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speaking o' ease o' storage, am having a vulgar quantity o' pots, pans, knives, kitchen gadgets and utensils. so instead o' getting rid o' the stuff we hardly ever use, we bought a couple o' these: we figured if julia child organized her kitchen with a peg board, it wouldn't be gauche for us to do likewise. am reasonably certain we failed to maintain kitchen class and dignity by adding the boards, but we did have enough additional room for a carbon steel pan we were ogling. we shouldn't need a collapsible microwave cover to save space, but we do. we will observe the peg boards are convenient particular now that our knee is shot and we got trouble squatting, kneeling and the like. HA! Good Fun!

feels wrong to add this to politics. ... am knowing it ain't funny, but the fact the US is gonna need once more choose between biden and trump makes us laugh as we recall o'toole's corollary of finagle's law: the perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum. HA! Good Fun!

hmmm. the uk didn't want jews in the british mandate lands o' the middle east. the jews and arabs in the british mandate were doing a bang up job o' creating chaos for the brits, so the brit solution were to delay dealing with the issue. temp uk solution: keep as many jews as possible from relocating to the british mandate lands. after ww2, jews would escape detention camps in europe and then the brits would capture 'em, usually at sea, and lock 'em up in the dozen or so pow-style detention camps on cyprus. very humanitarian. 'course the uk wanted jews in the uk even less than they wanted 'em in the british mandate lands. US were hardly angelic bystanders. truman tried to pressure the uk into opening up the british mandate to displaced jews and the british suggested that if truman wanted to save the jews, then the US should take 'em, but truman couldn't get Congress to accept the relaxation o' nativist policies from previous administrations until 47, and there were no positive jewish immigration laws passed until 48. immediate following the war, truman sent a guy named harrison to inspect the detention camps where jews were being kept in europe. after reading the harrison report, truman contacts gen. eisenhower in august o' 45 and orders him to improve the camp situation. "As matters now stand, we appear to be treating the Jews as the Nazis treated them except that we do not exterminate them. They are in concentration camps in large numbers under our military guard instead of S.S. troops. One is led to wonder whether the German people, seeing this, are not supposing that we are following or at least condoning Nazi policy." eisenhower took the matter serious and personal, which led to dramatic improvement in living conditions for displaced jews who nevertheless remained, for years, in US supervised concentration camps following ww2. the situation for jews in camps managed by other powers were no better. again, 48 is when the US final opened their doors in a meaningful way to displaced jews. 'course almost simultaneous the US state department began adding limits on any and all immigrants whose country o' origin were soviet. is not so much forgotten history as it is history which were rare if ever taught, so there weren't a chance to forget that jews and other peoples detained, abused and murdered by the germans continued to suffer the tender mercies o' enlightened europeans and americans for years following ww2. regardless, the uk worked hard to prevent jews from reaching their middle eastern colony. brits delayed doing anything meaningful for as long as possible, which is the most common political solution to difficult problems even if it is almost always a fail. edit: so @Elerondobserves how curious it is that two thousand years o' retributive christian antisemitism is glossed over by so many. in response, one poster responds that he were raised in an atheist country... germany. germany? HA! Good Fun!

people (many/most) don't understand that ww2 hardly resulted in instant tolerance o' jews from the western world. is a common misunderstanding that europeans and americans welcomed displaced jews after ww2 and that just ain't the case. it took america a couple years to abolish anti-jewish immigration laws which had been in place since the late 1800s and remained throughout ww2, and the US were far more accommodating than most o' europe.... and then the cold war ramped up (almost immediate after ww2) and sudden there were added restrictions on russian jews and those from soviet satellites. how many jews were murdered by local populations when they were first liberated? unknown, but one reason jews were rounded up and detained in old concentration camps for years, were to protect 'em from enlightened westerners looking to do 'em harm. oh, and 'course the unscop report determined that the brits had illegal restricted jewish immigration to british mandate land, detaining those displaced european jews in the infamous cyprus camps. 'course the brits were dealing with a problem created by the rest o' europe 'cause nobody in europe wanted to accommodate displaced jews. https://www.c-span.org/video/?476538-1/the-million western history textbooks is a bit fuzzy on a few o' the details regarding western tolerance o' jews after ww2. HA! Good Fun!

