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> Germany was in no position to keep fighting.
No one was in 1918 and everyone was exhausted, but "defending the homeland" is a more powerful motivator than anything the Allies had. Germany asked for an Armistice "on the basis of the 14 Points" which did not include occupation.
what lessons? The Allies didn't occupy Germany at all. Germany would have resumed the war if that was what the Versailles conference came up with, and the Allies had no stomach for more war.
Remind me: how many Jews served in the legislatures in Arab countries? Oh right. They didn't have one.
But you don't seem bothered by that.
For baseball hitting, that would be a colossal advantage.
A multi-ethnic society would be the end of the Jews, so if that's what you want, then you are, by definition, anti-semitic. Why else did all those Sephardic Jews migrate to Israel when it was established? I'll tell you: because they were living in apartheid states all over the Arab world.
And getting back to what started this: the Jacobins were not "mostly peaceful" leftists:
https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/modern-history/jacob...
so they arrested about 300,000 people and executed between 15,000 and 40,000. Calling your magazine "Jacobin" is about equivalent to calling it "The Jeffrey Dahmer Society" or "The Charles Manson Extended Family"
I'm all about "intellectually honest." However, there are views so far out of the mainstream (leaving aside hothouses like Boston and SF) that "nutcase" is perfectly legitimate. It's normal political dialog. Deal with it.
The international court of justice's decisions are not something that the United States accepts as binding on it and ICJ is dominated by anti-semitic nations. In other words, nutcases.
By the way, IIRC the Jacobins guillotined a whole lot of enemies of the state.
And since someone else asked for specific examples:
https://jacobin.com/2024/08/josh-shapiro-harris-vice-preside...
I guess they won on that one
https://jacobin.com/2024/08/israeli-apartheid-gaza-icj-icc
> Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land and the apartheid system it has built. All states now have a clear obligation to impose sanctions on Israel until the occupation ends.
https://jacobin.com/2024/08/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-pres...
"moderate": LOL.
For most of those, I either don't find any support, or it's actually contradicted ("get your stuff stolen").
"cook your own food" -- how do they manage that if they live on the street?
VDP does mention:
"fully-functioning computer lab
free weekly haircuts
shower and laundry facilities"
So I think you are mostly making stuff up.
https://svdp-sf.org/navigation-center/
"Among the unique features of the Center are the capacity for couples to shelter together, bring in pets, and have clients possessions stored. "
and yet you won't name any of your ideal cities, nor comment on the Harlem House, that New Deal-era paradigm. Or note that people living in there are paying rents, albeit subsidized. But you want to give homeless people that, except for free.
"Inchoate yearnings" pretty well describes it for you.
there's that juvenile sentiment again. And there "shouldn't" be any burglaries, car thefts, armed robbery, or murder, either. Nevertheless, they've always existed and always will. And compulsion will always be a part of the civilized state.
"There may be a path forward" -- weasel words.
> The threat of jail won’t convince him to stay in a shelter, which already feels like jail
So there you have it. Giving them a free bed won't do it. I have a feeling that even giving them a room at the Fairmont wouldn't do it.
Always leave 'em wanting more.
Imagine if he'd stuck around and gotten repetitive, like Weird Al.
It was a PITA. I don't miss it at all.
But longer might indeed be better. I can tell you they come out crispy and not soggy my way.
Exactly that. In a restaurant, you're really pressured to make it the same each time.
At home: Who cares? It's good that it's different every time.
Are they as good as deep-fat fried? No, but they're crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
OK, you all want to hear this, you know you do:
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Start preheating the air fryer to 400F.
Slice the potatoes. Drop them in a bowl of water, swish them around and drain off the water, and fill the bowl again. By now, the water should be clear. If not, do it again.
Take the fries out and dry on paper towels, as dry as you can get them.
*These steps are important; you need to wash off the surface starch, and get them dry so you're not steaming them*
Put the fries back in the bowl and get them all oily. Put them in the fryer. The basket should be hot enough that they make a sizzling sound.
Every 5 minutes, toss the fries. You can either get compulsive and turn each one individually, or just pour them in a bowl and shake it, or shake the fryer basket (if that doesn't cause it to separate, as it does mine). Put them back in the fryer.
Check periodically that they're as brown as you want them.
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Good variations? I want to hear them
I have a steel plate. An hour at 500F only gets it to around 400F.
Which is fine for pizza, actually, so you're right about that.
If you ask big US pizzerias (I don't know about the famous Naples ones) what temp they use, it's usually 650-750. At 900F you have zero margin for error.
The weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, supposedly make you feel like that. I haven't taken them myself. It's like you don't really want any more.
Americans seem to feel entitled to two meals for the price of one, and they may or may not eat them both in the restaurant. (If they don't finish, they take the rest home with them)
If you ask a real chef, "What do home chefs do wrong the most?"
They will often say, "Not enough butter, not enough salt."