TOO quiet. A dozen and a half senior citizens rolled in from a sister club and drank like fish. Including some really, really old cocktails. I had to make a Taqueray Prespetarian.
Hoop, I asked you recently if you could recommend a good coconut rum and you replied with Planteray Cut & Dried. Would that work in this drink if one is too lazy for the fat- washing process? Also, too, does the fat washing have an effect on the mouthfeel of the booze in question?
My only reservation about using Cut & Dried is that the cocktail will be a bit browner and less pretty. Otherwise, go for it. Fat washing does add some body to a cocktail; it's impossible to get 100% of the oil out of the booze (we get very very close, though).
What about something like Miracle Mile Pecan Bitters or even El Guapo Chicory Pecan Bitters? Not entirely sure the Chicory/coffee notes of the El Guapo would "fit", but coffee does work fine with both banana and orange. Can't say I've actually tried the Miracle Mile Pecan Bitters, so hoping maybe you have, Hooper? Any other suggestions welcome as well as opinions about the above for this drink?
Orange bitters are more or less my default in these situations, and they would work well here. You could also skip the bitters entirely; they aren't part of a standard Negroni recipe.
The snag is that he appears to be using the Black Walnut Bitters as much for the nut taste as for the bitters aspect. I'm so used to substituting pecans normally, doing it here (Pecan Bitters) seemed like a natural choice -- but then thinking about it, the one I've tried (El Guapo) tended to be a bit... complex, and not as "nut-forward" (stop giggling, you sickos!) as he might want here.
Not every cocktail is for everyone. I will say that I'm not a fan of the texture of bananas, but the flavor does play nice here without hitting some of the bitter or cloying aspects of banana flavor.
I know, you're right but I just shuddered when I realized it was a banana and not a marshmallow. I shuddered at the idea of a marshmallow, too but I like marshmallows in other things. Thank you for listening as a good bartender should.
Sprinkle some brown sugar onto a small plate. Tap a small banana slice onto the brown sugar, letting the sugar stick to the slice. Run a kitchen torch over the sugar until it caramelizes and bubbles.
One way you might solve the coconut oil becoming solid issue is to substitute regular coconut oil with MCT coconut oil which has a much lower freezing point.
Sprinkle some brown sugar onto a small plate. Tap a small banana slice onto the brown sugar, letting the sugar stick to the slice. Run a kitchen torch over the sugar until it caramelizes and bubbles. (Yes, copied and pasted, I'll get around to editing the recipe with proper instructions eventually. Apologies.)
I've got that weekend blocked out for a family vacation. We're going to the Great Lakes Medieval fair. I plan to dress like a pirate and swashbuckle ferociously.
I'll try again. Missed the one last fall, because I fell down my stairs the day before and my ankle was really, really unhappy. sigh. (I don't know if it was an actual sprain, but it felt like the one I had as a kid.)
JFC, when is that hamberder coming for him? He took a "Superman" poster and had someone stick his head on it. He isn't man enough to clean Superman's boots:
I'm going to post something here that I got off the FB wall of one of my oldest friends. We were never great friends, but were friends the way it is done in the suburbs -- we grew up in houses across the street from each other, went to school together, and played together in our group (So many Boomers! We were everywhere!).
Our paths in lives differed appreciably. She married her high school sweetheart. They are still married and had a bunch of kids, and now have a bunch of grandkids, too. Photographic and anecdotal evidence shows a great, happy family.
As far as I know, her education ended at high school. I think that has made a difference to her outlook and her critical capabilities.
Her post was one of those "If you agree, put your name at the bottom after all the other names of people who agree, and copy it to your wall" posts. I don't agree, as you will see, and you will be able to figure out why when you read her post. I don't believe I can engage in any fruitful discussion with her on the issues raised and positions taken, so I'm not even going to try. This does sadden me somewhat.
I share her post here to cast some light on what a reasonably decent, regular person who happens to be a Trump supporter believes. While the words she posted are not hers, she supports them and repeats them unquestioningly. I don't know how such persons will ever be reached or persuaded on the issue of Donald John Trump. Their ignorance and wishful thinking are astounding. (There were a lot of names listed at the bottom of the post.)
