Joke Of The Day: One Day In Heaven

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Apr 112018
 
Joke Of The Day: One Day In Heaven A man dies and goes to heaven. The next thing he knows he’s standing next to the Lord Himself, so he asks, “God, why is it you made women so beautiful?”

God replies, “So that you would love them.”

The man goes on and asks, “Another question, Lord. Why did you make them smell so good?”

God replies, “So that you would love them.”

Then the guy says, “Just one more question, my Lord… Why in the name of all that’s holy did you make them so stupid?”

God replies, “So that they would love you!”

 

 

 

 

Pecan Pie

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Apr 102018
 

Pecan Pie

Pecan Pie

Serves 8
This is a recipe for a traditional pecan pie, which is a popular dessert in many parts of the southern United States of America. Pecan pies are often served on holidays and special occasions, most commonly at Christmas and Thanksgiving Day meals.


Prep Time: 45 min
Cook Time: 50 min


Ingredients

Crust
  • 1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 4 tbsp. shortening
  • 5 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp. to 5 ice cold water
  • 2 tsp. white vinegar
Filling
  • 1 c granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1 c light corn syrup
  • 1/3 c melted butter
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 c chopped pecans

Instructions

Crust
  • In a bowl whisk together your flour and salt.
  • Add in your shortening and butter and mix together using a pastry blender until crumbs appear.
  • Add in your water and vinegar and stir around and make into a ball.
  • Roll out dough into a large circle and place into a 9″ deep dish pie plate, cutting away any excess crust, place in refrigerator.
Filling
  • Preheat your oven to 350.
  • In a medium bowl mix together your granulated sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, vanilla and eggs and whisk until blended well.
  • Add your chopped pecans in to bottom of your prepared pie crust.
  • Pour your filling mixture over the top.
  • Cover your pie with tin foil and bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
  • Remove the foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes if needed until center is set and not overly jiggly.
  • Place pie on counter or in refrigerator to cool for several hours before serving.

Notes

Tips, Tricks, Variations

Spray your foil with non-stick spray before gently covering the pie so it doesn’t stick when you go to remove it.

Don’t over mix the eggs, beat them until just broken up.

Try adding a cup of semi-sweet chocolate for an extra sweet twist! Another fun addition? A teaspoon of cinnamon to the filling OR the crust!

For a new variation, add about 1 cup of pecans to the food processor and pulse until very fine. Sprinkle on the pie when it is done baking. (Just don’t serve this version to a true Southerner, I heard it is a deal breaker!)

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By Amanda

Adapted from I Am Baker

 

The Blaze Of Unequal Justice

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Apr 102018
 

The politically motivated FBI could act on raiding a lawyer’s office for documents related to an adult film star but couldn’t act on stopping the shooter that murdered 17 at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida even though he was reported to them multiple times!

 

 

Mueller Investigating Trump Over $150K Donation From Victor Pinchuk Who Gave Clintons $25 Million

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Apr 102018
 

Mueller is now investigating Victor Pinchuk’s $150,000 donation to the Donald J. Trump Foundation. What they don’t mention is that he has given up $25 million to the Clinton Foundation

Mueller Investigating Trump Over $150K Donation From Victor Pinchuk Who Gave Clintons $25 Million

Robert Mueller is now investigating a $150,000 donation that Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk made to President Trump’s charity in 2015.

The history Victor Pinchuk has with the Clinton Foundation is far shadier than a one time small speaking fee (to Trump’s foundation) years ago could possibly be. Pinchuk donated millions to the Clinton Foundation, and shortly after, Hillary’s State Dept. gave him the green light to sell to Iran in contravention of US sanctions.

Is Mueller saying that the Ukrainians rigged the election? That Trump was bought and paid for by the Ukrainians, the enemy of the Russians???

From The Washington Examiner:

Emails show a Ukrainian businessman and major Clinton Foundation donor was invited to Hillary Clinton’s home during the final year of her diplomatic tenure, despite her spokesman’s insistence in 2014 that the donor never crossed paths with Clinton while she served as secretary of state.

Victor Pinchuk, who has given up to $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, appeared on the guest list that was sent between Dennis Cheng, an executive at the foundation, and Huma Abedin, then Clinton’s deputy chief of staff at the State Department, ahead of a June 2012 dinner. Abedin noted in a subsequent email that the gathering would be hosted in Clinton’s home.

From The New York Times:

Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have built a sprawling network of powerful friends around the globe, one that could aid Mrs. Clinton’s chances were she to seek the presidency. But those relationships often come with intersecting interests and political complications; few people illustrate that more vividly than the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk.

A steel magnate and major contributor to the former president’s foundation, Mr. Pinchuk was in frequent contact with Mrs. Clinton’s State Department, at meetings arranged by a Clinton political operative turned lobbyist, Douglas E. Schoen.

And now Mr. Pinchuk is at the center of a trade dispute that places him at odds with steelworkers in Pennsylvania and Ohio, precisely the kind of union workers Mrs. Clinton would need to appeal to in a presidential campaign.

Mr. Pinchuk’s relationship to the Clintons became the subject of scrutiny last summer when American steel makers filed a case alleging that Ukraine — and by extension Mr. Pinchuk’s company, Interpipe Ltd. — and eight other countries had illegally dumped a type of steel tube used in natural gas extraction, an industry whose growth has provided one of the few bright spots in the United States manufacturing sector.