadian Club Akbar

I would double the amount of spooks in the CIA and people who questioned me would disappear!

re: #97 Cannadian Club Akbar

I would double the amount of spooks in the CIA.

Need more Tal'Shiar agents...
;)

re: #95 ralphieboy

Means that more US manufacturing jobs will be lost to China, Germany or any number of other countires tat are not too ashamed or to devious to find ways to trade with Iran.

Principles are sticky things to stick to, especially when everything else is so slippery...

Well, not helping Iran blow Israel off the map is a solid principle in my book. And, I have faith that the Caterpillar marketing and sales departments can find other buyers.

I'm surprised that Iran bought from Caterpillar after St. Pancake.

We're not allowed to talk about assassinations here, but I have my list.

re: #97 Cannadian Club Akbar

I would double the amount of spooks in the CIA.

Start teaching Arabic in junior high.

Where can I get my hands on one of these? It'd be sure to get The Kid's butt outta' bed in the mornings.

re: #102 MandyManners

Start teaching Arabic in junior high.

And Chinese.

re: #104 Cannadian Club Akbar

And Chinese.

Little English?

re: #104 Cannadian Club Akbar

And Chinese.

And, Farsi.

re: #105 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Little English?

Why start now?
/

re: #105 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Little English?

Engrish.

A couple were celebrating 50 years together. Their three kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.

"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed son number one .... 'Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is, and I didn't have time to get you a gift."

"Not to worry," said the father. "The important thing is that we're all together today."

Son number two arrived and announced, "You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn't have time to shop for you." "It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able to come."

Just then the daughter arrived. "Hello and happy anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and I was really busy packing so I didn't have time to get you anything."

After they had finished dessert, the father said, "There's something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you to college. Throughout the years your mother and I knew that we loved each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married."

The three children gasped and all said, "You mean we're bastards?"

"Yep," said the father. "And cheap ones too."

Fox is hammering Pelosi about Rangel this morning.

re: #110 MandyManners

As they should. Rangel is an embarrassment to the Democratic Party.

re: #111 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

As they should. Rangel is an embarrassment to the Democratic Party.

Rangel is on my douchebag list.

Heh. Tory Boy on the latest, shocking, profligate and wholly unwarranted spending increases in the UK :

re: #112 Cannadian Club Akbar

Rangel Every politician is on my douchebag list.

^My thoughts. ;)

re: #114 Varek Raith

There are some good people trying to serve.

I just can't come up with any off-hand.

re: #113 Jimmah

Heh. Tory Boy on the latest, shocking, profligate and wholly unwarranted spending increases in the UK :

[Video]

Heh, Brits...
/XD

re: #111 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

As they should. Rangel is an embarrassment to the Democratic Party.

But, they won.

re: #117 MandyManners

But, they won.

Sure did! :)

re: #115 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My state congresscritter is Ron Reagan. Heh.

The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that "urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property."

But the devastating tidal surge predicted after Chile's magnitude 8.8-earthquake for areas far from the epicenter never materialized. And by Sunday, authorities had lifted the warning after waves half the predicted size tickled the shores of Hawaii and tourists once again jammed beaches and restaurants.

Scientists acknowledged they overstated the threat but many defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that killed thousands of people who didn't get enough warning.

SNIP

I hope this doesn't cause people to ignore warnings after the next quake.

re: #117 MandyManners

But, they won.

They need to jettison him. The appearance is that they are protecting him. Though they know he is a lying, tax cheating, not taking responsibility for his actions, dishonest man.

He needs to lose his Chairmanships, and be censured.

American's would gain some faith that they are interested in doing what is right.

re: #120 MandyManners

They did the right thing. Reported what they had in hand at the moment.

People who don't heed tsunami warnings because the last one didn't kill them are stupid.

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sorry but, L.O.L. Crap like this has been going on since the beginning of Time. Politicians will always be politicians.

/Cynic Mode.
:)

My radio just said 25% of Americans believe vaccines cause autism. WTF?

re: #118 iceweasel

Sure did! :)

Not gloating or anything, but...

Compassionate Conservatism What Wingnuts Find Funny:

The leader of the Republican Party and the leader of the Tea Party disagree about Louise Slaughter's comments at the health care summit yesterday.

Limbaugh:

"If you don't have any teeth, so what? What's applesauce for?"

