Happy Thanksgiving Briefing Room

[Formerly Once-Ler]

This year I am thankful for a space to speak my mind to everyone who doesn't have me on ignore, to openly spare with the most unapologetic yet challenging voices for the President (people who do it better than Sean or Sarah), and on a very self moderating platform.

I'm thankful for @bigheadfred who wished me a Happy Thanksgiving in a thread where I condemned animal-torture-porn and it inspired me to reach out to other Trump supporters.  There are things we all can agree on like f*ck PETA, Caitlyn Jenner's Olympic medals should now be scored in women's statistics, Supergirl is not hot in pants, and we have never been more entertained by politics.

On the stuff we don't agree, I'm sorry.  I'm an American just like you, but I was taught to dislike the bully, and fair or unfair, that's how I see the President.  I'm sure that sounds like a naive opinion to you, but I'm allowed by the Constitution my vote, and allowed by my voice box a right to speak. 

Defending the President is something I can't do by myself, I'm thankful I can come here, and see the political arguments play out in real time(sometimes before) and from a amalgamation of Trump/GOP/conservative opinion, much more diverse than the right wing media.

You are all proud Americans, with reasoned opinions, like me. 

If that sounds sarcastic, it isn't meant to be.  Thank you, my fellow Americans, be well and Happy Thanksgiving.
May your table be filled with large portions of meat, alcohol, bread, and chocolate.

[Smokin Joe]

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

"God Bless us, every one." (Tim Cratchit)

[DCPatriot]

Happy Thanksgiving, @Once-Ler   

...and the same to each and everyone!

[Gefn]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I’m grateful for this place too. 

[Wingnut]

Anyway speaking of Turkey, I was just up early
(5AM) this morning to put my special rub on the bird. I always let is soak in before cooking the the turkey. It is a veryfine rub. One with a special mixture of oils and spices that just "goldens up" the bird when cooked. Yumm Yumm

Well after I had that sucker all greased up and I was about to transfer it to the oven pan, I lost my grip on the 14 pounder and that damn turkey shot out of my hands like a rocket and proceeded to go slip sliding away across my ceramic tile kitchen floor!

Now normally this would be no problem. Just pick
the bird up, and hose it off. I mean hell, any germs will be
cooked out and any extra grit can pass for spice.
But Noooo, not today. Beau, our Golden Retriever, (who had been watching me prep the turkey like a vulture waiting for his next victim) saw the turkey shoot out of my hands and he takes off like a raped ape after it!

For a short while the turkey was out running Beau, but finally the friction of the tile floor slowed it down enough for the dog to pounce. Now mind you, all this time I'm yelling like a mad man
at the frick'n turkey, and at the dog...to both  STOP!

Now somehow, and I still can't grasp the physics
of this, but the turkey took a hard left turn on
the floor. Maybe Beau slapshot it with a reaching
paw, or maybe it bounced off a chair leg like a
bumper pool ball. I don't know. But anyway, poor Beau got caught up in the oil slick the turkey was leaving behind and he skated out of control smack dab into the wall...hard! BAMMM

I'm close on Beau and the birds trail, as all of this is unfolding. Then I too get caught up in the oil,.... Bamm! Down I go. So their we are, Larry, Mo and Curly all up against the wall in a heap.

I think I'll take bath now and soak my sore butt.
As for Beau...he's outside barking at skwerls.
The turkey is a little worse for wear, slightly deformed with a wing and a leg missing, and now, back in the fridge.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Gefn]

@The Ghost isn’t this also a scene in “A Christmas Story?” The dogs get the turkey?

I hope you have a  anyway.

[mystery-ak]

Wishing all the Briefers a very Happy Thanksgiving....I love you all!

[DCPatriot]

Wishing all the Briefers a very Happy Thanksgiving....I love you all!

You need to make the Sign of The Cross when you say that....     


Happy Thanksgiving, @mystery-ak     

[mountaineer]

The first "Thanksgiving dinner":

...  If I were going to try to very briefly describe for you what I think the setting would’ve looked like at the time, it would probably sound to you a lot more like maybe a Fourth of July barbecue or something like that. It would’ve been outdoors, the Pilgrims had almost no furniture to speak of in 1621, so we would imagine them sitting on the ground. They’d be eating with their hands, because they had very few utensils—it would’ve been uncommon for them to have really anything more than a knife. And certainly not a fork—those weren’t really in use much among common people at that time.

So they’re sitting on the ground, they’re eating with their hands, and they’re consuming copious quantities of a meat of some kind. The evidence would say, lots of water fowl, which is something the record does suggest. No specific reference to turkeys with regard to the celebration. But we know from other sources that in the autumn, the sky would just grow dark with the geese and ducks and swans and herons and cranes, all of which could have been on the menu.

Most of the side dishes that we would expect would not have been there. Sweet potatoes weren’t indigenous to the area. There were lots of cranberries but no sugar, so if you wanted to have a really tart side dish, I suppose you could. They wouldn’t have had pumpkin pie. They almost certainly had stewed pumpkin, but they didn’t have sugar, they didn’t have flower for crust, and they didn’t have ovens to bake pies in. So that wouldn’t have been there either.

They also might have had eel—I’ll just add that because they bragged very much about the fat and juicy eels available in the area. And with regard to vegetables, their most common vegetables would’ve been turnips and maybe cabbages and carrots. So I always say for a more authentic Thanksgiving meal, I’ll sit on the ground and have turnips and eel.  ...

MOre at Daily Signal

[skeeter]

Wishing all the Briefers a very Happy Thanksgiving....I love you all!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your’s, as well.

And thanks for everything you do.

