In Merry Old England, a beef Standing Rib Roast and Yorkshire Pudding is a traditional Christmas dinner. In my home were we don’t stand on tradition very often, we serve this on New Year’s Day. The best method for preparing and cooking this pricey piece of meat comes from none other than Alton Brown. It …
December 2020 archive
Dec 28 2020
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Dec 28 2020
Cartnoon
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12/28/2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. File under Clio. We are accustomed to regard Athens as a paradigm of Democracy and a center of Philosophy and Science, especially in contrast with Sparta which is widely and correctly considered a militaristic slave holding society of sadism and cruelty. Given this sympathy …
Dec 28 2020
The Breakfast Club (Wild Places)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Dec 27 2020
Rant of the Week: Keith Olbermann – After Trump’s Pardon Orgy, we need a Special Counsel to prosecute them all.
Our angry friend Keith Olbermann has something to say about the Squatter’s pardon spree. I revere Joe Biden. I admire his call for healing. I applaud his desire to keep The White House out of the Justice Department. But after this second night of Trump’s orgy of pardons and commutations, can there be any doubt …
Dec 27 2020
The Breakfast Club (Chocolate Orange)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 27th Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; Charles Darwin sets out on round-the-world voyage; Radio City Music Hall opens in New York; James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opens in London. Breakfast Tune Nashville Blues Something to think about, Breakfast News …
Dec 27 2020
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. On Sunday mornings …
Dec 26 2020
Hessians
Originally posted by ek hornbeck on 12.26.2007. Re-posted by TMC for ek. A reprint from 2007 but as true today as it ever was. From Wikipedia’s entry on the American Revolutionary War Early in 1775, the British Army consisted of about 36,000 men worldwide… Additionally, over the course of the war the British hired about …
Dec 26 2020
Boxing Day
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12.26.2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. Boxing Day. On the day after Christmas… In feudal times the lord of the manor would give boxes of practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Many years ago on the day after Christmas servants …
Dec 26 2020
Oh, sure. Some Specials.
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12/26/2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. Well, mostly I’m tired of them junking up my tabs. Frosty? Waaay chiller than that All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat’s life than that. But I hope not. These are …
Dec 26 2020
The Breakfast Club (Cranberry Canes)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 26th A tsunami kills more than 200-thousand people is Southeast Asia; Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten to death; Winston Churchill addresses joint session of Congress; Presidents Truman and Ford die. Breakfast Tune Rhiannon Giddens featuring Yo-Yo Ma – “Build A House” …