Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

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

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Let me file that under fuck it.

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

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

People are weird.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

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All I can say is that I need more time in the day!

I am not a good photographer, so it takes me 2 separate photos to catch a good shot of my ferns and my clematis.  This one catches the ferns.

And this is a better shot of my clematis.

The clematis always blooms for my birthday, but it came early this year!

Oh, and this apparently happened today.  I laughed out loud.  I’m  not sure that it’s a comfort to know that the outbreak of stupidity isn’t confined to US domestic politics.

This was in response to Marge making a pubic PUBLIC spectacle of herself, otherwise known as a day ending in Y, as she badgered Dr. Fauci in a hearing.

Met with a new group today to talk with them about what they are up to and whether they might be a good fundraising fit.  Nothing is definite, but I am super excited after talking with them.  We talk again a week from today.  If all goes well, we’ll be telling you about them next week.

I have a post started, with the title: The Former President and Convicted Felon Is a Whiny Little Bitch.  But it’s so hard to decide what to include in the post.  The possibilities are endless!

What’s everybody else up to?

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  1. 1.

    dmsilev

    What’s everybody else up to?

    Decompressing after a long work day. We’re starting month three of what was supposed to be a three week commissioning process for some new instrumentation, and it’s been a hell of a marathon. Still, today was productive; we think we found and fixed the last (fingers crossed…) leak in the plumbing. Will know for (reasonably) sure in a few days once we finish going through the startup cycle of the system and check its performance.

  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    You should reach out to Galifianakis about filming an episode of Between Two Ferns in that yard. Some fern-trimming might be required beforehand.

    We’re getting our first heatwave starting tomorrow, so everything garden-related will be slain. How we roll (ugh).

  3. 3.

    frosty

    I love the ferns!! We have a shady spot behind our garage where a friend recommended ferns. The landscaper planted 11, the garage roofers trampled them, but 9 are still there and coming back! I really want the area to look like yours. Leaves fall down, no need to rake, no need to mulch. In a couple of years, they’ll be there. Hopefully!

  4. 4.

    Ishiyama

    I’m drinking coffee and thinking about Hunter Biden’s trial. I think he has a shot at acquittal if he cries on the stand, as a sympathetic defendant. I hope his lawyers have the savvy to suss that out – even a hung jury would be a victory. When the Man is intent on screwing your client unfairly, you go to trial and hope that someone on the jury sees it the same way. (It didn’t work for Donnie, but he didn’t take the stand and cry.)

  6. 6.

    H.E.Wolf

    Oh, let’s call him a whiny little pissant. Gender neutral insults are the most fun! And I’m sure we can compile a dandy list. :)

  8. 8.

    RepubAnon

    The Former President and Convicted Felon Is a Whiny Little [Pissant]

    This could have more sequels than a Smoky and the Bandit franchise – maybe even Batman!

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @Ishiyama: I want only the best for Hunter Biden.  If the legal system is supposed to be all about rehabilitation, I’d say he is already there.

    I have no idea what the best strategy would be, but he has competent lawyers and I’m confident that he will let the attorneys do his job.

  10. 10.

    kalakal

    And a very lovely Clematis it is too.

    I seem to spend a lot of time pulling out ferns, it’s fair to say Cinnamon Ferns love Florida

  11. 11.

    japa21

    Resting after getting a couple of spinal injections today. Hopefully, these will last as long as the last 2 did. Watching NCAA Div III world series game. Our niece’s son is on the team, though I don’t think he has gotten into the game yet. This game determines which team plays in the finals. Currently 2-2 in the 6th. Real nail biter.

  13. 13.

    Jackie

    WaterGirl, your ferns are amazing, and the clematis is gorgeous!

    And I ♥️ Moskowitz!!! MTG way over-proved her stupidity today, but per usual, Jared was there to reenforce it!😂

  14. 14.

    RaflW

    Had some friends out to the cabin today. The mom is a minister, so Mondays are off, and her kid just graduated from HS. We were able to put-put in the pontoon for about an hour before the first of like 5 waves of rain came thru.

    They departed for Madison after wave 4, got about 3 miles up the road, spotted a wall cloud and came back and hung out in our basement for like 45 more minutes. But it was a fun day, and I grilled the best damn chicken thighs evah. I make bone-in skin-on chicken thighs a lot (I gave up beef and pork several years ago), and honestly these were absolutely ace.

