August, 2019 archive
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.
Misdirection Play, Firearms of Mass Destruction Dept. 0
The Tampa Bay Times reveals Florida Republicans’ strategy for dealing with concerns about white supremacists and about access to firearms of mass destruction: Blame everybody and everything except guns and the people who fire them.
Full story at the link.
“The Truth! They Can’t Handle the Truth” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., is taken aback by white folks who can’t handle the truth about the Old South.
No excerpt or summary can do justice to his column. Just read it.
“Paranoid Delusions” 0
Jason Blazakis argues that paranoid delusions feed right-wing extremism and violence.
A snippet:
He goes on to suggest several remedies.
As most of his suggestions depend on a sane Executive, I do not wax optimistic.