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Holiday Open Thread
Happy Thanksgiving! As I’ve usually done with threads like this, some advice for maximizing your leftover food enjoyment. Spray water on the food before you microwave it. The result would come close to food that was freshly baked. If you drink alcohol, drink water after every serving.
The folks we give thanks for – LTC Stirm
First off – a Happy Thanksgiving to all you turkeys (you just knew some one of we smartasses just had to say it, didn’t you?) Now, if you’re more than, say, 50 or so, try to hear the word “turkey” used like that without hearing it in Jerry Reed’s voice. If you can – if […]
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Blunderbuss Happy T-Day, y’all. Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck
Shots fired in D.C. – For real
Two National Guardsmen from West Virginia have been shot in D.C., about two blocks away from the White House. Sounds like the gunman is in custody (and has also been shot). Conflicting information is coming out on whether the two soldiers are alive or dead. I hope to God it’s the former. From the AP; […]
Midweek Open Thread
Ready for tomorrow? There are calls to “decolonize” Thanksgiving, and to see that day as “a day of mourning.” These folks seem to forget the story where the settlers invited the Native Americans to their Thanksgiving dinner. After the settlers lost people the previous year, the Native Americans taught them how to deal with North […]
Wednesday shorts
Yep, tomorrow is tryptophan day. Well, it’s thought of as such – but it turns out that is an urban legend and turkey doesn’t put you to sleep. I may, but not the turkey. The sleepy feeling is basically overeating causing your blood sugar to go a little nuts. Leading into the holiday: The Muslim […]
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Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Knife Alleged Knife-Wielding Man Shot, Killed at St. Louis Airport AWR Hawkins An alleged knife-wielding man was shot and killed by police Friday morning around 1:00 o’clock at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. CBS News reported that police located the man during a routine area check. A police spokesperson said he was in […]
Federal judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James
Cameron McGowan Currie, a federal district judge, dismissed the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James, arguing that the appointment of the U.S. attorney pushing these cases was “illegal.” The charges were dismissed without prejudice, so the administration can press the charges again once they have an attorney who meets Currie’s requirements. The Justice […]
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