Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Slouching Towards Turkey Day

The Thanksgiving marathon is starting early for team MOTUS as we’re heading out today for the first of several stops between now and next weekend. So that means it’s officially recipe day!

I’ll be making these little gems for the pre-Thanksgiving dinner hour. We’ll be with Raj’s clan for Thanksgiving where the phrase “if everyone’s in charge nobody’s in charge” may have been invented. Dinner is always “planned” for 2:00 pm but never really hits the runway until 6:00 pm or so – and that’s in a good year when whoever signed up for the main event remembers to put the turkey in the oven.  Survival requires packing your own lunch box. I usually bring a pot of chili or sloppy Joes but this year I’m going with this tailgater stalwart that checks all the boxes: easy, filling, make-ahead and everybody likes them. They used to called these puppies “little sandwiches” but nowadays they are referred to as “sliders” so I’ll follow suit. Don’t tell me I’m resistant to change.

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Ham and Cheese Sliders

Ingredients:

  • one 12-count package Hawaiian sweet rolls (or any small dinner roll), sliced in half without separating individual rolls
  • 1 pound cooked deli ham, thinly sliced – I like a Polish style like Krakus or Kirkland from Costco
  • 3/4 pound Swiss cheese, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard (Coleman's)
  • 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
  • 2 teaspoons dried minced onion
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
  • Using a large serrated knife, slice the rolls in half so you have a ‘slab’ of tops and a ‘slab’ of bottoms; don’t pull the rolls apart.
  • Evenly layer about half of the ham over the rolls.
  • Evenly layer the cheese.
  • Evenly layer the remaining ham.
  • Add the top ‘slab’ of rolls; set aside.
  • Melt the butter together with the onions over low heat, and let it cool slightly.
  • Mix the mustard with about a tablespoon of the butter, stir until smooth. Stir the mustard mixture, Worcestershire sauce and the poppy seeds into the butter and stir until well blended.
  • Evenly and slowly pour the butter mixture over the rolls. Use a spatula or pastry brush to spread the mixture over the tops. Some of the mixture will pool at the base of the rolls. You may end up with more butter mixture than you want to use but just save it for your next batch because there will always be a next batch.
  • Cover with aluminum foil and allow rolls to stand at room temp for about 5 to 10 minutes. (Or, wrap and refrigerate overnight)
  • Bake covered for about 20 minutes or until cheese is all very melty.
  • Uncover and cook for about 3 minutes, or until tops are slightly browned – keep an eye on them as that much butter caused them to burn quickly! Baking time will vary based on the size of pan, oven variances, etc. Remove from oven, let cool for about 5 minutes before cutting into individual sliders and serve immediately. Sliders are best warm but feel free to make ahead and reheat in a slow oven wrapped in foil, or microwave unwrapped until cheese is melty again.

Modify at will: fresh onion instead of dried – cook in butter a few minutes, Dijon instead of dried mustard, turkey and havarti instead of ham and swiss, add pineapple slices for a sweet Hawaiian…all good.

And with that, the Thanksgiving recipe marathon officially begins: ladies and gentlemen, start your cleavers!

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Monday, November 20, 2017

Everyone Should Contribute

Apparently a head charge for attending Grandma’s Thanksgiving dinner is now trending.

Some have given this idea a thumbs down but it looks like up-votes are trending among progressives. They say it’s not fair for one family to do all the work and pay all the freight; they think everyone should contribute. Too bad they don’t feel that way about taxes.

If they treated Thanksgiving the way they treat taxes your rich uncle would pay  80% of the cost of the meal (plus processing and handling), you and your hardworking middle class cousins would split the other 20% and your deadbeat relatives would each receive a “refundable credit” of $10 just for showing up. Because, you know, from each according to their means…

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Oh, and I almost forgot: your deadbeat relatives won’t be required to help with the cleanup because that would be demeaning; they’ll be in the living room watching the Lions lose. The rest of you: get cranking, those pots aren’t going to scrub themselves.

mashed-potatoesAnd while you’re at it, don’t forget to give thanks for your white privilege

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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Heavy Equipment Operator’s License Required to Drain the Swamp

Consider this my contribution to your Sunday mood elevation.

HILLARY: BET YOU CAN’T DO THIS

TRUMP: HERE, HOLD MY BEER

Now get out there and carpe diem.

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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus. He’s a Democrat.

Regardless of your feelings about Ann Coulter, you need to read this: Yes, Virginia, Immigrants Are Turning the Country Blue.

frontiera_usamessico-620x402Here’s the synopsis: Immigrants, doing the job Americans won’t do: vote for Democrats.

Not that this should surprise anyone. It’s not exactly news.

alieninvasionDemocrats: giving the country away longer than you’ve been alive.

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Friday, November 17, 2017

FLOTUS FRIDAY: Get the Popcorn

Be sure to check Melania’s Twitter feed account for a series of videos recapping her rather spectacular Asian trip.

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The trip apparently awakened editors at many publications to the fact that many Americans enjoyed reading about the FLOTUS even though she isn’t black anymore.

 melania tokyo redIn fact stories are suddenly springing up everywhere about anything…and nothing:

It's Melania 2.0, as Mrs. Trump Iterates in Asia - The New York Times

Inside First Lady Melania Trump's mysterious life - Business Insider

Melania and Donald Trump's Stale Wedding Cake Is Up for Auction - Vanity Fair

Melania Trump breaks away from her husband in crucial ways - Markets Insider

Hervé Pierre, who designed Melania Trump's inauguration gown, launches dress line - Washington Post

It seems they’ve finally noted that Michelle Obama wasn’t the only FLOTUS  who has ever interacted with children.

