I don’t know what it is with Chef John lately, but we were catching up on the last few posts last evening and cheese features quite prominently. Then I watched a new post from Gina, Italian Grandma, and now I want to make homemade cavatelli and make it into cacio e pepe.
I’ll probably make Chef John’s Fried Mozzarella Puffs any day now, because they are basically a fried version of one of my signature dishes, gougères.
Also, our visiting Eurofriend is a major cheese devotee. He eats it at least twice a day.
As you can probably tell, I’ve fallen pretty hard off the vegan no-cheese wagon. *sigh*
Anyway, you didn’t come here to listen to my food fetishes. (Probably.)
Let’s take a look at the world outside my kitchen.
A prosecutor charged people with serious offenses for which there was little or no evidence and destroyed their lives to score political points? Nah, never happens.
I hate to agree with Ted Cruz on anything, but what a cluster. It just keeps getting better and better.
Unlike many who garner money and/or power from panic, I’m not really worried about this yet.
It seems an odd band choice anyway.
Oh, THIS is what is insulting the intelligence of Americans.
Blah, blah, blah, more of the same old same old.
Related music link.
Have a great rest of your day, kids!
So who really won Iowa,/
First!
Good Doggie is right! Damn fine work, if it’s 95% accurate
Hilary, obviously.
Trump.
And his pal Vlad.
https://mobile.twitter.com/stengel/status/1224685018859081728
That is a sidesplitting display of cognitive dissidence.
Warren on Iowa Dems’ plan to release more than half of data: ‘I just don’t understand what that means’
They are only half way through fixing the results.
They should have no problem with this. Every time some blue county screws up the counting and needs a month to “find” ballots that just happen to go hard dem, the rest of the country is supposed to respect the results of democracy.
Look Iowa’s infrastructure isn’t ready to support 1600 cars driving around at the same time with “found” ballots in the trunk. It is going to take a while to unsnarl that traffic jam.
“Unlike many who garner money and/or power from panic, I’m not really worried about this yet.”
The good thing about these scares is that it might get people to do things they should have been doing already.
buying ammo? to be fair, that’s my reaction to everything.
Washing my hands after going potty? No, I’m still not going to do it.
Here, hold my beer and watch this…
…On second thought…
alcohol kills germs
You know what really pisses me off?
People who intentionally misrepresent carbon emissions as toxic pollution
As a number of leading members of Congress and virtually every major environmental group have made clear, Trump’s USMCA opts for ignoring the health of the planet. Despite these warnings, Trump signed his pro-polluter trade deal last week.
The deal’s chapter on the environment fails to even mention “climate change.” Nor does it include meaningful standards to prevent corporations from dumping toxic pollution in border communities. Instead, the deal makes it easier for polluters to overheat our planet — which can lead to more extreme weather, more lost homes, more lost harvests and more lost lives.
Trade deals like the original NAFTA have helped make the United States the world’s largest outsourcer of carbon pollution. Thanks to NAFTA, the United States now imports goods like electronics from Mexico that were once made here with substantially fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Because the USMCA fails to include binding climate pollution standards that would apply across borders, companies will simply continue outsourcing pollution to wherever environmental standards are lowest. For US workers, that means lost jobs. For our communities, it means more climate crisis. Whether the emissions are released in Oaxaca or Ohio, they still help cook the planet.
STFU you moron.
The planet doesn’t have health.
Greta is up for a Nobel peace prize. Why should I listen to you. You’re nobody.
“Thanks to NAFTA, the United States now imports goods like electronics from Mexico that were once made here with substantially fewer greenhouse gas emissions. ”
Hmmm… I wonder if there’s a possible explanation for this.
That really grinds my gears.
Because the USMCA fails to include binding climate pollution standards that would apply across borders, companies will simply continue outsourcing pollution to wherever environmental standards are lowest.
Would Mexico even sign a deal that essentially put them at a disadvantage by requiring this? This complaint sounds like it’s born out of a pipe dream.
Oh no, not more climate crisis.
Time for me to go. I just popped back in to say thank you to Jarflax. That was my first good laugh of the day.
‘You have to zone out in the grocery store. It is the only thing keeping you from killing all the other monkeys.’ – paraphrased.
A dog’s nose is not “technology”.
God’s Technology, of course..
God invented the wolf. Humans invented the dog.
God gave humans the material they needed to invent dog.
Chef John’s Fried Mozzarella Puffs
Better ingredients, better mozzarella puffs?
Chef’s in da house!!!
Unlike many who garner money and/or power from panic, I’m not really worried about this yet.
I’m more worried about what the panic mongers are going to do to the economy.
As you can probably tell, I’ve fallen pretty hard off the vegan no-cheese wagon. *sigh*
Yes, give in, come on over to the dark side. We have cheese. And ice cream.
