Tuesday Open Thread ~~ Fat Tuesday Mambo
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Being that tomorrow is the beginning of Lent, when all good catlicks forsake vices for the foreseeable future, today is the culmination of all the parades, music and general debauchery going on for the past month or so. It is tradition to wear a mask, so as to not be so recognizable while expressing the inner wild. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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It's difficult to describe the culture surrounding the Mardi Gras spirit... red beans and ricely yours, throw me something mister, Dixie Beer, Hurricanes, crawfish pie, po-boys, all night improv jams, floats, golden coconuts, beads and doubloons, marching bands, King cake, block parties, Krewes, Rex and Zulu parades, music and dance. Cafe Au Lait and Beignets. And all that jazz...
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Wishing y'all a magic sack of gris-gris today. Good for whatever oils ya. Oh, and share whatever you like - OT.
Check out WWOZ jazzy public radio for their live stream today. Great stuff!
https://www.wwoz.org
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May be too early unless up all night
Hope y'all have a fun one!
Too wired by the music to sleep.
Thanks QMS for the momentum to celebrate this time through music and dance.
Latin and Caribbean sounds were my introduction to music and dance, thanks to my parents love of dancing to its rhythms. Despite my initial sense of embarrassment as a young teenager watching my parents seductive moves to the music, I grew to love the same rhythms.
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HAH!
A buddy of mine was a cop and got a side gig working a Tito Puente show at a small college in Lewiston, Maine. Since I'm a fairly Large individual, he got me in on the gig as security, also. When the band showed up, I did what I almost always do-started rody-ing for the band. Grabbing speakers, amps, lights, whatever(no instruments unless asked-I Know better), and hauling stuff in. I was Much younger then, but still older than the college crowd by a decade(at Least).
The crowd had No Idea who was playing for them, and Tito Could have phoned it in and been done with it. But he and the band didn't. They Jammed the joint for more than two hours that night and did two encores, the second one to an almost empty house. When it was over and I'd helped load out, All the band members(Tito included) shook my hand and thanked me personally.
Best C-note I ever earned. Incidentally, I smoked up the horn section before the first set And at the break. And no, Tito Didn't partake.
Thanks for the impetus to stroll down memory lane!
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Great story, TBU
Tito Puente performing at the end to an almost empty audience. That sounds to have been both disheartening and enjoyable. Thanks for the reflection.
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Don't leave
until the House lights come up.
Even then, good acoustic things happen.
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Boogey the blues away
Best I could manage was a mambo sway shuffle-like movement.
cheerios!
I never learned the steps or could follow the moves
to the latin dances my parents did so naturally. Moving to Reggae and free interpretation of latin dancing was more my natural drift. With that, I'll try to drift off to sleep and wish you an expressive day.
Sweet dreams
Woke up at 330, like I used to.
And actually, feels pretty good. I like waking up this early and writing. It helps me. No work today on the actual story, but got a few good diary pages written, which is good.
Have to leave today to see my therapist. He helps, don't get me wrong, but I hate having to travel in the cold. At the same time, it also makes the choice to go a bit more meaningful. I have to push myself to do the right thing.
Our society is so obsessed with not causing upset, and respecting feelings that we won't do what has to be done to heal the wounds. I'm realizing it with my own therapy. Some day we're going to learn that if the entire rest of the world is made up of psycho jerks... maybe the psycho jerk isn't the rest of the world.
And a random Pinball theme which makes me happy.
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Beware the unmasking
Morning Detroit!
good luck
Hi dmw
I'd think that respecting feelings wouldn't cause upset. Thanks for the thought that no matter how many psycho jerks there are in the world, it doesn’t define the world.
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
'cause I don't want to live on this planet anymore, people are too cruel. I hate this place, where I live. Dawgs scream and cry, mean people suck. People scream and cry, mean dawgs suck. Life goes on... experts agree everything in the middle and above is fine. I am not celebrating, I am contemplating the inanity of hamster wheels. At least this made me smile for a while:
https://archive.org/details/VoyagetothePlanetofPrehistoricWomen
Science-fiction, so very bad it is funny good. All hail Robot John.