"GONNA VENT HERE. I’ve got to be honest. ..I am a President Trump supporter and I give credit where I believe credit is due! President Trump has done some great things for this country and he has shown us, the American people that we are still in control of this country, and, if we come together we can accomplish any goals we set our focus on! I have lived through John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama. In my lifetime have I never seen or heard of a President being scrutinized over every word he speaks, humiliated by the public to the point of wanting to hurt someone, slandered, ridiculed, insulted, and lied to. I have never heard their wives or children threatened, insulted, and humiliated.
I am truly ashamed of the people of this country. I am ashamed of the ruthless, hating, cruel Trump haters who have no morals, and news reporters who feel they have the right to purposely lie and do the things they are doing. Every other President after they were elected and took the oath of office, was left alone. They weren’t on the news 24/7 being dissected by every word out of their mouth, ALWAYS BEING PRESSURED to do this, or that, and never being given the support to do the important work that needs to be done. ENOUGH is ENOUGH! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND LET HIM DO HIS JOB, FOR GOD’S SAKE! "
He lives to be on teevee everyday. Fuck, I wish we could leave him alone, he never shuts the fuck up. Also, every D POTUS has had their wives, kids insulted slandered and threatened. Your friend needs to pull her head out of her ass and step away from right wing media.
No, I won't do that. I will not turn my back on her. I will not argue with her, I will not contribute to or support her causes, but we share a history. We were never great friends, but we ran together in the same tight-knit little group for a while. If she ever needed help from me and I could provide it, I would. Would that I could help her with her Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I don't believe I can.
I have people like that in my history, and it appears there's absolutely nothing the rest of us "uninfected" can do.
Maybe I have less tolerance for being exposed to this sickness, since I witness them wishing and acting to harm my only child. And all the other bigotry, the damage they wish on so many, without cause.
Most people know where I stand, from childhood; it's how I've always been. There are no illusions that I'll ever accept the loathing they spew.
And there are many sources of help they can access if they ever question their situation, so I don't have the emotional or mental energy to provide it.
I am obligated to protect my mental health, not least so I can protect and support my vulnerable child.
My life work was with support and treatment of people with acute mental illness and addiction (those seeking treatment), and I do that well.
I can apparently do nothing for these people, and I have tried.
Nope, they won't. Not mild and gentle reasoning (HA) nor all the way to having to put a hand up inches between our faces when being shouted at, not having provoked any of that pollution, has done a thing to improve the situation (although the publicly refusing, loudly, to let them intimidate me or prevent my protecting others more vulnerable, has really startled them, and apparently gave onlookers on those occasions some courage as well.)
And of course, usually, the pig enjoys it, so I don't often give him the satisfaction. Only when unavoidable.
Honestly, under the circumstances of your relationship as you describe it, I would likely just roll my eyes and keep scrolling on past it. If they persisted in posting similar stuff, though, a reckoning would come one way or another.
I had to unfollow my best bud from middle/high school on FB because he went full MAGA during the first maladministration. I couldn't handle the stupid shit I'd see him post and of course anything I said to refute any of it was just "fake news."
Man, I'm glad I didn't end up marrying his sister.
As if there isn't reason. He is a completely indecent man and if people can't see that that mean they themselves are indecent or just too fucking stupid to be allowed.
They have destroyed this country and their votes and beliefs are leading to people being killed.
I respectfully have to disagree with the "they have not destroyed the country."
They have shredded the social contract so badly it may never be repaired again. People are dying because of their vote and their "misinformed" status. That, in my book, constitutes destroying the country.
That was one of the points at which I realized the great gap separating my friend, and those she agrees with, from me and what I know and believe. To be President is to be under constant scrutiny. For a person not to know that demonstrates that that person is not paying attention.
I mean, jeebus, even if she watches nothing but FOX and OANN 24/7, she would have seen with HER OWN DAMN EYES how they constantly criticized every little thing Clinton/Obama/Biden did while in office. But I guess she just edited all that shit right out of her brain because PAB must be seen as simultaneously the strongest leader and the biggest victim at all times.