His problem was getting on the wagon in the first place.
His?
Look, if you’re gonna be the SP sex police, you may want to investigate OMWC.
PASS.
Since I am extra grumpy today I will go ahead and say it.
Every living thing lives at the expense of other living things. That is just the nature of the world and there is nothing anyone can do to change that. Anyone who thinks they can may be well intended but they are fooling themselves.
We’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!
/truth
And something will eat you after you do.
“Buzzards got to eat, same as the worms.”
“Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.”
rule 34
He said listen, not fap to.
He?
the only palatable vegan “cheese” is Violife. Daiya is crap.
You can tell that neither one of those are cheese just because of the name. Hard pass.
Since I have a meeting at 2:15, Titty Tuesday has to come a little early today.
http://archive.li/dEeZt
*prepares for cat butt*
It’s already 4:15, so your meeting should be over.
come a little early
I am always right on time.
How does one prepare for cat butt?
Assume a certain position?
Light a candle?
Warm the lube bottle?
Summon a fluffer?
Close one’s eyes, I’d imagine.
Breath mint.
Makes a perfect plug.
6
““The de novo review team unanimously agreed there is insufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Spitzer said.”
Nope. Not good enough. Say he’s innocent.
How were the results with your weight lifting supplement? I can’t remember the name, I just know you were concerned about your liver.
I actually can’t remember what the conversation was about.
IIRC, it’s anabolic steroids that lead to liver problems, but I’ve never taken them or considered it.
I do take 1-andro, but I don’t really have anything to compare it to. After not lifting for 20 years, I started in September. All of my lifts have roughly doubled in weight, but I have no idea what my max is on anything (I work out alone very early in the AM).
“I work out alone very early in the AM”…
Dude, at least *try* to find a euphemism.
Happy with the 1-Andro results?
Yes, but I don’t have anything to compare it to. I started taking it when I started working out in September.
I can say that I’m packing on muscle a lot faster as a 40-year-old than I did as a 19 year old. I can rep with what my max was back then.
Noyce
“We found no evidence that he committed a crime. Therefore we cannot prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Two true sentences that when joined together transmit a falsehood.
In 2008 Biden finished fifth in the Iowa caucuses. Will he do better in yesterday’s?
I hope Joe wins. I want more rambling stories about rain barrels and pomade.
Is he wearing an onion on his belt, too?
Ooh wee, I sure hope so.
Pop Corn was a bad dude.
Or Corn-Pop…
“so I said to him, ‘Hey, Esther, get outta the pool!'”
Hey fat!
look, Fat. It’s ‘look’ not ‘hey’
I solemnly swear, if I ever run for POTUS, I will wear an onion on my belt at all campaign events.
“…stories about rain barrels and pomade.”
and stories about leg hairs and Corn Pop and chains
Remember when Joe and Corn Pop teamed up to investigate the ghosts at Frankenstein’s Castle? That was a good one.
No one knows yet. We are supposed to be captivated by the mystery.
A mystery, wrapped in a riddle, and smothered in a bubbling layer of shit.
Maybe. The margin of fraud seems to be pretty large this year.
It just seems that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zL13LvxS8
PSA:
American Suppressor Association is having a Sic Semper Tinnitus member giveaway. Virginia state House hears HB961 this Friday. HB961 bans “assault weapons”, suppressors, and a crapload of other fun stuff. It won’t pass b/c a couple of Virginia Dems aren’t that stupid. Most are, but enough are not.
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB961
https://americansuppressorassociation.com/sic-semper-tinnitus/
Sic Semper Tinnitus
Heh.
“Shocking moment Iowa caucus member demands to change her vote after she realizes Pete Buttigieg is gay and married to a man”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7965961/Iowa-caucus-member-demands-change-vote-realizes-Pete-Buttigieg-gay.html
You mean Obama’s not Irish?
I like that they wouldn’t give back her ballot. I guess “will of the people” is over ridden by “no take backsies”.
Gay and married to a woman is fine though.
Indeed, in fact it’s quite traditional. Just ask the Greeks.
Chrisley Knows Best.
Well with a name like Chasten, your just not sure who he’s married to.
As I learned recently, neither is Frank O’Harris.
Why are there so many racists and homophobes in the Democratic party?
What a maroon
That’s the reason she doesn’t want to vote for him?
I am eating re-heated baby back ribs from my dinner the other night. They’re a kind of (processed) plant, right?
Bon apple tea.
They’re a lot more tender the 2nd time.
Newt Gingrich✔
@newtgingrich
If Democrats cant run a caucus, cant run an impeachment, can’t fire an intelligence committee chair who lies constantly, how could they run healthcare.
“Weinstein rape accuser Jessica Mann says the movie mogul consoled himself after his mother’s death by masturbating in front of the 34-year old aspiring actress and making her perform oral sex on him, court hears”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7965381/Jessica-Mann-witness-stand-day-testimony.html
Grieving is a process.
