Who the fuck eats vinegar pickles?

The 12th Amendment explicitly forbids this:

no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States

Cernovich is a right wing grifter who pivoted from red pill / pickup artist / manosphere / GamerGate to trying to ride Trump’s coattails during his first term. He’s the same vintage as Milo Yianappolis and whatever that Return of Kings douche’s name was.

Authoritarian regimes select for loyalty over competence. Nazi Germany was a complete shit show and all the leaders were dangerously incompetent (with the possible exception of Goebbels).

It ends with a chop and the protagonist cashes out and walks away. Not exciting from a poker perspective but the protagonist develops as a person between the last bet and the reveal.

My wife decided the climax of her book would be a poker game and I was like “If you do this, DO NOT use the royal flush takes all trope. It is a tired cliché.”

She did something a little different and I’m very pleased with how she subverted that trope.

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Some friends moved to Canada from abroad and their first Christmas here, we did every Christmas tradition we could think of with them, even ones we didn’t normally partake in ourselves. Introducing them to Christmas really brought back the joy of it for me.

Here are things I sometimes add to my instant ramen:

While cooking:

• Frozen peas or frozen corn
• Fresh seasonal veggies
• Dried mushrooms (rinse them first)

Before serving:

• Deli meat
• Sliced fish cake. Our local Asian store sells fresh and frozen and they both last a long time unopened.
• Chili crisp
• Nori

I also make pork belly specifically for ramen. I rub it with salt and sugar, roast it, slice it into strips and freeze it in small packs so I have it handy. It cooks up pretty quickly in a frying pan. You can put it in while cooking the noodles if you don’t want to get a pan dirty but it’s not quite as tasty.

Turkey dinner Saturday or Sunday. Recuperation and turkey sandwiches on Monday.

Much of Robert Munsch’s work is available online for free. His website has recordings of him reading his books to enthusiastic audiences.

Most powdered spices lose their zing after 3-6 months. Delicate spices like mace go much faster.

Being able to control the salt level independent of the spice blend can be useful if you sometimes use the blend in dishes with salty ingredients like capers or anchovies.

This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire but it’s an anti-Semitic dog whistle coined by neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom.

Not excusing his behaviour in any way but he suffered a traumatic brain injury that gave him impulse control problems. That’s been well known for decades. He should’ve had a full time handler or something.

Probably bay leaves. I make a lot of stock at home. I find you can’t really taste bay directly but you notice if it’s not there.

I also use a lot of cumin, coriander, and oregano. Various chili powders. Anchor powder is very nice and not too spicy.

Buying a nice mortar and pestle set was one of my best kitchen investments. Fresh ground spices are a game changer.

The same Pierre Poilievre who was just glad-handing with Rob Primo? The same Rob Primo who’s been hanging out with Jeremy MacKenzie? The same Jeremy MacKenzie who publicly threatened to rape Anaida Poilievre? That Pierre Poilievre?

Double Uterus / Double Vagina is a thing but it’s congenital and pretty rare. The uterus starts off as two ducts that eventually fuse into a single organ during fetal development. Sometimes they don’t fuse completely, leading to two uteruses and sometimes two vaginas.

Scratching is part claw maintenance and part territorial marking / decorating. And it feels good for them! If you catch a cat scratching the furniture, scolding them will usually get them to stop. Most cats will quit scratching the furniture entirely if you give them more appealing things to scratch. It has to be a good height, very stable, and have a texture they like.

An American politician joking about annexing Canada isn’t something we would ever find funny, no matter how it was timed. I don’t think you understand quite how seriously Canadians take American threats to our sovereignty, joking or otherwise.