I always get a chuckle when someone recalls Trump's comment to drain the swamp and a handful of his closest cronies get jailed.
Today, former Trump advisor and swamp creature Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at the Miami International Airport today before it headed to Dubai.
Manafort was carrying a revoked passport.
Awhile back he had 3. Amazing isn't it?
Detaining the swamp...
He's coming to a city near you. I took the photo of a billboard that faces a major intersection and happens to be a block away from the office of the Democratic Party in Palm Beach.
This is big news. I've seen other billboards along Interstate 95.
His entourage includes Don Junior and Kimberly.
I followed the web link to see they will be at the BB&T Arena in West Sunrise.
Ticket prices are $95 for General Admission with a buy one get one free.
VIP at $1,495 is sold out
PLATINUM at $1,995 is sold out
DIAMOND at $2,995 is sold out
PRESIDENTIAL at $4,995 is almost sold out.
PATRIOT at... special quote with limited availability.
Hurry, the NEXT PRICE INCREASE is tomorrow.
I often buy Hummus when it's on a BOGO sale. That's Buy One, Get One aka (also known as) two for one. 2F1 or a 2fer sale.
Hummus Ingredients: Chickpeas aka Garbanzo beans.
Lots of the brands have different spices added including many with Tahini.
I didn't know what Tahini was so I looked it up.
Tahini is ground Sesame seeds. Actually, it's Sesame and oil.
I'm afraid to ask what oil they use in Tahini as I rudely found that vegetable oil doesn't come from a vegetable, it comes from Soybeans and Soybeans are Legumes... technically classified as a group of plants whose seeds grow in enclosed pods, like peas and peanuts.
So now, I'm buying containers filled with a mixture of alternate names that is high in fat, carbohydrates with protein... and (get this) is considered healthy!
Depending on the brand, it's $5 for a 10 ounce cup.
On Saturday morning I attended a Heli-Smack-Fest in South Miami.
It was a 3-day multi-fest that included competition, sport flying and exhibition stunt flying where some of the best pilots were in attendance.
All of the top flyers were sponsored by hobby manufacturers so you can see groups of them in team shirts and hats advertising the products they fly.
I got up close (30 feet) to one guy's flight. He is regarded the best in the world and many of his maneuvers were so fast I couldn't figure them out as his helicopter flew by at over 90 miles per hour!
I rated him as the 'Eddie Van Halen of Helicopters'
Video from a previous event.
She was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, November 1994 and worked in the adult film industry making more than 200 movies. Married to a movie producer, August who suffered from depression, committed suicide by hanging in 2017.
Why did I blog about a dead porn star?
Scammers are still using her photos.
One showed up this morning in using a photo of August and claiming to live in Oklahoma, California. I wasn't aware there is a city named Oklahoma in the state of California.
One of many links about the woman:
Saint Patrick's Day.
Today was a big day for Irish musicians both professional and amateurs. They had a day of gigging like no other day of the year.
So how do I explain about Saint Patrick to someone who never heard of him?
Google of course.
I did hear many times about Snakes and Saint Patrick... so I asked.
The response was:
Among the legends associated with St. Patrick is that he stood atop an Irish hillside and banishes snakes from Ireland - prompting all serpents to slither away into the sea.
In fact, research suggests snakes never occupied the Emerald Isle in the first place.
There are no signs of snakes in the country's fossil record.
The Republicans are quick to talk about the Biden administration but they have been hushed about 'anything negative about Trump' which is strange as he's been in the news several times a day. Whether it's been boxes of confidential White House documents found at Mar-a-Lago, including some that were torn and taped back together, reports of him flushing papers down the toilet at the White House, his accounting firm dropping him as a client, suspected misuse of campaign funds, over valuing and devaluing his properties to obtain loans or avoid taxes, They are all quiet.
Hush...
On the radio this morning I heard that over 50% of the people polled disliked changing the clocks to DST.
Tonight, there is a news story from Washington:
The Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent in the U.S. starting next year.
The bill, called The Sunshine Protection Act, was passed by unanimous consent, meaning no senators opposed it. If it is enacted, Americans would no longer need to change their clocks twice a year.
The bill now heads to the House, where passage would send it to President Joe Biden's desk.On Sunday, I was telling a friend that I would be okay if we had Daylight Savings Time year round!
Yahoo reports that Actor William Hurt died today of natural causes. Wiki reports that in 2018 it was announced he had terminal prostate cancer that had metastasized to the bones and his death was due to complications of the disease.
From cancer.net:
Metastasis means that cancer spreads to a different body part from where it started. When this happens, doctors say the cancer has “metastasized.” Your doctor may also call it "metastatic cancer," "advanced cancer," or "stage 4 cancer."
I use a fair amount of pure virgin olive oil in salads and for cooking. Usually purchased in small bottles, organic whenever there is a sale. A few weeks ago while shopping at the local farmers market I saw 3 liter cans of olive oil on sale. I would pass this at the normal price and the special sale caught my attention. But... who needs 3 liters?
I held on to one empty bottle waiting for this and last night I finished off another small bottle. It was time and I decided to open the 3 liter can.
Unable to find a funnel, I poured from the can into an 8 ounce plastic cup.
Glug, glug, glug... I had to squeeze the can and back off as it wasn't pouring smoothly. The spout was small and the oil too thick for air to come into the can while the oil came out. It reminded me of motor oil... heavy viscosity and if you pour too fast it splatters.
I pinched the end of the plastic cup into a V-shape and started pouring into one of the small bottles. Going as slow as possible it's was similar to coming out of the can. Too much oil flow and it clogged the opening and spilled over the top of the bottle!
What a stinking mess I had made. 20 paper towels later and filling the cup several times, I was able to refill both small bottles, wipe up and move on to other things.
Rethinking for the next episode. this could easily be enough oil to last me for 2 years...
The next time I do this I'll be better prepared with a funnel or turkey baster or something more efficient in transferring from a can to a small bottle.
I've been wanting to make rice pudding for a while now.
As a kid my mother did some conventional rice pudding where the rice always sat on the bottom while the 'pudding part' floated to the top.
This is a takeoff on my previous blog about the Venezuelan Chicha, a drink made with cooked rice, milk, condensed milk and ice cubes. The secret there was putting the rice in a blender.
We had terrible weather today and I decided to stay home and try a twist on an old recipe.
I took 2 cups of cooked rice, a glass of whole milk, 3 eggs, 2 spoons of condensed milk, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, a few sprinkles of cinnamon and 1 squirt of honey.
With the whole thing in a blender, I had to stop a few times to mix it with a spoon as the part on top wasn't so thick it wouldn't swirl around and mix with the bottom. I could have added more milk but wanted it to keep it thick.
30 minutes in an oven at 325 and the top started to darken. I allowed it to cool and tried a few spoonfuls.
The results: Success!!
The consistency was similar to tapioca pudding and a flavor similar to flan, though not burned with syrup on the top.
If/when I do this again, I'll probably cook it longer so the skin on the top will harden slightly.
Earlier this year, gas prices fluctuated a bit and were around $3.40 a gallon.
A week ago, they shot up 40 cents. By Friday they were $4.00, then $4.20 on Sunday.
Tuesday marked $4.50 and today, the place I normally buy from dropped to $4.18
I'm doing much less driving than I've done in past years so I'm not feeling the pain that others would experience with long commutes and lots of sales calls.
Running an errand to get new wiper blades and a cabin filter, the guy at the auto parts store remarked about me having an economy car. the computer shows I'm averaging 32 miles per gallon. The trip back from my daughters late at night with little traffic registers 41 miles per gallon.
I just hang in... it's all I can do.
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