    I think I figured out that grilling with the skin side up first lets some of that yummy fat get into the meat. Then turn and crisp up the skin. And, like burgers, only one turn! YUM.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    @WaterGirl: “Find the leak” is the bane of my life. It doesn’t help that the acceptable level of “not-leak” is “less than one drop of water per year”.

    (we have tools that are sensitive to “drips” quite a bit smaller than a drop of water, so we don’t have to wait quite that long…)

  20. 20.

    Gin & Tonic

    I am on the board of a sort of municipal agency. Tonight’s monthly meeting devolved into the chair’s shouting (and I mean SHOUTING) at three of the board members, who were trying to make their separate points. It was awful. I picked up my things and left.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    @Jackie: I don’t know if you saw the clip, but Jamie Raskin interrupts her idiocy with a point of order.  Something about comity and wondering whether in this chamber it’s acceptable to refuse to call a Dr. and Dr.  In the end, the person chairing the meeting told her to shush twice (okay, he said “suspend her remarks”, aka shut the fuck up) and then instructed her to use the “Dr.” when she addressed Dr. Fauci.

    What an embarrassment she is.

  22. 22.

    Old School

    While addressing the US House of Representatives on Monday, Republican Representative John Rose’s son, sitting behind him, delighted the cameras with smiles and playful expressions.

    Mr Rose was denouncing Donald Trump’s guilty conviction in the hush-money criminal trial.
    He later commented on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying: “This is what I get for telling my son Guy to smile at the camera for his little brother”.

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    I just ate half a small pizza. Am now decompressing and trying to figure out how I’m going to stay focused for the next two days. Then I get on a plane and come to Chicago for the very first time in my life.

  24. 24.

    Jackie

    @WaterGirl: I was so happy to see Jill, Hunter’s sister and his wife at court today supporting him! Quite the contrast to TCFG’s red tied brigade of ass kissers!

    I have no clue if Hunter will be convicted or found innocent, but I know he’ll accept either verdict with grace and dignity.

  27. 27.

    dmsilev

    @Yutsano: Touristing?  Be sure to take the Chicago Architectural Foundation’s river cruise. Great introduction to the city.

  29. 29.

    Jay

    @dmsilev:

    Have you tried unsweetened grape flavour Koolaide powder?

    Goes from light gray/violet to dark purple at the slightest amount of moisture.

  35. 35.

    Scout211

    @dmsilev: Be sure to take the Chicago Architectural Foundation’s river cruise.

    We loved that cruise!  So interesting and gorgeous views of the city.

  36. 36.

    kalakal

    @WaterGirl: In Florida plants either die or channel their inner Napoleon and embark on a career of invasion. I love ferns, it’s just I like to have other plants as well so I have to spend a fair amount of effort keeping the ferns in their place

  37. 37.

    Yutsano

    @dmsilev: Semi-touristing. I’m going for an event but I have every intention of going into the city as much as possible. I’m staying in Schaumburg which I am told isn’t that far away from the main city.

  38. 38.

    Layer8Problem

    I changed the engine and cabin air filters in my son’s car, finished reading Babel’s Red Cavalry, and started rereading The Big Sleep to get the Cossacks out of my head.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    @frosty: Well, until a few years ago it was just half the side of the house with ferns.  It was maybe 6 years ago that I took out my raised beds and planted maybe a dozen ferns in the open space.

    I’d say I have been getting photos like this for at least 3 or 4 years. So I’m gonna guess it will take you 2 years for them to fill in well enough.

    I do mulch the ferns every couple of years – they do like that!  So I’d suggest that you mulch early on while you’re trying to get them to spread.

  45. 45.

    Gin & Tonic

    @japa21: ​
    I’m not a native, but I’ve been to Chicago a bunch of times and can only imagine making it from Schaumburg to the Loop in 30 minutes with a helicopter.

  46. 46.

    hueyplong

    What I’m doing is waiting anxiously for the post collecting examples of The Former President and Convicted Felon Is a Whiny Shitgibbon/Orange Fecal Pile.

  47. 47.

    japa21

    @Gin & Tonic: Used to live in Schaumburg.  Unless you’re going in the middle of rush hours, 30-45 is the norm.  Rush hour, forget about it.

  48. 48.

