Today’s column is long. So read it for a while, till our writing causes you to nod off. Leave the tab open and come back to it later. It’s a dopamine recovery tool for habitual Black Friday click addicts.
Here’s why – after 364 days the rest of the year – about 70 percent of the Internet is busily marking suggestions of what to buy on Amazon and assorted other online media like Wal-Mart and such.
The media is not helpful. However, they are dollar-denominated.
The game – if’n you haven’t figured it out – is to get you to click, if even for a moment – because that sets an “affiliate source cookie” which means anything else you buy on that online shop, will be credited to the referring site. Ka-ching! And repeat as necessary.
While this is insulting, at some level (Elaine can spend all our money without help, thanks!) it does make sense.
So, I will go along with the gag and suggest you check out three dandy books on Amazon. My novel (DreamOver), in non-fiction consider Packing to Die: Suitcase between your ears, or the Millennial’s Missing Manual. This last is ideal for the young because it lays out how most everything in life is learned in recipe-like fashion and how Process (“If this then that followed by something else) is how everything from homebuilding to farming to government works.
Over the holidays, I am trying to get my more recent books, some of which are on the Peoplenomics.com site free already (for subscribers) like The 100-Year Toaster posted on Amazon. I keep running out of time to work on Ancient Children but novels are supposed to cook slow, I figure. Like turkey.
Thank you for spending. On behalf of American business, but a lot of quickly depreciating useless shit so the rape and pillage of Earth can progress.
Elaine and I are debating an upgrade to the 65-inch UHD in the living room to an 85-inch QLED model, but the admonition from our upbringing is useful: “You can only spend it once…”
The Markets
We are looking for the stock market to make a modest rally in the early going today. The price of gold is up a bit, but the shakers and movers don’t come in for the part-day session. So, the “caretaker crews” are in and not too much is expected in the way of excitement.
Bitcoin is still hovering in the Mid $16,000’s. There’s still “one born every minute.”
News Beats
Major General Smedley Butler’s “War is a Racket” is still as true as ever: Bye, bye Kiev, hello Cote D’Azur: As Westerners send aid, here’s how Ukraine’s corrupt elites are profiting from the conflict — RT. Just consider the source.
Nothing to fear in Nuke War? Putin Too ‘Scared’ To Order Nuclear Strike, Leaked FSB Letters Reveal (newsweek.com) The problem this leaves is the hardliners who will seize on anything to seize power.
On the other hand, money matters on the Ukrainian side, too: Shmyhal, Cleverly discuss mechanisms for seizing frozen Russian assets (ukrinform.net). Yep, it’s a racket.
Gun Grab Joe notes: Biden Says He’ll Renew Push for Assault Weapons Ban After Spate of Shootings. For those who have never served, remember an assault weapon has, by definition, selectable fire (full auto of single shot) and if something is black and looks fierce doesn’t mean it’s an assault weapon.
Let me guess: He’s a democrat dept. Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost calls for vote on assault weapons ban.
LBGTQRST marketing is under attack in Russia: Russian lawmakers approve bill banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ among adults. Why, those danged Russians don’t seem to understand the Biden-backing 92 genders here in ‘Merica. Shame on them.
Does this mean iPhone 14’s will become scarce? Over 20,000 New Hires Have Left Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Major China Plant -source (ibtimes.com)
ATR: Spectacular Leftovers 2022
(ATR= Around The Ranch)
For almost 10-years now, we have offered the highest and best use of leftover turkey ever invented. Here’s the 9th annual turkey leftovers recipe we prize more than the old Lexus.
Originally posted as our Ode to 13 Coins’ SST Sandwich column from 2013. It has been hopelessly updated annually.
I don’t remember if Gale, the daytime bartender at the ‘Coin’s place across from the Seattle Times had retired yet, (Yes, he did in 2015, or so – g) or not…might have. Great guy and always poured me a “hard-day-for-the-editor-sized drink” back in my news-chasing days… ‘Coins was kitty-corner from the Seattle Times plant on Fairview back then. A.P. Bureau was across the street north.
First, my own contribution to “the turkey leftovers science,”
I baked the bird (2018) in a turkey bag (breast-up) as usual. But upon removing, I turned it breast down while the turkey rested (while I made gravy, etc…more wine, too, while Ure at it…).
Fall-apart moist – even Elaine said it was one the all-time best-ever turkeys she’s ever had. Better than baked breast-down…Just 10-15 min, breast down while resting in its juices before carving…amazing! (I adjusted steam holes to the central axis end of the bag to preserve juices! Don’t want liquid gravy basics leaking out.) 10-points for food science!
Ode to 13 Coins: The SST Sandwich
No doubt the one best way to use-up whatever is left in the way of turkey is based on a “sandwich” which used to be served by 13 Coins, a 24-hour restaurant in Seattle. This served as a kind of Mecca for the broadcasters, writers, and theatrical types who made Seattle a happening place from the 1960;s, 1970’s and 80’s. Before the commies took over local government up there.
‘Coins is still one of the top 5 late night food joints in the country and with good reason: If you sit at the counter, you can watch chefs doing their flaming cooking on the big gas stoves (and a gas-fired broiler for browning) from high back bar chairs. It’s the sort of setting people can only dream of having for entertaining in the home kitchen.
It was here that the SST Sandwich was developed – at about the same time Boeing was building a mock-up of what might have been an American SuperSonic Transport to compete with the Brit-Frog Concorde. I always wondered if the selection of turkey as its main ingredient a matter of taste or deep commentary on aeronautics or economics of the aircraft…
By far, the SST is the best use of turkey ever seen – and to my palate it is almost as good as fresh roasted turkey with all the fixing’s. Anyone can make good food in an unlimited kitchen with clean up staff. When it’s me and/or Elaine and KitchenAid, it’s a different equation. It’s cheaper to hire appliances than people.