If I wanted to create a parody of a disgusting rapist, I couldn’t do better than Weinstein. He’s something out of a horror movie.
The rank ugliness, the fatness, the disgusting body odor, the penis injections, the cartoonish villainy…. basically everything about him.
I feel very sorry for the women who were raped by him. As for the women who did it voluntarily…. just wow. I can’t think of a worse way to debase oneself.
*begins to post links*
*reconsiders. Deletes links*
*puts catbutt back into weapons locker*
First among them his ex-wife Georgina Chapman. She CHOSE him.
Yeesh.
“I just don’t understand what that means to release half of the data.,” Warren said.
Now do… Climategate.
If you can’t tell a hermaphrodite, “Go fuck yourself,” what’s the point of living?
Fun fact about the Beach Boys – Al Jardine was the only actual surfer in the band.
Relevant
Irrelevent
Blah, blah, blah, more of the same old same old.
Well, there’s one interesting guest:
I’m assuming this will mean Trump does some more shit-talking of socialism, which is always fun.
It makes Bernie frown…harder.
shit-talking of socialism
You mean state capitalism, right?
SuBvErsIon oF NoRmz!!!!
I thought the Constitution was just some piece of paper written by a bunch old, dead, white racist men. Why does she care if ditch the whole thing?
She will, be missed
Says someone who supports many things that the government is not permitted to do.
i may tune in just to do a health check on Ginsburg.
She says this as if anyone would be disappointed by it…
She’s been in the spotlight long enough. There should be some deepfake of her in an adult video by now.
I’m sure there is.
I still think there is a real sex video of her out there.
I know exactly the adult film star to use.
I think she should stop legitimizing Congress too and stop showing up for votes.
Nothing says normal like AOC
Well, bye you illiberal commie cunt.
Actually, I wouldn’t be there either if I were in Congress. No need for the pomp and circumstance of the SOTU speech. Just submit some US Census and Fed reports with data on various aspects of the the US and call it a day.
Good video by the ‘Stache,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQrSNlLzQM
the link is to Stossel’s channel ,not TOS
“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer dismissed McConnell’s “talking points,””
Well to be fair to Schumer, McConnell was talking and he was making points, so…
How did he dismiss McConnell? By saying “I dismiss you.”? Because that happened to me once. A self-described “intellectual” said “I literally can’t even with your comment and I dismiss you.” after I made an assertion supported by evidence (i.e. an ‘argument’). It was surreal.
that is not surprising in the least. i get “just stop” on occasion.
I will not be attending the State of the Union.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Will the nation survive?
No, No nation does,
Racial bias training; incoming!
OFFS.
I’m reminded of the Abel Meeropol song “Strange Fruitcake”.
I really hate to be the asshole who drops work on someone at 16:45 with an email saying “priority: tool down.”
In my defense, I just got the quote in at 16:43.
You prefer being a different type of asshole, don’t you? :-p
Yes I do. I’m particularly fond of “The kind of asshole who ‘s right all the time.”
Hey! That’s *my* shtick!
That subject, does it mean stop touching yourself?
Oh that’s right, you guys don’t actually work here.
“Tool” = any piece of equipment that does work.
*unzips*
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, FELLA!
Hey, look on the bright side – I found the perfect gun for the steel challenge. It’s lightweight, will eat any .22LR fed to it, and will dump its entire ammunition capacity in a single trigger pull –
A .22LR Junior Rolling Block. I’ll have the longest times evah!
And if someone goes “Ackshually, that’s not a semiautomatic” there’s a Ruger 10/22 in the bag too.
Neat. Any story behind that?
I went looking at rifles, and it was on the shelf at the store. it was a rifle type I’d never seen before, and $150. So I bought it.
It’s actually a stevens arms model 11 junior rifle. Pat July 7 1907, so it’s over a century old given the markings, and may not actually be able to handle higher pressure loads. I have a pack of subsonic .22 in case extraction of a regular cartridge doesn’t work so well.
They were cheap when they were in production (stopped circa 1930s), so not that valuable today. But I just had to have it.
Are you planning for this Sunday, or are you going to take some range time with the new toy?
I was going to try to show up sunday, but I have a heap of little questions I didn’t find the answer to in the rules.
Like what? They’re pretty simple, especially for rimfire.
They hid the answers, I had to search again to find them.
Do I just show up? I’m not a member, so do I have to find you first?
Can I get the schedule in person, the practiscore website… is being disagreeable.
How much of the day is usually taken up my a meet?
You can just show up. You’ll need to sign a waiver. The gate will be down so you’ll need to either park outside and walk too many hundred yards or have someone (me) badge you in.
