Dec 07 2020
Isn’t it amazing the number of right wingers who are now getting death threats? Did they really think they were immune from the MAGA mob?
As for the Democrats, no I am not ready to make nice with them either, neither was ek. I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Dec 07 2020
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
On this date in 1941, Japanese forces attack the home base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii – prompting America under President Franklin D. Roosevelt to enter World War II.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Dec 06 2020
Trump bails on surveillance treaty used to monitor Russia, guts program of resources
Rachel Maddow describes how Donald Trump in his lame duck period has not only abruptly removed the U.S from the decades old Open Skies Treaty that supplies the U.S. and its allies with surveillance data on Russian military activities, but has taken steps to dispose of the program’s specialized planes and removed the option of replacing them.
Trump left the Open Skies Treaty, but don’t write it off yet
President Donald Trump made good Saturday on his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Open Skies Treaty, but it looks like President-elect Joe Biden, who opposed that move, may have a path to revive the pact.
Because it could take months for the Air Force to move through the legal and bureaucratic processes necessary to decommission the Boeing OC-135B planes flown from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., to execute the treaty mission, it appears the Biden administration would have ample time to reverse course. The treaty permits 30-plus nations to conduct unarmed, observation flights over each other’s territory.
“The final decision on disposition of Open Skies Treaty resources has not yet been made,” an Air Force official told Defense News on Tuesday. “The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron at Offutt AFB is still flying local OC-135 missions at a greatly reduced rate in order to maintain aircrew qualifications, while the Air Force continues to assess options for realigning, repurposing, or retiring the two 1960s-era OC-135B aircraft, as well as other associated equipment in accordance with DoD guidance.”
Despite reports the Trump administration might be scrambling to get rid of the OC-135B planes, a congressional source said the Air Force plans to keep the planes until the end of fiscal 2021 and service leaders had yet to make a firm decision about what to do with them.
Dec 06 2020
Some More News is back.
#SomeMoreNews #Boars #30to50FeralHogs
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Dec 06 2020
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Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans; Four people die at a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California; America’s first attempt to put a satellite into orbit fails; Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is born.
Jubilant Reaction To Trump Defeat Quickly Soured By News Of Biden Win
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Dec 06 2020
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.
On Sunday mornings we present a preview of the guests on the morning talk shows so you can choose which ones to watch or some do something more worth your time on a Sunday morning.
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The Sunday Talking Heads:
This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests on Sunday’s “This Week” are: Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN); and Brad Raffensperger (R) Georgia Secretary of State.
The roundtable guests are: Jonathan Karl, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent; Mary Bruce, ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent; Jaime Harrison, Democratic National Committee Associate Chair; and Sarah Isgur, Dispatch Staff Writer.
Face the Nation: Host Margaret Brennan’s guests are: Moncef Slaoui, scientific head of Operation Warp Speed; Scott Gottlieb MD, former FDA Commissioner; James Linder MD, CEO of Nebraska Medicine Health System; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D); and Chris Krebs, former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Meet the Press with Chuck Todd: The guests on this week’s “MTP” are: Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator; Sen. Joe Manchin (sometimes D-WV); and Gabriel Sterling, voting systems manager for Georgia.
The panel guests are: Kimberly Atkins, senior news correspondent for WBUR; Steve Kornacki, NBC News national political correspondent; Jeff Mason, Reuters White House correspondent; and Danielle Pletka, conservative commentator.
State of the Union with Jake Tapper: Mr. Tapper’s guests are: Moncef Slaoui, scientific head of Operation Warp Speed; Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA); Rep. Karen Bass (D-Ca); and Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan (R-GA).
Dec 05 2020
This is a round up of the previous night’s late night talk show host’s opening monologues and highlight segments, because we need a good laugh to get through the rest of the evening.
The Late Night with Seth Meyers is off this week. He returns on Monday night.
In a rare Friday night show, Stephen Colbert dubbed his opening monologue ” The Late Show Broken Foot Break Down.”
Stephen and Jon Batiste remind residents of Georgia that the deadline to register for the January 5th Senate run off is December 7. Comedian Will Ferrel joins Stephen as Santa Claus to answer questions.
Will “Santa Claus” Ferrell Helps Stephen Answer Real Questions From Real Kids
With kids spending more time at home, parents are realizing that they ask A LOT of questions. So Stephen called up his friend Santa Claus and the two of them helped out some parents in this edition of A Late Show’s favorite family segment, “Stephen Takes Your Kids.” Find out how your kids can submit a question for Stephen at http://www.colbertlateshow.com/colber….
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, asks What The Hell Happened This Week.
The Late, Late Show with James Corden has his own take on what happened this week.
