Andrea Pitzer's Next Comes What podcast is always worth a listen (if you haven't--highly recommend), but today's episode simply knocked it out of the park (and is highly relevant to Evan's piece from earlier today).:
3) In every hospital there is a four-foot-ten Filipina nurse who has worked there for thirty years, basically runs the place, makes the best god damned lumpia you have ever tasted in your life, and will incinerate you without smudging her blush. You should bring her brownies.
Composer Mike Stoller of the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller is 93 years old today. Here's Leon Russell at the Concert For Bangladesh performing their song "Young Blood":
President Donald Trump’s push for a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell came to a halt today when a federal judge rejected prosecutors’ subpoenas to the Fed.
District Judge James Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against Powell, which relates to renovation at the Fed’s headquarters, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
I'm currently marinating chicken breast chunks in seasoning. Then I'm gonna skewer them and a load of veg and bbq the fucks. Then make some raiti and eat that in pita bread.
It's Friday. I'm unemployed. I'm going to enjoy the daylight and bbq good shit while I still can.
Pirro blasts judge blocking Justice Department subpoenas to Federal Reserve in Powell probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill.
The investigation into testimony last June by Chair Jerome Powell about a $2.5 billion building renovation has also delayed Senate consideration of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to replace Powell when his term ends May 15.
Judge James Boasberg said that the government has "produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime" and called its justifications for the subpoenas so "thin and unsubstantiated" that they were simply a pretext to force Powell to cut rates, as Trump has repeatedly demanded.
"There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas' dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will," he wrote.
The ruling blocks U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who issued the subpoenas, from obtaining records from the Fed related to the building renovation. Pirro blasted the ruling at a news conferecne and said she would appeal it.
Pirro said an "activist judge" has quashed the subpoenas, and has "neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate crime" and leaves Powell "bathed in immunity."
"This is wrong and it is without legal authority," she said.
Powell revealed the investigation in an unprecedented video Jan. 11, prompting Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican and member of the Banking committee, to block consideration of Warsh until the investigation is dropped.
Tillis said the ruling confirmed "just how weak and frivolous the criminal investigation of Chairman Powell is." Tillis has vowed to blockade all Federal Reserve nominees, including that of Kevin Warsh, whom Trump has nominated to be the next Fed chair, until the criminal probe into Powell is dropped.
"We all know how this is going to end and the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office should save itself further embarrassment and move on," Tillis said Friday. "Appealing the ruling will only delay the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair."
Evening Wonkers. I'm beat (and not in a good way). 'twas a BUSY day at work, and some weird system anomalies that we never explained (told my manager just to chalk it up to either Friday the 13th or Iran hackers, or both.) Spaghetti sauce is simmering and I'm finally relaxing with a glass of wine and a gummy.
We had some front 'landscaping' (I use the term loosely) redone earlier this week after the plumbing excavation last fall messed up the already messed up shrubs. Anyway, I'm not totally happy with it, so I'll be out there tomorrow making some minor adjustments. Yard crap never ends.
I enjoy the flower growing part of it, but the seasonal prep stuff (i.e. spring & fall leaf clean up) sucks.
And speaking of evolving gardens, my mother had an amazing flower garden (people from out of town would stop to look at it if they drove by her house, and she supplied many of her church's alter flowers)....anyway, I have a pic of when she first started it, and one from her final year. I need to dig those out and post.
That is why I got spawn. I bribe them with money, or booze, or sometimes both
It is equitable ^.^
YOU DO NEED TO please and thank you! My mother also had an amazing one. Mind, it was a city, so the lawns were minute, but hers was all gardened out. You could see it from two blocks up.
Snuffle. They tore it all out when the next owners did their flippity flop. I get it, but still, twas a sad thing to see.
Chyron: Trump announces US Attacks on Iran's Kharg Island
This is apparently a very bad thing. (It's an oil hub.)
And Miles Taylor is not exactly talking me off the proverbial ledge, either.