The schedule is pretty invariant at this time. However, practiscore is advised because:
a) your times will get posted there for you to see and
b) it lets you reserve a spot by signing up through it
regarding b) this has not actually been an issue, however when the weather warms up we may have too many people interested to be able to get through in a reasonable amount of time, so they would require you getting a slot at that point. Also, in the case of marginal weather, the guy with the keys to the steel locker may decide to cancel if he only sees a handful of people signed up.
We are getting more efficient at setup/stage changing/takedown. It’s been getting out ~ 1:00. You can of course leave early.
Okay.
One thing I have not found – what sort of container is allowable for holding the spare magazines? I’m sure it’s in here, but I’ve not found it.
I think I’ve found it.
I don’t think there is any requirement. If it’s raining, I move mine into protected pockets. Some people carry them in their hands and lay them on the table.
Do bring your chamber flag. You will be required to carry it empty, flagged, with the muzzle pointing upwards as you go to/from the shooting table.
I picked up the part about flagged chambers. It was repeated often enough.
I’m trying to figure out if I’m going to be able to zero the ruger in time. I think I should be able to on saturday at my club.
Testing the waters.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday named the suspected Ukraine “whistleblower” during a Senate floor speech as the upper chamber concludes its closing arguments in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
In his remarks, Paul read aloud his question about Eric Ciaramella — the partisan CIA officer whose complaint prompted House Democrats to launch a formal impeachment inquiry in September. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Robert refused to read the question when the Kentucky Republican posed it last week, all but confirming a RealClearInvestigations report alleging that Ciaramella was indeed the “whistleblower.”
Bad times ahead, saying that guy’s name aloud is worse than chanting the Necronomicon on Friday the 13th by the light of a full moon. There’s no telling what’s going to happen now.
Ciaramella Ciaramella Ciaramella!
“priority: tool down.”
Going on strike?
No, that would probably reduce my bonus.
Question for lawyers:
“In September 2018, then-District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said during a news conference that investigators were sifting through thousands of videos and images found on Robicheaux’s phone and that some that showed women who were barely responsive.
Defense lawyers have said there are no such videos. Spitzer confirmed that.”
Does qualified immunity cover false statements made by prosecutors in public, or can Robicheaux sue the shit out of him personally?
There’s no evidence that Rackauckas doesn’t fuck sheep.
Rackauckas? Wasn’t he the DA in the Kelly Thomas case?
/runs google search
Yep. I thought the name was familiar.
Section 1983 suit…
Unlike many who garner money and/or power from panic, I’m not really worried about this yet.
As I noted this morning, China reported an increase in infected people of 400% over one week. If* that’s legit, that’s a major problem, at least for relatively undeveloped countries. Honestly, little reason to think it will be much of a problem here.
*Huge if. The bigliest if. ChiCom data, IYKWIM.
Oh, THIS is what is insulting the intelligence of Americans.
You know who else insulted the intelligence of Americans (who drive SUVs)?
“Our new rule: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide context.”
https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1224799838895607809
Goodbye memes, at least memes from a nonleftist point of reference.
But the left can’t meme.
Memes will still exist.
They just wont appear on Twitter. Twitter being a total waste of time that is worthless, it’s not a loss.
I don’t look at Twitter for memes I look for the insanely idiotic comments people make.
I’m working on a public company merger, which involves a major (500+ page) filing with the SEC. The merger’s in the pharma sphere. Anyhoo, I’m looking at a similar merger, because all securities lawyers do is copy off one another. This particular company’s pipeline (the one I’m working off of, not the one I’m working on) includes a treatment for “castration resistant prostate cancer”. I did not know that was a thing and I’m also scared now.
Something that can keep you from getting castrated? 😉
“castration resistant prostate cancer”
Sounds like prostate cancer that will defend your balls if anyone tries to take them. Frightening, yet intriguing.
This is why you have anxiety.
Ouch.,.
The prostate is affected by testosterone. Prostate cancer is especially affected by testosterone. If testosterone blockers (common treatment for PC) aren’t working… some tough choices need to be made.
Yikes
“Prostate cancer that keeps growing even when the amount of testosterone in the body is reduced to very low levels. Many early-stage prostate cancers need normal levels of testosterone to grow, but castrate-resistant prostate cancers do not.”
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/castrate-resistant-prostate-cancer
My dad is going through this now. Prostate cancer feeds on testosterone. There is one drug to stop production in the testicles and another to stop production in other parts of the body. And another drug to combat loss of bone density caused by the lack of testosterone. I’m pretty sure he still has his nuts, but at 91 he doesn’t really need them.
“at 91 he doesn’t really need them”
That’s what *you* think.
He’d probably agree with you.
100% completely and totally relevant link.
I think almost every one of us would enjoy the two most recent Babylon Bee podcasts where Michael Malice is the guest. They are absolutely hilarious.
https://babylonbee.com/podcast
Oh, Tulsi.
Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) criticized the Iowa Democratic Party Tuesday for botching its first-in-the-nation caucus, accusing the Democrat National Committee (DNC) of “rigging” its primary contest in favor of billionaire candidates like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“Thousands of people turned out to cast the first votes of this presidential primary in the Iowa Caucuses last night,” Gabbard said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the voices of the people of Iowa have yet to be heard as the vote count continues, leaving voters frustrated and without the transparency and integrity in this process that they expect and deserve.”
She continued: “It’s clear that the corporate media, the military-industrial complex, and the party establishment are threatened by [my] message, because it challenges their grip on power. They will do everything to silence us, while also rigging the primary process for billionaire candidates who think they can bypass the kind of grassroots campaigning that is the fuel of our movement.”
Oh my Lord, SP. Nonna Gina is awesome. She’s literally everything in my circle of family and friends from the humour to the fiendish ability to feed an army.
My mother just made cavatelli the other day.
It went something like this:
Rufus’s Daughter Lil’Rufusinella: Hi Nonna.
Nonna: Hello love. Did you enjoy your ski trip to Bromont?
Rufusinella: I did 16 runs! Nonna, can you show me how to make home made sauce and pasta?
Nonna: Sure. But your father knows how to do that.
Rufusinella: Yeh but he’s weird. I want to do it with you.
Nonna: Ok.
Three hours later shows up at the house with fresh cavatelli.
Nonna takes over kitchen. Ok, come here R and let’s make pelatti and linguine.
Three hours after that a feast. Rufus’s wife stands in awe as my mother makes her Osso bucco.
Oh and thanks for that link!
I also really enjoy Chef John. He’s another one with a sense of humour I dig.
I’ve tried so many of his recipes over the years.
I absolutely adore Gina.
When my MIL was living with us, Gina was one of the few things that MIL could follow and remember. LOVED her, thought she was “so cute!” MIL would watch avidly and laugh and respond to and sing along with Gina. “Hello, I’m Gina!” “Hi, Gina!”
I want to go to Gina’s house for dinner. I’ll bring the wine and she can help me practice my Italian. (I’m on day 898 of consecutive Italian lessons.)
I’m envious of you and your family.
From Instapundit in honor of our food theme.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/dining/nudist-cooking-naked.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
TW: NYT
“castration resistant prostate cancer”
You have extra testicles in reserve, like a shark’s teeth?
Is there anything worse than castrating yourself to cure a disease and then still having the disease?
She continued: “It’s clear that the corporate media, the military-industrial complex, and the party establishment are threatened by [my] message, because it challenges their grip on power. They will do everything to silence us, while also rigging the primary process for billionaire candidates who think they can bypass the kind of grassroots campaigning that is the fuel of our movement.”
Paranoia is a most narcissistic disease.
Are you sure the world even knows you exist?
Buttigieg has lead in Iowa with 62% reporting.
So the polls are garbage?
Not just the polls. 538’s forecast had Buttigieg winning at 1 in 30. Other forecasters were equally bad.
He is associated with Shadow. Angry-eatin’ Pete is now Cheatin’ Pete.
“Angry-eatin’”
I thought he was gay.
That’s why he’s angry when he’s eatin’. Duh.
“I could never understand how the two of you became friends. He’s so queer, and you — you’re so gay.”
The only thing that matters is that Biden didn’t win and they knew he wouldn’t so they fucked up the process on purpose. The results are now tainted and no one except Buttglug and his fanbois will respect them.
So that’s what that coin toss was about.
Even the coin toss was rigged.
The game was rigged from the start?
Buttigieg has the greatest upswing from 1st vote to 2nd vote. So he is taking more votes from the also-rans than the other front runners are.
Biden and Klobuchar have lower vote count in the 2nd round. This means they are showing as not-viable in some of the precincts in the 1st round.
Looks like Mayor Pete is the partial winner of the partial results from the discredited caucus:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/04/iowa-democratic-party-delayed-caucus-results-should-soon-published/4659581002/
Hmm… that seems fishy.
The Bernie Bros will not be amused.
Notice how Uncle Joe barely squeaked past the 15% drop dead mark…
It would have been too on the nose if they had him win I guess.
COCKUS? COCKASS?
https://twitter.com/AmyKremer/status/1224765826433277958
Worth watching.
I heard the name of the whistleblower is Eric C.. *shot dead by sniper*
The whistleblower laws were meant to protect the whistleblower from persecution. Not to protect them from testifying under oath. The whole thing was a joke. A sick joke but a joke.
Very good. Is it just me, or have his speaking skills improved quite a bit over the last few years?
@LJW, are you going to the party tomorrow? Trigger Hippie is working in Paola.
I read that as “Trigger Hippie is working on Payola.”