Yesterday Always Talking Man included us in his Aaron Sorkin way, something about being careful there is a lot of helicopter action in the area... searching. I remember asking "Do I look like them?", the ones being looked for, and he said no I am fine but watch out. whew
A couple of days ago, Robert from the bridge said "good morning" to my neighbor as we passed along the walkway, and we just about fell over in surprise. Right on I love our homeless people, they are my people. I wish I had a house to give them. Some other young homeless guy shoveled all the sand off the River Park wheelchair access path, and he cut up the big logs with his chainsaw for easy removal. Told us he liked the work and didn't like being homeless because it gave him "a bad name." I thanked him, that is all I have to give. thanks
The professionals with clipboards were upset to see all the work he had done while the "due to FLOODED" trail was closed I'm sure, because now how do they get their disaster moneys? Someone called the cops to shoo him away, that's our D-Value eXperience in Cloverdale. Move along, now give us more money. Million$ pour in to keep the wheels spinning, keep the landlords fat and happy. CORRUPT
The local D-Value brainwashing meeting is all about The Electoral College this month, as if it matters at all. As if Clinton were President things would be so different. Yeah, let's party why not. titanic
peace of tuesday
Hey eyo, take me with you to that planet
Resistance is futile, my toothache is gone
It's been ten days since I had that toothache > jaw pain > eyeball stabbing episode from my back molar. For two full days the gland on that side was a little swollen and extremely tender. It hurt to swallow, much less chew anything beforehand. wah
In the middle of all that while I was feeling much pain, I started really seriously looking at Dentist options, there is one right around the corner that could not be easier. But instead, what I did was decide that it's not worth the money, and this is just a part of dying. It's the same thinking like when I junked my car, at some point the money won't help, it's too far gone. And so am I too far gone, lacking desire to keep going for many more years. whats the point
Right after I had that thought, and stopped worrying about "fixing" my face with money, the pain started to go away. Like, as soon as I stopped resisting and started accepting, then the healing began apace. Today I cannot believe I am chomping on chips and everything like before. The old filling still looks nasty but it no longer gives me pain. Perhaps the nerve went dead, thank you? Maybe prayer does work, so there? I did meditate quite a bit, visualizing the thing in my jaw becoming less of me, getting smaller in size and different colors...? lol woo "There are four lights." moving from topic to topic
Happy Healing
may all beings feel love and kindness
also pineapple thai
thanks
Had that tooth thing happen
once on an offshore delivery. the gum swelled up with a burning infection. nasty pain being so close to the brain. no dental help out in the waves. just kept putting pressure on the swell, harder and harder till it popped. the fluid escaping was some ugly tasting stuff. was better by landfall.
Good Luck.
Ohjeeze
toothache is some of the worst kind of pain. Your'e experience is just awful. I'm glad your'e better.
good chilly morning
A brisk 23 this AM at Trade Day. Very few vendors or shoppers. Got in a visit with an old buddy who showed up, and most of the usual suspects were there. After all the rain it is nice to see the sun, and in reality we've had a very mild winter. No snow (so far). The blizzard of '93 hit on March 13.
I noticed some pear trees in bloom that got bit, but daffodils and other blooms seem fine this morning. One more cold night before warming and rain again.
I like the woods in winter, and been spending a fair amount of time in the forest. It will soon green up and snakes, ticks, and chiggers will become pests. It is almost time to check out "the Pocket" a natural wildflower holler on Pigeon Mountain.
https://journal.uswildflowers.com/spring-wildflowers-at-the-pocket-at-pi...
More pictures:
http://www.beechhollowfarms.com/the-pocket-at-pigeon-mountain/
http://www.mysweetthings.com/2012/04/09/the-pocket-of-pigeon-mountaina-p...
The Lenten roses are blooming just in time for Lent
Forsythia and Quince just beginning their spring show
...and the ever faithful daffodils
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed- and gazed- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth
Hope you all dance with the daffodils...have a great day.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks for the glimpses of spring
refreshing to see, especially with the frozen tundra outside the window.
