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Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Let me file that under fuck it.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Giving up is unforgivable.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

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  5. 5.

    smiley

    …all topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa verde, baked until perfection.

    Hmmm, I’ve never baked lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa verde. How’d that work?

  11. 11.

    r€nato

    Looks great, don’t forget the sour cream.

    This is the funniest shit since The Onion:

    twitter.com/loadedsanta

    (via Dependable Renegade aka Watertiger)

  18. 18.

    donnah

    Oh, yum! I make that, too. My family devours it. It’s a different spin on Mexican food and the flavors are so good together.

  22. 22.

    geg6

    My John and I took a break from each other tonight, so I picked up a Philly cheesesteak from a local shop. Philly natives would say these aren’t authentic because they are made in Pittsburgh, but I’ve eaten them in both places and this shop is as good as any out east. High quality steak chopped on the hardtop; grilled onions, peppers, and mushrooms; and I get provolone, though you can certainly get the Cheez Whiz if you want. I also ask for roasted red peppers and sauteed broccoli rabe on mine, but they aren’t necessary. Tomorrow, John is making lamb chops, garlic mashed potatoes, and asparagus for the Steeler game. With a nice shiraz. Sort of a pre-birthday dinner.

  23. 23.

    R-Jud

    @jeffreyw: The manicotti in your flickr thread is exactly what I didn’t know I was craving right now. Curse you.

    (Oh, and sorry your dog got skunk-bombed. Our cat was roughed up by one of the neighbor’s chickens, if it’s any consolation.)

  26. 26.

    geg6

    I mentioned this in the last thread, but if you have OnDemand and like great rock, I highly recommend catching VH1 Storytellers with the Foo Fighters live at Wembley Stadium. I consider them the best rock band out there today, so consistently good and so prolific. Dave Grohl rules and Everclear is perhaps my favoritest song ever.

  27. 27.

    Michael

    Nice politics-lite here tonite…

    Quality booze in the quality booze thread.

    Quality (ie- tasty) food in the food thread.

  30. 30.

    asiangrrlMN

    @jeffreyw: You need to put a NSFW warning on that. My god. I could eat a whole panful, lactose/wheat-intolerance be damned!

    By the way, I am on my way to laryngitis. It’s a good thing I can still type.

    @Morbo: Aw. I haz a sad now. Poor doggie.

    So, my Timberwolves have a game tonight. They are 1-11. Yeah, I don’t think I am going to watch.

  32. 32.

    New Yorker

    So since this everyone is nice and relaxed here, I’m not going to post a link that might get everyone’s blood boiling. If you’re in the mood to get furious, go to Business Week’s site and look for “Wall Street Plays Hardball”.

  34. 34.

    Annie

    @geg6:

    Philly natives may have their “Philly cheesesteak,” but they can’t beat Primanti Brothers for a true sandwich experience…

  35. 35.

    gsp

    Shit Cole, do you take that fucking camera everywhere? Good thing Tammy and her hubby are tolerant. Also good you don’t have a girlfriend. Who knows what kinds of pictures we would be getting.

  36. 36.

    geg6

    Annie: Too true. Love me some Primanti’s, but only the original store! Cappicola is my personal fave.

  37. 37.

    geg6

    Oh, and can I just thank all the BJers who recommended Honeycrisp apples. I got some today and just had one with peanut butter for dessert. OMG, was it yummy.

  38. 38.

    San

    Chicken curry (with pearl onions and green peas) and Persian-style basmati rice.

    Plan to polish it off with some Ben and Jerry’s now (cookies and sweet cream).

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Gina and parksideq: I’ve never heard that term, “the itis.” How do you pronounce it — long “i” as in “appendicitis” or short “i” as in “yes, it is”?

    @Cat Lady: would those be chiles from New Mexico, or Mexican chiles that are new?

    I love me some ambiguity.

  40. 40.

    asiangrrlMN

    @geg6: I wanna thank them for mentioning Honeycrisps because I had forgotten about them. I picked up some at the coop, and I was happy I did.

    Just had lunch. Well, had turkey veggie soup earlier as one half of lunch. Just had a spinach cheese puff pastry thing. Now, I am going to have peach soy yogurt.

    Am drinking ginger-honey tea as well.

  41. 41.

    Michael

    @Cat Lady: New Mexican green chiles beat salsa verde every.single.time.

    I’d almost agree, but my taste buds demand a hint of cilantro and onion in my Mexican food condiments.

    A local little Mexican cafe near where I live makes their own special hot sauce – a puree of jalepeño, cilantro, onion, a small amount of hot green chiles, and a splash of vinegar. Sort of looks like green ketchup.
    They won’t divulge the proportions, unfortunately.