Beck:
"I've read the Constitution ... I didn't see that you had a right to teeth"

There you see the big split between the two factions. Limbaugh is making the GOP conservative argument that one should be self-sufficient and eat soft food if they can't afford to get your teeth fixed. Beck is making the teabag constitutional argument that if something wasn't specifically written into the constitution then no government official is allowed to even discuss it.

Will they ever be able to find common ground?

re: #124 Cannadian Club Akbar

My radio just said 25% of Americans believe vaccines cause autism. WTF?

I know a Cartman quote from South Park about one quarter of the American populace. Won't repeat it but, it's. Dead. On.
;)

Speaking of elections...

Gordon Brown on course to win election

Despite what all the sceptics have said I’ve always suspected that as the General Election drew closer the Tory lead would continue to shrink as nagging doubts about the ability of an inexperienced Tory front bench to run the country in the face of such a deep recession bit home. And shrink it has.

The Sunday Times says that the Tory lead is crumbling. The paper says that Gordon Brown is on course to stay in 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister. It says the Tory lead has fallen to just two points. It has been falling steadily over the last two weeks as the focus on the economy and the Tory plans has intensified.

[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]

re: #126 iceweasel

I don't see jack shit about an Air Force or the Internet or a freaking myriad of other things that aren't in the Constitution that we enjoy...

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They need to jettison him. The appearance is that they are protecting him. Though they know he is a lying, tax cheating, not taking responsibility for his actions, dishonest man.

He needs to lose his Chairmanships, and be censured.

American's would gain some faith that they are interested in doing what is right.

It's not just an appearance. It's a fact.

re: #129 Varek Raith

I don't see jack shit about an Air Force or the Internet or a freaking myriad of other things that aren't in the Constitution that we enjoy...

The internet is just a fad.
/

re: #122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They did the right thing. Reported what they had in hand at the moment.

People who don't heed tsunami warnings because the last one didn't kill them are stupid.

Darwin Award candidates.

re: #131 Cannadian Club Akbar

The internet is just a fad.
/

Say what?!?! Where will we get free Pr0n from?!?!?!
/

re: #124 Cannadian Club Akbar

My radio just said 25% of Americans believe vaccines cause autism. WTF?

Thanks, Jenny!

re: #131 Cannadian Club Akbar

The internet is just a fad.
/

The Internet has become the third most popular news platform for American adults, trailing only local and national television stations, according to a survey released on Monday.

Seventy-eight percent of the 2,259 adults surveyed for the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism said that on a typical day they get news from a local TV station.

Seventy-three percent said they get news from a national TV network such as CBS or a cable TV news station such as CNN or Fox.

SNIP

Kathy Castor (moonbat-Tampa) won't do an interview on my radio. Can't imagine why. She only lost 500 jobs in Ybor City.

New Tory Election campaign broadcasts to take today's more sophisticated electorate into account :

Hundreds of Darfuri civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between Sudan's army and rebels, a U.N. source and rebels said on Monday.

"We think that we have a mounting number of casualties. The lower estimate is around 140. The higher estimate is closer to 400," a U.N. source told Reuters.

SNIP

*Dons Elegant Armor of Elitism*
The majority of Americans are dumb. There. Look at any science poll and tell me that what I said isn't a sad fact.
*Dons Ring of Flame Protection*
*Readies Battle Stance*

re: #139 Varek Raith

*Dons Elegant Armor of Elitism*
The majority of Americans are dumb. There. Look at any science poll and tell me that what I said isn't a sad fact.
*Dons Ring of Flame Protection*
*Readies Battle Stance*

I am flypaper for stupid people.

re: #139 Varek Raith

*Dons Elegant Armor of Elitism*
The majority of Americans are dumb. There. Look at any science poll and tell me that what I said isn't a sad fact.
*Dons Ring of Flame Protection*
*Readies Battle Stance*

Most 'majority of Americans' polls are also stupid, as in, the answers change dramatically depending on how the questions are framed.
That being said, I believe reputable polls do show that the 'majority of Americans' won't vote for atheists, don't believe in evolution (!), and believe in a literal Devil.

Aafia Siddiqui was known as the most wanted woman in the world. The FBI said she was an al-Qaida operative, a fixer for the terrorist organization while she was a graduate student in the U.S.

