Paul Krugman realizes there’s yet some hope for America.
Lazy Bake Oven
Every so often I recall that, during my school years, I had restaurant jobs where I was a cook. Then I act on that recollection.
Peeling the white potatoes to mash them is the hardest part of making shepherd’s pie. I pre-cook a pound of ground turkey in an iron skillet. It goes in a casserole dish with creamed corn and chopped onion. The mashed potato with melted butter on it goes over that, then into the oven for a while.
This pizza crust was handmade with a powder mix that includes yeast. I like Trader Joe’s pizza sauce. Onion goes on that, then the cheese, and topped with green pepper after coming out of the oven.
What’s Wrong With US?
On Substack, Oliver Kornetzke says, “What a sick fucking society we are.”
https://oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/a-sick-society
Paul Krugman says something that’s similar, but he says it differently. “Something is fundamentally wrong with America.”
“Trump is who he is, and a nation that elected him twice simply can’t be trusted.”
Doubt Others, Not Yourself
Two favorite movie moments:
From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – “What’s your interest in this?”
From Star Wars – “See? You can do it.”
Oliver Blocked Me!
Not John Oliver, Oliver Kornetzke. I’ve been blocked from his Substack page:
https://substack.com/@oliverkornetzke
I had previously posted a comment on his page that is now deleted. The text of my comment is here:
Nobody liked or disliked that comment, or commented on it. Then Oliver posted an alleged autobiographical essay that provided no actual background information, amounting to a pile of AI gibberish.
https://oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/my-autobiography
This time, my comment was terse and intended to elicit some sort of a response. I said, “Obviously not written by an actual person.” Well, that woke somebody — or something — up, resulting not in a pointed rebuttal, but in my being banned.
As far as I can tell, the person, or persons, who are Oliver Kornetzke aren’t trying to cash in, other than perhaps accepting paid subscriptions on Substack. That much is good, but there’s a lot of left-wing flavored candy being tossed to the most sweet-toothed of gullible Trump haters. What distinguishes me from them is that I’m not so gullible.
Oliver Does Olivier
Eric Idle’s bastard son John Oliver did it. He begged, like Trump begs for awards he doesn’t deserve, to be a character on a soap opera. Just as CBS caved to Trump, ABC gave in to Oliver’s relentless whining.
Do we want more? Of course we do!
Much more!