The inventor of the SST used a Béchamel sauce (white sauce) but for those of us who scored higher in the laziness department, a can of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup (regular, not fat-free – what’s the point, right?) works almost as well as a substitute.
In the original SST, the toast points had the crust cut -off. Again, this is additional work that could be dispensed-with. An optional item if you’re trying to recapture the flavor of the original dish.
Butter the toast points? That’s up to you and your cardiologist. The sandwich was on dry toast points. 13 Coins made up for the lack of butterfat with their thumb-sized fries. Exactly 13 of them stacked in Lincoln Logs fashion.
OMG, TDF! Yellow potatoes with a spritz of Johnny’s Dock or Lawry’s seasoning salt. A very lightly spiced ketchup on the side.
Oh…and fresh Parmesan from the Pike Place Market is nice, too. But over the years I’ve used everything from Kraft “sprinkle cheese” to hand shaved aged Parmesan (plus various mixes) and I couldn’t tell much difference.
The Updated Recipe (for T2020)
You begin with a hot skillet. On the edge of smoking but not quite. Occasional beeps from the smoke detector are ignored.
Into this pan, you pour about a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and fire (or the electric-hellfire equivalent) until just smoking a bit.
Add one cup (roughly, per person) of freshly sliced mushrooms. Shake, toss, and worry it a bit. 4 mm wide slices.
Sauté and throw in a flammable liquid. Toss and flame. Tequila? Brandy? Whatever’s handy. Nothing too sweet. A dry white wine is acceptable. Flambe it a bit. Preheating the booze makes it flame easier.
Flame longer if you have an audience; Foodery is theater. If you are cooking over gas, this part is easy. Electric? Not so much. Don’t set the kitchen afire. After 2 or 3 good flareups, the flavors peak. A clean brandy can also be used – by the Chef.
If you’ve got a range hood, like the big ones at 13 Coins, the third splash of whatever burns good (from the bar) with the oil, provides guests a photo-op, too.
Brandy was the lazy man’s choice – I could never get white wine to flame. Certainly not on an electric range. Maybe with ox-acetylene. Outdoor BBQ side burners do swell but remember wheel it out from under the roofline. Fireballs while cooking are fun but not under flammable ceilings.
When the flames die down, (the alcohol flares off if you use high enough heat) you toss in a cup, or more, of diced turkey (per person). This has been sliced into 3/4-inch cubes.
This is all tossed around in the sizzling pan so the flavors get acquainted with one-another. Flame again (third time) if using gas. Mostly ‘cuz it’s fun. Showy and entertaining.
Next comes the Béchamel sauce, or – if doing this at home hungover and lazy – that can (11 oz.) of regular (condensed) Campbell’s cream of mushroom works fine. NOT FAT FREE!
Reduce heat to a simmer while you:
*Prepare bacon and Toast points. Two slices of each, per person.
Each serving will need a shallow (broiler safe) baking/serving dish, 3-slices for me, use a baking pan for more room. Two slices for reasonable eaters, thanks. (No point getting healthy this weekend, though.)
* Two or three…OK…FOUR! (long and lean) strips of crispy bacon are made. Pressed so they don’t shrink too much. You do have a bacon press? Microwave bacon cooker works fine. We’re eating healthy so lower sodium bacon.
Arrange as follows:
- Toast Points (crusts on, or not)
- Atop this you pour a portion of turkey, sauce, and sauteed mushrooms flambeed.
- Add cheese* and melt under broiler.
- On removal, add bacon strips lengthwise. (Originally it was two strips of incredibly long, thick bacon as an “X”.
* 1/3 cup (or so) of fresh-grated Parmesan (or you could use an Italian three-cheese mix with little difference, but the cheese should go off to salty a bit.)
Practice the finish if serving multiple guests (we’re not big on sharing this, lol): Melt the cheese well. Should have some medium browning in places.
A few tablespoons of the cheese will dribble over into the happily bubbling sauce. Right before moving to the next step. Which is?
Serve with the 13-Coins style fries and a glass of whatever libation suits you.
Wine pairing may be the hardest decision of the weekend. My buddy (and fellow rock n roll newser) Chet Rogers favored the Chardonnay (“…with a light buttery, and a smooth oaky finish…”). Wife Elaine’s more the dry champagne type. Me? Half-gallon of Sutter Home White Zin (ice cold) and an IV bag will do.
Here on the north side of 70, I seem to be doing cranberry juice (with a splash of vodka), which works dandy, too. It’s better for the liver, the FAA, and primary care physician confessionals. “Oh yes, I drink cranberry juice now…“
A word about the fries (and why a 13-Coins visit is always on our Seattle agenda. You can’t cheat on the fries. They cannot be those wimpy little prefab wormy things like the “arches” use. Or what you buy in the frozen food section. You know the sort: mashed potatoes water-jetted from a square pastry nozzle.
A proper grown-up whole potato (Yukon Gold, very large) is whacked into coarse slices about the size of your thumb (bigger if you’re dainty, I hold my thumb up when Elaine is slicing, but stay out of range). At least 3/4’s of an inch to a full inch.
Cold rinse them several times then pat dry. A couple of hours in ice water is even better before drying. Air fryer works if you toss the raw potatoes in a few teaspoons of EVOO and sprinkle well with a seasoned salt. Johnny’s Dock – another favorite haunt.
Finish the fries until a few shades darker than golden brown. They are thick – this will take time. Do this while guzzling booze and flaming things. Yee haw!
We toss ’em in the air fryer nowadays. I’m sure the Biden Administration will outlaw anything deep-fried, shortly. Dems want to spoil everyone else’s fun but their own.