The Pakistani neuroscientist, 37, was arrested in Afghanistan in July 2008. Now, she sits in a New York jail after her conviction in early February on charges of attempted murder and armed assault against American military officers.

But nothing about Siddiqui's story is simple.

According to U.S. officials, Siddiqui was on the run from 2003 to 2008. She was on the FBI's most-wanted list for almost five years.

SNIP

re: #141 iceweasel

Most 'majority of Americans' polls are also stupid, as in, the answers change dramatically depending on how the questions are framed.
That being said, I believe reputable polls do show that the 'majority of Americans' won't vote for atheists, don't believe in evolution (!), and believe in a literal Devil.

The devil is real. I dated her.
/

re: #139 Varek Raith

Oy, sorry about that! I'm awfully cranky this morning.

re: #144 Varek Raith

Oy, sorry about that! I'm awfully cranky this morning.

Cheer up. The McRib is back for a limited time.:)

re: #144 Varek Raith

Oy, sorry about that! I'm awfully cranky this morning.

Meh, I updinged you anyway because "Ring of Flame Protection" and "Elegant Armor of Elitism" deserved it on their own. :)

I haven't received my census form yet. But I am gonna say I have 8 people living with me.

re: #146 iceweasel

Meh, I updinged you anyway because "Ring of Flame Protection" and "Elegant Armor of Elitism" deserved it on their own. :)

Heh, well if you're gonna have Elitist Armor, it damn well better be elegant!
;)

re: #139 Varek Raith

*Dons Elegant Armor of Elitism*

Next time I play 'Oblivion' I'm making that item :)

re: #148 Varek Raith

Heh, well if you're gonna have Elitist Armor, it damn well better be elegant!
;)

+10 saving throw on asshole attacks, if it's upgraded to the Elegant Arrogant Armor of Elitism, in part for the Excellent Alliteration.

re: #147 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'm going to fill out my census forms correctly and send them in.

I'M A MAVERICK!

Before my mom and step dad left town, they bought a bunch of perishable food. Not sure why, but I'm gonna have a BLT that will end up about 2 feet high.

re: #149 Jimmah

Next time I play 'Oblivion' I'm making that item :)

Heh, my Altmer mage just oozes elitism...not too mention, DEATH!
Muhahahaha!
;)

re: #152 Cannadian Club Akbar

Where in NC are you?

re: #150 iceweasel

+10 saving throw on asshole attacks, if it's upgraded to the Elegant Arrogant Armor of Elitism, in part for the Excellent Alliteration.

And a +4 attack bonus when used in combination with the Elegant Arrows of Elitism, which, to make them completely devastating, should be tipped with a poison derived from Arugula and Dijjon mustard.

re: #152 Cannadian Club Akbar

Before my mom and step dad left town, they bought a bunch of perishable food. Not sure why, but I'm gonna have a BLT that will end up about 2 feet high.

Good. I'm trying to convert Jimmah to the BLT. Sing its praises!

(the uk version is the bacon butty. No L, no T. :( )

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Where in NC are you?

They are in NC. Me Florida. Pork products know no boundaries.

re: #157 Cannadian Club Akbar

I thought you said you were house sitting or something...
my bad...

Something to look forward to...

"Summer rain taps at my window..."

re: #156 iceweasel

If I add the lettuce and tomato, I feel like I'm eating healthy. Never mind the 8 pieces of bacon. And the mayo.

re: #160 Cannadian Club Akbar

I love fakin' bacon LTs.

re: #158 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I thought you said you were house sitting or something...
my bad...

Actually, I am house sitting.

BBT. Later!
:)

re: #160 Cannadian Club Akbar

If I add the lettuce and tomato, I feel like I'm eating healthy. Never mind the 8 pieces of bacon. And the mayo.

Exactly!
The UK version is UK bacon, which is different but not much healthier, on buttered bread.
:(

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love fakin' bacon LTs.

Did you know iceberg lettuce has zero nutritional value?

re: #164 iceweasel

Exactly!
The UK version is UK bacon, which is different but not much healthier, on buttered bread.
:(

Oh and maybe HP or ketchup.
*shudder*

Good Morning LGF.
Which is more delusional?
1. Global climate change denial; or,
2. International Islamofascist jihad denial.

re: #165 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did you know that lettuce is the only vegetable that is only served raw. No other way to prepare lettuce.

(well, there is another, radish maybe? but I can't think of it.)