LOL It’s pronounced that way so you’re mostly right!
Well, this is the final straw – your post is the one that convinced me to wear my reading glasses when using my laptop. Now, go make something delicious and think about what you’ve done!
How do the satellite locations for the Iowa caucuses validate that the attendees are Iowa voters? Do they require some kind of ID?
Does it matter who the attendees are? The votes were pre-selected.
Uffda. I’m so fucking proud of Minneapolis. They stood up to dirty corporate interests. An inspiring story about the city driving a private company out of business for zoning violations. The evil bastards were going to try to get the laws changed so they could continue making evil profits, but luckily they gave up when they couldn’t compete with an ongoing city project to spend $200M on a public development project.
We’ll be overtaken by the Norks
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is pushing forward the drive to put the mushroom production on a scientific and industrial basis, true to the intention of the Workers’ Party of Korea to turn the country into a huge producer of mushroom.
And every one of them grown in “night earth”.
BTW, the Upper Harbor Terminal project sounds like a great deal for Minneapolis taxpayers. The city is going to use $200M to develop 48 acres that it owns on the Mighty Mississippi. I’m sure there are still some assholes in Minneapolis who are guilty of wrongthinking who wonder why the city doesn’t just sell the land at auction and make money.
Those same jerks would also probably be worried that the advisory board for the project refuses to meet in public or let journalists know how that $200M is going to be spent.
It really is stunning how blatant the corruption is.
Throw some “affordable housing units” at it and everyone looks the other way.
SCREW YOU BUSINESSMAN!
/looking around, wondering where the tax money went….
A building for an old grocery store has been empty for about 15 years, because of zoning requirements. People on Next Door are up in arms because the owner is trying to get it rezoned for something useful. The commenters keep saying how it should remain a grocery store, but if it’s been empty for 15 years, there’s no grocery store coming. Drives me nuts how people think they know what to do with other people’s property.
It kills me that the city owns 48 acres of riverfront property 2 miles away from downtown and instead of auctioning it off and using that money to offset city taxes, they decided to instead spend $200M to develop it themselves.
I’m sure if I was on the city council, I’d do the exact same thing because being able to skim on the original $200M and then grift on the new tenants forever is way better than simply selling.
My town is doing something similar. Suddenly everybody in town is an expert in real estate development.
They’re about control, first and foremost, and since selling the property means loss of control, that’s not even an option. The graft is just what they deserve for all the hard work they have to put in controlling you.
Top Five Dems: All white, average age north of 65.
LOLOLOL
Proving that Iowans are too white!
Eye gouge!
President Trump predicted Tuesday that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for his New York seat and that she will “kick his ass.”
Trump made the pot-stirring remark during a traditional pre-State of the Union luncheon for TV news personalities. The relaxed off-the-record lunch featured bass and leek soup in the White House state dining room, just hours before Trump delivers the annual address on Capitol Hill.
“I think she will kick his ass,” Trump said in a remark that he placed on the record.
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Trump needled Schumer after the Senate majority leader urged senators to vote to remove him from office when there’s a final vote Wednesday on two articles of impeachment. After closing arguments Monday in the Senate impeachment trial, Schumer said Republicans should join Democrats to oust Trump, calling the president a “nasty man.”
Spokespeople for AOC, a 30-year-old democratic socialist congresswoman who has become a progressive darling and national fundraising machine and Schumer did not immediately offer comment.
Ocasio-Cortez went from waitress to congresswoman in 2018 after a stunning primary victory over 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley, the powerful chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, in her Bronx-Queens district.
Eminently qualified.
Troll-level: Supreme Overlord.
my Idiot Daughter is older and Wiser than that TwitTwat,
Isn’t she polling really poorly too?
I’ve read that, yeah, that her numbers in her district aren’t great.
Brilliant on the part of Trump.
Say what you want about Ocasia-Cortez but she is the Trump of the left. She says things that people on the right think is crazy but is still the darling of the left.
This makes Schumer think about the possibilities and may force him to take the legs out from under her before she does take his seat.
Except Trump is a moderate and she’s massively extreme.
A mushroom-growing business in the industrial area of north Minneapolis is closing amid conflicts with the city over zoning and fire code violations.
Ian Silver-Ramp, the president and founder of Mississippi Mushrooms, announced last week that the operation on Washington Avenue was shutting down this month, despite last year being its most successful on record.
I hope he moves across the river to NoDak and re-starts the business.
Wisconsin is closer. Shoot, I hope he moves out to my burb and builds right next to Tundra’s house.
Having lived near a mushroom farm that strongly advertised its presence when the wind blew my way, I concur.
Why do so many of you people think I’m married to a guy? My penis allergy is well known, and SP would never be mistaken for anything but a female?
Actually, we don’t believe you’re married at all. No Jew would do something that would jeopardize half his amassed fortune.
