This looks good, Hoop! But we (Mrs. Toomush and I) just got back from standing on a street corner in the wet snow, wet coats and wet gloves and wet Stop the Save Bullshit signs, and are now having a hot rum toddy (Mount Gay Eclipse, of course) with cinnamon sticks to restore our health and warmth! Skol!...
The local afternoon talk radio crew does trivia before the 6:00 break, and they were switching it up on Fridays with "Pick the Porn", where the caller would have to pick the one fake porno title from a list of 4.
They've never used any double entendre involving the word "muffin" to the best of my knowledge, which seems a lost opportunity.
As a resident of Mexico I have to stand up for the virtue of the carajillo. I would urge you to give it a chance, to play with it.
They can vary in quality, but the worst I've ever had here still tasted damn good.
Typically, the espresso around here is muy fuerte and pretty tasty so that helps a lot.
As far as sweetness goes, yeah it's sweet, but it IS dessert.
Usually the drink is made here using only cooled espresso and Licor 43, about equal amounts. I suspect it's better when the espresso amount is more than the Licor 43.
When it comes out the color of ice tea, nope. It should be (to my taste) brown, the color of Coke.
And the espresso should definitely be cool so as not to dilute the drink.
Pour over a shaker of ice and shake it silly. That's "shakeado"
I would urge you to give it a chance, to play with it.
After three straight weekends in New Orleans, including two where I rode in actual parades, I am giving my body a well-deserved break from fried food and booze.
i’ve got a party of approx 30 people to prep punch and cocktail (one, this is a menu fixe) for, about three hours long
how many drinks per person am i planning for? the cocktail math i can do, if i run out of pathfinder they can go drink tap water, but i forget the drinks per victim per hour math
Dr. Cox "If I've been waiting for 20 minutes in the line to order coffee and the guy in front of me can't decide what he wants, I should have the right to kill him right then and there."
During the recent conflict between Pakistan and India, Pakistani pilots took down several Indian planes with the help of a new Chinese radar system. India, for its part, took down several Pakistani planes with Russian S-400 AD system. Iran now has both of these systems.
Billy Zoom, guitarist for the band X, is 78 years old today. Here's the band performing "Blue Spark" on an MDA Telethon, with introduction by Casey Kasem and Jerry Lewis. Yes, really:
Seeing as I'm in a pretty good mood tonight (had a really nice dinner at a local mexican restaurant - the chef has really good specials on occasion; tonight it was his version of Pollo Oaxaca - chicken breast over rice, in a mole AND tomatillo sauce (an incredible flavor combo)) so I'm NOT going to share the downer of an article I read today.
Instead, a couple of OLYMPICS NICE TIMES you probably missed.
* So it was a substitution at the end of the match when the game was already out of hand. IT STILL COUNTS.
At the age of 54, Rich Ruohonen became the oldest American to compete in any Winter Olympics.
It's 7:00± to 8:00± pm Central on Friday. It's time to open a tab to www.arkansasrocks.com for the great show 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 about all things Beatle. I use the Arkansas Rocks regular streaming option. I make time for this show every week and I always learn something.
When is all that MAHA certified Argentine beef and tallow suppose to hit the supermarket and lower my groceries (such a simple word) bill or is that all part of the Democratic affordability hoax?
I was just at Safeway and I shop the "Manager Special" meat section. 50% of list package price. Didn't see any Argentinean beef. Top sirloin boneless strips were 19.99lb, before the discount, I love the manager specials.
Jesus Fried Crisco!! If we don't have mothballed factories to do that, the factories and tooling will need to be built. Each unit will end up costing at least twice as much as the advertised price of a B2. The smart thing is to support the B21 bomber which is supposed to eventually replace the B2. B21s are a thing and they are in limited production already. I actually find the B21 to be a really cool piece of machinery.
This administration is collapsing from mismanagement of their duties to continue the functioning of the government that has been created and they were elected to run. They've ignored all the laws and rules and agreements in place that people expect to be how things are run. They ran roughshod over America with it for a year. It's now catching up to demented Don and the gang that props him up, billionaires included. Their facade is crumbling. The wheels may grind slowly, but they grind.