Trump threatens on Truth Social this morning to revoke the citizenship of Rosie O'Donnell because of her criticism of the flash flood deaths in TX. "I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity." Fun Fact: Rosie ODonnell was born in Commack, NY.
<For individuals born in the United States, citizenship is a constitutional right under the Fourteenth Amendment that the government cannot take away against their will.>
We literally have masked, armed to attack Falluja "agents" now running their cars in to protesters and attacking our farms. OUR food supply. We need more than judges.
Man, I do not know why I keep subjecting myself to "Takopi's Original Sin" -- every kid in it is damaged, sometimes severely so. The MC has fallen into such despair from being bullied that when her tormentor is killed, she's really happy about it. Until she finds out she's probably going to juvie over it. Then she just thinks, "Well, guess I need to hide the body then" while showing virtually no emotion whatsoever.
I'm not familiar with that show. Hubs tried to get me to watch "Yellowjackets". I watched the first episode and decided "nah, I'm good". There are enough sociopaths running around in the real world. I don't need to watch them for "enjoyment".
It's an anime that started this season. It's about an alien, Takopi (the main character calls him that because he looks like an octopus ("tako"), ends his sentences with "pi", and she can't pronounce his real name) who comes to Earth from Planet Happy to spread happiness. It's a pity that he's essentially an ignorant child who has no idea what he's doing or the consequences of his actions.
Americans standing up to Republican fascism. A retired Marine tells U.S. military assisting kidnappings at a farm in California not to follow these orders.
It's the birthday of lyricist and librettist Oscar Hamerstein II today, so that means we get to trot out Captain Sensible singing "Happy Talk" from South Pacific:
Stephen Miller was jizzing himself thinking about how great Los Angeles would be once it was purged of "illegal immigrants." (https://boingboing.net/2025/07/11/a-screamy-stephen-miller-goes-on-about-los-angeles.html). "You would be able to see a doctor in the ER right away, no wait time, no problem. You kids would go to a public school that had more money than they know what to do with. Classrooms would be half the size." I.e. he thinks all undocumented immigrants do is suck services that should go to White Nazi types like himself. While, in fact, most of them work at jobs, many of which are pretty damn essential to keeping the city going. They are not fucking ruining the place for everyone else, you Nazi ghoul.
Had we an equally empowered body of governance, who actually holds the power of taxation to put the kibosh on him manipulating the markets and doing tariff for any reason he's sees fit would be smrt. Too bad they're all scared shitless of his violent fans.
Pretty quiet at the bar. Ask questions about this fairly over the top drink here.
Organic coconut oil is available in an already liquid state. It’s pricey but I use it frequently. Can I use that in this wash?
No reason not to. Go for it.
TOO quiet?
TOO quiet. A dozen and a half senior citizens rolled in from a sister club and drank like fish. Including some really, really old cocktails. I had to make a Taqueray Prespetarian.
lol Well, at least that's kinda cool.
Hoop, I asked you recently if you could recommend a good coconut rum and you replied with Planteray Cut & Dried. Would that work in this drink if one is too lazy for the fat- washing process? Also, too, does the fat washing have an effect on the mouthfeel of the booze in question?
My only reservation about using Cut & Dried is that the cocktail will be a bit browner and less pretty. Otherwise, go for it. Fat washing does add some body to a cocktail; it's impossible to get 100% of the oil out of the booze (we get very very close, though).
Any suggestions as substitute bitters for those of us allergic to walnuts?
What about something like Miracle Mile Pecan Bitters or even El Guapo Chicory Pecan Bitters? Not entirely sure the Chicory/coffee notes of the El Guapo would "fit", but coffee does work fine with both banana and orange. Can't say I've actually tried the Miracle Mile Pecan Bitters, so hoping maybe you have, Hooper? Any other suggestions welcome as well as opinions about the above for this drink?
I have never heard of those bitters and would heartily endorse trying them!
Okay, any suggestions from your side for those allergic to walnuts?
Orange bitters are more or less my default in these situations, and they would work well here. You could also skip the bitters entirely; they aren't part of a standard Negroni recipe.
