Sure, guacamole is a bit high in fat. But it’s the good kind of fat. And besides, the tortilla chips are baked. So, like, it’s a wash.
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Another moment of unabashed pragmatism
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Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/18 @ 4:27 pm #
Oh, yeah? Come the revolution, you’ll be the first up against the wall, you fucking running dog fascist-
Oh, wait, sorry. Misread your post again. What you say is valid and in total accordance with the principles of the Enlightenment.
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 4:35 pm #
I like toasted Obambi dipped in Fannie Mae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYI0mHWQeD8
Comment by Jeff G. on 9/18 @ 4:37 pm #
Thanks. But you’d better check again, Barrett. Jingoism and theocracy take many forms. Best to be hypervigilant — you know, suss out my code words.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/18 @ 4:57 pm #
Guacamole tastes like yard waste.
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/18 @ 4:57 pm #
“you know, suss out my code words.”
Ah, now I see. “A wash” refers to the washing of a disciple’s feet by Christ, which itself has come to symbolize the takeover of the Air Force by dominionists and the re-implementation of blue laws, anti-sodomy statutes, and the placing of unqualified Liberty University graduates within the ranks of the Justice Department. Intentionalism my atheistic ass.
Comment by SarahW on 9/18 @ 4:57 pm #
You should have heard me talking to some walnuts right now.
Comment by SarahW on 9/18 @ 4:58 pm #
Now that’s the first thing BB ever said that made me laugh. Yay Barrett.
Comment by Jeff G. on 9/18 @ 4:59 pm #
I haven’t asked it, but I suspect my ass would be agnostic.
Comment by SarahW on 9/18 @ 5:00 pm #
And would it be firm in its opinions?
Comment by Sticky B on 9/18 @ 5:00 pm #
Plus……any time you add peppers to a high calorie food, most of the calories are consumed by the effort that the gastro-intestinal tract must exert in order to fuckin’ deal with said peppers. So if you’ll dose that guac up a bit with some pickled jalapeno juice, you’re actually pulling negative g’s. Probably. At least that’s how I justify it.
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 5:03 pm #
“my atheistic ass.”
Yes we already know you’re a moonbat Democrat.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 5:09 pm #
Guacamole is important.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/18 @ 5:10 pm #
I was looking forward to making guacamole from Avocados off my tree growing out there in the backyard. Now the son of a bitch is gone ‘n died cause it don’t like having it’s roots standing in water. Fuck all.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 5:19 pm #
“Glub glub,” said the avocado tree, and then, nothing.
Comment by psycho... on 9/18 @ 5:20 pm #
White.
UR SO D3¢0D3D
Comment by Sdferr on 9/18 @ 5:21 pm #
exactly.
Comment by kelly on 9/18 @ 5:26 pm #
Guacamole doesn’t change color all that much when it’s puked back out along with an overabundance of tequila, I’ve found.
Comment by TaiChiWawa on 9/18 @ 5:27 pm #
If you eat too much guacamole, your ass may soon become a Quaker.
Comment by Jeffersonian on 9/18 @ 5:28 pm #
Is Mike Bloomberg aware of this?
Comment by guinsPen on 9/18 @ 5:37 pm #
the tortilla chips are baked
So’s Barrett.
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 5:42 pm #
Some people don’t like toasted Obambi dipped in Fannie Mae:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDY5MGQ1MWMwMjQzM2E5ODI0NzNiZmUyZDVkNGVkYTY=
Comment by Salt Lick on 9/18 @ 5:48 pm #
If you eat too much guacamole, your ass may soon become a Quaker.
Maybe Jeff’s considering Sumo wrestling now. The guy is hard to pin down. (Did you see what I just did there?)
Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 5:48 pm #
Whenever Baracky gets busted on something he lies and lashes out. No wonder he doesn’t have any friends.
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 5:54 pm #
“#Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 5:48 pm #
Whenever Baracky gets busted on something he lies and lashes out. No wonder he doesn’t have any friends.”
Reminds me of when he cussed out the Leiberdude on the Senate floor.
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 5:57 pm #
Wait wait – avocadoes grow on trees?! For cryin’ out loud, I thought they mined those fkrs
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 6:00 pm #
Haliburton controls the avacodoes market: NO BLOOD FOR GUACAMORLE
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 6:00 pm #
>>Whenever Baracky gets busted on something he lies and lashes out
Yeah, I was like “you fkr you stole my twinkie” and he was all like “Ima kill you you say that again fkr” and I never dealt with him no more after that.
fkr still owes me tho
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 6:02 pm #
>>GUACAMORLE
He’s the spanish dude what worked with Scrooge
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/18 @ 6:02 pm #
Folks, avocados got their name from testicles. You really want to mash those up and shove them in your face?!
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/18 @ 6:03 pm #
“#Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 5:09 pm #
Guacamole is important.”
Only if you’re a guac.
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 6:07 pm #
I thought “avocado” came from the spanish word for “hobby”.
Learn something new every day I guess
Comment by guinsPen on 9/18 @ 6:09 pm #
You really want to mash those up and shove them in your face?!
The Baracky Peops will shield me.
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 6:16 pm #
Hahahahahaha
Comment by alppuccino on 9/18 @ 6:18 pm #
Guacamole is important.
He’s the third Castro brother, isn’t he?
Comment by dre on 9/18 @ 6:21 pm #
Can I say “toasted Obambi”? Toasted sort of says brown or black oh hell I denounce it.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/18 @ 6:35 pm #
Hey, give Barrett a little credit. He’s one of the rare atheists who can spell atheist correctly.