Continuous as the stars that shine...
....Tossing their heads in sprightly dance
great visual imagery
Thanks!
Great
I missed the pre-Lent party again being that today is Fat Tuesday and I'm nowhere near the festivities. Once again I'm just in time for the penance portion of this tradition. Forty days seems to be the important number in all this. Forty days of wandering around in the desert, forty days of fasting, forty days of battling the devil, forty days of flooding for Noah, if you live in Nineveh....forty days to decide to repent or be destroyed. Whew, big stuff.
Good mawnin', QMS. Never been, maybe someday, maybe not.
Great music all same. The whole "masked and crazy" bit, across the centuries, makes one wonder about the dissonance and disconnect buried in the origins. If you have to hide who are you are from the watchers, do you also hide it from yourself? Makes one suspect that it was healthier without the masks, as the misguided worship, respect, and reverence, of Saturnalia. OTOH, were the masks actually ineffective, simply intended to provide plausible deniability to otherwise open secrets. Too early for all that, I suspect. Gotta love this beat -
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
wasn't that a pop tune?
Lost in a Masquerade. Can't say if the cranial damage done during the Mardi Gras of yore were worth it at this point, but it was fun at the time (I think).
Cheers!
Enjoyed the dancing as much as the beat.
Thank you.
Annnnd, from distant, exotic Philly
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning, Q ~~
Fat Tuesday! Wow - it snuck right up on me! I hope to visit 'Nawleens someday. Mr. RA has been there twice and loves it. Someday......
In the meantime:
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Have a musical and celebratory Tuesday, everyone!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Thanks for the Professor
Fun stuff. I'm live-streaming nawlens graw tunes. Lot's of horns. It's funny how time sneaks up on you. Best spirits your way!
What fingers!
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Here's an idea: Keep teachers, and fire the vape detectors
Staffing changes proposed in response to low district enrollment
Charter schools have killed California public education thinking dead. This is how administration operates, money money money per head, just like the prison system. It's their job. I vote we get rid of Decker's position, and keep 3 teachers while also getting rid of the stupidly extravagant expense of vape detection. Who gets that contract? I don't know, but the problem is obvious. Put values on the ballot, and this is what you get in California. Good old pieces of shit running the place in to the ground. good luck
the future happens here first
please send help
Demographics are tough on contract negotiation
Our local school student population has been declining for years. The teachers union won't give an inch. Student class size per teacher has gone down to the lowest in the state. So what do they propose? Advertising to parents from out-of-district to send their kids here. For a set fee, which is half of what we pay for ours. To justify their contracts. Ain't happening Something needs to give.
Sounds like quite a dilemma.
What do you think needs to happen?
A kind of wild justice
I stopped by kos strawish poll this morning, hit the "End" key to browse a few comments. Channeling Sargeant Schultz...
LOL yeah I'd say 47k out of 86k is a pretty robotic sustained rate of freep for one poll. Way to go BernBots! Make markos richer why not, make his mailing list biglier, I mean yuge. Who wants to bet there will be more candidates added, or maybe kos will end the polling just like last time. Exactly. I got 25 cents on him taking his ball and going bulemic again.
"Still coming in at a sustained rate of 56%"
pew pew pew!
REVENGE
sweet tuesday
Start the pool!
I'm good for $.25 that he takes his ball and goes home, too! Will it be March 15 again? Not this time - too many irons in the fire (candidates in the hunt) to stop polling now. What will the date be?
April 12 is as good as any!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Why isn't Tulsi on the list?
Last time someone posted, didn't see Tulsi as an option. Weird, cause that's the only candy date I've sent a buck to. Methinks April 15 is going to be the game changer date this swing around the wheel.
Markos declares it invalid, no joke!
He didn't like the result so he now makes up some crazy thing.