    Geminid

    @WaterGirl: That ridiculous Rep. Greene is coming to Central Virginia Wednesday to campaign for a candidate primarying the odious Bob No-Good. She’ll “rally” at three places, including Charlottesville at 4 p.m.

    So why would Marjorie Greene go after Bob Good? One reason is that she was a close ally of Kraven McCarthy, and Good was one of the 8 Republicans who helped dump her buddy from the Speaker’s chair. McCarthy set up a PAC aimed at defeating these enemies, and it’s supporting Good’s challenger John McGuire, a state Senator and former Navy SEAL.

  49. 49.

    frosty

    @WaterGirl: Thanks! Two years isn’t too long. I’ll mulch and then let the maple leaves do the work. The ones I see in the forest seem to do fine that way.

  51. 51.

    Ohio Mom

    @Yutsano: Ohio Family just came back from a long weekend in Chicago. Before Covid, we’d go once a year, this was our first time back.

    As others have warned you, even with a car, it’s a trek to get downtown from Schaumburg. You will need a good chunk of time, I’d guess at least around 4 hours for even a short activity.

    At a minimum, half an hour to get downtown, then finding a place to park and walking to your destination, let’s say a museum. Then a couple of hours of looking around before heading g back to Schaumburg.

    But it will be worth it. Maybe you can arrange to stay an extra day or two?

  52. 52.

    Hob

    Don’t know if this was already mentioned in another thread, but if not… anyone who’s ever been interested in the intersection between far-right big money and propaganda outlets and overseas anticommunist cults may be delighted to hear that the Epoch Times is implicated, according to the DOJ, in massive and elaborate financial crimes.

  53. 53.

    NotMax

    This episode of Eats Shoots and Ferns is brought to you by….
    :)

    Oh, and as for that tiltle, ditch the bitch and insert brat.

  56. 56.

    FastEdD

    I just got back home in SoCal from a two week trip in the MidWest. I miss my doggo and pick him up in the morning. Glad I’m home and we don’t have rainstorms and lightning and hail every couple of days. I was apprehensive about the cicadas but they were kinda interesting and I felt sorry for the trillions and trillions of the things. It must be sad when you only get laid once every 17 years.

  57. 57.

    Jackie

    @Geminid: Too bad she’s not spending energy and money ousting Gaetz! After all, he instigated My Kevin’s demise as Squeeker.

  58. 58.

    Jackie

    @Hob: I mentioned it in the earlier thread, but it got buried with too much going on. Thanks for re-upping! The Epoch needs to be outed!

  59. 59.

    MinuteMan

    The whole Hunter Biden incident demonstrate a serious problem with our legal system: serious laws that are so routinely broken by large numbers of otherwise decent people that they might as well exist. Except, if the system decides they need to get someone for purposes unrelated to those laws; then the rarely enforced statute is drug out to pummel the desired target. Isn’t there supposed to be some sort of legal principle/defense against only enforcing a law against people you don’t like?

  60. 60.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Ishiyama:

    Mitt “The Shit” Romney opined that Alvin Bragg should have negotiated something with the newly minted felon instead of proceeding to trial and letting a jury of his peers show the world that he’s a criminal. What’s really twisted is that Hunter had a plea deal negotiated that was blown up because of political pressure from Republican politicians and yet people like R-Money have the audacity to say this shit.

    In their world laws are for Democrats, not Republicans.

  63. 63.

    Hungry Joe

    Obligatory:

    Oh, where were you on the night of June the third?

    Who were you with on the night of June the third?

    Were you with a stranger?

    Did you take a walk?

    Was your heart in danger?

    Come on, woman — talk, talk!

    — Fats Waller

  64. 64.

    Ishiyama

    @MinuteMan: The whole Hunter Biden incident demonstrate a serious problem with our legal system: serious laws that are so routinely broken by large numbers of otherwise decent people that they might as well exist. Except, if the system decides they need to get someone for purposes unrelated to those laws; then the rarely enforced statute is drug out to pummel the desired target. Isn’t there supposed to be some sort of legal principle/defense against only enforcing a law against people you don’t like?

    The only defense that occurs to me is the jury system. Which is a long shot, but slim chance is not no chance. (And when it works, being a defense attorney is suddenly worth all the preceding defeats.)

  65. 65.

    KrackenJack

    My highlight for the day is sending out a contract for what will (hopefully) be our first software customer.