Or maybe it just seems that way, sometimes.
Comment by ST on 9/18 @ 7:12 pm #
When you’re a baby, fat is good. Fat means you’re going to live.
Once you become older, it becomes discretionary fat…subject to science and facts.
Comment by Education Guy on 9/18 @ 7:26 pm #
Chunks of Guacamole and little strips of tortillas are a big part of tortilla soup. It’s a delicious way to enjoy both with a nice savory broth, and its a decent way to say “hello” to our neighbors to the south.
Comment by MarkH on 9/18 @ 7:40 pm #
“…But it’s the good kind of fat.”
Ain’t no fat better than bacon, especially not from gnarly looking green things hanging from trees.
Comment by urthshu on 9/18 @ 7:51 pm #
Another…Castro slept with 35k women!
“Castro outlasted no fewer than nine American presidents”
Who wants sloppy ninths anyway?
/self-denounced
Comment by Cowboy on 9/18 @ 7:57 pm #
I don’t know, EG, tortilla soup? I have the same reaction to it that I do to fish tacos.
Just, ya’ know, ick.
Comment by Cowboy on 9/18 @ 7:57 pm #
…although I once had a salami, peanut butter, and dill pickle sandwich and it was delish.
Comment by Cowboy on 9/18 @ 7:59 pm #
I also like french fries dipped in mayo.
So, YMMV.
Comment by Education Guy on 9/18 @ 8:02 pm #
I know Cowboy, but really, es muy deliciouso. Srsly.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 9/18 @ 8:04 pm #
mmmmm…….
Bourbon.
Comment by Education Guy on 9/18 @ 8:10 pm #
Right then. New plan. Skip the soup and listen to RTO.
Comment by Cowboy on 9/18 @ 8:34 pm #
I’m with you, EG.
Comment by Cowboy on 9/18 @ 8:35 pm #
…and the next time someone offers me a fish taco–without pornographic intent–I’ll take them up on it.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 9/18 @ 8:36 pm #
I’m with me and you’re with he and we are all together.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 8:46 pm #
oh. There is a bacon avocado. For real. Except if it tastes like bacon that means it’s bad I think. brb.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 9/18 @ 8:51 pm #
Mmmmmmm….
bacon avocado bourbon
…
*
Comment by happyfeet on 9/18 @ 8:51 pm #
Here is bacon avocado facts. Here it tells you how if it tastes like bacon don’t eat it.
Comment by Education Guy on 9/18 @ 8:53 pm #
So if the bacon avocado tastes like bacon then it’s no good. Huh. I’m thinking some marketers were involved with this in a way that is not small.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 9/18 @ 8:54 pm #
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.
Comment by Rick Smith on 9/18 @ 8:57 pm #
Jeff-
49 comments about guacamole, so far. Brilliant post. You lost me.
Comment by Fletch on 9/18 @ 9:52 pm #
49 comments about guacamole, so far. Brilliant post. You lost me.</o?
Me too.
Only a Joo could actually appreciate a “baked” totilla- *aka* “corn matzo”…
Comment by Fletch on 9/18 @ 9:53 pm #
It’s teh rum…
Comment by RTO Trainer on 9/18 @ 10:28 pm #
Bourbon then scotch? Seems redundant. More Bourbon!
Comment by mojo on 9/18 @ 11:23 pm #
And fresh horses for my men!
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/18 @ 11:27 pm #
ooooh, now I get why you conked out shortly after I got home….
Comment by Jeff G. on 9/19 @ 12:07 am #
I had fish tacos for dinner last night and lunch today. They sound strange but they truly are delish.
Comment by mishu on 9/19 @ 12:57 am #
Fish tacos rock.
Comment by JD on 9/19 @ 6:55 am #
Nothing that tastes like bacon can be rancid. The mind, it boggles. I have been adding raw bacon to my daily White Chocolate Mocha. Delish.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:02 am #
pragmatize this, Jeff.
“go shopping” is going to cause us years of financial grief.
Comment by JD on 9/19 @ 7:05 am #
SHUT THE FUCK UP NISHIDIOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by JD on 9/19 @ 7:07 am #
but they did try to put the brakes on some of the lending outrages that are the root of the current crisis. For example, Barack Obama sponsored a bill that would have prevented lenders from pressing abusive loan terms onto unsophisticated, subprime borrowers.
Proof of this? Or is this one of those aggressive lies?
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:18 am #
pragmatize this too.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:20 am #
read the link JD
Comment by U-238 on 9/19 @ 7:20 am #
To quote an episode of Fat Albert: “Quellcrist falconer you’re like school on saturday: No class.”
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:22 am #
republican deregulation has caused this disater.
McCain didnt even know that the chairman of the FEC, while appointed by the prez, cant be fired.
or….another senior moment?
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 7:26 am #
The last few days will be looked back upon for decades to come, if only in the attempt to sort out all that has taken place. No better example could be wanted to begin to reflect the enormity and complexity of the economy of the US, let alone the economy of the entire world altogether. A little humility, an up front admission of ignorance, to oneself if to no-one else is in order from everyone, on all fronts and political positions, I think. The events, in fact, staggering as they have been, shocking to the mind for lack of precedent and greatness of scope, are not over but are ongoing in magnitude and intensity. We need perspective, patience and a sincere willingness to learn in order to start to grasp the un-grasp-able.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:31 am #
what do yah know.
FOXnews IS fair and balanced.
or at least Megyn Kelly is.
