Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

He really is that stupid.

This really is a full service blog.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Motown is Joe-Town!

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

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

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Everybody saw this coming.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

People are weird.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

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  2. 2.

    Scout211

    I was wondering what Judge Chutkan would say about penalties for Trump if when he violates the gag order.  I guess she listed several punishments.

    My favorites in bold.  

    Chutkan did not say during the hearing what penalties she would implement should Trump break the rules of the gag order, but listed several options she believed were available for her to choose from.

    Those options include admonishing Trump in court, imposing financial penalties, home detention or revoking his pretrial release. Chutkan also said she believed she could issue a show-cause order, which would require Trump justify why he breached the rules of the gag order.

    Violations of the gag order may not necessarily need to be raised by prosecutors for Chutkan to impose a penalty, she said.

    Trump said on his social media site that he plans to appeal the ruling.

  4. 4.

    pacem appellant

    Just back from a four-day writers’ workshop. I don’t think I have Covid (and I’ve had the latest vaccine), but I am feeling cruddy today. I hope it’s just three nights of bad sleep, and that I’ll be fine after another good night of R&R. Need to feel better, meeting with the surgeon tomorrow, and I don’t want to miss that!

  11. 11.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Nukular Biskits: OK. He won’t be elected because voters look down on the pantless. Yes it is prejudicial against those of us who like to swing free, but what you gonna do?

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @cain:  Being very Baud-like, he did not say.  He just said he would be scarce for a month or so, and not to write to Cole to send someone to make sure he’s okay.

  13. 13.

    cain

    @WaterGirl: this guy gets so much leniency that most of us don’t get. He is a rich slippery weasel.

    I can’t wait till we have torn all he cares about .. eg his businesses asunder and he cracks to spill the beans on every nefarious thing he has done and hopefully gets some House people in jail.

  16. 16.

    stinger

    In case Sure Lurkalot happens to be… lurking, I wanted to say that I finally made French onion soup according to the recipe they shared back in March, and it is Deelicious!

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    @cain: It’s hard to be patient, but we have no control over the page of any of this.

    The only thing we can control is how hard we work to win everything in 2024.

  19. 19.

    lahke

    Refusing to live in reality.

    Watched “Johnny Guitar” last night, a 1954 western starring Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden.  O.M.F’ing.G.  it got panned by US critics at the time, but the French auteur crowd loved it (F.Truffaut: “Beauty and the Beast remake, in which Sterling Hayden played Beauty.”), and more recent opinion is swerving around to “psycho-sexual subversion of Western tropes.”  Yup, in spades.  My mind was blown.  Really over the top.  Loved it, my co-watcher hated it.  What do the jackals think?

    Now back to my k-pop immersion.

  25. 25.

    HumboldtBlue

    Rangers lead the Astros and the Phillies are coming up, so the real fun begins in a half hour or so.

  26. 26.

    Scout211

    This was interesting:

    Justice Department Seeking Stronger Prison Sentences for Proud Boys Members

    The Justice Department on Monday filed notice it plans to appeal and seek harsher prison sentences for five members of the Proud Boys who are already incarcerated for their convictions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

    In five separate filings, DOJ indicated it would seek intervention from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to obtain longer sentences for the leaders of the far-right group: Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola and Ethan Nordean.

  29. 29.

    Maxim

    @WaterGirl:

    He just said he would be scarce for a month or so

    What?! Unconscionable!

    We need t-shirts that say “Baud went [away] and all I got was this stupid t-shirt.” //

  30. 30.

    Alison Rose

    Fun fact:

    a 2002 survey showed the average American will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school

    Feels accurate. Pretty sure I had way more than that.

  34. 34.

    Layer8Problem

    I’ve scrawled with my childlike scrawl ten postcards for Virginia and have been promised escovitch fish for dinner, which is NOT a bribe for the postcards.  I am in a perky and upbeat mood in spite of the doombirds in the last few posts attempting to throw off my groove.

  38. 38.

    Steve in the ATL

    Can anyone recommend a good therapist for extreme emotional trauma?  Last week I went to the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. [shudders]

  46. 46.