"Update: Due to user error—mine—I failed to turn on a function that makes it harder to cheat when voting. As a result, people were able to turn their browsers to incognito mode and repeatedly rapid-fire vote—something done extensively by Bernie Sanders supporters. As a result, these results are not an accurate reflection of candidate online support, and will be discarded. "
HAHAHAA
no foolin'
only Bernie supporters do this, right?
What a toad he is!
Maybe I shouldn't insult toads. Sorry about that.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
"not an accurate reflection of candidate online support"
wow, his software sucks, that's all? Nobody is doing anything to freep any other candidates are they? What voters care enough to freep any poll, to jump through those hoops, that is the question. And the answer is Bernie supporters, sweet lovely berners bent on getting what they were robbed of in '16.
The Internets are not for Kamala, not sorry.
I feel robbed by Ds back then, and disenfranchised by Ds now. Wild justice gives a thrill, briefly. As always, be careful what you ask for you might get it.
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Actblue money is the only thing propping up the D-Dead National Committee, as far as I can tell. Here be January 2019 Receipts from Individuals. huh There sure are a lot of "Individuals" named ACT BLUE.
cui bono
Anything to avoid acknowledging Bernie's wins.
In a way he's a little trump-like.
How much more outrageous or deceitful can one be, and still draw the masses? It's mind-numbing.
Funny eyo, especially the going bulimic part …
I’d add another quarter to yours.
Are email lists the most valuable currency?
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton walk in to a bar.
Donald leans over, and with a smile on his face, says, “The media is really tearing you apart for that Scandal.”
Hillary: “You mean my lying about Benghazi?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “You mean the massive voter fraud?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “You mean the military not getting their votes counted?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “Using my secret private server with classified material to hide my Activities?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “The NSA monitoring our phone calls, emails and everything else?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “Using the Clinton Foundation as a cover for tax evasion, hiring cronies, and taking bribes from foreign countries?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “You mean the drones being operated in our own country without the benefit of the law?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “Giving 123 Technologies $300 Million, and right afterward it declared bankruptcy and was sold to the Chinese?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “You mean arming the Muslim Brotherhood and hiring them in the White House?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “Whitewater, Watergate committee, Vince Foster, commodity Deals?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “Turning Libya into chaos?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “Being the mastermind of the so-called Arab Spring that only brought chaos, death and destruction to the Middle East and North Africa?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “Leaving four Americans to die in Benghazi?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “Trashing Mubarak, one of our few Muslim friends?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “The funding and arming of terrorists in Syria, the destruction and destabilization of that nation, giving the order to our lapdogs in Turkey and Saudi Arabia to give sarin gas to the “moderate” terrorists in Syria that they eventually used on civilians, and framed Assad, and had it not been for the Russians and Putin, we would have used that as a pretext to invade Syria, put a puppet in power, steal their natural resources, and leave that country in total chaos, just like we did with Libya?
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “The creation of the biggest refugees crisis since WWII?”
Trump: “No the other one:”
Hillary: “Leaving Iraq in chaos?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “The DOJ spying on the press?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean HHS Secretary Sibelius shaking down health insurance Executives?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “Giving our cronies in SOLYNDRA $500 MILLION DOLLARS and 3 months later they declared bankruptcy and then the Chinese bought it?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “The NSA monitoring citizens?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “The State Department interfering with an Inspector General Investigation on departmental sexual misconduct?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “Me, The IRS, Clapper and Holder all lying to Congress?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “Threats to all of Bill’s former mistresses to keep them quiet?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean the INSIDER TRADING of the Tyson chicken deal I did where I invested $1,000 and the next year I got $100,000?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean when Bill met with Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, just before my hearing with the FBI to cut a deal?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean the one where my IT guy at Platte River Networks asked Reddit for help to alter emails?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “You mean where the former Haitian Senate President accused me and my foundation of asking him for bribes?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean that old video of me laughing as I explain how I got the charges against that child rapist dropped by blaming the young girl for liking older men and fantasising about them. Even though I knew the guy was guilty?
