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African Americans, Christianity, fundamentalism, GOP, Humor, ice cream, Italian, Joe Walsh, Pizza, teabaggers, terrorism
In order to protect my last shred of sanity, we are going to chat about just about anything OTHER than the debt ceiling and the children who claim to be governing us. Indeed the foxes are in charge of the hen-house.
So take a moment, relax, grab a cuppa joe and let’s see if we can find any remnant of a world we can still hang on to.
There is a really good post (most all of them are) over at we are respectable negroes about the backlash the right is giving to the notion that a Christian fundamentalist reeked the horror in Norway. From Beck’s claiming that the children murdered were attending a Hitler Youth-like camp to O’Reilly’s silly claim that he can be “defined” out of being Christian by his unChristian acts, we see a desperation on the part of the right not to be associated with terrorist acts. Chauncey DeVega weighs in.
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I was looking at a neat little recipe site the other day, and was reminded of a simple way to make “pizza” when you don’t have much time or are feeling lazy. While not as good as “real” pizza, it’s a nice substitute and heck, it’s down right perfect for those lazy football afternoons coming soon. It’s as simple as using flour tortillas as the “crust” and then adding your favorite toppings. Take a look at the recipe at JustaPinch and take it from there. The cook there calls her simple version, Pizzatillas.
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Joe “Hey Chris” Walsh, the blowheart that takes to YouTube to lecture the President and call him a liar, is a bit of a douche. Well a lot of a douche. The man who dares to claim he has all the answers of fiscal responsibility, and who is a loud-mouth TeaNutz® idiot, is a dead-beat dad. In Illinois, Joey owes his kids something over $117 THOUSAND bucks. Didn’t stop him from loaning his own campaign $35,000, but hey, that was important. Taking care of the kids? Not so much.
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Political Irony has a delicious piece entitled “To be a Republican You Need to Believe.” It is true, and funny, and sick, and ironic and well, it’s what a GOPer is, nuttier than a fruitcake. Don’t miss it.
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Like to make homemade ice cream? Not many people bother, mostly because left over ice cream becomes hard as a rock. This recipe is quick and promises that that will not happen. All you need is an inexpensive ice cream maker (usually under $40). It’s a rich recipe but only takes about 15 minutes to prepare + the machine time. I’m sure gonna try it.
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Just because it was cute!
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And because it’s true:
(h/t to Political Irony)
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Well, frankly there ain’t a lot going on in the blog world except debt ceiling blah blah blah, and so that’s it today!
Existential Ennui 
I know…it’s All Debt Ceiling All The Time out there…thanks for finding some stories that are completely different! I am looking at that ice cream one and thinking…hmmmm….do I still have that old ice cream maker?
It’s hard to escape. I am intrigued by the ice cream one myself. I love homemade ice cream but other than a very time consuming method of trying to pump extra air in, this one is simple and I would love it to be a good one. I’m anxious to try it. Probably wait until we get resettled now. Am packing stuff….hate packing!
I’ve just taken to drinking more.
Yeah I hear ya on that! lol
I’ve actually found it hard to post anything, because I can’t even bring myself to talk about the debt ceiling. Yet, its all I can think about. The only news I get from TV is some in the morning before work and I can’t even take that because of it. This was a relief. The cartoon is hilarious.