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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
What’s a gun show for other than showing off politeness?
It happened Sunday afternoon at the Greenville Convention Center. . . .
“A witness told officers that the teenager picked the firearm up and the weapon discharged as he was handling it,” said Donnie Porter, a spokesman for the police department.
The bullet struck a gun box and came to rest inside foam within the box.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Ed Kilgore argues that, when Donald Trump talks about “disloyal Jews”–“disloyal” meaning daring to disagree with Donald Trump–he is talking to his evangelical “Christians” devotees. A snippet:
Maybe he doesn’t; for an Ivy Leaguer, the president is impressively ignorant about an awful lot of things. But it’s more likely that all his talk about the Jews is really aimed at a very different audience: his white conservative Evangelical Christian electoral base, which has its own distinctive and unsettling form of philosemitism.
Snakes (Almost) on a Plane 0
The TSA says he ain’t getting his snake back.
QOTD 0
Robert B. Parker, in the voice of Spenser:
When in doubt, do something, and hope that if you keep doing it you’ll come to understand what it is.
Parker, Robert B., Playmates (New York, Berkley, 1990) p. 85
Suffer the Children 0
The Trump Administration wants to throw away the key.
At 221B Pennsylvania Ave. 0
Aside:
Speaking of Antifa, Will Bunch reminds me that my father was in an Antifa organization. It was called, if I remember correctly, the United States Army.
Body Count 0
Mike muses about the confluence of Donald Trump’s Presidency and the spike in mass shootings. (Warning: Language.)
“The Information Superhighway” 0
Not so fast, Bucko.
Ewan Morrison argues persuasively that the world wide web has become an instrument for inculcating ignorance.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, we are reminded that politeness is child’s play.
Sauteed Leeks and Mushrooms 0
We ad libbed this recipe last night and it was very well-received, so I thought I’d share it.
Ingredients:
- 2 Leeks
- 6 or 7 button mushrooms
- 1/4 large onion or half a small onion
- 2 or 3 cloves garlic
- pepper and basil (and other spices as desired) to taste
- Approx. 3 tbs. butter
Procedure:
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1. Wash leeks and mushrooms thoroughly. Note that sand can collect in the leaves of the leeks, so be especially attentive to them.
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2. Trim leaves and roots from leeks, then slice leeks in 1/2-3/4 inch segments.
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3. Quarter mushrooms.
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4. Chop onions.
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5. Melt butter in saucepan at medium heat, then saute onions and garlic until onions are wilted.
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6. Add spices, leeks, and mushroom; saute until done, stirring occasionally (15-20 mins.)
Serves two.
H/T Susan for coming up with the idea.
(Anti-)Social Media 0
Writing at the Hartford Courant, Barth Keck argues that Americans’ apparent willingness to believe anything they read on a computer screen is inimical to the polity. He uses the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide as a starting point.
Social media, simply, is poisoning American minds.
Follow the link for the rest.