    Scout211

    More Democrats are announcing for office.  This one today is in Arizona.  We will have many good Democratic candidates to support next year. Link

    Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is planning a Democratic challenge to incumbent Republican Rep. Eli Crane in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, he announced Monday.

    Nez, 48, was born in Tuba City and grew up in Shonto, both on the Navajo Nation.

    He was vice president of the Navajo Nation from 2015-19 and became president in 2019 and served one term. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in public administration from Northern Arizona University.

    He also served as a Navajo County supervisor and in other tribal government roles.

  50. 50.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @WaterGirl: Oh, you know they love to tell that story. I suspect the women drivers relish it especially. (only because they never had a guy greet them… such. Not because I am anything to… write home about).

  53. 53.

    Nukular Biskits

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    He won’t be elected because voters look down on the pantless. Yes it is prejudicial against those of us who like to swing free, but what you gonna do?

    I gotta wonder:  During the Great Teleworking/Telecommuting Era, how many folks really did go pantless?

    I have to admit sitting around in my undies & T-shirt until at least around 9ish (when I might expect mail or package deliveries).

  55. 55.

    piratedan

    @Scout211: he may have a shot, Crane took out O’Halloran last election after the districts were redrawn, but with the voter registration drives on the reservations, Nez may be able to narrow the margins and with the amount of crazy here in AZ, there may be a depression in turnout amongst those who consider themselves “normal”.

  56. 56.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I don’t think so because it wasn’t tacky enough. Tacky to be sure, but not tacky enough.

    This was my first experience with the Jersey Shore—by the grace of Allah it was during the off season!

  58. 58.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Steve in the ATL: You can try my girl Aleta (Sullivan- Compass). She’s a little busy now with really pissed off m’fckers, but she might work you in a few weeks from now.

  59. 59.

    Josie

    @Alison Rose: My middle son was a very picky eater. I refused to fix a special meal just for him. I taught him to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at an early age, since that was the only thing he liked besides raw carrots. When he didn’t like what I served, he could make himself a sandwich. He ate those for several years until he learned to try other foods. He was my healthiest child.

  60. 60.

    schrodingers_cat

    @cain: I took it about 10 days ago and it totally wiped me out for the next two days after that.  Have you watched how bhakt bots and trolls are being so over the top embarrassing about Israel on Twitter?

  61. 61.

    sab

    I always get shots in my left arm, about 2/3  of the way up the upper arm. Usually pretty uneventful, maybe a bit sore, sometimes sleepy and a bit feverish.

    This last time my husband got his almost at his shoulder and it hurt like hell for 3 or 4 days. My stepdaughter says her doctor always does it that high on her arm and it always hurts a lot for days. I thought she was just being a dramalama. Is this a thing with shots too high up on the arm?

  63. 63.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: Did they say what their reasoning is?

    No, the reporting so far is only on the initial filing.

    From another source:

    While each of the four men convicted of seditious conspiracy received sentences of at least 15 years in prison — Tarrio’s sentence was 22 years — many of the figures fell far below what was originally sought by prosecutors.

    The notice of appeal does not include any legal arguments, and instead alerts the court to prosecutors’ plans.

    Still, the move falls in line with the way the Justice Department handled other seditious conspiracy cases, including sentences handed down for members of the Oath Keepers, with prosecutors likewise appealing sentences for members of the far-right militia group.

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    Everybody have fun.  I’m gonna put the dog out one last time and go to bed even though it’s only 6:45 here.  With how tired I am, hoping to maybe sleep through the worst of the Covid shot aftermath.

  65. 65.

    cain

    @WaterGirl: I made one using an instant pot and wowee – so amazing!! Honestly, one of the best I’ve ever had. I haven’t had a chance to make it because my wife doesn’t eat beef.

  67. 67.

    Kayla Rudbek

    I’m still recovering from riding almost 100 kilometers this Saturday (Sea Gull Century, an organized ride) with half the ride being done in the rain. I think my shoes will be dry by Wednesday. I also think that I need a better rain jacket and rain pants for riding. So now I have to find where I put the packets of throat coat lozenges (I hid them from Mr. Rudbek so they wouldn’t get eaten).