I don't have that allergy, but I would be interested in the answer. Maybe his Tiki Bitter recipe?
The snag is that he appears to be using the Black Walnut Bitters as much for the nut taste as for the bitters aspect. I'm so used to substituting pecans normally, doing it here (Pecan Bitters) seemed like a natural choice -- but then thinking about it, the one I've tried (El Guapo) tended to be a bit... complex, and not as "nut-forward" (stop giggling, you sickos!) as he might want here.
I DON'T LIKE BANANAS! Sorry for shouting but sometimes you want to make sure that you are heard. I'll go stand in the corner now.
Not every cocktail is for everyone. I will say that I'm not a fan of the texture of bananas, but the flavor does play nice here without hitting some of the bitter or cloying aspects of banana flavor.
I know, you're right but I just shuddered when I realized it was a banana and not a marshmallow. I shuddered at the idea of a marshmallow, too but I like marshmallows in other things. Thank you for listening as a good bartender should.
Can I make this with Popov and some Mr Boston's Curacao?
Why not just wait till the end of my shift and do bar mat shots?
Why not both?
The bar shots need some time to... mature.
Ooh, Mr. Top Shelf! Too hoity-toity for Everclear diluted with tap water and Torani Orange, eh? (aka "Screwhammer" / "Thundershart Orange").
"Thundershart Orange" is the code name they use for Chump when he needs some hygiene attention.
maybe you should change your nym to 'tehbadbartender'
Oof. I feel hung over just reading that.
Always read and admire your expertise but it's too hot for sweet, Hoop. Love you just the same.
How should one go about bruléeing banana slices?
I chastise the help. Being as condescending as possible helps
"Well, 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯, do you expect these bananas to brulée 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴?"
Sprinkle some brown sugar onto a small plate. Tap a small banana slice onto the brown sugar, letting the sugar stick to the slice. Run a kitchen torch over the sugar until it caramelizes and bubbles.
Thanks, Hoop.
Small propane torch? Check.
Just throw some banana runts in there.
One way you might solve the coconut oil becoming solid issue is to substitute regular coconut oil with MCT coconut oil which has a much lower freezing point.
It looks interesting but is it banana forward?
It's sweet, but the banana harmonizes with the rest of the flavors. You almost have to be told it's there.
I love it when we talk dirty!
Looks fantastic, as ever
I would scarf that down in no time. And then another and then another. Yum. Give me a beach and I'm in paradise.
That garnish is graceful and elegant. A work of art.
I'm not really familiar with bitters. Would walnut bitters taste like walnuts?
A little, but it's too subtle to notice as a distinct flavor.
are you sure it is not The Homunculus?
Ugh. LOL Not in my little world.
Looks and sounds delicious
Regarding the garnishes:
Beautiful orange peel.
Got a process for the bruleed banana? It looked like a toasted marshmallow and that didn't make sense. Just a quick torching? Does it need some sugar?
Sprinkle some brown sugar onto a small plate. Tap a small banana slice onto the brown sugar, letting the sugar stick to the slice. Run a kitchen torch over the sugar until it caramelizes and bubbles. (Yes, copied and pasted, I'll get around to editing the recipe with proper instructions eventually. Apologies.)
I will be going with the marshmallow, it's the only ingredient I have in the butlers pantry.
LOL!
Not a banana drink guy, and COV2 took most of my ability to taste/smell coconut but the spousal unit might like this.
I am planning a Cleveland Wonkmeet, hoping you can come, ETA: Aug. 16 (1pm), but I also know a Saturday afternoon may be hard for you to be free.
what if we do the wonkfest at the Fair?
What Fair(ETA do you mean Hooper's Fair?) and I have already made reservations at the Boss Dog Brewing Company.
i meant hooper's fair, but boss dog is great.
I've got that weekend blocked out for a family vacation. We're going to the Great Lakes Medieval fair. I plan to dress like a pirate and swashbuckle ferociously.
Is there any other way to swashbuckle?
Sounds like a great time! At some point we need to get together so you can show me where to get a great Mai Tai.
Where? or have you not gotten that far in the decision making?