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 7:31 am #
This may come as a shock to you, nishi, but the president doesn’t set interest rates.
Have you checked the balance in the Social Security lockbox lately, nishi?
Comment by alppuccino on 9/19 @ 7:33 am #
JD,
Are you blogging from the Ryder Cup?
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:34 am #
well…Sdferr…how about we get honest about what caused this?
republican deregulation.
to which McCain was a major contributor.
this is Resolution Trust Corporation redux.
those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 7:40 am #
Coupla (four, if they’re small) avocados
four or more cloves of garlic
a tablespoon or so of minced onion, if you like that kind of thing
salt to taste
cumin to taste
cayenne pepper to taste
cilantro to taste
the juice of one lime. 2 limes, if they’re the key-lime kind
one medium ripe tomato, seeded, chopped
Peel, pit and mash the avocado. If it doesn’t mash easily with a fork, it isn’t ripe enough. If it’s brown inside, it’s way too ripe.
Smash the garlic and mix in with the avocado. My sister’s recipe (which is absolutely the best guac ever) has you grinding the garlic with salt, using a mortar and pestle, but I find you can get equivalent results with a garlic press and adding the salt later.
Add the lime juice. It will seem like too much at first; just let it all slide in.
Add the chopped tomatoes and onion. Now, add salt to taste. Be advised that you’re going to be adding quite a lot of salt, but the amount is going to depend on how much of the other ingredients you’ve added.
The other spices are optional. I personally like all of them; I love cumin, and I absolutely dig the combination of lime juice and cilantro flavors. The cayenne I just add enough to give it a tiny kick. What you’re looking for is a combination of flavors where the avocado dominates, but the garlic and lime and other flavors intrude beyond subtlety. I’ve got a bud that’s allergic to cilantro, so there really isn’t any magic combination. You can play around with varying proportions a bit.
Be careful with the salt. Not enough and it’s going to be blah; too much and oh shit you’ve got to add another avocado or two, and some more tomato and onion.
Now, here’s the key: put the whole mess in a covered container overnight. By morning time, the garlic flavor will have infused everything. If you serve it right away the garlic will be less pervasive. This is where the lime is absolutely vital, because the lime juice keeps the whole thing from turning brown. The surface might have some brown tinge; you can just mix it in and it’ll be bright green once more.
You can burn off all that fat in a week or so, by surviving on protein shakes and not much else.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 7:41 am #
It was mostly a bunch of morons who thought they were opposed to be homeowners like the people they saw on the tv but they forgot the part about where they had to actually have monies to pull it off. Now they has bad credit and don’t get to play anymore and I look down upon them Charlie Gibson style. Most of them live in California, so I see their stricken faces and their BarackyHope stickers and I think my god you people is stupid. You paid half a million dollars for that two-bedroom hovel and you don’t even got no trees. Your credit might be good enough to try again by the time Mr. HopeyPants finishes his second term, but you is so stupid I doubt even then.
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 7:42 am #
The set term is as commissioners. The President decides which of the 5 commissioners will serve as Chair.
As for firing, no one gets fired at those levels. Not Rumsfeld, not Gonzales, not Mike Brown, not Powell, not Goss. All “resigned”.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 7:45 am #
Thank you slart, I am emailing that home so I can try it. Probably next year though cause they are starting to get really proud of their avocados again.
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 7:45 am #
O!
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 7:48 am #
Sounds great, Slart, though I find it best consumed immediately upon making it. Guacamole is the bestest thing ever, after beer. Or, with it.
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 7:50 am #
O’Reilly needs to get an intern to explain to him about the amazing new world of the internets.
Comment by JD on 9/19 @ 7:54 am #
al – Saturday and Sunday. Gotta work today.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 7:54 am #
N, Honest? If you cannot understand what I would say in response to your assertions after what I have written at 71, I honestly cannot think what it is I can write to help you. Maybe, “stop and think”? But I doubt that will help what with so much emotional investment evident in your struggle to prove victorious (in whatever it is you conceive as your project).
For now, flip cliche just doesn’t seem worth the while. I believe I have a general sense of what I know and what I don’t know and even, sometimes, how to stop myself from presuming either way. I hope to learn about the economic/political events of the last week, month, year, decade, etc. to the extent they are related. Please pardon me if I seek sources more apt to deserve my confidence.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 7:54 am #
Oh, and try to use the small, avocados; the ones we call California avocados. The ones that grow in Florida are about the size of a softball, and are too watery for my taste in guacamole.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 7:56 am #
Hass, named after Dr. Hass, who grew the original sport.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:00 am #
As for firing, no one gets fired at those levels
So Pablow?
McCain called for the prez to “fire the chairman”, he said that is what he’d do.
should he perhaps know that is impossible?
in that he is aspiring to be prez an all?
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 8:03 am #
And you think you’re going to be transhuman. Obama thinks he’s going to control the oceans and heal the planet. And require me to work.
Lesser of evils, etc…
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 8:03 am #
You know, if avocados are really that high in fat, maybe diesel fuel can grow on trees after all.
On-topic, I think you’ll find a substantially more nuanced assessment of FNMA’s problem here. I think nishi would have to astroturf several thousand blog comments to even get an order of magnitude less of an explanation than you’ll see there.
But why do your own bad thinking, when nishi is more than willing to do bad thinking for you? If you really want a purposeful look at FNMA, I’m sure Brad Delong has a few dozen posts up blaming the whole thing on Bush.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:05 am #
hmm….short sellin will be illegal.
how is that laissez faire capitalism?
and…i think Warren Buffet trumphs Carly Fiorina as economics adviser.
