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Sunday, November 26. 2017From today's LectionaryEphesians 1:15-23 1:15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason 1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 1:17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 1:18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 1:19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 1:20 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. 1:22 And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Saturday, November 25. 2017Breaking tradition with a new stuffing, etc.We always do two turkeys, one on the grill over a wood and charcoal fire, and one stuffed and in the oven. We make sure there is an overabundance of TG food so those who want to have a next-day mini Thanksgiving at home can have one. Since stuffing is what a TG meal is really all about, I made three varieties this year. I cheated and did it the easy way with those Pepperidge Farm unseasoned croutons. Immoral I know but, dammit, it's supposed to be fun, not work. So I made three pans of stuffings - one giblet with the livers, one sausage, and one fruit. The fruity one was most popular, I think. I used half of it to stuff the oven bird. I soaked a bag of quartered dried apricots and a box of currants in white wine for a few hours (had no Bourbon which is recommended, and some raisins would have been good too), chopped up about 2 cups of walnuts. Sauteed a big onion and some celery (some apple chunks would have been good also). Had a lot of chopped fresh parsley, and threw it all into the aluminum pan with the croutons with 2 cups of fresh cranberries. Then lots of ground pepper, and a tsp each of ground clove, cinnamon, and ginger. Added three eggs. Toss and mix with hands, then add enough warm turkey or chicken broth (with half or a whole stick of melted butter) to make it a little soggy, and toss again. You might like it. I think I'll do this again for Christmas instead of our usual standing pork rib roast. Photo is my grilled turkey. Most of the black is the bacon I covered it with. I filled the cavity with all the beer, chicken broth, and honey it could hold, and put the rest in the pan. Had to add more beer as it cooked. Lots of liquid keeps it from drying out. Does bacon go with turkey? Duh. The sauce in that pan was dynamite. I don't know why I bother with a dull oven-baked turkey. Saturday morning linksHow Does Costco Sell 18-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch for $38? For some reason, my Costco doesn't sell booze. I'd be glad to taste this, though. Costco has good stuff. The future of Proctor & Gamble The Luxury Hotel from Leftist Hell It's a Safe Place hotel Gov. Jerry Brown: California should be able to reduce public employees’ pension benefits Wow. Even Gov Moonbeam recognizes the scam ...now that he is retiring soon The Nation Hates Thanksgiving More Than Ever This Year Oh, for crying out loud Harvard Women’s Center to roll out ‘Gender 101’ training courses This year's classic Black Friday photo It's always the big screen TVs. Why? Humanity will be extinct by 2026. If you're a greenie, isn't that a good thing? I mean, good for Gaia? One-Third of Young Americans Say Complimenting a Woman's Looks is Sexual Harassment Vox: Democrats Were Wrong About Bill Clinton And Shouldn’t Make The Same Mistake With Al Franken After Weinstein, a Cultural Revolution The "sexual revolution" of the 60s and 70s was supposed to bring the sexual libertinism of the rich and powerful down to the masses. The Sultans Of America And Their Harems Why Are So Many Female Teachers Sleeping With Students? A glance at the data suggests sex crimes involving female teachers are on the rise (big time). Glenn Thrush Is Not Harvey Weinstein Are romantic advances a form of harassment? Al Gore’s dark past is an inconvenient truth Matthew Dowd: Sexual Misconduct Not So Bad When Indulged In by Those Who Work for the “Common Good” DEMOCRAT NEWS NETWORK: CNN Fails To Report These 24 Democrat Sex Scandals. All of the Democrat sex scandals that CNN has failed to report on have made news in 2017, with 19 of the 24 making news within the last month. Scott Adams: President Trump’s 2017 Report Card (first draft) Hey Dems, Hillary’s waiting for you to ask her advice about 2020 In Germany, Reality Is Triumphing Over Political Posturing On Climate A free ad for Wilbur YachtsWilbur Yachts in Southwest Harbor, Maine, makes nice boats. No Black Friday deals but the family might love one for Christmas. Here's their Wilbur 31':
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Friday, November 24. 2017Friday morning linksHow plants secretly talk to eachother The Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Triggered a Worse Global Disaster Than Ever Imagined More Than Half Of Fat Men Don’t Think They Are Overweight Turkey pardoned by Trump had multiple contacts with Russian officials Newsweek Advises How to Have a “Woke” Thanksgiving Asian quotas: Harvard Being Investigated By DOJ Over Admissions Policies Goad: Let the Colleges Die Teen Vogue columnist ‘not at all concerned’ about innocent men and false harassment allegations LaVar Ball Is Showing Off Brilliant Communications Skills in His Feud With Donald Trump. WaPo Reporter Working Directly With Democrats Rather Than Covertly Apple’s vice president of inclusion and diversity, Denise Young Smith, who once whitesplained how hiring 12 white, blond, blue-eyed men could actually be seen as promoting diversity, has been replaced. By a blond, blue-eyed white woman. Judge Roy Moore Weighs Legal Action Against Accusers As Allegations Fall Apart Unsealed Fusion GPS Bank Records Reveal $523K Payment From Russian Money Launderer Starving Public Services to Pay More to Government Workers Mrs. Clinton Convicts Herself In Stunning Display of Rage At What Happened in 2016 Trump has let down more than 50,000 Haitians in America What??? Before the paradeView out my daughter's window on 6th Ave. Cool place to watch the
Thursday, November 23. 2017KitesurfingFrom a reader on Long Island Sound, kitesurfing in November this week. Some people know how to have fun.
