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Ended up staying out with the friends until 11:30, and then went grocery shopping for tomorrow. We are smoking a couple of racks of ribs, a big pork loin, and a brisket, as well as doing some beans, some slaw, and some other stuff.

This place seems kinda dead, so maybe this will pick things up:

What else would you add to the bbq plans for tomorrow? Slaw, beans and meat seem to cover it, but maybe some cornbread?

Also:

That song never gets old.

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I’m off to dinner with friends, and I leave you with this cat using a rather unconventional method of drinking water:

I think I tried that with beer as an undergrad a couple decades ago. I seriously hope that is an indoor cat, though.

(via Badtux the multi-faceted Penguin)

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Irving Kristol died today.

Nothing negative to say here of the recently departed. I always find it interesting that he began as a Trotskyite. In my opinion, the Trotskyite notion of permanent revolution informs neoconservatism very strongly to this day. The J-curve, for example, seems to me to be nothing but a quasi-quantitative argument in favor of revolution.

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I’m one of those paranoid people who believes that, left to their own devices, broadband providers will eventually start degrading service to everything but Fox and Drudge, so I was happy to see this, though of course the devil is in the details:

Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plans to announce new so-called net neutrality rules Monday that would prevent wireless companies from blocking Internet applications, according to a source at the agency.

One principal would clearly state that operators of networks — including wireless firms — cannot discriminate what services and applications run on the Web, the source said.

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Until John gets around to posting pet pictures, and/or Bad Horse Filly’s “Menu for the Weekend.”

*** Update ***

Thanks, Anne Laurie. I forgot, yet again. The menu:

Seared Ginger Tuna Rice
Mint-Papaya-Pineapple Salsa
Tossed Salad Sliced
Apples w/Caramel dipping sauce

And the cute:

Thursday Night Open ThreadPost + Comments (146)

Today was a good day:

I love this time of year. Sunny, cool, clear skies. Summer just gets too hot for me, but spring and early fall are just perfect.

Also, don’t forget about Radio Kaos tonight, dj’d by one of our readers. I’ve listened two weeks in a row and like it. RSS feed here.

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“Dow 36000”, 2 million tea baggers, “The 5000 Year Leap”…what is it with wingers and big numbers?

Law of large numbersPost + Comments (28)