  66. 66.

    Old School

     

    @Hungry Joe:

    Also obligatory:

    It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
    I was out choppin’ cotton, and my brother was balin’ hay
    And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
    And mama hollered out the back door, y’all, remember to wipe your feet
    And then she said, I got some news this mornin’ from Choctaw Ridge
    Today, Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

    – Bobbie Gentry

  67. 67.

    Geminid

    @Jackie: Matt Gaetz would be much tougher to.beat than Good. For one thing, he’s got Trump on his side. Good messed up by endorsing DeSantis, and Trump retaliated by endorsing McGuire,  the challenger.

  68. 68.

    Jackie

    @Geminid: Yah, I know, just wanting an MTG/Gaetz mud fight. It would be sooo much fun!😁

    And we also know MTG isn’t up to real challenges lol

  69. 69.

    Jackie

    President Biden attacks!

    “President Biden, prodded by Democrats to confront former President Donald Trump head-on about Mr. Trump’s criminal conviction in his New York hush-money case, heeded those calls on Monday night during a big-dollar fund-raiser in Connecticut for his re-election campaign and for the party,” the New York Times reports.

    “Mr. Biden railed against his rival at a reception in Greenwich, telling a group of supporters who included Connecticut’s governor and its two sitting U.S. senators that the campaign had entered ‘unchartered territory’ when a jury on Thursday found Mr. Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts that he had been facing.”

    “He said Mr. Trump had cemented the distinction of being the first former president and convicted felon to seek the Oval Office.”

    And:

    Associated Press: Biden lays into Trump over convictions and says he now poses a greater threat than in 2016.

  70. 70.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Old School: fun fact: as a girl, my mother used to sit on the Tallahatchie Bridge and shoot snakes down in the riverbank with a .22 rifle.  Yes, she was a crack shot.

  71. 71.

    JaySinWA

    @Geminid: Yes, I was thinking that MTG was attacking Good because Felonious Trump was mad because Good flirted with DeSantis, she is hoping to be Donny’s new besty

    ETA Kevin McCarthy is long forgotten, look away, look away, look away, tricksy land

  73. 73.

    CaseyL

    Here’s a factoid from Bloomberg news:

    “There are now 91 autocracies to 88 democracies in the world, with 71% of the global population living under autocratic rule, up from 50% in 2003.”

    Humanity is hitting the entropy wall.

  75. 75.

    JaySinWA

    sab hasn’t shown up on this post yet, but I’ve been thinking about her Vanguard issues. First thought as executor you could have a lawyer paid from the estate to deal with getting Vanguard straight and not be doing this alone.

    Second, I just saw a BlueSky post on a different problem that might suggest a way to jar things loose using the CFPB. https://bsky.app/profile/kendrawrites.bsky.social/post/3kty5wg3owk2d

    On your side through life’s financial moments.
    We’re the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a U.S. government agency dedicated to making sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders and other financial institutions.

    https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

  76. 76.

    Chet Murthy

    @H.E.Wolf: I saw “whiny ass b***h” and thought (a little) “oof”.  And wondered if “whiny ass titty baby” was acceptable instead.

  77. 77.

    Chet Murthy

    @JaySinWA: Prompted by this discussion, I asked my mom about what she did regarding inheritance, and she told me that she’d filled out the “beneficiaries in case of death” in all her investment accounts in detail.  Basically, specifying all her heirs and how much each would receive, etc.  In the profile of each account.  I thought to myself: “wow, how tedious”.  I wonder what other jackals do ?

  78. 78.

    Dangerman

    @RepubAnon: The Former President and Convicted Felon Is a Whiny Little [Pissant]

    I couldn’t read the Blog Boss’s post last evening and not think of TFGNC, i.e.:

    The Former President and Convicted Felon Is A Vengeful Little Shit

    Sure as shit, if TFGNC is on my second floor, I’m on the first.

  79. 79.

    Chet Murthy

    @Chet Murthy: Reading a little online, it seems like (at least in CA) if you want to avoid probate, you must set up these transfer-on-death designations for all your accounts, and similar for real estate and vehicles.  I guess that makes sense.

  81. 81.

    gwangung

    @Chet Murthy: Given the bulk of most people’s assets are in real estate and their retirement fund, I’d say those accounts should be focussed on first.