The White House fact sheet on the new, temporary 10% import tax on goods from all nations includes a list of goods “not be subject to the temporary import duty”.
Here is the White House list of imports not subject to the 150-day temporary tax:
certain critical minerals, metals used in currency and bullion, energy, and energy products;
natural resources and fertilizers that cannot be grown, mined, or otherwise produced in the United States or grown, mined, or otherwise produced in sufficient quantities to meet domestic demand;
certain agricultural products, including beef, tomatoes, and oranges;
pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients;
certain electronics;
passenger vehicles, certain light trucks, certain medium and heavy-duty vehicles, buses, and certain parts of passenger vehicles, light trucks, heavy-duty vehicles, and buses;
certain aerospace products; and
informational materials (e.g., books), donations, and accompanied baggage.
The White House also says the following goods will not be subject to the temporary import duty:
all articles and parts of articles that currently are or later become subject to section 232 actions;
USMCA compliant goods of Canada and Mexico; and
textiles and apparel articles that enter duty-free as a good of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement.
"Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is kidnapping and terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the Trump Regime 2.0"
I would say that the economy is precarious, not good or healthy, but not yet "bad". But I'm comfortable listening to actual experts on this, which rules out the executive branch and the GOP side of Congress.
Working questions here.
I love the bottom picture. Good photography is important part of doing recipes.
I love The Department of Salad not only for great recipes but also Emily Nunn's pictures are beautiful.
https://open.substack.com/pub/emilyrnunn/p/scrappy-winter-pasta-salads-orzo?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
This looks good, Hoop! But we (Mrs. Toomush and I) just got back from standing on a street corner in the wet snow, wet coats and wet gloves and wet Stop the Save Bullshit signs, and are now having a hot rum toddy (Mount Gay Eclipse, of course) with cinnamon sticks to restore our health and warmth! Skol!...
"Kahlua is garbage."
A bold statement. I disagree, you can use it to make amazing muffin icing. :P
prefer Bailey's
"Muffin Icing" sounds like a porn title...
I mean, do you wan't it to be?
The local afternoon talk radio crew does trivia before the 6:00 break, and they were switching it up on Fridays with "Pick the Porn", where the caller would have to pick the one fake porno title from a list of 4.
They've never used any double entendre involving the word "muffin" to the best of my knowledge, which seems a lost opportunity.
As a resident of Mexico I have to stand up for the virtue of the carajillo. I would urge you to give it a chance, to play with it.
They can vary in quality, but the worst I've ever had here still tasted damn good.
Typically, the espresso around here is muy fuerte and pretty tasty so that helps a lot.
As far as sweetness goes, yeah it's sweet, but it IS dessert.
Usually the drink is made here using only cooled espresso and Licor 43, about equal amounts. I suspect it's better when the espresso amount is more than the Licor 43.
When it comes out the color of ice tea, nope. It should be (to my taste) brown, the color of Coke.
And the espresso should definitely be cool so as not to dilute the drink.
Pour over a shaker of ice and shake it silly. That's "shakeado"
I would urge you to give it a chance, to play with it.
After three straight weekends in New Orleans, including two where I rode in actual parades, I am giving my body a well-deserved break from fried food and booze.
At least until Monday.
So.... a sort of short and medicinal Lent?...
Damn you. I will take some Acme grilled oysters, BBQ shrimp, a Muffaletta, shrimp po boy and a Dixie.
OT.
Nice to see ya.
Sincerely,
Baconzgood.
Rebecca: and you need to pin a places for questions at the top
Matthew: with this crowd?
R: so they ask questions about the drink.
M: *laughs hysterically * sure, why not?
*puts on snark waders*
I hope he doesn't hate us when we ask dumb shit that has nothing to do with anything.
He must know this by now.
Why hasn't Rooster Cogburn stood up his round?
You talkin' to me?
i’ve got a party of approx 30 people to prep punch and cocktail (one, this is a menu fixe) for, about three hours long
how many drinks per person am i planning for? the cocktail math i can do, if i run out of pathfinder they can go drink tap water, but i forget the drinks per victim per hour math
Just always make you get the first and last drinks.
"DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY WORK HERE WHO CAN SEE THAT I'M HOLDING AN EMPTY MARGARITA GLASS FOR TWO WHOLE MINUTES? I HAVE 37 FOLLOWERS ON MY INSTAGRAM!"
Calm down
The most important question is "how much bacon do you have available?"
Bacon margarita?
How do you not sucker punch a bunch of assholes who get to the bar and then decide what they want to drink?
"Oh, Steph wants a martini. What's that? An espresso martini. What do you want, Jake?" etc etc
Or CANT decide
Dr. Cox "If I've been waiting for 20 minutes in the line to order coffee and the guy in front of me can't decide what he wants, I should have the right to kill him right then and there."
As long as YOU know what you want.
I know
Large hot black coffee, no room.
Immediate elimination
Where's our pictures and pirate story?
The Pirate story is they sucked for the last 40+ years, the pictures are shameful and hurt to look at.
Its hard to be a baseball fan in Pittsburgh.
Oh god. It's the start of baseball season, or as I refer to it, 6 months til football.
"The rum was running shorter, and the sodomy and the lashes were running longer..."
Snorked at that one.
"No, it's your turn in the barrel!"
you rang?
That deserved an entire post of its own, amirite?
My exact question!
Arrrsign!
During the recent conflict between Pakistan and India, Pakistani pilots took down several Indian planes with the help of a new Chinese radar system. India, for its part, took down several Pakistani planes with Russian S-400 AD system. Iran now has both of these systems.
Conan hair piece? That doo is denying basic physics. ( Or is this one of those "known things" that no one told me about? Again!!! 🤪 )
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"Conan O’Brien Is Ready for the Oscars | The New Yorker Interview"–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48HUaf5Jenc
Billy Zoom, guitarist for the band X, is 78 years old today. Here's the band performing "Blue Spark" on an MDA Telethon, with introduction by Casey Kasem and Jerry Lewis. Yes, really:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyHq9FbfFxE
Here's the band playing "Hungry Wolf" on MTV in 1982:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLCX-sOKcQ
I'm sorry, what? No. They can't be that old... Lies.
If it's any consolation, D.J. Bonebrake is only 70.
That's why Billy was cooler, he was older.
Billy's a crazy conspiracy nut, isn't he? Like crazier than Exene?
Donald the Happy CLown
https://substack.com/profile/2048134-the-blessed-reverend/note/c-217473729?r=17wcm&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
Who is that supposed to be over the clown's right shoulder?
Seeing as I'm in a pretty good mood tonight (had a really nice dinner at a local mexican restaurant - the chef has really good specials on occasion; tonight it was his version of Pollo Oaxaca - chicken breast over rice, in a mole AND tomatillo sauce (an incredible flavor combo)) so I'm NOT going to share the downer of an article I read today.
Instead, a couple of OLYMPICS NICE TIMES you probably missed.
* So it was a substitution at the end of the match when the game was already out of hand. IT STILL COUNTS.
At the age of 54, Rich Ruohonen became the oldest American to compete in any Winter Olympics.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5712707/rich-ruohonen-oldest-american-winter-olympian
* Here's Lucas "The Skiing Dude" Pinheiro Braathen winning the gold in the Men's Giant Slalom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4IFL16wJuY
He's competing for Brazil, which makes this the first medal of ANY sort for a South American country in the Winter Olympics.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/15/nx-s1-5715075/brazil-braathen-gold-south-americas-first-winter-olympics-medal
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/olympics/2026-milan-cortina/brazil-first-winter-olympics-gold-meaning/6462133/
𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳
It's 7:00± to 8:00± pm Central on Friday. It's time to open a tab to www.arkansasrocks.com for the great show 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 about all things Beatle. I use the Arkansas Rocks regular streaming option. I make time for this show every week and I always learn something.
When is all that MAHA certified Argentine beef and tallow suppose to hit the supermarket and lower my groceries (such a simple word) bill or is that all part of the Democratic affordability hoax?
