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posted by on November 20 at 7:22 AM
Approved: City Council leaves mayor’s budget mostly intact.
Foiled: School massacre plot in Germany.
Ultimatum: Philadelphia tells Boy Scouts to stop discriminating against gays or forfeit free rent.
On the Rise: US contracts to controversial companies, including Blackwater and former Halliburton subsidiary KBR.
In Decline: US stocks, which fell 1.65 percent on fears over credit crisis fallout.
In Somalia: The worst humanitarian crisis in Africa continues.
In Iowa: Top Democratic contenders in close battle.
Justice at Last: Infamous Khmer Rouge jailer to face trial.
Yawn: Another day, another megachurch sex scandal.
Just Tase ‘em, Bro!: So says Fox News host Brian Kilmead about protesters who disrupt political events.
Too fat: New Zealand bars overweight woman from immigrating.
Recipe of the Day: Pioneer Woman Dressing (recipe and photo via The Pioneer Woman Cooks!)
Ingredients:
1 loaf somewhat crusty French bread
1 recipe Pioneer Woman Cornbread
one large onion,
two stalks celery
One stick butter
4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon dried basil (fresh works, too, for all spices; just increase quantity a bit).
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried ("rubbed") sage
1-2 teaspoons fresh rosemary
1/4 cup fresh parsley
Salt to taste
One day before you plan to serve dressing, cut both breads into one-inch cubes (16 cups total) and lay out on a baking sheet to air-dry.
The next day, place the bread cubes in a large bowl. Preheat oven to 350. Dice the onion. Chop the celery to make two cups. Melt the butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Toss in the onion and celery and cook until beginning to soften. While it's cooking, chop up any fresh herbs you plan to use. Pour the broth into the skillet and bring to a boil. Add the fresh and dried herbs and stir. Gradually ladle the broth into the bread mixture, stirring to mix with each addition. Keep tasting and add more seasonings and herbs as needed. Salt and pepper to taste. If it's too dry, add a little more stock. Place in a large baking dish and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
re boyscouts: that's what Raleigh, NC did about 5 years ago. they told them to stop being assholes or they would be kicked out of the public schools. i think it just means that they meet in churches now, which is at least more honest.
I was is BSA and nearly made it to Eagle. I can only say that it is an organization that really should be extinct in the 21st Cent. Think about it, it teaches basic survivalist skills, taking oaths and the uniform thing. I mean how militaristic can a boys organization be without becoming Hitler Youth?
Somebody should start up a Gay Scout troop for local kids.
Growing up in Alaska, the whole Boy Scout survival thing had some very useful applications.
Hell, even on Capitol Hill, who wouldn't want to be able to do things like snare a hipster? Just make sure to sprinkle coke and PBR around the trap... gets 'em every time.
Our friends at yahoo are have good news today - i stepped on my glasses getting out of bed, but i swear the fine print says Potatoe Pie in pill form
http://food.yahoo.com/blog/artsmith/2269/thanksgiving-dinner-in-1-hour
RE: City Budget
What happened to that path around SLU? I swear to god it was mentioned when Nickel's announced his budget. I'm guessing it stayed but I've heard nothing since!
ECB: If you refer to anything about Nickels being "intact" again I'm sending you more mold spam.
I was a Capitol Hill cub scout. Mid-1970s. Some of our folks started a new cub scout den just for kids of single moms, blacks and hippies. A lot of us happened to be fags of course. I got a bicycle safety merit badge once. For our one "hiking" trip we went to the wilds of Tacoma, Point Defiance, and got lost within minutes.
Here's a link to a more informative story about the New Zealand couple: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/17/wfat117.xml
I'm not an Erica-basher, but I think it's a little odd to only link to her own site, especially when her site doesn't have any outside sources linked, either.
Hey libertarians: See Somalia? That's the culmination of all your political ideals, right there. No pesky governmental regulations to worry about there, that's for sure.
I'm going to assume that people with chronic or incurable diseases also aren't allowed to immigrate to New Zealand. Unless, of course, NZ's government has decreed that keeping out people with HIV is discriminatory.
thank you for this stuffing recipe! I have been looking for a good one, but when you google that shit it's all jimmy dean sausage and croutons.
It's probably the easiest part of dinner, but I'm still not convinced I'll do it properly....
Re: the fat woman not allowed in New Zealand... I could maybe see her not allowed if she was 500lbs, diabetic and ate a dozen eggs for breakfast every day, but from that photo she really doesn't look like a rhinocerous at all. In fact, she looks quite pretty. And fat people can take good photos, too.
Lame, NZ
yeah, what happened to the lake union trail? that was rad!
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