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Probably wouldn't get their attention anyway, but I like it. I would give the Iranians a map, with very good production values, of the many targets that would be destroyed in a US strike, noting of course that some other targets, secret targets, would also be hit that were not on the map.
Great way to take care of those angry little eggplants. Place the whole eggplant right on the grill over hot coals and turn 45 deg periodically until all sides have been charred and the eggplant is steaming hot. Cut the top off and scrape the inside out into a bowl taking care not to let the char stuff get in there with the flesh. Add lots of butter - half stick is about right two or three pressed cloves of garlic, salt and pepper and a good dash of red wine vinegar. Sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese and you have dad's famous recipe. Enjoy
Hi Callahan23, the German election came out pretty well, eh? The breakdown of votes sounded (I think) like you were hoping for, right?
Sure does it is the right constellation, hopefully for the this economic time. But in case anybody thought this will be just another CDU/CSU-FDP rehash of Helmut Kohls' time in the 1990s. Wrong! Then Kohls' CDU needed the FDP only as a minority partner to fill up the percentages above 50%. Then the FDP had usually around 7%. Now those numbers are way surpassing double that and the CDU has lost significant voter support. That means that the CDU has roughly double the votes the FDP ws able to muster. The FDP is now in a far better position to push for reform and actually get some results. That new black-yellow coalition needs to go for reform real quit though as the SPD will probably try to reign them in via the second chamber (the Bundesrat) after having won some elections on the state level. Let's hope for the best.
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Ugh.... Jim Trafficant on Hannity. The Jews control the American government. If you criticize Israel, you'll lose your radio program. yada, yada, yada...
* 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes * water * salt and pepper * 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon * 1 teaspoon turmeric * 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg * 2 garlic cloves, minced * 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint * steamed basmati rice
Directions
1.Cut eggplant into quarters and then diagonally into 1/2-inch slices. Sprinkle liberally with salt, set in colander in sink. 2. Set aside 1 tablespoon onion for garnish. 3.In a large skillet, cook onion in olive oil until golden brown. Add meat and brown. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg and enough water to cover. Let simmer until meat is tender. 4.Meanwhile, rinse eggplant and dry with paper towels. Brown slices on each side in a hot skillet sprayed with olive oil spray or a dab of oil. Lay over meat. and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and simmer until eggplant and tomato are tender, about 10 minutes. 5.While meat is continuing to cook, place remaining onion in a small pan with a little olive oil and cook until soft. Add minced garlic and mint and cook 1 minute. 6.Turn meat mixture into a serving dish and top with onion mixture. 7. Serve over steamed rice.
Persian rice Ingredients
* 3 cups basmati rice * 1/2 cup melted butter * 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste) * 2 quarts water * 1 cup water
Directions
1. Start the 2 quarts water and salt boiling in large stock pot or dutch oven. 2. Rinse rice until water runs clear (or as close to clear as you can get it). 3. Add rice to boiling water, boil about 10 minutes or until rice is about half cooked. 4. Drain rice in colander, reserve. 5. In stock pot or dutch oven, pour about 1/4 cup melted butter on bottom, tilt to cover 2 inches up sides. 6. Pour the half-cooked rice into the pot, try to make a nice mound in the middle, and avoid the sides as much as possible. 7. With the end of a wooden spoon, make holes in the mound of rice (5 or 6 places) evenly around. 8. Pour the remaining melted butter onto the rice, and drizzle 1/4 Cup of the extra water into the holes you made. Cover pot with kitchen towel to absorb the steam, place pot lid on towel. 9. Cook on very low heat, checking after about 15 minutes. If the rice is browning too fast, add the remaining extra water a little bit at a time. 10. Cook rice until it's done, about 30 minutes. 11. Try not to check it too often, as it needs to steam.
If you do the rice right you have a crisp brown layer of rice on the bottom of the pot called "tadiqe," salt the brown layer lightly and eat like a potato chip
Good afternoon! Okra has to be cooked correctly or it is slimy and gross. By cooked correctly, I mean heavily battered and fried.
Same for eggplant, come to think of it... Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Although, a few pods of okra thrown in with butterbeans or in gumbo, of course, are allowed.
60 Minutes has an interview with Gen. McChrystal. While I am deeply suspicious of 60 Minutes selective editing and spin-doctoring, certain things shine through, specifically, that McChrystal is one smart, tough soldier.
Ugh.... Jim Trafficant on Hannity. The Jews control the American government. If you criticize Israel, you'll lose your radio program. yada, yada, yada...
Ohh, provocative! I'm sure the Mad Mullahs are right now seeing the error of their ways. Yep, saying a thug is provocative has always stopped 'em in the past.
I predict Gen. McChrystal will resign when Obama fails to act. Obama still might surprise and do the right thing, but I will not hold my breath. I think we are heading for a disaster of epic proportions in Afghanistan unfortunately.
* 1/4 c sliced pistachios . * 2 c water . * 1/4 tsp ground cardamom (optional) . * 2 c sugar . * 2 tbsps water . * 1 c finely slivered orange zest . * 1 pinch turmeric . * 2 tbsps rose water (optional) . * Filling . * 2/3 c slivered almonds . * 1/4 tsp ground turmeric . * 3 c long grain rice . * 4 tbsps canola oil . * 8 c water . * Rice . * 2 tbsps salt
Directions
* Step #1 Wash rice in lukewarm water until water runs clear. * Step #2 Then soak in cold water to cover for at least 2 hrs but up to 24 hrs. * Step #3 Drain, rinse, & drain again. * Step #4 In a large heavy saucepan, bring 8 c water to boil over med-heat/flame. * Step #5 Add salt. * Step #6 Add the rice & cook, stirring every once in awhile, for 10 mins. * Step #7 Drain, rinse & then drain again. * Step #8 To make the filling, fill a small sauce pan with cold water. * Step #9 Add orange zest & bring to a boil. * Step #10 Drain & then repeat. * Step #11 In a medium sauce pan, water, mix the zest, sugar & turmeric & stir over low heat/flame until sugar dissolves. * Step #12 Increase the heat to medium-high & bring to a boil. * Step #13 Reduce heat to low & let simmer until syrupy, about 20 mins. * Step #14 Let cool & then stir in the nuts. * Step #15 In a large heavy saucepan heat 2 tbsps of the oil over high heat. * Step #16 Stir in the turmeric, the 2 tbsps of water. * Step #17 Spread 1/3 of rice in the sauce pan. * Step #18 Scatter half of the zest filling over top, cover with half the remaining rice, then remaining filling, then mound remaining rice over top. * Step #19 Using wooden spoon handle, poke 7 deep holes in the rice. * Step #20 Drizzle with remaining 2 tbsps of oil. * Step #21 Place a kitchen towel or several layers of paper towels over top of pan. * Step #22 Cover up with lid & cook over med-heat/flame until steam appears, about 10 mins. * Step #23 Reduce heat to low & let simmer until rice is tender & bottom is crisp, about 30 mins. * Enjoy the Shirin Polo (Persian Sweet Rice) recipe
Western powers have condemned Iran for test-firing its most advanced long-range missiles, with the White House calling the move "provocative".