Andrea Pitzer's Next Comes What podcast is always worth a listen (if you haven't--highly recommend), but today's episode simply knocked it out of the park (and is highly relevant to Evan's piece from earlier today).:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-divorced-men-in-history/id1779885475?i=1000754861556
Stack sub seems a bit of a mess tonight.
Breaking - Evidently we just bomed Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. (He probably thinks he can build a hotel there, since it's all islandy.) JFC
Imbibing some Harp lager, sippin Jamison Whiskey, of course some ganja too.
Thanks Hooper.
Cheers everyone 😄
How many people believe that the same people who lobbed TWO Cruise Missiles at a Girls School could hit only military targets on a 20 km wide island?
It’s been reported that the missiles that hit the girls school were accurate.
The data showing a military target there was 7 years out of date.
Provided to the DoD by Palantir, of course.
They're probably including anything that isn't oil refinery or storage as a military target.
"Military" targets
"Brown People wearing what might be a uniform, or just off-duty"
Well, there you have it. Nobody has seen such dominance. That explains a lot, Donnie.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Q: What does unconditional surrender mean?
TRUMP: To me it means very simply that we are in a position of dominance that nobody has seen before, whether or not they're able to say the words
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgxyo5sykd23
That’s how it went for him on Epstein Island.
Ah. So it means I get to declare flawless victory /even if they are still shooting shit at people
There are three constants to the universe:
1) Death
2) Taxes
3) In every hospital there is a four-foot-ten Filipina nurse who has worked there for thirty years, basically runs the place, makes the best god damned lumpia you have ever tasted in your life, and will incinerate you without smudging her blush. You should bring her brownies.
I'm pretty sure she was one of Dad's nurses the last stay.
(super good nurse, and really nice, also too)
Q: Do bored of peace member shitheads get a refund?
They should be getting a whack up the side of their heads. And be charged for the service.
Shut up, Piggy!
What a nasty question!
*peace not included
"No Refunds" may very well be the official motto of the Board of Peace, next to bring your own chair.
Composer Mike Stoller of the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller is 93 years old today. Here's Leon Russell at the Concert For Bangladesh performing their song "Young Blood":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ztP0sv2qvk
And here's Elvis Presley with their "King Creole":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpHheWDih0A
"King Creole"
The best Elvis movie. Possibly even the only one worth watching.
Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jagger!
‘𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿’: 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘀, 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗢𝗝 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿
President Donald Trump’s push for a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell came to a halt today when a federal judge rejected prosecutors’ subpoenas to the Fed.
District Judge James Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against Powell, which relates to renovation at the Fed’s headquarters, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
https://shorturl.at/tHD1X [Democracy Docket]
see, that is the appropriate aplication of "blasts" ap
Learn
Boxwine gonna be walking on the sides of her heels after that.
The Walk Of Shame...
All soup ingredients chopped or minced as needed. I just have to sauté and assemble.
Then while it simmers, put together a tossed green salad, and nurse my high.
Life doesn't suck.
Don't hold out on us, what's the soup?
What should I bring? Li'l Feller is revving up his Studebaker pickup as I write this.
A nice soup is a thing of beauty.
I'm currently marinating chicken breast chunks in seasoning. Then I'm gonna skewer them and a load of veg and bbq the fucks. Then make some raiti and eat that in pita bread.
It's Friday. I'm unemployed. I'm going to enjoy the daylight and bbq good shit while I still can.
I hope your soup turns out stunningly!
For some reason, this post brought up memories of "Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon" by the Kinks.
Chicken almost ready and going with Cornbread stuffing instead of rice...
Hahahaha
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-pirro-blasts-judge-blocking-justice-department-subpoenas-to-federal-reserve-in-powell-probe
Pirro blasts judge blocking Justice Department subpoenas to Federal Reserve in Powell probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill.
The investigation into testimony last June by Chair Jerome Powell about a $2.5 billion building renovation has also delayed Senate consideration of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to replace Powell when his term ends May 15.
