Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

After roe, women are no longer free.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

People are complicated. Love is not.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

He really is that stupid.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

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Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu

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Here’s TaMara:

Happy first day of autumn. According to my sources summer officially ended yesterday at 10:55 pm MDT. Sigh. I’ve pulled out the sweaters, but have not put away the shorts. JeffW updated us on Homer yesterday. His cast has been removed. No word yet on his permanent placement…


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On to dinner. This is not a very fall oriented menu, I’ll get to those in later weeks. This menu is a quick and flavorful stir-fry of no particular origin. If you can’t find the broad rice noodles, whatever you like will do just fine. I like the broad ones because they hold the sauce and lots of sesame seeds. I keep sesame seeds around like salt and pepper, so I add that at the table and it’s a nice touch to both the carrots and beef dish. The yogurt and pineapple provide a cool finish.
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On the board tonight:
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1. Spicy Beef & Broccoli
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2. Rice Noodles (broad style)
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3. Sweet & Sour Carrots
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4. Crushed pineapple and vanilla yogurt

Recipes and shopping list at the link.

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  1. 1.

    MikeJ

    Béchamel for Keller’s chicken pot pie (ad Hoc) is on the stove, right now, picked up eight pounds of onions for soup this weekend. Mmmmm.

  3. 3.

    MikeJ

    @Cat Lady: I’m drinking pumpkin beer right now, but the local harvest is going to suck this year. The pumpkins are all still green. Not enough sunlight this summer.

  6. 6.

    jank_w

    Anyone ever try to shrink down a thesis of a book to 140 characters? Just tried it, kind of fun little exercise. See if you can tell me what book this describes:

    Capital, arriving in wake of crisis, is often used as blunt instrument to beat down wages & systematically lower expectations of populace.

    I bet I missed a few footnotes and graphs and stuff in the description, but what can you do.

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    Cat Lady

    @MikeJ: Here in my little corner of Mass. they’ve been trying to sell pumpkins for a month. The hot dry summer put everything on hyper-ripe, but beer made out of pumpkins? Srsly? I’m all about the pumpkin shakes at the local ice cream shoppe, but beer? Who makes it?

  13. 13.

    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    I’ll be interested to see if RJ takes on the mommy role like Keaton did with Annie and Charlotte (and, to some extent, Boris when he was sick). Obviously, Tristan is too small now to let him and RJ interact unsupervised, but in three or four weeks … it could get interesting.

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    WereBear

    @Mnemosyne: At first, Olwyn (1 1/2) was miffed: her attitude boiled down to: Couldn’t you get one that worked? But now she’s decided to get him into shape; this morning she demonstrated the right way to play with a toy mouse.

    RJ, during Olwyn’s kittenhood, was told enough times you don’t know your own strength, so he’s being very restrained this time. I’m so proud of him.

    Pumpkin beer! Sounds good. I actually like some of the funky home brews; far better than I like regular ol’ beer.

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    TaMara (BHF)

    @WereBear: Cuteness overload!

    MikeJ – yum and yum. Love onion soup.

    I’m working on a recipe for sweet potato soup. I wanted something savory, not sweet…and I think I found one that is not only savory, but spicy, too. Stay tuned….

    Anyone else ever make sweet potato soup?

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    Rosalita

    @WereBear:

    Can you handle the cuteness?

    needed some cuteness! and that fits the bill… Rev Jim looks so fatherly towards the little fuzzball

  27. 27.

    jank_w

    Sorry Cat Lady, tried reading those haikus but I don’t understand Japanese. Is there someplace where they are written in American?

  28. 28.

    debit

    @TaMara (BHF): Squash soup is the closest I come up with. Last time, after Stephanie waved off a second bowl and went back to scraping the squash shell for remnants, I decided to stick with baked squash. Soup fail.

    @ open thread: Max, the 20 year old cat is feeling pissy and attacking Chloe with no provocation whatsoever. I think it’s time for permanent baby gates. He can’t seriously hurt her as he has no teeth, but he’ll sink his claws in until she screams. My fear is that he’ll drive her into a corner until she has no choice but to retaliate. Shithead. Old man shithead.

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    WereBear

    @Rosalita: Yes, he is very serious about his kittens. He did the same thing when we got a kitten last year; solemn at first, then played with her without realizing he outweighed her so much.

    So she literally squealed on him, and our senior cat, James Bond, went over and smacked him on the head. He learned :)

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    Anne Laurie

    @debit: Unfortunately, cats (and dogs) can develop the neurological equivalent of human Alzheimers. And, as with humans, it doesn’t change their personalities — those who were, shall we say, challenging personalities don’t get any sweeter as their awareness distills down to its essence. (As they say in my tribe, “Irish Alzheimers is when you forget everything but your grudges.”) Permanent baby gates sound like a good idea for the continued health, if not happiness, of all concerned — including you!

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    debit

    @WereBear: There’s probably something bothering him. He’s an old guy with health issues; has to have his metamucil every day or he gets constipated and gets IV fluids a few times a week. He’s still a shithead for attacking my dog.

    @Anne Laurie: It’s true. Max knows no fear; if there’s a loud scary noise that sends the other cats scurrying he runs toward it to check it out. And he’s always been a cranky “I’ll kick your ass” sort of character. So, yep, baby gates.

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    jank_w

    @llr, yeah, that’s what I was going for. I should have just wrote it as a bad movie pitch… “It’s like Water World meets Wall Street, set in a Bangladeshi fishing village wiped out by typhoon, now being rebuilt by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”

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    Emma

    @MikeJ: Ugh, we had nothing but sunlight, which seems all fabulous, until you look around and realize that the lawn, the flowers, the shrubs, and even some of the trees are dead.

  44. 44.

    asiangrrlMN

    @jeffreyw: First of all, little Homer gets more adorable every day, and we all know he’s home for good. Second, that chicken pot pie looks heavenly!

    @MikeJ: House rules are that if you are gonna post food pr0n, you gotta show more than just a little leg. Don’t shoot the messenger; I’m just sayin’.

    @WereBear: OK. That picture is the pinnacle of cuteness. I melted.

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