Military Veterans and Patriots

Author: Chance

  • Cookbook gems

    Cookbook gems

    I went and grabbed a cook book, looking for not so much a recipe, but rather the heat temp for drying peppers.

    why buy when you can make your own Smoked paprika?

    some labor involved sure, and some time

    ” What a grand world this would be if we forgot our troubles as easily as our Blessings”

    And just so you know

    Most pimiento de padrons are as about as mild as your typical bell peppers, which have zero heat on the Scoville Scale. However, about 1 in every 10 peppers will give you a surprising jolt of heat. It’s a bit like playing Russian Roulette with your tongue. The peppers range from 500 to 2,500 Scoville Heat Units on the Scoville Scale, making most of them about as hot as a banana pepper. Compare that to a typical jalapeno pepper and you’ll find most padron peppers are about 10 times milder. They won’t kill you with heat. Using with pork dishes the smoked paprika really does a number on the mouthgasms.

    ” Strangely enough the folks most apt to lend a hand to you

    are those who already rushed with countless things to do

    When bad luck before you misfortune smacks your prose

    the one’s to help you the most

    are those with troubles of their own”

    I started looking through some other cookbooks. I noticed something somewhere during 1960’s

    cookbooks no longer contained such gems of thought. this one was printed in 1947

    it’s yellowed some, reason being more pulp was used than cotton

    the more cotton used for books the longer they last

    lots of cotton in the Unites States Constitution

    one more gem

    that last one

    so AMERICAN in thinking

  • How many worlds are there?

    How many worlds are there?

    I’ve narrowed it down to just two, with footnotes

    sub catagories if you prefer

    couple of examples

    if one hunts and fishes, chances are that bunch won’t be found in the world of say High fashion

    was a nice night to sleep outside, not because I was forced to, because I wanted to

    I did miss the sunrise this am

    the sights an sounds of the city

    I don’t miss that at all

    yet there are people who prefer the hustle an bustle of such places

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIEeOIAc8CU

  • Start with the bad always end with the good

    thinking most would agree, don’t matter how bad it is

    just tell the truth

    the Ugly truth

    The Satanic Temple is protesting waiting periods, mandatory counseling, and “unwanted sonograms,” by claiming that abortion is a satanic practice and should be protected due to religious freedom.

    Oregon v. Smith. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote, even if used during part of a religious ritual.

    The case ultimately set the precedent that states are allowed to accommodate illegal acts if they are performed in pursuit of religious beliefs, but they are not required to do so.

    In a prewritten statement, TST’s “reproductive rights spokesperson” Jane Essex wrote that “many states have laws that interfere with our members’ ability to practice their religious beliefs. No Christian would accept a mandatory waiting period before they can partake in Communion. No Christian would tolerate a law that insists state counseling is necessary before someone can be baptized. Our members are justly entitled to religious liberty in order to practice our rituals as well.”

    Essex added that “the law is clearly on our side. If RFRA states do not want to recognize our rights, they will ultimately have to claim that our abortions are not satanic. Given that many people fanatically insist that all abortions are satanic, the states’ argument will be very unpopular. Not only will those who deny Satanists their religious freedom be denounced by defenders of liberty, but they will also be detested by those who demonize abortion. Hopefully, states will do the right thing and respect our legal rights.

    The Gateway Pundit

    The ugly truth here these are sick murderous bastards

    Some good

    Having finished a project at which I pretty much broke even for my efforts

    I was asked to make a gift about a month ago

    which leaves me 8 months give or take a week to finish the gift

    and may I add I was given parameters

    No marine stuff, no camo items it’s not even born and it’s got enough of that to fill 3 footlockers

    I kinda frowned at that anything else? I was then told, there’s no native blood in either of us so go easy on that

    I frowned some more… is that it?

    yes

    ok then

    if anyone can find a decent fleece print that I may like please feel to share it I

    got the rabbit fur which is short hair (indian stuff)

    tee heeeee heeee

    I’m thinking a crib blanket black trim/white fur and this

    extra stuff

    putting the life givers in harm’s way makes no sense

    can some do it, sure

    it’s not Woman’s first and best task

    and there’s this

    I’m a 3 eFer

    Faith Family Freedom

    Also by Chance:

    a gift from our people to everyone

  • a gift from our people to everyone

    a gift from our people to everyone

    always remember

    Gitche Manito, the mighty,
    Mitchy Manito, the bad:
    In the breast of every Redman,
    in the dust of every dead man,
    There is a tiny heap of Gitche
    And a mighty mound of Mitche-
    There’s the good and there’s the bad.

    Long ago, when the world was young, an old Lakota spiritual leader was on a high mountain. On the mountain, he had a vision. In his vision, Iktomi – the great trickster and teacher of wisdom – appeared in the form of a spider.

    Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language. Only spiritual leaders of the Ojibwe could understand. As Iktomi spoke, he took the elder’s willow hoop – which had feathers, horse hair, beads and offerings on it – and began to spin a web.

    He spoke to the elder about the cycles of life and how we begin our lives as infants. We then move on to childhood and in to adulthood. Finally, we go to old age where we must be taken care of as infants, thus, completing the cycle.

    “But,” Iktomi said as he continued to spin his web, “in each time of life there are many forces – some good and some bad. If you listen to the good forces, they will steer you in the right direction. But, if you listen to the bad forces, they will hurt you and steer you in the wrong direction.”

    He continued, “There are many forces and different directions that can help or interfere with the harmony of nature and also with the Great Spirit and all of his wonderful teachings.”

    See more from Chance: Don’t change the land, Let the land change you

    All the while the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web … starting from the outside and working toward the center. When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the Ojibwe elder the web and said, “See, the web is a perfect circle, but there is a hole in the center of the circle.”

    Use the web to help yourself and your people … to reach your goals and make use of your people’s ideas, dreams and visions. If you believe in the Great Spirit, the web will catch your good ideas, and the bad ones will go through the hole.

    the word is asabikeshiinh for dream catcher

    it actually means spider

    So “Spider Woman” served as the spiritual protector for the tribe, especially for young children, kids and babies. As the Ojibwe people continued to grow and spread out across the land, The Spider Woman found it difficult to continue to protect and watch over all the members of the tribe as they migrated farther and farther away. This is why she created the first dreamcatcher. Following her example, mothers and grandmothers would recreate the maternal keepsake as a means of mystically protecting their children and families from afar.

  • Don’t change the land, Let the land change you

    First some comments just so we are all on the same page

    the following quotes are from others who viewed the video

    I moved from a large city, with my parents, to the UP when I was a junior in high school. At first, like you, I couldn’t think of anything but how soon I could leave. After about a year, I couldn’t think of anywhere I would rather be. What you are speaking of, in relation to the ‘Southern hospitality’ is simply different cultures. In the North, people may not speak to strangers often, but when they do, they very much mean what they say. Some yoopers completely hate the idea of outsiders coming in and disrupting their way of life. They have that ‘King of the Forest’ mentality, and nothing you say or do will convince them otherwise. I have found that these types are fewer than the folks who do to the cultural difference, just need the ‘chance’ to warm up to their new neighbors. I am almost 60 now and couldn’t think of anywhere else I would rather live. Even with the terrible winters. You just adapt and move on.

    Lived in U.P. 2003-2013, best and worst years of my life. Beautiful place, yoopers are quite the cast of characters though.

    thankfully a lot of people cannot adapt to slow life and giving away all their fancy cell towers and receptions and other things. but the trade off is a better raised family, men grow up to be men, less city influence. which means more room for people who want a new life. did i mention less radiation and if you got the acres, lots of crops. healthy crops.

    figuring about 7 people per mile is about average, maybe I should use the word tolerable instead

    I found this transplant’s view interesting, and true

    For me. The UP is great for visiting. Beautiful country. Just couldn’t live there

  • I’ll kill ya all! with Kindness

    Chance… you ok?

    yeah Bill, grab this I got another one to bring in, Tuesday I get this call Chance

    yeah Bill?

    Can you whip up something as a main meal, we got all the side stuff what ya get mind Bill?

    Some Mac & Cheese

    ohh ok I can do that

    Mac & Cheese ain’t nothin fancy with a ltttle bit of time and effort

    WRONG!!!

    Artisan Mac/Cheese not that hard to make

    adding the most special ingredient

    BACON into the mix ( drained of course)

    I use Bacon grease for many things except

    Sharing

    Difference between making your own bacon an store bought is as follows:

    these drying racks were completely covered

    working still with more of the special ingredient

    I fancied up the whole sheabang

    BACON WEAVE

    Having good eyes and full knowledge of store bought BACON, I chose the proper size of throw away tins

    take pride in your work right?

    don’t matter what you are doin, do it right

    I smoked everything for an about an hour and half

    3 pans worth

    figurin around 41//42 people will get a decent meal with all the side stuff at the shelter

    I suppose I could have just gave Bill the 55.00 bucks plus gas instead of food, but he asked for food

    While doin something useful I was smilin

    ” Get in here an learn cook! no self respecting woman will wanna marry you!”

    like I had choice mom had me by the ear

    Ma! can have one of those non self respecting Women?

    way wrong thing to say

  • you Buy we Give

    while watering a rose bush that JUST WON’T DIE at 05:30 this am watering and drinking coffee at the same

    time is a time saver

    always remember

    it’s not the amount of time given that’s important

    it’s what you do with the time you are given that is what is important anyways I heard on the radio

    you buy we give

    took a 15 minutes before I found out what the hell that was all about

    some background:

    Lafayette was inducted into the Army on March 29th, 1918 at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan. Prior to that, he was working at the Bronsema & Grisworld Livery Stable in Grand Haven and The Eagle Ottawa Tannery. He served in France where he was wounded on September 29, 1918. He was hit five times by machine gun fire while in the famous battle of “The Hindenburg Line”. He was transferred to a military hospital in Newton Abbot, England. His family didn’t hear from him for quite some time after he was wounded and he was presumed dead. Casualties were terribly high in that battle and the 27th Division suffered the second highest casualties of all the American Divisions in World War I, so they were relieved when they heard he was still alive.