we frequent use fried capers as a garnish. our linked microwave video from atk includes a quick, easy and usually mess-minimal approach to frying capers. ff to 6:24 if interested. however, we do recommend one o' these: https://www.tovolo.com/product/tovolo-large-collapsible-microwave-cover-food-and-meal-prep-kitchen-gadget/ at $12 on sale it is one o' our better cooking gadget investments. nowadays we typical poach eggs in the microwave, and maybe one-in-twenty attempts (am ordinary poaching two eggs at a time, so one outta forty eggs) am getting an explody fail, which is not fun. is much easier to clean the cover than the entire microwave. am mentioning 'cause a catastrophic caper disincorporation has happened to us more than once, although the result is a bit less dramatic than the egg. HA! Good Fun!

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Israel-Hamas War Day 14 | Red Cross Says It Has Two American Hostages Released by Hamas

Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump attorney who helped craft fake elector plot pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case An attorney who worked to undermine the results of the 2020 election, Chesebro helped develop the Trump’s campaign’s plot to put forward unauthorized slates of GOP electors in Georgia and six other states. (In previous court filings, Chesebro’s lawyers have denied that he devised the plan.) HA! Good Fun!

"A Manhattan judge tore into former President Donald Trump on Friday for failing to delete a post attacking his clerk on his campaign page, weeks after the imposition of a gag order." https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-gag-order-blatant-violation-judge-engoron HA! Good Fun!

*snort* and we thought Gromnir were old. hoon is so stuck in 20th century thinking. never read a cyberpunk novel? multinationals is not near concerned with the old power politics models as they is with the bottom line. when the inevitable amazon-berkshire hathaway-johnson & johnson and microsoft-disney mergers final and inevitable occur... HA! Good Fun!

am agreeing, but am gonna note we might not be the best judge o' such things. for instance, we heard a good way to keep a dog from engaging in destructive digging is to lay down cayenne pepper where you is trying to discourage your canine's unwanted behaviors. sounded like a good idea, so we sprinkled/poured a fair amount o' cayenne on a patch o' landscaping. *sigh* the pepper attracted all our dogs, and not just the digger. am frequent giving the pups table scraps which is featuring capsaicin-heavy ingredients, so am guessing the dogs ordinary olfactory reactions had been overwritten a bit with a counter-intuitive pavlovian response to the hot stuff. ... in retrospect, we shoulda' seen that coming. HA! Good Fun!

killers of the flower moon is released on the 20th. our understanding is that scorsese original had a faithful adaption o' the book for his script but then he met with osage tribe representatives and afterwards made considerable changes. is that good or bad? dunno. recent deceased robbie robertson wrote the music for the film. HA! Good Fun!

got a very powerful 80 synth-pop influence, which is not a criticism. see what he thinks o' tainted love, don't go (yazoo)... and 'bout 1000 others. edit: am s'posing the downside is your son might really like take on me, or one o' the other 80s synth pop tunes. can't imagine the agony o' listening to those over and over and overandoverandoverandover... HA! Good Fun!

hopefully you are still close enough to work to commute by bike. HA! Good Fun!

have shared multiple melt singles on this board, including family snapshot and biko not too long past, but has been a while since we listened to intruder and glen campbell is a challenge for us 'cause while am typical left with our jaw on the floor after listening to his guitar solos, is almost none o' his songs we enjoy. that shouldn't be possible, but still is. HA! Good Fun!

