Since publishing houses are now money laundering operations to pay off Democratic pols, it seems as if they’ve got their nose out of joint that funds are being diverted and there will be cuts in their slice of the payola.
I have cut way back on travel since the Covid lockdowns began in early 2020. I prefer to stay put on my island in the Aegean. When I do travel abroad, I try to pick up a copy of the New York Times International Edition to keep up with what the other side is thinking. Here are several samples from the opinion page from the 26 October issue.
In response to John Fetterman’s recent sad debate performance Jill Bolte Taylor writes; Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain’s Ability to Heal “…. Neurons are beautiful and fragile creatures that work together throughout our lives. That’s why, whenever I meet someone who has experienced a brain trauma of any kind, I don’t focus on abilities that person has lost, but rather I marvel at what insights that person might have gained because of the experience. Those of us who study the brain immediately recognize that Mr. Fetterman’s cognitive competence appears to be just fine.”
Those of us with a brain realize that John Fetterman is not fit to be a US Senator.
Then we have Paul Krugman’s Delusions about Crime in America where he posits that violence in the U.S. is wrongly perceived a problem of big cities in Democratic states. He states that nationwide, violent crime rose substantially in 2020 but goes on to say that “Nobody knows for sure what caused the surge…” He later lays the blame on the social and psychological effects of the pandemic and the damage to police-community relations caused by the murder of George Floyd. I would suggest that Mr. Krugman examine the effects of demonizing the police as vicious killers of POC, the pernicious effects of the Defund the Police movement, the authorities in cities controlled by the Democrat Machine ordering police to stand down and to allow looting and burning of major portions of their cities, the appointment of Soros funded DAs who refuse to incarcerate dangerous criminals, the No Bail Release policy of some democrat cities. The unrelenting attack by the progressive Democrat Party on traditional American Values of hard work, civility and equal protection under the law. All of these have been eroded under Democrat governance.
The answer to your question as to what caused the surge in crime, Mr. Krugman is right before you – if only you choose to look.
Covers up the attempted steal while they serve as intro band for golem
I want to talk about the Strad and the copy! The difference was so clear to me: the richness of the resonance of the Strad was so obvious in comparison. Made the other violin sound weak comparatively. I’m sure it would be fine if not held up side by side like that
Since this is an open thread, a post about Roosian undersea warfare (pipelines, cables, sensors, etc.) capabilities. Not from the MSM, or Twitter, imagine that!
Russian Threat To Undersea Cables & Pipelines Explained – H I Sutton
Yes, the list includes Willow, the present First Cat, but she didn’t get to pick her current humans (one hopes Brandon doesn’t sniff her fur).
Re the attack on Mr. Pelosi: The media will investigate and report all pertinent details as soon as possible. /sarc
PA+Cat,
Yesterday I got a new cell phone. Because I was switching from an older flip phone to a newer, but cheap, flat “ smart” type phone, moving my 900 + pictures plus contacts took a while. Each picture took about 8 seconds to transfer via bluetooth and each contact had to be moved over semi manually one at a time via bluetooth. I was there at the store around 3 hours or more. They had tried doing a direct , select all, wire to wire transfer of my pictures but my old phone just would not sync that way with the new phone.
As I was finishing up, one of the store workers saw my pictures of cats and said something like “ Oh kitties! “. Lol. Yes, I like cats. Have quiet a few pics of the cats and goats and wild flowers and vegetable plants from my garden on my phone! More than I have people pics!
Those of us who study the brain immediately recognize that Mr. Fetterman’s cognitive competence appears to be just fine.
Much of our intelligentsia consists of weasels and frauds. At this point I think one should assume one is being lied to unless the utterer makes an admission against interest.
I have a number of friends (guys as well as gals) with lots of cat photos on their phones. Cats are pleasant pets– and they’re certainly a relaxing break from politics!
A ray of hope for election integrity: Fractal computing catches voter fraud practically in real time.
Mike Lindell and Sheriff David Clarke asked us to run the Wisconsin voter rolls with our disruptive Fractal technology.
We loaded Wisconsin and within hours had it in their hands — no charge — finding registered voters living in laundromats and UPS boxes.
That inactive voter, probably dead, moved to active, voted, then went back into that comfortable grave — as inactive. Current technology sees the person as inactive — before they vote and afterward.
Fractal identifies the data movement, flags it, and that vote is challenged before it impacts an election.