(okay, smartie pants (whoever you are) CORRECT ME!)

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love fakin' bacon LTs.

Upding for fakin bacon. It's really good!
Also the veggie sausage MorningStar makes.

re: #167 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
Which is more delusional?
1. Global climate change denial; or,
2. International Islamofascist jihad denial.

yes.

re: #167 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
Which is more delusional?
1. Global climate change denial; or,
2. International Islamofascist jihad denial.

Screw you and you gold medals. In hockey.
///

re: #169 iceweasel

Morningstar is delicious. If it just weren't so prohibitively expensive.

re: #156 iceweasel

Good. I'm trying to convert Jimmah to the BLT. Sing its praises!

(the uk version is the bacon butty. No L, no T. :( )

I could get used to the BLT, but there's still nothing quite like simple bacon with buttered toast for me at the moment :)

I have to say though, as you know - you guys get a raw deal on bacon in the US. It's like the dead skin off an old man's foot that's been streaked with food colouring. Here's what a proper rasher looks like, for the benefit of any US readers who've only even had US style bacon :

Image: bacon_rasher%5Bsm%5D.jpg

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Did you know that lettuce is the only vegetable that is only served raw. No other way to prepare lettuce.

(well, there is another, radish maybe? but I can't think of it.)

(okay, smartie pants (whoever you are) CORRECT ME!)

Rhubarb. Celery. Carrots.

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

Screw you and you gold medals. In hockey.
///

= congratulations, mumble-grumble...

re: #175 The Sanity Inspector

= congratulations, mumble-grumble...

Yes. I did forget that.

re: #174 Cannadian Club Akbar

Rhubarb. Celery. Carrots.

You never had cooked carrots or celery in a dish? I couldn't say about rhubarb, me being a southerner.

re: #167 Spare O'Lake

Congrats on the hockey win.

I was pulling for the USA (duh), but more from a schaudenfreude aspect than as a true hockey fan.

Excellent Gold Medal game in Olympic hockey yesterday.
Both teams put on a showcase game, right down to the last puck sliding it's way to the back of the net.
I think the cheering by the Canadian crowd at the winning goal was more of a huge sigh of relief though.... ;)

re: #177 The Sanity Inspector

You never had cooked carrots or celery in a dish? I couldn't say about rhubarb, me being a southerner.

FBV was talking about foods that can be eaten raw. My pot roast rules, BTW.

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

Screw you and you gold medals. In hockey.
///

I was so glued to the TV that I almost missed my flight home yesterday.
It could have gone either way, and it was a truly magnificent effort by both teams.
It was a great day for North America.

re: #180 Cannadian Club Akbar

Lettuce, also, is the only vegetable never sold frozen.

I thought he was talking about veggies that are only served raw.

re: #182 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

When I was working I would buy chef's salads from 7-11. By the time I put 2 packs of ranch on it, I would have been better off with a Big Mac.

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Congrats on the hockey win.

I was pulling for the USA (duh), but more from a schaudenfreude aspect than as a true hockey fan.

It was a shame that one team had to lose.
I felt especially bad for Miller, who was magnificent throughout the tournament.

re: #173 Jimmah

No wonder the vegetarian movement (at least among Anglos) is so deeply rooted in Great Britain.

You fuckin' people will eat anything.

re: #183 The Sanity Inspector

He was.

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

Screw you and you gold medals. In hockey.
///

in bed.

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No wonder the vegetarian movement (at least among Anglos) is so deeply rooted in Great Britain.

You fuckin' people will eat anything.

We're talking bacon here, not dog's noses or something...lol

re: #184 Cannadian Club Akbar

When I was working I would buy chef's salads from 7-11. By the time I put 2 packs of ranch on it, I would have been better off with a Big Mac.

There is a McDonald's 'salad' that is one of the least healthy options on their menu.

Can't speak for the accuracy of this specific site's claims, but I've seen others elsewhere that make the exact claim you did-- that the Big Mac is healthier than some of them.

[Link: thenakedlabel.com...]

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

Screw you and you gold medals. In hockey.
///

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

re: #189 Jimmah

We're talking bacon here, not dog's noses or something...lol

Someone in GB has a recipe for Corgi Snouts...

in butter.

on deep-fried bread.

with kitteh lips.

re: #190 iceweasel

IIRC... it's not the Big Mac that is so destructive... it's the sides, the drinks that getcha.

re: #190 iceweasel

There is a McDonald's 'salad' that is one of the least healthy options on their menu.