Ohh, provocative! I'm sure the Mad Mullahs are right now seeing the error of their ways. Yep, saying a thug is provocative has always stopped 'em in the past.
Turn, the eggplant recipe sounds delish. I think I've only eaten eggplant in eggplant parmigiana. sp?
Hey SC, I think if you try this it might just be the only way you cook it from now on. You can taste the vitamins in it, cooking it any other way just masks the true flavor of the eggplant. Don't forget the vinegar, adjust to taste.
Well, it's good thing we have that missile shield up, right? I mean the Iranians are launching new longer range models all the time. I feel really good that we have that missile shield up in Eastern Europe....oh wait....that's right, we dropped it. Nevermind.
Yep, rose petals are pressed and then water is flavored. They made rose water ice cream, tastes just like a rose smells.
If you ever go to a Persian restaurant, ask for it. It's worth the experience. I like it! But for those who didn't grow up with it they say it's an acquired taste.
Obama canceled the land-based missile defense in Europe, and has decided to go with a sea based system. There's now a lot of discussion on the naval blogs as to whether the US Navy has enough ships to actually establish & maintain such a shield, where the ship will have to be based, and all the logistics implied. It looks like Obama didn't think this one through before he opted for it.
Obama used the naval option as an excuse to toss Poland and the Czech Republic under the bus. By doing so, he thought he could curry favor with the Russians.
Bad news, Barry...Vlad is laughing his ass off and you have burnt some bridges with people that actually liked the USA.
Playing politics on the global scale is a little different than the southside.
Wow. Ten minutes ago I was listening to a weather warning on the TV and thinking they were nuts. It was a great day. In the time it took for them to mention my county I had logged on to Weather.com. Shouldn't have even bothered, by the time it loaded we were getting slammed by a rain/thunder/wind storm. Still are. Out of nowhere.
From kenneth's link above "The president delivers a vital speech to union members at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pittsburgh, leading them in fever-pitched chants of "Are you fired up?!? Are you ready to go?!?" in reference to winning their support for the Obama Health Care effort.
Our troops meanwhile, from top to bottom, can pound sand in place where they stand in Iraq and Afghanistan. No such rallies for them or the American people for their efforts. Nope. None.
Zero. Zip. Nada. Oh, but President Obama did have a chit chat with General McChrystal a couple of months ago. That's got to count for something, right?"
Hasn't talked to McCrystal in 70 days, been too busy out pimping healthcare ... sad
speaking of Persians. My student/ friend who is Iranian and left before the protests and I was so worried about some time ago? He is back save 'n sound and we'll meet up again day after tomorrow. I really am happy! He is a good person.
Zero. Zip. Nada. Oh, but President Obama did have a chit chat with General McChrystal a couple of months ago. That's got to count for something, right?"
Hasn't talked to McCrystal in 70 days, been too busy out pimping healthcare ... sad
I just watched the 60 Minutes video. McCrystal is one tough, smart cookie. Obama is a POS! If Obama doesn't give him what he needs to win in Afghanistan, he will go down as a worse president then even Carter.
Stupid Olympics in Chicago is more important to him than winning in Afghanistan. What an arrogant, elitist ass!
From kenneth's link above "The president delivers a vital speech to union members at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pittsburgh, leading them in fever-pitched chants of "Are you fired up?!? Are you ready to go?!?" in reference to winning their support for the Obama Health Care effort.
This sort of thing has disgusted me before, and continues to disgust me. It doesn't even occur to him the same type of "rallying" would do the troops so well because the troops are everything Obama (and the left) hates.
Stupid Olympics in Chicago is more important to him than winning in Afghanistan. What an arrogant, elitist ass!
Hey DS, you know this unprecedented rush to go sell the olympics smacks of Chicago style political payback to me. Chicago politics at its worse, hell Chicago would be a horrible place to have the olympics IMO.
Lincolntf, ... Sounds good. Here's hoping it starts a trend.
Britain hopefully will be next, new and any labor has hopefully had it. Opinion polls suggested a big shift towards the right in Britain. Italy already has got that pretty right-wing (for European standards) Berlusconi. France shifted to the center-right with Sarcozy. And we don't even need to talk about countries like Poland Czech Republic and even Denmark.
Obama is starting to be pretty alone with his social-engineering ideas in the G-8.
He almost did, do you remember that "Buy American" clause in the stimulus bill? Pissed off a lot of companies up here in Canada, a LOT of companies. Took a lot of talking and haggling and meetings between Harper and Obama to straighten that debacle out.
He almost did, do you remember that "Buy American" clause in the stimulus bill? Pissed off a lot of companies up here in Canada, a LOT of companies. Took a lot of talking and haggling and meetings between Harper and Obama to straighten that debacle out. ________________________________________________ As it should have....
protectionist policy was one major contributor to the continuance/worsening of the great depression of the 30's.
This kind of stuff is just simplistic, populist BS.
I hadn't noticed I was a racist, but that was no doubt because I was too busy being a homophobe. Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot. Since I do not want America to suffer another Sean Penn movie, I will accept that I'm a homophobe, too. And I'm a male chauvinist due to the fact that I think Nancy Pelosi is blowing smoke--excuse me, carbon neutral, biodegradable airborne particulate matter--out her pantsuit.
Also, I'm pretty sure Rahm Emanuel is Jewish, and you can't be against (or even for) President Obama without the involvement of Rahm Emanuel, so I'm an anti-Semite. Furthermore, although I personally happen to be a libertarian on immigration issues, I do agree with Joe Wilson that you can't say you're expanding health care to the poor and then pretend you're going to turn those poor away if their driver's licenses look a little Xeroxy
Oh, you're right - I forgot. How did they straighten it out?
And don't lose hope - he could always penalize Canada for letting Americans go there to get their drugs. There's always hope! _________________________________________________ Heh.... letting Americans go there for their drugs IS penalizing Canada. They're cheaper in Canada in part due to government (taxpayer) subsidies. Getting our drugs in Canada is a form of Americans leaching off of the Canadian citizenry.
eschew - well I was thinking more along the lines of not letting Canadians with stage 2 brain cancers enter the country for medical treatment they can't get in Canada until it's too late.
