Master of culinary arts? How about a throw down with me?What game are we playing at here sree?
What are we playing for and what are you placing on the table?
Oh, perhaps you can explain why the diversion. You were supposed to share your own biases.
But than Diversions, and Derision are the Republican’s main defenses. A bullying offensive.
So how about a word about your own biases,
Then we can get back to your bona fides game, if you like. (I am intrigued big guy)
OH heck and before that:
Selected writings of Jeremy Scahill : “Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater” | This article appeared in the May 8, 2006 edition of The Nation[72] “Blackwater’s Private Spies” | This article appeared in the June 23, 2008 edition of The Nation[73] “Mercenary Jackpot” | This article appeared in the August 28, 2006 edition of The Nation[74] “Washington’s War in Yemen Backfires” | This article appeared in the March 5–12, 2012 edition of The Nation[75] “Blowback in Somalia” | This article appeared in the September 26, 2011 edition of The Nation[76] “The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia” | This article appeared in the August 1–8, 2011 edition of The Nation[77] “Osama’s Assassins” | This article appeared in the May 23, 2011 edition of The Nation[78] The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program, book by Jeremy Scahill and the staff of The Intercept[79][80]But I digress, you were saying about Scahill ???
Facts is facts.
So how about a word about your own biases,I don't believe I have any.
Scahill, like you fellas, wants social justice: right to free health care and college education, affordable housing, work that pays livable wages, treat immigrants with dignity, defend a woman’s absolute right to choose, dismantle racist justice system, abolish ICE and deal with climate emergency to safe the planet. All that bitching and moaning stem from biases, the prejudice against society. Imagine a man having to live with wife who has something to nag him about all the time till death do they part.
I don’t care about any of those issues Scahill has with society which I am happy with as is. I have no biases.
Sree, you have a bias toward not understanding what “bias” means. This is why I don’t think you belong here. Presented with facts, you always have the option of claiming that there is no such as facts.
Okay now that we have that settled,
@sree: Thanks for showing me your blog. Master of culinary arts? How about a throw down with me? Which cuisine are you masterful at? I don’t mean rib tips and stuff. I am talking international.What game are we playing at here sree?
What are we playing for and what are you placing on the table?
Oh and, “Which cuisine are you masterful at?” Sounds rather contrived.
Have anything of substance to come at me with?
Oh and you misquoted me - I’m pretty sure I wrote “I have a respectable mastery of culinary arts.”
But you gotta twist everything. Just say’n.
Now can you rephrase your question - oh and what are you throwing down on the table?
Hey sree you coward,
I thought you were going to have a throw down with me? But you’ve gone to ground. Your word appears a worthless as your president’s.
Hiding I guess.
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Here dear friends,
we see exhibited another enraging tactics of the Right Wing, disconnected type. They toss out questions and challenges merely for effect - never having the slightest interest in the substance or outcome.
All they want to do is disrupt a dialogue, distract and deride. Nothing else is of interest. Perhaps because they’ve narrowed down their awareness so much that they are incapable of absorbing anything.
So what is it sree? - I’m curious do you even have any culinary experience?
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If others are wondering why I’m pushing this - it’s because I’m all about exposing the base disingenuous tactical dishonesty of these right wing big mouths.
Oh and I also want to demonstrate that when they really piss you off, it’s a great opportunity to funnel that energy into constructive avenues.
For instance, I’m finally writing up a ‘short’ run through of my “culinary arts” experience (which includes “table arts” - I wonder if sree has any notion of what the even means?), which I’ve been meaning to for decades. Even trying to keep it concise I’m nearing six thousand words.
Sree, I’m wondering how many words would be needed to summarize your culinary work experiences?
But imagine all I’ll get back is crickets.
Guess perhaps I can send you a good family recipe for Candied Crickets, if you prefer a consolation prize.
If others are wondering why I’m pushing this – it’s because I’m all about exposing the base disingenuous tactical dishonesty of these right wing big mouths.I do wonder. It's one thing if someone new shows up and you need to let them know what this forum is about and what won't be tolerated. Sree however has demonstrated his hit and run tactic since the day he arrived. He follows a conversation for at most 3 or 4 posts, then says something about how truth doesn't exist, or how the whole universe is inside of him.
You’re missing the bigger point. that bs way of dealing with challenging ideas, was taught to him.
The Right Wing is all about diversion, derision, dismissal and I could spend paragraphs on each tactic.
Never do they focus on the facts, it’s always going after the messenger with a ruthless viciousness, taking incidentals and turning into what-if centers of controversy, while the real issues and questions and facts are totally forgotten.
Look at where it has landed us.
That is worth talking about, besides it’s pretty cool actually sitting down writing out my culinary/serving experiences in chronological order.
Nearly 65 and given what’s happening I’ll be surprised if I reach 66, so I might as well share what I can while I can.
I’m surprised you still don’t seem to appreciate CFI is like a homework notebook for me, helps me be challenged now and then and work out ideas.