Can't speak for the accuracy of this specific site's claims, but I've seen others elsewhere that make the exact claim you did-- that the Big Mac is healthier than some of them.

[Link: thenakedlabel.com...]

This reminds me of Apu in the Simpsons pushing his new range of veggie burgers "Only thrice the fat of a normal burger..."

re: #192 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Someone in GB has a recipe for Corgi Snouts...

in butter.

on deep-fried bread.

with kitteh lips.

Yes, but people object to it because the tomatoes are genetically modified. //

re: #190 iceweasel

There are many fast foods that are healthy. If you know what to order. I don't eat fast food very often, but there is a Taco Bell near my mom's house. I don't have one near my house, so I kinda abuse it when I'm in town.

Good morning Lizards. Actually have real sun this morning in "always sunny" Philadelphia. Fairly good day for a Monday.

The street glaciers are in full retreat, which implies Al Gore might be nearby.

Made apple pies and a pot of soup yesterday so things are stocked for the week. (Well, the apple pies are going to cribbage club tonight, so they won't last long.)

Also got a treat Saturday morning while drinking a cup of tea. Looked out the apartment window right as a large bird swept by. (Larger than a pigeon.) Thinking it was one of the local red-tailed hawks I went to the window to watch. Turned out to be an adult peregrine falcon. It did a couple of wheeling turns between my building and the one a block away at about the altitude of my window - and then stooped at something out of sight below me. I then saw a lot of pigeons scattering. The falcon came back up into sight, so it apparently missed.

And got to watch an excellently played hockey game with the pies baked and soup simmered. Plus some nostalgia watching the 50K X-country classic. The guy from New Zealand who came in 50th had a time that would correspond to me covering about 25K at my best racing time for 10K from when I raced cross-country in high school. (e.g. 50min for 10K roughly.)

re: #193 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

IIRC... it's not the Big Mac that is so destructive... it's the sides, the drinks that getcha.

A Big Mac has 42 grams of fat.

re: #198 Cannadian Club Akbar

oh

Good Morning to my fellow Morning Wingnut Wave folks.
And greetings to the other side of the aisle.

Or so I've read we've been labeled...

Henceforth, I now belong to the group of MWW. Our cheer will be recognized by a hearty "MWhahahahaha!"

I have never eaten good pot roast.

So there.
Is there really such a thing? Seriously.

re: #201 iceweasel

I have never eaten good pot roast.

So there.
Is there really such a thing? Seriously.

Come to Florida. Mine rules.

re: #202 Cannadian Club Akbar

Come to Florida. Mine rules.

You don't need teeth.

re: #202 Cannadian Club Akbar

Come to Florida. Mine rules.

I'm willing to believe you, because I know you're a professional cook.
Still though.

re: #201 iceweasel

I have never eaten good pot roast.

I've been good and roasted on pot, tho.

re: #200 Ericus58

Good Morning to my fellow Morning Wingnut Wave folks.
And greetings to the other side of the aisle.

Or so I've read we've been labeled...

Henceforth, I now belong to the group of MWW. Our cheer will be recognized by a hearty "MWhahahahaha!"

At LGF neither moonbats nor wingnuts are we.
Those who toss the labels are simply trying to divide us.
Oh yes they are.

re: #204 iceweasel

I'm willing to believe you, because I know you're a professional cook.
Still though.

When I make fried chicken, I fry it in butter. Real butter. My food would kill most.:)

re: #201 iceweasel

I have never eaten good pot roast.

So there.
Is there really such a thing? Seriously.

My Mom makes a great pot roast. It's a tender melty in your mouth slice of goodness.

re: #206 Spare O'Lake

At LGF neither moonbats nor wingnuts are we.
Those who toss the labels are simply trying to divide us.
Oh yes they are.

I agree.
And I see you've been put on notice with a ding.
Fancy that.

re: #189 Jimmah

We're talking bacon here, not dog's noses or something...lol

English breakfast, mmm...

re: #208 Jadespring

My Mom makes a great pot roast. It's a tender melty in your mouth slice of goodness.