Boss Dog Brewing Company in Cleveland Heights.
I'll try again. Missed the one last fall, because I fell down my stairs the day before and my ankle was really, really unhappy. sigh. (I don't know if it was an actual sprain, but it felt like the one I had as a kid.)
I hope you can make it, we have special guests coming!
one of which, hopefully, will not be geraldo. :)
JFC, when is that hamberder coming for him? He took a "Superman" poster and had someone stick his head on it. He isn't man enough to clean Superman's boots:
https://www.comicsands.com/white-house-trump-superman-poster?
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way!" -- are things Trump wouldn't recognize if they bit him on the ass.
An inch of rain yesterday now they're saying another inch possible today.
Okay, one more bit of Oscar Hammerstein II on his birthday. Here's a full album of Frank Sinatra singing songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71DENqjFQ2w
Repost:
𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘈𝘖𝘔𝘓 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 40% 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/weather-experts-say-accuracy-of-hurricane-forecasts-will-suffer-under-trump-administration-budget-cuts-39924142
Mission accomplished.
They were elected to destroy the administrative state and dismantle liberal democracy. That’s what they’re doing.
Da.
𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗲’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗘𝗠𝗔 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀
𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪 𝘕𝘰𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noems-delayed-flood-response-caused-thousands-of-missed-calls-to-fema/
You're doing a heckuva job, KKKristi
What a fucking moron.
That's what WE are paying her for, apparently.
I'm going to post something here that I got off the FB wall of one of my oldest friends. We were never great friends, but were friends the way it is done in the suburbs -- we grew up in houses across the street from each other, went to school together, and played together in our group (So many Boomers! We were everywhere!).
Our paths in lives differed appreciably. She married her high school sweetheart. They are still married and had a bunch of kids, and now have a bunch of grandkids, too. Photographic and anecdotal evidence shows a great, happy family.
As far as I know, her education ended at high school. I think that has made a difference to her outlook and her critical capabilities.
Her post was one of those "If you agree, put your name at the bottom after all the other names of people who agree, and copy it to your wall" posts. I don't agree, as you will see, and you will be able to figure out why when you read her post. I don't believe I can engage in any fruitful discussion with her on the issues raised and positions taken, so I'm not even going to try. This does sadden me somewhat.
I share her post here to cast some light on what a reasonably decent, regular person who happens to be a Trump supporter believes. While the words she posted are not hers, she supports them and repeats them unquestioningly. I don't know how such persons will ever be reached or persuaded on the issue of Donald John Trump. Their ignorance and wishful thinking are astounding. (There were a lot of names listed at the bottom of the post.)
"GONNA VENT HERE. I’ve got to be honest. ..I am a President Trump supporter and I give credit where I believe credit is due! President Trump has done some great things for this country and he has shown us, the American people that we are still in control of this country, and, if we come together we can accomplish any goals we set our focus on! I have lived through John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama. In my lifetime have I never seen or heard of a President being scrutinized over every word he speaks, humiliated by the public to the point of wanting to hurt someone, slandered, ridiculed, insulted, and lied to. I have never heard their wives or children threatened, insulted, and humiliated.
I am truly ashamed of the people of this country. I am ashamed of the ruthless, hating, cruel Trump haters who have no morals, and news reporters who feel they have the right to purposely lie and do the things they are doing. Every other President after they were elected and took the oath of office, was left alone. They weren’t on the news 24/7 being dissected by every word out of their mouth, ALWAYS BEING PRESSURED to do this, or that, and never being given the support to do the important work that needs to be done. ENOUGH is ENOUGH! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND LET HIM DO HIS JOB, FOR GOD’S SAKE! "
He lives to be on teevee everyday. Fuck, I wish we could leave him alone, he never shuts the fuck up. Also, every D POTUS has had their wives, kids insulted slandered and threatened. Your friend needs to pull her head out of her ass and step away from right wing media.
You can mute her from your feed, without unfriending her, if you want to keep her as a contact. I won't let anyone like that near me, right or wrong.