  69. 69.

    stinger

    @WaterGirl: Sure Lurkalot’s French Onion Soup recipe (I’ve reduced original quantities by approx. a third):

    ONION SOUP

    1 lb peeled onions
    1 oz butter
    1 bay leaf
    1/4 C. flour
    2 t. paprika
    1/2 t. pepper
    1 qt beef stock/broth
    1/3 C. white wine
    1/2 tsp salt

    Slice onions 1/8” thick.
    Melt butter, place onions in it, sauté slowly for 1-1/2 hours in large soup pot.
    Add all other ingredients except beef broth and wine. Saute over low heat 10 minutes more.
    Add broth and wine, simmer for 2 hours.

     

    I have to acknowledge that I’m not a strict follower of most recipes (soups are often pretty flexible), and that I added thyme, savory, parsley, and garlic. Next time I may omit the flour, as the soup didn’t really need thickening and the flour made some extra work for preventing lumps. Then I put shaved Gruyere in the bowls before dishing up the soup.

  73. 73.

    cain

    @schrodingers_cat:

    @cain: I took it about 10 days ago and it totally wiped me out for the next two days after that.  Have you watched how bhakt bots and trolls are being so over the top embarrassing about Israel on Twitter?

    I haven’t had a spare weekend yet to get sick. I need to do it soon as I’m going to a conference where I’m keynoting and I don’t want to get covid.

    I’ve been on mastodon so I haven’t seen any bhakts bots.

    I have been watching Indian Idol – good season I think. There was a blind girl and literally a beggar on the show. Blind girl sang and everyone was in tears. The young man begs with his father and brought a beat up 40 year old harmonium. This show is such a tearjerker.

  76. 76.

    cmorenc

    I need to get the latest covid booster – but need to wait 3 more weeks for end of fall soccer season – i referee high school soccer and would rather not risk having to back out of already scheduled/accepted games because side effect were kicking my butt too much.  Would rather risk getting actually sick with likely mild case – i am relatively lower risk for anything more symptimatic than the vaccine side effects.

  77. 77.

    jonas

    Got my shots last week (Covid + flu). Little tenderness for like 2 days at the injection site, but otherwise no noticeable side effects. Much better than my first-round experience with the Moderna vaccines/booster a couple of years ago. Those kicked me back on my ass for several days. This time around I took Pfizer and seem to handle that a lot better.

  78. 78.

    Timill

    @Steve in the ATL: Obviously…

    It’s probably Epicurean poetry, but the first word is the hard one. Until you get that, you have no proof it can be done at all. Now we know it can, there’s a good chance we can get a whole lot more.

    It looks as though there’s a good chance of recovering a bunch of lost Greek literature.

  84. 84.

    Layer8Problem

    @WaterGirl:  Perhaps you could gin up one of those clever AI thingers and train it on the accumulated Baud corpus.  Then we won’t be so Baudless with its Baudesque utterances.  And then when Baud comes back we can watch him flay it with Kirk-like surgical precision until the AI blows up spectacularly.

    (No, NO, totally kidding.  Let’s declare Balloon Juice an AI-free zone.)

  86. 86.

    MagdaInBlack

    @Alison Rose: My parents did not feed me peanut butter either. I will eat it if its on the menu, but I really do not care for it. My husband said this meant I was a communist

    ( Wft, you dont like peanut butter? What are ya, a commie?)

  88. 88.

    Kay

    I went to a meeting on Issue 1 in Ohio – it’s the reproductive rights issue that will be up for a vote on 11/7. I have no idea if it will pass in Ohio but we’re trying.

    There’s also Issue 2, which is marijuana legalization. The state Democratic Party did not endorse Issue 2. It’s an odd mechanism that the pot people came up with. It’s not a constitutional amendment, it’s an “initiated statute” which means the state legislature can immediately overturn it if it passes. I’m not sure why they went that route.

  91. 91.

    Snarki, child of Loki

    I’d hope that we could get up to 300 Baud, because I really dislike having to suffer with a low Baud rate.

  92. 92.

    schrodingers_cat

    @cain: Oh good you missed them stanning Netanyahu far more than actual Israeli citizens

    I was following a rap contest, it was called Hustle last year and there was this very young woman who was quite something, a talented poet. You  do understand Hindi, right?

