Friday, October 16, 2009

C2 Afternoon OPEN

Posted by Corre∫pondence Committee at 2:00 PM
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  2. "Call me, Ishmael! You never call, you never write..."

    -Ishmael's Jewish mother

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  3. You're quick, and you have an avatar.

    (Sounds like a fortune cookie.)

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  4. And meanwhile, the monsters keep up their work:

    BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber who hid among the Sunni congregation in a northern Iraqi mosque sprayed gunfire at Muslim worshippers Friday and then blew himself up, killing at least 15 people, including the imam leading prayers, officials said.

    The brazen attack is the latest against Sunni clerics who have increasingly spoken out against al-Qaida in Iraq since U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraqi cities at the end of June. The clerics and others fear militants could take advantage of the transition to step up the kind of sectarian attacks that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war two years ago.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

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  6. I have to wonder if Iran's hand isn't in this attack.

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  7. Hmm, just got a "conflicting edits" error message...

    Bet comment #6 and up won't have avatars...

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  8. Avatar gone from comment #6 on, what else?

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  10. (I was talking about the article O/R posted, not the missing avatars.)

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  11. @CC: try turning off avatars, then back on again?

    /Maybe this might help

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  13. Andy Williams (the old guy, the singer), by the way, is in some kind of trouble for not liking Obama.

    Medved is going to have him on in a minute.

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  16. Nothing. LOL (I knew it was Blogspot, but it was worth a try - sometimes things just need to be re-set, but not this time. I sure miss them! I almost liked seeing the little "b" better than blank white space.)

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  17. Nope, not working. Thanks for trying anyway.

    We're "bloggered"....

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  18. Anyway, thanks, F2 - it was a good idea to try.

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  19. CC and Blogger have conspired to take my firearm away! And I thought this was a conservative blog!

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  20. Check your religion! Is your religion still there? Perhaps you're not clinging bitterly enough.

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  21. Let's see -- what for tonight.

    Pumpkin Kibbeh
    Lamb Stew with Spinach
    Grilled peppers
    Tzaziki
    Red Pepper Sauce
    Whatever the wife brings home from the farmer's market as a side -- hopefully there is some good eggplant.

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  23. I want you to have your firearm, O/R! I promise, I do!

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  24. At least they use real computers around here......

    Macs Rule!

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  25. Wow, L/S. I'm probably having smoked white turkey hot dog. LOL

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  26. Occasional Reader said...
    I have to wonder if Iran's hand isn't in this attack.

    They're going to keep fomenting chaos there. It works to their advantage to have a shaky Iraq with the 2 major religious parties at each other's political throats.

    Any news on the rumors of the Ayatollah's demise?

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  27. OldLineTexan said...
    Check your religion! Is your religion still there?

    No! I'm losing my religion! Oh no... I've said too much. Not enough. That's me in the corner!

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  28. Each page gets 5 avatars and then...*p00f*!

    /quotas! illegal!

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  30. Consider this the hint of the century.

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  31. But it's okay. They all look like Stroehmann's (king loaf) white bread slices...

    /...I guess I'm hungry. AGAIN.

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  32. I think LC does that to me on purpose. He posts his menu and I'm gone for fifteen minutes looking those items up on Wiki.

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  35. I do not!

    The kibbeh is really good --

    1 can pumpkin
    2 cups bulgar
    1/3 cup flour
    1 tbs grated onion
    salt
    pepper
    hot paprika

    Mix ingredients, let sit for 10 minutes. Shape into little footballs; if you want to stuff them, make a finger hole in the center, add stuffing (I use a mixture of chopped nuts, chopped sauted onions, chopped cooked chickpeas, and chopped cooked spinach, seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon juice) and then pinch off the ends. Deep fry until golden brown.

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  36. white bread is unnatural and hurts gaia the grain is ripped from her bosom by machines spewing carbon filth into the once-blue skies burning the buried dark eternal secret of the planets destruction all greed and rape the male violation of the female imponderable oneness of the fertile earth the seeds of her fruit are crushed mangled oppressed bleached and made uniform unspecial unnourishing unnatural formed and twisted and seared with fire (once again the dark liquid spirit) placed in bags (also here the impure the hidden the limited excesses of some dark ancient sea best left buried) and hurtled across the paved remnants of nature placed on shelves to be consumed wasted spent kill hungry amoral thoughtless killer apes, descendants of the viral input that turned nature in on herself like a cancer gnawing away until it shows itself in heat rising drowning water starvation ruin collapse.

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  39. I saw pre-Boomer Marine brat on the dead thread!

    I have to find out if his sockpuppet ran off with mine....long story.

    OK, who stole the avatars?

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  40. OLT,

    But, but...what else can I put liverwurst on?!

