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I Agree With the Message Despite the Messenger

I think that the administration and congress are finally doing something about the hopelessness past offenders experience. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be trapped in such a cycle.

I will say that it’s hard to get folk to listen to your plea for compassion when you twitter handle reads like hers.

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Canning Blackberry Jam

I finished up canning my first ever Blackberry Jam. I tried to make it once before but ended up with blackberry globs. This time I used and followed a solid recipe.

Having a good recipe (and following it) is key to making the jam. It seems that if you don’t have exactly the right elements in exactly the right quantities and blended in sequence and cooked for the appropriate amount of time then it won’t ‘set’ the way it needs to. If it sets wrong you end up with a watery mix that separates in the jar.

I started with 9 cups of berries that I pulled a few weeks back, smashing them with a potato masher and dumped into a large pot. I added 1 and 1/3 package of pectin mixed into 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/4 cup of bottled lemon juice, a teaspoon of butter. I brought this to a full boil and then added 6 and 1/2 cups of sugar and stirred constantly until it came to a full boil once again.

I was able to jar 8 1/2 half pint jars. 8 went into the canner for a hot water bath that lasted 10 minutes. The half jar went into the fridge.

Now most recipes don’t have either the lemon juice or the butter in them, but I think both are critical. The lemon increases the acidity of the berries enough to ensure that the berries, pectin and sugar mix together and set the way it’s supposed to. The teaspoon of butter keeps the blackberry ‘mash’ from foaming once it comes to a full boil.

A short while ago I tasted from the jar that went into the fridge; it tastes nothing, nothing like store bought blackberry jam. The best way I can describe it is to say that it tastes like real fruit….like real food!

Gotta run and clean up the kitchen before wifey finds the mess I’ve made.

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The Early Adopter

While most politicians tweet to communicate, Trump uses it to shape the narrative, position an opponent, tee up an argument, and so much more. Over many years he has mastered the craft.

If your going to challenge him it’s best to stay on high moral ground. You won’t win, but if you go low the Trumpster will go there with you and you’ll come out shredded. I guarantee you won’t like the result.

Here’s some advice to those that hate Trump. Suck it up. Let the man MAGA. You’ll get another shot at the silver ring in 2024 when his time is done.

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It’s a Crying Shame

Eighty Years. It’s been 80 years since Neville Chamberlain proved conclusively that appeasement in the face of a growing threat only strengthens that threat.

It’s a real shame that (probably) seventy percent of our population has no idea who Chamberlain was, what he did, and what the results of this dolt and his actions were. Show the little poster above to a hundred folk and less than 30 would have any idea of its meaning.

Here’s a good idea, lets put a bunch of communists and socialist in charge of our educational system. Let’s put them in classroom to shape the minds of our kids. That’ll ensure that in the future we can completely forget about the ugly truth of our past and free ourselves to live the nightmare again.