    I think it’s less important for my heirs if it’s my car tied up in probate, as opposed to my house or retirement account/

  82. 82.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @CaseyL:

    Which major countries have become autocracies in the last 20 years?  China already was.  Things may be getting ugly in India, but it’s not an autocracy.  Hungary probably counts, but it’s a blip in the global population.  Has there been a huge shift all over Africa?  I guess I might not have heard of that since the US news doesn’t care, but that big?  I find this number incredibly unlikely.  Either they’re getting hinky with their definitions or China’s population has skyrocketed in comparison to the rest of the developed world.  That one is certainly possible.

  83. 83.

    Chet Murthy

    @Frankensteinbeck: You made me search *grin*.  Here’s a link: https://v-dem.net/media/publications/dr_2022.pdf

    page 7 lists some “autocratizers” (since 2003):

    The Major Autocratizers
    • Anti-pluralist parties drive autocratization in at least
    6 of the top 10 autocratizers – Brazil, Hungary, India,
    Poland, Serbia, and Turkey
    • 6 out of 27 EU member states are now autocratizing.
    Three EU neighbors to the east are also autocratizing.

    I’m sure there’s more stuff in the report, but that was what I found from a quick trawl

    ETA: at the end of the report there are some more comprehensive lists and backing material.

  85. 85.

    WereBear

    @Frankensteinbeck: China’s population has skyrocketed in comparison to the rest of the developed world.  That one is certainly possible.

     
    Yes, even the accompanying rates of killing lots of citizens might not matter in the aggregate. They have a long long history of throwing bodies at the problem.

    More like a 3 million body problem. And then there’s the famines caused by ideological policies. And yet they had to make another draconian law about births, which they had to reverse and are still dealing with.

    I didn’t know not killing people was so difficult, and then there’s COnvicted Felon tRump.

  86. 86.

    WereBear

    Apparently I have the blog to myself thanks to my disordered sleep schedule. Bwahahahaha!

    I promise to be better than a certain Convicted Felon Guy. That I can guarantee.

  87. 87.

    Chet Murthy

    @WereBear: This particular crime involved more than just tax cheating:

    “Members of the MMO Team and others used cryptocurrency to knowingly purchase tens of millions of dollars in crime proceeds, including proceeds of fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits, that had been loaded onto tens of thousands of prepaid debit cards,”

  89. 89.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Chet Murthy:

    Brazil and India sure ain’t autocracies, even if India’s government is viciously right wing.  Knock India off the list and you’ve destroyed the list.  Türkiye has mostly free elections, despite the military’s tendency to step in and the current guy’s nastiness.  ‘Has gotten more right wing’ is not ‘autocracy’, and Brazil just moved farther left.

  93. 93.

    eclare

    @Manyakitty:

    I’m here too!  A gentle rain just started, nature’s sound machine.  Love it.  High of only 84 today.  I need to check the filters in my window units today, get them ready for July and August.

  94. 94.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @eclare:

    Yes, and an autocrat is not removed against his will by an election.  If he can be, he didn’t have absolute power, even if he leads an extremist government.  This parsing is important, because it changes the impression we’re being given.

  95. 95.

    Manyakitty

    @eclare: beautiful 😍 I love sleeping to rain. It’s supposed to be hot and sunny here today, maybe going up to 87.

  96. 96.

    eclare

    @Manyakitty:

    Where are you?  I’m in Memphis.  We’ve had a really nice spring, Momsense in Maine was talking a few weeks ago about highs around 90, we haven’t had that yet.

    I am sure I will regret that statement in August.

  97. 97.

    Chet Murthy

    @Frankensteinbeck: I suspect that they’re using “autocracy” where they mean “authoritarian”.  There’s a term I learned a few years ago: “competitive authoritarianism”, that seems to cover regimes like Hungary, India, and probably a few others.  I do agree with you as to the definition of “autocracy”.

  98. 98.

    Betty Cracker

    Does anyone have recommendations for cold brew coffee kits? I’ve been on a cold brew kick since the weather warmed up, and it would be cheaper and lower impact to make my own.

    I’m considering Grady’s Cold Brew — it’s New Orleans style, which I generally like. Just wondered if anyone else has cold brew kit experience.

  99. 99.