The Mayflower Rifle
A wheel-lock carbine, probably made by Beretta
Wednesday, November 22. 2017Baritone duet from The Pearl FishersWednesday morning linksPhoto via Theo This man was living on $200 a month when he sold a 'worthless' blanket for $1.5 million Women prefer men with some muscles - and some money Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows The Serial-Killer Detector - A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime. Arctic sea ice expanding faster than normal Oh no, we're all gonna die
Roy Moore is not a pedophile
Commenter here: We will soon learn that sexual predation is so widespread that it is normal... The impulse probably is, especially for males. So is the impulse to kill somebody who pisses you off. Mr. Tingles says "We" The Arrogant Ignorance of the 'Well-Educated' A leftist luxury hotel embodies all the sordid hypocrisies and cognitive dissonance of the left: its entitlement and victimhood, its indulgence and oppression, its self-righteousness and degeneracy. Hot Air, again:
Dem Congressman Who Oversees Sexual Harassment Settlements is Under FBI Investigation Drain the swamp "Comey Has No Issue With It": Judicial Watch Dumps Explosive New FBI Emails From McCabe's Conflict Review Drain the swamp Immigration: Media Seems Rather Shocked That A Temporary Program Would Be Deemed Temporary A Familiar Judge Wastes More Of Our Time Over Sanctuary City Orders tates file lawsuit to force Catholic nun org to follow ObamaCare contraceptive mandate Nobody believes conservative politicians anymore
Tuesday, November 21. 2017Tuesday morning linksWhy We Love Farmers Markets - They are relatively free of federal regulation, and that's what makes them great. Environmentalist Attack Against Capitalism in NYT The US had wonderful Conservation organizations until the Enviro Lefty wackos coopted them Rush: If Global Warming Were Science, It Wouldn’t Need a PR Campaign Who's Worse For The Environment: Merkel Or Trump? Why should Americans agree about politics - or anything else? Black Female Writer For Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter Quits. She Says Dunham Is A Racist. Of course she is. All white people are racists Student op-ed: Outdoor clubs are too white TA scolded for playing Jordan Peterson video in class Prof. Peterson is Hitler Who is really "obsessed by sex"? Oregon leads the way in the protection of minors from sexual abuse: Teachers who think a student may be having sex must report it to the police. NYT White House correspondent Glenn Thrush’s history of bad judgment around young women journalists Add some women to men in a workplace, then add some alcohol or coke - and voila, things happen. Bill Clinton is facing new accusations of sexual assault by four women while the former president was working with a billionaire playboy and flying on his private jet nicknamed Air F**k One, claims Clinton author Related, A rare agreement between men of different ethnic groups has been reached. US Congressmen Trying to Prevent Israel from Arresting Teen Terrorists Monday, November 20. 2017Fortuna e speranzaInject the heck out of your turkey(s)We're cooking two smaller ones this Thanksgiving, one on the barbie cooked/smoked on wood, and one in the oven. To make them tasty, we recommend injecting the heck out of them. I tend to use a warmed-up mix of honey, beer or white wine, a splash of hot sauce, and butter. Almost anything makes turkey taste better. When it comes down to it, though, good stuffing is what it's about. The turkeys are just an excuse for the other things. Monday morning linksImage stolen from Ace News to me: They had machine guns in 1718 Doctors blame purine in beer for most gout flare-ups A Woman’s Defense Of The Alpha Male NYT: We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself Who trusts government to do that? The Climate Alarmists Definitely Don't Believe Their Own Propaganda What Ken Burns' Vietnam War docu-series on PBS gets wrong LiAngelo Ball’s Father Suggests Trump Had Little to Do With UCLA Basketball Player’s Release From China Some gratitude Apple fires Diversity Chief for suggesting that intellectual diversity is important too. NFL star Herschel Walker, who once played on Trump's lackluster football team, takes stand against anthem protest and commissioner Roger Goodell Bill Clinton Still Silent About Flights On Pedophile’s Sex Plane What should he say? Democrats’ depravity laid bare by Bill Clinton Obama's 'unaccompanied children' turn up big in latest MS13 gang sweep Virginia goes Don Quixote. State will defy Trump, double down on renewables and CO2 reductions – and hurt poor families Why no one is talking about Trump’s game-changing China deal Have Palestinians Entered Into Meaningful Negotiations with Israel? Meanwhile In Sweden, Crime Hits All Time Highs ISIS Group Releases Image of 'Beheaded' Pope Francis Nice old outdoor fireplace
Reason I want to build an outdoor fireplace is because Spring and Fall are the best times to hang out outdoors, and humans need a fire to hang out around.
Sunday, November 19. 2017OldieIn light of the frequency of human and grizzly bear encounters, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field. They advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears. They also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear dung. Black bear dung is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear dung has little bells in it and smells like pepper.