It’s a sacrilege to do so, but I will ask for ketchup and the staff doesn’t (usually) seem too offended by my epicurean gaffes.
No, I don’t get any spiffs or deals for my semi-annual review of the SST. The SST may not even be on the 13 Coins menu, but we assume you know about “secret menus” – the good stuff is for long-term customers. You need to know to ask.
It wasn’t on the menu last time we were in Seattle. But the kitchen was able to make one though I don’t know if they still can. (Reports welcome on this point.) Ask for the SST off the ‘secret menu.’
Is It the Best “Sandwich” Ever?
Weather at this time of the year in the Northwest is usually crappy: Gray, cold, and rainy more often than not. Which may have something to do with why Seattle has some really great places to eat.
Other cities do, as well, but even San Francisco (last time we were there) seems to have gone “touristy” and “institutional/commercial” even at Ghirardelli and the wharf, last time through. I keep thinking about going back to see if anything’s as good as the food at Bertolucci’s in South San Francisco. Color me skeptical. Bertolucci’s was fab.
The main thing about great restaurants is they were usually started (or perfected) by great restauranteurs. Families who somehow got the balance between hospitality, beverage, taste, performance, and consistency. For me, the Ward family’s (13 Coins and el Gaucho back in the day), (Victor) Rossellini’s, and Ivar Haglund’s seafood joints -Ivar’s – were the family names in Seattle. Lemonsakis and Gasperetti joints (Latitude 48 and the Roma Cafe, were top-flight too…there were lots of good hangouts. Ruby Chow’s before she got into politics.
Every city has such places.…it takes a little looking around to scout them out. Most people don’t focus on the search…too much hurry, too little time, yada, yada. But like investing in in a great partner, or stocks, finding a great restaurateur’s prize is the GI tract equivalent of finding Apple or Microsoft stock before the IPO..
Along the way, be sure and ask questions and steal cooking ideas you can bring home, too. Like this recipes. You never know when you’ll have some leftovers that can be turned into real treats.
Or have to write a column about turkey leftovers that’s not plain stupid.
Award-winning chef daughter says I got the genealogy of the SST wrong. It’s taught to young cheffettes as based on the “Hot Brown” and is popular ‘back east.’ (Remember, even Spokane is ‘back east’ from Seattle.)
Sure enough, you can find a damn-fine Hot Brown at (where else?) the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Hell of a lot shorter-drive for us than Seattle. 874 miles vs. 1,900. But fewer Indian Casinos – which we enjoy, too. Choices, huh?
The Hot Brown looks almost like the SST, but with fewer aircraft fasteners and a cheese-change. I still think White Zin will fuel either nicely. Maybe with a Kentucky local beverage or three as the warm-up.
A Thanksgiving (2014) Gift from Reader John K
Want some money? Free? The real deal here. I didn’t have time yesterday to ask his permission to use his name (again), but a reader of ours, John, a wealth manager up in Nashville, who sent me a dandy email that could be worth your time to read: (Pay attention Andy!)
Hello George,
To assist you in helping others and so you and your family may also find new wealth, enter your last name and or company name in the following Search engines to see unclaimed property. I conduct searches in support of Estate settlements, but you do not have to be dead to have unclaimed property. I have helped others find property of deceased relatives and forgotten security deposits from college. If you can provide proof of your name connected to the address (if it shows one), wa la, you’re in the money/property.
If the person is deceased, letters Testamentary, would also be required. Be aware the states often misspell names, so be on the lookout for property under similar spellings. If you can see the address, that usually helps verify the connection. If a person is deceased or you can’t remember all your past addresses, run a free credit report which shows all prior addresses (living and deceased people).
The first site seems more effective, and the second site is quicker, but less accurate.
MissingMoney.com | Search for Unclaimed Property
Best of luck!
Happy thanksgiving!
John
I ran this money-search on all our relatives, which I do every so often. No dough for them. But maybe that will mean more for you? (Send 50%, lol!)
Write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
Assault weapons are NOT the problem, mental health is!!!!!
Definitely not a problem. For an hour’s work with scrap, you can make something that goes boom with lethal results. It’s not (quite) rocket science, though it might be if you don’t hold tight.
And that’s with hand tools. With decent tooling and minimal knowledge, you can actually make something that’s accurate. Most of those legally able to own a firearm can do this legally, and many of those who cannot legally do this simply don’t care.
We need to focus on real issues, such as peace, prosperity, and joy, rather than things that will never be resolved such as gun “control”, abortion, drug control, random new sexes, and other non-issues. Talking about these won’t change anyone’s opinion, so it’s a waste of time. People do what they will.
amen Mike. anything can be deadly.. a hunk of metal going fifty miles an hour can kill.. the criminal elements can always give guns..the USA is giving automatic guns in ukraine to anyone big enough to carry one.. in the past has marked them to criminals across the borders..
taking guns from those wishing to have one legally is not answer..if someone is planning on killing they will anyway..
now..since many of these incidents happened by those being bullied maybe the schools should be focusing on stopping bullying..
“Elaine and I are debating an upgrade to the 65-inch UHD in the living room to an 85-inch QLED model, ”
I broke down and bought the liberator….
It was a ton of money for me. but..I had this sinking feeling and dreamed that I was having the grandson put it in…. now I do have one pellet stove ready to swap if the power goes off.. but really.. that is only forty thousand btu.. the liberator.. kicks up like a pot bellie stove. the next days the headlines were NATO getting ready to enter into the conflict.. I suppose.. from those I know and knew in special forces.. they always go in on the holidays..
https://rocketheater.com/
twenty five percent off to..
I will try coal mix in it to.. they are curious.. they put a blower to the burn chamber and it got so hot that it started to melt the top LOL LOL so they put a little thicker steel on it.. I will take a fifteen gallon oil drum or an L shaped duct.. and put a blower in it.. that would draw the heat up from the side where the temp is at two hundred degrees and over the top where it is seven hundred degrees..
