The inimitable Joan Baez presenting her plaintive interpretation of the Waits/Brennan anti-war song “The Day After Tomorrow”. (h/t to mic) [Read more…]
My Big Hairy Kosher Cuban Turkey
It is not an auspicious sign when the turkey is not only NOT in the oven on time, but a feverish online search has ensued with the frantic words “where find blowtorch thanksgiving san diego.”
I was really looking forward to roasting a turkey this year. My husband and I have a brand new stove that replaced the old one with the inoperable oven that has functioned as a storage unit for over a decade. The fragrance of roasting turkey is one of the best smells that life offers; my olfactory senses were primed. But the taste of turkey is often something quite different.
Despite the successful attempts to make turkey breasts gigantic, culinary engineering has been less successful in assuring breast meat that doesn’t taste like a Mojave Desert burger. Getting and cooking a flavorful turkey has always been hit and miss for me. I have tried every kind of turkey available. Or at least I thought I had.
Doug Porter, who is not only a SDFP editor but also a stellar cook, recommended that I try a kosher turkey instead of the usual commercial fare. [Read more…]
Cloud Cover | Geo-Poetic Spaces
Rain bubbles asphalt —
Thunder’s light reopens wounds —
Seeps through cloud cover. [Read more…]
As Critics Obsess Over Her Finances, Ocasio-Cortez Urges Media to Focus on Issue ‘Actually Worth Airtime’: Low-Wage Jobs
“While we’re discussing personal finances,” says newly-elected progressive, “Trump’s tax dodges represent millions of dollars taken from schoolchildren, teachers, firehouses, senior centers, and more.”
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued to shoot back at those who draw attention to—and criticize—the amount in her savings account by calling for coverage instead of far more worthy issues—the nation’s pervasive low-wage jobs and President Donald Trump’s “public theft”—and accusing some sitting congresspeople of lashing out at her because they are blinded by privilege, and thus unable to represent their constituents. [Read more…]
The True Origins of Black Friday | Video Worth Watching
From the Now This website:
Black Friday used to be a term to describe pedestrian and car traffic In the 1950s, police in Philadelphia always saw a ton of chaos the day after Thanksgiving Hordes of people would head into the city that Friday ahead of the huge Army-Navy football game held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Philly police called that chaos Black Friday. They could never take that day off and worked extra shifts because of how congested it was.
Giving Thanks to Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen Chefs
By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Disasters strike in this country and around the world 365 days a year. There are no holiday dispensations for natural disasters. For the victims—food, clothing, and shelter are not luxuries—they are necessities for survival.
This Thanksgiving, if you are one of the people fortunate enough to not be worrying about that next meal, if you are not living under a blue tarp, or homeless because your house has been flooded or burned out, take a moment to count your blessings, and reach out to support the many heroes who ensure that next meal for those who wouldn’t have one, without help.
One group of heroes are the chefs of World Central Kitchen, founded by Chef José Andrés, after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Many readers became aware of his work, and that of #ChefsforPuertoRico when double disasters struck Puerto Rico and the USVI—back-to-back Hurricanes Irma and Maria. [Read more…]
Welcome the Stranger: Art of Illumination and Hope | Video Worth Watching
What are the remedies to the cruel spectacle of a trumped up military presence on our southern border and the laws and policies which rip families apart and put children in cages? Unremitting political activism and moral rebukes are essential. And so is art. [Read more…]
Thank Abraham Lincoln For Thanksgiving | Video Worth Watching
From the MSNBC website:
Joy Reid looks back at the 1863 presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln that set the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving for citizens in every part of the United States.
An Awakening
Lately I’ve been feeling so good.
Like a little boy would
unwrapping the toy
he most wanted
on Christmas Day
simply because
we, as a society, finally,
the first opportunity
we got to have a say,
said “Enough is enough”
to a pretend president
who has had his way
trampling on our collective psyche
without mercy
like a hungry bull
trying to knock down
a barn door
separating him from a bale of hay. [Read more…]
A Progressive Looks at the San Diego Mid-Terms – OB Rag Interview With Doug Porter
Intro – Doug Porter, the main political writer for the San Diego Free Press – sister online publication of the OB Rag – and one of 7 SDFP editors, has been observing and critiquing elections in San Diego City and County from a progressive point of view for years. Here is an interview he did with the OB Rag over the weekend on the recent mid-terms: [Read more…]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On Her Plans In Congress | Video Worth Watching
Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s All In talks with congressional representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, at 29, the youngest person to serve in Congress. He shares some of her Instagram posts from D.C.; gets her take on the letter opposing Nancy Pelosi’s run for Majority Speaker signed by 16 democrats; and discusses her relationship with Justice Democrats and the need to engage the community in political process. [Read more…]
Thanks for Everything. And Some Thoughts About Ending This Chapter
As of December 14, the San Diego Free Press will suspend publication. There will be new stories posted right up until the last day. I’ll write a bunch more columns.
The site will remain live, at least for another year. We’re not planning on adding any content going forward after that Friday.
Yes, this is a sad announcement. We need more, not less voices. But we’ve done what we could do, for now.
I am truly moved by the overwhelming support and kind thoughts directed at SDFP and myself.
Thank you all. [Read more…]
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