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Colin Powell dead.

Way back when I was still in the military, I was once home on leave and attempted to buy beer. At that time, if you were in the military and stationed outside of Florida, your driver’s license was renewed by mail. Instead of a picture, the license read “Valid without photo.” I presented that license, together with my Military ID, to the clerk. He looked at them, declared them to be fake, and refused to sell me anything. He also called the cops. The arriving cop had never seen such a thing, put me in cuffs and called his sergeant. When the sergeant arrived, I was let go with an apology. I accepted it and went on with my life.

To bad this woman couldn’t. This wasn’t racism and it didn’t happen because she is black. It happened because she was an E6 at only 22 years old. Admittedly, I was in the service a long time ago, but the fastest I saw anyone make E6 was six years. That same guy made E7 in just less than nine years.

Apparently this diversity hire managed to join, make E6, graduate college with a 4 year degree, then attend OCS and become an officer, all before the age of 23.

If that isn’t a free ride because she is a minority female, I would be surprised. And yes, that last comment sounds racist because it is. Being a black woman is the only way to earn a 4 year degree, attend 4 months of OCS, and still earn 5 promotions, all in 5 years. The minimum time in service to make E6 in the army is supposed to be 84 months.

One of the things that really sucks about long term preps is that beans and rice, though long lasting, are rather boring. Not only that, but those who have blood sugar issues can’t eat a lot of rice. I am posting this recipe for Cajun style red beans and rice. It is delicious, and this is the one that my mama taught me all those years ago. Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice.

The blood sugar issue is fixed by serving rice with beans. It turns out that the fiber of the beans prevents your blood sugar from spiking, and is actually beneficial to diabetics.

In a traditional Louisiana family, Red Beans and Rice is served on Mondays. The reason for this is that Monday is laundry day, and mama needed a meal that she could prepare without too much fuss, so she could get the laundry done. So this is my childhood on a plate.

• One pound of Red Kidney Beans
• One large white onion
• One large Bell pepper
• Rice
• 1 tbs. Butter
• Red (Cayenne) pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• One pound of Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage

Now you can use other kinds of sausage like Kielbasa, Andouille, or the like. The essence of Cajun cooking is that it is simple country food. You use what you have. My advice here is to use the ground hot sausage. The beans dilute the heat of the sausage. The meal isn’t too hot- trust me on this one.

Dice the onion and the bell pepper. Melt the butter in a hot pan, then add the peppers and onions. Cook them, stirring frequently, until the onions begin to soften. Add the crumbled sausage and cover. Occasionally stir, and cook until the sausage is browned.

Put the beans in a large pot with 6 cups of water, and add the contents of the pan into the pot with the beans and cover the pot. Heat on high until the water just starts to boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer.

Let simmer until the beans are soft (about 2 and a half hours). Walk by every 15 minutes or so and give them a quick stir, because you don’t want the beans on the bottom of the pot to burn.

Once the beans start to soften, smash some of the beans against the side of the pot with a spoon, and they will cause the water to thicken into a nice sauce. Add salt and cayenne to taste. If the consistency of the beans is too thick, you can add some water.

Serve over rice.

In my family, we serve it at the table with ketchup and Louisiana Hot Sauce. Those eating it can use those to flavor the beans to taste.

The world’s first AI Android, who is a Saudi Arabian citizen, wants to have a baby. Since she was only “born” in 2016, she will have to wait another 5 years before other Saudi Arabian men will want to marry her. Joe Biden is reportedly interested. Bill Clinton ordered one as well.

No word on if this robot baby will be fitted for a little robot suicide vest.

According to this article, you can go farther in a Tesla if you use a Toyota Camry to tow it.

Geraldo says that the Republican party is a “witch doctor mumbo jumbo cult” because they won’t just blindly do as they are told and get vaccinated.

Then this two bit hack from the 80s went on to say that anyone who has been vaccinated while still urging unvaccinated people to “fight for their freedom” are dickheads.

Let me just lay out my stance: After careful consideration of the risks and benefits as I saw them, I decided to get vaccinated. It was a personal medical choice made between me and my doctor. I felt it was best for me, so I got it. That may not be the same with everyone. Each of us has the same right to decide what medical care is best for us. Not everyone has the same medical situation, and there are no one size fits all solutions to ANY medical situation. You do you, and I will do me.

If that makes me a dickhead, so be it. Go ahead, lick the hand that feeds you.

EDITED TO ADD: and to those of you who don’t agree with my decision: I don’t care. At the end of the day, it was MY decision. The decision that I made doesn’t affect you. If you think that you can insult and force me to go along with YOUR decision, then you don’t understand freedom any more that the left. Freedom means that I can make my own decisions, and there isn’t fuck all that anyone can say about the matter.

This morning’s post on the minimum wage and tips brings a question to my mind:

Two couples eat at the same restaurant. They sit at adjacent tables, have the same server, and receive identical service with identical food, with one exception: the first table has a bottle of house wine that costs $20, while the second table has a bottle of vintage wine that costs $300. The question is: what did the server do for the second couple that justifies the extra $42 tip?

Shipping delays and other supply chain problems are causing major retailers to struggle with keeping supplies and goods on the shelves. Costco has just announced rationing of items like cleaning supplies, toilet paper, and drinking water.

As this country slides more and more towards Communism, we will see more of this. In a market driven economy, bread sits in the stores waiting for consumers. In a centrally planned economy, consumers sit in the store waiting on bread.

As more and more of the left’s plans become effective, this is just another example of Communism’s (or where we are now Socialism, also called Communism lite) inability to work anywhere but in the minds of the Communists.