Not to Worry

Herrington pauses. "George W. Bush," he adds, "would do what they are doing here in a heartbeat if he could."

Except...
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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics

The Old Guard Changeth

After 30 some years my old reliable Sabatier carbon steel Chef's knife is retiring to an honored position as kitsch hanging on my kitchen wall. There it is between the two new arrivals: another 10" chef knife and a 6" utility knife.
Maybe this time I will remember to hone the blades on the steel before use so I can avoid hollowing the edge on the stone. I also know to use a cleaver to smash garlic cloves rather than the chef knife, so the handle may stay intact.

Earle used to say:

Too soon old.
Too late smart.

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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, chef knives

She Protests Waaaaaaay More Than Too Much?

Digby quotes Ann Coulter:

I don’t know if you read the Starr report, the rest of us were glued to it, I have many passages memorized. No, there was more plot and dialogue in a porno movie.

Does anyone else see the connection to this joke told by my Band Master in High School , ca. 1960:

Kid goes to a psychiatrist.
Shrink givess him a Rorschach test.
"What does this make you think of?" says the Doc.
"Sex," says the kid.
"What about this one?" says the Doc.
"Sex," says the kid.
"Okay... try this." says the Doc.
"Sex," says the kid.
"Hmmmm. Und dis?" says the Doc.
"Sex," says the kid.
"Boy," says the Doc. "Do you have problems!"
"But, Doc! You're the one drawing dirty pictures!"

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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics, Digby, Ann Coulter

Hullabaloo Said It Too

Despite Obama's advantage in delegates and popular vote, 64 percent of Democrats in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say Clinton should remain in the race. Even among Obama's supporters, 42 percent say so.

That's not a majority endorsement of Clinton's candidacy; Democrats by a 12-point margin would rather see Obama as the nominee, a lead that's held steadily in ABC News/Washington Post polls since early March. Instead it reflects a rejection of the notion that the drawn-out contest will hurt the party's prospects. Seventy-one percent think it'll either make no difference in November (56 percent) or actually help the party (15 percent).

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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics

To Be a Skeptic ...

To be a skeptic
Means not only to say:
"You're wrong!"
He he he!

To be a skeptic
is more than
"That's not so!"
He he he!

To be a skeptic
Suggests a teacher
Did less than say so.
He he he!

To be a skeptic
Donkeys must not
Have their way!
He he he!

To be a skeptic
I must not say
"Because I was told so..."
He he he!

To be a skeptic
Is to repeat:
"I don't know.
I really do not know."

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tag: Dum Luks Community, fat

Rubber Duckies

Rosserjb at EconoSpeak notes the New York Times report:

So, today a second US aircraft carrier has entered the Persian Gulf ...

Picture. if you can stomach it, dear little Georgie in the claw foot tub with his little toy boats bobbing all around him. Down comes his fist as he chortles Ka-BOOM! and sends the aircraft carrier to the bottom.
For a contrary, but coincident opinion, please see the Watley Review.
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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics

"All Men Are ..

Created Equal..."
So says the Declaration of Independence.
What is the definition of "All Men"?
The rich, white male population? Or is it somewhat broader?
This is the fundamental question of the United States of America since its inception.
We still struggle to agree on any part of the definition.
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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics

Try It

Del was at the door. He unslung his pack to settle down.
"I've brought something for you to try."
As I handed him a glass of wine he pulled a jar from his pack and offered it to me.
Pickled Garlic read the label.
"It's more of an ingredient looking for a recipe than anything else," he said.
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tags: Dum Luks Community, Del Stories

In Support of ...

The preceding post is not an endorsement of negative campaigning by any Democratic candidate. That is a tactic required by the moral bankruptcy of the other side.
The vote so far demonstrates that almost as many Democratic voters favor one candidate as the other.
Now I would rather see the reasons to vote for a nominee rather than reasons, sometimes spurious, to vote against a candidate.
The world is indeed a vicious place in which violence is endemic. What I want to know is what the nominee plans to do in office to mitigate that fact.
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tag: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics

Count the Vote

Goldy urges the superdelegates to throw their weight behind Obama to make him the Democratic nominee because "Hillary can't win." He opens his post:

Well, of course, she could win. Shit happens. Scandals. Wars. Terrorist attacks. Assassinations. But barring some paradigm-shifting calamity crushing Barack Obama’s presidential aspirations (or the man himself), Hillary Clinton just can’t win the Democratic nomination.

Didn't we get a President in 2000 on the basis of not counting votes, or completing due process, because five Supreme Court Justices (who were appointed by Republican Presidents) thought they knew who won?
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tags: Dum Luks Stockpot, politics