    Chill kinda guy

  93. 93.

    JGreen

    @Alison Rose:   You’re probably making up for me.  I’m allergic to peanuts and have never had a peanut butter & jelly sandwich.   My mom used to make peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for my three brothers and a cream cheese and jelly sandwich for me using the same knife.  Those tiny tastes of peanut butter confirmed my allergy.  Nothing serious, but I knew I shouldn’t eat that stuff.  You can have all of my share of PB & J sandwiches.

  95. 95.

    Alison Rose

    @MagdaInBlack: I guess if you grew up without it, it might be a hard thing to learn to like. I, on the other hand, was that kid who would stick a spoon in the jar and scoop out a tennis-ball sized lump and go to town.

  96. 96.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Feel better WG.  Our Covid + Flu shot combos had us pretty miserable for about 48 hours then we were fine.

  97. 97.

    Argiope

    @Kayla Rudbek: ​
      wow, nice! I mean getting that 100k in, not the throat. It is cold, grey, windy, rainy and nasty in these parts but I’m not ready to put the bike away for the winter. Still hoping for a few more good riding days. Epsom salt soak time, yes, to go with those lozenges?

  98. 98.

    Geminid

    @Alison Rose: Peanut butter and honey is also a good combination. I once worked with a guy who had a peanut putter and honey sandwich every day for lunch. He used good peanut butter and whole grain bread.

  99. 99.

    M31

    my old dissertation advisor liked to eat peanut butter and spicy Indian lime pickle sandwiches

    I like lime pickle but that’s a bit much

  103. 103.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Alison Rose: I recall hearing somewhere that most French people find peanut butter repulsive. Just not part of the cuisine.

    A bunch of East Asian cuisines seem to be able to adapt to incorporate it though, or a peanut sauce that is basically a thinner version of the same thing.

  104. 104.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @Argiope: yes, a soak in the tub would be a good idea. There are times that I think if I remodeled the bathroom, I would have separate tub and shower so I wouldn’t use the tub every day.

  108. 108.

    brendancalling

    I was double-jabbed yesterday, and took today off. I managed to apply to a cool job, but it took FOREVER. Well, 5 hours anyway, between tailoring my resume, writing and editing a cover letter to 5000 characters (including spaces) and uploading everything. And now to accompany the chills and aches, I have a headache wrapping my mind around a potential Speaker Gym Jordumb. WTAF.

  109. 109.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @Alison Rose: you stopped eating peanut butter straight from the jar?😁I even add it to chicken rice soup or ramen soup at times.

    And since my dad hated jelly, I would make peanut butter and butter sandwiches or peanut butter and cheese sandwiches. True decadence is peanut butter, jelly, and butter sandwiches.

  113. 113.

    Geminid

    @Matt McIrvin: What with global warming, the Germans are taking up peanut farming. I hear they’re working on a hybrid peanut with individual nuts 10 centimeters in length. They call it the Uber Goober.

  114. 114.

    Dan B

    @jonas: I had the same thing with Pfiser plus flu.  Slightly sore arm but no extra tiredness.  Moderna is reputed to have twice the dosage.

  116. 116.

    frosty

    @Maxim: Try my variation: Peanut butter and cheddar cheese. Ack, you say? Haven’t you ever had a PB and cheese(ish) cracker?

    Came up with it when I was traveling and needed something that would keep without a refrigerator. I got hooked on them.

  117. 117.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @stinger:

    You’re so welcome for the recipe which has been “in my family” for decades…but supposedly the recipe came from the lunch room at Famous Barr, a department store in St Louis where I had it often as a youngster. Here’s the original amounts for a 5-6 quart batch (it freezes well):

    3 lb peeled onions (5 lbs unpeeled)
    4 oz butter
    1 bay leaf
    3/4 C. flour
    2 T paprika
    1-1/2 t. pepper
    3 qt beef stock/broth
    1 C. white wine
    2 tsp salt

    I finish it with toasted slices of french bread trimmed to fit the diameter of the bowl, then cover that with grated cheese of choice and place it in the broiler until it melts.

  118. 118.

    NotMax

    @Kayla Rudbek

    If happen to accidentally scorch gravy, chili, stew or thick soup, stirring in a dollop of peanut butter will greatly help to remove any burnt taste.