I just don't like it. It's highly possible all the ones I've had were bad though.
Jimmah loves it; I'm in the process of learning how to make it.
If all else fails I'll eat the veggies and he can have the roast.

brb... duty calls

re: #211 iceweasel

Buy him a crock pot. Low and slow.

re: #209 Ericus58

I agree.
And I see you've been put on notice with a ding.
Fancy that.

Fancy that. You've been through here dinging. Spare last night was accusing certain unnamed others of not recognising the 'islamic threat'. Was roundly mocked for it. Pops up right away this morning with a complaint about just that.

Fancy that.

re: #207 Cannadian Club Akbar

Nothing wrong with real butter! My cooking philosophy is if you're going to go for the greasy goodness why kid yourself and fake it. Plus I tend to not use any ingredient that I couldn't produce myself if I had too.

re: #213 Cannadian Club Akbar

Buy him a crock pot. Low and slow.

Yep totally agree. The key is a good slow round of slooow cooking. I love my slow cooker.

re: #209 Ericus58

I agree.
And I see you've been put on notice with a ding.
Fancy that.

OMG no - not....a ding. Somebody call the Spanish Dinquisition!

re: #215 Jadespring

Nothing wrong with real butter! My cooking philosophy is if you're going to go for the greasy goodness why kid yourself and fake it. Plus I tend to not use any ingredient that I couldn't produce myself if I had too.

Agreed. Fat isn't in my vocabulary when I cook. I also make some kick ass pasta using heavy cream.

re: #129 Varek Raith

I don't see jack shit about an Air Force or the Internet or a freaking myriad of other things that aren't in the Constitution that we enjoy...

Quit skipping the intro:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The "promote the general Welfare" portion is a little ambiguous and the reason behind almost all our arguments.

re: #218 Cannadian Club Akbar

Agreed. Fat isn't in my vocabulary when I cook. I also make some kick ass pasta using heavy cream.

Mmm. One of my favorite things to make with heavy cream is a mushroom sauce or soup depending on how much stock I add to it. Delicious especially with a couple of sloshes of red or white wine.

re: #210 The Sanity Inspector

English breakfast, mmm...

Tasty - but eat one of those every day and you'll get gout eventually...lol

re: #216 Jadespring

Yep totally agree. The key is a good slow round of slooow cooking. I love my slow cooker.

I put baked beans in the bottom of my dutch oven and a slab of ribs on top. 8 hours later, it's all good. And I don't have to dirty a plate.

re: #220 Jadespring

Mmm. One of my favorite things to make with heavy cream is a mushroom sauce or soup depending on how much stock I add to it. Delicious especially with a couple of sloshes of red or white wine.

I make a cream of chicken and mushroom soup that will bend your knees.

re: #222 Cannadian Club Akbar

I put baked beans in the bottom of my dutch oven and a slab of ribs on top. 8 hours later, it's all good. And I don't have to dirty a plate.

I eat a lot of beans and make them from dried. I never could get them quite right or at least how I liked them until I got a slow cooker. They always tasted just a little bit off when I did them in a pot. Cooking beans and making bean dishes whether baked or chili is one of the main things I use it for.

re: #223 Cannadian Club Akbar

I make a cream of chicken and mushroom soup that will bend your knees.

Do you use a recipe or just wing it?

re: #224 Jadespring

I worked with a Mexican woman who taught me how to make refried beans. But you gotta use lard, not veggie oil.

re: #225 Jadespring

Do you use a recipe or just wing it?

I wing everything. Exception is when baking.

re: #227 Cannadian Club Akbar

I wing everything. Exception is when baking.

Cool-- CCA, I was looking for you the other night on an overnight thread about dutch ovens.

Got lots of good advice from JadeSpring and SB in this thread, but any info you have would be appreciated.

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re: #227 Cannadian Club Akbar

I wing everything. Exception is when baking.

Yeah me too except when I'm trying out a new dish that I haven't made before. I use a recipe to get an idea of what it's all about but if I like it then it gets tweeked.

re: #218 Cannadian Club Akbar

Agreed. Fat isn't in my vocabulary when I cook. I also make some kick ass pasta using heavy cream.

If I give up drinking, smoking, and fatty foods, it would add five years to my life. Trouble is, it would add them to the wrong end.
-- P. J. O'Rourke

re: #209 Ericus58

I agree.
And I see you've been put on notice with a ding.
Fancy that.