After all, if letting Americans die because it's cheaper is good enough for Americans, then by golly, it's good enough for the Canucks.
the left doesn't even bother to put up an argument with facts it simply responds with slurs and insults like racist, homophobe etc. yadda, yadda, yadda.
eschew - well I was thinking more along the lines of not letting Canadians with stage 2 brain cancers enter the country for medical treatment they can't get in Canada until it's too late.
After all, if letting Americans die because it's cheaper is good enough for Americans, then by golly, it's good enough for the Canucks. ___________________________________________________ I hear ya'....
I know Detroit hospitals have agreements with Windsor hospitals to take certain surgery patients that Windsor can't handle due to a lack of training/experience or equipment.
Everyone gets paid appropriately, and I don't have a problem with that as long as Americans can still get access to those services as needed.
eschew that Windsor can't handle due to a lack of training/experience
Correct me if I'm worng, please, but doesn't Canada actively recruit foreign doctors? __________________________________________________
Well, I'm not qualified to offer much on that subject of my own knowledge, but a quick search seems to indicate that there is a doctor shortage and that the provinces are having difficulty getting foreign doctors recruited/into the country due to various immigration regulations and the fact that foreign-trained doctors tend to get assigned to posts Canadian doctors don't want....typically rural assignments..... which sort of pigeon-holes them in those posts more-or-less permanently.....a fact that makes moving a practice to Canada undesireable.
To bolster my points made above about the German election, here is an article by Soeren Kern in Pajamas Media :
"Germany Swings to the Center-Right" Sunday's election results follow a trend in which Socialist parties across Europe have seen sharp declines in their popularity. ... Merkel promised to spur economic growth by simplifying the tax code, reforming the inheritance tax system, and providing across-the-board income tax cuts totaling 15 billion euros ($22 billion) over four years.
She also wants to extend the lifespan of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants, which the government of former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, caving in to demands from the environmentalist Green Party, ordered closed by 2021.
A CDU/CSU-FDP center-right government ... will also seek to reduce the role of the state in the economy and pursue privatizations, such as that of rail operator Deutsche Bahn.
In foreign policy, a center-right coalition will probably be more vocal in trying to block Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. Merkel says she favors a “privileged partnership” for Ankara that stops short of full membership. Merkel has also said she will keep German troops in Afghanistan.
Nice, the icing on the cake is that setback for the anti-nuke enviro-nuts. Probably their first one ever.
If someone over here would have the grapes to run on an honest and bold "More Nukes" platform, I think they'd get 50+% of the vote right out of the gate. Of course they'd have to first deal with the constant Lib/MSM panic-mongering. Not easy.
Angela Merkel didn't actually shout it out. All what she did was she promised a hard look-into the viability of an extension of the atomic-plants life-span. Neat, ay? Politicians talk but many Germans got the message already with the soaring energy prices.
Afternoon all! It's blustery and drizzly in the valley and most of the crimson has been teased from the Maples. Another couple of days like this and everything will be nekkid and waiting on the first sneaux to fall.
A teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was having homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least, statutory rape occurred. Fox News reported that the teacher violated a state law requiring that he report the abuse. That former teacher, Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar." It's getting hard to keep track of all of this president's problematic appointments. Clearly, the process for vetting White House employees has broken down.
In this one case in which Mr. Jennings had a real chance to protect a young boy from a sexual predator, he not only failed to do what the law required but actually encouraged the relationship.
According to Mr. Jennings' own description in a new audiotape discovered by Fox News, the 15-year-old boy met the "older man" in a "bus station bathroom" and was taken to the older man's home that night. When some details about the case became public, Mr. Jennings threatened to sue another teacher who called his failure to report the statutory rape "unethical." Mr. Jennings' defenders asserted that there was no evidence that he was aware the student had sex with the older man.
However, the new audiotape contradicts this claim. In 2000, Mr. Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes homosexuality in schools. On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is reinforced by Mr. Jennings' own description in his 1994 book, "One Teacher in 10." In that account, the teacher boasts how he allayed the student's concerns about the relationship to such a degree that the 15-year-old "left my office with a smile on his face that I would see every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he graduated."
/apparently, being the lowest of lowlifes is a job requirement to be an Obama Czar, only the dregs need apply, sorry, you're not enough of a scumbag!
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
I was looking at the wiki for the "Rocket City". The "Notable Natives and Residents" section is a good one. It's not often you see Wernher Von Braun and Jose Canseco on the same list.
FIRST!
ReplyDeleteFirst!
ReplyDeletePALADIN PHIL, YOU'VE WON A NEW CAR!!!
ReplyDelete(Okay, not really, but...it sounded good.)
Is that a sour grape?
ReplyDeleteIn the event of a tie...
ReplyDeleteRUNNING BEAR WINS!!!
FIRST!!!!
IN. YOUR. FACE!
PP,
ReplyDeleteyou beat me to it by .. ah .. HOW MANY SECONDS?
;-)
(New rule. I just made it up just now)
ReplyDeleteIt's an eggplant. A very, very angry eggplant.
ReplyDeleteAnd what do we have for the runner up, Johnny ?
ReplyDeleteheh, what can I say. I will stop when it no longer is thrilling....
ReplyDeleteWell here's some news. Policeman faces charges over G-20 assault.
/in London England from last year.
Is that a sour grape?
ReplyDeleteThat, my friend, is an Eggplant. An eggplant that would just as soon pluck your eyeballs out and eat them as look at you.
Kinda like if Helen Thomas were a vegetable.
What do eggplants have to be pissed about?
ReplyDeleteAnd what do we have for the runner up, Johnny ?
ReplyDeleteA SET OF SPATULAS!!!!
Well, my Monday relief is here early (/dripping).
ReplyDeleteSee you guys when I get home and figure out what to eat for dinner.
Spatula City... we sell spatulas.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's all!
What do eggplants have to be pissed about?
ReplyDeleteI ate it's mom?
Bye Phil! I'm out too for a while, folks. See ya'll later!
ReplyDeleteSquatch,
ReplyDeletethere is always the winner and then the first loser. ;-)
Later Phil and Pink!
ReplyDeleteA SET OF SPATULAS!!!!
ReplyDeleteDamn, I know Cal was looking forward to a snuggie...
/
That's not just any eggplant, it's a member of Baba Ganoush Martyr's Brigade
ReplyDeleteKinda like if Helen Thomas were a vegetable.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it WAS Helen Thomas.
Laters, PF
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it WAS Helen Thomas.
