Ignorance

some ... ignorant fool pushed that button again

And there is nothing wrong with ignorance, an ignorant person can be educated.

Housing First - gets the poor off the street and saves the taxpayers money

Food Stamps - lets the poor feed their starving children

Minimum Wage - used to help the poor buy their own food and pay their own way (hasnt been adjusted for inflation in a long time)

Medicaid - lets the poor be healthy enough that they can work

Things are all programs that are supported by the dems, hated by the gops, paid for by you and me.

Do you really wonder why poor people stay faithful to the dems? Give a starving child a meal and you have them for life.

Take a look at the MATH behind Housing First, and then comeback with what's "wrong" with it?

/unless you are seriously ok with letting poor children starve. then just dont bother - BLOCK is fine by me

Why you should shut the fuck up and watch The Walking Dead

1) the cinematography is some of the best you will ever see.
When Rick first rides into Atlanta ... the visual is beautiful.

2) the writing is some of the best ever
rarely trite, sometimes harsh, sometimes gentile, sometimes honest, sometimes hopeless, sometimes hopeful,
those that get it, and those that dont

3) the acting is sublime
the tenderness when Glenn and Maggie first meet
the pain and growth and anguish and survival of Carol
the loss ... of everyone
the could I do it ... could I go on ...
the sacrifice ...
the strength ...


4) the editing ...
the number of times that you just ... go WOW ...


so watch one episode ... nothing more, nothing less
and you will know all that you need to know

The loss of white "privilege"

The people losing priv are the white majority.
Pretty certain (could be wrong), that President Obama was the first president to be elected without winning the majority of the white vote.
Clinton has a plurality in 1992 42%
clinton 1996 had 44% to dole's 46%
Obama 2008 had 43%
Obama 2012 had 39%

The white gop continues to lose their "privilege" of picking the president. With luck and work in 2016, this trend will continue. The current white majority losing their "control" over the presidency is clearly making quite a few of them (read GOP) loser their minds.

It was wonderful to see that the people protesting at the Trump rally were all colors, races, genders, religions, choices, . Those diverse groups are clearly working together for a progressive future. Taking privilege away from those that want "KEEP MERICA WHITE".

I can not be prouder of my city or my alma matters.

This is not Godwin. This is a fascist movement.

Carol:  Even if it is correct, you can’t do this because Godwin. Seriously, folks.

That's not what Godwin's Law was about. Godwin's Law is about the degeneration of a conversation in hyperbole, esp calling people that you disagree with Nazis. (AKA Godwin'ing a conversation)

Comparing all GOP to Hitler is hyperbole. Not all GOP are Brownshirts. Not all GOP leaders are Hitler.  But Trump and his Brown Shits? We have gone past hyperbole into direct and verifiable comparisons, both of actions and political positions.

Trump is directly advocating exactly the same behaviors of Hitler, this makes for a fair comparison. Early and Middle Hitler. Hate for others. Trump wants a database of Muslims? The modern day equivalent of Jews and Homosexuals being required to wear patches.

Trump's followers? Well they have begun to openly enact the behaviors of the brown shirts.
Actively attacking "brown terrorists", throwing suckerr punches, "security" attacking protesters and having them illegally arrested.

This is not Godwin. This is a fascist movement.

Slow Cook Chili - versions 1.0

Ingredients

BASE - recipe
2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef   2.5lb 96% lean
1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)   - 2 cups
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped  - 3
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained - unsalted - no other spices
1 can (16 oz) chili beans in sauce, undrained - no beans - if you MUST add less than half ...
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder  - 3
1 1/2  teaspoons ground cumin - 2
1/2  teaspoon salt - 1 
1/2  teaspoon pepper - 1 

additional bits
1 tbps butter (NOT margarine)
1 habanero - seeded, deveined, minced
2 large, jalapeno - seeded, deveined, minced
2 baby carrots, minced

Instructions
brown
melt butter in cooker
saute onions union translucent
add carrots, garlic, peppers
add spices

brown beef in skillet, in batches
do not break up the meat a lot, BIG chunks is infinitely better
do not drain the beef, 96% beef has almost no fat ...

add beef to cooker
cover and cook on low, 6 - 8 hours

taste early and often
no really eating out of the pot until you explode

Tasting notes:
probably needs more salt for next time, esp using tomatoes without salt .. :P
this produced a mild, almost medium spice chili.  probably want to increase all the peppers next time
50% higher on all spices??

GOP loses their minds

They first came for the Muslims, I didnt say anything because TERRORISTS.

They next came for the Jews, I didnt say anything because they already own all the banks.

And then they came for the papists, I didnt say anything because they arent true patriots anyway!

No one cared when they took away the godless atheists and the wishy washy agnostics.

When they final came for me, no one said anything, they were all gone.

stages of religion

all religions go through a couple standard phases

stage 1) cult and persecution - the old religions persecute them for being the new cult on the block. try to stomp them out before they gain any momentum

stage 2) middle - made fun of - the old religions make fun of them - OMG you believe in blank? that is so INSANE!!! our religion is the one and only

stage 3a) death - they die out from lack of followers

stage 3b) flourish - they make it to the big leagues - enough followers to survive. they have enough power to reduce the abuse

stage 3c) sectarian splits - get big enough that you can fission

stage 4) stage 3b slowly fades into stage 3a

scientology is still in stage 2.

mormonism is moving out of stage 2 into stage 3b.

all religion is delusion - religion will be treated as a mental illness in the future ... and brainwashing your children will be treated as abuse ("YOU WILL BURN IN HELL IF YOU DONT BELIEVE!!!")