Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Saturday, December 23. 2017

Saturday morning links

A Feast of the Seven Fishes Menu That Won't Take a Week to Cook - Invite everyone over, you're making a five-course feast this Christmas Eve.


What's Actually in Worcestershire Sauce?


Interesting. Basically a fermented fish sauce 


 Answering the Call for Breakfast With Dads Event  - When Dade Middle School put out a call for volunteers to help with the Breakfast with Dads event, there was a fear there wouldn't be enough dads for the students... 


 The Salvation of ‘Napalm Girl’ - I still need treatment for the burns on my arms, back and neck. But my heart is healed.


 How science tamed the weather, keeping us safe while we sleep


 ‘Climate Change’ Puts Santa’s Delivery System At Risk Or Something


 Five Women Accuse Top Progressive Editor Of Sexual Harassment


 Quran Instructor INDICTED ON SEX ABUSE CHARGES


 3RD US IMAM PREACHES MASS MURDER OF JEWS


 MCCABE REMEMBERS TO FORGET: A COMMENT


 Taxpayer rebellion in the blue states?


 Why the Remaining NeverTrumpers Should Apologize Now


 A deafening media silence on the Obama-Hezbollah scandal


 Opinion: The Conflict Over Jerusalem Is ALL Obama’s Fault

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About 12 years ago my son's high school put a (anti) vietnam war display on a prominent bulletin board in the school. The picture of the napalm girls was front and center and the caption was that America napalmed a peaceful Vietnamese village and killed many civilians. There were other disgraceful and false claims on this display but this was the most egregious. I made a formal complaint and submitted a rebuttal that I want them to post with the display. There was push back of course especially from the teacher who had spearheaded the display. But surprisingly there was some recognition that this was pure propaganda (anti-American propaganda) and didn't belong in the display. My rebuttal never made it to the display but the display did come down within a week.

This little village had been attacked by North Vietnam and they were committing genocide on the villagers. The South Vietnamese forces were outraged at the slaughter and using their meager air power tried to push the enemy out of the village before they killed everyone there. And indeed the bombing killed and injured friendly's as well as the enemy. Was it a mistake to try to save the village? I do not know. I wasn't there and I can only look back at the facts and conclude that doing nothing would probably have resulted in this little girl dying right there in here village and never living to be the woman she is today.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-12-23 10:21 (Reply)
And that truth never made it into the history books in most of the world.
I know it never made it into the history lessons I got in the 1980s which firmly called it an example of American cruelty to civilians.
Just like the photo of a senior VC operative being executed by pistol shot by a South Vietnamese was said to be a random civilian being murdered in cold blood by an American soldier.

And that was in another NATO country...
#1.1 JTW on 2017-12-23 14:30 (Reply)
The Ken Burns PBS propaganda piece did nothing to clear up the history and pretty much just regurgitated the msm Cronkite view.
#1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2017-12-23 15:31 (Reply)
I love electric trains, especially at Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeR7MtUwVzo
#2 feeblemind on 2017-12-23 13:44 (Reply)
We rushed it a little and had neighbors over for a fish dinner Friday night: raw oysters with cocktail sauce, oyster chowder, and trout meuniere. Also a really killer Thomas Keller recipe for chard (but we substituted kale) with golden raisins steeped in wine, anise, and clove, a handful of toasted pine nuts, and some bits of ham. And a sweet potato souffle, and a radish/jicama/spinach/cotija/pepita salad that came out surprisingly well.
#3 Texan99 on 2017-12-24 09:24 (Reply)

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