August, 1914
“The impotence of the Germans while their chance lasted is remarkable, and is perhaps only to be explained by their being wholly unprepared for finding us an active enemy. Their inability to recover from the surprise was no doubt due in some measure to the promptitude with which we had dealt with their cables. It was a subject to which special attention had been given in preparing the War Book.
The lines of the most immediate importance were the five German cables which from Emden passed through the Channel to Vigo, Tenerife and the Azores, and as early as the summer of 1912 arrangements had been made for their being cut by the Post office, with Naval assistance, as soon as the Admiralty gave the word. When the Warning Telegram went out the Admiralty settled with the War office what enemy cables should be cut, and the issue of the request to the Post office on a Priority Form was one of the steps which followed automatically upon the “War Telegram.” At Dover everything stood ready to act; the order came down from the Admiralty in due course, and on August 5, when the Germans could think of nothing more effective than their mining venture with the Koenigin Luise, all five cables were cut.”
From last Sunday, curious that Sevastopol is a port and home of the Roosian Black Sea fleet, or was its home. Damage to Roosian navy may have been from marine drones, not missiles and aerial drones.
Not the MSM, James of Northern California.
I hope this is where the violin comments go! I immediately guessed #1. I am not a musician, but I have read that the Stradivarius has a unique rich tone, and I thought I sensed that at the first. As I listened further I lost conviction, but decided to stay with my first impression. FWIW
Well it is an exquisite instrument that well deserves its reputation
Frankly, I couldn’t tell any difference, so it’s probably a good thing I’m not a violinist.
More on the violins – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-roahcTIM
Mar 11, 2009
Music lovers around the world sing the praises of certain violins and cellos that were made more than 300 years ago in the small city of Cremona in northern Italy. The instruments made by Antonio Stradivarius, in particular, are highly regarded and the few hundred that survive today command prices in the millions of dollars. For many years craftsmen and scientists have studied these violins to find their secret. Now, a chemist in Texas claims he has already found it — not in the structure of the instruments, but in chemicals used to preserve the wood.
* * *
Good comments discussing more than was told in the video.
Frankly, I couldn’t tell any difference, so it’s probably a good thing I’m not a violinist.
–AesopFan
I couldn't either, though I don't count myself any sort of expert in that area.
Though I will mention, as I have before, I once owned a Fake Stradivarius. Of which not everyone may boast.
Today I discovered via Instapundit an interesting website, “Straight Arrow News,” which claims to provide not-too-biased news:
__________________________
Straight Arrow News is dedicated to bridging the national divide in America. Issues like education, immigration, election security, and COVID-19 restrictions have split the nation as never before.
Straight Arrow News was launched to chart a middle path between the wedge issues that divide us by carefully examining all sides of each story and acknowledging key talking points from both sides of the aisle. We respect differences in beliefs and opinion, celebrating the American values that unite us. We strive to deliver the news with nuance and empathy.
Conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between, your beliefs and opinions are your own. We don’t think you need anyone to tell you how to form them. Most importantly, we want you to hold us accountable as we aim to be fair, factual and unbiased.
Don’t believe us? That’s OK. Let us earn your trust and decide for yourself.
Big talk. Yet an article on abortion and Politifact shows that Straight Arrow can walk that talk:
__________________________
Guttmacher also said, “44 states prohibit some abortions after a certain point in pregnancy.” Which means six states do not. Those six states were Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont
Even in its own fact check summary, PolitiFact admitted, “Under laws in those six states, abortion is not specifically prohibited at any stage of pregnancy.”
Yet PolitiFact called the ads “mostly false.” It did so by changing the premise of the fact-check.
After admitting that late-term abortions in the six states are not prohibited, PolitiFact’s fact-checkers repeatedly noted that these late-term abortions “are rare” in the six states. But the Focus on the Family ads never mentioned the frequency of late-term abortions — only that they were unrestricted.
Humble-brag disclaimer: I was a programmer on the team which wrote a stock market simulation for Ameritrade.
huxley, thanks for the link to Straight Arrow News.
BTW, Joe Ricketts has supported Republicans, as has his son Todd, and Joe’s son Pete is the GOP governor of Nebraska. Joe’s daughter is an Obama supporter and homosexual rights activist.
The family also owns the Chicago Cubs.
I wonder if Elon has seen this video tweet from Libs of TikTok:
He’s reached 7 mil subscribers in five years and published a book of his recipes.