This is not how you advance up the SP’s Favorite standings. Looks like SugarFree is still secure in first place.
When he’s feeling overconfident is when I’ll beat him.
Can you beat him into overconfidence?
You’re rumored to have tastes that run toward the … androgynous *cough*prepubescent*cough*?
In my case, I failed to notice that SP was today’s provider. I just thought Brett was just getting in touch with her feminine side.
Sorry man. Autoimmune disorders suck.
Wow, where to start with what was noticed on that one.
Penis Allergy… The best remedy is to remove the allergen, and I’m afraid your 10% off attempt just won’t cut it. …so to speak.
Also, ingesting small amounts of the allergen and then increasing the dosage can desensitize the patient.
For TPTB: I put my final anthrax chapter in for review. Hope that was in time for one giant, final nutpunch to the Glibertariat. You’re welcome in advance.
Ozy, thanks for the encouragement, People seem to like Geology around here,
Love you, Brother! Hope you’re hanging in there and that Wendy pulls through.
And I’ve read and enjoyed both pieces! (Still not as good as you educating me as we drove back across the fault and you could point to various features and explain them. Might have to make a plan to do some kind of road trip again, Homes! This time without the furniture moving, though.)
🙂
Cheers!
Despite the series being one big nutpunch, I like reading it. It’s interesting.
Thank you, DEG. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it. For my encore, I’m going to try to follow our own Mme Mojeaux’s advice to help me self-publish it as a single book. I’m certain I’ll do it in e-book format as well. Probably would be a better read in that format, but I wanted to do this experiment for a variety of reasons.
Now I’ve got to actually produce some original content again. Damn.
As someone that was involved in the 1st Gulf conflict, I find myself grinding my molars as I read; still enjoy it tho.
And for the record, you don’t necessarily write like a stuffy lawyer.
Uffda. Minnesoda’s Economic Miracle? AKA: We suck harder at the Federal teat than any other state!
A story by some guy who works at a nonprofit focused on cleaning up air. Mostly fairly silly NGO self-fellation on how awesome they are. Then comes this:
generated millions I’m going home, so I don’t have to think about that any more.
I need some (a lot) of that money, to clean up the deer poop that is polluting my yard. I could probably do that myself, as an independent contractor,
and save a lot of time. I’ll need an advance, to insure I get the right equipment. I want to be up to or exceeding fed standards, for the children and their future, you know.
Greta, I hear you and I’m doing what I can.
Whelp, as someone that’s made a career of evaluating pollution control devices and air emissions, I wonder how they applied that money.
So Steyer, Bennet, Delaney and Patrick are all probably hitting the road after this. We know Bloomy’s sticking around until at least Sooper Toosday. I wonder if Tulsi and Yang will stay on just to get their message out even though they have no hope. Klomentum won’t last. Looks like a spicy 4 way between Grandpa Gulag, Butt Chugger, Fauxcahontas and Creepy Uncle Joe.
I’ll leave the imagery of Warren going airtight for SugarFree.
Biden way underperformed his polling. As expected, his voters just aren’t enthusiastic. Just picking him in polls because they know the name perhaps.
Special K is from the state next door, she should have been able to clean up. The fact that she came in exactly where everyone predicted is proof that she’s got no chance at all.
She’s desperately hoping that some dude wins the nomination and picks her to be his VP because she’s got a vagina and is so boring and uncharismatic that she won’t do anything to embarrass the campaign.
“she’s got a vagina”
Assuming facts not in evidence.
She apparently forced her staffers to shave it.
She make an SF guest appearance yet?
AlmightyJB: I second that.
Also,an interesting part of the story is how low turnout overall was. Was there a blizzard? Not much enthusiasm in Iowa.
After the absolute clusterfuck this is the turnout for Dems will be even lower going forward
Speaking of imagery….
I feel so sorry for those jurors.
#metoo
Will we finally get an answer as to whether he has testicles?
Why do that? It’s just malicious humiliation now
Makes the complaining witness’ claims a LOT more credible. It’s corroboration of her claims that she saw his junk. If she hadn’t known that and claimed he raped her, then his defense would have used it to prove she was lying.
I am not familiar with his defense but
I was under the impression he was claiming the sex was consensual
Pro tip: typing on a mobile device sucks
I’m not familiar with his defense, either, I was just pointing out that for a prosecutor the photos are corroboration of the crucial witness. And that if she hadn’t mentioned something as glaring as that – even if Weinstein were going to originally argue consensual, if the complaining witness’ lied or was simply wrong about something critical like that, you’d change your planned defense and use that one; unless you were a moron. That’s the one good thing about being on defense – the prosecution does have to go first.
After the excerpts yesterday I started getting the notion that they are making the trial punishment
I almost feel sorry for the guy
I don’t feel anything, but then again, I was a criminal attorney for most of my adult life. His case may be spectacular because of the names involved, but it’s pretty much par for the course in terms of the ‘ick’ factor. Criminal trials are rough places; not for the squeamish.
Which is what cracks me up about all of the “words are harm” idiots screeching about how someone hurt their feelings. It’s hard to take that seriously when you’ve handled murder, rape, incest, child molestation, agg assault, and all of the rest of the usual blue collar crimes that make up the predominance of most courts’ criminal docket.
When someone is forced to endure that at trial, especially someone like Weinstein, all I can do is wonder how he ever DIDN’T consider that this would happen.
In fact, it reminds me of those “scared straight” programs where they bring troubled teens into jail or have them talk to convicts. I think we would be much better served as a society if more people just sat through a couple of days of a court’s criminal docket. That ought to be enough to convince anyone to avoid doing things that might put you in that place, but alas, I doubt it would change the numbers one bit.
After the excerpts yesterday I started getting the notion that they are making the trial punishment
I get the same impression.
I’m not a lawyer, but since, from what I’ve read, the case basically boils down to Weinstein copping fully to being a sleazy producer with a very very extensive usage of the casting couch, but denying that he ever raped anyone. Basically that all these women in Hollywood, throughout the years, were happy to have sex with him because of his power and influence.
It’s just such a difficult knot to untangle, especially because we’ve gotten to the point with this kind of thing where every single action the creepy guy takes is seen as proof. Like, a big part of his defense is pointing out how all these women who have accused him of rape spoke with him on the phone, emailed him, spent time in person with him multiple times. One of the women admits to a sexual relationship with him, but says that during that relationship he raped her.
Viking,
I agree the case is a mess. I’ve only read a little about it, and what I see is messy.
However, when I read about things like Jessica Mann’s testimony, I would vote to acquit on rape charges related to her.
I read that Steyer is spending a ton of money in SC, so he’s in until then.
I want him to stay in just so he can keep spending his money.
Birdie try, on the River,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B6qRz6hmUHDvBuTv5
Yes I made it…
That would suck if the water hazard floated your disc away.
Fortunately most sink, and it did happen the same round, Grandson went in about 50 feet to extract it,
This was you, wasnt it?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/bizarre-moment-two-disc-shaped-21428429
that was a picture of an Amazon delivery last week…..
https://twitter.com/MiamiHerald/status/1222969593435709440
Probably already posted, but still bad.
Pretty much everything there is a lie.
“Florida troopers find narcotics in bag labeled ‘Bag Full of Drugs’
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)— Two men were not discreet in their plans to sell drugs in the Florida Panhandle, according to officials.
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested two alleged drug traffickers after troopers pulled them over on Saturday and found drugs in a bag labeled “Bag Full of Drugs”.
A traffic stop for unlawful speed on I-10 yesterday bagged two drug traffickers and their not so inconspicuous drug paraphernalia. Troopers seized meth, GHB, cocaine MDMA and fentanyl. Thanks to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for the assist.”
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/florida-troopers-find-narcotics-in-bag-labeled-bag-full-of-drugs/
They should let them go for being honest.
“Should police officers be able to get away with having sex with detainees?
In 2015, after a year-long investigation, the Associated Press revealed that in the six-year period from 2009 to 2014, about 550 police officers had lost their badges for rape, sodomy and other types of sexual assault; and a further 440 for possession of child pornography and other sex crimes; or sexual misconduct such as propositioning citizens, sexting juveniles, or having consensual but prohibited sex while on duty.
The AP article cited a 2011 report by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, suggesting the job itself creates both the opportunity for sexual misconduct by police officers – given their power, independence, irregular hours and interaction with people deemed less credible – as well as offering them cover after the fact, via the loyalty that impels officers to shield each other from accusations.
Having recognised the loophole and its deleterious effects, a number of states have taken steps to close it – albeit fairly recently in some cases: Oregon in 2005, Alaska in 2013 and Arizona in 2015). The other 13 are Washington, California, Arizona, Utah, Hawaii, North Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
In the other 34 states, plus DC, police officers can claim they were ‘seduced’ into having sex by detainees. It is not unlikely that the defendants in the Anna Chambers case will use that line of defense when the case goes to court in the next few months.”
https://dailytimes.com.pk/549072/549072/
And then everyone went to dinner………
I had dinner a while back. I’m sitting here waiting for laundry to finish washing so I can move it to the dryer.
Still waiting on some pictures, I need them to develop a theme, and sketch it out for your approval,
I’m flaking out as to what I’ve forgotten to send. Can you shoot me an email with what you were still waiting on?
Someone on the radio revealed where Trump is, and it’s unbelievable.
He said Trump is in the catbird seat.
Who still says that?
She’s a Battle Axe
The ghost of Red Barber says that.