Ha! My repub nutjob client was about to hire Rindfleisch until this bomb dropped. He told me today she was just "doing stuff on her lunch hour" and implied that they are being charged over activities that are being blown totally out of proportion.

The "facts" from the indictments seem at odds with his opinions...

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/doe27-6q3v4uj-138159264.html

I still keep it neutral with him politically and let him know that I'm blissfully ignorant of that "recall stuff" going on in WI.

POLISH LEMON SAUSAGE (KIELBASA CYTRYNOWA) (10 Lbs.)

INGREDIENTS
PORK BUTT (Lbs) 8.75
LEAN BEEF (Lbs) 1.25
SALT (Tbsp) 4
PRAGUE POWDER #1 (tsp) 2
BLACK PEPPER (Tbsp) 1
GROUND NUTMEG (tsp) 1
LEMON ZEST (Count) 1
ICE WATER (Cups) 2
CLEAR FIBROUS CASINGS - 3.5" X 24" (Count) 4

PROTOCOL
SOAK 4 3.5" x 24" clear, fibrous casings in warm water
GRIND meat using a 3/16" grinder plate
ADD remaining ingredients and MIX well, ADDING water as you go along
STUFF into clear, fibrous 3.5" x 24" casings, filling each about 2/3 of the way
HANG sausages at room temperature for about 2 hours
HEAT smokehouse to 150 degs
INSERT probe thermometer into the middle of one of the sausages
PLACE sausage in smokehouse and APPLY smoke
ALLOW to cook for 1 hour, then raise the temperature to 160 degs
COOK sausages until an internal temperature of 152 degs has been reached

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Let's break it down to the two terms most folks are familiar with - supply and demand.

Peter, in one word, what drives supply?

Peter, in one word, what drives demand?

Hogs Market Report
Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:15:00 CT

Morning Hog Market Report

February hogs closed 105 lower for the session Friday and down 257 for the week. The hog market traded slightly higher following other commodity markets, finding additional support from a recovery in ham prices late Thursday. Some traders felt that sentiment changed as outside markets became "less" supportive from a recovery in the US Dollar, which drove the market down towards the lowest price levels since November 17th. The CME Lean Hog Index as of November 30th came in at 85.88, up 91 cents from the previous session and up from 83.51 the week before. Pork cutout values released after the close Friday came in at $88.61, down 69 cents from Thursday and down from $89.77 the previous week. The estimated hog slaughter came in at 422,000 head on Friday and pushed the total for the week to 2.147 million head, up from 1.712 million head last week at this time and up from 2.121 million head a year ago. Pork production for the week was estimated at 490.7 million pounds, which was up 1.3% from last year.

If Laws Change, 'Penny Hoarders' Could Cash in on Thousands of Dollars

Joe Henry is on a first name basis with bank tellers across his hometown of Medford, Ore., scouring 15 banks a week with one thing on his mind: pennies.

Henry is often seen toting around bags of pennies, some he buys, others he changes back in for cash, which seems a little strange at first. He's not a collector, he is what's known as a "penny hoarder" and he is not alone.

Inside a shed next to his house, Henry has orange tubs filled with 200,000 pennies, and he spends hours sorting through roll after roll of the coins. But it's not just any and all pennies, Henry is only interested in those that are dated from 1982 and earlier because those are the coins made with 95 percent copper. A copper penny is worth more than other pennies -- now mostly made of zinc -- currently priced at $0.024.

"The copper has such a different sound than zinc pennies do," Henry said. "Real money has that definite sound of money and if you listen to a modern zinc penny, they don't sound the same, they sound sort of tinny."

Henry even has a $500 home counting machine to separate out the copper ones.

Dear Peter,

You can argue with success, but it makes you look young and foolish.

Now get busy - ticket scrapbooker?

Whatever you do, make sure you step out of your comfort zone...

The Corporate Pledge of Allegiance

Robert Reich
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Despite what the Supreme Court and Mitt Romney say, corporations aren’t people. (I’ll believe they are when Georgia and Texas start executing them.)

The Court thinks corporations have First Amendment rights to spend as much as they want on politics, and Romney (and most of his fellow Regressives) think they need lower taxes and fewer regulations in order to be competitive.

These positions are absurd on their face. By flooding our democracy with their shareholders’ money, big corporations are violating their shareholders’ First Amendment rights because shareholders aren’t consulted. They’re simultaneously suppressing the First Amendment rights of the rest of us because, given how much money they’re throwing around, we don’t have enough money to be heard.

