Republicans.
«In the November elections, Republicans gained seats in the House and came one seat shy of gaining a supermajority in that chamber. So Democrats hold enough votes in the House to protect Cooper’s veto. But with the new rules in place, Democrats fear Republicans will call surprise votes to override Cooper if a couple of their members are absent.»
https://www.wral.com/nc-house-republicans-scrap-rule-on-veto-override-votes/20667372/
Hey, David Brooks and Bret Stephens: it was the racism. Not the “post-Reagan decay of the Republican party” or whatever you want to call it. Not Gingrich. Not Fox News. Go back to 1964 and “hunt where the ducks are”.
«[David:] I walked into the polling booth that November genuinely not knowing if I would vote for McCain or Barack Obama. Then an optical illusion flashed across my brain. McCain and Obama’s names appeared to be written on the ballot in 12-point type. But Sarah Palin’s name looked like it was written in red in 24-point type. I don’t think I’ve ever said this publicly before, but I voted for Obama.
Bret: I voted for McCain. If I were basing my presidential votes on the vice-presidential candidate, I’d have thought twice about voting for Biden.»
Seriously, I rest my case (Bret).
«Trump had kept hundreds of classified documents across his office and a storage room at Mar-a-Lago, as well as a separate storage unit in Palm Beach, Florida, compared with 10 classified documents found at the UPenn Biden Center in downtown Washington.»
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/11/trump-biden-classified-documents-serious-mar-a-lago
Also:
«The obstruction applies particularly to Trump because of his repeated refusal to fully surrender classified documents, including when he only partially complied with a grand jury subpoena issued in May demanding any classified materials, that led to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago last August.
And Trump for months also resisted conducting a search for any classified documents that the justice department suspected were still in his possession even after the FBI seized hundreds of classified materials, only for that second search to turn up at least two more classified documents.
By contrast, the classified documents found last year at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biden Center for Diplomacy in Washington, where he was an honorary professor until 2019, were returned to the National Archives as soon as they were discovered when the office was being closed down.
ibid.
WRAL News: Man murdered in Durham was Afghan refugee who risked life to help American troops. https://www.wral.com/man-murdered-in-durham-was-afghan-refugee-who-risked-life-to-help-american-troops/20664228/
«The Finnish chef Kim Mikkola, who worked at Noma for four years, said that fine dining, like diamonds, ballet and other elite pursuits, often has abuse built into it.
“Everything luxetarian is built on somebody’s back; somebody has to pay,” he said.»
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/dining/noma-closing-rene-redzepi.html
«…a spreading plague of far-right disrupters in Western democracies, as hard-liners radicalized by incendiary political rhetoric refuse to accept election losses, cling to unfounded claims of fraud and undermine the rule of law.»
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/08/bolsonaro-invade-congress-lula/
@Birgitomo 🔗 https://mstdn.ca/users/Birgitomo/statuses/109655639622999468 – Such a great read! I’ve read it multiple times. I overly recommend.
In the course of my semi-random web surfing….
https://medium.com/climate-conscious/boxed-water-isnt-better-b183ba90b3b7
Another recipe any moron can make. Mail-order yourself some garam masala.
Cook Time: 40 min | Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients:
14½ OUNCE CAN WHOLE PEELED TOMATOES
2 TABLESPOONS TOMATO PASTE
3 TABLESPOONS GRAPESEED OR OTHER NEUTRAL OIL
1 LARGE RED ONION, FINELY CHOPPED
4 LARGE GARLIC CLOVES, FINELY GRATED
4 TEASPOONS FINELY GRATED FRESH GINGER
3 TABLESPOONS GARAM MASALA
KOSHER SALT AND GROUND BLACK PEPPER
1 POUND 90 PERCENT LEAN GROUND BEEF
2 CUPS FROZEN PEAS
½ CUP PLAIN WHOLE-MILK YOGURT, PLUS MORE TO SERVE
⅓ CUP CHOPPED FRESH CILANTRO LEAVES AND TENDER STEMS
Directions:
In a medium bowl, use your hands to crush the tomatoes into small pieces. Stir in ½ cup water and the tomato paste, then set aside.
In a 12-inch skillet over medium-high, heat the oil until shimmering.
Measure out and reserve ¼ cup of the onion, [I always forget this]
then add the remainder to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until softened and beginning to brown, about 6 minutes.
Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Reduce to low, add the garam masala and ½ teaspoon pepper, then cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Stir in the tomato mixture. Bring to a simmer over medium and cook, stirring and scraping up any spices, until the mixture is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
Break the ground beef into 1- to 2-inch pieces and add to the skillet on top of the tomato mixture, but do not stir. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons salt over the beef, then cover, reduce to medium-low and cook without stirring until the beef is no longer pink on the exterior, about 6 minutes.
Stir in the peas and cook, uncovered and breaking up the bits of beef, until the meat is no longer pink, another 4 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.
Stir in the yogurt. Serve topped with the cilantro, the reserved chopped onion and with additional yogurt.
Notes: Tip: Don’t stir in the yogurt without first letting the keema matar cool for about 5 minutes. Adding the yogurt while the mixture is piping hot increases the chances the yogurt will curdle.
Source: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/indian-spiced-beef-and-peas-keema-matar
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