    Manyakitty

    @eclare: I’m in the Akron area of NEOhio. So far, we’ve been very lucky with our weather, but the rule around here is that it changes fast. Supposed to get hot and humid this week, then dip back down into the 70s again.

  100. 100.

    Manyakitty

    @Betty Cracker: I bought a random cold brew pitcher from Amazon and use Cafe Bustelo in it. Super duper easy, too. I add 8 heaping scoops of coffee to the mesh filter tube, pour water through it, into the pitcher, and let it sit for 18-24 hours. Dump out the grounds and you’re off to the races. I can find you the link if you want, but anything like that should work the same. Pro tip, try adding a spoon of real maple syrup. It’s surprisingly chocolatey and caramelly.

  101. 101.

    Baud

    Early reaction on Reddit is that Modi’s party will lose its majority and will likely be in a coalition government. If that holds. Schroeder’s Cat called it.

  102. 102.

    Jay

    @Betty Cracker:

    I have an 8 “cup”* Bodum,

    *no, it’s not, just two full real cups, yup, coffee addict, big “cups”.

    Just 3 table spoons of Kicking Horse 454 HP fresh ground coffee, top up with water, leave overnight.

    Microwave in the Am for hot coffee.

    Don’t notice a difference from regular brew.

  105. 105.

    K-Mo

    @.E.Wolf:

    @Chet Murthy:

    I’m with youse.  The “whiny b” formulation is problematic because it relies on a misogynistic reference point.  Although I’m sure it would burn Trump and his followers precisely for that reason, it also implicitly condones that world view.

    For my money, I’d like to see a campaign that sticks to calling Trump a “whining toddler” and juxtaposes footage of him with footage of toddlers carrying on.  The nation has a strategic reserve of such footage and it’s time to tap into it.

  106. 106.

    Manyakitty

    @eclare: I expect misery here for July and August 🥵.

    Yes, I did get a new kitten recently 😊 His name is Cygnus and he is snuggled up next to me as I type this. Sleeping on my arm, in fact. Manya (16) and Asimov (4) are exhausted from all his chasing and running, but they’re learning to love him as much as we do. Thanks for asking!

    Tempted to send in a few more pictures to Water Girl and see if she wants to put together a kitten “fishcake” post with him and TaMara’s adorable little Reggie. (beefcake seems like a less appropriate term lol)

  107. 107.

    WereBear

    @Frankensteinbeck: I guess we gotta appreciate Bloomburg’s interests actually aligning with our own?

    But being wingers they are paranoid and they see Trump as a threat? He’s their monster.

    Never bet on The City against the monster. NY has a great batting average.

  109. 109.

    WereBear

    @Betty Cracker: I’ve never done a kit, but I’ve done “overnight in a mason jar and strain through a filter” kinds. You can line a big strainer with a coffee filter, I use one with the longer handle and the prong on the other end.

    Maybe I just described a kit? I am being yelled at by my Tortie, and it’s hard to concentrate.

  110. 110.

    Betty Cracker

    @Manyakitty: I do love Cafe Bustelo, so that’s helpful! I like the idea of a pitcher that lets you try different coffees. Thanks!

    @Jay: Kicking Horse 454 HP sounds intriguing!

  112. 112.

    Manyakitty

    @eclare: okay, I’ll get on it! He’s a tiny little void, and taking pictures of black cats is still a new skill for me. He’s just the cutest, most exuberant lil guy 😻🐈‍⬛

  113. 113.

    Jay

    @Betty Cracker:

    You can get Kicking Horse 454 on line.

    https://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/

    It’s roasted in Nelson, BC.

    I get it at my local Safeway or Save-On.

    Warning, it is strong

    One of the jackals was in the area, last year, picked some up on my recommendation, then spent the next 8 hours with Dark Brandon Eyes,……

  114. 114.

    Manyakitty

    @Betty Cracker: honestly, it’s hard to see where you can go wrong (other than making it too weak–my grandma called weak coffee or tea ‘pishachs’ pronounced with the Yiddish throat-clearing ‘ch’ sound, which basically means pee water 😂)

  115. 115.

    Manyakitty

    @Jay: thanks for that recommendation. I think you mentioned them before because I follow them on Facebook and have sent their coffee to friends in Canada. (Better in every way than shipping it from here)

  119. 119.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @Baud: In other good news, Labour is leading by 20 pts in England.  Tories are projected to lose 225 seats(!)  Biggest defeat in literally 100 years.

