DocMcStuffin

Yep, this is the judge that owns Tesla stocks and refused to recuse himself.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/texas-judge-who-bought-tesla-stock-wont-recuse-himself-from-x-v-media-matters/

And just like Taco Bell when something goes bad you get to deal with all the diarrhea.

But seriously, shouldn't this be in [email protected] and not technology?

Robot raptors

I don't know if there is a polite way of putting this, but 3rd parties are a bit crazy. It's not that 3rd parties are inherently bad, but we're a first past the post system. 3rd parties tend to act as spoilers to whichever party they are closer to. Until the spoiler effect is fixed, you have to be a little crazy to run as a 3rd party candidate.

And like you mentioned, ranked choice is one of the options to making 3rd parties viable. But the leadership for the democrats is luke warm on it and republicans are actively working against it. It's going to take a bipartisan grassroots effort to drag these curmudgeons into a better system.

I disagree with that. I've taken the cheap chinese noodles with the nasty sauce packet and have turned that into good food by adding fresh veggies and a little bit of meat. Any food can be good food, but it takes time, creativity, and effort.

Turkey is a bit of a problem because the birds have been bred to have giant breasts and can't even reproduce on their own. You pretty much have to dry brine them to get decent flavor. To always get a moist bird, use a meat thermometer. Also, go for the dark meat. It's always better than the light meat.

Fresh cranberry sauce is awesome. Keyword being fresh. It's just cranberries, sugar, and little bit of water that you cook down for about 10-20 minutes. Make it the night before then spread that on some fresh cornbread.

Stuffing depends on the aromatics. Add some sauted onion and celery then some mushrooms or cooked italian sausage. And one more thing: cook the bread in a lot of butter.

Pumpkin pie tends to be on the dense side and pumpkin by itself doesn't have much flavor. Most of what we think of as pumpkin pie flavor comes from the spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, and a tiny bit of ground ginger. Homemade is better, but a lot of work. It requires roasting pumpkin, making the pie crust from scratch, and then essentially making a pumpkin custard for the filling. Worth doing at least once. It comes out nice and light instead of dense like the canned and premade stuff.

Casserole is always hit or miss. Aunt Caroline's recipe is either good or a nightmare.

Mash potatoes, it depends on how you dress them up. You can rice them with some cream and butter to make them nice and smooth. Or use red potatoes for something more rustic along with some cheddar cheese or bacon.

I've never heard of mac and cheese for thanksgiving. There are so many better dishes that can be made. Who's cooking your thanksgiving dinner? Do they even know how to cook? And where's the gravy? You can make a nice rich gravy from the turkey drippings.

Always is. Accuse your enemies of that which you are guilty of.

lol, I have no idea what that is.

There's only one thing I add to my coffee: hot water to the fresh grounds when I brew it. I want to taste the coffee, the roast, the sweetness, the acidity, and all the different elements from where it was cultivated, how it was cultivated, and how it was processed. Adding sugar, cream, chicory, or anything else covers up what the coffee brings. Looking back, when I was adding stuff to coffee, I was covering up my poorly understood brew methods.

Now, if if I was inclined to add chicory, it would be to a fairly flat neutral medium-dark to dark roast that doesn't have much going on. That's so that I could get a clear taste what the chicory is bringing. But I have as much interest in chicory as I have in other flavored coffees. Which is when I'm feeling morbidly curious.

Now, if you want to add it, you do you. But there is a lot of depth to coffee when you start digging into using good beans with different brew methods, brew recipes, along with that search for the "perfect cup" of coffee.

If you are interested in getting a good cup out of french press, James Hoffmann has a good recipe. It's basically a modified cupping recipe.

Let me tell you about a little film, ahem an adult film, called Who's Nailin' Paylin?.

There's video from the group Led By Donkeys.