Serial backbiting is pesky but ultimately harmless.

re: #228 iceweasel

All cookware should be bought at a restaurant supply store. It's usually cheaper and a better quality.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

All cookware should be bought at a restaurant supply store. It's usually cheaper and a better quality.

I've got a couple of restaurant supply stores to hit in NYC before I relocate.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

All cookware should be bought at a restaurant supply store. It's usually cheaper and a better quality.

Unless you have really good flea markets. Morning, all.

Morning everyone. Had pneumonia, been AWOL for three weeks. Glad to be back. What did i miss?

re: #233 iceweasel

re: #234 Decatur Deb

My friends mom spent $600 on a pot and pan set. My stuff is better. I maybe spent $150. And that includes a 12" knife and a fillet knife.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

All cookware should be bought at a restaurant supply store. It's usually cheaper and a better quality.

I learned that from years of watching Alton Brown. He's my hero.

re: #237 RogueOne

I learned that from years of watching Alton Brown. He's my hero.

I like him. But I HATE the Food Network.

re: #235 Aceofwhat?

Morning everyone. Had pneumonia, been AWOL for three weeks. Glad to be back. What did i miss?

Bunnies.

Pretty telling when even the NYT is on Rangel's and Pelosi's butts

Congressman Charles Rangel was far from humbled after the ethics committee admonished him for taking corporate-paid Caribbean junkets in violation of the House ethics code. Rather, the New York Democrat berated the panel’s leaders on the House floor.

The moment was characteristic of Mr. Rangel’s arrogance throughout the investigation, which continues into more serious allegations about his official behavior. It is one more reason why Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who championed ethics reform — should stop protecting him and relieve him of his crucial role as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

SNIP

re: #238 Cannadian Club Akbar

I like him. But I HATE the Food Network.

What? You don't like their Full Contact Cooking format? /

re: #235 Aceofwhat?

Welcome back, glad you got over that. No worries all you missed was the health care summit (might have made you sicker!) and a few trolls cooked up.

re: #238 Cannadian Club Akbar

I like him. But I HATE the Food Network.

But I love Giada.

re: #240 MandyManners

Pretty telling when even the NYT is on Rangel's and Pelosi's butts

Congressman Charles Rangel was far from humbled after the ethics committee admonished him for taking corporate-paid Caribbean junkets in violation of the House ethics code. Rather, the New York Democrat berated the panel’s leaders on the House floor.

SNIP

Power corrupts, and absolute power is even more of a turn-on.

re: #211 iceweasel

I just don't like it. It's highly possible all the ones I've had were bad though.
Jimmah loves it; I'm in the process of learning how to make it.
If all else fails I'll eat the veggies and he can have the roast.

I'm ambivalent about it too. It always seemed like a remedy for a really tough lump of meat, which is fine. I just get more excited about the nicer cuts of meat - the ones that don't need to cook for 5 hours before they're chewable!

re: #244 The Sanity Inspector

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

re: #235 Aceofwhat?

Morning everyone. Had pneumonia, been AWOL for three weeks. Glad to be back. What did i miss?

Charles got banned.
/

re: #237 RogueOne

I am going to order on of his IR kitchen thermometers. Believe it or not we will use it for both cooking and some metallurgical tests at work. Double duty.

re: #224 Jadespring

I quit working with dried beans for the time being. Didn't use them quickly enough, and when mixing types into a batch of soup or chili I couldn't get them all to cook out right. One type or another would overcook or undercook.

Using a slow cooker might be a solution. I mainly use my Crock Pot for doing slow cooker BBQ (chicken usually, but I recently did a pork shoulder and got good results.)

Something else I came across from a cookbook was doing brown rice using the oven and a casserole dish. I get much better results than using a rice cooker or stovetop method.

Hi Ice. I can read you in Spy, but my hamsters are stuck on the Cassano thread.
Probably have to reboot.

re: #249 oaktree

I worked at a BBQ joint that made the top 5 in USA Today.

re: #242 Rightwingconspirator

Welcome back, glad you got over that. No worries all you missed was the health care summit (might have made you sicker!) and a few trolls cooked up.

i've had a few good solid rounds of polite disagreement with friends here on the topic, so i'm sure that no one missed that particular soapbox of mine.

sorry to miss out on troll a la king, but it's crazy how fluid in your lungs will diminish your appetite. never thought i'd have pneumonia at 33 - it was quite a random experience...