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Posted on Sun May 31, 2009 at 04:04:25 PM EST
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    Charlie Rangel (5.00 / 0) (#13)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:42:13 PM EST
    has a mouth:

    What should President Obama do during his visit to New York?

    The [C]ongressman, who had been reminiscing at the podium about his boyhood when he took the 125th Street trolley to the piers to watch the boats, responded with an apparent off-the-cuff quip: "Make certain he doesn't run around in East Harlem without identification."
    Coming up in a few minutes (none / 0) (#1)
    by CoralGables on Sun May 31, 2009 at 04:38:35 PM EST
    on ESPN...

    The Florida Gators against Alabama in the semifinals, for the right to play in the Championship of the Women's College World Series.

    With (none / 0) (#17)
    by CoralGables on Sun May 31, 2009 at 07:45:14 PM EST
    2 outs in the last inning and down to their last swing, Ali Gardiner of the Gators hits a Grandslam to beat Alabama 6-5 and advance to the Finals of the WCWS.

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    I await a statement from the President (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:04:34 PM EST
    on the Tiller assassination. If he so much as hints at moral equivalence, I will hit the roof.

    Are you planning to don a helmet, (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Anne on Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:08:21 PM EST
    to protect your head, just in case?

    I'm thinking it might be the wise thing to do.

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    Not what I wanted, but (none / 0) (#9)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:26:54 PM EST
    not terrible:

    I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.



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    Which tells me he still thinks (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by Anne on Sun May 31, 2009 at 07:39:26 PM EST
    there is something to resolve.  Who knew?

    How much different it would have been if he had said, "However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, it is important to remember that women in this country have the right to make their own choices, and doctors like Dr. Tiller have the right to assist them, free from fear of the kind of heinous act of violence that took place today."

    Period.  The End.

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    I predict that Barbara Boxer (none / 0) (#16)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 07:42:24 PM EST
    will make the best statement.

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    I suspect (none / 0) (#6)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:47:33 PM EST
    he won't comment.  He'll leave that to Gibbs.

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    I suspect he left it to someone, cause (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sun May 31, 2009 at 07:23:07 PM EST
    that statement was simply too crafted and generic.

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    Attack of the day on Sotomayor: (none / 0) (#4)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:33:35 PM EST
    she's a. . . legal realist!.

    Heh (none / 0) (#8)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:23:43 PM EST
    What's Turley say now?

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    heh, indeed (none / 0) (#10)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:28:11 PM EST
    I consider it a compliment.

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    Everyone is a Legal Realist (none / 0) (#11)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:31:16 PM EST
    Some are just honest about it.

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    And apparently she is (or was) (none / 0) (#12)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:33:42 PM EST


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    Anyone who is not a Legal Realist (none / 0) (#18)
    by Politalkix on Sun May 31, 2009 at 08:20:50 PM EST
    is a legal virtualist :-) with virtual understanding of the law and its application in real situations.

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    For kitchen gadget lovers (none / 0) (#5)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:45:48 PM EST
    Last summer I bought a "french fry disc" for my food processor.  I was never happy with it.  Whenever I attempted to make the shoestring potatoes it was supposed to easily do, I thought my food processor would dance off the table and crash in a heap on the floor.  Felt like I almost needed to put the machine in a vice to keep it on the counter.

    But I read on Chowhound that this disc also dices tomatoes but never tried it.  Today I tried it....wow, it did a fantastic job of making salsa-ready tomato chunks.  The pieces aren't perfect by any means, but if you use the woody tomatoes we get in the Seattle area this time of year, you'll get pretty good results.  I don't know how well it would work with "real" tomatoes, you know the vine-ripened, nice textured, tasty kind.  However, I almost never can get that kind here so it doesn't matter to me.  As it is, I'll probably never cut tomatoes by hand again.  Nice.  Good $23.00 investment, will last forever.

    Thanks for the report (5.00 / 0) (#7)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 06:08:31 PM EST
    I generally stay away from supermarket tomatoes. As you say, they are wooden and generally tasteless.

    One thing I can say on kitchen gadgets is that I only recently learned the virtue of having a sharp chef's knife around. Once you cut peppers or onions with a sharp knife, you'll wonder how you ever did without.

    It's even possible to cut a soft sandwich without crushing it!

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    And a good steel to hone that knife with (none / 0) (#19)
    by scribe on Sun May 31, 2009 at 09:36:16 PM EST
    I use an 8 inch "french" chef's knife, picked up at a flea market for $3 or so from the same guy who sold me a 100% copper mixing bowl (mereingues!) for $5 the week before, for just about everything.  A couple quick slips along the steel and I can slice anything.  Like for this.

    Yesterday, something a Russian acquaintance showed me:  pickled onion salad.

    Take an onion and peel it.
    Cut it crosswise into thin - translucent thin - rings.

    In a sealable container, put some vinegar and water (2:1 vinegar), enough to allow all the onion to be wet.

    Add a dash of salt and a good shake of cayenne pepper to the liquid.  Don't be shy about the pepper.

    Put the onion in the liquid, seal, shake (breaks the slices into individual rings), and refrigerate.

    These are edible as something akin to cole slaw within a couple hours, but comes into its own in a day or so.

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    My biggest complaint (none / 0) (#20)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 09:41:04 PM EST
    is that good knives use metal that is apparently too soft to go into the dishwasher.

    Come on knife makers: it's 2009, fix this!

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    I did something similar with red onions (none / 0) (#21)
    by nycstray on Sun May 31, 2009 at 10:25:48 PM EST
    It was suggested as a side for another recipe I was making. Who knew?! I have a feeling I'll be doing a few versions with the early spring onions we get from the CSA.

    I'm going to have to start going to flea markets. I'd love to find a good deal on some copper!!!

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    IIRC, most of the copper effect (none / 0) (#22)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 10:45:25 PM EST
    on egg whites can be duplicated with a dash of cream of tartar.

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    I think I remember that also! (none / 0) (#23)
    by nycstray on Sun May 31, 2009 at 11:18:29 PM EST
    Oh, you just made my brain go back more than a few years!!!

    I originally started looking at copper for sugar/candy making, but wouldn't mind having some other pieces for other things as I learned while looking into copper for candy. {clunky sentence!}

    I'm kind of a nut when it comes to the "right tools/supplies". And it's not just in the kitchen. I'm just as bad when it comes to pastels, paints and other supplies to do my studio work, etc. I went from getting a solid basic sewing machine (with advice from my super sew-er mom) to do alterations and make pillows etc, easy things, to now having 4 machines including one industrial one. I won't tell you about the fabric room and supply cabinet . . . . and my lack of need to buy dog collars, jackets, pet beds, slip covers etc . . . Ah, the life of an artistic slightly nuts pack rat ;)

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    I sympathize (none / 0) (#25)
    by andgarden on Sun May 31, 2009 at 11:26:26 PM EST
    I'm a gadget collector myself.

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    Hey (none / 0) (#26)
    by BackFromOhio on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 12:33:29 PM EST
    there is such a thing as a tomato knife.  I have one.  Works great.

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    Susan Boyle (none / 0) (#24)
    by CoralGables on Sun May 31, 2009 at 11:24:20 PM EST
    was checked into what is described as a mental health hospital after suffering an emotional breakdown according to British sources.

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