  120. 120.

    Shalimar

    Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC that if Jordan does become Speaker, it will be because he cut a deal with the moderates on Ukraine aid and keeping the government open in a month, not because the moderates buckled under for nothing.  I can live with that compromise if they get concessions that the Senate and Biden agree with.

  121. 121.

    thruppence

    Got my latest Covid booster this morning. I have a coworker who’s determined not to get vaccinated: “if I die, I die”. I really truly do not get it. All the evidence points to A but they’re committed to B. If they admit they’re wrong about one thing they have to admit they’re wrong about everything, and it seems to tap into an unlimited well of resentment. He seems to be a good guy, but there’s no talking to him

  123. 123.

    HumboldtBlue

    Playoff baseball is the best (unless you support the Braves, hahahahahahaha), Kyle Schwarber hits the first pitch he sees into the center field seats and then Bryce Harper comes up and smashes the first pitch he sees 428 feet into the right field seats. Go Phils!

  126. 126.

    cain

    @Shalimar: Except the hardliners are not going to go with that – I think someone in this thread or last thread said that some basically said ‘fuck no’ on Ukraine.

  127. 127.

    Craig

    Somebody on the Comedies thread of Medium Cool last night mentioned The Larry Sanders Show. I went and looked it up on Max. Forgot how weird it is. Going to watch episode 2 tonight.

  131. 131.

    Albatrossity

    I got the double COVID/flu poke (one in each arm) last Thursday. Slight headache and sore neck for a day, but no fever or lassitude this time. Elizabeth got the same treatment on Saturday, and had a day of fatigue, but is back on track today. Seems like we are getting used to this. I don’t know if that is a good thing, or a bad thing, but it is a thing.

  133. 133.

    Shalimar

    @cain: If they vote Jordan in and then Gaetz learns what he agreed to and files the motion to dump him the next day, that will be even more entertainment.

  134. 134.

    Origuy

    I used to make peanut butter and honey toast sandwiches before bedtime when I was young. Got out of the habit when I went to college but I still have them occasionally. I got a colonoscopy Thursday (all clear, thanks for asking) and had a PB&J as soon as I got home.

    I once had a Weight Watchers leader from Yugoslavia. She said when she was little after WW2, the Red Cross would send them food packages with little packets of peanut butter. They didn’t know what it was and thought it was shoe polish.

  135. 135.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @MagdaInBlack: My college roommate used to put bread with PB in toaster oven until the top of the PB got dark brown and crispy.  Then add honey for eating.  It’s a killer combo.

  136. 136.

    Yarrow

    @sab:  I got the flu vaccine last week. The person gave the shot high on the arm , almost to the shoulder. Hurt when she did it and hurt like hell for the first two days. Days later and it’s still sore. I agree that lower down the arm is less painful.

  137. 137.

    Steve in the ATL

    @stinger:
     

    I happened to have some leftover white wine

    White wine? Strike my earlier comment—someone else has much worse PTSD!

  138. 138.

    Alison Rose

    I tried to read this FTFNYT article about Hunter Biden being an “antihero” to a bunch of weirdos who think substance dependency and mental health struggles are hot, but I couldn’t finish it because my brain threatened to crawl out my ear and run away.

  140. 140.

    trollhattan

    @thruppence: I have a coworker who’s determined not to get vaccinated: “if I die, I die”.

    There’s an implicit “Fuck all y’all, I’m takin’ you with me” underlying that sentiment. Cow-orker is an SOB and I’d ask to be physically isolated from the bastard.

  144. 144.

    Matt McIrvin

    @thruppence:

    If they admit they’re wrong about one thing they have to admit they’re wrong about everything, and it seems to tap into an unlimited well of resentment.

    This is similar to the motivation behind creationism: that belief in the Bible is all or nothing, and if you start to disbelieve that the Genesis 1 tale literally describes the creation of the universe, it will all disintegrate and you will have to start murdering people and coveting your neighbor’s manservant.

  147. 147.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Barbara: Peanut butter and bacon, peanut butter and cheese, peanut butter stuffed jalapeños—it’s not just for jelly anymore!

  149. 149.