It should be in the wastelands by monday..already on the truck..
the utility company grinds up a lot of tree limbs every year.. it sure won’t take much to last for a winter.. I also am thinking about getting the pellet press working and get some coal dust and saw dust and make the pellets I wish someone else would make.. three parts of saw dust one part of coal dust.. mixed.. great heat but not to hot to melt the stove..
the other thing I was considering.. is a SAND Battery.. old technology.. easy to make and do.. but could I get twelve volts out of a small sand battery on the side of the heat chamber or would a twelve volt battery be to big to implement…. hmm.. don’t know.. it would be fun to see though.. not very many realize that when your walking barefoot on the hot sand that that is an electric battery just waiting to release its stored energy LOL LOL…
CCT energy Adelaide south australia
Oh.. talking about crazy relatives.. my Aunt Alice was Bobs mother of electronic fame.. LOL.. I didn’t know her other kids names but I seen Bob Beckwith’s photo this last weekend and yup he is the uncle bob that would come every few years with his camper and visit my father he liked beer and stinky cheese and would tease me He knew every language.. LOL LOL well one word in every language LOL LOL.. I never really knew him though.. I played with the dog buddy.. another old crazy spiramenter with wild ideas.
That wasn’t the Bob Beckwith of time travel, dimensional jumps fame, was it?
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20020013139A1/en
Electronics outfit in Florida?
Yes that’s the man I knew as uncle bob… my father taught the new at the time radar in the army air corps aunt Alice was like the only mother he knew even though she was a distant relative..my only real memory of him was him stopping by and visiting with dad every so often and that famed stinky cheese they would eat while visiting..when I seen his photo I recognised him right off..
the only one I truly met was my aunt Alice and her dog buddy..
I thought the name sounded familiar I just wasn’t sure on which line of the family he was in or if he was an ancestor or not.
I didn’t even know he was interested in that stuff. it does explain why my father was interested in the curiosities though.. helping us kids build Crystal radios at six etc.and pushing us to explore and read.. I did know he was an electrical guy another family member gene worked with him in what I thought was an electronic shop..
If you count working with Einstein and van Neuman on field (invisibility) on the Martha’s Vineyard (a converted wood3en yacht) and an “electronics shop” then yeah…OK, if you wanna call it that.
I would encourage you to keep in touch with the family and see what papers and notes…following here?
“I would encourage you to keep in touch with the family and see what papers and notes…following here?”
I never knew any of his family except his wife I think my brother may have known some of the kids though.. I met her a couple of times.. the last time he came was for my fathers funeral in the eighties… My sibling took all the photo albums when mom passed on and didn’t leave any of the photos for anyone..so a second or third cousin has been rounding up photos.. asked if I knew who he was.. yup.. recognised him right off.. My father didn’t elaborate on what kind of business he was in.. my other relative Gene said it was just a small electronics shop LOL LOL so that is what I thought.. My brother visited with him.. ( he became an electronic engineer and worked with electronic equipment that the maj would know about and heavy into physics.. ) a nephew writes the electrical programs for chips..If he hasn’t retired by now.. he was making unheard of money way back in the eighties already..
I on the other hand wanted to be the next ansel adams and wasn’t able to focus…. and film the wilderness.. LOL so my interests was film when I was young .. It wasn’t until later that I got the science interests..
“I would encourage you to keep in touch with the family and see what papers and notes…”
Except for the photo I got this week of Bob.. the only photo I had was of his mother on her confirmation .. so I did touch base with the family.. and sent the photo to them I never had an address for anyone in the family.. feel bad to give such late condolences…. His one son is the same age as my older sibling so my guess is they both knew each other.. I was to little..
Too bad the 13 Coins of today is absolutely NOTHING like the one of the past. Doesn’t even come close.
Very sorry to hear that.
Ahhh, them 13 coins musta been stamped/minted from PNW pine trees, rather than Silver and or Gold..splains why SST no longer “up to snuff”..inflation and what not.
..they cut down some moar trees and print baby print..they print moar every day!
Who was/is HSattoshi Nakamoto ? GP Joe knows – https://youtu.be/5drb3-znyBs
..where as Bitcoin not only maintains everything (functionality) it ever had, it gets better everyday..Go go Bitcoin
Rehab 4u
https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-chair-gensler-wishes-satoshi-nakamotos-bitcoin-whitepaper-happy-birthday-says-lets-make-sure-crypto-investors-get-proper-protection/
Gary knows when Satoshi is. They are one in the same lol.
https://news.yahoo.com/meet-gary-gensler-former-mit-105500157.html
https://cryptochica.com/crypto/sec-and-tim-draper-know-who-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-is/
https://www.media.mit.edu/people/gensler/overview/
https://dci.mit.edu/bitcoin-network-development
https://moguldom.com/427483/is-sec-chair-gary-gensler-compromised-by-sbf-and-the-unholy-alameda-ftx-alliance/
Got blockchain? Better be on one of these. Unless you are planning on donating LOL.
https://www.ledger.com
Good morning George
It’s a weird thing when I find something, then one thing leads to another …
Found this …
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/study-majority-of-those-who-died-of-covid-received-at-least-1-vaccine/
In there is this paragraph, “Conducted for The Washington Post’s The Health 202 by Cynthia Cox — who is vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation — (the results) are the first time this has been the case since the novel virus was first tracked in 2020.”
I clicked on the blue word, “the results” … and went to Disney Land. WTF? See here …
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2022/08/q3-fy22-earnings.pdf
Then is scroll on other apps, and these two things stand out …
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkB0Fv0jfY0/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClRRCvBusHC/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
I guess it all fits together. I guess. Too early in the day to really dig into 20 pages. I got things to do.
