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4/15/2017

The best ways to use your cast-iron skillet

The Margarita is one of the most popular cocktails in North America—for good reason. Combining the tang of lime with the slight sweetness of different juices, then mix with the distinctive strength of tequila, the Margarita strikes all of the right keys. Here are a few good recipes.

Fridays Open Road

4/14/2017

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

4/13/2017

Trump Flips On Five Core Campaign Promises In Under 24 Hours
Blink, and you missed Trump's blistering, seamless transformation into a mainstream politician.

Put a Warning on the Pack
Never throw a lit cigarette into a sewer.

The Days of Sin are Upon Them
Decades of prohibition over; it's legal to play pinball in a Montreal bar again

4/12/2017

Bad Bad Bad
The Associated Press is reporting a story from a “Senior U.S. Official” which stated that the U.S. has evidence the Russian military knew in advance of the Chemical Weapon attack in Syria last week.

4/11/2017

United Airlines Flight 3411 Forcibly Removes Doctor from Plane
A United Airlines flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Louisville on Sunday night was overbooked. United Airlines first asked for four volunteers to give up their seats so employees of the airlines could take the seats in order to arrive in Kentucky in time for their next flights, but nobody came forward. The airline then offered passengers $400 and a free night in a hotel to take a flight at 3 p.m. Monday, but nobody was willing to take the deal.

Then United doubled the offer to $800, and once again nobody took the deal. United then stated that a computer would randomly select passengers to depart the already-boarded flight. Two flyers gave up their seats willingly, but the man seen in the video refused to leave his seat. The man, who claimed to be a doctor, was then grabbed by security and dragged off the plane.

As for your rights when flights are “overbooked.” You have surprisingly few. Federal regulations do not prevent carriers from selling more seats than a flight can accommodate; a practice the airline industry says allows carriers to try to fill planes despite the number of no-shows that they can expect on any given flight. After having a bad experience with United Airlines in the past, and then watching this video, I’d say it’s safe to say that United will never see me on one of their flights again.

They will do make it up for you on the Next Trip
A Nashville man's body was stranded on a cargo plane for two days after Delta Airlines mistakenly rerouted the flight carrying his body and failed to find an alternative and timely flight, according to family members.

4/10/2017

Politicians Should Be Able To Have Duels
Oregon politicians aren’t allowed to hold duels. It says so in the state Constitution.
But one state lawmaker made his case Wednesday for ending that ban.

A big thing marijuana opponents warned you about is definitely not happening – The Washington Post

Ferrari Land, the Italian sports car theme park officially opened on Friday in Spain. It also has a ride named “Red Force,” which claims to be the fastest roller coaster in Europe. The 367-foot roller coaster takes riders from 0 to 112 mph in just five seconds. It also can do a hell of a job killing pigeons.

4/9/2017

Man Wins $3 Million Lottery, Takes Logical Next Step of Investing it In Crystal Meth
Ronnie Music Jr., a convicted meth dealer who invested $3 million of his lottery winnings into a crystal meth trafficking ring, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Trucker Drove 3,000 Miles Non-Stop While High On Meth, LSD & Cocaine
Gary Robbins, a truck driver from Homer, Alaska, was arrested by Massachusetts police on Tuesday, March 28, after allegedly driving 3,000 miles without rest from Washington state while hopped up on a combination of crystal methamphetamine, LSD, and cocaine.

Fisherman Who Found 20 Kilos of Coke Tried To Sell It & Got Busted For His Entrepreneurial Efforts

4/8/2017

Found: One of the Oldest North American Settlements
The discovery of the 14,000-year-old village in Canada lends credence to the theory that humans arrived in North America from the coast.

The troubles at the American Mall are coming to a Boil
A fresh round of distress signals sounded in the retail industry this week, as another big-name chain announced hundreds of new store closings and still others moved aggressively to recalibrate their businesses for the online shopping stampede.

Russia was given advance notice before the launching of cruise missiles on a Syrian Air Base
A Pentagon spokesman, Capt. Jeff Davis, said in a statement that a pre-exiting “deconfliction” channel, set up to keep American and Russian jets from crossing paths in the skies over Syria, was used to disclose the planned attack to Russia.

Fridays Open Road

4/7/2017

Cheers to National Beer Day, and Mud Season

4/6/2017

Adult-use marijuana spending will outpace medical sales in 2019 – Business Insider

They’re Finally Going To Close Rikers Island, America’s Monument To Jail Cruelty

Turkey Season - Always the Wakeup call

4/5/2017

More people are leaving the New York region than any other major metropolitan area in the country.
More than 1 million people moved out of the New York area to another part of the country since 2010, a rate of 4.4 percent — the highest negative net migration rate among the nation’s large population centers, US Census records show.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether the state should become the first in the country to allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons, a proposal immediately met with concern by civil rights and liberties advocates.

Country With The World's Largest Oil Reserves Runs Out Of Gasoline
In a testament to the efficiency of socialism, leftist-run Venezuela has long prided itself on selling its citizens the world's cheapest gasoline... that is when it has gasoline to sell.

4/4/2017

New England’s seafood industry is in deep trouble—thanks in no small part to
one mogul’s shady business
He was the most powerful fish broker in New Bedford, America’s most valuable seafood port. Then the Russians who arrived looking to buy his operation were in fact undercover agents, and he told them everything.

No Kidding
Former Vice President Joe Biden indirectly knocked Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 campaign at a Thursday event, suggesting that the former secretary of state failed to talk to middle-class voters.

Verizon will install spyware on all its Android phones

Opening Day

4/3/2017

If you are feeling good and eager with anticipation, then it’s time to start a new adventure.

4/2/2017

‘Live Free or Tased’
A Manchester, New Hampshire, woman is facing multiple charges after she allegedly threatened to defecate on a police officer trying to arrest her.

Just another Day in The Neighborhood
Three thousand dollars can buy you a lot of cool things. There are those nice vacations, toys, or for some dirt bags, maybe some drugs. At least that is my thoughts of the Tennessee couple who are now sitting in jail after trying to sell their baby to a stranger on Craigslist. From the NY Post

The Raiders’ move to Las Vegas is all about a Welcome
A Las Vegas brothel owner to open Raiders-themed ‘sex palace’ with discounts for players and staff.

4/1/2017

Disabled, or just desperate?
Between 1996 and 2015, the number of working-age adults receiving federal disability payments increased dramatically — but nowhere more so than in rural America. This is one man’s story.

The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs
Was the biggest record sale in the history of Discogs actually someone selling the record to themself?