No, I won't do that. I will not turn my back on her. I will not argue with her, I will not contribute to or support her causes, but we share a history. We were never great friends, but we ran together in the same tight-knit little group for a while. If she ever needed help from me and I could provide it, I would. Would that I could help her with her Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I don't believe I can.
I understand.
I have people like that in my history, and it appears there's absolutely nothing the rest of us "uninfected" can do.
Maybe I have less tolerance for being exposed to this sickness, since I witness them wishing and acting to harm my only child. And all the other bigotry, the damage they wish on so many, without cause.
Most people know where I stand, from childhood; it's how I've always been. There are no illusions that I'll ever accept the loathing they spew.
And there are many sources of help they can access if they ever question their situation, so I don't have the emotional or mental energy to provide it.
I am obligated to protect my mental health, not least so I can protect and support my vulnerable child.
My life work was with support and treatment of people with acute mental illness and addiction (those seeking treatment), and I do that well.
I can apparently do nothing for these people, and I have tried.
All of this. I'm done with excuses for them. They represent a clear and present threat to this country because of their beliefs and how they vote.
Word. Me, either.
I don't know the answer but as long as they feel they are welcome anywhere they go with this horseshit they won't stop.
Nope, they won't. Not mild and gentle reasoning (HA) nor all the way to having to put a hand up inches between our faces when being shouted at, not having provoked any of that pollution, has done a thing to improve the situation (although the publicly refusing, loudly, to let them intimidate me or prevent my protecting others more vulnerable, has really startled them, and apparently gave onlookers on those occasions some courage as well.)
And of course, usually, the pig enjoys it, so I don't often give him the satisfaction. Only when unavoidable.
Oh, dear.
Charge up the flamethrower.
No.
Honestly, under the circumstances of your relationship as you describe it, I would likely just roll my eyes and keep scrolling on past it. If they persisted in posting similar stuff, though, a reckoning would come one way or another.
I had to unfollow my best bud from middle/high school on FB because he went full MAGA during the first maladministration. I couldn't handle the stupid shit I'd see him post and of course anything I said to refute any of it was just "fake news."
Man, I'm glad I didn't end up marrying his sister.
Oh yeah -- PAB's the only president to ever have every word and action dissected on the evening news, fer shure. <rolls eyes>
As if there isn't reason. He is a completely indecent man and if people can't see that that mean they themselves are indecent or just too fucking stupid to be allowed.
They have destroyed this country and their votes and beliefs are leading to people being killed.
But, sure. Let's keep treating them nicely.
She's not indecent. She's not stupid. She's misinformed, sadly and badly so.
They have not destroyed this country. This country is not destroyed. It is in peril, but whenever in the last hundred years or more has it not been.
To avoid engaging in pointless debate with someone is not the same as treating them nicely.
I respectfully have to disagree with the "they have not destroyed the country."
They have shredded the social contract so badly it may never be repaired again. People are dying because of their vote and their "misinformed" status. That, in my book, constitutes destroying the country.
That was one of the points at which I realized the great gap separating my friend, and those she agrees with, from me and what I know and believe. To be President is to be under constant scrutiny. For a person not to know that demonstrates that that person is not paying attention.
I mean, jeebus, even if she watches nothing but FOX and OANN 24/7, she would have seen with HER OWN DAMN EYES how they constantly criticized every little thing Clinton/Obama/Biden did while in office. But I guess she just edited all that shit right out of her brain because PAB must be seen as simultaneously the strongest leader and the biggest victim at all times.
What an insecure asshole, she must have struck a nerve
Nita Cosby
@5-2blue.bsky.social
Trump threatens on Truth Social this morning to revoke the citizenship of Rosie O'Donnell because of her criticism of the flash flood deaths in TX. "I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity." Fun Fact: Rosie ODonnell was born in Commack, NY.
https://bsky.app/profile/5-2blue.bsky.social/post/3ltrk5r34ts2s
This is where they are going with this. He wouldn't be talking about it if there weren't plans to start doing just that.
"threatens"
He sure does a LOT of that.
The sonofabitch is out of his gawd damned mind.
You've noticed too?
Remember this for those who say "we are safe because we were born here"
ICE is building up to be too big to just be going after undocumented immigrants.
