PassedOut Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 No, it's Minnesota and they are protesting because Jesse told them to.Looks like a tea party rally, but with different signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Or maybe not. Inside Capitol, Wisconsin protesters create a city A sign declares on the second floor of the Capitol, where protesters have asked the protesters to sleep, declares: "Our principles: 1. The Capitol is our house! Treat it as such and clean up! 2. Non-violence: stay away from debates! Don't hurt others! 3. No drugs or alcohol. 4. Keep noise down past 1 am. 5. Have fun." Hundreds of police officers from all over the state have been deployed as a precaution and dozens stay with the protesters each night. But the protesters have shown remarkable restraint and respect, not only to the armed police that surround them but to the 100-year-old granite building itself. Reports that they were defacing the capitol with graffiti and engaging in other forms of vandalism have been flatly denied by the authorities. There's a help yourself commissary of sorts in a hallway near the office of Terese Berceau, a Democratic representative from Madison, with bottled water, bags of sandwich bread and bagels, jars of peanut butter and all kinds of other non-perishables donated by businesses in Madison. It is impossible to walk around without bumping into someone handing out bottled water or pizza -- all donated. There are places to recycle trash, a lost and found where protesters can retrieve items they have misplaced, a medic station for protesters who feel unwell and a charging station for the cell phones and laptops that many are using to keep the wider world up-to-date on the protests through social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 OK I see, but what's going on in Idaho??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 OK I see, but what's going on in Idaho??? Potatoes. Lots of potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 The perfidy of the democrats knows no bounds. One of those villains phoned Wisconsin Governor Walker impersonating billionaire oilman David Koch, and then released the content of that call knowing full well that the governor meant the discussion to be private and confidential: Call fallout stokes Wisconsin union fight Walker said he would tell the wayward Democrats, whose absence denied the Senate a quorum needed for a vote on his proposal, that he was "willing to sit down and talk" with them but "only ... if they came back to the Capitol with all 14 of them." Walker said on the call that his legal advisers believed the presence of the 14 in the Capitol building alone, but not the Senate chamber, would allow the Republicans to declare a quorum in the chamber and pass the measure. "If you heard I was going to talk to them that's the only reason why," Walker said, according to a transcript of the telephone call posted on website Wispolitics.Okay, time for Plan B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/emigration/images/header.jpg Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Sunday Boring Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 earthquake in reykjavik!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 earthquake in reykjavik!! Has the Eyjafjallajökull spoken again? Is it safe? Did you manage to save all beer bottles? Questions upon questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Sunday Boring Sunday The Canadian Womens curling final is about to start. WOOOO HOOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Has the Eyjafjallajökull spoken again? Is it safe? Did you manage to save all beer bottles? Questions upon questions.just 4 on the Richter scale. I felt a few aftershocks, slept through the "main thing" :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Minnesota North Stars for Stanley Cup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Minnesota North Stars for Stanley Cup! Minnesota North Stars Zamboni Blues Johnny's in the nets, fendin' off the backhand,I'm playin' center, learnin' how to skate again,Man drop the puck down, jump back, spin aroundSays he is an ex-clownWants a ride downtownLook out kids, your off sides againBetter freeze the puck,high stick your best friendMan in a trench coat behind the glasswants 11 dollar billyour only got a seat at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Sea Scallops just went on sale. How do you think I should cook them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Sea Scallops just went on sale. How do you think I should cook them? No doubt >>> Hijacker's Scallops = Savory Scallops with Ham and Bacon 1/4 cup chopped bacon, about 4 slices 1/4 cup minced ham 2 green onions, thinly sliced, optional1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste 1/4 cup flour 1/8 teaspoon hot sauce 12 ounces fresh or frozen scallops, thawed3 tablespoons water, or the liquid from thawed scallops 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley Fry bacon slowly in heavy skillet with tight fitting lid. Add ham and onion; cook until lightly browned. Sprinkle with salt, flour and hot sauce; do not stir. Simmer until flour is absorbed in fat. Add thawed scallops to skillet; stir gently to mix. cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes. Add Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice to scallop juice or water; add with parsley to scallop mixture. Stir; turn off heat. Continue stirring over the warm burner until sauce covers each scallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 This is one of my favorite scallop recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Sea Scallops just went on sale. How do you think I should cook them? Deep fried with bacon, smothered with Finnish ketsup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 http://s3.amazonaws.com/food52_assets/slides/2122/original/042010F_256.JPG?1271814644 Recipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/03/12/hall1.jpg?t=1299956609&s=51 Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant At his restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, Top Chef Ilan Hall is wrapping a piece of bacon around a traditional matzo ball. "It's a pretty simple recipe, except in place of vegetable oil, we use either rendered bacon fat or lard," he tells Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. "The pork fat makes it incredibly fluffy." Since winning the reality show Top Chef, Hall has become famous for dishes that meld Scottish and Jewish cuisine. "My mother's from Israel and my father is from Scotland — both Jewish," he says. "When you really want to make your best food, you need to go back to your roots." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 "When you really want to make your best food, you need to go back to your roots." Hmmm. Anybody have a recipe for Scottish homemade Tennessee corn liquor and Irish potatoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 "Don't they ever serve any other part of the Matzoh?" -- Marilyn Monroe, on being served Matzoh Ball Soup at a White House dinner (possibly apocryphal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Well I'm a Zamboni babyI wanna scrape all over youYes I'm a Zamboni for your love, babeI'd like nothing better than to scrape all over youI'm gonna ice your soul with some sweet rock & rollAnd sweep you full of rhythm and blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Speaking of 3NT down 9, once at junior camp playing in central park, someone opened 1NT (two non-touching suits). I doubled. His partner bid 3NT. It came back to me. I doubled, and it was redoubled. -9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Quite normal contract at the rubber beach bridge in my college times. Sun, beer, and look at the bikini-girls around us had enormous influence on the level of the play heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 A bridge post is really too close to on-topic to be considered off-topic. But, as this thread is for off-topic topics and an on-topic topic would be about as off-topic as a topic could be in an off-topic thread...then....well... carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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