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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4928 on: July 15, 2020, 08:50:34 AM »
The Kroger near us has pretty decent sushi.  The one in Cincy near us was mediocre to the point I rarely got it, the one here is pretty solid.  

There also is a Shell filling station that has excellent day old sushi.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4929 on: July 15, 2020, 08:50:52 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 15, 2020, 07:55:21 AM
Of course, the term "lobbyist" comes from the lobby of the Williard Hotel.  They don't have to be in the actual Capitol Building.

I've mentioned before how I was peripherally involved in a lobbying effort on patent stuff.  The point was to try and educate our Congressman on that topic.  It wasn't political.  The Congressmen generally don't know very much about much of anything.

Anyway, I don't think lobbying could be ended in any practicable sense.

Do all the lobbying above the board. Lobbyist who want to sell their product (excuse me...educate our government) can buy commercial time that everyone is aware of how much they spent and for how much time they get to interact with a politician.

I would love adopt the model where no funds can be used, but that's how the dirty market started in the first place. So instead show the world their greed.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4930 on: July 15, 2020, 08:55:50 AM »
I don't believe in breakfast food, lunch food or dinner food. If I want beef for breakfast, I don't care if some clown told me it's what's for dinner. I really don't want lunch meat at lunch time. WTF is lunch meat? Salt with some sort of protein added to it?
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4931 on: July 15, 2020, 08:57:34 AM »
I don't think Congress could operate without lobbyists, truly, from what I've seen of them.  Their staff needs a lot of help and most issues.  The laws they pass often don't have a political angle, and those don't make headlines of course.  Even so, today many laws just shift responsibility to the executive branch to do stuff, which generates large organizations etc. that actually interpret and implement the laws, which are pretty vague and leave it to the EPA etc. to figure out what was wanted.

And of course, if the term were somehow banned, companies would hire "consultants" to meet with the Congressional staff and "explain" their view, and even specific portions of legislation to be inserted into some bill.  Obviously, the actual congressperson doesn't write anything at all, his staff does, and they often rely on a lobbyist to provide the text.

It's going to happen no matter what.  And if you tried to ban it, all the lobbyists would be against it.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4932 on: July 15, 2020, 09:01:05 AM »
My breakfast today usually is some mix the wife grinds up in her nutribullet.  I don't mind.  

About once a week, I fix English muffins with a fried egg on top, she likes that on occasion.  If we go to brunch, last time I had something called avocado on toast.

Lunch usually is whatever was left over from dinner.  Dinner is whatever I feel like.

The dietary cholesterol thing was mangled rather badly over the years as "advice", which isn't a shock.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4933 on: July 15, 2020, 09:08:42 AM »
Has been a warm week here, but humidity thankfully has been "relatively" low.

I'm supposed to go with the wife to get a haircut by her "stylist" or whatever he is while she has hers colored.

Maybe we'll do lunch after that somewhere.  I haven't had Korean in an age.

I tweaked my knee, my hamstring I think, and am trying to rest it a bit.  A lot of swelling in the lower leg area.  I'm getting old.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4934 on: July 15, 2020, 10:13:43 AM »
A 16-year-old boy was inside his Far South Side home when he heard shots and then felt pain Tuesday night, according to Chicago police.

He was shot in leg and foot from someone outside the home, the boy told police. The shooting occurred at 9:45 p.m. in the 10600 block of South Yates Avenue in the Trumbull Park neighborhood, police said.

A 15-year-old boy was walking alone near Grant Park Wednesday night when an argument broke out between two groups of males nearby and someone started firing shots, one grazing the boy’s face, according to Chicago police.

Police officers responded to a call of multiple shots fired about 10:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, police said. Witness told officers that they heard shots then saw five males running from the area. Officers originally couldn’t find a victim.

A 19-year-old woman and two girls, 16 and 13, were shot Tuesday night outside of the 79th Red Line station on the South Side, according to Chicago police.

About 8:45 p.m., the woman and teenagers were standing on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street in the Chatham neighborhood when a silver sedan approached them and someone inside began firing shots, police said.