Enjoy your day.
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SD Bullion has some BF deals on ounces of silver and gold.
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I have to wonder, how many of the lefty trolls, who seem to be eternally resident in the reader comment sections of websites, are really paid Twitter subcontractors, or worse, wannabe Twitter subcontractors trying to build a a “resume” of on-line leftist activism:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fired-twitter-moderator-worries-about-platforms-free-speech-future
So will the 4000 newly unemployed Twitter “moderators” going to be leaving the troll scene, or joining it?
Saw a cute comment: Twitter is not an airport so you don’t have to announce your departure that you are leaving!
‘You are what you tweet (eat)’ lol…
Musk tries to avoid severance payments for execs:
https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/twitter-executives-fired-for-cause-musk/
Speech is free, illegal layoffs ya gotta pay for, Elon!
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-sued-layoffs-days-elon-musk-purchase-rcna55619
“Musk tries to avoid severance payments for execs:”
rarely are severance payments offered in the wastelands.. even to executives.
Contractors (as opposed to direct employees) are always first to go out the door in a major lay-off. Independents under contract are SOL. Contractors working direct for corporates (EPC firms, accounting firms, job shops, etc, etc) go back to the office, where they may or may not have jobs. After the contractors are thinned out, the direct hires get culled. The company will usually bring the performing contractors back in (if they are available) within the year. This dance has been used to thwart labor organizers a lot longer than I have been around.
I love contracting vs being an employee! No waste for “benefits” that I’ll never use, and a certain layoff to look forward to. Unallocated time is the most valuable resource, yet we need a base level of money to live well. Trade as little as possible of the former for as much of the latter as possible! Do a good job so you’ll get called back again when/if you want to be.
It would seem that firing someone at any level for cause if they’re actively working to sabotage the goals of the company or its new owners would be legitimate, and should not incur costs for golden parachutes or even unemployment. Unfortunately, it all ends up in the hands of a judge with unpredictable results.
“firing someone at any level for cause if they’re actively working to sabotage the goals of the company or its new owners”
In the Healthcare field @NM Mike it is common.. one vice president of a major hospital was let go.. his daughter was best friends with my daughter.. anyway we were having a cold adult beverage by his pool and he was complaining that the only position he could get was vp of a hospital in a big city.. but felt insulted because all they would offer him was a half million.. now that was in 92 when a half million was a lot of money.. ( still is in my world) I about chocked on the beverage because he made the comment like what a slap in the face.. I just said.. I would let them slap me with an insult like that.. we made three and a half dollars an hour .. nurses made four dollars and fifty cents an hour..
was in the hospital one day and one of the younger nurses.. was talking wages.. and I let her know what we made in the nineties.. she acted like hell you are pulling my leg.. the older nurse with her said.. I sure do remember those days LOL LOL.. well in the hospital fields.. they dump the long term higher waged employees .. once or twice a year they go on the witch hunt.. and bring in new grads.. or part time PRN.. the other thing they did is dumped three quarters of the professional staff.. filled in with TECH’s.. IV techs.. med techs.. pharmacy techs.. eeg techs.. etc etc.. radiology techs.. ( now seriously after years of experience they know just as much as the professionals.. go have a professional draw your blood once.. LOL you will go back tot he tech every time.. its like an accident victim.. you want to be resuced by a paramedic rather than a clinic doctor.. trust me.. they dump and downsize.. part of it.. wages.. if your making twenty dollars an hour.. one eight hour shift is close to five grand a month.. just for the one position.. now the equipment and supplies.. wonder why your hospital bill is so much.. and that doesn’t even take into account the professionals making millions a year in wages that sit at a desk and push a pencil.. now you know why a bandaid is twenty dollars a kleenex is ten bucks.. ( oh mucus collection unit ) Non of them leaving gets a severance pay.. they don’t get unemployment either.. if your let go or you quit.. you get nothing.. unemployment is meant for the seasonal worker .. that is out for a couple of months until weather allows them to go back to work..
Something of interest maybe. Retired airforce son after 14 years decided to go back into the work forcee. About a month ago went to work for Amazon along with 3 thousand others at their Abq facillity. From day one his comment has been how happy everyone seemed to be with their job at the company. Also he had never seen so many new cars as in their parking lot. I checked that out and sure seemed like it to me. Anyway this morning glanced at Bloomberg and headline is Amazon back east and europe are striking for higher wages. Something is wrong with this picture. Starting wage is 40 hours here at $15 an hour and after 2 months they can get all the overtime they want. Also mentioned that most of their people have been there since the facility opened about 3 years ago.
An assault weapon is whatever weapon is pointed at ME.
Maxwell Frost! “Wild in the Streets”? “[Nothing Can Change the] Shape of Things to Come”? THAT Max Frost? What were his parents thinking, if anything?
All the boys in the band seem to be singing the same tune this morning.
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Brace for ‘violent’ shocks that may reshape the global economy forever, warns top economist Mohamed El-Erian. ” with a drawn-out recession on the cards.”
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US stocks will slump, inflation will cool, and a recession will hit as a global downturn takes hold, top UBS strategist Bhanu Baweja .
Weaker company earnings, higher bond yields, and overseas headwinds threaten to weigh on US stocks.
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The Fed’s own economists are sounding the recession alarm – and warning that more interest-rate hikes could tank the US economy. Federal Reserve’s staff economists said pressure on consumer spending, overseas turmoil, and higher borrowing costs have made a recession more likely.
El-Erian’s twit account is at https://twitter.com/elerianm?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor for those who wonder what smarter people than we plebes think…
Everything was going fine until I came upon the passage below in an article entitled “Not Just Another Recession” that was penned by El-Erian a few days ago.