And they’re indirectly giving non-Americans (that is, all their foreign owners, investors, and executives) a say in how Americans are governed. Pardon me for being old-fashioned but I didn’t think foreign money was supposed to be funneled into American elections.

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You missed it yet again...

Good news (sort of)...

"...we added 103,000 non-farm jobs, the Labor Department announced Friday..."

and bad news...

"...but, unfortunately, lost 1 Jobs as well..."

I personally rescind your (self appointed) monarchy of "conservo"-terrorism.

Teabaggers LOVE talking about that damn big, bloated gummint and how it needs to be cut back. The fact is, they LOVE big gummint and LOVE big business today!

Oh sure, they'll go on and on (waving their guns even) about getting big "gummint" out of the way so that "freedom can just have a chance"! That is, as long as they agree on the issue at hand. That is, as long as the issue isn't about letting a woman choose to control her own body, or letting a person decide how their end of life choices are to be carried out, or whom should be marrying whom, or what substances a person can put in their bodies in the privacy of their own home.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go out and get that Obama-mandated-death-panel-socialist-agenda late term abortion.

OK, it took a while, but if you're ever faced with feeding a group (about 10) for Thanksgiving/Christmas, then this post will cement your legacy as a holiday hero.

All of this post, and more, is included in the attached Excel file.

It presumes a 6 o'clock dining start...

COURSES: DISHES
SOUP: PUMPKIN SOUP
SALAD: ORANGE AVOCADO SALAD
ENTRÉE: ROASTED TURKEY with GRAVY
SIDES: MUSHROOM STRUDEL
WILD RICE PILAF
MASHED POTATOES/CELERIAC
APPLE HORSERADISH
DRESSING
DESSERT: PILGRIM PUMPKIN PIE
BOURBON BALLS
BEVERAGES: SPARKLING WATER
BORDEAUX TYPE WINE
DRY SHERRY (APERITIF)
COFFEE

(See the attached Excel file for the recipes)
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Usually, people will be in your kitchen asking "What can I do to help?". By printing and taping the following schedule up in your kitchen, you can simply direct your well-intentioned guests to the schedule and they will be able to jump right in and do something useful.

Work quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently.

TIME OF DAY|PROCEDURE
2.30 START TURKEY
4.00 START RICE PILAF
4.30 START MUSHROOM STRUDEL
5.00 SET TABLE

...I thought I'd share the recipe for the best "dressing" that I have tried. It was sent to me by Milos himself, although he told me it is actually his wife's recipe, not his. So forget the "Stove Top" stuffing and try this instead.

STUFFING
BULK SAUSAGE (Lbs) 1
STALE DINNER ROLLS (Qts) 1
TURKEY STOCK (Cups) 0.75
BUTTER (Tbsp) 2
DICED CELERY (Cups) 1
CHOPPED ONION (Cups) 1
CHOPPED ROASTED PEANUTS (Cups) 1
POULTRY SEASONING (Tbsp) 2
SALT

USING a large, wide sauce pan, cook 1 lb of crumbled bulk sausage to gray
ADD 1 Cup of diced celery and 1 Cup of diced onion and saute to translucent
STIR in 2 Tbsp poultry seasoning and 0.75 Cups turkey stock, bring to boil
PREHEAT oven to 350 degs
ADD 1 qt. stale dinner rolls, cut into 1" cubes, and 1 Cup chopped roasted peanuts (or other nuts)
COOK, stirring occasionally
BUTTER a baking dish and pack with the stuffing
COVER with foil and bake for 30 mins

I heard that in Colorado, some people are going door to door, and making phone calls, to talk up Michael Bennet. It may be working...

"(In)Colorado two new polls, from Public Policy Polling and SurveyUSA, each show the exact same result, with the Republican, Ken Buck, and the Democrat, Michael Bennet, tied at 47 percent each. Colorado had appeared to slightly favor Mr. Buck for most of the cycle, with his winning chances peaking at 79 percent in our Sept. 30 update. Since then, however, he has endured some decline after a series of minor gaffes, with polls suggesting that Mr. Bennet may have improved his standing among female voters. We now project Colorado’s Senate race to be the closest in the country — slightly closer than others like Nevada or West Virginia. Mr. Buck is now an 0.4-point favorite, according to the model, and his chances of winning are 54 percent.

Here is the third verse from the Johnny Cash song, "Country Boy"

Country boy got a shaggy dog
Country boy up a holler log

Well he comes in a run when you pick up your gun
And with a shell or two and your dog and you

When you get your rabbit you'll skin his hide
He's gonna be good fried
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There was one bunny left in the freezer.

