Day: July 21, 2023

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230721

Strawberry Gin Smash

INGREDIENTS

FOR A PITCHER:

  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 limes, juiced (about 1/4 cup)
  • 1 pound fresh strawberries
  • 2 cups gin
  • 3 cups club soda
  • Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

FOR A SINGLE DRINK:

  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 lime wedge
  • 3 fresh strawberries, 2 hulled and sliced and 1 reserved for garnish
  • 3 ounces gin
  • Club soda
  • Fresh mint sprig, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR A PITCHER:

  1. Muddle the sugar and limes in a pitcher that holds at least 8 cups (64 ounces). Set aside 6 to 8 small strawberries and make a small slice in their tips. Hull and slice the remaining strawberries and muddle the slices lightly with the sugar and lime juice.
  2. Stir in the gin and club soda and pack the pitcher full of ice. Add mint sprigs to garnish. Pour into ice-filled glasses and garnish with a strawberry, slotted onto the edge of the glass.

FOR A SINGLE DRINK:

  1. In a tall glass, combine the sugar and a squeeze of juice from the lime wedge. Muddle with the back of a spoon to dissolve the sugar. Add the sliced strawberries and lightly muddle.
  2. Fill the glass with ice and add the gin. Top with a splash of club soda and garnish with the last strawberry and a sprig of mint.

Badlands News Brief – July 20, 2023

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It still needs to go.

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Yeah, that’s not going to go over well with my liberal neighbors who all have generators for when the power goes out.

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Remote work? Sure. Some sources say it’s been a ghost town for years.

America’s Degradation Is No Accident

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Which means it’s probably true.

Doubts and Questions About Biden Will Only Grow

EXC: DeSantis Fundraiser is Uniparty Neo-Con Who Supported Bush, Ryan, & Rahm Emanuel.

303 Creative: The Promise, and the Doubts

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Tweety Tweets:

Weird things do happen.

He he

MEME STASH:

https://youtu.be/0e2CuyIG7x8

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2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-21

14For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. 15And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. 17Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. 18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!