January, 2013 archive
“Orange Orange, Lemon Yellow . . . .” 0
These folks are clearly suffering from a case of color-bindness.
Stray Thought 0
It’s most amazing how often “be a man” translates into “do something stupid.”
iJunk Fatigue 2
Quentin Fottrell reviews the symptoms at MarketWatch.
“The New Jim Crow” 0
It’s the chain gangs of the past remade for today’s prison industrial complex.
David Cook explains:
It’s the new Jim Crow.
“Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color ‘criminals’ and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind,” writes Michelle Alexander in her stunning “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”
“As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow,” she writes. “We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.”
Driving while Brown (Updated) 0
Delaware Liberal reports on “The Unpermitted.”
Also, the comments.
My two or three long-time readers will remember Milford as where I took to the pictures of the C-5As.
Words fail me.
Addendum:
The signs came down.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Econony 0
What you see may not be what you get. Case in point:
“People don’t realize there’s a lot more to it than ponying up some money,” said Dennis Donet, a Miami foreclosure defense attorney.
In Case You Were Wondering . . . 0
. . . this is why they are called “banksters.”
Wegelin, which was established in 1741, has also agreed to pay $57.8m (£36m; 44m euros) in fines to US authorities.
It said that once this was completed, it “will cease to operate as a bank”.
The bank had admitted to allowing more than 100 American citizens to hide $1.2bn from the Internal Revenue Service for almost 10 years.
Twits on Twitter 0
Really, now, why bother?
Piling On 0
I can’t see how this is anything other than grandstanding. When you pay a fine, you don’t have control over what happens with it.
Jake Corman (R., Centre), who represents the area where Penn State’s campus is located and chairs the Appropriations Committee, contends that the NCAA’s plans to spend the $60 million are an illegal violation of his oversight role on state government spending.
“Even though the NCAA intends to wrest such a large sum of Pennsylvania public funds, it has refused to submit to any control by Pennsylvania elected officials and refused to commit more than 25 percent of those public funds to Pennsylvania causes,” Corman’s lawsuit said.
Pennsylvania’s governor has already filed suit against the college sports cartel.
There is a bright side.
If it takes the NCAA down a few pegs while making Pennsylvania Republicans look silly(ier?), it’s all good.
Egg Curry with Meat Masala, North Indian Style, A Recipe from India 0
Here’s another recipe from Anisha Kaul.
I made this last night. Yummers. I’ve modified the wording in a few spots to make it more colloquial, but otherwise this is her recipe, posted with permission.
Ingredients:
- 4 full boiled shelled eggs.
- 1/2 table spoon Cumin seeds (AKA Zeera in Hindi).
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick (AKA Dalchini in Hindi).
- 5 Black Peppercorns seeds (AKA Kalimirch in Hindi).
- 4 Cloves (AKA Laung in Hindi).
- 8 big cloves Garlic (AKA Lassun in Hindi).
- 1 inch Ginger (AKA Adrak in Hindi)
- 2 tablespoon Meat masala. (No, this ingredient can NOT be skipped.)
- 1/4 tea spoon Turmeric powder (AKA Haldi in Hindi).
- 1 medium Onion.
- 1/2 table spoon Salt.
- 3 small green chillies (AKA Hari mirch in Hindi).
- Oil for frying eggs, onions, and other spices.
- 1 cup water, approx.
Directions:
Hard-boil the eggs, allow them to cool, shell them, then slice them in half length-wise.
Chop the onion and chilies finely.
Grind the cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, cloves, and garlic together to make a fine paste.
Grate the ginger.
Fry the eggs in oil till they get golden brown on both sides. Drain the remaining oil and put the fried eggs aside.
Add chilies and fry them till they turn florescent green. (I used poblano chilies).
Add the paste of spices and the grated Ginger. Fry them for a few seconds.
Add Onions and Salt, and fry till onion gets light brown.
Add meat masala and turmeric powder and for few more seconds.
Place the fried eggs in the curry [yolk side facing up].
Cover and let boil till the curry thickens. Remember you need to boil the curry till it gets somewhat thickened; add additional water if necessary.
Serve hot with boiled rice.
My Notes:
Approximately 20 minutes prep time, 30-45 minutes cooking time.
I used poblano peppers.
We had some left-over barley and used that instead of rice. Just as good.
This is quite spicy. Be prepared.
Clown Car Crash 0
Orly Taitz, birther babe extraordinaire, gets thrown out of yet another courtroom.
The judge was less than charitable. Scathing, even.
Comment Rescue: the Problem with Republicanism 0
Our system of government was set up assuming a political party would not want to destroy the place.
Read the rest of his comment here.
Back from the Shadows Again 0
Brendan’s back.