Carly got all her tv appearances pulled by Team McCain lol.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 8:08 am #
Oh, and the bit about “avocado” coming from the word for “testicle” is via Alton Brown. And Alton would never get it wrong, would he?
And even Wikipedia says it: “The word “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word ÄÂhuacatl (“testicle”, a reference to the shape of the fruit).”
Of course, Wikipedia also throws in this interesting tidbit at the end:
So, really, an avocado is a “testicle fruit” intended to be crapped out by a giant sloth.
And you people like it?!
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 8:12 am #
Like it? Oh yeah baby, I could live on the things.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 8:14 am #
Insty linked to a press release about some company getting diesel from algae growing in sewage and saying they do it at an economically viable cost, which is just about a trifecta as far as I’m concerned: waste water treatment and fuel production! Unfortunately, the company’s site is mostly “invest in us!” happy horseshit, so I doubt they’ve really got anything.
And, to be honest, all I’ve had to eat in the last twelve hours is a single banana, and all I’ve had in the last 48 is two bananas and a bowl of oatmeal. So I’m starting to get a little punchy, if ya know what I mean.
On the plus side, eating no longer results in sharp, stabbing pains in my stomach. So I’ve got that going for me.
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 8:19 am #
“So, really, an avocado is a “testicle fruit†intended to be crapped out by a giant sloth.
And you people like it?!”
I imagine you’re playing devil’s advocate here, but I’ll bite, so to speak:
Enjoy bacon?
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:20 am #
im home today so im watching FOXnews.
half a trillion dollars in taxpayer money for the bailout. borowed from the Chicoms i guess.
Bush tried to push the 911 recession far enuff down the road to fund the Manifest Destiny of Judeoxian Democracy.
Epic fail i think.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:24 am #
also….what u guyz dont unnerstand about “teh Surge” is a lot.
Petraeus nailed when he said its very fragile.
the Surge was a topdown brute force solution, which is the opposite of Anbar.
it could vaporize.
this is what happen when a cudlip runs the country.
sowwy.
Comment by Daniel Dare on 9/19 @ 8:25 am #
Falconer,
“republican deregulation.”
yes and no.
Deregulation of legal restraints in a context of undermining the market’s own discipline.
Libertarians would say, the problem arises when you eliminate the legal restraints, but you won’t allow the market to correct either. Because every time you get a recession, the gov bails everybody out or the interest rates are manipulated down etc, etc.
In other words the Greenspan put.
This is not capitalism. This is not socialism.
This is crony capitalism.
Socialism for the well-connected.
Privitization of profits, socialization of losses.
Anyway fwiw, I doubt whether any economic structure constructed ex-ante is perfect for every context.
There are environments that favor one structure and environments that favor another.
You are being too simplistic.
In reality all we can ever do is adapt.
Be prepared to change, because change is the only constant.
Historically, there there have been times of open horizons when deregulation worked well.
And there are times of great challenge when safety becomes the first priority.
Sorry to be so non-partizan.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 8:26 am #
Sure. And it’s the smoked, cured belly of a porcine creature. I know where bacon comes from. But I don’t eat pig’s feet or pig’s testicles — and even if I did, I bet they wouldn’t taste like greasy lawn clippings.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:27 am #
et tu brute?
are u a cudlip now Dare?
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 8:28 am #
Oh, look, the retard’s going into her “untermensch” rant again.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 8:29 am #
If you were to spread (fresh, anyway) grass clippings with bacon grease I would probably eat that with gusto. But that’s just me and bacon grease having our fun over here, no-one else need join in.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 8:31 am #
I have no idea who you are, Daniel, put you make an excellent point:
Don’t feel bad about the illiterate twat calling you names. Since you used proper English and made sense, you’ve become a threat to her self-declared supremacy. That makes you an untermensch in her book.
But hang around, and let’s talk about how nasty avocados are!
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:32 am #
the basic problem with conservatism is that it is mired in the past.
sure, deregulation worked once upon a time.
but conservos seem unable to project into futurespace an an evolving socio-economic environment.
I postulate a negative correlation between IQ and conservatism, just as there is between IQ and religious belief.
affiliation with the past.
Am fear nach seall roimhe
Seallaidh e as a dheigh.
[He who will not look before him
Will look behind him.]
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 8:33 am #
Why yes, yes, I do.
Much preferable to have the seed of the parent tree crapped out, than, for instance, the actual beans in your coffee.
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 8:33 am #
I dunno about you, but the avacados I eat are picked from trees, no giant sloths involved. I avoid mushrooms, though, because they’re fungus, like athlete’s foot.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:35 am #
We need to deregulate the oil drillings I think because there are people that need jobs so they can buy Christmas presents. Democrats tried but they forgot they have to actually let us drill where the oil actually is, not where the oil actually isn’t. Some people think they did it that way on purpose.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:35 am #
“Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 7:22 am #
republican deregulation has caused this disater.”
That statement right there should earn nishi a banning because that statement right there is paramecium level stupid.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 8:36 am #
It seems to me (from the outside looking in) as though some of the most exciting intellectual study going on today is being done in investigations of ordered self-generating complex systems of all sorts. Stuff like biological systems, economic systems, social systems and the like. I’ll bet it can be fun and rewarding (self satisfying) work for those involved in it. And human knowledge may be advanced somewhat along the way, so, bonus!