    They make it fresh a couple times a day, and I wish they’d bottle it for sale because I really like it. (Hot enough to make your lips burn, but lots of flavor.)

  42. 42.

    Michael

    @gsp: Also good you don’t have a girlfriend. Who knows what kinds of pictures we would be getting.

    Lots of pictures of what she cooks for dinner?

  45. 45.

    Cat Lady

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Oh, my, , New Mexican, from New Mexico, USA. Bought fresh by the pound then roasted right there in the parking lot of the supermarket gives me a hApPy. It’s a fall thing, then the harvest is over and you have to make them last all year, which is one reason to live.

    @Michael: New Mexican is not Mexican, and green chiles are not like jalapenos at all. They have way more flavor and less heat. The roasting is key.

  47. 47.

    Martin

    @geg6:

    We’ve got a good place here in socal for cheesesteaks. They import everything from Philly. Not cheap, but pretty damn close.

    And that tacosagne looks a lot like my wive’s enchiladas. I prefer them when the whole thing sort of self destructs into a giant tray of glop. I know that’s just wrong, but you really need to taste them.

  49. 49.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Apple and sage stuffed pork loin, cooked on the neat rotisserie thingy machine that I got yesterday. Served with heart healthy mashed tater and home made apple sauce, cause store bought apple sauce is full of junk.

  50. 50.

    RedKitten

    That looks really, really tasty. Did Lily and Sam get to taste?

    I succumbed to the allure of the day-glo artificial food tonight. That’s right…I ate cheesies (or cheese puffs, as some call it), and I feel so freaking gross right now it’s not funny.

  53. 53.

    Michael

    @RedKitten: I succumbed to the allure of the day-glo artificial food tonight. That’s right…I ate cheesies (or cheese puffs, as some call it), and I feel so freaking gross right now it’s not funny.

    No, no, stay away from Cheetos! (Do you want your fingers orange-stained like a right-wing blogger’s?!)

    Stick with Doritos. More flavors to choose from, less icky, and less orange blogger-stain afterwards.

  54. 54.

    burnspbesq

    If any of y’all are fans of The Band and have a good vinyl setup, you really should check out the Capitol reissues of the first three albums (Music from Big Pink, The Band, and Stage Fright). They are teh awesome. Those three albums have been part of my life for 40 years, and today I have been hearing stuff I didn’t know was on them.

  55. 55.

    R-Jud

    @RedKitten:

    I succumbed to the allure of the day-glo artificial food tonight…. and I feel so freaking gross right now it’s not funny.

    I’ve had diet Coke tonight for the first time in months and I feel itchy.

  59. 59.

    Goodlife

    Richer than me. I still have old plates from 30 years ago — from what little my ex left.

    But you know, refrieds are always lovely. And cheap.

  65. 65.

    Cain

    @geg6:

    sauteed broccoli rabe on mine, but they aren’t necessary. Tomorrow, John is making lamb chops, garlic mashed potatoes, and asparagus for the Steeler game. With a nice shiraz. Sort of a pre-birthday dinner.

    I hope scraps for the new addition to your dog brood? :)

    cain

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack

    @John Cole:

    Behold, the tacosagne [. . .].

    I thought that was a move the matador makes on the bull before he goes in for the kill. I’m pretty sure Hemingway wrote about it in Death in the Afternoon. Will check on that and get back to you.

    As for me, I have been listening to Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time” all night with growing frustration. I remember more Hammond organ in it than is in the version I got on Rhino’s The Very Best of Dr. John, purchased for cheap at Barnes & Noble today.

    Not your problem, I know.

    Obligatory live version. Actual song gets going at 1:15. No Hammond organ at all. But a kick-ass horn section.

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack

    @cleek:

    Why you haz stitches?

    I went eight weeks without solid food in ’07 when my jaws were wired shut. ¡Caramba! You would not believe the stuff that builds up on the back of your teeth when you cannot brush them. ‘Nuff said ’bout dat.

  68. 68.

    Carrie

    I had plain chips sprinkled with vinegar…..many hours ago.
    Funny, premium food for my dog but i eat crap.
    Gonna go grab some shortbread cookies and a glass of milk.

  70. 70.

    Yutsano

    Football note: Oregon-Arizona now tied 31 all. Overtime is in the works. Go Ducks.

    Had pad thai while out with friends, but that was not the most remarkable part of the meal. This may be genius marketing, but they had the dessert menu as the very first page, and my eyes went right to pear pudding with hot custard. I knew, no matter how stuffed I was, I HAD to try it. To say my mouth had an orgasm is an understatement. I stopped in the middle of eating, put my spoon down, and just stared at it. I will figure out how to make this dessert, oh yes, I WILL figure this out.

  72. 72.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: You! Where have you been? I’ve been wondering where you were.

    @Yutsano: You! Here’s my offer for the bet. I am not a cook, so I will buy you one of the following MN delicacies: Deep-fried cheese curds; tater tot hot dish; chicken wild rice soup; apples; anything on a stick; or Pearson’s salted nut rolls (or other candy goodness). Iz teh yummy. I highly recommend the last item on the list. I will get you an assortment.

    Or, I could write you a short story or something. Let me know.

  73. 73.

    asiangrrlMN

    FYWP. Trying again.

    @Steeplejack: You! Where have you been? I’ve been wondering where you were.

    @Yutsano: You! Here’s my offer for the bet. I am not a cook, so I will buy you one of the following MN delicacies: Deep-fried cheese curds; tater tot hot dish; chicken wild rice soup; apples; anything on a stick; or Pearson’s salted nut rolls (or other candy goodness). Iz teh yummy. I highly recommend the last item on the list. I will get you an assortment.

    Or, I could write you a short story or something. Let me know.

  75. 75.

    asiangrrlMN

    Let me try one more time.

    @Steeplejack: You! Where have you been? I’ve been wondering where you were.

    @Yutsano: You! Here’s my offer for the bet. I am not a cook, so I will buy you one of the following MN delicacies: Deep-fried cheese curds; tater tot hot dish; chicken wild rice soup; apples; anything on a stick; or Pearson’s salted nut rolls (or other candy goodness). Iz teh yummy. I highly recommend the last item on the list. I will get you an assortment.

    Or, I could write you a short story or something. Let me know.

  77. 77.

    asiangrrlMN

    Segment two.

    @Yutsano: You! Here’s my offer for the bet. I am not a cook, so I will buy you one of the following MN delicacies: Deep-fried cheese curds; tater tot hot dish; chicken wild rice soup; apples; anything on a stick; or Pearson’s salted nut rolls (or other candy goodness). Iz teh yummy. I highly recommend the last item on the list. I will get you an assortment.

    Or, I could write you a short story or something. Let me know.

  79. 79.

    asiangrrlMN

    God. Damn. It. Yutsano, you are messing up my commenting ability. One more try. For my part of the bet, I offer you delectable goodies from Pearson’s. It’s a local company, and iz teh yummy. I don’t cook.

  81. 81.

    asiangrrlMN

    Damn it. Ok. No link this time. Yutsano. For my part of the bet, I’m offering you assorted candy from Pearson’s, a local company. Iz teh yummy, but you will have to look it up yourself.

  85. 85.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Screw the Ducks! I hate their unis. But, they gutted it out in the end I see by the final score.

    Anyhoo, it’s a trap game for the Vikes, so I am wary. They tend to play down to the competition (no offense).

  86. 86.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: How would you, exactly, screw a duck?

    I have zero doubt the Seachickens are more than capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I will say though that Seahawks Stadium (FYQF!) is an amazing place, plus it really is pure genius to put both the football and baseball stadiums next to each other (they do share parking on non-competing game days). It falls under my list of places just to see when visitors come to town.

  88. 88.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: With the bill, of course. Ew. I just grossed myself out.

    The game is on the road? Hell, then there’s a chance. I am pretty confident the Vikes will win, but not as confident as I would like to be.

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    My work schedule (at the part-time retail gig) has been all fucked up the last couple of weeks. We are getting into the holiday season–the store makes 50% of the year’s take in November-December–and they have been using Steep as all-purpose spackle in the schedule while they train seasonal temps, shift people around, etc. I worked the closing shift last night (home at 11:30 p.m.), then from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. today. A long day with heavy foot traffic and a local school book fair. Eek! Totally bushed tonight.

    Normally Sunday-Monday is my weekend, but I have to go back tomorrow night for the all-employee “holiday kickoff meeting,” a pointless two-hour wankfest that I am dreading. Has to be held on Sunday night because that’s the only time the store is closed at a decent hour (7:00 p.m. vs. 10:00 p.m. usually) and all employees are (allegedly) available to attend. Like any of us want to.

    I have been reading the Juice threads, but usually so far behind that I haven’t been commenting. Just now getting caught up; think I have only about five or six threads open now.

    End of story.

  91. 91.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Thanks, that’s good to hear.

    And let me repeat once again that you are my hero for kicking ass in the NaNoWriMo thing. Now get some of that shit published!

  94. 94.

    Darkrose

    Went for the tasty raw fishies tonight. Sadly, our favorite sushi place only has beer, which I don’t like, and sake, which I wasn’t in the mood for, so I came home, poured a glass of the Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling and fired up Aion. Right now I’m in one of the areas that’s mostly snow and ice, so I can imagine that the big dumb monsters with two mouths are called Palins instead of Ettins.

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