Very late to the party here, but there is an Oregon small distillery that makes several fruit-infused vodkas under the label Wild Roots. Their pear vodka is very much more pearish than Absolut Pear (I have not had Grey Goose) and I don't think it needs special treatment before being used in a martini. I have now tried this with Wild Root Pear vodka and following the rest of your recipe, and I am happy enough to write about it here. I have no idea how widely they distribute -- I live 20 miles from their tasting room and can get it in my local liquor store.
They also have peach, and I still haven't figured out what I want to do with that, but, like the pear, it is very fruit forward. Maybe some variation on a bellini?
All great tastes that taste great together. I like the real pear angle vs. pear-flavored spirits, which become insipid when diluted with a mixer. Since using lemon anyway, I wonder if putting it in the pear vodka instead of the drink and infuse in the fridge instead of out it might limit the browning. Also, use the pears just barely when they cross over to ripe - firm yet juicy, they decline very rapidly after that. I've never heard of parboiled pears, but I wonder if a super-brief hot bath would shut off the oxidation machine or just turn them to mush. Poached pears don't brown and also retain their shape.
Canned pears are often stored in light syrup. I suspect that the pears themselves are a bit flavorless compared to the syrup by now. Use this information as you see fit.
The Dog-focused restaurant (Lazy Dog) we visited a few times recently is featuring a 'peanut butter martini'! I've gotta' try it sometime, when my partner is driving. I don't usually like sweet drinks, but this one is intriguing!
Agreed about the pear flavors getting overwhelmed by other flavors. When I make this I might do the lemon to taste. Totally intrigued by the pear infused vodka idea though.
No, you should come to Hemingway's and have one of the astounding Sugar Plum Clarifications Tommy made. His mixology skills put me to shame. A crystal clear combination of gin, brandy, spice, and plum tea, topped with a red wine float and fresh grated nutmeg. Delish.
No MRI. Had the Raygun tribute dancer been costumed as Ronald Regan, AND performing credibly Ms. Raygun's unimaginably distinct Olympic contribution, MRI becomes a potential worth consideration.
If he was also yelling, "Watch me Mommy," don't pass go, don't collect anything, MRI, YES.
I think I was watching a Julia Child show as a kid when she showed Poire Williams Eau de Vie brandy, or prisoner pear, where the bottle is placed around the pear blossom and the pear grows inside? Your method is easier.
I probably said it before, but you should do a dos and donts post for the local bar post, as well as how to choose a local bar. You know, since we're all so socially skilled.
I cannot emphasize how amazing a good bar is for finding your social skills. Strangers sit together and imbibe tasty drinks that lower inhibitions. Communities are built in bars. Hell, revolutions have been organized in bars. Several times.
Always tip well at the outset, and smile and chat with the folks next to you at the bar. You'll know you've found your bar when the folks next to you are enjoyable to chat with and the music is to your liking.
Honey, I've got THE bar for you! Jan's, formerly Woody-Anne's, 20 stools total, the oldest shuffleboardtable in the city, and the stiffest drinks poured by my pal and former coworker Jan who's in her 70s and takes no shit. See you when we get rid of the fascists!
I was raised in bars, literally. It wasn't exactly great for my liver but my social skills are extremely portable. My superpower is I can always spot the person who can score weed.
Well, after midnight is usually way too late, but that's why you find a place with a 4pm Happy Hour so you can be home to throw together dinner by like 6:30 these days, but it's still surprisingly fun to shoot the shit with acquaintances now and then.
If wonkette allowed comments, it would be a pretty similar experience I think, including dealing with loss together and throwing out assholes by their beltloops.
Hi, Hooper! In cooking, one way to keep pears and apples from browning is to give the slices a quick soak in honey water. Something in honey deactivates the PPO that forms when you slice the fruit. The America's Test Kitchen site has the instructions, though you can probably find it elsewhere.
