There’s also been unpleasantness in Escondido, CA about “traffic stops” to “check for valid driver’s licenses,” and presumably other more under-the-radar policies in other places.

It it basically nothing to do with the book(s), but it was a fun show!

Oooh, I don’t know if you know preserved lemons, but you can do that same process with any citrus, including tangerines! The flavor turns, I’m not sure how to describe it…“sunnier,” maybe? Anyway, they probably would pair with more foods than they do fresh.

Probably the war criminal shrine thing.

Hey now, rats have been observed to display altruistic behavior, such as forgoing personal benefit to save a fellow rat.

Really? Shiny things are great, you should get some.

The mall that was in the movie is apparently gone, but the one it was based on might still exist!

Trader Joe’s boxed shiraz/syrah is good.

holy fuck that’s a small city

Ooooh, look up the ARkStorm if you’re interested in plausible major California disasters.

Still can’t believe there’s a town named Bowling Green.

this is now the let’s talk about videodrome thread

lets talk about something else

it is too late to fix

There wasn’t a massacre in Bowling Green, so everyone is making like the same two jokes on Twitter.

Probably they mean collarbone.

So…I guess the White House is now admitting that the transcript is accurate, but that reports of the tone were not, and that it was said as a joke. Mexico City still denying totally.

Here’s the AP story on that business.

It was in Aristegui Noticias (Mexican news site) a while ago, then AP did an article and their sources agreed with hers (both US and Mexico are saying it didn’t happen), then a bunch of places started picking it up. It’ll be all over by tomorrow, probably.

Let the Secret Service focus on stopping counterfeiting! Down with counterfeiting!