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#120780
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: JediSage
I hate "celebrities" who think the world's problems can be resolved by having a music festival. Example, Live 8. Once again, the answer is for everyone to write a blank check...please, please don't pressure the governments who are the cause of the problem, whatever you do...IDIOTS.


But you gotta admit that at least the shows were great...


Didn't see this one, however the best one in my memory is Live Aid during the 80's, and also We Are the World. 20 years later and the man-made famine in Ethiopia still rages. God I am depressed.

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#120257
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Breakfast
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120257/action/topic#120257
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I always thought pizza was developed outside of Italy as well. Not necessarily New York, just not in Italy. Apparently I was wrong.

From Wikipedia...

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The tomato was first believed to be poisonous (as most other fruits of the nightshade family are), when it came to Europe in the 16th century. However, by the late 18th century even the poor of the area around Naples added it as an ingredient to their yeast-based flat bread, and the dish gained in popularity. Pizza became a tourist attraction, and visitors to Naples ventured into the poorer areas of the city to try the local specialty.

The earliest pizzeria opened in 1830 at Via Port'Alba 18 in Naples and is still in business today. Pizza was still considered "poor man's food" in 1889 when Rafaele Esposito, the most famous pizzaiolo of Naples, was summoned before King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy to prepare the local specialty. It is said that he made two traditional ones and additionally created one in the colours of the Italian flag with red tomato sauce, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves. The Queen was delighted and "pizza Margherita" was born.

An Italian immigrant to the US in 1897 named Gennaro Lombardi opened a small grocery store in New York's Little Italy. An employee of his, Antonio Totonno Pero (also an Italian immigrant) began making pizza for the store to sell. Their pizza became so popular, Lombardi opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, naming it simply Lombardi's. In 1924, Totonno left Lombardi's to open his own pizzeria on Coney Island called Totonno's. At this point in time in the U.S., pizza consumption was still limited mostly to the Italian immigrant crowd.


I do know that french fries are actually Belgian.


I always thought pizza was Greek or Sicilian in origin...Sicilay is NOT part of Italy.

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#119823
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Comics Fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119823/action/topic#119823
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Originally posted by: Count Dushku
Ultimately The Sandman is the best comic series in my mind. Excellent writing, more mature than standard stuff...would make an awesome movie series.


I started reading the collected series about two months ago. VERY good. I missed a lot of the better stuff from the 90's. Just finished Vol 3: Dream Country this morning. Thought it was good, especially the Caliope story. However, I thought Facade, about the superhero has-been, was a little overrated. I'll move on to Sin City after I'm done w/Sandman.

Have you seen NeverWhere? There's a new comic series based on this book of Gaiman's. Issue #1 just came out.

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#119571
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Breakfast
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119571/action/topic#119571
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Yeah, well good luck fitting a brickoven in your kitchen, and that's only if you can find a place that would sell one on the retail market.

Gas and electric ovens are the only way to cook a pizza period if you're at home. What choice do you have?

Mackey, we have the Pampered Chef stone as well. Works like a dream. And we do use it for frozen pizzas as well. Turns out great. Just remember that with pizza stones, you do not wash them with soap. I know that means it looks pretty nasty, but the porous nature of the stone means that it sucks up the soap and doesn't let it go. Read the instructions. They say not to clean with soap. You'll wind up with a nasty taste. All you can really do is clean with a rag or sponge and water.


We have a stone too. My wife likes to use it, and always admonishes me to never use soap to clean it. The crust comes out much better.

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#119565
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Breakfast
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119565/action/topic#119565
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: JediSage
I.H.O.P. baby...plan to be buried there... Breakfast 24-7.


If I run across your IHOPped grave, I'll make sure to pour a 40 of syrup over your stone as a tribute to my pancake-lovin' homie!


LMAO!! I love their Belgian Waffles with fruit on them, side o' bacon, and some hash browns. *sluuuurrp* Mouth's watering already!