So since we seize the means of production on Caturdays, I am reporting on the status of my, er, THC withdrawal. Had only used in the evenings, but more or less since Turmp was reelected had gone to daily, which meant more and more for same effect. But still thought of myself as a "light" user, since I have pals who toke from waking through sleep and have for 60+ years, and while their shortterm memory is scary bad, no health issues. On November 18, after a few days of severe anxiety 24/7, and regardless of quantity, THC, smoked or ingested, turned on me. It was brutal, as was withdrawal. But after 2-3 days of anxiety plus physical symptoms (night sweats, chills, nasty headache all day, etc.) in addition to the perpetual depression and feelings of impending doom and panic, 15 days after quitting--again feeling AWFUL the whole time--I suddenly, watching TV, felt "normal." The bad anxiety lifted. It came back intermittently for the next several days, but after completely normal labwork and EKG at my annual cardiologist visit, things have drastically improved. I sleep better than I did on weed (which surprised me; and am dreaming again too), headaches and low-level nausea I'd had for months UNLESS I was high all gone, and for the first time in my life I am stimulant-free 🙀. Will be having mimosas on Christmas day with family, and margaritas at any Mexican restaurant, but I haven't gone back to a bottle of wine every two days etc. Nothing but dark chocolate and exercise lol.
Thanks to everyone who weighed in three weeks ago. NOTE: I am not dissing weed, I loved it, and hope at some point I can try small amounts, once an evening rather than from dusk through bedttime, truly "recreationally," just on beautiful days when I can walk the dogs for miles rather than around the block. (Interestingly, some cousins on my father's side [not all] have had similar experiences... Hmmm.)
Thanks again, and hope your weekends are going well!!!
I’m so glad I was persuaded to get Medicaid when I did. I would be in the direst of straits without it. I’m glad for SNAP, which has saved me from endless days of hot dogs and bologna sandwiches. I can cook good food now. I can buy chicken and ground beef and pork steak.
I am very anxious about the possibility of losing these because of the bottomless cruelty of republicans.
Installing the latest Visual Studio from Microsoft. It is 20GB installed size. I have 10G fiber, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to even download it. 20GB. I remember when the IBM XP came out: the first PC with a hard drive. Capacity was 10 megabytes. I am pretty sure no one in the world back then had 20G of storage. Cray supercomputers had a storage system with 300 MB capacity (multiple disks could be installed).
Had to install Adobe Acrobat on work computer the other day... it took forever to install and runs slowly with a ton of bloated features on a decently spec'd PC... I remember when pdf was supposed to be the lean, fast cross-platform file format
Early New Year's resolution: Get the on the Baja Bug and get that 2110cc bad boy running proper. Two reasons: The Taurus has a transmission problem (difficulty in engaging, so good for 20 mph, perhaps 40 mph), and a bit of a starter problem; and I want that off-road capable Bug up and running in case of the Big One in California and Highway 62 is busted up. The Baja is like a honey badger: It doesn't give a shit about terrain.
Project: Get a battery for the Bug. Other problem is find out why it acts so punky. My theory is degraded rubber connectors in the pipes leading from the carburetor to the headers. Those things wear out, and I once had to replace them before. Because of funding issues, I'll have to do it myself. Also check the valve clearances. After success, I'll put a think on the Taurus. Fortunately I have a girlfriend with a car to chauffeur my fine ass around past short trips. Ain't love grand?
Check the little round seals on each end of the throttle plate, simply spritz each side with a spray bottle while it's running and if it runs smoother you know what the problem is. I wish someone had told me that a looooong time ago.
and check all throttle linkage points and lubricate as needed... had my carb linkage stick driving the 1969 Datsun roadster and had to key off at 4000 RPM and coast to a stop
I absolutely ADORE this incredibly talented man with EVERY last fiber of my being! I have grown up watching Dick VanDyke perform and am SO damned much better for it!
Also too, I can't imagine Trump agreeing to use a walker. Just not gonna happen. It's not just him, I see it with my dementia patients all the time: "I'm not using one of those things! I'm fine! Whaddya mean 'fall risk'??" (thunk)
“Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure our elections were fair and honest,” read the post on Truth Social. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the “crime” of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full pardon for her attempts to expose voter fraud in the rigged 2020 Presidential Election."...
...(Colorado) Secretary of State Jena Griswold flatly declared any such pardon would be invalid.
"Trump has no constitutional authority to pardon her,” read Griswold’s statement. “His assault is not just on our democracy, but on states' rights and the American constitution."
Soooo how would I like to be a Federal Marshal sliding towards the holidays like everyone else, and receive the order, the on-its-face, patently illegal, corrupt as fuck order, with it's fruit-of-the-tainted-tree provenance and representing the efforts of a conspiracy to overturn constitutional order...