ReplyDeleteIf it was, you'd want your eyeballs plucked out.
there is always the winner and then the first loser. ;-)
ReplyDeleteShoot,I was so late I have to settle for being jealous of what you won.
Probably wouldn't get their attention anyway, but I like it.
ReplyDeleteI would give the Iranians a map, with very good production values, of the many targets that would be destroyed in a US strike, noting of course that some other targets, secret targets, would also be hit that were not on the map.
http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/2009/09/thank-you-eliot-tom-smith-.html
Shoot,I was so late I have to settle for being jealous of what you won.
ReplyDeleteYeah what to do with a set of spatulas if you are no artist working clay?
/No need to answer that!
Hi Callahan23, the German election came out pretty well, eh?
ReplyDeleteThe breakdown of votes sounded (I think) like you were hoping for, right?
Attention please:
ReplyDeleteOnly 25 shopping days left 'til redstateredneck's birthday.
gotta go pretend to do something about dinner - bbl
ReplyDeleteHi everyone!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to found you all!
It is so nice to see familiar names again!
I am celebrating with a new nickname :)
~seekeroftruth
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ReplyDeleteHi everyone! Redstateredneck how old will you be or are you not telling?
ReplyDeleteHelooo, snack! Welcome.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to take care of those angry little eggplants. Place the whole eggplant right on the grill over hot coals and turn 45 deg periodically until all sides have been charred and the eggplant is steaming hot. Cut the top off and scrape the inside out into a bowl taking care not to let the char stuff get in there with the flesh. Add lots of butter - half stick is about right two or three pressed cloves of garlic, salt and pepper and a good dash of red wine vinegar. Sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese and you have dad's famous recipe. Enjoy
ReplyDeleteclap clap clap, whoo hooo
ReplyDeleteCallahan23
ReplyDeleteYeah what to do with a set of spatulas if you are no artist working clay?
Regift them to redstate?
snowcrash!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite people!
:')
snowcrash said...
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! Redstateredneck how old will you be or are you not telling?
8 in dog years.
TY C.C.
ReplyDeleteWish I could get rid of the 09 part, but it was a fight with aim to get this far lol.
In dog years...I'm dead.
ReplyDeleteAt least that's what my avatar says...
Hey snack, you and turn just joined today. Good timing, they are working on a new dedicated blog for us to reunite at.
ReplyDeleteRed, check out sages avatar. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteBut how many in Eggplant Years?
ReplyDeleteNice to see you Red and Dog!
ReplyDelete8 in dog years
ReplyDeleteWhat would that be in a football score?
Sage check the time stamp. lol, great minds and all that ....
ReplyDeleteRed, check out sages avatar. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI'm just a pup compared to that guy!
That's why I've always liked you, snowcrash.
ReplyDelete:')
/No need to answer that!
ReplyDeleteHeh. Only because it's Monday. Noone needs crap this early in the week.
Hope your day was good.
Eggplant years? What's the life of the average eggplant, refrigerated?
ReplyDeleteHi turn - oh that was good timing!
ReplyDeleteI've had an eggplant in my refrigerator for 17 years.
ReplyDeleteIt kinda looks like Helen Thomas.
454 in eggplant years.
ReplyDelete:-(
Turn, the eggplant recipe sounds delish. I think I've only eaten eggplant in eggplant parmigiana. sp?
ReplyDeleteHELLO Lincolntf, long time no see! Welcome!
ReplyDeleteHi Callahan23, the German election came out pretty well, eh?
The breakdown of votes sounded (I think) like you were hoping for, right?
Sure does it is the right constellation, hopefully for the this economic time.
But in case anybody thought this will be just another CDU/CSU-FDP rehash of Helmut Kohls' time in the 1990s. Wrong! Then Kohls' CDU needed the FDP only as a minority partner to fill up the percentages above 50%. Then the FDP had usually around 7%.
Now those numbers are way surpassing double that and the CDU has lost significant voter support. That means that the CDU has roughly double the votes the FDP ws able to muster.
The FDP is now in a far better position to push for reform and actually get some results.
That new black-yellow coalition needs to go for reform real quit though as the SPD will probably try to reign them in via the second chamber (the Bundesrat) after having won some elections on the state level.
Let's hope for the best.
Why the eggplant is angry....
ReplyDeleteOh, my.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do eggplants have to be pissed about?
ReplyDeleteBeing turned into Moussaka?
Oh, and thank you all for understanding! Everyone has been very cool about this, and we appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Deutschland is going the correct direction and us poor Nord Amerikaners are going the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteAre we totally sure blogspot didn't eat Reals' avatar now and replace it with this ?
ReplyDeleteI nominate the eggplant for our mascot (though we might need to give him a patriotic t-shirt or something).
ReplyDeleteSquatch, I think realwest secretly LIKES that number, and changed it himself. ; )
ReplyDeleteIs that an eggplant in your pa...oh never mind.
ReplyDeletesnow,
ReplyDeleteI've got a Persian recipe for eggplant in a tomato sauce with lamb or beef over rice.
JCM
ReplyDeleteNow that sounds good!
eggplant-o-lanterns
ReplyDeleteLooks like Deutschland is going the correct direction and us poor Nord Amerikaners are going the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteWell, you know the left. They always claim socialism (and communism) are the best systems but they've never been done properly.
They are really enamored of other countries mistakes.
The best way to cook eggplant is to boil it for an hour. Add some salt and pepper.
ReplyDeleteThen, toss it out and go out to restaurant and get some real food.
Squatch, I think realwest secretly LIKES that number, and changed it himself. ; )
ReplyDeleteI'm tellin' y'all, he's like Prince when he became known as that weirod symbod.
symbol, not symbod! ! !
ReplyDeleteThere is a round table buffet restaurant in my town that has the best fried eggplant you ever tasted.
ReplyDeleteCC
ReplyDeleteSquatch, I think realwest secretly LIKES that number, and changed it himself. ; )
AAAAhhhhh, never thought of that angle.
I think I like Desert Dog's recipes.
ReplyDeleteLOL redstate! When we move to the new place, we should refer to him as The Artist Formerly Known As 6429p8720r874.
ReplyDeleteIs Prince now the artist formally known as O(+>?
ReplyDeleteThen, toss it out and go out to restaurant and get some real food.
ReplyDeleteSame here, can't stand that plant. Worst only is ocra, I absolutely hate that gluey stuff.
Is Prince now the artist formally known as O(+>?
ReplyDeleteI think he's now the Artist formally known as O(+> who was formerly know as Prince but is now known as Prince.
Ugh.... Jim Trafficant on Hannity. The Jews control the American government. If you criticize Israel, you'll lose your radio program.
ReplyDeleteyada, yada, yada...
Where's that 'off' switch?
Y'all would make sucky southerners not eating okra and eggplant!
ReplyDeleteHi pink - info is on it's way!
ReplyDeleteThanks
Good afternoon! Okra has to be cooked correctly or it is slimy and gross. By cooked correctly, I mean heavily battered and fried.
ReplyDeleteSame for eggplant, come to think of it...
Yeah, but I've learnt to say "all y'all" when referring to more than one person ;-)
ReplyDeleteGimme some time.
The Artist Formerly Known As 6429p8720r874.
ReplyDeleteLOL
Is Prince now the artist formally known as O(+>?
People don't over do it! I am a former big fan of Prince.
/
I like Okra. Her book club is pretty cool sometimes. Other times, not so much.
ReplyDeletePickled okra is pretty good with beer. But the cooked stuff I'm a little leery of.
ReplyDeleteKhoresh Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Sauce)
ReplyDelete* 1 lb boneless lamb or beef, cubed
* 1 lb eggplant, sliced
* 2 tablespoons salt
* 1 onion, diced
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 2 tablespoons tomato paste
* 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
* water
* salt and pepper
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon turmeric
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 2 garlic cloves, minced
* 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
* steamed basmati rice
Directions
1.Cut eggplant into quarters and then diagonally into 1/2-inch slices. Sprinkle liberally with salt, set in colander in sink.
2. Set aside 1 tablespoon onion for garnish.
3.In a large skillet, cook onion in olive oil until golden brown. Add meat and brown. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg and enough water to cover. Let simmer until meat is tender.
4.Meanwhile, rinse eggplant and dry with paper towels. Brown slices on each side in a hot skillet sprayed with olive oil spray or a dab of oil. Lay over meat. and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and simmer until eggplant and tomato are tender, about 10 minutes.
5.While meat is continuing to cook, place remaining onion in a small pan with a little olive oil and cook until soft. Add minced garlic and mint and cook 1 minute.
6.Turn meat mixture into a serving dish and top with onion mixture.
7. Serve over steamed rice.
Persian rice
Ingredients
* 3 cups basmati rice
* 1/2 cup melted butter
* 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
* 2 quarts water
* 1 cup water
Directions
1. Start the 2 quarts water and salt boiling in large stock pot or dutch oven.
2. Rinse rice until water runs clear (or as close to clear as you can get it).
3. Add rice to boiling water, boil about 10 minutes or until rice is about half cooked.
4. Drain rice in colander, reserve.
5. In stock pot or dutch oven, pour about 1/4 cup melted butter on bottom, tilt to cover 2 inches up sides.
6. Pour the half-cooked rice into the pot, try to make a nice mound in the middle, and avoid the sides as much as possible.
7. With the end of a wooden spoon, make holes in the mound of rice (5 or 6 places) evenly around.
8. Pour the remaining melted butter onto the rice, and drizzle 1/4 Cup of the extra water into the holes you made. Cover pot with kitchen towel to absorb the steam, place pot lid on towel.
9. Cook on very low heat, checking after about 15 minutes. If the rice is browning too fast, add the remaining extra water a little bit at a time.
10. Cook rice until it's done, about 30 minutes.
11. Try not to check it too often, as it needs to steam.
If you do the rice right you have a crisp brown layer of rice on the bottom of the pot called "tadiqe," salt the brown layer lightly and eat like a potato chip
Good afternoon! Okra has to be cooked correctly or it is slimy and gross. By cooked correctly, I mean heavily battered and fried.
ReplyDeleteSame for eggplant, come to think of it...
Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Although, a few pods of okra thrown in with butterbeans or in gumbo, of course, are allowed.
60 Minutes has an interview with Gen. McChrystal. While I am deeply suspicious of 60 Minutes selective editing and spin-doctoring, certain things shine through, specifically, that McChrystal is one smart, tough soldier.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/28/gen_mcchrystal_warns_of_mission_failure_in_afghanistan.html
Going to go work out.
ReplyDeleteLater, {all y'all}!
Ugh.... Jim Trafficant on Hannity. The Jews control the American government. If you criticize Israel, you'll lose your radio program.
ReplyDeleteyada, yada, yada...
Where's that 'off' switch?
What's his screen name on DU?
JCM,
ReplyDeletePersian rice
For a good Persian rice haven't you forgotten those small red berries? Forgot the name. Sour in taste.
Yummy!
Western powers have condemned Iran for test-firing its most advanced long-range missiles, with the White House calling the move "provocative".
ReplyDeleteOhh, provocative! I'm sure the Mad Mullahs are right now seeing the error of their ways. Yep, saying a thug is provocative has always stopped 'em in the past.
CC,
ReplyDeleteWhat's his screen name on DU?
Hans Händler?
When they say that Amadinnerjacket is being "provocative", I end up picturing him dressed like Dr. Frank N. Furter...
ReplyDelete/Pass The Mind Bleach
I predict Gen. McChrystal will resign when Obama fails to act. Obama still might surprise and do the right thing, but I will not hold my breath. I think we are heading for a disaster of epic proportions in Afghanistan unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteCallahan23,
ReplyDeletePersians use pomegranate seeds in a lot of their cooking.
Challahan,
ReplyDeleteSherine Pilaf, sweet rice.
Ingredients
* 1/4 c sliced pistachios .
* 2 c water .
* 1/4 tsp ground cardamom (optional) .
* 2 c sugar .
* 2 tbsps water .
* 1 c finely slivered orange zest .
* 1 pinch turmeric .
* 2 tbsps rose water (optional) .
* Filling .
* 2/3 c slivered almonds .
* 1/4 tsp ground turmeric .
* 3 c long grain rice .
* 4 tbsps canola oil .
* 8 c water .
* Rice .
* 2 tbsps salt
Directions
* Step #1 Wash rice in lukewarm water until water runs clear.
* Step #2 Then soak in cold water to cover for at least 2 hrs but up to 24 hrs.
* Step #3 Drain, rinse, & drain again.
* Step #4 In a large heavy saucepan, bring 8 c water to boil over med-heat/flame.
* Step #5 Add salt.
* Step #6 Add the rice & cook, stirring every once in awhile, for 10 mins.
* Step #7 Drain, rinse & then drain again.
* Step #8 To make the filling, fill a small sauce pan with cold water.
* Step #9 Add orange zest & bring to a boil.
* Step #10 Drain & then repeat.
* Step #11 In a medium sauce pan, water, mix the zest, sugar & turmeric & stir over low heat/flame until sugar dissolves.
* Step #12 Increase the heat to medium-high & bring to a boil.
* Step #13 Reduce heat to low & let simmer until syrupy, about 20 mins.
* Step #14 Let cool & then stir in the nuts.
* Step #15 In a large heavy saucepan heat 2 tbsps of the oil over high heat.
* Step #16 Stir in the turmeric, the 2 tbsps of water.
* Step #17 Spread 1/3 of rice in the sauce pan.
* Step #18 Scatter half of the zest filling over top, cover with half the remaining rice, then remaining filling, then mound remaining rice over top.
* Step #19 Using wooden spoon handle, poke 7 deep holes in the rice.
* Step #20 Drizzle with remaining 2 tbsps of oil.
* Step #21 Place a kitchen towel or several layers of paper towels over top of pan.
* Step #22 Cover up with lid & cook over med-heat/flame until steam appears, about 10 mins.
* Step #23 Reduce heat to low & let simmer until rice is tender & bottom is crisp, about 30 mins.
* Enjoy the Shirin Polo (Persian Sweet Rice) recipe
The area I lived in added raisins.
What's his screen name on DU?
ReplyDelete"RockyRacoonHair"
Forgot the name. Sour in taste.
ReplyDeleteThat would be currants.
CM said...
ReplyDeleteWestern powers have condemned Iran for test-firing its most advanced long-range missiles, with the White House calling the move "provocative".
Ohh, provocative! I'm sure the Mad Mullahs are right now seeing the error of their ways. Yep, saying a thug is provocative has always stopped 'em in the past.
Condemned? Like finger wagging and EVERYTHING?
Turn, the eggplant recipe sounds delish. I think I've only eaten eggplant in eggplant parmigiana. sp?
ReplyDeleteHey SC, I think if you try this it might just be the only way you cook it from now on. You can taste the vitamins in it, cooking it any other way just masks the true flavor of the eggplant. Don't forget the vinegar, adjust to taste.
Wendy,
ReplyDeleteCurrants would have been added in the Caspian Sea areas.
We got Caspian Sturgeon kabobs up in the area. Ohhh, my that was some good fish.
Desert Dog,
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself, "No way, Obama can't be that stupid to loose Afstan. And then I stop & think about everything else he's done so far...
ArmyWife....
ReplyDeleteThey're even considering the dread strongly worded letter!
Well, it's good thing we have that missile shield up, right? I mean the Iranians are launching new longer range models all the time. I feel really good that we have that missile shield up in Eastern Europe....oh wait....that's right, we dropped it. Nevermind.
ReplyDeleteI should learn how to cook.
ReplyDeleteSome of this stuff sounds pretty darn good.
Or you can give me addresses and times....
eptember 28, 2009 1:38 PM
ReplyDeleteDesert Dog said...
No worries! The Navy will protect us! As soon as we get a plan as to HOW that will work, but ya know, details.
"RockyRacoonHair"
ReplyDeleteAh! [HITS SELF IN HEAD.]
I should have recognized him.
oh my is right red! haha too funny, it looks real too.
ReplyDeleteJCM
ReplyDeleteIs Rose Water what it sounds like?
sas,
ReplyDeleteI've put my address in a geo-cache at N 021 25.355' E 039 49.573' .
Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteWendy,
Forgot the name. Sour in taste.
That would be currants.
Sorry no, searched it myself it is: Berberis vulgaris
UFO,
ReplyDeleteYep, rose petals are pressed and then water is flavored. They made rose water ice cream, tastes just like a rose smells.
If you ever go to a Persian restaurant, ask for it. It's worth the experience. I like it! But for those who didn't grow up with it they say it's an acquired taste.
Obama canceled the land-based missile defense in Europe, and has decided to go with a sea based system. There's now a lot of discussion on the naval blogs as to whether the US Navy has enough ships to actually establish & maintain such a shield, where the ship will have to be based, and all the logistics implied. It looks like Obama didn't think this one through before he opted for it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.informationdissemination.net/2009/09/nobody-knows.html
Cahallan,
ReplyDeleteah, I spent my time in Western Iran and Tehran.
Callahan,
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for the tip!
that McChrystal is one smart, tough soldier
ReplyDeleteThat's my impression too, good choice O. Hey there kenneth!
I've put my address in a geo-cache at N 021 25.355' E 039 49.573'
ReplyDeleteThat's the politest I've ever been told to Eff off.
LOL.
Kenneth: Obama does a lot of things before thinking it through. That's if he thinks.
ReplyDelete/takes a lot of effort to be constantly on the campaign trail...
Obama used the naval option as an excuse to toss Poland and the Czech Republic under the bus. By doing so, he thought he could curry favor with the Russians.
ReplyDeleteBad news, Barry...Vlad is laughing his ass off and you have burnt some bridges with people that actually liked the USA.
Playing politics on the global scale is a little different than the southside.
Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteDetails, details, details....
The Wee Won has decreed a end to nuclear weapons. We really don't need BMD anymore.
JCM,
ReplyDeleteah, I spent my time in Western Iran and Tehran.
I studied in Germany together with lots of Persians from all parts except Baluchistan. ;-)
Another link on to McChrystal's interview with 60 Minutes & the surprising revelation that Obama has only spoken to him once.
ReplyDeletehttp://threatswatch.org/commentary/2009/09/general-silence/
sas,
ReplyDeleteLOL, your welcome at my house anytime!
I'll just have to reinforce the floors first ;-P
Wow. Ten minutes ago I was listening to a weather warning on the TV and thinking they were nuts. It was a great day. In the time it took for them to mention my county I had logged on to Weather.com. Shouldn't have even bothered, by the time it loaded we were getting slammed by a rain/thunder/wind storm. Still are. Out of nowhere.
ReplyDeletehey Lincoln! Good seeing ya!
ReplyDeleteFrom kenneth's link above "The president delivers a vital speech to union members at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pittsburgh, leading them in fever-pitched chants of "Are you fired up?!? Are you ready to go?!?" in reference to winning their support for the Obama Health Care effort.
ReplyDeleteOur troops meanwhile, from top to bottom, can pound sand in place where they stand in Iraq and Afghanistan. No such rallies for them or the American people for their efforts. Nope. None.
Zero. Zip. Nada. Oh, but President Obama did have a chit chat with General McChrystal a couple of months ago. That's got to count for something, right?"
Hasn't talked to McCrystal in 70 days, been too busy out pimping healthcare ... sad
Oh hi! Nice to see you, too.
ReplyDeleteSame to anyone else I may have missed. Getting hard to keep up.
JCM,
ReplyDeletespeaking of Persians. My student/ friend who is Iranian and left before the protests and I was so worried about some time ago?
