The Isolated Blurt Thread XIV : Take It From Me, You Bastards.

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I need someone with small hands to change a brake light switch for me. Anyone know if Trump is busy this weekend?
 
Have him stop by on his way over and pull what remains of the deer out of the backseat of my car.
 
I don't know why I stop on wedding-related 'reality' shows when I'm clicking through channels, but I do. I generally have no interest in weddings.

I have a cousin who is getting married in December and I am really excited about this one. It is going to be very fancy so I will get to get dressed up and my nephews and one of the grooms nephews are all 3 ring bearers. The Grooms nephew is the youngest and my two nephews are pulling him down the aisle in a sleigh. It is going to be an amazing holiday wedding. Kind of like a fairy tale!
 


by Francis Menton
http://www.manhattancontrarian.com/...rvatives-is-old-fashioned-socialism?rq=corbyn



...From Jeremy Corbyn's speech on the death of Fidel Castro in 2016:

"...From building a world class health and education system, to Cuba’s record of international solidarity abroad, Castro’s achievements were many. For all his flaws, Castro’s support for Angola played a crucial role in bringing an end to Apartheid in South Africa, and he will be remembered both as an internationalist and a champion of social justice"

"For all his flaws" -- you mean, like, running a prison state for 57 years, locking up dissenters, taking all political freedom away from his subjects, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee, and also trapping those who remained (other than a handful of his closest cronies) in abject poverty? But, as the Independent points out at the link, the Castro speech could not have come as any surprise, since Corbyn had been a supporter for decades of the "Cuba Solidarity Campaign" of Brits supporting Castro.

Venezuela? Well, there was Corbyn's speech in 2013, on the death of Hugo Chavez, praising Chavez as "inspiration to all of us fighting back against austerity and neoliberal economics in Europe.” Or his tweet on March 5, 2013: "Thanks Hugo Chavez for showing that the poor matter and wealth can be shared. He made massive contributions to Venezuela & a very wide world." (For the latest on the socialism-caused crisis in Venezuela, check out this piece from the New York Times, that appeared in their European edition today.) I hope you're starting to get an idea of where this guy comes from.

How about his proposed policies for the UK should he win? You can start with the "Labour Party Manifesto," but you won't learn much there. It's mostly pieties and nostrums. "For the many, not the few." OK, then! When you actually get down to some specifics, its the same old government control of most of the economy that the left has been pushing for generations. A national investment bank! A "national education service" ("includes universal public childcare, the “progressive restoration” of free education, and quality apprenticeships")! Nationalize the electricity industry! Massively expand public housing ("building 1m new homes in five years, at least half of them council homes")! (Wasn't that the centerpiece of the Chavez program in Venezuela?) Make the tax system more "progressive"! Bring back rent control! (Can he learn from the New York experience that rent control gradually gets taken over by wealthy insiders who figure out how to game the system? No!)...






 
Weddings are of the Devil; especially Catholic ones.

Far too much up and down for my liking.
 
There is no need for Mr. TinyHands to stop by and clean the deer parts out of the backseat of my car. I got it taken care of.

:(

Thanks anyway.
 
No one sits except those who can't stand in an Eastern Orthodox church.

The only one of those I have attended didn't last nearly as long as the Catholic ceremonies.

Plus the officiant had really cool head gear!
 
The only one of those I have attended didn't last nearly as long as the Catholic ceremonies.

Plus the officiant had really cool head gear!

The worst job in the wedding is holding the crowns over the head of the bride and groom.
 
and here I thought it was being the DJ having to take drunk requests <ponders>
 
I have a cousin who is getting married in December and I am really excited about this one. It is going to be very fancy so I will get to get dressed up and my nephews and one of the grooms nephews are all 3 ring bearers. The Grooms nephew is the youngest and my two nephews are pulling him down the aisle in a sleigh. It is going to be an amazing holiday wedding. Kind of like a fairy tale!

I care about, and usually enjoy, the weddings of people I know. Weddings as a general topic don't usually interest me, but I still stop on silly shit like "Say Yes to the Dress" when I'm flipping through channels. I don't do much channel flipping, so this isn't a very common occurrence, just one that bemuses me.

I'm attending a wedding in a couple of months that I feel I need to buy a dress for. I haven't worn a dress in years. The last time was also wedding-related. Ugh. I'll probably have to get shoes, too. Life is hard.
 
It's my personal opinion that huge weddings and gala receptions are a waste of money. But, that's just me.
 
I'm going to Chinese for brunch today on Easter. It's like Jews on Christmas.
 
I am a lazy cook, today. The smoked ham is in the sous vide and will remain there until afternoon, when it will be pulled out, slightly scored, and glazed on the grill. Just an apricot glaze this year.

Home fries are on the stove for breakfast. Some leftover cubed cube steak will be mixed in with them when they are almost done.
 
It's my personal opinion that huge weddings and gala receptions are a waste of money. But, that's just me.

This but I do like weddings. I think they are fun. Better off using money for a down payment on a house though.

12lbs of prime rib in the oven.
 
This but I do like weddings. I think they are fun. Better off using money for a down payment on a house though.

12lbs of prime rib in the oven.

I need coffee.

Prime rib won't be in the oven til later for me. It's a small one.

Do you do the hot and fast then low and slow method?
 
I need coffee.

Prime rib won't be in the oven til later for me. It's a small one.

Do you do the hot and fast then low and slow method?

There's also the method where it's very hot at first, and then you turn the oven down to warm. There are so many ways to cook rib roast to have it come out well. Lately, my favorite has been sous vide and then in the oven or on the grill for the crust.
 
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