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean that video of me coughing up a giant green lunger into my drinking glass then drinking it back down?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean that video of me passing out on the curb and losing my shoe?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean when I robbed Bernie Sanders of the Democratic Party Nomination by having the DNC rig the nomination process so that I would win?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “You mean how so many people that oppose me have died in mysterious ways?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “Travel Gate? When seven employees of the White House Travel Office were fired so that friends of Bill and mine could take over the travel business? And when I lied under oath during the investigation by the FBI, the Department of Justice, the White House itself, the General Accounting Office, the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and the Whitewater Independent Counsel?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “The scandal where (while I was Secretary of State) the State Department signed off on a deal to sell 20% of the USA’s uranium to a Canadian corporation that the Russians bought, netting a $145 million donation from Russia to the Clinton Foundation and a $500,000 speaking gig for Bill from the Russian Investment Bank that set up the corporate buyout? That scandal?”
Trump: “No, the other one.”
Hillary: “That time I lied when I said I was under sniper fire when I got off the plane in Bosnia?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “That time when after I became the First Lady, I improperly requested a bunch of FBI files so I could look for blackmail material on government insiders?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “That time when Bill nominated Zoe Baird as Attorney General, even though we knew she hired illegal immigrants and didn’t pay payroll taxes on them?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “When I got Nigeria exempted from foreign aid transparency guidelines despite evidence of corruption because they gave Bill $700,000 in speaking fees?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “That time in 2009 when Honduran military forces allied with rightist lawmakers ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, and I as then-Secretary of State sided with the armed forces and fought global pressure to reinstate him?”
Trump: “No, the other one:”
Hillary: “I give up! … Oh wait, I think I’ve got it! When I stole the White House furniture and silverware when Bill left Office?”
Trump: “THAT’S IT, THAT ONE”
Hillary: “I thought I’d got away with that one, dammit !!!”.
A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard
much as I hate Hillary...
that's a pretty weird right wing thing to post. I'm surprised there's no pizza parlor mention. Or maybe there is and I missed it.
EDIT: oh, I gave you a thumbs up anyway since there's so much truth there.
2nd EDIT: it just leaves out all the Trump stuff.
Right wing to be sure
And definitely CT. I mean sure... some of the things in that list are definitely true and others bear investigation (lol, right). But overall this was meant as a joke. I certainly wouldn't be using it a piece of evidence in an argument.
Insofar as "right wing", that's a certainty. If you want to know what's wrong with team Blue it's going to be team Red that tells you... and vice versa. Both teams are abysmal at introspection.
A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard
This is brilliant!
And such a tidy list of all of the things that she has gotten away with. I'd love to post this on the next Twitter thread where people are denying that she did anything wrong.
Well played!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
The tax-supported German TV news tonight was an infomercial
for Macron‘s latest bulls—t re upcoming elections to the European parliament — very annoying — followed by a long tribute to retired FDP politician Klaus Kinkel, who passed away yesterday.
If I wouldn't read here and other US outlets
I would go nuts.
Hi, nice to see you again. I missed you and was wondering about you. Hope all is well in your home. I can't get used to living in Germany. Huge culture shock to me. ARD is making political manipulations with their massive amounts of politically intended 'Crime Thrillers'. Can't stand it and think we have something similar going on with regards to psychoiogical manipulation via the main stream TV media especially ARD. Luckily there is quite nice coverage on the regional channels and some others with (st least for me) very good documentaries. Helps me to learn about Germany's last fifty years and more.
Was in Amsterdam for 5 weeks staying with my Dutch blind friend
On Feb. 9 the La Pellegrina music project, which we both sing in, gave a performance of Dvorak’s Te Deum op. 103 plus an orchestral-choral arrangement of Dvorak’s Moravian Duets.
I was in NL for the rehearsals and actual concert and after the concert it was convenient for me to stay another 3 weeks.
Only got back yesterday.
oh, that must have been wonderful,
you have so many talents and friends you sing together with. That's a blessing. Welcome back.
So, how do we know about Dr. Strangelove's intentions?