The cattle have to make their own way to the slaughterhouses in Omaha. They haven't even made it to the Darien gap yet.
I was just at Safeway and I shop the "Manager Special" meat section. 50% of list package price. Didn't see any Argentinean beef. Top sirloin boneless strips were 19.99lb, before the discount, I love the manager specials.
In two weeks.
Conan O'Brien on Trump: "How do you parody a parody?"
Covfefe and dry wit.
He's such a fuckwad. An incorrigible fuckwad. You know of whom I speak.
Eddie Haskell?
B-2 hasn’t been in production for 25 years.
𝘑𝘜𝘚𝘛 𝘐𝘕: 🇺🇸 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 22 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘉-2 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴.
Jesus Fried Crisco!! If we don't have mothballed factories to do that, the factories and tooling will need to be built. Each unit will end up costing at least twice as much as the advertised price of a B2. The smart thing is to support the B21 bomber which is supposed to eventually replace the B2. B21s are a thing and they are in limited production already. I actually find the B21 to be a really cool piece of machinery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider
He may mean the B-2.1. There were only 21 B-2 bombers built in the first place and there are just 19 left.
Yes, he is just sooo stupid.
This administration is collapsing from mismanagement of their duties to continue the functioning of the government that has been created and they were elected to run. They've ignored all the laws and rules and agreements in place that people expect to be how things are run. They ran roughshod over America with it for a year. It's now catching up to demented Don and the gang that props him up, billionaires included. Their facade is crumbling. The wheels may grind slowly, but they grind.
Of course, there's a partial TACO already.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰, 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟎% 𝐭𝐚𝐱
The White House fact sheet on the new, temporary 10% import tax on goods from all nations includes a list of goods “not be subject to the temporary import duty”.
Here is the White House list of imports not subject to the 150-day temporary tax:
certain critical minerals, metals used in currency and bullion, energy, and energy products;
natural resources and fertilizers that cannot be grown, mined, or otherwise produced in the United States or grown, mined, or otherwise produced in sufficient quantities to meet domestic demand;
certain agricultural products, including beef, tomatoes, and oranges;
pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients;
certain electronics;
passenger vehicles, certain light trucks, certain medium and heavy-duty vehicles, buses, and certain parts of passenger vehicles, light trucks, heavy-duty vehicles, and buses;
certain aerospace products; and
informational materials (e.g., books), donations, and accompanied baggage.
The White House also says the following goods will not be subject to the temporary import duty:
all articles and parts of articles that currently are or later become subject to section 232 actions;
USMCA compliant goods of Canada and Mexico; and
textiles and apparel articles that enter duty-free as a good of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement.
[Guardian]
Tacos!
I'm surprised he is honoring the free trade agreements.
He's like a monkey randomly punching keys
Which made me think, someone with access to AI needs to make a composite of Pedo and a fat blonde/white monkey.
It's all so mind-numbingly stupid. My head hurts.
I noticed that part in your screen name.
Well, it is literally always true.
Give them a week and it will be "We've lowered the price of imported goods!"
By 1500%!!
More than any other administration ever!!!
Drinking Rheingeist House Cat Pilsner. Sippin some Jamison Whiskey blazing out with some White Widow .
Cheers everyone :)
Pilsner, Irish whisky, and White Widow is the bomb!
Stella Artois and Lemon Oreoz bud here.
Party on!
If I still drank, I'd drink exciting-sounding beers like that.
(...in between scads of the cheap stuff...)
*...𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦...*
I'll just live vicariously through you.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐃𝐇𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐃-𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍-𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ
"Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is kidnapping and terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the Trump Regime 2.0"
Where did I put my shocked face?
Has anyone seen my shocked face around anywhere?
No? kthxbai.
The looting of the Treasury continues apace.
Rick Wilson
60% Say the Economy Is Bad — That’s Game Over | Behind the Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdvMbVytHWQ
I would say that the economy is precarious, not good or healthy, but not yet "bad". But I'm comfortable listening to actual experts on this, which rules out the executive branch and the GOP side of Congress.