Palaver about politics can seem puny and insignificant by contrast, sometimes. Just saying.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:37 am #
And, nishidiot, if this can penetrate your chromium dome of a skull, it was Democratic policies that caused the housing market meltdown.
Now, STFU.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:37 am #
Also we need to deregulate to where you can remodel your house or add on without stupid city officials delaying everything and driving up the cost and making it to where you have to use stupid greasey union workers I think.
Comment by A fine scotch on 9/19 @ 8:38 am #
Although we’ve been seeing a lot more of the soon-to-be Lt. Col. John around here more often, I will post his reminder to the commentariat:
Do NOT feed the typing telephone pole!
I know that was originally aimed at the alpoid one but the point still holds.
Thatisall.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 8:40 am #
I’d like to take a moment out to suggest that, once again, you should not attempt to engage the nishbot, because it will not be engaged. I think all you can do is pray that it does not reproduce, memetically or otherwise. The world is stupid enough as it is.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:40 am #
We should also deregulate the building of the refineries of oil cause gasoline is what makes my car go vroom vroom and stupid California sends all their monies and jobs for this out of state. Mostly to Texas, so I’m not all too upset about it other than it’s glaring evidence that I live amongst deeply scary-stupid people.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:42 am #
“Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:24 am #
also….what u guyz dont unnerstand about “teh Surge†is a lot.”
Holy fuck, my brain is melting under the assault of nishi’s “Stooopid Ray”.
Please, make it STOP!!!!!
Comment by dre on 9/19 @ 8:43 am #
The perfect treat for your next Democrat gathering: guacamole with greasey union workers.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:44 am #
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 8:40 am #
You’re right, Slart.
And I’m the one asking everyone to ignore that anal wart thor.
Ok, I promise.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:44 am #
So, how’s the weather where you are?
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 8:45 am #
Ugh. I turned on a radio and heard just now this ranty yelly stoogiery guy named Glenn Beck and goddamnit I had to turn it off straightaway. Why do jerks like this guy and B. O’Reilly and Matthews, Scarborough et al get microphones to shout into? Why not other jerks with at least half an idea about how things work?
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:47 am #
oh. Congratulations, Major John! That’s a big damn deal. My mom’s cousin was a Lt. Col. and they gave him a big four-story beautiful house in West Point and when we went to visit we got to ride a PT boat up and down some the Hudson River in New York and we went to Constitution Island and saw that house where the lady lived who wrote Jesus Loves Me. It was a very loud boat and my Mom and Dad mostly drank scotch. He taught me how to play chess.
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 8:49 am #
“Why not other jerks with at least half an idea about how things work?”
Producers are, by and large, amoral scum. They will do anything to promote their own careers. This is why Larry King so often allows fraudulent psychics to promote their fraudulent activities on national television, and why Glenn Beck is not working at a sports bar, as he would be in the most perfect of all worlds.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:51 am #
look Dare.
Heres the truthsay.
Dig Manzi.
But it isnt “inequality”.
Its the bellcurve wars.
the righthand tail, the l33ts, understand the the lefthand tail needs aid…lots of aid to overcome their biological disadvantage.
the chunk in the middle, the cudlips, or as polymath uberl33t Thomas Jefferson termed them, “yeoman farmers”, believe that religio-socio values can bootstrap anyone.
so the cudlips reguard the left tail with contempt, and the right tail with bitter envy.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:53 am #
CNN is a brand. They will do anything to promote their brand. Producers serve themselves only insofar as they serve the brand, really. The part where they think it’s to their own glory is narcissism I think. They are but cogs.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 8:54 am #
Bush on Fox now…..
shorter Bush….have confidence!–go shopping somemore.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 8:54 am #
See, we’re having this nice conversation about crapping fruit, and someone lays a big steamer right next to the tap. That’s just fucking rude, that is.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 8:56 am #
“Producers are, by and large, amoral scum.” [expression of mild laughter, usually rendered heh, here]
Goes well with: “Consumers are, by and large, amoral scum.”
Together, they make a market.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 8:57 am #
oh. I think he meant the tv and radio producers. They are all easily replaced, and they know it, and it makes them sort of miserable people I think.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 8:57 am #
“#Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 8:49 am #
…and why Glenn Beck is not working at a sports bar, as he would be in the most perfect of all worlds.”
Oooo, a taste of the green-eyed monster, p’raps?
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 8:58 am #
“The part where they think it’s to their own glory is narcissism I think. They are but cogs.”
Ah, but they all have resumes floating through the ether at all times, which is to say that they are cogs on the move! There is always a more “prestigious” position to be had, perhaps over at Lou Dobbs, scouring the news for diplomats killed by young illegal immigrants and Reichstags burned down by corporations with Calcutta call centers…
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 9:01 am #
I know, but liked the joke too much to resist.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 9:01 am #
I agree. But where they won’t find any prestige is at CSPAN which is why CSPAN radio would be a very powerful thing that NPR has fought and fought. NPR is an unremitting propaganda tool that I think on balance is a bad thing for America.
Comment by TaiChiWawa on 9/19 @ 9:03 am #
I think the person who named kidney beans made a big mistake.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 9:03 am #
I worked in the industry enough to see the various players at their play, I mean, so I’ve got a sense of them and theirs.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 9:03 am #
oh. I don’t think Barrett is envious. He sounds very eyes wide open about the whole thing is all.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 9:10 am #
I rather like NPR. You just have to realize that they have a certain slant on things, and deal. Nearly everyone is going to be more fascinated with the warts on the people they don’t like, and I don’t think journalists are in the least bit an exception to that generalization.