I didn't watch the movie, so I am an imbecile ignorant. But Chris Hedges made me understand that you better think twice giving Giving the Bomb to Saudi Arabia's Dr. Strangelove isn't the best idea.
There is too much in there. Worth a full read, if you can make it.
BBC Reporter Corrects US Media on Venezuela
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And of course there are still people screaming 'HURR DURR KOMUNIZUM SOSHLIZUM DURR DURR'. Fucking morons.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Fat Tuesday in NOLA
Great topic. Never been but want to. Was talking about New Orleans yesterday and all the food I'd like to eat while there. This peaked my curiosity and so I breezed through the menus of some of New Orleans eateries and I'm salivating already!
Where's my airline ticket!?!
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
If it ain't savory
It's wicked sweet. That's where I learned to cook. Oh, baby. Mouthwatering alligator, catfish, redfish, bourbon steak,oysters and crayfish. They do cuisine right. Makes you want to cook!
Did I forget
Shrimp gumbo, mufflettas, po-boys, red beans and rice, hot sauce (Tabasco), jambalaya, andouille, and pralines? Now you got me going.
Okay, now I hate you
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Yeah, food is like that
it's a passionate love / hate kinda thing
Fuck yeah!
Everything but the oysters anyway; I think I only managed to eat about four before I called it quits.
....I really wish we had a Popeye's closer than the twin cities. *sob*
This shit is bananas.
there's a joke about popeyes
flied chickens, but it doesn't occur just now
once got a 50 pound sack of oysters on the side of the road down on the bayou for $15
brought it uptown, made oyster stew, omelets, fried, baked, on the half shell, bbq'ed casseroles and every which way. fed the neighborhood for a week. guess I got my fill, cause it's a rare treat nowadays.
Cheers!
oysters
There is a saying that really tickled me about them slimy tasty devils (raw). It hangs on the odd sign in restaurants along the Gulf Coast, and the chain Po' Folks had it among dozens of country sayings they used on their menu.
"The first man that ate a raw oyster, was a brave man."
For me it turned out to be another sushi moment. When you find out this poor maligned food item has been wrongfully disparaged. Followed by, what took me so long!?! Then proceeding to make up for lost time.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Have you OD'd yet ;).
Raw fish, or lightly 'cooked' in lime, is one of my very favourites.
Laissez les bons temps rouler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez_les_bons_temps_rouler
Don't know about Mardi Gras Mambo, but, if you're into dirty dancing--and, given the right dance partner, who among us is not?---
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM9yYL6BD-4]
Sorry to be so late to the thread. I post Let the Good Times Roll every year for Mardi Gras.
guess it's the local slang
but when the cajuns say it, sounds more like la bone tone rue
good hearing from you
Happy Mardi Gras
I wore beads to work today, heh.
Here is my favorite band that I saw in New Orleans:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/25gACRVudUjh4SPo9du9nK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpCW9-pAJI2e6kYzHA1lIQ
They are absolutely amazing live too. I wasn't there during Mardi Gras, but I still had a blast. I hope to take my husband there some day before it sinks into the gulf of Mexico. I need to pick up one of those signs they have everywhere that says "Be nice or leave" for my future bakery.
Was looking for a good paczki, but the ones I looked at yesterday had way too many carbs--112 grams of carbs each! Eep!
Cheers!
This shit is bananas.
what's a pazcki?
Is that like a polish king cake?
Oh, by the bye
a king cake is a sweet dough round loaf with a hole in the middle. Traditionally the hosts of the Mardi Gras party serve a slice to all of the guests (after a sumptuous meal). Hidden within the cake is a small icon of a king. Whom so ever gets the king in their slice of cake is responsible to buy the next year's cake. It becomes a bond / grouping thing. Almost tribal in it's origins. Case ya didn't know. Fun stuff.
Close.
It's a Polish pastry, basically a fatter, overstuffed bismark. People used to make them as a way to use up all the butter, sugar, eggs, etc. they had lying around before Lent.
(edit: capitalization)
This shit is bananas.