He is back save 'n sound and we'll meet up again day after tomorrow.
I really am happy! He is a good person.
Lincolntf,
ReplyDeletedid you see my reply to your question about the German election? Hi!
Callahan,
ReplyDeleteGreat news!
turn said...
ReplyDeleteZero. Zip. Nada. Oh, but President Obama did have a chit chat with General McChrystal a couple of months ago. That's got to count for something, right?"
Hasn't talked to McCrystal in 70 days, been too busy out pimping healthcare ... sad
I just watched the 60 Minutes video. McCrystal is one tough, smart cookie.
Obama is a POS! If Obama doesn't give him what he needs to win in Afghanistan, he will go down as a worse president then even Carter.
Stupid Olympics in Chicago is more important to him than winning in Afghanistan. What an arrogant, elitist ass!
When Chicago loses the Olympic Bid to Rio, Obama will say GWB so offended the IOC.....
ReplyDeleteOk, dinner's done. We're talking foreign policy? Or more accurately, how the Won is fucking it up?
ReplyDeleteWe could start a pool on what he'll fuck up next.
Ok, I'll throw Canada in there.
Whut? Oh, c'mon how hard could it be? It's right next door, they're an ally, what more does he need? It's a gimme. sheesh.
Hi Callahan, just did. Sounds good. Here's hoping it starts a trend.
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteFrom kenneth's link above "The president delivers a vital speech to union members at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pittsburgh, leading them in fever-pitched chants of "Are you fired up?!? Are you ready to go?!?" in reference to winning their support for the Obama Health Care effort.
This sort of thing has disgusted me before, and continues to disgust me. It doesn't even occur to him the same type of "rallying" would do the troops so well because the troops are everything Obama (and the left) hates.
Stupid Olympics in Chicago is more important to him than winning in Afghanistan. What an arrogant, elitist ass!
ReplyDeleteHey DS, you know this unprecedented rush to go sell the olympics smacks of Chicago style political payback to me. Chicago politics at its worse, hell Chicago would be a horrible place to have the olympics IMO.
Lincolntf,
ReplyDelete... Sounds good. Here's hoping it starts a trend.
Britain hopefully will be next, new and any labor has hopefully had it. Opinion polls suggested a big shift towards the right in Britain. Italy already has got that pretty right-wing (for European standards) Berlusconi. France shifted to the center-right with Sarcozy. And we don't even need to talk about countries like Poland Czech Republic and even Denmark.
Obama is starting to be pretty alone with his social-engineering ideas in the G-8.
Probably why he tries to cozy-up with dictators.
JCM said
ReplyDelete"When Chicago loses the Olympic Bid to Rio, Obama will say GWB so offended the IOC....."
If not O, surely one of his staff and about 99% of the kos kids.
We could start a pool on what he'll fuck up next.
ReplyDeleteOk, I'll throw Canada in there.
He almost did, do you remember that "Buy American" clause in the stimulus bill? Pissed off a lot of companies up here in Canada, a LOT of companies. Took a lot of talking and haggling and meetings between Harper and Obama to straighten that debacle out.
Paladin
ReplyDeleteOh, you're right - I forgot. How did they straighten it out?
And don't lose hope - he could always penalize Canada for letting Americans go there to get their drugs. There's always hope!
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteWe could start a pool on what he'll fuck up next.
Ok, I'll throw Canada in there.
He almost did, do you remember that "Buy American" clause in the stimulus bill? Pissed off a lot of companies up here in Canada, a LOT of companies. Took a lot of talking and haggling and meetings between Harper and Obama to straighten that debacle out.
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As it should have....
protectionist policy was one major contributor to the continuance/worsening of the great depression of the 30's.
This kind of stuff is just simplistic, populist BS.
Later C2's, time to go walk the lab along the American.
ReplyDeleteturn,
ReplyDeletegreet the lab and the American. Later.
P.J. O'Rourke at his finest
ReplyDeleteI hadn't noticed I was a racist, but that was no doubt because I was too busy being a homophobe. Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot. Since I do not want America to suffer another Sean Penn movie, I will accept that I'm a homophobe, too. And I'm a male chauvinist due to the fact that I think Nancy Pelosi is blowing smoke--excuse me, carbon neutral, biodegradable airborne particulate matter--out her pantsuit.
Also, I'm pretty sure Rahm Emanuel is Jewish, and you can't be against (or even for) President Obama without the involvement of Rahm Emanuel, so I'm an anti-Semite. Furthermore, although I personally happen to be a libertarian on immigration issues, I do agree with Joe Wilson that you can't say you're expanding health care to the poor and then pretend you're going to turn those poor away if their driver's licenses look a little Xeroxy
and what's on their Social Security cards turns out to be a toll-free number for a La Raza hotline
AtillaTheHoney said...
ReplyDeletePaladin
Oh, you're right - I forgot. How did they straighten it out?
And don't lose hope - he could always penalize Canada for letting Americans go there to get their drugs. There's always hope!
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Heh.... letting Americans go there for their drugs IS penalizing Canada. They're cheaper in Canada in part due to government (taxpayer) subsidies. Getting our drugs in Canada is a form of Americans leaching off of the Canadian citizenry.
eschew - well I was thinking more along the lines of not letting Canadians with stage 2 brain cancers enter the country for medical treatment they can't get in Canada until it's too late.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, if letting Americans die because it's cheaper is good enough for Americans, then by golly, it's good enough for the Canucks.
Atilla,
ReplyDeletethe left doesn't even bother to put up an argument with facts it simply responds with slurs and insults like racist, homophobe etc. yadda, yadda, yadda.
A very childish, immature kind of behavior.
stupd, Callahan, you forgot STUPID.
ReplyDeleteand religous fundamentalists.
STUPID religious fundamentalists.
But maybe they think that's redundant.
AtillaTheHoney said...
ReplyDeleteeschew - well I was thinking more along the lines of not letting Canadians with stage 2 brain cancers enter the country for medical treatment they can't get in Canada until it's too late.
After all, if letting Americans die because it's cheaper is good enough for Americans, then by golly, it's good enough for the Canucks.
___________________________________________________
I hear ya'....
I know Detroit hospitals have agreements with Windsor hospitals to take certain surgery patients that Windsor can't handle due to a lack of training/experience or equipment.
Everyone gets paid appropriately, and I don't have a problem with that as long as Americans can still get access to those services as needed.
eschew
ReplyDeletethat Windsor can't handle due to a lack of training/experience
Correct me if I'm worng, please, but doesn't Canada actively recruit foreign doctors?
From the "Teach your children well" file...