Some of their coverage of the Iraq war, early on, was so absolutely dreadfully pointed at making our soldiers out to be collectively psychotic, that I stopped sending them money. I haven’t started back up again, but I’m considering it. But I tend to give more of an ear to their human-interest reporting than their political stuff.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:10 am #
lol Slart…u have enuff IQ points to know im correct.
;)
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 9:11 am #
Good God almighty, my sis sent me this link (@Boston.com) to a series of staggering pictures of Ike. My heart goes out to these poor folk knowing what they’re going to go through for the next year/s since we’ve been through it ourselves down here the last few years.
Comment by urthshu on 9/19 @ 9:12 am #
I’m really not all that worried about the financial crashiness, honestly.
For one, I’m a social worky dude, so I thrives in teh chaos, basically vampiring on the misery.
But two, the markets are very different critters from the old Depression-era ones. Yes, its gonna be bad, but we seem able to recover faster than previous.
Oh. Nishi is fkn stupid. I’d say she should stick to what she knows, but then it’d be memebot central all over again.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 9:14 am #
Not really. They look remarkably like kidneys.
A friend at work asked what “prairie oysters” are. IMHO, they’re like “Rocky Mountain oysters” except from Iowa.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 9:15 am #
I gave some monies to the Salvation Army for the Ike people. NPR has been pimping it as Katrina II but not once have they suggested anywhere to donate. I was gonna give to the Red Cross but their stupid website doesn’t let you designate your monies. They say if you want to do that you have to mail them a check and blah blah blah, or you can just give to the Salvation Army instead.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:15 am #
why cant…..the repubs just say..we were wrong?
epic deregulation wasnt a good idea?
that they were just tryin to avoid the post 911 recession, and accidentally created a monster?
haha, NOW ur bi-partisan.
now the repubs want to share the blame AND the effort to fix this mess.
lol
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 9:17 am #
Ya know, I hate to admit it, but I haven’t really been up on how bad Ike was down in Texas. Going 24 hours with no power and another 24 hours doubled over in pain, with a couple busy catch-up work days in the middle can do that.
Anyone know of a good summary? Last I heard the property damage was massive, but the loss of life was much lighter than it could have been. I’m really hoping events are still going that way.
Comment by Pablo on 9/19 @ 9:18 am #
F’rinstance, as we speak, the DJIA is right where it was a week ago. Not very crashy, that.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:19 am #
its my same meme lol.
there is a biological basis for all behavior.
“It is Nature, not Society, that is our biggest oppressor.”
–Paglia
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 9:19 am #
Harry and Nancy wouldn’t let anybody regulate their super best friends at Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae had to close down their own foundation cause it was scary-socialist in what it was supporting and they knew they were going to look like treasonous Democrat asswipes when people noticed they didn’t know what the fuck they were doing with respect to what their actual jobs were. It’s very sad how Democrats ensconce themselves in an institution and then ruin it.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:21 am #
oh i dunno Pablow…seems to me a trillion to a half-trillion more ‘Merican paper on the bond market is gonna have some effect.
lol!
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 9:21 am #
Oil prices are where they were on Jan. 1. Gas prices aren’t, but I don’t really give a damn anymore.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 9:22 am #
Have you ever set yourself a real challenge, say, take your economic ideas and propound them over in the comments at CafeHayek or some other equally well outfitted econblog? Either you’ll be able to teach them (for which I’m sure they’ll be grateful) or they will be able to teach you (for which I’m sure you will likewise thank them, right?)
That might be fun for a change, might it not? And then you can return here to tell us how much smarter you’ve become and how much stupider we have got, and Oh! won’t that be fun!?
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:22 am #
debt, yah know.
talk about borrowing against our childrens future.
when is that going to be paid off again?
Comment by Joel on 9/19 @ 9:23 am #
Slart, I’ll try your recipe this weekend–I like the idea of the cayenne and cumin. FWIW, the best guacamole I’ve come across is assembled thusly:
two small avocados, peeled, pitted and mashed with a fork
one can Ro-Tel, drained
two green onions, chopped with green ends removed
one medium lime (no key limes)
cilantro (chopped) and sea salt to taste
Mix it all together in the order above in a large bowl–it’s ready to eat immediately. If you prefer it smooth, put all ingredients in a food processor. My wife prefers it chunky, so I’ll combine everything, put half in the processor and then add the rest.
If jalepenos cause problems, use the mild Ro-Tel. I prefer the medium and the hot, but I burned off the pain receptors on my tongue around third grade.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:24 am #
lol this isnt for u, cudlips.
i know you are biologically incapable of understanding this.
im talkin to Jeff.
;)
Comment by Daniel Dare on 9/19 @ 9:26 am #
Falconer,
Trust me on this. Stop worrying about society.
Get rich. Retire.
Society will go to hell in a handbasket in its own sweet way,
with or without us.
Meanwhile there is Beethoven and Mozart.
And beaches and mountains and forests.
And life is short.
Comment by Barrett Brown on 9/19 @ 9:26 am #
This relates to nothing but is kind of amusing. From Wikipedia entry on Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the atheist activist:
“O’Hair filed a lawsuit with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in regards to the Apollo 8 Genesis reading.[10] O’Hair wished the courts to ban US astronauts  who were all Government employees  from public prayer in space.[10] The case was rejected by the US Supreme Court for lack of jurisdiction.[11]
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 9:26 am #
I had rather, your interest in mind, but then you’ld know more about that than I. Jeff hasn’t seemed too interested lately, s’far as I can see, but then of course he can speak for himself on that.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 9:30 am #
Joel, the no key limes thing I’d disagree with.
