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4/30/2018

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The funny thing about boycotts is that you never know which way they’ll go, or how fickle consumers and entrepreneurs will react. In a move YETI probably didn’t expect when the company recently dropped The NRA Foundation as a client, NRA supporters began posting videos of themselves blowing up YETI coolers. With #BoycottYETICoolers trending online for its alleged decision to cut ties with the National Rifle Association, the popular cooler company issued a statement insisting that it had only informed the NRA that it had ended some outdated discounts for its products. But the NRA issued a response accusing YETI of trying to "run from the facts." Yeti calls NRA claims 'inaccurate,' says it has ...
 Migrant 'caravan' at U.S.-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University
Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bachelor's degree.
"All through my life it was, 'if you don't go to college you're going to end up on the streets,' " Morgan said. "Everybody's so gung-ho about going to college."
So he tried it for a while. Then he quit and started training as an ironworker, which is what he is doing on a weekday morning in a nondescript high-ceilinged building with a concrete floor in an industrial park near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Morgan and several other men and women are dressed in work boots, hard hats and Carhartt's, clipped to safety harnesses with heavy wrenches hanging from their belts. They're being timed as they wrestle 600-pound I-beams into place.
Seattle is a forest of construction cranes, and employers are clamoring for skilled ironworkers. Morgan, who is 20, is already working on a job site when he isn't at the Pacific Northwest Ironworkers shop. He gets benefits, including a pension, from employers at the job sites where he is training. And he is earning $28.36 an hour, or more than $50,000 a year, which is almost certain to steadily increase. Via:
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4/29/2018

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Probably Watching To Many Dukes of Hazard Episodes
Truck plunges into Cape canal after driver attempts to jump over it
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​It’s Always The Shrooms
A man accused of streaking during a middle school girls lacrosse game and assaulting a trainer blamed “bad mushrooms” for his behavior while in court.

Because He Can, That Crazy Man
Kim Jong Un is bringing his own toilet to the Koreas summit
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Show Me The Beef
Woman smashes Popeyes window with chair because store wouldn't let her order Wendy's special
 
Homeless Man Steals Beer Truck
Police say a man wearing only American flag shorts stole a Coors beer truck then ran on foot across Highway 101 in Santa Rosa.

The Final Movie Cut
A woman from Argentina accused of cutting off her boyfriend’s penis with gardening scissors said she was provoked because he showed his friends their homemade​ sex tape,


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4/28/2018

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Its Fiddlehead Time
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Foraging for fiddleheads is a favorite spring activity of mine. Each spring, not long after the snow melts, and before the bugs are a problem, the fiddleheads push their way up through the forest floor, uncurling slowly. Depending on where you live, they start emerging in mid April, May, and early June on the banks of rivers, streams, and brooks throughout the northeastern United States. Where I live in, this weekend is the start of the pickin season.
 
Fiddleheads are the young coiled fronds of the ostrich fern. Nearly all ferns have fiddleheads, but the ostrich fern is very distinct. Ostrich fern fiddleheads,  are about an inch in diameter, can be identified by the brown papery scale-like covering on the uncoiled fern, and the deep ”U”-shaped groove on the inside of the fern stem. It's at this moment just before they uncurl that it’s time to harvest them. 
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To prep the fiddleheads, any leftover papery scale-like covering should be removed. The scale is a thin, brown, papery covering that resembles a peanut casing. You can place small bunches of dry fiddleheads in a paper bag first and shake them vigorously. You will find that most of the brown papery flakes will have fallen off the fiddleheads and they are significantly cleaner. Now place them in a large container of cold water. You can wash off the remainder of the silk with your fingers in a bath of cold ice water. Drain the water and then rinse them again in a bowl of cold water, gently agitating them with your fingers and pouring off the water until it is free of particles. Drain well and pat dry.
 
These springtime delicacies have a taste reminiscent of asparagus. If you cook the fiddlehead like an asparagus you really can’t go wrong. Their flavor is mild, they are pleasantly crunchy.  They can be cooked in many different ways, from steamed, to boiled, or dipped in beer batter and fried. I like them sautéed with some garlic, lemon juice in olive oil and butter, lightly sprinkled with salt and pepper. There are many recipes to be found on the internet so when you pick them, they will freeze well. 
 
It is recommended that you cook them for at least 10 and up to 15 minutes before you eat them. Fiddlehead ferns contain a toxin that causes stomach pain in humans when ingested. The toxin is destroyed by the heat generated during the cooking process.


If you have never tried canning them before and want to give it a try, head out to the store and buy a case of canning jars for less than ten dollars. You will also need a good set of tongs to remove the jars from the boiling pot. Right here you can find a link for the how too stuff of the water bath canning method.  “For those of you that are into or have wanted to try the canning method, here is one of our favorite recipes. We then add the fiddleheads to a variety of salads throughout the year.
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Bread and Butter Fiddleheads

Ingredients

3 pounds fiddleheads                                                                                                                                  3 large red onions, thinly sliced
5 cups sugar
7 cups cider vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
1 1/2 teaspoons celery seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds

Makes about 6 pints.