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And that those interactions don’t always have to involve vegetables….

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nor are all children in America minorities.

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Now stock up on the popcorn and hope that this weekend brings us more videos of Al Franken in his Franken-pig days as well as videos from the Uranium One informant showing the exchange of suitcases containing stacks of money.

080109_hillarytears_popStop wondering why you weren’t 50 points ahead and wonder why you’re not behind bars

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Just Part of the Vast Left-wing Independent Media

Is it just me or does Hillary sound like a broken record?

“I regret deeply that this appears to be the politicization of the Justice Department and our justice system,” Clinton said on Wednesday. “This Uranium One story has been debunked countless times by members of the press, by independent experts. It is nothing but a false charge that the Trump administration is trying to drum up to avoid attention being drawn to them.”

Like the Benghazi affair was “politicized.” Like the acid wiping of her confidential-information-containing email server “what, with a cloth or something” was debunked.

hillary deleteBecause rules are for the little people

And like the charges against Bill Clinton were just part of a vast right wing conspiracy.

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I don’t know about you but I find it reassuring that the charges have been debunked by independent members of the press rather than by  independent counsel.

If they send a signal that we’re going to be like some dictatorship, like some authoritarian regime, where political opponents are going to be unfairly, fraudulently investigated, that rips at the fabric of the contract we have, that we can trust our justice system,”

Tell that to Dinesh D’Souza. And the dozens of other people whose lives and businesses were ruined by unwarranted, politically motivated IRS harassment during the Obama regime.

But don’t worry, Hillary’s not the least bit worried, despite the seriousness of the charge:

“I regret if they do it because it will be such a disastrous step to politicizing the justice system. And at the end of the day, nothing will come of it, but it will, you know, cause a lot of terrible consequences that we might live with for a really long time.”

Yes ma’am, let’s hope so, a really, really long time.

lock her upWondering why Hillary chose Mother Jones to share her thoughts on her potential investigation? Aside from the fact they were the next stop on the Great Hillary Rehab Tour, it might be because they’ve already exonerated her of all charges. Just part of the vast left wing independent media.

clinton mandela jail# LockThemAllup

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Life From the Rabbit Hole

Sexual harassment/misconduct charges have exploded across the landscape leaving no segment of society untouched: Hollywood, comedy, news media, restauranteurs, publishing, business, art, government, and of course, politics.

Why, I wondered to nobody in particular, have all these cases just now come crawling out of the closet? It’s not as if this pig-like behavior hasn’t been going on forever - 30 years in the Weinstein case alone. So I can’t help but wonder who is churning this latest outrage which looks oddly similar to the organizing forces behind Black Lives Matter. I seriously doubt if it is the Left as they seem to be disproportionately represented as the oppressors in this latest War On Women.  Who then is behind this? Is this a clue?

sharia barbieMattel releases first hijab-wearing "Shero" doll in honor of American fencing star Ibtihaj Muhammad

Can you say C.A.I.R.? Using the Left’s own modus operandi first you generate outrage over how abused women are in the workplace,  then you introduce a simple solution: Sharia compliant wardrobes for working women – to protect them from all the men who can’t keep it in their pants.  Next step: make hijabs mandatory. Problem solved.

Here’s further evidence that the new doll is intended as an instrument for social change rather than a simple doll: it is quite useless as a toy.

barbie hijabMuslim Barbie. Useless as a toy: she is not allowed out of  the box during the day, not allowed to play and not allowed to drive her Barbie car - otherwise Muhammad al Ken will beat her.

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In related news, Judge Roy Moore has been barraged with questions regarding when he stopped beating his wife. His denials have fallen on deaf ears and he has been left to ask “where do I go to get my reputation back?” But of course you don’t, that is the entire point of this game. In the rabbit hole questions once raised cannot be unasked.

dorothy and aliceAnd that’s the rabbit hole report for this week.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Fake News Matters

mrs o'leary's cow

So Colin Kaepernick is GQ’s citizen of the year. That’s like naming Mrs. O’Leary’s cow citizen of the year – it makes sense only if you thought Chicago needed to be burned to the ground.

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But there’s another connection as well. Kaepernick’s knee caper, explained here by the currently unemployed quarterback,

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color…there are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

is a protest against police brutality against black men. And it is based on widely circulated false news reports of incidents that occurred in Ferguson and Baltimore. So Colin Kaepernick became the darling of Black Lives Matter - itself the darling new civil rights movement of the left - based on fake news. The same way fake news  made Mrs. O’Leary and her cow the scapegoat in the Great Fire of Chicago.

Catherine O'Leary wasn't found guilty of committing any crime, but the story spread by a dishonest journalist incriminated her for life. The next 24 years of her time on Earth were spent denying fault and dodging criticism. And while the reporter for The Chicago Republican admitted 2 years before her death that he'd made her and her milk cow the stuff of fiction for a buck, it was way too late. She died in 1895 of pneumonia, her spirit spent, her heart broken.  - Chicago Now

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Fake News Matters.

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