the false electors cases in michigan, georgia and the fed courts has overlap, which is one reason why numerous defendants were pushing for their state trials to become fed. the problem for those defendants is each state chooses electors for the Presidency based on state laws and regulations and the individuals who were acting on behalf o' the trump campaign were not acting as officers o' the US government when they encouraged folks such as james renner to sign forgeries o' official state documents. for the fraudulent electors scheme to have been dreamt up simultaneous, insular and discreet in multiple states challenges credulity o' even the most naïve. am gonna suggest that trump campaign lawyers and staff were organizing the conspiracies for the benefit o' one guy: donald trump. however, while it is illogical and difficult to believe james renner could be guilty o' a conspiracy regarding fraudulent electors w/o somebody(s) from the trump campaign also being guilty, each defendant is gonna get due process. in any event, is multiple flippers in multiple false elector cases. HA! Good Fun!

*chuckle* am knowing that were not meant as a self own, but... made even more amusing 'cause again, zor misses the important part: what reasonable person would argue against waiting for more/better info before making accusations and casting aspersions? curious, and beyond the ordinary reasonable we got at least one advocate o' the irrational and obdurate. moving on, and regarding the recent US veto, "Thomas-Greenfield said the United States was disappointed the draft resolution made no mention of Israel's rights of self defense and she blamed Hamas for the Gaza humanitarian crisis." am disappointed 'cause am not thinking a humanitarian ceasefire requires the establishment o' blame. sure, israel wants it to be understood that they is responding to the murder and kidnapping o' its citizens, but to make a ceasefire contingent upon such a recognition does strike us as... inhumane. the ownership o' the moral high ground territory is extreme subjective, but refusing a humanitarian ceasefire does not look good for those claiming such a lofty perch. HA! Good Fun!

stated with far more brevity than our previous post: as for the venezuelan sanctions deal, "Maduro's government and the opposition reached an agreement in Barbados on Tuesday on electoral guarantees for an internationally monitored vote to be held in the second half of 2024. But the deal stopped short of Maduro agreeing to reinstate opposition candidates who had been barred from public office." that last portion is more than a little disappointing. HA! Good Fun!

Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case “This is a really big breakthrough for the prosecutors,” CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on “News Central.” “And it’s so important to understand there is no such thing as halfway cooperation. If you’re a prosecutor, you would not enter into this deal with Sidney Powell unless you had been thoroughly convinced that A, she is telling the truth, B. she is going to be able to testify for you credibly in the way that you can put in front of a jury, and justify and see she is not going to be splitting hairs,” added Honig, a former federal prosecutor. am tending to think this news is not the big breakthrough being suggested, but am offering nothing save conjecture based on trump campaign treatment o' powell. keep in mind that trump called powell crazy and worse on more than one occasion. the fact sidney were advancing unsupported conspiracy theories were helpful for trump, but am not sure she were part o' the inner circle o' accused insurrectionists. the lawyers who put trump in obvious and considerable jeopardy are jeffery clark, kenneth chesebro (sp?), john eastman and rudy giuliani. am just not sure how much info was entrusted to powell, though clear she did have interactions with rudy, so maybe that is a thread worth tugging? maybe. this is how rico cases ordinary unravel for defendants-- one nogoodnik at a time. even so, am not expecting sidney to be pivotal as a prosecution witness and am uncertain if her plea will be isolated or if it inspires other defendants to reach out to fani willis. edit: 'cause the internet allows for misunderstandings, am gonna state what we ordinarily wouldn't think needs be stated: we do not believe sidney powell deserves to be harmed and we would be appalled if somebody did attack her. the movie scream messed with our head a bit and now whenever we hear "sidney," we instant recall the "hello sidney" phone call from the first scream movie, but we couldn't find a good and short clip from the original flick. ... shouldn't make a difference, but am admitting that now that sidney will be available as prosecution witness, am even more concerned with her health and well being. shouldn't make a difference. HA! Good Fun!

am a bit jealous although not o' the great ape surgeon mind you. we had our appendix removed a few years past and it were s'posed to be laparoscopic-- tiny incision. surgery were six am during summer. we mention the time 'cause when we regained full consciousness in a hospital room, our first reaction were to note it were pitch black outside. dark. nighttime. huh. then we realized we were in some considerable discomfort and we clear had a much larger surgical wound than had been described to us. oopsies. HA! Good Fun!