Preparation:
1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the cleaned and trimmed fiddleheads to the water and cook for 8 minutes. Drain in a colander and lightly pat dry.
2 Mix the brine…..sugar, vinegar, spices and seeds. Over high heat, bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, for 10 minutes, stirring often.
3 While the brine is cooking, with a slotted spoon place fiddleheads into jars and fill up to 1/2 inch from the top.
4 Now ladle the hot brine over fiddleheads.  Process 15 minutes in boiling water process canner. Remove jars from water, and let sit on a towel and to cool completely and insure the tops of jars have popped. 
Check for seals (the middle of the caps should have made a popping sound while cooling and will stay depressed. Wait at least a week for the flavors to develop before sampling (they will be even better after a month). The pickles will keep, unopened, at room temperature for at least 1 year (they are still safe to eat after that but the quality will decline). Once opened, store in the refrigerator.
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Fridays Open Road

4/27/2018

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Feelings change, memories don’t.
Joel Alexander

Pay It Forward Day 

Remember, Saturday 4-28-18  is Pay It Forward Day. It is a global initiative that exists to make a difference by creating a huge ripple of kindness felt across the world. Of course, our hope is that people pay kindness forward every day and make each day that little bit brighter. We believe that small acts, when multiplied by millions of people can literally change the world for the better    More
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4/26/2018

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Remembering The Days 
The streets of the 1970s were littered with a variety of vehicles: badass muscle cars, massive gas-guzzling “land yachts” your parents drove, new economy cars to handle the gas crisis, motorcycles (always ridden without helmets), and, of course, VANS. Days of the Shaggin’ Wagon: A Look at 1970s Custom Vans – Flashbak

 

The Ball is Starting to Roll

'Ethical' James Comey is under investigation for unethical acts
 
When The Talk Starts About Doing Away With The Second Amendment
As the student-led March for Our Lives movement captured the nation's attention in the weeks after the Parkland shooting, the other side of the gun control debate enjoyed a banner month of its own. The NRA broke a 15-year fundraising record by taking in nearly $2.5 million for its Political Victory Fund in
​the month of March alone.
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4/25/2018

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The "Beer Olympics" Is Coming to Indianapolis
It’s time to brush up on your beer pong accuracy and flip cup skills because a massive, multi-event drinking game competition is going down this May 5—as if Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby weren’t enough of a reason to day drink.
Indianapolis’ Round Town Brewery is hosting its first-ever Blood, Sweat, and Beers Craft Beer Festival on that epic Saturday in May. Along with unlimited tastings from local breweries and distilleries, the fest will also feature a “Beer Olympics style” competition. Entrants will compete in events like beer pong, flip cup, cornhole, something called “hula-hoop keg toss” and more. There will even be opening and closing ceremonies. There are no qualifying events—anyone can enter the competition.


Moonbat Mentality
Penn State Forbids Outing Club from Going Outside Because It’s Too Dangerous


Afghanistan Veteran Receives World's First Full Male Genital Transplant, Johns Hopkins Says
 
1 In 4 Millennials Rely On Their Parents To Pay Some Bills - Even While Working Full Time

 

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4/24/2018

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​Coming soon to a cinema near you 
In 1998, New London, Conn., was experiencing hard times. Its government decided, as governments always do, that it wanted more revenue. A private entity, the New London Development Corp. (NLDC), wanted to entice the Pfizer pharmaceutical corporation, which was about to introduce a popular blue pill, to locate a research facility on land adjacent to a blue-collar residential neighborhood. The city empowered the NLDC to wield the awesome, potentially life-shattering power of eminent domain if, as happened, it failed to persuade all the homeowners to sell for an upscale private development to “complement” Pfizer’s facility. Some, led by Susette Kelo (played by Catherine Keener, two-time Oscar nominee), refused.


NYPD ignored ICE requests to cooperate with feds, so they steped up and did it themselves
fficers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 225 during a 6-day period, ending Apr. 14 in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

This Cancer 'Vaccine' Cured Tumours in Mice
 And Human Trials Have Now Started



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4/23/2018

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It’s finally starting to warm up and act a little bit more like springtime.  


Jim Beam and Budweiser Are Making a Beer Together
The drinks version of Team America is uniting in 2018. Jim Beam and Budweiser are collaborating on a new beer called Budweiser Reserve Copper Lager that’ll be released in the fall, uniting the King of Beers and the world’s best-selling bourbon.

Top 10 Harrowing Tales Of People Who Survived Months At Sea – Listverse
 

The Supreme Court Gives Police a Green Light to ‘Shoot First and Think Later’

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4/22/2018

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Planed Perfectly
Man’s own dashboard camera shows him committing burglary
 
Because It Made Me Smile
Truckers Getting Brake Checked Gone horribly Wrong

Happy Happy Happy
A wild crash involving at least five vehicles ended Tuesday with a man getting out of his car and taking off his clothes, officials said. The five-car pileup happened at Wayne and Warren roads. One person was taken to the hospital for treatment, but officials said there were no serious injuries. 
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4/21/2018

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From The Land Of Moonbats
A Massachusetts family is looking for a new preschool for their 4-year-old daughter because her current school has barred use of the term "best friend."
 
It All Starts With Common Ground
A new dating site has its sights set on targeting lovers – lovers of the Second Amendment and the National Rifle Association.

Would you try it? Of Course you would
Bizarre app plays songs based on the rhythm of your movements during SEX
 
Hopping the wall into Trump's US, in under 2 minutes
 
You can now access 400,000 free high-res images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

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