He’s very energetic, fun and accessible. He makes his recipes look straightforward and delicious. Plus his recipes are often based on popular restaurant dishes — stuff regular people like to eat — that he can make better, cheaper or faster.
From his omelet video I finally learned how to make a proper country omelet, which I could never figure out from reading a recipe. I’m loving my bacon, cheese and mushroom omelet most mornings now.
Tonight I made Chicken Tikka Marsala, which was good but I don’t have my cast iron casserole dish dialed in and I burned it a bit. I look forward to trying again.
@ huxley > “Humble-brag disclaimer: I was a programmer on the team which wrote a stock market simulation for Ameritrade.”
I hope you did a good job, because that’s the broker for one of our 401(k) accounts.
😉
Glad you are enjoying the omelets. We used to make pseudo-omelets for our boys, which were basically scrambled eggs with diced bell peppers and other veg, as a way of sneaking in the healthy stuff. Because of the red, green, & yellow, bits, we called them “treasure chest eggs.”
Re: Weissman, what the heck’s a $1700 pizza? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_OXYiwAPc
Yes, I DO know that inflation is out of control…but still…even if it were a truffle pizza….
(OTOH, I suppose a pizza MIGHT end up costing $1700…if it sends you straight to the emergency room…)
Ah, I see—it’s the caviar….
Well, here’s a hint: Anchovies rock!! (But I guess if one really NEEDS fish eggs, go for the salmon roe…)
That may be Weissman’s silliest video for shock value. Not only caviar, the pizza included gold foil to jack up the price. Super high-end sushi trick.
More typically, like the Chicken Tikka recipe, Weissman shows you to make a meal that would cost $15-$20 in a restaurant for a few dollars.
Weissman always makes his own bread items — rolls, pizza dough, etc. The ways of breadmaking have long seemed mysterious and beyond my ken, but he’s got me interested. If only his recipes didn’t usually require a stand mixer.
Which at first I heard as a “Stan mixer.” I kept wondering who or what Stan was.
Gosh, the only time I ever ate gold foil was when the Indian (sub-continent) students attending the ESL course brought home-made sweets to the end-of-year party…
(If I knew then what I do now, I would have held on to those sweets—actually, taken a few more than I did—and put them in a safe deposit box….)
What does it taste like, you ask?
Like chicken (of course)….Actually…no. I don’t remember it having any taste, really. But those sweets sure were SWEET and would have disguised any flavor the gold foil may have had….
(Actually, at the time, I was asking myself whether it was really OK to eat that stuff…You know, gold poisoning, etc… Actually…um no, won’t go there…)
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Jonathan Turley is getting tetchy about all this.
Since publishing houses are now money laundering operations to pay off Democratic pols, it seems as if they’ve got their nose out of joint that funds are being diverted and there will be cuts in their slice of the payola.
I have cut way back on travel since the Covid lockdowns began in early 2020. I prefer to stay put on my island in the Aegean. When I do travel abroad, I try to pick up a copy of the New York Times International Edition to keep up with what the other side is thinking. Here are several samples from the opinion page from the 26 October issue.
In response to John Fetterman’s recent sad debate performance Jill Bolte Taylor writes; Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain’s Ability to Heal “…. Neurons are beautiful and fragile creatures that work together throughout our lives. That’s why, whenever I meet someone who has experienced a brain trauma of any kind, I don’t focus on abilities that person has lost, but rather I marvel at what insights that person might have gained because of the experience. Those of us who study the brain immediately recognize that Mr. Fetterman’s cognitive competence appears to be just fine.”
Those of us with a brain realize that John Fetterman is not fit to be a US Senator.
Then we have Paul Krugman’s Delusions about Crime in America where he posits that violence in the U.S. is wrongly perceived a problem of big cities in Democratic states. He states that nationwide, violent crime rose substantially in 2020 but goes on to say that “Nobody knows for sure what caused the surge…” He later lays the blame on the social and psychological effects of the pandemic and the damage to police-community relations caused by the murder of George Floyd. I would suggest that Mr. Krugman examine the effects of demonizing the police as vicious killers of POC, the pernicious effects of the Defund the Police movement, the authorities in cities controlled by the Democrat Machine ordering police to stand down and to allow looting and burning of major portions of their cities, the appointment of Soros funded DAs who refuse to incarcerate dangerous criminals, the No Bail Release policy of some democrat cities. The unrelenting attack by the progressive Democrat Party on traditional American Values of hard work, civility and equal protection under the law. All of these have been eroded under Democrat governance.