[Cyber Liberty]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you too, @Once-Ler!  Yes, we have differences from time to time, but we all still belong on the same side!  Today is for giving thanks for our friends and our blessings, of which there are plenty.

This is our first Thanksgiving in the Castle, away from what family we have left.  We and our herd of catz are having a couple of neighbors we met at our TEA Party meetings over for turkey.  When Mrs. Liberty first invited them a few weeks ago, I was more than a little frightened.  The Castle was still a big mess from moving, as it's taking us for-ev-er to get unpacked because we have so much we brought from Phoenix.  Way too much stuff for that little house, but it fills out the much bigger Castle nicely!

But I know why she decided to bless us in this way.  We needed to do it.  We set about doing in earnest what we wanted to do all summer, but it was so blasted hot:  Cleaning and arranging.  We spent four solid days working on it, mopping, scrubbing and putting stuff away.  We now have the first floor of the Castle standing tall, and all the equipment is set up ready to do our standard T-Day dinner:   Roasting a 13 lb Hen and deep frying a turkey breast (plus all the fixings).  The private bar is all cleaned off, with a freshly tapped keg of beer in the Kegerator, and a stock of steins and glasses in the freezer under the bar.  We made the final run to the grocery yesterday.

So, with a house all ready to go, we're getting our morning coffee.  Our view of Laughlin, NV is unusual today, we have light rain and the valley below is so socked in with fog we can't see any of the Casinos.  As soon as we're dressed we'll start prepping the bird and giving the floors a quick mop, and clean up whatever the cats were into last night.   They're pretty good about not breaking stuff.  For now, we're enjoying the calm before the Thanksgiving storm....

So this day, we put our differences aside to thank God for the many blessings of the last year.   

 

[Axeslinger]

You need to make the Sign of The Cross when you say that....     


Happy Thanksgiving, @mystery-ak   

Oh jeez!   Now @DCPatriot thinks he’s God.

(Just kidding, friend)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Even @Once-Ler and @Right_in_Virginia

And a special thanks to @mystery-ak ....Lord knows we don’t make her life any easier.  Thanks Myst

[corbe]

   Hope you all have a Blessed Thanksgiving Day.   
   Thank You for starting this Thread @Once-Ler

[DCPatriot]

Oh jeez!   Now @DCPatriot thinks he’s God.

(Just kidding, friend)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Even @Once-Ler and @Right_in_Virginia

And a special thanks to @mystery-ak ....Lord knows we don’t make her life any easier.  Thanks Myst

Happy Thanksgiving, @Axeslinger !!     

[Jazzhead]

 Best Thanksgiving wishes to all at TBR!   As one who, like Once-ler,  tends to be in the minority,  I appreciate the good job the mods do to keep the dialogue interesting and open to all Republican viewpoints. 

As for not rooting for the bully, @Once-Ler, I understand.   But consider just who's being bullied these days.   I worked hard to oppose Trump,  but once elected,  I rooted for him to succeed.  But not the "resistance" which has given him not a moment's peace, comity or recognition these last three years,  not just with respect to his policies (which is entirely proper)  but the basic legitimacy of his election.

The result rendered by 63 million of my fellow citizens has been disrespected and sought to be overturned from the very start.  In a sense,  one half of the nation has been engaged in a three-year crusade to bully and shame the other as deplorable, racist and worse.   

My differences with Trump dissolve when it comes to the threat to democracy posed by the mob.   

But today,  let's give thanks to the ties that bind.   Blessings to all who keep the wheels turning and the fires warm.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Even @Once-Ler and @Right_in_Virginia 

Thank you, @Axeslinger  And happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 

[conservativevoter]

Jazzhead,

You truly have a way with wirds.. ah, I mean wurds.  No, no.  That's not it,yet!  Let me look it up in my dickshunary............ ah,, yes!  WORDS, IT IS!!

Thanks to all for being such an interesting bunch of folks.  Happy Thanksgiving   

[Wingnut]

[Wingnut]

You need to make the Sign of The Cross when you say that....     


Happy Thanksgiving, @mystery-ak   

And to think we almost lost you to that heart attack thing a while back.

Here is to the Briefer's that have past on.  I only know of one personally.

At toast to Machiavelli.
Now together with the love of his life. 
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,265565.0.html

[corbe]

   I'm quite certain my Big Trumper Sister will have a jar of this set aside, just for me.

[Smokin Joe]

The first "Thanksgiving dinner":
MOre at Daily Signal

But you could eat them with wooden spoons, easily carved, and instead of a fork, a simple skewer will do, just a moment of whittling.  Bowls, either carved or of fired pottery were around, and people have a way of making things that suit their needs, inventing them if necessary. Europeans were not the first to use such implements in the New World, they just had better metals tech.
While not exactly fine silver, a spoon, a skewer, and a knife will pretty much allow one to eat without using their fingers. Spoons carved of wood, antler, and horn and were known during the fur trade era in the west and before.

[DCPatriot]

And to think we almost lost you to that heart attack thing a while back.

Here is to the Briefer's that have past on.  I only know of one personally.

At toast to Machiavelli.
Now together with the love of his life. 
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,265565.0.html

Knew him as 'Evening Star' back in the Day.

Happy Thanksgiving, @The Ghost !         

[truth_seeker]

Happy Thanksgiving to all; but if you STILL have TDS, Get Well Soon!!

[Wingnut]

Knew him as 'Evening Star' back in the Day.

Happy Thanksgiving, @The Ghost !         

[Sighlass]

Fat and Sassy here, had dinner at sis's house and going back for supper... did notice someone had cut down a big oak tree, stopped and asked for the wood and they agreed.. So worked off some of that fat doing a few loads of wood. Love having wood close to home to haul... will burn perfectly next year.