    Lafayette died at his home on Pierce St. December 30th, 1979 from heart failure following a brief illness. He still had a bullet in his hip from his wounds in the war.

    We will always remember his five dogs following his truck as he drove over to the farm office. His help to the farm came in many ways over the years and he made a significant contribution when the farm fell on hard times financially.

    American Farmers First

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    Patriot Foods brand pledges that we will ONLY sell and have ONLY sold American grown and packed produce. Every time you pick up a package of Patriot Foods you can be assured that the contents inside were grown by our countrymen in the fields of our homeland. No fine print on our label is necessary to find out where your food was grown.

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    With all ugliness taking place I was thinkin a little good would help lessen the hurt

    like to eat? thank a farmer

    extra stuff:

    I know some Cantankerous Women

  • Does a sh*t stirrer have a MOS?

    Does a sh*t stirrer have a MOS?

    Feel Free to repeat after me

    What in all that is Holy is this stupid shit?

    I still like reading magazines, as in this example

    Always learning, willing to learn from others, and to see if we do things more in common than not

    I know stupidity can be found everywhere, and when spotted we all probably just grimace at such things while keeping a safe distance.

    But this…. this is totally unacceptable. And even worse it’s a GOSHDAMN EMBARRASSMENT

    That’s right, he’s from over Alger county way. Those yoopers, ain’t right in the head

    That IDIOT assumed the animal was dead so he approached the animal with no weapon, didn’t even give it a slight nudge with a foot. just reached down and got the shit bit outta him. While you all are wondering wtf kind of IDIOT does that, myself, I am hanging my head in shame to report on this Yooper. I try…. I really try to promote all good things concerning this forgotten outpost of America.

    yaknow

    I wouldn’t be surprised at all if even after getting himself chewed up by a dead animal, he’s proud as hell to make it into a national magazine

    And don’t even start about that sweatshirt he’s wearing

    The guy in the magazine was smiling

    and that smile

    looks about the same

  • Snap poll

    I got 15 minutes to tally up the count I go vote in the primary where it held in town

    going to town

    translates to putting me in a foul mood

    this time of year

    the place is crawlin with tourists along with the normal abnormals

    I do get different reactions depending on which protection I use

    So your choices are for me to wear to go vote are as follows

    the Shemagh or gas mask

    weird really, the Soviet USSR Gas mask GP-5 black breathing hose set NATO Filter CF F3 NBC 40 mm scares the shit outta the little ones while the Shemagh freaks out the so called adults

    myself

    I’m good either way

    wouldn’t be to hard to make a mini chain link fence as a face covering

    you know to stop the moskeetoes

    that’ll work as well as those COMMUNIST BURKA’s at stopping the China- cough

    15 minutes

  • of Scouts, Snipers & fishing

    of Scouts, Snipers & fishing

    So I get this call last week from Sparky

    I cannot be 100% positive, but if one knows the Sparky one would think he came into this world with lit sparklers

    (maybe it’s the look in his eyes when the fuse is lit, or the smile upon his face)

    what ya want sparky?

    Chance my rubber bitch finally got here

    I take it you ain’t talkin about an air mattress

    Hell no! I ordered an inflatable boat back in April and just got here.

    Sparky, I’m heading to the shack this weekend, I gotta get away from the insanity

    Chance, I’m down the road 42 miles, let’s go fishin

    I’ll see you on Sunday Sparky I must say he got himself a real nice Smith fly

    Thing about Sparky, he’s a catch & release kinda fisherman, unlike me, I eat what I catch

    Jarhead, no fish in my boat

    Squid, I know the rules

    about 20 minutes later after getting to where we were going, we both started catching Browns

    then I heard…. Chance, what the hell you doing? Sparky, you said and I quote

    “no fish in my boat”

    smiling at Sparky I said, it’s a damn good thing I brought a stringer with me, to keep your rubber bitch fish free eh! 4 nice browns for me, while Sparky got nothin to show for getting his rubber bitch wet. (plus shipping)

    More by Chance: Déjà vu while sitting on the porch…

    He stopped his complaining when I threatened to shoot his new girl friend, the rubber bitch

    to calm things down I started talking how his craft went from silent death to fishin

    (in tight)

    want a beer Chance?

    I brought Stanley coffee

    thanks anyway

    90% of the people I know are vets, seems they are the only ones I can get along with

    kinda sorta and somewhat