ReplyDeleteIn Berkeley. . .the children’s clothing boutique features Che shirts for kids
from zombie....
AtillaTheHoney said...
ReplyDeleteeschew
that Windsor can't handle due to a lack of training/experience
Correct me if I'm worng, please, but doesn't Canada actively recruit foreign doctors?
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Well, I'm not qualified to offer much on that subject of my own knowledge, but a quick search seems to indicate that there is a doctor shortage and that the provinces are having difficulty getting foreign doctors recruited/into the country due to various immigration regulations and the fact that foreign-trained doctors tend to get assigned to posts Canadian doctors don't want....typically rural assignments..... which sort of pigeon-holes them in those posts more-or-less permanently.....a fact that makes moving a practice to Canada undesireable.
Gotta go, y'all!
ReplyDeleteHave a great evening..... I'll see you in the morning.
eschew
ReplyDeleteWell, there will be on helluva a doctor shortage here, too, of the Won gets his way.
I suppose I should start learning Urdu or something.
I'm out too - chores beckon.
ReplyDeleteTo bolster my points made above about the German election, here is an article by Soeren Kern in Pajamas Media :
ReplyDelete"Germany Swings to the Center-Right"
Sunday's election results follow a trend in which Socialist parties across Europe have seen sharp declines in their popularity.
...
Merkel promised to spur economic growth by simplifying the tax code, reforming the inheritance tax system, and providing across-the-board income tax cuts totaling 15 billion euros ($22 billion) over four years.
She also wants to extend the lifespan of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants, which the government of former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, caving in to demands from the environmentalist Green Party, ordered closed by 2021.
A CDU/CSU-FDP center-right government ... will also seek to reduce the role of the state in the economy and pursue privatizations, such as that of rail operator Deutsche Bahn.
In foreign policy, a center-right coalition will probably be more vocal in trying to block Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. Merkel says she favors a “privileged partnership” for Ankara that stops short of full membership. Merkel has also said she will keep German troops in Afghanistan.
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteFrom the "Teach your children well" file...
Che shirts for kids? That is so wonderful. Perhaps we can get little gloves that drip "real" blood to match them? :-)
Big Brother snooping....
ReplyDeleteIn the garbage.
Council hires hoodie spies to rummage through bins and see what is being thrown away
Whoa...I'm seeing sheet. New posts, then Klaboom
ReplyDeleteIt ain't too early!!!!
Afternoon everyone.
JCM,
ReplyDeleteFrom the "Teach your children well" file...
In Berkeley. . .the children’s clothing boutique features Che shirts for kids
from zombie....
My absolute favorite t-shirt !!
.
*peering over the stacks of packed book boxes*
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say 'hi' and hope all is well with everyone.
~scottishbuzzsaw
RR,
ReplyDeleteare you literally moving? Hi {RR}!
{Callahan}
ReplyDeleteSo good to see you again. Yes, we're moving...one week from today we'll be back in Rocket City.
How have you been?!
RR,
ReplyDeletethere is a Rocket City in Alba ?
I am doing fine, thanks! Apart of course of being over-worked, poorly paid and socially becoming a hermit.
No really I am good. All considered.
Callahan23 said... Soeren Kern in Pajamas Media :
ReplyDeleteNice, the icing on the cake is that setback for the anti-nuke enviro-nuts. Probably their first one ever.
If someone over here would have the grapes to run on an honest and bold "More Nukes" platform, I think they'd get 50+% of the vote right out of the gate.
Of course they'd have to first deal with the constant Lib/MSM panic-mongering. Not easy.
Oh, and "HI" to SB/RR!
ReplyDeleteLincolntf,
ReplyDeleteAngela Merkel didn't actually shout it out. All what she did was she promised a hard look-into the viability of an extension of the atomic-plants life-span. Neat, ay?
Politicians talk but many Germans got the message already with the soaring energy prices.
Afternoon all! It's blustery and drizzly in the valley and most of the crimson has been teased from the Maples. Another couple of days like this and everything will be nekkid and waiting on the first sneaux to fall.
ReplyDeleteThough my heart is in Alba, Callahan, this is the Rocket City we're returning to.
ReplyDeleteAt the president's pleasure
ReplyDeleteA teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was having homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least, statutory rape occurred. Fox News reported that the teacher violated a state law requiring that he report the abuse. That former teacher, Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar." It's getting hard to keep track of all of this president's problematic appointments. Clearly, the process for vetting White House employees has broken down.
In this one case in which Mr. Jennings had a real chance to protect a young boy from a sexual predator, he not only failed to do what the law required but actually encouraged the relationship.
According to Mr. Jennings' own description in a new audiotape discovered by Fox News, the 15-year-old boy met the "older man" in a "bus station bathroom" and was taken to the older man's home that night. When some details about the case became public, Mr. Jennings threatened to sue another teacher who called his failure to report the statutory rape "unethical." Mr. Jennings' defenders asserted that there was no evidence that he was aware the student had sex with the older man.
However, the new audiotape contradicts this claim. In 2000, Mr. Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes homosexuality in schools. On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is reinforced by Mr. Jennings' own description in his 1994 book, "One Teacher in 10." In that account, the teacher boasts how he allayed the student's concerns about the relationship to such a degree that the 15-year-old "left my office with a smile on his face that I would see every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he graduated."
/apparently, being the lowest of lowlifes is a job requirement to be an Obama Czar, only the dregs need apply, sorry, you're not enough of a scumbag!
Hello, Lincolntf...how goes it?
ReplyDeleteHi Miss Trixie!
ReplyDeleteDid you say we're suppose to all get nekkid?!?
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
ReplyDelete-Thomas Jefferson, 1802
RR
ReplyDeleteWell you can if you like but watch for shrinkage. Ain't a pretty site ... :D
er, "sight".
ReplyDeleteSheesh!
New thread dudes!
ReplyDeleteEatIt, that is incredible. Good grief.
ReplyDeleteWe need to make a thread out of that one, I think.
ResplendentRecluse,
ReplyDeleteWow, Rocket City does seem to be an attractive city to live in.
I wish you and yours a peaceful moving of the household.
Thank you, Miss Trixie - I was momentarily distracted by that horrible story!
ReplyDeleteNEW THREAD! What SHE said! ; )
D Sage: See also Andrew Jackson's war against the Second Bank of the United States.
ReplyDeleteRELEVENT,
R
Thank you, {Callahan}, and I wish you all the best.
ReplyDeleteRR, all is well.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at the wiki for the "Rocket City". The "Notable Natives and Residents" section is a good one. It's not often you see Wernher Von Braun and Jose Canseco on the same list.