No arrests have been made.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4935 on: July 15, 2020, 12:32:46 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 15, 2020, 08:48:49 AM
Yesterday was my i s c & a aggie wife and my 19th anniversary, and normally we go out to a fancy schmancy restaurant to celebrate.  Most of those are still closed, so we got take-out sushi instead.  That's the first time I've ever had take-out sushi, and it was actually pretty great.  We picked it up, threw it in a cooler with ice packs to keep it cool for the drive home, and it turned out well. 

There were no eggs in any of our dishes.
Congrats on your anniversary, Utee.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4936 on: July 15, 2020, 12:37:32 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 15, 2020, 08:57:34 AM
I don't think Congress could operate without lobbyists, truly, from what I've seen of them.  Their staff needs a lot of help and most issues.  The laws they pass often don't have a political angle, and those don't make headlines of course.  Even so, today many laws just shift responsibility to the executive branch to do stuff, which generates large organizations etc. that actually interpret and implement the laws, which are pretty vague and leave it to the EPA etc. to figure out what was wanted.

And of course, if the term were somehow banned, companies would hire "consultants" to meet with the Congressional staff and "explain" their view, and even specific portions of legislation to be inserted into some bill.  Obviously, the actual congressperson doesn't write anything at all, his staff does, and they often rely on a lobbyist to provide the text.

It's going to happen no matter what.  And if you tried to ban it, all the lobbyists would be against it.
Free speech, baby!
And the right to petition for redress of grievances.
Laws mandating that all political contributions be made public were used in the South back in the day to expose anyone donating to the NAACP.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4937 on: July 15, 2020, 01:22:24 PM »
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4938 on: July 15, 2020, 01:26:22 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on July 15, 2020, 08:17:54 AM
It's not why we eat eggs as you asserted a month back.Probably because they were a healthy source of protein and relatively cheap and good tasting.Down on the farm my Uncle/Aunt/cousins ate them pretty much every day
Dude,

It was about eating eggs in the morning for breakfast.  The egg lobby didn't want folks eating steaks and pasta and burgers for breakfast.

Sausage and bacon were OK, cause they compliment eggs.
Heck, the Egg lobby is so strong there are now folks eating eggs on their burgers!
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4939 on: July 15, 2020, 01:28:22 PM »
Kroger has 5 cans of almonds for $10, and their pecans are on sale also.  The also have Goldfish 5 for $5, but I don't have an aquarium.

My knee is seems better, I bought a fancy brace for it and am trying not to torque it.  We have spiral stairs in the unit, two sets, and I learned how better to place my leg so I don't twist it.  My foot is ugly, the wife can't seem to understand that it will be ugly long after my knee has recovered (hamstring by the knee I think).

The wife had raw hamburger last night for dinner (yes, with an egg, I was looking around for the egg lobby), they gave it some fancy schmancy name.  My mom would not have approved.  Tartar something, they even call it steak, but it's hamburger, raw.  Of course, I had moules et pomme frites, so I was adventurous as well.

I half thought moule would be a blind furry animal the French like to eat.

Some gnats were enamored with my ears for some reason, quite annoying.  One good thing about a deck fairly high up is you don't get many bugs.

Deer are amazing, they can winter in Ohio below zero with nothing to eat and then stand out in 95°F heat, same animal.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4940 on: July 15, 2020, 01:31:25 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 15, 2020, 12:37:32 PM
Free speech, baby!
And the right to petition for redress of grievances.
Laws mandating that all political contributions be made public were used in the South back in the day to expose anyone donating to the NAACP.
I don't care how much money the lobbyist spend, as long as it's not going into the pocket of an elected official or a family member as a bribe.
you know, like how Cam Newton's father got paid
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4941 on: July 15, 2020, 01:32:12 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 15, 2020, 01:26:22 PM
Dude,

It was about eating eggs in the morning for breakfast.  The egg lobby didn't want folks eating steaks and pasta and burgers for breakfast.
Sausage and bacon were OK, cause they compliment eggs.
Heck, the Egg lobby is so strong there are now folks eating eggs on their burgers!
Can you put them on top of Lucky Charms or a Schooner of Suds?
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