“Climate change is finally forcing companies, households, and governments to alter their behavior. Given the dangers facing the planet, there is no choice but to evolve away from destructive practices. The unsustainability of the present path is clear, as is the desirability of a green economy.”
Sorry, I’m just not able to take seriously anyone who thinks a green economy is “desirable” or believes that the planet is facing anthropogenic dangers.
My choice for a “smarter” person might be James Kunstler (https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/a-light-in-the-darkness/). And he also seems to have a pretty good handle on where we’re going.
“Sorry, I’m just not able to take seriously anyone who thinks a green economy is “desirable”
Climate change is Real and it is an ongoing cycle.. hundreds of thousands of years can be traced back.. going green.. well I would rather say being a good steward to the planet.. except for nuclear.. I am for all other forms of energy..coal is a favorite.. lots of power in it.. easy to make and a lot of it around.. it can be a dirty fuel or a clean fuel.. most people are not willing to make the changes that are necessary even though they are not that drastic to do..
the green doers today.. they are making it a business model.. if any of them were truly serious.. then we would see other forms of energy adopted.. instead the power companies will try to convince you that solar and wind are worthless.. because of the business model.. We consume what fifty five acres a minute on expansion and reject the idea of being a good steward to the land.. Where if we were smart.. we would try and become what has been preached since the beginning of written communication..Instead we are more concerned on monetization of the business model not actually being a good steward.. carpenter ants.. termites of the land.. we would rather go blast the hell out of a country for the money they can make than to clean up the oceans.. or put up solar work towards the betterment of mankind..
Birds.. I feed birds.. watch them once.. they are quite interesting.. the weakest eat first.. then they take off land then the next group goes in for the seed. if one is in trouble they will call and every bird of every species will come to their rescue.. they are a community.. the same with what a friend and contestant on naked and afraid told me.. in remote villages.. if one gets a catch.. then each of them take turns taking a bite until it is gone.. community..
here people make a quarter million a year in one big city by the bay.. and they have to deficate on the sidewalks.. and get food assistance..
the population has outgrown the planets ability to provide .. not because it can’t do it.. but because of the business model.. I am for going green.. but be smart embrace all technology.. old and new.. ( except nuclear.. until we can safely dispose of its waste.. or make it a safe power production.. we should stay away from it)
cont. almost forgot..(recipe frm bahnstreet&luckywell) YUM!
4 baguettes
smoked turkey leg pate(see recipe)
6 tablespoons Mayo
1/2 teaspoon maggi seasoning
pickled cranberries (see recipe)
crispy turkey skin (see recipe)
carrots and cucumber – sliced into matchstiks
jalapeno and cilantro -garnish
for smoked turkey leg pate :
1 cup smoked turkey leg, diced
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
6 tablespoons un-salted butta, softened
4 tablespoons cognac (2- 4You) otherwise just 2 tablespoons cognac
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon mirin
salt and peppa to taste
for pickled cranberries:
2 cups Sugar
2 cups rice vineger
1/4 teaspoon juniper berry
1/4 teaspoon clove
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound cranberries
for crispy turkey skin:
turkey skin
salt & peppa
Ready now ? Lets go –
1) in food processor, process turkey and walnuts until finely chopped. Add butter,cognac, fish sauce and mirin until a smooth paste is formed. Add mayo until desired consistency is formed, add salt and peppa to taste.
2)Place sugar, salt, vinegar and spices in a pot and bring to rolling boil. Add washed cranberries and cook for 6 minutes until skins cracked and liquid turning red. remove from heat, let cool.
3)to make crispy turkey skinz: place skinz on baking sheet, salt and peppa to taste, place in 500 degree oven for 8 minutes.
Da ta Da – assembly required..
– slice open baguette, spread one side wit mayo..season mayo wit a couple drops maggi seasoning..now place baguette in toaster oven @450 for about a minute. Pull baguette out, spread generous amount pate on other side of the roll – then fill with pickled cranberry and the herbs and veggies..Hope you can enjoy..its delish.
One of the biggest rail unions rejected a deal last Monday, joining three other unions that have failed to approve contracts over concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time.
That raises the risk of a strike, which could start as soon as Dec. 9
The last time U.S. railroads went on strike was in 1992. That strike lasted two days before Congress intervened and imposed a contract for rail workers.
A strike now would cost the economy $2 billion dollars a day.
The Association of American Railroads trade group estimated that 467,000 additional trucks a day would be needed to handle everything railroads deliver.
If a strike drags on for three to four weeks some 700,000 jobs would be lost as manufacturers who rely on railroads shut down.. and the list of manufacturers is enormous. Amtrak will shut down a few days before any strike, so as not to strand passengers., and chemical manufacturers will stop shipping a week before any strike so that any hazardous chemicals are not stuck in rail yards.
campbell’s has enough sodium to qualify as cardiac arrest in a can.
roll your own with low sodium broth.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13096/cream-of-mushroom-soup-i/
point taken
Use magic mix….
4 cups powdered milk
1 1?2 cups cornstarch
1 cup of flour
1stick of butter ( optional )
mix in mixer (if your using butter than mix until it looks like corn meal )
store in fridge for different soup mixes add the ingredients below.. to make the soup take 1/3 cup to a cup of warm water to get the condensed soup..