James Corden kicks off the night excited to make a beef wellington with Jamie Oliver later in the show, but first dives into the headlines, including Congress passing legislation to decriminalize marijuana. And James has a big update regarding the story of the missing penis sculpture he shared earlier in the week.
Dec 05 2020
Health and Fitness News
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Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
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Everyone is spending more time at home and in the kitchen since most of the restaurants are either closed, have restricted seating or just doing take-out orders. One of the things many are trying to master is bread baking. It’s an art unto itself. My favorite bread baker was chef Julia Child. She took it to new levels. Some of the best bread bakers let us in on their secrets and short cuts, one of which is no kneading. There is science behind this recipe that you can read in full. I’ll just give a short synopsis:
In 2006, Mark Bittman introduced the world to a recipe from Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery, which had a whole bunch of home cooks opening up their Dutch ovens and exclaiming oh my goodness—I can’t believe I just did that! It certainly had me thinking that.
The No-Knead Bread recipe became an instant hit, and, I’d be willing to wager, started off an entire generation of home bakers on an entirely new journey.
Here’s how the recipe works: combine flour, yeast, and salt in a bowl. Add water and stir with a spoon. Allow to sit overnight. Shape into loaf and allow to rise. Bake in a preheated Dutch oven.
That’s it.
That produces this loaf of bread
Your family won’t believe you baked it. Here is the recipe.
Adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery
Time: About 1½ hours plus 14 to 20 hours’ rising
3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting
¼ teaspoon instant yeast
1¼ teaspoons salt
Cornmeal or wheat bran as needed
1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 5/8 cups water, and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
2. Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
3. Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
4. At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under towel and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is O.K. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a rack.
Yield: One 1½-pound loaf.
Dec 05 2020
The First Dog On The Moon asks if Trump can really parson himself.
Trump is making a pre-emptive pardon available to you! It’s Pardon in A Can!
TMC for ek hornbeck
Dec 05 2020
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
Prohibition ends in the United States; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies; Walt Disney and Little Richard are born.
Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.
Dec 04 2020
This is a round up of the previous night’s late night talk show host’s opening monologues and highlight segments, because we need a good laugh to get through the rest of the evening.
The Late Night with Seth Meyers is off this week. He returns on Monday night.
Three of our former presidents have volunteered to take the CoVid-19 vaccine live. In his opening monologue, Stephen Colbert has invited them to do it on The Late Show.
Stephen Invites Presidents Obama, Bush And Clinton To Get The Covid-19 Vaccine On A Late Show
Just like Elvis Presley, who got vaccinated for polio at the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, Stephen Colbert invites former presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush to demonstrate their confidence in the Covid-19 vaccine by getting their inoculations LIVE on A Late Show.
In his “Quarantinewhile” segment, Stephen reviews the latest happenings with those mysterious monoliths that have suddenly popped up and just a suddenly disappeared in “Mon-while.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live looks at the new California stay at home orders and laughs at the latest in what Charlie Pierce calls El Caudillo Del Mar-a-Lago‘s “Rolling Blunder.”
Trump & Giuliani’s Falsehoods, Fraud & Farts
Los Angeles is under a “Safer at Home” order, LeBron James & Anthony Davis just signed up to stay with the Lakers, the Trumps took part in the 98th annual Tree Lighting, Presidents Obama, Clinton & Bush are joining forces to get the COVID-19 vaccine on TV, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is getting ready for two holiday parties at the State Department this month, Trump isn’t happy with Attorney General Bill Barr, VP Mike Pence is distancing himself from election fraud claims, Rudy Giuliani is leading craziness and passing gas at “election hearings,” Trump released a 46 minute video full of falsehoods, our first ever edition of “Masking Questions,” and This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.
Every Christmas cosmetic companies come out with new fragrances that get sponsored by big name celebrities. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah takes a sniff at a candle by Drake and comments on England’s Queen needing a new assistant.
Your House Can Smell Like Drake & The Queen Is Hiring
A Chinese robot collects samples on the moon, the U.N. backs down on labeling marijuana as a dangerous drug, Drake’s latest release is a candle that smells like him, and Queen Elizabeth needs a new personal assistant.
On The Late, Late Show with James Corden, we get a good laugh at Rudy Giuliani’s star witness and Christmas shopping.
A Star Witness Was Born in Michigan Thanks to Rudy
James Corden kicks off the show and admits he’s a bit freaked out about his lack of Christmas shopping to this point. After, he looks at the headlines, notably Rudy Guiliani heading to Michigan in the latest chapter of the election fight for President Donald Trump. But Rudy’s star witness Melissa Carone stole the show with her antics. And James bravely declares he’s willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine on television with former presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama.