Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

“That’s what the insurrection act is for!”

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Cancel the cowardly WaPo and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

The revolution will be supervised.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

You cannot shame the shameless.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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I’m swimming under a pile of work, but that’s doesn’t bother these two. Bixby makes the best pillow. I have several recipes to share, most recently two versions of shortbread cookies: Tahini and Coconut. Dairy free for a friend. The coconut were definitely my favorite.

If the week is quiet, Thursday or Friday I’ll put up a recipe post. I’ve been adapting some of my older dinner menus for the Instant Pots.

Also, I have a new author/book for Sunday, so there’ll be a writing/author thread. Hope our writers will update us on their endeavors.

Here’s a quiet open thread before the garbage of tonight. Which I will be avoiding.

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  3. 3.

    Yutsano

    I’ve been playing around with Korean style pancakes lately, which is a ton of fun since you can make them out of just about anything! The major difference I make is I do include baking powder so they’re not quite as dense. So far I think the favourite one has been bacon, green onion, and poblano pepper. But I’m still working on getting things good as far as amounts of dough to ingredients and such. It all turns out delicious in the end!

  11. 11.

    Mart

    Inspired by TaMara I bought an Insta-Pot around xmas. Dirty looks from wife as another large appliance. Solved by tossing no longer used West Bend popcorn maker in the Goodwill box, and fitting the insta-pot in its cabinet space. Started out slow making steel cut oats for the Mrs. and me. Easy and awesome. This weekend graduated to Super Bowl chili. Won the wife over. Cooking time is quick and clean-up is simple. Only thing I don’t get following recipes is prep time. The chili was listed as 20 minutes. I spend longer than that looking for the damn spices, let alone chopping all the ingredients to proper size…

  12. 12.

    Raven

    I broke the crap out on a tooth yesterday and, of course, we bagged our dental insurance this year. I went to our dentist and he can save the tooth by filling the hole! YAY!

  15. 15.

    A Ghost To Most

    @TaMara (HFG): What’s life without a little excitement? It’s been nine years since we had a lion in our back yard, but I always carry a maglite at night.

  18. 18.

    Gin & Tonic

    After a whole lotta travel over 24 hours or so, I’m home. The house didn’t freeze while we were gone, and it was actually pleasant to make the last bit of the trip in sunshine and 60 degrees, and not have to shovel snow or break up ice in order to get into the driveway. Now a couple of days of laundry and putting stuff away. Not expecting to stay up very late tonight, and it’s back to the office tomorrow.

  20. 20.

    realbtl

    Winter finally arrived here in NW MT; single digits below and above 0º. Which just drives home the wisdom of spending the first week of February in Hawaii for the last 10 years. No trip this year as new knee arrives end of the month.

  21. 21.

    delk

    I no longer sauté directly in the Instapot. I’d rather have the better control of using the stovetop. I don’t care about dirtying an extra pan, it’s clean before the Instapot reaches temperature.

  22. 22.

    MomSense

    @Raven:

    Sorry, Raven. I still don’t understand why dental health is separate from overall health. It’s so frustrating.

  29. 29.

    Mart

    @Raven: About ten years back asked my wife how the hell she got a raw kernel of corn in my meal. Spitting out and cleaning, realize I am missing a hunk of a molar. She had a well deserved laugh at my expense.

  30. 30.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @WereBear: They just said on the news it was a one-year-old. That seems young to be away from mom, so maybe being orphaned (or mom had another cub) was the reason. It seems most of the attacks here are of that sort – sick or too young. Otherwise, we don’t hear much about anything but the occasional housepet. Mostly sightings here are generally benign.

  32. 32.

    imonlylurking

    Yay open thread!

    The art I ordered from jacy arrived today, and it is GORGEOUS. The pictures don’t do it justice.

  33. 33.

    MomSense

    @WereBear:

    I’ve seen Eastern Mountain Lions, black bears, fishers, and something that was either a coy dog or a wolf. I’ve been told there are no gray wolves where I live but I’ve also been told there are no black bears here. I know what coyotes look like and this was not a coyote.

  34. 34.

    Yarrow

    @Raven: Glad it’s something your dentist can fix.

    @MomSense: No kidding. A friend of mine’s niece had health problems for a long time and at some point got a job with dental insurance. She got various teeth issues taken care of and lo and behold most of her health problems went away. Dental health is integral to overall health. It should be covered under medical care.

  35. 35.

    bemused

    @delk:

    I do the same. I prefer browning meat and vegetables in the cast iron skillet than sauteing in instant pot. It may be my imagination but I think the cast iron skillet creates better flavor.

  36. 36.

    MoxieM

    Your dogs are really, super-duper gorgeous! I say that as one giant breed lover to another. My Murphy is a wee thing–as a mostly Pyr, mixed with black Lab, she checks in at a scant 90 lbs. I keep saying, “no! she’s not a big dog!!”. But, not a lot of folks going to a breed rescue want a mix, especially when she turns out to lack any of the breed in question, and she’s old (on the page) … I wouldn’t trade the feisty critter for anything.

    But your pair of doggos just glisten. May I ask, do you give them any special stuff in their feed, or brush them alot, or?? It’s extraordinary.

  37. 37.

    gene108

    @Yutsano: u@schrodingers_cat:

    Make your own. Buy some split urud dal from your local Indian grocery store. Get some white rice.

    Soak 1/4 urud dal for 3 hrs in enough water to cover it. Soak 1 cup rice for 5 hrs in water.

    Get your blender add 1/2 rice portion and 1/2 urud dal portion (my blender doesn’t grind finely enough, if I dump it. All in). Add water to about 1/3 to 2/3 the length of index finger above top level of dry ingredients.

    Grind as finely as you can. Doesn’t hurt to run the blender longer. Heat from the grind in g will help it ferment. Pour into bowl. Do same with other 1/2.

    Add salt to the batter, at this point. Mix batter by hand or mixing device for a few minutes.

    Cover bowl. Place in oven with oven light on for several hours. Check periodically to see, if crust has risen on top. Once there is a crust it is done and can be cooked.

    Not hard, just a lot of waiting for grains to soak and batter to ferment. I find leaving it in oven overnight, as I sleep works.

    Drain soaking water.

  39. 39.

    Roger Moore

    @bemused:

    It may be my imagination but I think the cast iron skillet creates better flavor.

    There are a few obvious reasons why the taste might be different. You can probably get your skillet a fair bit hotter than the Instant Pot, which lets you get more browning reactions and will absolutely affect the taste. Also, your skillet is probably bigger than the Instant Pot, so the stuff you’re browning will be more spread out, which will help to keep it from getting drowned by the juices and again give more flavor. There’s also an issue of the spatula being able to get at a different angle, which changes how you move the stuff around in the pot. That, too, could have some effect on the flavor.

  40. 40.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @MoxieM: We just changed over to a giant breed food and they get eggs (duck when the ducks are laying) and salmon mixed in their foods – one or the other not both and only about 1 tablespoon. That’s it. I’m afraid I don’t brush much. The cats get all that attention from me.

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