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  41. Damn -- my drink seems to have evaporated.

    That's the problem with alcohol -- it just floats away on the air.

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  42. Liverwurst?

    I suppose you could put it on beer. Worth a try.

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  44. Good evening ellybelly!

    Bloody hell, whataweek! I'm beat, chilled to the bone and my feets needs a new pair of slippers. Hmmmmmmmm... maybe there's Snuggies for toesies?

    Nevermind. I've the fireplace roaring, a nice glass of Sherry at my fingertips and a loverly dinner ready at my leisure.

    Thank G*d it's Firday!!!!!1111eleventy!!111

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  45. Shape into little footballs

    ROTFLMAO

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  46. JCM,

    Vegetables are murder. Had to favorite that one. Thanks! :-)

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  47. Hey C2er's. I feel so naked. Who the hell stole my avatar?

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  48. Trixilah! :-)

    Feels like Canada here.

    /pass the sherry, please?

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  50. Erik! :-)

    (If OldLineTexan isn't watxhing) I can tell you it's a slice of white bread. ;-)

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  52. watching.

    /fingers are frozen...in October?!

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  55. littleoldlady

    Hi honey! Actually, it's not that bad (yet) it's just a matter of getting accustomed to it. Just this afternoon Lil Miss and I terrorized the 'hood for an hour or so and with the sun out and little wind, it was very nice. Brisk - but nice. Meh. Could be worse ... I could live in Jersey ...

    /runs awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

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  57. Kosh's Shadow said...
    OLT are you channeling tfk?

    I'll have you know the "Faulknerian rant" is my schtick, with all due respect to tfk.

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  58. Generally I like Pennsylvania... ;-)

    /not sure if we have any Jerseyites here, so you may as well stay, Trixie!

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  59. Sorry, OLT, it was great.

    And to everyone else, I've been here for a week as sb5k.

    Anyway, time for me to head home, so I'll be back later.

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  60. Miss Trixie, snowcrash, Lucius, thank you.

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  61. Kosh,

    I should have put a sarc tag in there.

    ;)

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  62. LC
    Sunday morning I'll be making Mrs. Tofu lightly toasted English muffins topped with grilled lobster, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce. Crepes filled with Monterey Jack cheese, thinly sliced green onions, chervil, and a bit of minced peppers (whatever is ready from the garden). All the while remaining properly hydrated with iced champagne.

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  64. Good grief, I need to get both of you boys (Lucius and Ufo) to help me with "Domestics"!

    /you're killing me here.
    //STARVING!

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  65. Shape into little footballs

    *snicker*

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  66. UFO -- Mmmmmmmm that sound good.

    Made all my little kibbeh and will pop them in the oil as soon as it heats up.

    Deep frying is a wonderful thing.

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  67. Where do you live that you can grow chervil?

    In Georgia it bolts or dies -- I've had no luck growing it, even though it's my favorite herb.

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  68. Lucius,

    What's kibbeh? I mean...what ethnic?

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  69. kibbeh is a middle eastern thing. It's basically a stuffed from a muxture of bulgar and minced lamb with a stuffing of highly seasoned lamb, bulgar, onion, and other stuff. I usually make a vegetarian version with pumpkin on account of the fact that half the family is made up of plant murderers.

    They can be fried, backed, or stewed.

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  70. jeez -- my typing in that last post sucked. That's what I get for "multi-tasking"

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  72. They can be fried, backed, or stewed.

    Sounds like Dad's side of the family. ;)

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  73. I can only get stewed nowadays -- getting baked and fried are not really politic with a house full of kids.

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  74. LC
    I live in socal. I can't grow chervil (or much of any other herbs) because we have a Nigerian dwarf goat. He's convinced we grow the herbs for him. He stays away from the Tabasco and Jalapeno plants for some reason though. You should see what that guy can do with his neck. Exorcist revisited!

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  75. UFO TOFU said...
    we have a Nigerian dwarf goat.


    That explains all the banking scam SPAM I get from your address!

    /

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  76. OLT

    They can be fried, backed, or stewed.

    Sounds like Dad's side of the family.

    You should seen have Christmas-time at MY house growing up ...

    Yeesh!

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  77. Littleoldlady
    You would probably do better with LC's input than mine. He but up a recipe last week that I think was Persian. It sounded killer!

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  78. Nigerian Dwarf Goat?

    Sounds like the hip-hop version of an old Soft Cell song

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  79. Off to nosh and I'll try to get back for drinks in the Liberty Pub later.

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  80. I dunno, UFO...that breakfast of yours sounds like it would be worth the airfare cross country!

    But you're right about Lucius. He IS a pro-cooker, obviously.

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  81. You guys are all eating, aren't you? :-(

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  82. Oh wait...there's a new thread. ↑

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