Whisky is one of the most efficient ways of using and storing grain. We can store 1000 bushels of grain, or we can store 50 cases of whisky, leaving room for other foods.

Well, there’s “what we need in a president” and “what we need in a presidential candidate.”

I think this was an attempt at playing political “chess” with these cities. Dumping a bunch of people who have no jobs, no housing, no food, possibly no clothing other than what is on their backs, possibly no money, and probably no local relatives would almost certainly result in those cities having to expend…

Yeah, I have only had them once, and they had some sort of a sweet-umami “glaze” on them, maybe a little similar to what you’re describing. They were pretty good. I wouldn’t shell out $8-10 for them though, that’s ridiculous.

I agree about Obama, and he was definitely more liberal than he positioned himself as being. But Hilldawg tried pretty much the same rhetorical formula and lost. It’s not just about “formula.” You have to be likeable. Still trying to find out which of the Dem candidates is both likeable and qualified. I would have…

As a centrist, I can say that it’s not really so much of a “pull” toward the left.

I don’t think “tone down her rhetoric” is the right way to put it. She needs to pick her words more carefully. She says a lot of things that are really poorly worded and open to some interpretations that are not very flattering to her.

I’m familiar.  I’ve raised many birds, and I’ve killed and cleaned them.  I don’t know if ducklings have fully functional gizzards or not though.

No, it’s not.  I don’t know or care about that.  Just telling a story that happened, you can question it if you want, but I’d prefer you establish even a slight bit of knowledge on the subject before you call me a liar.

Nope, we did nothing else wrong. I know because we lived on a farm, and raised many other ducks, geese, chickens, etc.  My brother still raises geese.  Normally when we raise birds, we are prepared, and we feed them food they are supposed to be fed. We were not prepared for these things because we just found them. …

They didn’t explode, they just died.

Rolled oats.  Not just simple grains.  Dried and pressed grains that soak up water.

It can and did.

Trust me - it expanded. I’m not going to go into detail. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt an adult duck, but it certainly did hurt these ducklings.

You forgot: Fill empty pill bottles with sugar pills and sell them to high schoolers.  More money for you, and teenagers avoid a lifetime of addiction problems by spending their drug money on sugar.  Everybody wins!

I’ll add: Do not feed them any grains that expand when they get wet. We found a bunch of ducklings one time whose mother died. We tried to raise them, and we were doing pretty well. But then somebody fed them dry oatmeal. They loved it. Then they drank a bunch of water and were all dead by morning. 

Should have added a BYEEEAAHHHH! Dean Scream to his last pick.

No, the normal ones have pig lips, chicken anuses, and cow noses. Everyone knows that.

All veggies are replaceable by other veggies. Bacon is not replaceable. Veggies are late round picks for the same reason kickers are late round picks in a fantasy football draft.

I dunno, the point I got from what she was trying to say wasn’t to praise or normalize Hitler, it was to point out that there’s a difference between “nationalism” and “white nationalism.” You can be a nationalist by favoring an “America first” policy without any racism, xenophobia, etc., but being a white nationalist…