The answer to your question as to what caused the surge in crime, Mr. Krugman is right before you – if only you choose to look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrCA2c-rbkM
Joey Heatherton ‘ere she was a survivor.
Krugman is a nasty little troll who unce upon a time had real economic insights but he now trawls denial like the river styx
He got the stimulus he wanted in 2009 and now is unwilling to acknowledge the damage it has caused
This should certainly help…:
“Biden, Harris To Campaign For Fetterman After Rocky Debate Performance”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-harris-campaign-fetterman-after-rocky-debate-performance
(But whom?)
Covers up the attempted steal while they serve as intro band for golem
I want to talk about the Strad and the copy! The difference was so clear to me: the richness of the resonance of the Strad was so obvious in comparison. Made the other violin sound weak comparatively. I’m sure it would be fine if not held up side by side like that
Since this is an open thread, a post about Roosian undersea warfare (pipelines, cables, sensors, etc.) capabilities. Not from the MSM, or Twitter, imagine that!
Russian Threat To Undersea Cables & Pipelines Explained – H I Sutton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H_tFKT9EXU
Today is National Cat Day: https://nypost.com/2022/10/29/celebrate-national-cat-day-with-9-of-americas-favorite-felines/
Yes, the list includes Willow, the present First Cat, but she didn’t get to pick her current humans (one hopes Brandon doesn’t sniff her fur).
Re the attack on Mr. Pelosi: The media will investigate and report all pertinent details as soon as possible. /sarc
PA+Cat,
Yesterday I got a new cell phone. Because I was switching from an older flip phone to a newer, but cheap, flat “ smart” type phone, moving my 900 + pictures plus contacts took a while. Each picture took about 8 seconds to transfer via bluetooth and each contact had to be moved over semi manually one at a time via bluetooth. I was there at the store around 3 hours or more. They had tried doing a direct , select all, wire to wire transfer of my pictures but my old phone just would not sync that way with the new phone.
As I was finishing up, one of the store workers saw my pictures of cats and said something like “ Oh kitties! “. Lol. Yes, I like cats. Have quiet a few pics of the cats and goats and wild flowers and vegetable plants from my garden on my phone! More than I have people pics!
Those of us who study the brain immediately recognize that Mr. Fetterman’s cognitive competence appears to be just fine.
Much of our intelligentsia consists of weasels and frauds. At this point I think one should assume one is being lied to unless the utterer makes an admission against interest.
Big payout in Australia (ongoing):
Covid vaccine injury payouts explode to $77 million, budget reveals
jon baker–
I have a number of friends (guys as well as gals) with lots of cat photos on their phones. Cats are pleasant pets– and they’re certainly a relaxing break from politics!
A ray of hope for election integrity: Fractal computing catches voter fraud practically in real time.
Mike Lindell and Sheriff David Clarke asked us to run the Wisconsin voter rolls with our disruptive Fractal technology.
We loaded Wisconsin and within hours had it in their hands — no charge — finding registered voters living in laundromats and UPS boxes.
That inactive voter, probably dead, moved to active, voted, then went back into that comfortable grave — as inactive. Current technology sees the person as inactive — before they vote and afterward.
Fractal identifies the data movement, flags it, and that vote is challenged before it impacts an election.
Democrats are Aboard the Big Data Titanic
It looks like Dr. Peter McCullough is over the target.
Dr. Peter McCullough is being progressively stripped of his medical credentials
August, 1914
“The impotence of the Germans while their chance lasted is remarkable, and is perhaps only to be explained by their being wholly unprepared for finding us an active enemy. Their inability to recover from the surprise was no doubt due in some measure to the promptitude with which we had dealt with their cables. It was a subject to which special attention had been given in preparing the War Book.