That is worth talking aboutI understand that forums like this are kind for designed for endless conversation that goes nowhere, but most people do move on. At some point, like when someone refuses to even acknowledge that reason exists, it's not worth it. Facts aren't forgotten, they are blatantly ignored.
CC - That is worth talking about Lausten - I understand that forums like this are kind for designed for endless conversation that goes nowhere, but most people do move on.At some point, like when someone refuses to even acknowledge that reason exists, it’s not worth it. Facts aren’t forgotten, they are blatantly ignored.
Oh but the fact that they blatantly and belligerently disregard the need for honest dialogue needs to be rubbed in their faces.
But instead liberal, rationalists, children of the intellectual enlightenment sidestep it time after time and what has it achieved for us?
But no one has a thing to say about the crime the Dorr Bros are committing? Instead we’re putting up with people defend criminal action for personal profit.
Persons dishonest and harmful scams for profit have become such an integral part of the modern American way,
nobody even seems to notice any more.
In big things and small.
Sree loves tossing aspersions and slander toward everyone he’s trying to dispute. Rather than coming up with rational arguments supported by facts.
Then I look at the world and think back my decades of watching and worry as this madness unfolded, ever down the slippery sliddy slope. And now.
No denying I’m a passionate guy and a bit of a hot head, but it’s also true that I’m into honest constructive debate where better understanding is the goal and honesty is the gold standard. But we are opposed by people who believe it their right to take every disagreement as an enemy action worth pulling out those guns.
I’ve learned to funnel my anger into constructive avenues, in particular writing where I can at least explain and defend myself in print - there to rationally dispute.
When I get pissed and use the energy to write something constructive.
This time turns out to be something biographical.
I didn’t fully appreciate a few days ago that it would grow to over 8,000 words - and I’m striving to contain the narrative to culinary related jobs.
What an amazing strange wonderful trip it has been, now I’ve finally got most culinary highlights down on paper. Heck going to have to post it in installments at my blogs, I mean I’ve blasted through 8K words. In a way it’s intended for my family, I know a few friends who’ll also find it interesting.
And it’ll handy to shove down the next jerk that’s needs to distract a dialogue with that bit of attempted derision, denigration and slander. 
Sree I accepted your challenge - how about you? Any substance there? Have you been putting together your resume to share?
The whiteness of anti-lockdown protests adds new dimensions to our nation’s unraveling.
How ignorance, privilege, and anti-black racism is driving white protesters to risk their lives.By Maia Niguel Hoskin Apr 25, 2020,
Dr. Maia Niguel Hoskin is a college professor of graduate-level counseling, freelance writer, public speaker, and a researcher of all things race, mental health, and social media.
… But what has been most glaringly obvious about these protests isn’t the far-right theatrics. It’s that almost everyone marching to end stay-at-home orders is white. And if they do return to “regular life” and refuse to distance themselves, their overt disregard will impact the population most vulnerable to the virus — black people.
It’s easy to dismiss the anti-lockdown protests as business per usual in the land of right-wing Trumpism. But there is a much larger issue at play that existed long before President Donald Trump took office, and that he has learned to artfully exploit. It’s why it’s not surprising that in some areas, protesters waved Confederate flags or held signs that read, “Give me liberty or give me Covid-19.” The protests are symptomatic of the profound presence of whiteness and white supremacy in America. …
… During an interview on Fox & Friends, Michigan Conservative Coalition Chair Meshawn Maddock shared that residents of Michigan “feel oppressed” and “there are certain businesses and workers that should be able to safely get back to work right now.”
Oppressed is an interesting word choice. Let’s start first with what racist oppression is. Oppression is not getting a job, a promotion, a business loan, or approved for your dream home solely based on your race — things black people deal with regularly. On the other hand, oppression is not staying in the comfort of your home, with a full fridge, health care, and a 401k. Oppression is also not a term that should be used willy-nilly, at the first feeling of discomfort, crying it to get your way — putting other people’s health and lives at risk. Many of us are uncomfortable right now. But please do not conflate discomfort with oppression. …
… Ironically, some of these same conservative white groups that want to be liberated now also vehemently fought tooth and nail against movements such as Black Lives Matter and did not understand the value nor the need for blacks to speak out against their actual oppression. Some of these whites fear the same oppression they have inflicted on people of color, and we’re seeing a glimpse of that fear, without any self-awareness, in the pandemic. …
But while it’s natural to marvel at how reckless Trump’s tweets are — like the ones that called for residents of Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia to “LIBERATE” themselves — the discussion about the president’s Twitter fingers inciting social and racial upheaval is low-hanging fruit. Trump is not the root cause of America’s ongoing saga with racism and white privilege. His rhetoric simply brings to life white supremacist and racially privileged perspectives that have existed for centuries — and have been given the opportunity, in a deeply stressful time, to surface loudly, donning MAGA hats, and exercising their right to bear arms.