Orange idiot can't take away her citizenship.
<For individuals born in the United States, citizenship is a constitutional right under the Fourteenth Amendment that the government cannot take away against their will.>
https://legalclarity.org/can-the-government-revoke-your-citizenship/
With no due process, who's to stop them?
Thomas and Alito rule that because women couldn't vote in 1066, they therefore cannot be full citizens, and therefore can be.
Okay, more Oscar Hammerstein II. Here's Gerry and the Pacemakers with "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0
Played that on our show last week.
I think it's my favorite version.
Us too, we also played Pink Floyd’s Fearless, which has the Liverpool fans singing it at the end. It’s their theme song.
We literally have masked, armed to attack Falluja "agents" now running their cars in to protesters and attacking our farms. OUR food supply. We need more than judges.
See also: Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861.
Man, I do not know why I keep subjecting myself to "Takopi's Original Sin" -- every kid in it is damaged, sometimes severely so. The MC has fallen into such despair from being bullied that when her tormentor is killed, she's really happy about it. Until she finds out she's probably going to juvie over it. Then she just thinks, "Well, guess I need to hide the body then" while showing virtually no emotion whatsoever.
I'm not familiar with that show. Hubs tried to get me to watch "Yellowjackets". I watched the first episode and decided "nah, I'm good". There are enough sociopaths running around in the real world. I don't need to watch them for "enjoyment".
It's an anime that started this season. It's about an alien, Takopi (the main character calls him that because he looks like an octopus ("tako"), ends his sentences with "pi", and she can't pronounce his real name) who comes to Earth from Planet Happy to spread happiness. It's a pity that he's essentially an ignorant child who has no idea what he's doing or the consequences of his actions.
My feelings exactly. I watch TV before bed, the world is already nightmarish enough.
Americans standing up to Republican fascism. A retired Marine tells U.S. military assisting kidnappings at a farm in California not to follow these orders.
https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3ltp4gsn4tc2h
And sadly, none of them give a shit.
They are illegal orders. No one should be following them.
It's the birthday of lyricist and librettist Oscar Hamerstein II today, so that means we get to trot out Captain Sensible singing "Happy Talk" from South Pacific:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291ET6Py6H8
Maybe more later in the day...
Stephen Miller was jizzing himself thinking about how great Los Angeles would be once it was purged of "illegal immigrants." (https://boingboing.net/2025/07/11/a-screamy-stephen-miller-goes-on-about-los-angeles.html). "You would be able to see a doctor in the ER right away, no wait time, no problem. You kids would go to a public school that had more money than they know what to do with. Classrooms would be half the size." I.e. he thinks all undocumented immigrants do is suck services that should go to White Nazi types like himself. While, in fact, most of them work at jobs, many of which are pretty damn essential to keeping the city going. They are not fucking ruining the place for everyone else, you Nazi ghoul.
President Miller genuinely is a psychopath.
OR, or... you could tax the wealthy and build more schools and hospitals...
NOOOOOOOO! Can't do that! They are the "job creators" (need another yacht).
The world would be a better place if it could be purged of his ilk.
Stephen Miller is the one who should be deported. I don't see that he is doing anything useful.
Quite the opposite, in fact.
He looks like a space alien to me. Send him to infinity and beyond.
space alien libelz
He’s unAmerican.
Hell, he's unDead
EXACTLY
Okay, 7 a.m. I am going to crawl back under the covers and see if I can actually get some sleep this Saturday morning. Good night.
Mad King Don has gone tariff crazy. (DSM-V 392.54).
AP: Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin August 1 [https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-eu-mexico-66bf84d97dcd69bbd1f1108e42283afd]
90 deals in 90 days is becoming 90 HEREBY tweets.
Had we an equally empowered body of governance, who actually holds the power of taxation to put the kibosh on him manipulating the markets and doing tariff for any reason he's sees fit would be smrt. Too bad they're all scared shitless of his violent fans.
you misspelled "Thug Army".
DSM-V something # something, NOS.
Aka: Fuckbonks D/O
So how's he done in 90 days:
2 deals, and 200 letters written by a 3rd. grade chatbot that have been ignored