(1?2 cup instant chicken bouillon granules
4 teaspoons dried onion flakes or onion powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons basil, crushed dried ( if your thinking about tomato basil soup..add dried green peppers )
1 teaspoon pepper )
these ingredients are optional…
1?2 cup mixed mushrooms (optional, cream of mushroom soup)
1?2 cup asparagus (optional- cream of asparagus soup)
1?2 cup broccoli (optional- cream of broccoli soup)
1?2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional- cheese soup)
1?2 cup celery (optional- cream of celery soup)
1?2 cup chicken (optional- cream of chicken soup)
1?2 cup diced potato (optional- cream of potato soup)
1?2 cup tomatoes (optional- cream of tomato soup)
1?2 cup shrimp (optional- cream of shrimp soup)
“Musk tries to avoid severance payments for execs:”
rarely are severance payments offered in the wastelands.. even to executives. Oh you can use 2 sticks of butter to..
without the spices and just the magic mix you can make pudding to..
For a white sauce or roo its 2/3 cup of magic mix to one cup of water.. it’s the same for gravies.. with the butter mixed in to the magic mix will keep it from clumping. for a cheese sauce once it starts thickening add 1/2 cup of cheese..
for pudding
1_cup magic mix
1/2 cup of sugar ( plus or minus by taste)
3 Tbsp cocoa
Stir dry ingredients
2 cups of water heat at medium heat stir..
1_tbsp of vanilla
stir constantly till it starts to boil and thicken.. once it starts thickening.. chill and serve..
obviously you can make an
whatever flavor you want
from strawberries to banana..
the soup I covered in the other post..
magic mix with the butter has to be stored in a fridge .. you can add a half cup of butter powder than the regular butter but it costs more.. but doesn’t need to be refrigerated.
…And if you make your own, you can have Creme of Mushroom that’s NOT genetically-modified.
Exactly..and its cheaper than buying cream of whatever soup..
I tried it once with Crisco butter flavored.. it wasn’t the greatest..a simple 4-2-2 dish..
4 cups of powdered milk
2 cups of flour ( or one cup corn starch one cup flour)
2 sticks of butter ( or low fat one stick )
Re: “Benigno Numine” – by the favour of the heavens
Folks,
A video report has shown up on the CBC about a promising mRNA vaccine advance at the University of Pittsburgh. Something about multiple strains of virus protection loaded into a single vaccine for animals.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2124372547798/
One of the video talking head professionals is from the International Society of Vaccines. The ISV projects an aura of high production value onto screens. However the ISV website has little to say about who makes the ISV tick. Thanks to reporting requirements, it’s most recent charity Form 990 dates from 2020 and indicates a sole donor being the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As well, the Ma. based ISV offers up a South Chicago auditor.
The history of the ISV on the web appears to have had a surge around the time of sars, then mers, before going viral during covid. Here is a link to an early web capture dated 20/02/2003. It describes the ISV beginnings in 1992 and its inaugural 1994 gathering. The latter benefited from the input of a late University of Pittsburgh professor and inventor of the polio vaccine. We live in a world of coinkydoinks?
https://web.archive.org/web/20030220062915/http://www.isv-online.org/page5.html
Let’s leave the turkey drumsticks behind, and tune in at the lucky 13’s turntable with DJ George.
Ready to pop a baker’s dozen into the oven? Here we go, from their 2013 album “13” –
End of the Beginning.
https://youtu.be/o0W91FrTlYk
Re: the 13th Octave
The plants are in conversation according to composer Shane Mendonsa.
https://youtu.be/twPbOcWT_wo
Folks,
Has Taiwan just fallen as the Beijing friendly KMT party took local elections? The new KMT mayor of Taipei, a great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, had apparently left behind his San Francisco law office of alleged thrice suspension whose services were said to include pathways for Mainland Chinese companies to drop anchor in Silicon Valley.
Interestingly the “New York Post” reported 5 days ago that the President would be staying in Nantucket until Sunday. However the official WH schedule reflects that Mr. Biden returned to Washington on Saturday, perhaps a day early. One wonders why?
“Bye, bye Kiev, hello Cote D’Azur: As Westerners send aid, here’s how Ukraine’s corrupt elites are profiting from the conflict — RT. Just consider the source.”
By Olga Sukharevskaya, ex-Ukrainian diplomat
“Putin Too ‘Scared’ To Order Nuclear Strike, Leaked FSB Letters Reveal”
BS…
First of all, why did we not use nukes in Bosnia?
Second of all, I find it really hard to believe that there could be an FSB leak, and even harder to believe the leaker could do so more than once. WE may sit around with traitors and sing Kumbaya, the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, etc. don’t. You dump one State secret, even an insignificant one, you die…
I had an interesting request..
during festivities.. I was asked… how is tequila made…
I said its agave beer thats been distilled.. but can’t be called tequila if its not made in mexico.. then its called agave sports or spirits of agave..
or a honey like mead..
the recipe is..
2 gallons of agave juice.
5 gallons of distilled water
yeast
a hybrid is a half gallon of agave juice
4 lbs of corn sugar
yeast
heat the water stir until the sugar and syrup ingredients are mixed and it clears .. let it sit in your fermenter till it reaches room temp then start the yeast and add..
after fermentation you can bottle your agave beer or distill..
distillation suggestions from television show moonshiners is that you filter the beer..while you distill collect the first cup and toss it..that’s the Naptha portion.. the second cup can be drank but will be bitter.. everything after that will be the high grade..
for real blue agave the cost at Costco organic sweeter would be 42.00 for 5.5 gallons of high end agave beer.. the beer will average about ten percent.. use your hydrometer.. before and after..
when its done fermenting is when it is no longer sweet.. and will taste like tequila
Since everyone here is talking about food, I’m wondering if anyone knows a DIY recipe with an accurate flavor, color, and consistency for Marmite(Food of the Gods!). It’s only made in England, and with the predictable increased supply chain problems, it might become Unobtainium.
My diet is pretty bland for the most part, but there’s nothing like Marmite and butter on some toasted carbohydrate slice.
OH MY.. Yes I can tell you how ot make Marmite or spreadable yeast cake…. it is similar to vegemite.. with the exception marmite is made with bread.. vegemite is the brewers yeast cake.. separated cleaned etc..