The lines of the most immediate importance were the five German cables which from Emden passed through the Channel to Vigo, Tenerife and the Azores, and as early as the summer of 1912 arrangements had been made for their being cut by the Post office, with Naval assistance, as soon as the Admiralty gave the word. When the Warning Telegram went out the Admiralty settled with the War office what enemy cables should be cut, and the issue of the request to the Post office on a Priority Form was one of the steps which followed automatically upon the “War Telegram.” At Dover everything stood ready to act; the order came down from the Admiralty in due course, and on August 5, when the Germans could think of nothing more effective than their mining venture with the Koenigin Luise, all five cables were cut.”
fwiw
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/the-first-ever-emerald-robinson-poll
And more information about Vlad’s “troubles” in Ukraine, this time in Sevastopol, and not from the MSM:
Ukraine Carries out Extensive Drone Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Sevastopol Homeport – streiff
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/10/29/ukraine-carries-out-extensive-drone-attack-on-russias-black-sea-fleet-sevastopol-homeport-n651027
And from a Ukrainian perspective, again not MSM, and certainly not without bias:
Drone Attack on Sevastopol, Crimea | Ruzzian ships are damaged – Denys Davidov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_CY7RyJNDo
And a bonus some non- MSM information about marine drones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tNwORmwro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmByi–2cdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CeJ3QUeHs&t=3s
Oh, I forgot Crimea is Roosian, and always will be Roosian! (sarc)
But wait, there’s more (not Shamwow), the war at sea Ukraine:
The Naval War in Ukraine – The Moskva, Missiles & Lessons -Perun 10/22/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrgCPsock6w
From last Sunday, curious that Sevastopol is a port and home of the Roosian Black Sea fleet, or was its home. Damage to Roosian navy may have been from marine drones, not missiles and aerial drones.
Not the MSM, James of Northern California.
I hope this is where the violin comments go! I immediately guessed #1. I am not a musician, but I have read that the Stradivarius has a unique rich tone, and I thought I sensed that at the first. As I listened further I lost conviction, but decided to stay with my first impression. FWIW
Well it is an exquisite instrument that well deserves its reputation
Frankly, I couldn’t tell any difference, so it’s probably a good thing I’m not a violinist.
More on the violins –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-roahcTIM
Mar 11, 2009
Music lovers around the world sing the praises of certain violins and cellos that were made more than 300 years ago in the small city of Cremona in northern Italy. The instruments made by Antonio Stradivarius, in particular, are highly regarded and the few hundred that survive today command prices in the millions of dollars. For many years craftsmen and scientists have studied these violins to find their secret. Now, a chemist in Texas claims he has already found it — not in the structure of the instruments, but in chemicals used to preserve the wood.
* * *
Good comments discussing more than was told in the video.
Frankly, I couldn’t tell any difference, so it’s probably a good thing I’m not a violinist.
–AesopFan
I couldn't either, though I don't count myself any sort of expert in that area.
Though I will mention, as I have before, I once owned a Fake Stradivarius. Of which not everyone may boast.
Today I discovered via Instapundit an interesting website, “Straight Arrow News,” which claims to provide not-too-biased news:
__________________________
Straight Arrow News is dedicated to bridging the national divide in America. Issues like education, immigration, election security, and COVID-19 restrictions have split the nation as never before.
Straight Arrow News was launched to chart a middle path between the wedge issues that divide us by carefully examining all sides of each story and acknowledging key talking points from both sides of the aisle. We respect differences in beliefs and opinion, celebrating the American values that unite us. We strive to deliver the news with nuance and empathy.
Conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between, your beliefs and opinions are your own. We don’t think you need anyone to tell you how to form them. Most importantly, we want you to hold us accountable as we aim to be fair, factual and unbiased.
Don’t believe us? That’s OK. Let us earn your trust and decide for yourself.
https://straightarrownews.com/editorial-mission/
__________________________
Big talk. Yet an article on abortion and Politifact shows that Straight Arrow can walk that talk:
__________________________
Guttmacher also said, “44 states prohibit some abortions after a certain point in pregnancy.” Which means six states do not. Those six states were Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont
Even in its own fact check summary, PolitiFact admitted, “Under laws in those six states, abortion is not specifically prohibited at any stage of pregnancy.”
Yet PolitiFact called the ads “mostly false.” It did so by changing the premise of the fact-check.
After admitting that late-term abortions in the six states are not prohibited, PolitiFact’s fact-checkers repeatedly noted that these late-term abortions “are rare” in the six states. But the Focus on the Family ads never mentioned the frequency of late-term abortions — only that they were unrestricted.
https://straightarrownews.com/cc/fact-checkers-change-rules-to-declare-late-term-abortion-ads-false/
__________________________
Straight Arrow has only been around for a year. It was started by the billionaire, Joe Ricketts, who founded the brokerage firm, Ameritrade.
https://thedesk.net/2021/06/straight-arrow-news-launch/
Humble-brag disclaimer: I was a programmer on the team which wrote a stock market simulation for Ameritrade.
huxley, thanks for the link to Straight Arrow News.
