There is at least one buccees in VA. They lost my money because they changed their mind about building EV charging there. I was gonna go there during a road trip to shop for road trip crap while charging my car, but I had to go somewhere else to charge. Short sighted as fuck. I was gonna get jerky and a sandwich and some snacks and a drink or two, plus my wife probably wanted some stuff. But no, fuck those hippies, their money is no good here.

Yeah, that's why I included getting rid of the propaganda during that thought experiment.

Ignorant people don't read, and therefore don't understand why they should have to pay for libraries. I'm aware that libraries do more than loan out books, but they don't know that. Because they're ignorant. These are the same kinds of people who think they shouldn't have to pay for public schools unless they or their kids are using them, and then they wonder why their property value is in the toilet when the schools fall apart. These fucking imbeciles truly cannot think more than one step ahead, to the point that the average 8 year old could probably beat a lot of them in connect four.

Yeah, oil the pan with a neutral, high smoke point oil. Salt the steak, but don't use pepper unless you like the bitter, acrid taste of burnt pepper. I usually go medium to medium high on the stove, but set the oven lower, like 300F. Another nice thing about cast iron is that it can handle really high temps without much issue, and it can hold that heat. So you're searing that second side at probably like 400-450 while the other 5 sides are getting a more gentle cook. And while that heat transfers from pan to steak, it gradually comes down to that 300ish to end up being pretty even.

As for timing, it really depends on the thickness of the steak and your preference for doneness. I like a thick, medium rare ribeye best. Probably like 60-90 seconds on the first side, then flip and throw in the oven for like 3-5 minutes? When in doubt, temp your food. But it will probably rest up like 10 degrees, so keep that in mind.

This is why I'm fine with pulling my chicken out of the oven in the 155-160 range since I know it'll cross the 165 it needs to be safe while it rests. If you wait for 165 before pulling it, it's gonna hit like 175-180 and start drying out.

If somebody donned a green hat each week until this passed, CEOs would move into a compound by week 3, and this would still not pass. I think it will take something much more extreme. There's way too much for the owners to lose by letting health insurance slip through their fingers. It's not just money, but control to keep the laborers obedient and loyal. We NEED health insurance, so we stay with our abusers. I don't know what action it would actually take to get M4A, but I'm pretty sure that saying it would get me banned from a lot of internet platforms and maybe get feds knocking on my door to ask a few questions. It would take good trouble, to say the least.

This is where I'm at too. I was hoping for the blue wave to reach my red shore, but at least almost the entire rest of my state isn't majority stupid redneck assholes.

Obviously power corrupts and it would be a bad idea in actuality, but I sometimes wonder what the country would look like after just 8 years of total progressive control in all branches, and no garbage right wing propaganda to issue marching orders to the dumbasses who rely on fox news to tell them what to think. Benevolent dictatorship for the working class, providing healthcare and education and food and shelter, and then see what's popular when the choice is given back to the people. Want this to continue, or go back to indentured servitude to keep health insurance, and have your tax dollars go back to buying tanks we don't need for wars we don't want instead of buying food for your family.

It's wild that I really don't know whether forcing these chuds to experience utopia would even be enough to convince them to want it.

So they attempted to ratfuck, and despite the ratfucking this is so close that they're looking at provisional ballots, and the catch and cure process of looking at these provisional ballots is revealing the ratfuck attempt? They tried to cheat in fucking Mississippi, and not only was the cheating not far enough (again, in MISSISSIPPI), but the cheating not going far enough is the reason that we'll find out about the cheating?

What a bunch of slimy fucking losers.

Add justices and legislate locking the number of justices to the number of circuit courts. There are 11 regional circuits, plus DC, plus Federal. So either raise it to 11 and tie it to regions or raise it to 13 and tie it to total circuit courts. But then also include language for limiting the number of circuit courts. And term limits while we're at it.

And maybe include the ability to recall reps, senators, presidents, and justices. There's no reason that fuckers like fetterman and thomas should be allowed to poison democracy with no recourse just because they're protected enough by their fellow ghouls.

A lot of Rs are aligning to say that the reason for the ass kicking in this election was the war. Massie is putting them on the record to either stick to that message and do something about it, or it's just all words and no action, or they'll pivot to a new excuse. If they don't vote to impeach kegsbreath then it will come back to haunt them at the next election in two years.

"You knew that the war was illegal and immoral and unpopular, and you knew that it even likely caused the blue tsunami in '26, so why didn't you immediately take action to rectify this when Massie reintroduced articles of impeachment? All you had to do was vote to impeach and you refused. Why should your constituents trust you to do the right thing when you've proven that you'll double down on doing the wrong thing?"

One of my favorite things to do with a cast iron is to preheat it on the stove and also preheat the oven, sear a steak on one side, then flip the steak and put the pan into the oven.

Easier than butter basting, but not much of a step down in quality.

Just let him believe that he's done well so he can fuck off and pass the torch. He can retire and go play bridge with the Baileys.

Fine, he can do it in a bunker instead. Nobody, and certainly not his idol, has ever done that before, right?

Every day that you wake up is a new day where Kissinger didn't, so every day is cause for at least some amount of celebration.