Lots of cultures see the right to cook and serve good meals as almost sacred.

Cajuns, Italians, some Asians and Mexicans come to mind. Vending machine and quick-stop cooler food has a bad reputation for making people sick, although many times while doing road service jobs, that was all I could find late at night.

We have frequent trouble in our local Nextdoor internet discussion group with wingnuts injecting their venom into the most non-political of discussions. They will find a way to inject politics into someone's post about a lost dog.

Recent discussions about problems with the US Postal Service brought them out in force, with some lady saying it should be privatized. I don't engage them much 'cause I don't want our cars vandalized.

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When two top studio pickers sit around the kitchen table with guitars.....

massive joy erupts. If nothing else, please listen to the first 7-minutes and also perhaps the final 7-minutes to hear them noodling around.

Mandatory re-training and demilitarization of all American cops.

After 911, most cops have been trained to exercise tactics designed to fight serious terrorism attacks and we gave them the equipment to do it. Unfortunately, they've translated that brutal "shoot to kill" training into many routine police activities, mostly driven by shear fear and male ego. Racism and misogyny in the mix then becomes very dangerous and toxic to the public.

After a while, this militaristic attitude becomes ingrained and difficult to reverse. They need to be re-programmed but always held accountable..

It feels good to call for arrests and dismissals but that won't bring people like this young man back. The family will sue and probably get a big payoff but that won't bring this young man back either.

They also need very frequent and improved anti-racism training.

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Agree, but the ever-present fascist right-wing cancer continues to grow......

just as it has in my memories post-Nixon. I still suspect Nixon's failure was a wake-up call for right-wing billionaires to open the floodgates of money with no moral restrictions to slowly undermine the U.S. Government.

I agree with you and others posting here that an instant takeover of our government is nearly impossible, perhaps other than by nuclear armageddon.

The most absurd parts of the J6 rally are that it was entirely based on the Big Lie and yet tRump was able to attract hundreds of citizens to travel to Washington D.C. and endanger their futures based on that lie.

But what we must work to stop and reverse is:
* that slow corrosion of fear and hatred they promote that divides us like never before,
* right-wing administrative occupation of almost all of our public and social media,
* absurd, astronomical amounts of money being poured into our elections, and
* GOP non-stop lying to - and deceiving of - our general public with no consequences.


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Beautiful heart-touching song and photos for this season of giving and gratitude.

This botanist from Chicago knows how to talk to Republicans.

You're very welcome, Mahina. I wish your son the very best.

It's a huge but sometimes very mean world out there and I'm sure you will provide him guidance. It took my wonderful son 'till his mid-30s to find his way.

Check out this post from today on a new development in Kentucky: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10532696

That's about 30-miles South of Louisville and we already have two huge Ford truck and auto plants located here.


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Ford, SK On bringing 5,000 jobs to Kentucky with massive electric vehicle battery park

The little blue marble shines once again.

USPS announces new 2023 stamps in honor of DUer SalmonChantedEvening.

See: See: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/1024-usps-reveals-stamps-for-2023.htm



Someone at the Post Office must be a fan of Your Sunday LOLcats!

Just kidding of course, but SCE was the first thing I thought of when I saw that graphic.


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