2 loaves of bread cubed and toasted..
1/2 cup of sugar
2 tsp of yeast
cover the bread with hot water let it soak.. when at room temperature.. sprinkle the yeast over it.. let it ferment in a covered container like making vinegar.. for a couple days.. ( go a five day streatch like beer)
take a piece of cheese cloth and over a second bowl pour the fermented toasted bread into it.. squeeze out the juice..
with the juice in the bowl you have two options.. let it continue to ferment and let the yeast cake settle.. ( the preferred way ) and warm it up ( double boiler) and let it simmer to kill the yeast..
OR
you can take a pan put water and chopped onion and celery and carrot in it and boil it.. till the vegetables are done.. blend this mixture up.. let cool to room pour this through a cheese cloth then take the vegitable juice and pour it in the marmite yeast cake juice.. and mix it up well.. let it sit at eighty degree or room temperature for a couple of days to ferment in the marmite yeast.. then gently warm it up and slow cook it to. reduce the liquid in it till it gets that peanut butter look to it..
all of this is similar to the vegemite spread.. I personally don’t like marmite only made vegemite once.. for a friends wife that was from down under.. before you put it in the jar though salt and pepper to taste..
Vegemite and marmite are both a yeast cake spread.. the other way of making it.. is taking the yeast cake from the bottom of your fermentor.. soak it in clean water.. to wash it.. then filter out the yeast cake.. put in a bowl.. then cook your vegetables and gather the juice from your blended and cooked vegetables.. pour over the yeast cake.. stir it well let it simmer till it is reduced to your liking add salt and pepper and bottle..
a lot similar to my daddys carrot and onion soup… the yeast cake and the vegetable water is what makes the marmite and vegemite …you can use the vegetables later in a dish or soup..
the amber caramel color comes from the degree you toast your bread.. I wouldn’t toast it all real dark since the yeast has to have the starches to reproduce..and multiply.. the lactic acid produced in fermentation if vital because it kills harmful bacteria during fermentation — fermented foods are considered to be some of the safest foods that humans can eat.
instead of covering the bowl to.. you can take your fermenter..
a simple one gallon fermentation bucket or jar would work nice on this..
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=one+gallon+fermenter&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgvTy_rvO-wIVEmxvBB2DBwslEAAYASAAEgKUMfD_BwE&hvadid=176933278521&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9020398&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3008011490287334583&hvtargid=kwd-93634888250&hydadcr=4033_9478310&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_7ramvo4lo1_e
Oh the yeast cake separates and settles to the bottom.. I have a fermentor that has a settling cup.. well I have a couple of them LOL…
here is a good video of it..
https://youtu.be/lPYUFJ4bPD4
Wow! Thank you LOOB!
Very detailed and interesting recipe for Marmite and extra info for those who prefer Vegemite! Both are expensive in the USA and come from afar. I’m surprised that nobody had picked this up as a commercial product in our country. The taste is quite polarizing and some of us truly love it, while others can’t stand it at all.
I’m downloading this and keeping it as a separate subdirectory to try out as soon as I have the requisite materials and time. Many THANK YOU’s and best wishes!
“Very detailed and interesting recipe for Marmite and extra info for those who prefer Vegemite!”
YUP.. you are so welcome.. it is pretty easy to make.. I make beer and wine so yeast cake is easy to come by..I use to work with the wife of a friend .. he met her in an online singles dating site.. she was from Austrailia.. for months all she could talk about was how much she missed vegamite.. LOL.. so.. I am the king of unusable knoweledge .. decided why not make her some.. she tried ordering it from austrailia.. but it was confiscated by customs.. so I thought.. why not I know how so I made her a batch. I got what was it six jars out of the batch…. LOL she was in heaven as she ate it all and a whole box of club crackers LOL.. I myself would add peas and other vegetables onions to the boiled vegitable water. like getting peanut oil.. once done you can use the peanut as a flour or feed it to the birds..(I did that with corn after stripping the oil from it) .. then slow cook it once you add the vegitable water to the yeast cake and had let it ferment a couple days and then boil it down in a slow cooker or pot on low….. stirring it once in a while till it gets down to the thickness you like.. similar to making refried beans..
I tried it.. but it was ok just would rather have peanut butter on my toast..
its basically bread beer.. once you get the beer and the fermentation then separate the bread from the beer.. I use a filter bag to put the stuff I add.. fruit etc..
https://www.morebeer.com/products/mesh-grain-bag-275-325.html
you can get jelly bags from anyplace that deals with canning supplies.. more beer and more wine are favorite spots to shop..
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BUT…. remember.. if the money is from someone that has been in a nursing home or a hospital.. and died.. had some of the costs paid for by medicare etc.. the cost to you will be in some cases more than what you could get.. and then have to be turned over to the state.. My mother passed on.. had a few thousand in a fund..to get it out will cost almost as much or more than what is in there.. then the state takes it so the one getting it will not ever see a dime of it.. same thing with a friend that passed on..
He had fifteen grand in an account.. but no one will get a dime of it.. what was left in medical bills.. and what the state will take. will devour every dime..
Hey George, I just bought the LG 77″ C2 Oled to replace my aging 65″ LG that the over the air tuner (which I use alot) is starting to go on. Really nice TV. However, Doing research, I see ATSC 3.0 coming to a city near you. I opted to buy the C2 instead of the G2 that does have the tuner for ATSC 3, because the G2 is another 1,000 bucks. I figure I can buy an out board tuner for 20-200 dollars and run it through an HDMI port when the time comes that they shut off ATSC 1.0. There is even a tuner out there that will go through your local WiFi network and will bring OTA 4k to all the TVs in the house. Just sharing my experience.