They’re a different lime flavor. Personally, I think that they’re wasted in pies unless you have a whole lot of them. They don’t keep all that long, so I’ve got to think that key lime pie was devised to use up all the extra key limes before they rotted.
If you like vodka tonic, try a key lime instead of the regular kind, if you can get one. Ditto, on any food that you normally use a regular lime on. I haven’t tried one yet in guac, but then again I haven’t made guac in a while.
I would tend to shy away from making guac hot, because I think the flavors are subtle and tend to get washed away by the heat. If you want hot sauce, make yourself up some fresh salsa and mince a habanero into it. That’ll show those tonsils.
Comment by Dread Cthulhu on 9/19 @ 9:30 am #
Nishi: “epic deregulation wasnt a good idea”
Who de-regulated the airline industry?
Who loosened the regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, encouraging banks to write mortgages you wouldn’t led five dollars for lunch?
Nish, you’re entitled to your own opinion — we’d prefer you have an informed one, but that’s neither here nor there.
What you are not entitled to is to make up your own “facts” as you go.
Comment by Log Cabin on 9/19 @ 9:32 am #
Nishi hasn’t included avocado into a single one of her 5th grade sci-fi novels that she’s been writing here…
I thought that the bell curve thingie might be an avocado in disguise, but then, nothing!
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 9:38 am #
I haven’t tried key lime juice in margaritas, yet, but I promise I will give it a vigorous taste-testing at my next opportunity, and report back after the hangover fades a bit.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 9:42 am #
Daniel is really very wise especially on a Friday morning I think. I have like five minutes before those coworker people get here and they are very not Daniel the way they look at things and they can be awfully talky on Fridays.
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 9/19 @ 9:46 am #
contrast the two press conferences when you can.
O just filched the postpartisan mantle from mccain.
O took questions.
mccain couldnt take questions i guess in consideration of his senior moments this week.
mccain devoted half his time to partisan sniping at O.
very bad form i think.
O looked very presidential i think.
;)
i predict 2 points in the poll averages.
Comment by urthshu on 9/19 @ 9:49 am #
Another tale of economic woe
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 9:49 am #
What’s really important, I think, is that I just took a bite of my ham and Swiss on rye, and it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever eaten.
Could be the hunger speaking, though.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 9:50 am #
Oh, the opportunity cost of the weak dollar!
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 9:52 am #
Hmmm…a million Euros. That’s like 500 dollars, right?
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 9:53 am #
Oh. Pesos. Dang. Well, maybe another virgin supermodel.
Which would make a good name for a band, I think: The Virgin Supermodels
Comment by MAJ (P) John on 9/19 @ 10:02 am #
111 – indeed, it was for alphie, originally. But I think the good advice holds true. BTW, last I saw alphie he was trying, quite unsuccessfully, to troll “Forward Movement”. He did basically wish me killed or injured on my deployment, so it appears that he had gone from balloon fences to a really nasty state of mind.
119 – Thanks. The Army Personnel Pamphlet says something to the effect that “reaching the rank of LTC is generally considered the hallmark of a successful career.” If only the bewildered (and skinny) Private John could have known this back in 1985…heh heh. I rather consider it a tribute to plowing through the military education requirements, being overly educated on the civilian side, doing all sorts of weird things like training Ukrainians, Greeks and Austrians to being in SFOR to covering RC East in Afghanistan (and remaining unblown up) and finally managing to find myself right in the midst of the Battle of Basrah. I didn’t leave them much choice – they either had to promote me or find something even weirder for me to do. They seem to have run out of those…
BTW – nishi, do tell me about this “Surge”. It sounds interesting.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 10:09 am #
ohnoes. Dark Alphie is unleashed.
Comment by SarahW on 9/19 @ 10:19 am #
Congratulations, Maj. John, and thank you for earning that. Thank you.
off-topic Kernell: links to screencaps of his facebook pages are over in the pub. He is very much the devoted Obamacrat. He was a Ron Paul joiner, too, but mostly he’s working for the one. The Scamp,
Comment by A fine scotch on 9/19 @ 10:19 am #
Major (P) John,
Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for this country. Everyone of us is better off because this great nation produces men and women like you.
Congratulations on your well-deserved promotion!
Comment by MAJ (P) John on 9/19 @ 10:25 am #
Marvel Comics Presents…Dark Alphie! Issue #1 available in stores in October.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 10:31 am #
Apropos of not much, I am lately reminded of a scrap of lyric from one of my favorite bands:
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 10:33 am #
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Comment by mojo on 9/19 @ 10:43 am #
A post about guacamole, and it gets 170+ comments, so I just hadda look. Gee, go figure, some twits are doing the Oficcial bambi bullshit spew. Whatta surprise.
Tell ya what, assholes – you vote for Little Mr. Clean there an I’ll vote for somebody else. Let’s see who wins. But do I really need to have your crap “facts” inundating a perfectly innocent thread on guacamole?
No, I do not. Fuck off.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 10:45 am #
“perfectly innocent”
AHahahahahahahahh. Ha.
Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 10:47 am #
why cant…..the repubs just say..we were wrong?
epic deregulation wasnt a good idea?
um…because it was regulation, not de-regulation that created the epic fail?
C’mon Nishi. You’re too smart to reguritate dumb prog talking points. THINK girl!