BTW, Joe Ricketts has supported Republicans, as has his son Todd, and Joe’s son Pete is the GOP governor of Nebraska. Joe’s daughter is an Obama supporter and homosexual rights activist.
The family also owns the Chicago Cubs.
I wonder if Elon has seen this video tweet from Libs of TikTok:
This is “a day in the life of a Twitter employee.” No wonder @elonmusk is firing 75% of them
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1585395267552960512
Those poor pampered censors – what will they do now?
Even better – no golden parachutes for fired Twitter execs:
Under the merger agreement, those executives — including Parag Agrawal, the chief executive — had been set to receive compensation of $20 million to $60 million if they were fired. But Mr. Musk terminated the executives “for cause,” meaning he did it because he alleged he had justification, which may void that agreement, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
I’ve been enjoying Joshua Weissman’s cooking channel on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaWeissman/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid
He’s reached 7 mil subscribers in five years and published a book of his recipes.
He’s very energetic, fun and accessible. He makes his recipes look straightforward and delicious. Plus his recipes are often based on popular restaurant dishes — stuff regular people like to eat — that he can make better, cheaper or faster.
From his omelet video I finally learned how to make a proper country omelet, which I could never figure out from reading a recipe. I’m loving my bacon, cheese and mushroom omelet most mornings now.
–“The Perfect Homemade Omelet (3 Ways)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3EwVIpzFjI
Tonight I made Chicken Tikka Marsala, which was good but I don’t have my cast iron casserole dish dialed in and I burned it a bit. I look forward to trying again.
–“$2 Chicken Tikka Masala | But Cheaper”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5l1SMavklI&t=194s
@ huxley > “Humble-brag disclaimer: I was a programmer on the team which wrote a stock market simulation for Ameritrade.”
I hope you did a good job, because that’s the broker for one of our 401(k) accounts.
😉
Glad you are enjoying the omelets. We used to make pseudo-omelets for our boys, which were basically scrambled eggs with diced bell peppers and other veg, as a way of sneaking in the healthy stuff. Because of the red, green, & yellow, bits, we called them “treasure chest eggs.”
Re: Weissman, what the heck’s a $1700 pizza?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_OXYiwAPc
Yes, I DO know that inflation is out of control…but still…even if it were a truffle pizza….
(OTOH, I suppose a pizza MIGHT end up costing $1700…if it sends you straight to the emergency room…)
Ah, I see—it’s the caviar….
Well, here’s a hint: Anchovies rock!! (But I guess if one really NEEDS fish eggs, go for the salmon roe…)
“Madder Magazine” presents “Democrats vs. Democrats”…
(And it’s about time….)
“Top Democratic prosecutors revolt against criminal justice reform law they say will ‘destroy’ Illinois”—
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-democratic-prosecutors-revolt-against-criminal-justice-reform-law-destroy-illinois
Meanwhile we are teleasing an al queda terrorists who threatened to smuggle nukes into this country
https://chem.yale.edu/news/ties-bind-hydrogen
Re: Weissman, what the heck’s a $1700 pizza?
That may be Weissman’s silliest video for shock value. Not only caviar, the pizza included gold foil to jack up the price. Super high-end sushi trick.
More typically, like the Chicken Tikka recipe, Weissman shows you to make a meal that would cost $15-$20 in a restaurant for a few dollars.
Weissman always makes his own bread items — rolls, pizza dough, etc. The ways of breadmaking have long seemed mysterious and beyond my ken, but he’s got me interested. If only his recipes didn’t usually require a stand mixer.
Which at first I heard as a “Stan mixer.” I kept wondering who or what Stan was.
Gosh, the only time I ever ate gold foil was when the Indian (sub-continent) students attending the ESL course brought home-made sweets to the end-of-year party…
(If I knew then what I do now, I would have held on to those sweets—actually, taken a few more than I did—and put them in a safe deposit box….)
What does it taste like, you ask?
Like chicken (of course)….Actually…no. I don’t remember it having any taste, really. But those sweets sure were SWEET and would have disguised any flavor the gold foil may have had….
(Actually, at the time, I was asking myself whether it was really OK to eat that stuff…You know, gold poisoning, etc… Actually…um no, won’t go there…)