It was the best yet.
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Forget Ted Nugent, here is the real deal...

INGREDIENTS

(VARIOUS SIDES: potatoes, black bean cakes, veg pancakes, wild mushroom strudel, steamed rice, celeriac puree, simple green vegetables)

1 RABBIT OR 2 SQUIRRELS
CLARIFIED BUTTER (Cups) 0.25
SALT AND PEPPER
SMALL ONIONS 12
WHITE MUSHROOMS (Lbs) 0.5
DRY WHITE WINE (Cups) 0.25
VEAL OR CHICKEN STOCK (Cups) 0.25
CLARIFIED BUTTER (Tbsp) 2
BAY LEAF (Count) 1
THYME (pinch) 1

PROTOCOL

CUT off legs from 1 rabbit or 2 squirrels
CUT remaining back section into 3 pieces
SEASON with salt, pepper, 1 crushed bay leaf, and a pinch of thyme
BROWN gently, 12 small onions in 0.25 Cup clarified butter

Respect for international law.

When an elected official signs a treaty, agreement, or accord, that signature has to mean something. It has to have integrity. The Commander in Chief cannot choose simply to ignore such documents unilaterally as they see fit.

We (collectively) do not live in a vacuum. For better or for worse, the rest of humanity is here to stay. The world is already too dangerous a place for the latter, and we cannot be so fragile so as not to strive for the former.

Our society must have some form of social insurance.

No system is perfect, and bad things happen to good people. We must have a "safety net" for those who fall through cracks.

Even the most dumbass, Republic-voting conservative should be able to agree on this.

Perhaps you will need to point out that Henry Ford, himself one of the greatest exploiters of labor ever, failed at business and went bankrupt like eight times before succeeding with his motorcar company.

Equal access for all.

If you have been elected to public office, then you are there to represent the public's interest. No favors or special access to interests, or constituents; you are there to be the "lobbyist" for the public good.

Even though radcon tea party moron Chris O'Donnell and her ilk don't even know the first amendment exists...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101019/ap_on_el_se/us_delaware_senate_9

(He (Coon) noted again the First Amendment's ban on establishment of religion. "That's in the First Amendment?" she said, smiling." "You actually audibly heard the crowd gasp...")

...liberals can find common ground with (true) conservatives in the firm conviction that we must collectively maintain a firewall between religion and government.

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1) "Festa Italiana", Milwaukee, WI
F 7/16 10:30pm - 11:59pm

http://www.festaitaliana.com/attractions-pick.asp?day=2&attraction=2

2) Showtime Dance Hall, Allenton, WI
S 7/17 9:00pm - 1:00am

Try...

The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos

I hope Ravi is correct.

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=53780&highlight=collegehockeystats

HUEVOS RANCHEROS (Serves 2)
VEGETABLE OIL (Tbsp) 2
MEDIUM ONION (Count) 1
GARLIC CLOVE (Count) 1
JALEPENO PEPPER (Count) 1
DICED TOMATOES (14 - 16 oz. Can) 1
SALT (tsp) 0.25
CORN or FLOUR TORTILLAS (Count) 4
BUTTER or MARGARINE (Tbsp) 3
LARGE EGGS (Count) 4
SOUR CREAM (Tbsp) 2
CILANTRO (Tbsp) 1
MEDIUM AVOCADO (Count) 1
ALUMINUM FOIL

CHOP coarsely, one medium onion
CHOP finely, one garlic clove and one jalapeno chile
PREHEAT (toaster) oven to 350 degs
HEAT nonreactive two quart saucepan on stovetop
ADD 1 Tbsp oil
SAUTE onion, garlic, and jalapeno, stirring occasionally, for about five mins until onion is tender
STIR in one can (14 to 16 ozs.) of diced tomatoes
ADD 0.25 tsp salt
HEAT to boiling
REDUCE heat and simmer uncovered
WRAP four tortillas in foil, place in oven
MELT three Tbsp butter or margarine in skillet over medium heat
REDUCE heat to low and cook four eggs slowly, flipping once, until the whites are set and the yolks thicken but aren't hard, meanwhile chop one to two Tbsp of cilantro and slice an avocado
PLACE tortillas on plates
PLACE one egg on each tortilla
SPOON two Tbsp tomato sauce over each egg

-20 degs F.

Two nights in a row.

But everyone just carries on as if it's normal to live in life threatening temps.