Chit-Chat: The Feels

[annzeepark914]

6 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

What is this tuxedo cake of which you speak? 🤔

It's thin layers of chocolate and vanilla cake with mousse-like fillings. Very good 😸

[Absolom]

1 hour ago, nokat said:

I'm in the US, and most of our fresh produce is not from here.

Everyone should take a look at how much comes from Mexico.

[Anela]

If you have twitter, Mike Flynn is going after the Lutherans. So much for religious freedom, and getting help from your church.

Musk said that DOGE is rapily shutting down "Illegal payments" to organizations such as Lutheran Family Services.

Edited 4 hours ago by Anela

[PRgal]

2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Can you get coffee from Africa? IMO, it's  better than the burnt-tasting coffee from South America. Damn Trump...I'm furious about the way he's treating Canada, our good neighbor. He just wants to look tough to impress his buddies Putin, Orban and the rest of the lowlife dictators. Hoping Canada doesn't end up with someone similar as its PM. One village idiot in North America is too much already!

A local roaster does sell beans from Kenya so yes.  I like single origin beans and tend to look for certain tasting notes (anything chocolaty is a plus).  

[Annber03]

6 minutes ago, Anela said:

If you have twitter, Mike Flynn is going after the Lutherans. So much for religious freedom, and getting help from your church.

Musk said that DOGE is rapily shutting down "Illegal payments" to organizations such as Lutheran Family Services.

As someone who was raised Lutheran, fuck all the way off, Flynn and Musk. 

[Bookworm 1979]

6 hours ago, Dimity said:

we'll draw a veil over Alberta

A lot of people are starting to call Danielle Smith a traitor, so I'm hoping they're learning a lesson.

[Anela]

Musk and Flynn’s Attack on Lutheran Social Services: How the Coup Will Undermine Community Care

Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system System disperses trillions of dollars in US government spending each year, including social security

A couple of links. 

[Notabug]

26 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

What is this tuxedo cake of which you speak? 🤔

Costco has amazing baked goods.  Tuxedo cake is scrumptious.  It's a great place to get birthday cakes, etc.  Highly recommend.

[Dimity]

5 minutes ago, Bookworm 1979 said:

A lot of people are starting to call Danielle Smith a traitor, so I'm hoping they're learning a lesson.

She and Kevin O'Leary are both traitors, no doubt there will be more.  I read somewhere  that as we aren't actually at war with the US  the more accurate term would be collaborator or quisling though.  Potato - potatoh.

Edited 4 hours ago by Dimity

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, Notabug said:

Costco has amazing baked goods.  Tuxedo cake is scrumptious.  It's a great place to get birthday cakes, etc.  Highly recommend.

Wow, my husband does the shopping up there. I had no idea about these delights! Further investigation is clearly needed.

[Anela]

I couldn't find it on the site, and all of the cakes were really expensive, but I don't need one with 22 servings. :) I'll see if they'll let us walk around there, the next time we're in Canton. 

[Dimity]

4 minutes ago, Anela said:

I couldn't find it on the site, and all of the cakes were really expensive, but I don't need one with 22 servings. :)

This is why Costco doesn't work for us.  My Mom and my sister and I used to share a membership and that made sense.  Now that it's just me  I found that I was spending a $100 at Costco and then still going to do my groceries.  I'd love to support them but at least for now it's not in the cards.

Edited 4 hours ago by Dimity

[PRgal]

1 minute ago, Dimity said:

This is why Costco doesn't work for us.  I my Mom and my sister and I used to share a membership and that made sense.  Now that it's just me and I found that I was spending a $100 an Costco and then still going to do my groceries.  I'd love to support them but at least for now it's not in the cards.

If you just want one or two items from Costco, you can get them online without a membership.  At least you can on Instacart. 

[Dimity]

It took me a second to get it:

 

[graybrown bird]

I will NEVER understand how and why Elon Musk and his minions have access to the United States of America's payment system!  Congress, courts, WHERE ARE YOU?

[Annber03]

5 minutes ago, graybrown bird said:

I will NEVER understand how and why Elon Musk and his minions have access to the United States of America's payment system!  Congress, courts, WHERE ARE YOU?

Seriously, how is someone not already putting a stop to this? 

[nokat]

38 minutes ago, PRgal said:

If you just want one or two items from Costco, you can get them online without a membership.  At least you can on Instacart. 

I love Instacart. I walked through Costco and wasn't impressed. I've heard the chicken is good.

[Eri]

29 minutes ago, graybrown bird said:

I will NEVER understand how and why Elon Musk and his minions have access to the United States of America's payment system!  Congress, courts, WHERE ARE YOU?