Comment by kelly on 9/19 @ 10:51 am #
Comgrats, Maj. John. My dad retired as an LTC. My brother is an LTC in the Reserve.
Comment by tunnel duck on 9/19 @ 11:20 am #
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 11:23 am #
Regurgitating always makes me think of mama birds.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 11:24 am #
Or civet-cat coffee. Yummy vomit!
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 11:25 am #
What’s with Mr. Reynolds and his Jetta fetish anyway? Driving a Jetta isn’t on my list of teh fun. Maybe I’m jaded.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 11:25 am #
Speaking of yummy deliciosity, I’m right now listening to the sax solo on Mercenary Territory, which is probably the most astonishing thing ever. My dad still maintains that no human being could ever do that.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/19 @ 11:27 am #
…and now my iPod has shuffled in a song by Leo Kottke; Buckaroo, which is also delicioso.
Comment by Sdferr on 9/19 @ 11:29 am #
Paul Johnson making comparisons. Global Warming – Gore, Relativity – Einstein, Communism – Marx, Psychiatry – Freud. Wishes Karl would Popper on out of his grave and give us a hand.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 11:29 am #
Hey check me and my new Jetta!! Wee! and also Wee! I gots some wine coolers in the trunk and if you roll the window down you can smoke.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 9/19 @ 11:35 am #
Man, feets, why are you hatin’ on Jettas?
I just bought one of those TDIs, and I’m loving it. Gas prices in the Cincy area skyrocketed in the wake of Ike — partly because of the refinery shut downs, partly because of the power outages that shut down 3/4ths of the gas stations.
But diesel?
It came down in price.
Not that I’ve needed to fill up. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Comment by Lost My Cookies on 9/19 @ 11:37 am #
One word: leatril
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 11:45 am #
oh. Jettas are very happy cars and I like them but the fun one is the GTI I think. I really like the GTI but it gets crappy mileage if you get a fun one. It’s like the mini that way.
Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 11:48 am #
duck,
Unregulated mortgage lenders would never give money to objectively unqualified borrowers. That would be stupid. It required politicians to prohibit lenders from using “discriminatory” (read: relevant) criteria about potential borrowers such as income and credit history, and mandate that lending decisions be based instead on poltical criteria, such as victim-group status.
Predictably, once lending decisions began to be made on based statistically unsound political considerations, the volume of failures increased. The response from the people who had created the mess? Blame Bush and call for more government regulation.
More here.
Comment by dre on 9/19 @ 11:48 am #
I drive a focus coz it makes me concentrate better.
Comment by urthshu on 9/19 @ 11:51 am #
rainy day driving through the city Jetta song for no reason whatsoever
Comment by urthshu on 9/19 @ 11:55 am #
I kinda like the putt-putt noises….
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 9/19 @ 11:58 am #
I drive a focus coz it makes me concentrate better.
I used to drive a Fury because it promoted the proper mental attitude for dealing with heavy traffic.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 11:58 am #
#Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 11:48 am #
aldo, a complete waste of bandwidth.
You’re commenting to the heir of the talking telephone pole.
Comment by tunnel duck on 9/19 @ 12:07 pm #
Hey stupid, nobody put a gun to anyone’s head at the bank and made ‘em make loans. JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs aren’t being rewarded for being smart and correctly judging risk, but you wouldn’t know anything about smarts.
Pay your taxes. The boys at WAMU need’n your money, and they’re handing out free coffee mugs full of piping hot genius when you open a new account.
Comment by tunnel duck on 9/19 @ 12:13 pm #
Jesus-airhead, that particular WSJ Op-Ed feud has been going on for years. It was fresh and interesting way back when.
LOL, give me/us a break.
Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 12:16 pm #
You’re right duck. Nobody put a gun to the head of mortgage lenders and forced them to make home loans. That just happened to be the business they were in. It was a profitable business that created a lot of value for our society and our economy until the politicials decided to regulate it.
You want to know the final irony? Studies have shown that Fannie and Freddie didn’t even succeed at their ostensible mission of helping low-income borrowers buy homes. They succeeded gloriously at their true goal: enriching Democrats and Democratic party connected organizations. I don’t need a WMAU coffee mug for the smarts to do that math.
Comment by happyfeet on 9/19 @ 12:19 pm #
I still bank at my trusty little bank in Texas. Mostly I just figure I’ll never have a twenty-year relationship with a bank ever, at least not for twenty years if I started today, and in little Texas towns that still means something. Third generation of my family what has had an account there, really. I can’t say that about anything else I can think of. Plus also that way my monies never get put in California and that way I feel like I’m not being part of the problem.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/19 @ 12:24 pm #
Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 12:16 pm #
Please ignore the talking pile of shit.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 9/19 @ 12:27 pm #
Plus also that way my monies never get put in California and that way I feel like I’m not being part of the problem.
Considering that I’ve heard talk of Cali tacking an “exit visa” surcharge on money leaving the state, probably a wise plan.
Comment by kelly on 9/19 @ 12:28 pm #
Did you even read the editorial, tunnel dick? I thought not. Somehow I think you’d be a little more outraged if the criminal malfeasance at Fan/Fred were tied to…Republicans. Hack.
Comment by Aldo on 9/19 @ 12:36 pm #
duck,
You keep spewing insults, but you haven’t raised even one substantive argument. O’Brain must be right. You must be a dumb-ass. I’m done with you.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 9/19 @ 4:14 pm #
tunnel dick is thor, btw.