Judge James Boasberg said that the government has "produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime" and called its justifications for the subpoenas so "thin and unsubstantiated" that they were simply a pretext to force Powell to cut rates, as Trump has repeatedly demanded.
"There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas' dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will," he wrote.
The ruling blocks U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who issued the subpoenas, from obtaining records from the Fed related to the building renovation. Pirro blasted the ruling at a news conferecne and said she would appeal it.
Pirro said an "activist judge" has quashed the subpoenas, and has "neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate crime" and leaves Powell "bathed in immunity."
"This is wrong and it is without legal authority," she said.
Powell revealed the investigation in an unprecedented video Jan. 11, prompting Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican and member of the Banking committee, to block consideration of Warsh until the investigation is dropped.
Tillis said the ruling confirmed "just how weak and frivolous the criminal investigation of Chairman Powell is." Tillis has vowed to blockade all Federal Reserve nominees, including that of Kevin Warsh, whom Trump has nominated to be the next Fed chair, until the criminal probe into Powell is dropped.
"We all know how this is going to end and the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office should save itself further embarrassment and move on," Tillis said Friday. "Appealing the ruling will only delay the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair."
"Boxwine comes up empty, again!"
Better than bathed in hooch.
Better headline AP "Pirro is blasted BY THE JUDGE" for not doing law very well
Also they should mention that Pirro blasted the ruling in a drunken rant.
Or ... "Pirro is blasted and the Judge calls her out"
TWO box o' wine day for ol' Jeanne ...
Don't watch if you have high blood pressure.
Women Face Execution Under Tennessee's Abortion Bill WTF?!
Paul Lance (10:18) : https://youtu.be/o55u7vcHOyY
Pro-Life!
It didn't even get a vote in committee, did it?
That somebody would write up shit like that to be made into law makes me want to SHARPEN ALL THE THINGS!
Nope.
But the fact that anyone thought this was a good idea...
Oh they ALL "THINK" it's a "good idea"....
It was never, ever, ever about protecting the precious babies.
Evening Wonkers. I'm beat (and not in a good way). 'twas a BUSY day at work, and some weird system anomalies that we never explained (told my manager just to chalk it up to either Friday the 13th or Iran hackers, or both.) Spaghetti sauce is simmering and I'm finally relaxing with a glass of wine and a gummy.
We had some front 'landscaping' (I use the term loosely) redone earlier this week after the plumbing excavation last fall messed up the already messed up shrubs. Anyway, I'm not totally happy with it, so I'll be out there tomorrow making some minor adjustments. Yard crap never ends.
yard crap isn't supposed to ever end. It is supposed to be an on going labor of love.
A garden that does not evolve over time is not a living thing, but a still life
I enjoy the flower growing part of it, but the seasonal prep stuff (i.e. spring & fall leaf clean up) sucks.
And speaking of evolving gardens, my mother had an amazing flower garden (people from out of town would stop to look at it if they drove by her house, and she supplied many of her church's alter flowers)....anyway, I have a pic of when she first started it, and one from her final year. I need to dig those out and post.
That is why I got spawn. I bribe them with money, or booze, or sometimes both
It is equitable ^.^
YOU DO NEED TO please and thank you! My mother also had an amazing one. Mind, it was a city, so the lawns were minute, but hers was all gardened out. You could see it from two blocks up.
Snuffle. They tore it all out when the next owners did their flippity flop. I get it, but still, twas a sad thing to see.
Lovely on the wine....yard work builds character and keeps the neighbors happy....
At least try and enjoy the rest of the evening. What are you having with the spaghetti sauce?
Sauce will be over angel hair pasta, with some garlic bread to sop up the sauce!
So when’s the next meeting of the Board of Peace?
Please deposit $10B into this Crypto wallet
depends, how much money ya got?
The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Youth Foundation has the room until May. Gotta wait.
Iran is probably going to have some choice words at the next meeting.
They need to dig a deeper bomb shelter first.