Yup. I've been saying the same thing - the majority of Trump's executive orders are illegal and/or outrageous and won't hold in court and yet they're silent - they shouldn't be entertaining this stuff all...because of something called "separation of powers" and all that?

I've never seen such a lackadaisical and deferential form of government in my lifetime yet. It's quite appalling really.

[PRgal]

1 minute ago, Eri said:

Yup. I've been saying the same thing - the majority of Trump's executive orders are illegal and/or outrageous and won't hold in court and yet they're silent - they shouldn't be entertaining this stuff all...because of something called "separation of powers" and all that?

I've never seen such a lackadaisical and deferential form of government in my lifetime yet. It's quite appalling really.

Lots of people are afraid of speaking up because they think they’ll lose their jobs. 

[fairffaxx]

The Courts can't just jump in & stop things from happening -- first, their jurisdiction has to be invoked by a lawsuit seeking an injunction against frivolous executive orders.  The ACLU is one entity that might file such a lawsuit & they are doing so -- you're welcome to donate to them if you support such efforts.

[Notabug]

13 minutes ago, nokat said:

I love Instacart. I walked through Costco and wasn't impressed. I've heard the chicken is good.

Their frozen mac and cheese is also quite good.  It comes in foil pans. Makes a good side dish or even main course for parties, etc.  

The large cakes often come frozen and pre-sliced.  You can thaw a piece or two and save the rest for another time.

[Absolom]

18 minutes ago, nokat said:

I love Instacart. I walked through Costco and wasn't impressed. I've heard the chicken is good.

Right now the price of eggs at ours is very good.  They have frozen halibut that I'm enjoying and uncured "Canadian" bacon at a really good price.  I can't beat their price on Charmin on sale.  Plus it's the larger rolls.  They also have the cheapest Immodium in town.  It is a zoo unless you go early or late.

[ebk57]

26 minutes ago, nokat said:

I've heard the chicken is good.

It is!  Also the salmon, and ground beef.  And everything freezes well. 

As for lines, sometimes they look endless, but the cashiers are professionals, so the lines move quickly.  At least they do here.  So the only issue, even on weekends, could be the parking.

[Dimity]

1 hour ago, Annber03 said:

Seriously, how is someone not already putting a stop to this? 

 

[Anela]

40 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Their frozen mac and cheese is also quite good.  It comes in foil pans. Makes a good side dish or even main course for parties, etc.  

The large cakes often come frozen and pre-sliced.  You can thaw a piece or two and save the rest for another time.

I don’t know if there is an issue with the site, but I saw cakes from $54-$159. I can’t do that. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Anela

[chitowngirl]

H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Education Department employees placed on paid leave as part of Trump administration’s DEI purge

Edited 2 hours ago by chitowngirl

[Dimity]

15 minutes ago, chitowngirl said:

H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

[Annber03]

19 minutes ago, chitowngirl said:

H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

[annzeepark914]

Tuxedo Mousse Cake at Costco is $16.99, and can serve 12. So it's really not a cake you buy for yourself. I wait until we have company.

Just read that the lawsuits are starting, thanks to Donald running his big yap re: whose at fault and why. You know he's hoping they'll prove that a female was piloting the helicopter. I don't know how I can stand 4 more years of this ignorant, lazy, loathsome sociopath destroying our government.

[ProudMary]

For those providing links, if you're changing the link text to the article's headline, please advise us of the source above the amended link.

Thank you.

[Anela]

3 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

For those providing links, if you're changing the link text to the article's headline, please advise us of the source above the amended link.

Thank you.

Oh, sorry.  

[ChiCricket]

On 1/29/2025 at 9:51 AM, Ohiopirate02 said:

Nope, this did happen in Fort Worth, Texas.

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/fort-worth-isd-investigating-social-media-comment-calling-for-ice-at-high-school/

They figured out it was a teacher who made the post (under a disguised identity) 

https://www.threads.net/@tizzyent/post/DFigI2luGoc?xmt=AQGz5Pbl--WdYj_Gaaki0NrXzDMcDW8v_A3HV65QBtEXuSB6cA

Edited 17 minutes ago by ChiCricket

[Bastet]

1 hour ago, chitowngirl said:

H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

In the strictest sense, that would be fitting, since Mount Rushmore is a national embarrassment, the destruction of something beautiful, an outright desecration.  And that is Trump in a nutshell.  But because it not only purports to be but is still accepted by many to be a monument to greatness, hell to the no.  (Republicans tried this shit with Reagan, too.)