A guy on Molly Jong Fast's youtube mentioned how when people or organizations unite against PAB's threats he folds every time. We really need to get up to speed on this.
Goddamn it we are going to be thwarted at every fucking turn unless we take the shit into our own hands and we're all too lily-livered apparently to do that.
Don't the states send part of the state income tax to the feds? That is the part that could be kept back? Unless I'm just completely misunderstanding how it works.
I *finally* put my old LG(!) phone to rest. Bit the bullet and went for a new Apple. I wanted simple, cheaper, but what got me to the iPhone 16 was thinking, “oh no, nothing short of USB-C, no way!”
I’ve started going into stores, or really dealing with *any* business, thinking, “How are they trying to rip me off?” Years back, I just wondered why certain companies would fuck around and trash their reputation. I’m *so* past that.
The bidness community did this to itself. FAFO.
Maybe this is why I get a literal smile on my face when I enter CostCo.
I bought an entry level camera drone last week at Big 5 Sporting Goods. $55, tax included. I'm glad I didn't spend more, because as it turns out, only having one eye means I'm not very good at it. Also, I can't decipher the instructions well enough to pair the cameras to my phone so I can't see what it sees.
My partner works at a grocery store and he talks about how they rip people off all the time jacking their prices up and then promoting the "savings," etc.
I used to love Woody Allen movies back in the day. Then he had an affair with and eventually married his girlfriend's daughter, 35 years his junior. Now there's a trove of photos of him skeeving around with Jeffrey Epstein at Casa de Underage Girls, a number of them along with human cesspool Steve Bannon. Fuck that sawed off little pedo piece of dogshit.
I loved Ants and I loved Bananas. I laughed and laughed during Bananas, and I think those are the only 2 Woody Allen movies I've seen. But fuck that pedo.
We should have gotten a clue from "Manhattan", which features Woody dating a 17 year old Mariel Hemmingway. Because what lovely 17 year old girl wouldn't fall head over heels for an elderly little gnome like Woody Allen?
She's always so good. But now you have to see woody too.
Confession: I never actually liked him, but, I liked his pictures. I always viewed him putting himself in his own movies like a less funny Mel Brooks XD
Working tonight. Questions here.
Very late to the party here, but there is an Oregon small distillery that makes several fruit-infused vodkas under the label Wild Roots. Their pear vodka is very much more pearish than Absolut Pear (I have not had Grey Goose) and I don't think it needs special treatment before being used in a martini. I have now tried this with Wild Root Pear vodka and following the rest of your recipe, and I am happy enough to write about it here. I have no idea how widely they distribute -- I live 20 miles from their tasting room and can get it in my local liquor store.
They also have peach, and I still haven't figured out what I want to do with that, but, like the pear, it is very fruit forward. Maybe some variation on a bellini?
Edit: Roots, not Root
Oh, that looks lovely.
All great tastes that taste great together. I like the real pear angle vs. pear-flavored spirits, which become insipid when diluted with a mixer. Since using lemon anyway, I wonder if putting it in the pear vodka instead of the drink and infuse in the fridge instead of out it might limit the browning. Also, use the pears just barely when they cross over to ripe - firm yet juicy, they decline very rapidly after that. I've never heard of parboiled pears, but I wonder if a super-brief hot bath would shut off the oxidation machine or just turn them to mush. Poached pears don't brown and also retain their shape.
Will this work with canned pears or am I some kind of monster
Canned pears are often stored in light syrup. I suspect that the pears themselves are a bit flavorless compared to the syrup by now. Use this information as you see fit.
Monsters appear to be welcome here, come sit by me.
YES
Could you add some fresh ginger to the chopped pears and infuse them all together? (I'm lazy.)
Too firey. Fresh ginger is really hot. A cooked ginger syrup is a better choice, but entails work.
The Dog-focused restaurant (Lazy Dog) we visited a few times recently is featuring a 'peanut butter martini'! I've gotta' try it sometime, when my partner is driving. I don't usually like sweet drinks, but this one is intriguing!
It probably uses Skrewball or some alternative. I've infused vodka with peanut butter, and it is a horribly messy process.
I used to make something like this by shaking a sour peach candy in Gilbey's gin and ice, strain into a chilled glass, whisper vermouth over the rim.
Inventive.
Agreed about the pear flavors getting overwhelmed by other flavors. When I make this I might do the lemon to taste. Totally intrigued by the pear infused vodka idea though.