    YouGov and Sky News predict a historic wipeout for Rishi Sunak as Keir Starmer sweeps into No10. The poll predicts Labour will get a massive 422 seats, while the Tories languish far behind on 140 – losing a huge 225 MPs. If this is correct it would see Labour outperform even the 1997 landslide under Tony Blair.

    Mr Starmer would win the second largest majority in British political history, behind only Conservative Stanley Baldwin’s 210 in 1924.

  121. 121.

    Betty Cracker

    @WereBear: The kits I was looking at have convenient bean bags for brewing, but after consulting with y’all, I am now sold on the mason jar and strainer idea so I can try different coffees!

    @Jay: I like strong!

    @Manyakitty: Grandma is correct! Cafe du Monde is one of my favorites in its hot incarnation.

  123. 123.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    There's a lesson here for the Conservatives: feeding the right wing frequent and generous portions won't make them less hungry, it will just encourage them to try and eat you.

    — Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) June 3, 2024

  124. 124.

    Betty Cracker

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Wow! Starmer sounds like a mixed bag, to put it charitably, but an overwhelming repudiation of Toryism is long overdue.

    I haven’t followed the election in India closely, but if the results take Modi down a peg or two, that’s gotta be a good thing.

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    Geminid

    Yesterday’s Times of Israel report that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress had been scheduled for June 13 was a false alarm. The PM’s office stated that no date has been set. The TOI blames Punchbowl News for running an unsourced story.

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    JaySinWA

    @Betty Cracker: I ended up with a Filtron kit https://www.filtron.com/

    While I like cold brew generally, between cold wet weather and heat domes, inconsistent weather didn’t keep me going, as well as tending to get a lower yield per pound of coffee for our use.

    I started with a mason jar and pouring out the brew. Later I used a Costco acquired Japanese system with a plastic mesh filter, worked fine but was a pain to clean and didn’t make enough to keep us in coffee. Tried nut bags in a large pot, or loose grounds in the same. All worked one way or another. My advice is to google cold brew to get starting proportions and not invest in a “system” until you have done a few batches. OTOH a system will get you started a bit more quickly and perhaps with more consistent results.

    It is really fairly simple to do even without special equipment. It just takes time and planning

    ETA, I see you’ve already been well advised.

  135. 135.

    Anyway

    @Baud:

    BBC says Opposition parties doing better than expected but Modi and BJP likely to get a (narrow) majority.

  137. 137.

    Baud

    @Anyway:

    I think it’s a win if they lose seats.  They were talking up having a supermajority and changing the constitution.

  138. 138.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Manyakitty: Complaining about pain, which is kinda funny because it wasn’t painful until she got home. I guess it’s part of the healing process. It also looks even uglier as it becomes more and more colorful.

  142. 142.

    Manyakitty

    @WereBear: full sunlight is a great suggestion, thanks! It looks like he might have a few dark brown swirls mixed in with his midnight black. At 12 weeks (or thereabouts) the kitten blue is gone and his eyes range from crystal clear grey to green to blue.

    Also, too, “sock juice” 😂😂😂🤣

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    p.a.

    @Betty Cracker: No opinion on the brew process, but if you want to add a modest workout to your daily routine, use a hand-crank coffee grinder.  It’s a pain to change the grind-type if you use one, compared to an electric grinder.

  146. 146.

    WereBear

    My latest coffee protip is to tap a bit of salt into the coffee to counteract the bitterness. But I think cold brewing does that for us?

    It can help coffee that has aged like milk, like a diner we otherwise like :)

  148. 148.

    Geminid

    @Frankensteinbeck: Turkiye’s military hasn’t intervened in the country’s political life since 1997, when Army leadership ordered President Demeril to sideline the current Prime Minister and pick one from another party. This was called a “Post Modern Coup” because the Constitution was not suspended and the National Assembly wasn’t dissolved.

    Turkiye’s military staged more standard coups in 1960 and 1980. In the first one, the civilian Prime Minister and other ministers were put on trial and executed, which deterred subsequent civilian politicians from challenging the generals.

    Many Turks blame the 20th century coups on CIA encouragement, and they might be right. Now the country seems to have gotten past the era of coups, but civil liberties there are still not up to standards of Western Europe, much less the US.

  149. 149.