am embarrassed to admit we know there is a pepper with more heat than the carolina reaper. the source o' our knowledge is not scientific, not data driven but rather is based on a a recent episode o' hot ones, hence our embarrassment. ff to 20:14. pepper X maybe/possibly is higher on the scoville scale. am personally not understanding the point o' such heat in a sauce save as part o' a hazing ritual for special forces. edit: from the previous linked story "Pure capsaicin has a measurement of 16 million SHU while bell peppers, which contain no spice, measure at 0 SHU. Pepper X measures in at an average of 2.69 million units, per Guiness World Records. In comparison, standard pepper spray averages 1 million SHU, while bear spray is advertised around 3 million SHU. The Carolina Reaper measures about 1.64 million SHU. " am serious not understanding the motivation to make a hot sauce, meant to be consumed by human beings, that is similar on the scoville scale as bear spray. HA! Good Fun!

sounds familiar. so sorta like blaming an obvious error about police actions at uvalde on initial washington post info even after more contemporaneous and full video coverage o' the event were available? oh, wait, that ain't really the same, is it? we can go down the lists and is not gonna be helpful. you can misrepresent from 2014 and we can show receipts from numerous and far more recent. but even if it were a tit-for-tat situation, such revelations would only further cement the obvious. the more examples there are o' Gromnir and zor being wrong about facts uncertain, the more such works to support the proposition that waiting is your best option. selective quote also don't help you 'cause as we noted, being wrong is not the problem. just as a rando example, lots o' people were wrong about the russian invasion o' ukraine, but not all o' em made fools o' themselves by lambasting the media for banging the drums o' war and other such nonsense. as if that ever made sense. never saw any western media encouraging war but perhaps it happened in rare ultra hawkish sources. regardless, were not the reporter's narrative but rather they were accurate quoting sources which claimed russians were preparing for an actual invasion... which is kinda what reporters is s'posed to do, right? even if there were no invasion, the reporters woulda' had nothing to apologize for. 'cause would be stoopid to suggest accurate quoting and reporting o' the views o' arguable experts were deserving criticism. who would do that? oh, right. if the facts surrounding an event is unclear, it is best to wait for info before getting up on a soap box and criticizing police, world leaders, media or fellow posters based on those uncertain facts, 'cause even if is no way to svengali your way out o' a russia invasion having happened, what makes you look bad (yet again) is the pontification based on error. wait for clarification of facts is good advice 99.9% o' the time. why somebody would argue against such a proposition is curious. edit: "“There’s just been this massive sort of pressure to get videos out there, get your take, get your analysis, and it’s like a perfect storm for chaos,” Kolina Koltai, a senior researcher at open source intelligence (OSINT) news outlet Bellingcat, tells WIRED." https://www.wired.com/story/al-ahli-baptist-hospital-explosion-disinformation-osint/ "“I think one of the most disturbing aspects of studying disinfo is when you realize that even fact-checking has become weaponized,” Orr wrote on X. “Most people don’t care about the truth about the hospital being bombed; they just care about finding a truth to use against the other side.”" people with genuine expertise ain't sure. wait is reasonable given the lack of certainty. HA! Good Fun!

am aware there is a couple better than bullion proponents who frequent this thread. am also gonna admit we didn't know about the idf info regarding box stock. HA! Good Fun!

