Roquefort and Blue Cheeses

Are there any Roquefort or Blue Cheese fans out there, other than me? I enjoy Roquefort cheese made in, of course, France.
However, rumor has it there are going to be very costly import duty fees on all French cheeses. Political posturing by the countries always makes all the folks suffer.
Please, DO NOT DESPAIR, because, there is Maytag Blue Cheese, made in the USA.
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'PIRATES'

Hmmm...

I wonder how well these "Somalian pirates" can swim, and for how long?

It would be fairly easy for all merchant ships to have at least one person trained to use a .50 caliber rifle, with a scope. It has an effective range of about one mile. http://www.barrettrifles.com/rifle_82.aspx

As a small ‘pirate’ boat or skiff approaches the larger vessel, one should be able to tell if they are fishing, or on a pleasure trip, or, if they look like they are up to no good.

An effective, loud, speaker, or flare signal can order the intruders away from the ship. If they fail to do that, and keep coming, a shot or two from the .50 caliber, aimed at just below the water line, should cause that boat to take on water.

I guarantee you that one shot from a .50 caliber into the motor of the pirate conveyance, would disable it. Followed by another shot into the floor, to cause a gaping hole.

It would be interesting to see four or five 'pirates' trying to bail water out of their boat. If the pirates do not believe in life preservers, all the better.

Hijacking, no matter where it is, or how they do it, is not acceptable. If the pirates die, or become shark food, while trying to swim back to shore, too bad. They made a bad choice.

When there are enough bad choices, the pirates will find something else to do, like move to Nigeria, and start sending emails.

These pirates are nothing more than kidnappers and terrorists looking for easy money. All nations need to consider better "get tough" policies and procedures - to discourage the pirates.

Hmmm...

I realize that I should never judge by appearance. However, by appearance, Phil Spector, recently convicted of 2ND degree murder, looks like a very sleazy hairball of a human being.

With any luck, he might get 15 to 20 years in prison.

Maybe the State of California can make a deal with the State of Nevada, to house Phil Spector and OJ Simpson in the same cell.

Now, THAT would be poetic justice.

Some of you might know the definition of an ATNA.

However, if you do not, an ATNA is a person who is "All Talk, No Action."

I get the feeling there are many ATNAs, and some of them are criticizing the White House folks for doing or not doing.

Well, the below link will give everyone, especially the ATNAs, the chance to "crap or get off the pot," so to speak...

Please feel free to make some or all of your present political concerns known to staff at the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

You’ve all heard the term, “well that suits him/her to a T.” Well, my “Activities Director” and I met a nice young lady whose teas suit her to a T. Her name is Tobi, and she blends her own teas. Very soon, I will have a link to her webpage, where you will be able to learn about, and order, her custom blended teas.

It is cold and rainy here in the Pacific Northwest, and the weather folks have been mentioning the ‘S’ word, possibly for the lower elevations.

I still am waiting for the right weather conditions to bottle some samples of my fiery spice mix. Also, I still need to find a commercial kitchen, in the Marysville, WA area, one that will allow, or accommodate, pepper fumes, so that I can bottle my spice mixes for sale to the public. So that will be a "stay tuned" detail for the near future, hopefully.

It's taken me about 40 years to fine tune my spice mix recipes, so a few more days or weeks will not hurt.

In the mean time, I will be fooling with, and fine-tuning, a recipe for deviled eggs.

Most people have no clue about Sharia law, especially in Afghanistan, where the U.S. has thousands of troops trying to rescue the average Afghani from the clutches of the Taliban.

This is a very graphic video showing adherents of the Taliban, and Sharia law, 'punishing' a 17-year-old girl for appearing in public with a man who was not her husband, brother or father.

When we speak of religious freedom, this is part of the right-wing Islamic/Muslim beliefs.

I believe U.S. Troops should track down such 'men' and give them a dose of their own medicine.

Rumor has it that the Obama administration is ok with Sharia law.

WARNING - FOR SOME, THIS MIGHT BE VERY GRAPHIC OR UPSETTING...

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/taliban-flog-17-year-old-girl-in-public.html

Looking at recent news, here are three contrasting articles about veterans. I hope you find these articles interesting.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/10/national/main4936048.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090411/NEWS01/704119875&news01ad=1#A.daughters.gift

http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/idaho/stories/NW_040709IDN-AP-VA-fraud-plead-LJ.b00df841.html

The arrival of Easter usually means boiled eggs for most of us. What to do with all those eggs. If the eggs are cracked during cooking, you need to use them as soon as you take them out of the water. If you paint or decorate the eggs, and they get cracked during Easter egg hunts, you should discard them. I give them to the crows. They like boiled eggs, and eat the whole thing, shell and all.

Otherwise, one can make deviled eggs. There are zillions of recipes on how to make deviled eggs. To ‘devil’ eggs means to heavily season them, but most “deviled eggs” have mild seasonings. Some of the ingredients could be mayonnaise, mustard, salt, pepper, maybe some horseradish. I do not use horseradish.

I will let you in on a secret though. I press the cooked egg yolk through a strainer. When mixed with mayo and mustard, the strained egg yolks produce a creamy consistency. Is there a secret ingredient? You bet, and it is a tablespoon of sweet pickle juice.

Give it a try, and see what happens! Be sure to let me know if your deviled eggs were tasty.