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From today's Lectionary: Help us to count our daysPsalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12 90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 90:3 You turn us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, you mortals." 90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. 90:5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning; 90:6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. 90:7 For we are consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed. 90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance. 90:9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh. 90:10 The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. 90:11 Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you. 90:12 So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Not for saleSeen on the way to our hunt yesterday. I get a kick out of the way country folk keep their old broken stuff on display. Re snapshots, I am beginning to leave any cameras behind most of the time when I go places. That iCamera (happens to have a phone as part of it so some people call it an iPhone) is good enuf for me.
Saturday, November 18. 2017An excellent Thanksgiving warm-up
I decided that small turkeys are better and easier to manage. I usually cook 2 big ones for TG, but I think I'll go for 3 small ones this year. They cook faster, are maybe more tender, and you can gnaw on the legs like chicken legs. It was outdoors of course, about 25 degrees F, with torches, firepits, and outdoor fireplace blazing. Gals in their parkas. What are we? Yankee gentry rednecks? Well, we just like informal fun I guess. That's a good party. The turkeys? Cajun rub, and all thoroughly and I mean thoroughly injected with Cajun spices to the point that Mrs. BD had trouble with it but, as I said, first turkeys I ever ate that did not taste like cardboard or smoke (I cook mine on barby with wood - smokey turkey). This week we will review turkey injections and rubs (necessary for a good meal). Due to various circumstances, the Maggie's HQ will have a small group this year I think, about 13-15 people instead of 25. We'll invite some friends to fill it out. Always need hands to clean up... Wonderful
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Saturday morning linksBird hunting today with what I am told will be maybe the best dog we've ever used. Pheasants for Thanksgiving? Want to live longer? Get a dog I'm a skeptic on that, but a well-trained dog makes life better Ladies: The Draft is Coming. The Senate just voted to require young women to register for the draft. Disaggregating the economy: cost of living by state Paltering: The art of lying with the truth POLICE BODY CAMERAS CAN THREATEN CIVIL RIGHTS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, NEW REPORT SAYS Ya can't win in the race game DeGroot is grim: The Future of Black America Vietnam War: A confrontation of two ideologies Dem Running For Ohio Gov Opens Up About Sexual Escapades With ’50 Attractive Females’ Like they say, politics is Hollywood for less appealing people Continetti: The Great American Earthquake: Can the foundations of our society hold?
DEMOCRATS REVIVE THE “TRICKLE DOWN” SMEAR I can't follow this story: Fusion GPS Founder Told Congress He Regrets That His Research Ended Up In Kremlin Hands
" We’ve literally gone from complete and total silence on this issue for nearly 20 years to people jumping on the Clinton-is-a-creep bandwagon and proclaiming they’ve always felt this way. " Sore Loser Conspiracy Theorist: No, I Can´t Say the 2016 Election Was ´Legitimate´
Saudi Prince promises Israel billions of dollars to defeat Hezbollah France: Escalating Muslim Anti-Semitism Swedish Government Suppresses Stats on Muslim Rape Epidemic Life in America: ThanksgivingFriday, November 17. 2017QQQ“Some shocking news, you guys: It just came out that as many as four elected officials have not been accused of sexual harassment.” Jimmy Fallon Guard Commander InspectionChanging the guard, at Arlington National Cemetery. Rituals matter.
Friday morning linksWhat Are Panko Breadcrumbs? They are the best From No 'lost tribes' or aliens: what ancient DNA reveals about American prehistory
World's first human head transplant successfully carried out Put me on the waiting list. I want a better one Local Aristocracy and Nationalization of Culture. Yes, I've thought about that too How Green Delegates Keep Warm In Bonn Boston Globe: It's Time To Consider Gun Confiscation The Red Cross Destroys the Laws of War 13 Baltimore Public High Schools Have ZERO Students Proficient in Math Sylvester Stallone Made 16 Year-Old Fan Perform Oral On Him And His Bodyguard Then Told Her They’d Kill Her If She Told… NPR Grapples With Harassment Crisis WHY THE DEMOCRATS REALLY TURNED ON BILL CLINTON - It’s not about his victims, it’s about money and power. HELL FREEZES OVER=> Chelsea Handler Tells Juanita Broaddrick She Believes Bill Clinton Raped Her Franken, Weinstein, and 'Men Without Chests' - C.S. Lewis: "We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst." Number One U.S. Hatemonger: The Southern Poverty Law Center YES, VIRGINIA, IMMIGRATION IS TURNING THE COUNTRY BLUE. The inconvenient fact about Democrats' recent electoral successes. The Whole World – Not Just the U.S. – Is Moving to Secure Its Borders Senators Aim to Axe Program Giving Farmers Guaranteed Profits While Sticking Taxpayers With the Tab - It's "like insuring your car for $5,000, and getting a check for $10,000 after it's totalled," says Sen. Jeff Flake Good Resignation of CFPB head gives Trump opportunity to erase Elizabeth Warren’s legacy Good Hillary Clinton: Investigating Me With Special Counsel Would Be An Abuse Of Power Wow
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