So why are we trashing Michael Jackson and not George Soros?

[LoZoccolo]

He's rich too, right? Doesn't all the money he has cancel out his philanthropy? I mean, I don't believe that. I think George Soros is a pretty chill guy. But he's very, very rich; I think he is richer than Michael Jackson was.

[karynnj]

1. Strange strawman - no one is attacking Jackson for being rich or for being musically talented

You know exactly why he was attacked.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Yeah they are.

Not everyone is, but I've seen that.

[flamingdem]

3. SOROS IS HOTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!! NT

[xchrom]

4. even MORE sanctimony!!!

:woohoo: must be wednesday.

[rurallib]

5. One of the stranger arguments I have seen on DU

[timeforpeace]

6. I thought I read here that MJ was broke, and owed $500 million as well? Yes? No?

[TheWraith]

9. He reportedly had debts up to $500M, and assets worth $1 billion.

But take those with salt, as with everything you hear in the media.

[demmiblue]

7. Soda Bread

Soda Bread

This bread is popular throughout Ireland. Because it is easily and quickly made it is often baked fresh for tea or even breakfast. At home we used to call the loaf made with white flour soda bread, while that made with wholemeal was wheaten bread. In other parts of the country wheaten bread is referred to as brown soda or, confusingly, soda bread!

1lb/ 1/2kg/ 4 cups plain flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sugar (optional)
1pt/ 1/2 lr/ 2 cups buttermilk or sour milk

Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Scoop up handfuls and allow to drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Now work quickly as the buttermilk and soda are already reacting. Knead the dough lightly - too much handling will toughen it, while too little means it won't rise properly.

Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist. Place it on a lightly-floured baking sheet and cut a cross in the top with a floured knife. Put at once to bake near the top of a pre-heated oven, gas mark 8, 450°F, 230°C, for 30-45 minutes. When baked, the loaf will sound hollow when rapped on the bottom with your knuckles. Wrap immediately in a clean tea-towel to stop the crust hardening too much.

Wheaten bread or brown soda is made in exactly the same way but with wholemeal flour replacing all or some of the white flour; this mixture will probably require less buttermilk. Another variation is to add 1/2 cup of sultanas to the white bread - this loaf is known as Spotted Dick.

http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/culture/recipes/cooking/soda.shtm

[aikoaiko]

10. no raisons?

I thought soda bread had raisons in it?

[demmiblue]

12. Sulatanas

"Another variation is to add 1/2 cup of sultanas to the white bread - this loaf is known as Spotted Dick."

:rofl:

I guess sultanas are like golden raisins. I don't use raisins, though.

:hi:

[eShirl]

8. um

[Flaneur]

11. Why aren't you trashing Nader? It's been at least 24 hours.

[LoZoccolo]

16. If you donate, you can search by name to find five years worth of reruns if you'd like.

For example, you might have found that I took a poll about the comparison between Ralph Nader and Michael Jackson in October of 2004:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1075677

I believe the first one is the "tiny winky theory", so you might not have to search for posts before then...I'm not sure though.

http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1791511

[ret5hd]

13. Dooga dooga dooga dooga dooga?

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. What does that have to do with anything?

[damntexdem]

15. Did Soros die? I didn't think so. If not, there's no way I'm going to trash him.

One should speak ill only of the dead -- or something like that. ;-)