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#119552
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Eminent Domain and Property Rights
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119552/action/topic#119552
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Bossk I just knew someone would make a "Hitchhikers" joke about my comment

JediSage, it's quite ironic, because there's in the US constitution it says one can bare weapons to defend his property, and yet the government can take it and not compensate?


Uhhh...you wouldn't believe some of the things I've read about this today. The court may have just crossed the line. The American people are slow to anger, but when they are angered...it's not a good thing.


Letters to the Editor
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#119551
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Eminent Domain and Property Rights
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119551/action/topic#119551
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Originally posted by: Jay
I think there's a bit of confusion regarding what this new ruling is about. It's not about the government being able to seize property on a whim without compensation.

Previously, the general interpretation of the Fifth Amendment was that the government could seize your land and compensate you for such things as highways, public buildings, elimination of blight, etc. Such things are often essential to the economy so the Fifth Amendment makes sense.

The suit before the court presented a different situation involving the government seizure of private property in the name of another private party. Meaning, the government can now seize your property in the name of a private developer who wants to build a mall, an office building, etc. Basically, if the new construction will provide tax revenue for the government, such a seizure is considered for the "public good" and more important than a private homeowner's rights.

So now, a rich private developer can grease his politician buddies and have you thrown off your land so he can build a Dairy Queen and nail salon.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had this to say in her dissenting opinion:

"Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote. "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."

I'm disgusted by the ruling and hope Justice Souter loses his home due to his own F'd up decision.


It is a dark day, to say the least. Prior to this ruling, I've heard of other disputes that fell out of the interpretation you mention. I remember one in particular, where a church believe it or not was being forced out in favor of a shopping plaza. I don't remember where or when (unfortunately), but I do know it was getting ugly, and it clearly falls outside the range of private-public transition.
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#119530
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Eminent Domain and Property Rights
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119530/action/topic#119530
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
What you're saying is, the government can bulldozer your house to build a freeway and not even compensate you for that? Isn't that absolutely illegal?


Not any more!

In the past, this would happen and typically a person would be compensated, assuming they wanted to move. However, there were many cases in which a person could refuse and there would be years of protracted eminent domain court battles, usually resulting in the person being forced out, but also usually being compensated. Now, those battles are no longer an option, and the compensation will not be forthcoming. This is incredibly dangerous, as the US legal system is (was) based on "Castle Law", eg: A man's home is his castle. That has been torn to shreds now.

I heard on a radio program yesterday that a developer in the town where the justice who wrote the majority opinion lives, is planning to push for development of the justice's 31 acres and put a hotel on it called "The Loss of Liberty" hotel, and in it have an ice cream shop called the "Just Desserts" restaurant. I hope they succeed.

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#119507
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Eminent Domain and Property Rights
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119507/action/topic#119507
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As you may or may not know, the Supreme Court of the US has ruled that cities and towns CAN seize private property for development "in the public good", ie: Eminent Domain (the notion that an issue would or is currently a public domain issue).

In the past, this has been done with reasonable adherence to the constitutional clause that "just compensation" needed to be given in return for property taken (although in many cases the compensation was not given at all). Now, the door is oen to government seizure of property on a whim.

This is the most dangerous piece of legislation from the bench that I have ever seen. This effectively sets back the clock to pre-revolutionary days, when the British Empire forced people to house their troops regardless of whether they wanted them there.

One more step on the journey into the hell that is socialism. "Everyone's property" = no property.
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#119257
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Breakfast
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119257/action/topic#119257
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
I remember I used to stay with my grandmother every weekend years ago.

When she cooked breakfast, she usually went all out: hashbrowns, bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits, toast, milk, the works.


I moved out of my parents in '98. Mom used to make me bacon, home fries (sliced potatos) with bits of onion, toast, juice and muffins on Sundays. That's one of those northeastern breakfasts that really keeps you warm in the winter.