    Freemark

    @lahke: Had no idea there was a movie ‘Johnny Guitar’. I just remember hearing the song hundreds of times while playing Fallout on my Xbox.

  150. 150.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Alison Rose:

    Well, I skew the stats because I detest peanut butter (don’t even want to be in the same room with an open jar) and have never in my life had a PB-&-anything sandwich!

  153. 153.

    trollhattan

    First perfect fall I can recall since forever. Each day is nicer than the last–cool mornings, warm, not hot  afternoons, occasional clouds, NO SMOKE, NO SMOG, NO EMPTY RESERVOIRS.

    Ahhhhh.

  156. 156.

    Betty Cracker

    I wonder if there would be any interest in World Series threads? I’m ambivalent. On one hand, we have them for soccer tournaments, so why not for America’s alleged national pastime? On the other hand, we already have a ton of for-purpose scheduled posts, which can sometimes squelch spontaneity. Maybe if WS posts were designated squishable? 🤔

  157. 157.

    Alison Rose

    @SiubhanDuinne: It’s okay, Subaru, it takes all kinds!

    I’ve loathed milk since I was a toddler, so that’s my weird thing, maybe. My mom said once I was off the bottle, I never wanted regular milk again. I’d drink chocolate milk as a little kid, but even that got disgusting to me by around 10 or so.

  160. 160.

    Alison Rose

    @pat: I was just reading an article. I’m torn. It feels risky for multiple reasons, but I’m also glad he’s showing concern and wanting to be active about it. He’s gonna get shit from all sides no matter what he does, though…

  162. 162.

    Quiltingfool

    I got 3 shots today — Covid, flu and shingles!  And the shingles shot(s) are free for folks on Medicare; I got on Medicare in September.  Extra $600 a month as I don’t have to pay for my insurance now.

    You do have to pay for parts of Medicare (not telling folks here anything new!) but the pittance I get from Social Security covers that.  Fun (well, not fun, exactly) fact – my school pension drops the amount I could draw from Social Security, even though I worked enough years to qualify for full benefit.   My pension is pretty good, so I’m good.

  165. 165.

    Ohio Mom

    @pacem appellant: There are all sorts of viruses out there. I had a nasty one three weeks ago — tested negative for Covid, RSV, and Flu A and B. I’ll never know what hit me.

    Good luck at the surgeon’s tomorrow.

  168. 168.

    brendancalling

    @Steve in the ATL: You are welcome to disagree, but this Philly boy loves the boiled peanut. I make ’em at home with onions, whole garlic cloves, and plenty of Tony Checheres in the brine. I even wrote a (quite dirty) song about how to best eat the boiled peanut.

    That said, the stuff in crockpots at Georgia gas stations are not the best (he said delicately).

  169. 169.

    Craig

    @Steve in the ATL: yeah, I saw it when it came out, but other than the basic premise and it being the place I really picked up on Rip Torn I don’t really recall any plot points. It’s going to be a fun rediscovery.

  171. 171.

    Gvg

    @pat: seems perfectly normal to me. Presidents go where there are crisis. It’s part of the job. Including the citizens being somewhat uneasy. They wait till it’s not too urgent because they don’t want to be a problem but eventually when an ally has a big crisis, the President tends to go.

    Press may make a fuss. I am afraid that is normal too, whether there is reason or not, they WILL make a fuss.

  173. 173.

    wjca

    @Timill: From the Department of Civilisation-Altering Discoveries, the word is “Purple”.

    And here all these years I thought the magic word was “Please”.  No wonder the world is a mess!

  180. 180.

    Jackie

    @frosty: My entire family loves peanut butter and cheddar plus a thin slice of sweet onion.

    Grilled peanut butter and cheese sandwiches are also a family fav.

  183. 183.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven: you mean next cyborg mutant up?

    @brendancalling: we cook a lot of things  with that exact plan, except of course for the disgusting boiled peanuts. Also, f Bryce Harper!

    @Craig: I hope it has aged well. Loved it at the time.

  184. 184.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven: fyi I’m in south bend.  Partially to negotiate a deal, but mostly to remind the locals that ND has never beaten Georgia.  Go you silver britches!

