I'm probably one of the last people in the known universe who still makes gribenes BUT I make it in the microwave. The rendered fat is my schmaltz. My Mother would plotz but I'm years past caring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gribenes

I caramlize onions in the crockpot.

Cook whatever you like. You look mah-velous.

As I told my girlfriend, “ I cook, you heat.“

Trolling...

https://nypost.com/2019/12/26/peloton-husband-gets-real-life-girlfriend-a-peloton-for-christmas/

Yet they’re also responsible for the “Enron-ization” of China’s economy. LGFVs are, essentially, off-the-books schemes. They’re vehicles that carry a perceived government guarantee, even though one doesn’t exist. As Ma suggests, though, Beijing could allow stronger LGFVs to absorb weaker ones, even if they’re in other provinces.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2019/12/20/chinas-13-trillion-problem-is-becoming-everyones/#71f3ea1a4144

Science!

In a radio conversation broadcast by the BBC in 1963, the British scientist Peter Medawar, cowinner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960, asked, “Is the scientific paper a fraud?” As was announced from the outset of the program, his answer was unhesitatingly positive. “The scientific paper in its orthodox form does embody a totally mistaken conception, even a travesty, of the nature of scientific thought.”

https://quillette.com/2019/12/21/the-many-faces-of-scientific-fraud/

Col. Schlichter finds sanctuary cities he likes.

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/12/26/second-amendment-sanctuary-cities-for-the-win-n2558531

Sports. It isn't as terrible as it starts.

Last night Jeremy and I went to a Blazers game and it happened to be Hanukkah night. It was fun! They had a big menorah. But towards the end of the game (which was going poorly) some drunk guys behind us started yelling about this "f---ing Jew holiday"

https://twitter.com/KateHavard/status/1209605041755025408

As technology moves rapidly forward, some bespoke technology lags.

McLaren maintains their F1 with an old Commodore Amiga.

Most people know that watching TV can never and SHOULD never be considered equal to reading - or to socializing and learning ever more social skills. (Even adults always have more social skills to learn, with regard to other cultures.) Not to mention that any doctor will tell you that toddlers shouldn't be watching screens at all, for multiple reasons.

However, I have to say that Rosemond definitely has an important point to make in this week's column that probably no critic has ever dared say about "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." (Assuming the critics ever thought of this point in the first place. I certainly didn't.)

Hint: As I said in 2018: (certain) consumers get false expectations of how much gratification they're entitled to, and over time, that will make them more unhappy in the real world. Like little kids who watch too much "kid-friendly" TV. Even "Sesame Street," after all, implies that kids and adults should be on equal levels and that schoolwork shouldn't involve any work that's even slightly boring or time-consuming.

https://www.rosemond.com/Mr-Rogers-Epitomized-Adult-Who-Wants-to-Be-Friend-to-Children.html

What I’ve learned is this: there is a grim symmetry between the promises of Marxism and its real-world results. Simply put, Marxist ideology promises specific virtues, but it delivers their polar opposites. (No communist comes to power promising bread lines and prison camps, I assure you.) The result is human suffering that should grieve any person of compassion. Allow me to tell you just three of the long-term societal harms I have witnessed.

Marxism Promises Belonging But Delivers Isolation

Marxism Promises Equality But Delivers Scarcity—for Everyone But the Elites

Marxism Promises Dignity and Compassion But Delivers Degradation and Cruelty

https://thefederalist.com/2019/12/23/30-years-later-3-lessons-from-the-fall-of-romanian-communism/

lenona at December 27, 2019 10:37 AM

✓ Affirmed

Multi-generational abuse by protected priest ends in cinematic fashion.

Wow.

I R A Darth Aggie at December 27, 2019 11:05 AM

Darth, that's a great article.

The long-term psychological damage collectivism does is insidious. It destroys trust, community, creativity, and ambition.

If you ever get a chance to watch The Lives of Others, I highly recommend it. A coworker who grew up in Ceaușescu's Romania recommended it. The absolute destruction of the human soul that collectivism brings is well-represented.

"The Revolution of Lowered Expectations had triumphed. By 1984 nobody in the country had any higher expectations than a feudal serf." ~ Robert Anton Wilson (The Universe Next Door)

The subtlety of this communication.

Tragic.

Sniffer Dogs Suffer for US Willful Ignorance About Islam

DANG!

Here’s How Bad San Francisco’s Poop Problem Got in 2019

"As technology moves rapidly forward, some bespoke technology lags."

Interesting that anyone would think "newer" is better, considering that F1 teams are funded and staffed better than some nations. The consumer computer industry has been wildly successful in convincing the public that the newest version of something is mandatory...

"We can't start the race. Windows 10 is updating again."

Interesting that anyone would think "newer" is better.... ~ Radwaste at December 28, 2019 3:10 AM

Not always better, but available. If you read the article, McLaren is having trouble finding enough functioning Commodore Amigas with which to do the maintenance and upkeep. And not only McLaren, but the US military as well. Backwards compatibility is not always practical to build into "newer" software and hardware, so there's a reason to stay up-to-date.