What is the meaning of life?
As I distrust intertubal "dictionaries", I refer you to the one that I have on my desk, the 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘮-𝘞𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 (11th Ed.).
I'd quote it, but I am pinned by a cat...
Being pinned by a cat is meaning enough.
There is none. Why does everything have to have a "meaning"??
It's a famous comedy sketch by Monty Python.
42
What do you want it to be?
Is some obsequious "meaning" required to define our existence?
There's something to be said for dropping in for the hell of it.
I'm with you, sistah!
Sounds delicious!
Sugar plum faeries are dancing in my head. Should I get an MRI?
No, you should come to Hemingway's and have one of the astounding Sugar Plum Clarifications Tommy made. His mixology skills put me to shame. A crystal clear combination of gin, brandy, spice, and plum tea, topped with a red wine float and fresh grated nutmeg. Delish.
Time to go easy on the gummies.
Might depend on the dance they're doin'.
They started doing the Nutcracker Suite, but then they switched to a tribute to breakdancing superstar Raygun.
No MRI. Had the Raygun tribute dancer been costumed as Ronald Regan, AND performing credibly Ms. Raygun's unimaginably distinct Olympic contribution, MRI becomes a potential worth consideration.
If he was also yelling, "Watch me Mommy," don't pass go, don't collect anything, MRI, YES.
Join them
Have another drink.
I think I was watching a Julia Child show as a kid when she showed Poire Williams Eau de Vie brandy, or prisoner pear, where the bottle is placed around the pear blossom and the pear grows inside? Your method is easier.
I have to admit that pear inside the bottle thing is charming.
Me too.
And it's the kind of challenge I would take up if I could.
FWIW, the first question in my mind when I saw the drink was 'Okay, is he gonna specify Bosc or Anjou?' Because I'm a nerd, that's why.
Sure enough, dude had it covered. I should have known better.
I was hoping for one of the Asian types - a Hosui or Chojuro...
Too hard to get in Ohio. And Anjous are in season currently.
Must...resist...urge...to say...'gesundheit'...
My Dad, may he RIP used to say “Hirishoo” when he sneezed.
I probably said it before, but you should do a dos and donts post for the local bar post, as well as how to choose a local bar. You know, since we're all so socially skilled.
I cannot emphasize how amazing a good bar is for finding your social skills. Strangers sit together and imbibe tasty drinks that lower inhibitions. Communities are built in bars. Hell, revolutions have been organized in bars. Several times.
People ask me why I go to bars. I ask them why they go to the zoo
H L Mencken
Everything starts with a principle:
"If one can not afford to 𝘵𝘪𝘱, one can not afford to 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵"...
Civility and a smile help lots too.
Always tip well at the outset, and smile and chat with the folks next to you at the bar. You'll know you've found your bar when the folks next to you are enjoyable to chat with and the music is to your liking.
Happy hunting!
Again, I need to reincarnate when this highly effective advice comes in the twilight of my years. No fair!
Honey, I've got THE bar for you! Jan's, formerly Woody-Anne's, 20 stools total, the oldest shuffleboardtable in the city, and the stiffest drinks poured by my pal and former coworker Jan who's in her 70s and takes no shit. See you when we get rid of the fascists!
I was raised in bars, literally. It wasn't exactly great for my liver but my social skills are extremely portable. My superpower is I can always spot the person who can score weed.
LOL! It all sounds delightful. I wish I'd known you then. I shall dream your dream. Honestly, I love this. 💛
It's never too late!
Well, after midnight is usually way too late, but that's why you find a place with a 4pm Happy Hour so you can be home to throw together dinner by like 6:30 these days, but it's still surprisingly fun to shoot the shit with acquaintances now and then.
If wonkette allowed comments, it would be a pretty similar experience I think, including dealing with loss together and throwing out assholes by their beltloops.
Hi, Hooper! In cooking, one way to keep pears and apples from browning is to give the slices a quick soak in honey water. Something in honey deactivates the PPO that forms when you slice the fruit. The America's Test Kitchen site has the instructions, though you can probably find it elsewhere.
here and i thought luksusoya was a misprint for lukoil. them pesky commies cain't even spell their own damn language right!