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once you embrace a narrative, it is tough to change your pov. is another reason to wait before becoming invested in a particular explanation. ‘Stunned and sickened.’ Wexner Foundation cuts ties with Harvard over ‘tiptoeing’ on Hamas “Harvard’s leaders were indeed tiptoeing, equivocating, and we, like former Harvard President Larry Summers cannot ‘fathom the administration’s failure to disassociate the university and condemn the statement’ swiftly issued by 34 student groups holding Israel entirely responsible for the violent terror attack on its own citizens,” the Wexner Foundation letter reads. “That should not have been that hard.” ... not that it is particular relevant from our pov, but while "34 student groups" sounds like many, it ain't, and there is comical overlap 'tween the groups. African American Resistance Organization Bengali Association of Students at Harvard College Harvard Act on a Dream Harvard Arab Medical and Dental Student Association Harvard Chan Muslim Student Association Harvard Chan Students for Health Equity and Justice in Palestine Harvard College Pakistan Student Association Harvard Divinity School Muslim Association Harvard Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association Harvard Graduate School of Education Islamic Society Harvard Graduate Students for Palestine Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Law School Justice for Palestine Harvard Divinity School Students for Justice in Palestine Harvard Jews for Liberation Harvard Kennedy School Bangladesh Caucus Harvard Kennedy School Muslim Caucus Harvard Kennedy School Muslim Women’s Caucus Harvard Kennedy School Palestine Caucus Harvard Muslim Law School Association Harvard Pakistan Forum Harvard Prison Divest Coalition Harvard South Asian Law Students Association Harvard South Asians for Forward-Thinking Advocacy and Research Harvard TPS Coalition Harvard Undergraduate Arab Women's Collective Harvard Undergraduate Ghungroo Harvard Undergraduate Muslim Women’s Medical Alliance Harvard Undergraduate Nepali Students Association Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee Middle East and North African Graduate School of Design Student Society Neighbor Program Cambridge Sikhs and Companions of Harvard Undergraduates Society of Arab Students our understanding is the nepali students association withdrew their signature, so were only 33 groups protesting. additional, the harvard protest letter were posted over the weekend and by monday there were at least one harvard counter protest letter which garnered more than two thousand signatures. maybe, just maybe, this is tempest in a teacup material? a person donating money has zero obligation to continue funding a university whose values do not align with theirs. heck, if harvard changed their colors from crimson, ink and white to emerald and orange, we would not begrudge a philanthropist from deciding harvard no longer deserved millions in free money. sure, we would see a color change rationale for ending donations as kinda petty (even recognizing how vulgar is an emerald and orange color scheme,) but is not as if the contributor owes anything to the university. likewise, am suspecting we would not be shocked if at least a few people current donating money to byu became reluctant to do so if dozens o' student groups protested the misogyny and pedophilia o' john smith w/o any pushback from the university. even so, as a general proposition, the silence from universities regarding student protests o' israel following the hamas attack and kidnappings doesn't bother us and am thinking the taciturn approach is the right move. personal opinion: a university is in the business o' teaching students how to learn, but it should be reluctant to tell those who matriculate what to think. yeah, if students engage in violence, or verbal attack individuals based on race, color, religion, national origin or gender identity (am not sure what is the proper identifier in 2023... and am not being flippant when we says so; am genuine uncertain,) then am thinking a university should step in and condemn clear wrongs o' their students. the byu situation we imagined earlier is a bit murkier for us, but we get it if a religious university decides to take a more vocal stand when defending the reputation o' their prophet. most other situations? well, what is the point o' a university if not to have students expand their world view and perhaps even challenge the dominant paradigm? is a gross oversimplifications, and there will be exceptions, but we do no believe a university should criticize students for speaking their minds. harvard, penn and other schools remaining silent after a small number o' students declared they were more outraged by israel's treatment o' arabs living in the west bank and gaza than they were by hamas' recent attack were to us understandable even if you think it were the wrong choice. we would hope those who believe in a university's capabilities and mission such that they donate millions o' dollars to the school's endowment would be reluctant to stop funding 'cause o' silence regarding students peaceful expressing their opinions. but again, a person could and should donate money to causes in which they believe and if folks no longer believe in harvard and penn 'cause a few university student groups failed to recognize that criticizing israel immediate after the hamas mass attacks and kidnappings was poor timed and less than wise, then am not begrudging the withholding o' donations... even if we disagree with the angry philanthropist's judgement. just our opinion. 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