  186. 186.

    cain

    @Shalimar:

    @cain: If they vote Jordan in and then Gaetz learns what he agreed to and files the motion to dump him the next day, that will be even more entertainment.

    Might be harder this second time. Instead, it will be MTG who will do it – leaving the entire Republican House into an uproar.

    Jordan is not going to bully MTG. She will fuck him up.

  187. 187.

    cain

    @stinger:

    @cain: Luckily I happened to have some leftover white wine! And didn’t have to open a red.

    Hey, whatever works! If it tastes good, you’ve done good and didn’t need to open up a bottle of red!

  189. 189.

    wjca

    @pat: Hmm, no reaction. Biden is going to Israel on Wednesday. Seems like a BFD.

    But TIFG can’t go (gotta be in court, you know; even if they inexplicably failed to order him to surrender his passport).  Which has to be bugging him — a worthwhile side benefit.

  192. 192.

    wjca

    Tsk, tsk.  All these peanut butter eaters.  Peanuts themselves are fine.  Peanut butter, not so much.

  193. 193.

    kalakal

    @Alison Rose: I love peanuts, love Indonesian Satay sauce (I grew up on the stuff), and don’t like peanut butter. Rather odd. Also to the British peanut butter and jelly sounds repulsive as jelly to the British is the US jello

  195. 195.

    mrmoshpotato

    @thruppence:

    I have a coworker who’s determined not to get vaccinated: “if I die, I die”. I really truly do not get it. 

    Fuck ’em!  I’m done with these unvaccinated idiots – been done since I was fully vaccinated in mid-May 2021.  They’re stupid, selfish bastards, but if they wanna play with fire, I already got my firesuit in my arm.

  198. 198.

    mrmoshpotato

    @wjca:

    Tsk, tsk. All these peanut butter eaters. Peanuts themselves are fine. Peanut butter, not so much. 

    PB+J waffles!  PB+J on toasted waffles.

  199. 199.

    kalakal

    I’d like to put in a word for raw peanuts

    @mrmoshpotato: It’s pretty easy to make your own, the magic ingredient is Indonesian sweet soy sauce – Kecap* Manis

    * sometimes Ketjap

  204. 204.

    Steve in the ATL

    @wjca: clearly you’ve never had the breakfast buffet at the Luxor Hilton or snacked at any food cart in Paris: fresh, hot waffle slathered in Nutella is la bombe.  Also, super nutritious.*

    *not intended to be a factual statement.

  207. 207.

    Sandia Blanca

    Hasn’t anyone here ever eaten a peanut butter and pickle sandwich? My Mom used to make these all the time, and I enjoyed them a lot as a kid. Has to be made with non-garlicky dill pickles sliced for hamburgers. (Also Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton’s fictional detective, ate these frequently.)

  209. 209.

    wjca

    @mrmoshpotato: Do you never put jelly on toast or English muffins?

    Nope.  Certainly not English muffins.  And as for toast, I prefer my bread not toasted.  (With a carve out for grilled cheese sandwiches.)  That said, I do put jelly on bread on occasion, although honey is my sweetener of choice.

    P.S. I thought the nausea was implicit in the green.  But nice comeback!

  213. 213.

    coin operated

    @frosty:

    Peanut butter and cheddar cheese. Ack, you say? Haven’t you ever had a PB and cheese(ish) cracker?

    You have my attention…

  214. 214.

    Dopey-o

    @Geminid: Peanut butter and honey is also a good combination.

    In Santa Fe, peanut butter and honey on a tortilla was the standard while waiting for the paycheck.

    A childhood freind was big on peanut butter and butter on toast. Sometimes with Mayo. I never found out why.

  215. 215.

    Chris T.

    @Yarrow: Intramuscular vaccines are supposed to be in the deltoid muscle (covers the upper arm / shoulder):

    Most vaccines should be given via the intramuscular route into the deltoid or the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. This optimises the immunogenicity of the vaccine and minimises adverse reactions at the injection site.

    (see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1118997/).

    When I was a kid I was ridiculously skinny with almost no muscle at all and deltoid shots hurt like crazy. I’m no longer a kid and no longer skinny and have sufficient muscle that they don’t hurt so much….

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