So since we seize the means of production on Caturdays, I am reporting on the status of my, er, THC withdrawal. Had only used in the evenings, but more or less since Turmp was reelected had gone to daily, which meant more and more for same effect. But still thought of myself as a "light" user, since I have pals who toke from waking through sleep and have for 60+ years, and while their shortterm memory is scary bad, no health issues. On November 18, after a few days of severe anxiety 24/7, and regardless of quantity, THC, smoked or ingested, turned on me. It was brutal, as was withdrawal. But after 2-3 days of anxiety plus physical symptoms (night sweats, chills, nasty headache all day, etc.) in addition to the perpetual depression and feelings of impending doom and panic, 15 days after quitting--again feeling AWFUL the whole time--I suddenly, watching TV, felt "normal." The bad anxiety lifted. It came back intermittently for the next several days, but after completely normal labwork and EKG at my annual cardiologist visit, things have drastically improved. I sleep better than I did on weed (which surprised me; and am dreaming again too), headaches and low-level nausea I'd had for months UNLESS I was high all gone, and for the first time in my life I am stimulant-free 🙀. Will be having mimosas on Christmas day with family, and margaritas at any Mexican restaurant, but I haven't gone back to a bottle of wine every two days etc. Nothing but dark chocolate and exercise lol.
Thanks to everyone who weighed in three weeks ago. NOTE: I am not dissing weed, I loved it, and hope at some point I can try small amounts, once an evening rather than from dusk through bedttime, truly "recreationally," just on beautiful days when I can walk the dogs for miles rather than around the block. (Interestingly, some cousins on my father's side [not all] have had similar experiences... Hmmm.)
Thanks again, and hope your weekends are going well!!!
I’m so glad I was persuaded to get Medicaid when I did. I would be in the direst of straits without it. I’m glad for SNAP, which has saved me from endless days of hot dogs and bologna sandwiches. I can cook good food now. I can buy chicken and ground beef and pork steak.
I am very anxious about the possibility of losing these because of the bottomless cruelty of republicans.
Haven't seen you in a minute, Stranger. Glad you've got some help--for now, at least.
I’ve been very ill for a while. I hope to be better soon.
Glad you’re better enough to pop in!
Installing the latest Visual Studio from Microsoft. It is 20GB installed size. I have 10G fiber, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to even download it. 20GB. I remember when the IBM XP came out: the first PC with a hard drive. Capacity was 10 megabytes. I am pretty sure no one in the world back then had 20G of storage. Cray supercomputers had a storage system with 300 MB capacity (multiple disks could be installed).
Crazy. For what should basically be a text editor and file system.
Had to install Adobe Acrobat on work computer the other day... it took forever to install and runs slowly with a ton of bloated features on a decently spec'd PC... I remember when pdf was supposed to be the lean, fast cross-platform file format
Early New Year's resolution: Get the on the Baja Bug and get that 2110cc bad boy running proper. Two reasons: The Taurus has a transmission problem (difficulty in engaging, so good for 20 mph, perhaps 40 mph), and a bit of a starter problem; and I want that off-road capable Bug up and running in case of the Big One in California and Highway 62 is busted up. The Baja is like a honey badger: It doesn't give a shit about terrain.
Project: Get a battery for the Bug. Other problem is find out why it acts so punky. My theory is degraded rubber connectors in the pipes leading from the carburetor to the headers. Those things wear out, and I once had to replace them before. Because of funding issues, I'll have to do it myself. Also check the valve clearances. After success, I'll put a think on the Taurus. Fortunately I have a girlfriend with a car to chauffeur my fine ass around past short trips. Ain't love grand?
Check the little round seals on each end of the throttle plate, simply spritz each side with a spray bottle while it's running and if it runs smoother you know what the problem is. I wish someone had told me that a looooong time ago.
Good idea.
and check all throttle linkage points and lubricate as needed... had my carb linkage stick driving the 1969 Datsun roadster and had to key off at 4000 RPM and coast to a stop
I miss my Beetle!
WOW!
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:fb3p4ffutjsf7ju53pvawfoz/bafkreigmfai6xs4x423qn3533x76penrqajkrn4qo4dgpa2hybwtorfo6e@jpeg
yay!
Now that's a cake we definitely like!
I have a folder on my phone labelled 'Dick Pics' and among the many images of Dicks (Cheney, Nixon, Whittington, Moby) I have Dick Van Dyke.
I'm really hoping some border cop demands to check my phone
lol lol
Happy Birthday, Dick!
