Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People are complicated. Love is not.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

The revolution will be supervised.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

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

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

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

Their freedom requires your slavery.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

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

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Consistently wrong since 2002

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Pens hockey tonight.

BTW- a quick update on the bird feeder obsession. I’m now up to four feeders- one in front and three in the back, and I have quite a chirpy posse these days. My latest addition was one like this that I filled with sunflower seeds, and the cardinals are all over it.

And the craziest thing is my favorite birds to watch are actually the ones who don’t care about the feeders- the robins. I like how they just sort of hop around doing their thing then WHAMMO- out of nowhere a worm gets it. They don’t even see it coming. I saw a robin eat a worm so big this morning it could have been a snake.

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A Fun Fact for Happy Hour Chit-chat…

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Juan Cole over at Informed Comment has this Fun Fact about BP:

BP, by the way, is British Petroleum, a descendant of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The Iranian parliament asked for a better deal from the AIOC in the late 1940s and early 1950s (they wanted a 50/50 cut of the profits, which was what ARAMCO offered Saudi Arabia). The AIOC absolutely refused. In response, the Iranian parliament nationalized the AIOC holdings in 1951. It was in order to restore Western Big Oil to its Iranian holdings that the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953, putting the shah back on the throne as a megalomaniacal capitalist dictator and puppet of Washington. The enraged Iranian public overthrew the shah in 1978-79, establishing the Islamic Republic that has been a thorn in Washington’s side ever since. So, BP’s earlier arrogance helped produce our current crisis with Iran, just as it’s current incompetence has produced the massive Delaware-sized oil slick now devouring Louisiana.

As you can see, it is all part of the circle of life.

Cheers

dengre

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Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly…

I keep hoping for grilling weather, but it is not quite there yet for many of us. This menu you can grill, but broiling works just as well. It is a fairly quick meal to prep. One trick for marinades is to prepare them when you purchase your meats or poultry, add marinade and meat to bag and freeze. Then all you have to do is thaw them out and you’re ready to grill, broil or stir-fry. Otherwise, marinate overnight in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Most chefs recommend room temperature for meats before cooking. If you take it out while prepping the remainder of the meal, it should be room temp before cooking. For this menu, begin cooking the rice before prepping the remainder of the meal and it should be done by the time you finish the steak and beans.
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On the board tonight:

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1. Asian Flank Steak/w Green beans (Marinate Overnight)
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2. Rice
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3. Baked Caramel Apples

Recipes and shopping list at the link, as always.

P.S. from Anne Laurie: Now that our esteemed bloghost is a member of Homeowner Nation, I can’t wait to see what kind of shenanigans he can get up to with a bar-b-que grill…
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Jason Linkins over at HuffPost points to a story about some sanity bubbling to the surface in Arizona. It seems a local Sheriff is not happy about recent legislation:

Dupnik called the law “racist” and “disgusting” and “stupid” and, in his “nuanced judgment” could not be enforced without mandatory racial profiling. Dupnik’s reckoning of the legal issue is that he’s just as likely to be sued for racial profiling as he is for not doing enough racial profiling, so he’s standing pat, and will not enforce the new law.

But the best part was this (emphasis added):

Asked by local news station KGUN9 what he thought the solution to the law was, Dupnik replied, “The November election.”

He’s right of course, the only way to stop this neo-Confederate Teabaggers of Wingnutopia is to get out and vote.

Cheers

dengre

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