    Ramalama

    @Chet Murthy: my parents who were not well to do named beneficiaries for their insurance policies PLUS put their modest home in a trust, using guidelines spelled out by Suze Orman. After they died, while we were grieving and dealing with various things related to our sibling interactions and a house filled with 35 years worth of junk, we were able to get the house sellable, sold it quickly, (thanks to my high school friend who’s an amazing realtor) and the best part…avoided probate and got the proceeds a few months after the sale. Brokers and other people involved with the sale were Incredibly impressed with the way they’d set it up, having never dealt with an estate. Buy your mother Suze Orman books. Seriously.

  151. 151.

    Abnormal Hiker

    @Betty Cracker: Kicking Horse Pass joins Banff NP in Alberta to Yoho NP in BC.  It was so named when one of the first European explorers was kicked in the chest by his horse and knocked senseless.

  152. 152.

    WereBear

    @Manyakitty: It went like this for our latest kitten, Morgen Le Faye.

     

    Mr WereBear: I want a Panther.

    Me: How about a nice tuxie? Or a cow cat?

    Mr WB: Hasn’t shaken in two years. It has to be a Panther.

    Me: High likelihood of Alpha Cat Type, Just warning you.

    Mr WB: I know the risks.

  156. 156.

    MomSense

    @Chet Murthy:

    You should absolutely make sure you add beneficiaries to all your accounts.  Otherwise those accounts  will go through probate court which adds a lot of time and expense for your loved ones.  In Maine the filing fees are partially determined by the value of the estate so it could make things really tough.

    I’m late to this thread but jackals your financial advisor should help you do all of these tedious things.  We make these calls for our clients and we have reps who work for the firms we can access.  Expect more from your advisors!!

  157. 157.

    Manyakitty

    @WereBear: we got him from our vet’s stray kitten micro rescue. Didn’t care what he looked like, we just wanted a good, healthy kitten. That’s how we got Asimov and he’s been wonderful, so we went back for another one after we said goodbye to Heisenberg.

  159. 159.

    Manyakitty

    @WereBear: I wanted to name the kitten Rutherford and get him a shirt collar and bow tie, but my boyfriend demanded Cygnus, after the black hole Cygnus X1. It suits him.

  161. 161.

    Ramalama

    @WaterGirl: We’ve got ferns a-plenty in mountainous Quebec. They are the easiest things that grow on our lot, among the many fucking trees that are just crowding us out. Nice, but now we started noticing snakes. You got that problem with your ferns?

  162. 162.

    scribbler

    @Betty Cracker:  Toddy Cold Brew System.  Used it for years, makes a big pitcher of wonderfully smooth cold brew.  Just add coffee and water and wait.  Available directly from Toddy or Amazon.

  164. 164.

    Soprano2

    @eclare: I’m in Springfield, MO. Do you watch the Cardinals AAA team? I’ve thought about going to see them, but can’t do that now because hubby couldn’t make that trip. We’ve had a decent spring, although we had too many days with highs in the ’80’s for my comfort.

  166. 166.

    Mousebumples

    @Yutsano: I vote take the train to get to the city, if you’re up for walking (or taking taxis, public transit) in Chicago. It may or may or not be faster than driving. It’s been a few years since I’ve done that, but I’m pretty sure they have a decent commuter train station in Schaumburg.

    Late to the thread, but enjoy your trip!

  169. 169.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @hueyplong: What I’m doing is waiting anxiously for the post collecting examples of The Former President and Convicted Felon Is a Whiny Shitgibbon/Orange Fecal Pile.

    So, marking time against the arrival of Mr MushPottyMouth and his usual spluttering of urology, coprology and omnidirectional obscenity, amirite?

  170. 170.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Hob: ​the Epoch Times is implicated, according to the DOJ, in massive and elaborate financial crimes.

    The Ipecac Slimes?? Noooooh! Say it ain’t so, shmo! //

  172. 172.

    Mel

    @Manyakitty: Please do send photos! Your new baby sounds adorable!

    I have a soft spot for house panthers. We lost our precious  panther Bruni (aka Brunhilde, aka BooBoo, aka Boudica, depending upon her mood) to cancer 5 years ago, and the house still feels a little empty without her exuberant personality lighting up the place.

    Panther kitties will steal your heart, steal the show, and love you wholeheartedly!

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