I absolutely ADORE this incredibly talented man with EVERY last fiber of my being! I have grown up watching Dick VanDyke perform and am SO damned much better for it!
I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking good, Dick!
That's what SHE said!
Well! Today is the Feast of Santa Lucia. This calls for. a song...
♫ Santa Lucia,
Gee, it's good to see ya,
You've got candles in your hair,
I wouldn't want to be ya! ♫
Real? AI?
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Share it anyway
I want one with him lying in an open casket.
ai, he looks way too healthy in that shot
Imma say irony: demeaning Chump in an AI-generated image to show how ruling back regulation can bite you in the ass.
I get the concept, potentially damaging AI slop that some feel can't go without rebuttal and regulation...
But, I'd have gone more subtle syphilis sores and the bulge of a colostomy bag...
Maybe a GIF of extra pyramidal symptoms...
rofl would be meta if that were AI
It’ll still drive him nuts to see
And it needs to be shared as a subheader to the question “why the fuck are we doing this”
Definitely fake, you can tell because everything is out of focus except the main object. That's how you can tell AI photos.
Also too, I can't imagine Trump agreeing to use a walker. Just not gonna happen. It's not just him, I see it with my dementia patients all the time: "I'm not using one of those things! I'm fine! Whaddya mean 'fall risk'??" (thunk)
I could tell something was off, thanks for cluing me in, sharing it anyway. :)
Remember to wear your choppers over your gloves today if you play outside. Remember humans can be comfortable at -40 if properly layered.
"can"
or I can move back to California where I belong. I'm getting really sick of cold ugly winters
Caturday Redux: Furocious Edition
https://substack.com/@tehbaddr/note/c-53834446
Percy did something similar to Mei once. But that was more pat pat "RWOWWWLLLFROSSHSSGHSSSSS"
So he did not do it again
"Mom, my toy's broken!"
𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 ‘𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙’ 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙠 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨
“Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure our elections were fair and honest,” read the post on Truth Social. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the “crime” of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full pardon for her attempts to expose voter fraud in the rigged 2020 Presidential Election."...
...(Colorado) Secretary of State Jena Griswold flatly declared any such pardon would be invalid.
"Trump has no constitutional authority to pardon her,” read Griswold’s statement. “His assault is not just on our democracy, but on states' rights and the American constitution."
Soooo how would I like to be a Federal Marshal sliding towards the holidays like everyone else, and receive the order, the on-its-face, patently illegal, corrupt as fuck order, with it's fruit-of-the-tainted-tree provenance and representing the efforts of a conspiracy to overturn constitutional order...
All that, and it's pretty damn chilly outside!
He's trying to set up so he can get pardons accepted for state charges so he can erase his felony convictions
How long before Brainworm has Orange Turd pardon Sirhan Sirhan?
He will pardon Hitler on his slide into full dementia, bet me.
"The "crime" of preventing unstable borders! Or something!"
I pardoned Charles Manson today.
He did save Timmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5IrRe2F7qY
That was awesome!
Just in time for Christmas! A fine, benevolent tyrant!
He was treated very unfairly...
That's not how it works with State Charges, Spanky!
Maybe she can find a ninja to break her out
Send in Stallone and The Expendables
I saw this yesterday, and I was thinking to myself, this could be the spark that ignites...
I still think they're gonna attempt to pressure colorado by turning off the money
He's already threatening Indiana
How dare you not gerrymander for me!
Classic Trump, oh that scamp! Amirite?!
A guy on Molly Jong Fast's youtube mentioned how when people or organizations unite against PAB's threats he folds every time. We really need to get up to speed on this.
Threatening to turn off the money. Whether they can actually do that, not so clear.
Think they can, there has been precedent. Like when states were threatened with that for highway speeds and what not. Or school integration.
The .08 DUI requirement was specifically written into the law. You can have X, but under these conditions.
Then CO can turn off the money to the feds. States need to start keeping their income tax dollars.
States do not collect tax money. Companies send it to the feds.
Oh, jeez. I thought they had some part in that.
Goddamn it we are going to be thwarted at every fucking turn unless we take the shit into our own hands and we're all too lily-livered apparently to do that.
That would be much harder, stopping individuals in the state from paying their federal taxes.
The state is a large employer, it could put its federal withholding taxes into escrow.
