Fried barley biscuit with fixin’s
Especially on a diet, there is only so much that a mortal can do to fend off the heathen craving for bread and wine. Yesterday, a friend in California who had no idea that I’m on a diet sent me this text:
“I got a loaf of organic sourdough batard, some organic avocado oil mayonnaise, some Irish Kerry Gold butter, and some prosecco from Spain. I also got a bottle of organic Merlot.”
That, and the news, sent me over the edge. I tried to work out how to get maximum comfort from, say, 900 calories or less.
Fried barley biscuits were the solution: flour made from hulled barley, a little olive oil, and nonfat milk. Frying the biscuits in a little peanut oil made the biscuits a little less dry than if I had baked them.
Ignorance and folly
One of the most horrifying images I’ve seen in months was the White House photo of Trump, Vance, Rubio and Hegseth lying their ignorant asses off for the cameras. It would be hard to find four greater fools and sicker souls anywhere on the planet, and yet there they were, in the White House.
MAGA types probably still believe Trump’s lies and triumphalism. But I give the media high credit for starting to get the truth out so fast that by Sunday morning, on the talk shows, Trump’s goons had to start walking things back.
One of my biggest concerns is terrorism. Iran doesn’t have the capability of a military response far from their own borders. They’ll have to retaliate on the cheap, and that means terrorism. The Washington Post took up that subject this morning: A weakened Iran could turn to assassination and terrorism to strike back.
I hope gasoline prices jump to $11 a gallon. Gasoline prices are one of the few things that the American ignorati can understand.
Fools, rushing in
Most traditional Islamic terrorist organizations are Sunni groups, such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, as their understanding of the requirements to initiate a jihad are less restrictive than those of Shia Islam. Hezbollah is the most popular Shia terrorist organization, and it’s based in Lebanon.
There may be an uptick in Islamic terrorist attacks that can be traced back to Shia Islam, Iran, or in the name of defending Allah in general, but I don’t think we’ll see the kind of widespread terrorism associated with Sunni Islam and the Islamic State like the 2015 Paris attacks or the rise of an alternative to the Islamic Republic.
They are like the gang of four. Let’s hope they have a similar fate.