See various posts by Armitage, who has looked at the issue pretty thoroughly.
Then at some point maybe people should be convinced to do that. If things go far enough.
This is the goddamned country we're trying to save. :(
Don't the states send part of the state income tax to the feds? That is the part that could be kept back? Unless I'm just completely misunderstanding how it works.
Agreed. It's not like the states sent treasure wagons to the federal government.
100%
An idle question after wandering online mindlessly, pre-coffee:
Mr. A Tad asks: Why is USB-C quickly becoming the standard, out of all the prior mess?
Mr. Al answers: “The EU's mandate for a common charger significantly accelerated its adoption across the industry.”
Ah, there’s a little bit of sanity on Planet Earth. I feel better now.
Good morning.
Prior mess? USB 2.0 or 3.X, or 4? Well what color is the port?
At least you could go by port color, now there's nothing. I have bits of masking tape on my usb c cables saying what speed they are for data.
Apple: here’s some new bullshit, carry three cords in car and purse
Lightning!
I *finally* put my old LG(!) phone to rest. Bit the bullet and went for a new Apple. I wanted simple, cheaper, but what got me to the iPhone 16 was thinking, “oh no, nothing short of USB-C, no way!”
Have you seen the our latest dongle?
No. Do you have an OnlyFans?
No, but I literally dreamed last night that I lost my dongle
I laugh every time I hear the word "dongle."
It was dangling, then it was gone
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Unlike far too many US corporations, the EU does tend to think a bit before imposing a "new standard" on us consumers.
You're thinking about it wrong. Planned obsolescence puts money in the offshore accounts of American executives.
They aren't all about profit uber alles.
I’ve started going into stores, or really dealing with *any* business, thinking, “How are they trying to rip me off?” Years back, I just wondered why certain companies would fuck around and trash their reputation. I’m *so* past that.
The bidness community did this to itself. FAFO.
Maybe this is why I get a literal smile on my face when I enter CostCo.
I saw camera drones at Costco this year, $350-$400...gah! I was tempted.
I bought an entry level camera drone last week at Big 5 Sporting Goods. $55, tax included. I'm glad I didn't spend more, because as it turns out, only having one eye means I'm not very good at it. Also, I can't decipher the instructions well enough to pair the cameras to my phone so I can't see what it sees.
We LOVE CostCo! :) But, yes, I know the feeling.
My partner works at a grocery store and he talks about how they rip people off all the time jacking their prices up and then promoting the "savings," etc.
It's so shitty in this country.
Does Santa wear thermal underwear when he's making his deliveries?
I used to love Woody Allen movies back in the day. Then he had an affair with and eventually married his girlfriend's daughter, 35 years his junior. Now there's a trove of photos of him skeeving around with Jeffrey Epstein at Casa de Underage Girls, a number of them along with human cesspool Steve Bannon. Fuck that sawed off little pedo piece of dogshit.
It's fucking awful. Mighty Aphrodite is one of my favorites and I can't even watch it.
Yeah, he's been dead to me for a long time. Now he's even deader.
I saw Ants as a kid and hated that movie, so I never understood the appeal of Woody. And I think by then the likely underage affair was well known
I loved Ants and I loved Bananas. I laughed and laughed during Bananas, and I think those are the only 2 Woody Allen movies I've seen. But fuck that pedo.
What a happy coincidence. Ants love Bananas too.
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Annie Hall and Sleepers for me.
I love love love some Diane but I have not watched either in a very long time
We should have gotten a clue from "Manhattan", which features Woody dating a 17 year old Mariel Hemmingway. Because what lovely 17 year old girl wouldn't fall head over heels for an elderly little gnome like Woody Allen?
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That must be what Jen is talking about putting himself in his own movies.
He stars in like most of em.
heh, Creator...Manhattan...Mariel had a niche
Though to be fair, she was 19 in Creator. And was fabulous
edit: also, and she was the one doing the courting cause Pete was not over his dead wife (not spoiling, but that is tongue and cheek)
I haven't seen those. I should see Annie Hall b/c I love Diane Keaton.
She's always so good. But now you have to see woody too.
Confession: I never actually liked him, but, I liked his pictures. I always viewed him putting himself in his own movies like a less funny Mel Brooks XD
Annie Hall is the one, yeah. Peak Keaton.
That's what I've heard my whole life and for some reason I haven't seen it. :/