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Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry

Low Carb Chicken Cabbage Broccoli Stir Fry is a perfect meal for weight loss with the 17 Day Diet

I don’t know about you, but I love a veggie-filled stir fry – it’s the perfect type of low carb meal jam packed with nutrient dense ingredients and a great way to eat yourself to healthy, especially when you’re trying to lose weight with the 17 Day diet.

This Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry recipe definitely has tons of lovely vegetables that are not only vitamin-rich, but super low carb, too!

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is the perfect healthy and low carb dish for weight loss with the 17 Day Diet
Unfortunately, when you order stir fry dishes from a restaurant or a fast food place, they’re likely swimming in extra sodium and sugar, both of which we need to keep an eye on for obvious health-related reasons!

This homemade Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry recipe is a quick and easy alternative to a restaurant version, and it’s healthier, too! Plus, it makes for perfect leftovers for lunches throughout the week, so get cooking, girl!

This Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is the perfect low carb meal for weight loss filled with lean protein and cleansing vegetables

I featured this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry in my Fresh & Clean 17 Meal Plan (my once-a-year Spring Cleanse for the 17 Day Diet every April), and the participants loved this recipe!

This is a new recipe loosely based on an old favorite, Egg Roll in a Bowl a la Judy. In this new recipe, Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry, I added a few new ingredients, adjusted the amounts of a few existing and removed some, too.

The result?

A nutrient-rich, colorful and flavorful recipe that is not only family friendly, but friendly on your wallet and your waist line! A trip win!

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is perfect for lunches too!

Low Carb Lunch Option

The wonderful thing about this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is that it’s perfect for lunches throughout the week! This recipe serves 4, so you can easily feast on this yourself for lunch throughout your busy week.

If you want to add a bit more greens to this dish for your lunches, buy an extra bag of coleslaw mix and add it to your re-heated lunch serving to give it a bit of extra bulk and crunchy texture (like a salad!).

How to Freeze Leftovers

This recipe is super freezer friendly. If you make a double batch, for instance, and can’t eat all the leftovers within a four or five day period, place your leftovers in single serving containers or re-sealable bags and place them in the freezer for future use.

When you’re ready to defrost for a meal, take a single portion out of the freezer in the morning the day before and allow to defrost inside of your refrigerator.

When fully defrosted, reheat in the microwave as usual or place the leftovers in a hot skillet to reheat if you’re not a fan of the microwave.

You can also choose to eat this cold if you want to enjoy it as more of a salad type of dish.

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is freezer friendly and super easy to reheat

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry Ingredients

I won’t go in detail here about all the ingredients you’ll need – those will be posted below in the recipe card. What I will do is highlight a few of the key ingredients and a few thoughts on each of them.

Broccoli Florets

The key to this dish is the freshness and color of the broccoli florets!

To keep my bites of food in this dish fairly consistent throughout, I cut my broccoli into very small sized florets (smaller than I’d normally cut them if they were a side dish).

Broccoli is super easy to overcook and when they are well done, they tend to get a little mushy and break a part easily. Especially if you’re mixing them into a stir fry.

A great tip is quickly cook them ahead of time (al dente) and put them in ice cold water to stop the cooking process – this is called blanching.

Rather than boil the broccoli as you’d normally do in a blanching cooking method, I opted to lightly steam the broccoli prior to putting them in the ice cold water.

The result? Crisp-cooked broccoli that brings a Spring-inspired freshness and a colorful addition to this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry dish!

Broccoli is a nutrient rich vegetable high in vitamins and perfect for low carb way of eating

I love fresh garlic in any recipe! To save time, I buy a large container of already minced garlic so it’s easy to add it to any recipe, even if the recipe doesn’t call for it!

If you don’t have garlic lying around for this dish, you could easily skip it. However, I recommend always having garlic on hand because it brings such a wonderful flavor to any recipe!

Not only is garlic a great flavor booster, it also has a ton of health benefits. I go over a few of my favorite benefits in this post of Naturally Detoxifying Foods for the 17 Day Diet.

Garlic is a great detoxifying food and gives any dish a wonderful earthy and robust flavor

I’m not a huge fan of ginger, but I do cook with it on occasion. I decided to add it to this recipe (or leave it in from the original Egg Roll in a Bowl a la Judy) because it does add in that excellent Asian flavor that every stir fry recipe should have!

Here’s the thing about ginger – it has a pretty potent flavor (in my opinion). The recipe calls for ground ginger, which is even more potent and filled with that ginger flavor.

If the potency of ground ginger isn’t your favorite, I’d recommend using fresh ginger. This is what I opted for when creating this post. Ginger root is fairly inexpensive (I think I paid less than a dollar for mine), and you can easily store it in the freezer for future use.

If you opt to use fresh ginger instead of the 1-2 teaspoons of ground ginger, then use 1 tablespoon of grated fresh ginger and you’ll have the perfect ginger flavor in this dish!

Ginger is a perfect addition to any stir fry dish - you can use powdered or fresh

Low Sodium Soy Sauce

I recommend always using a low sodium soy sauce in your cooking.

Not only will you be able to better control the amount of salt in your dish, but it’s healthier to keep your daily sodium consumption in check.

If you like to use Bragg’s Liquid Aminos, this would work, too.

Start with the 1/4 cup measurement in this recipe. Prior to adding anymore, make sure you taste your stir fry first. It’s always easier to add more than to dilute!  If you want your stir fry a bit more moist, rather than add more soy sauce, add a bit of water instead!

Low sodium soy sauce is always best to use in cooking

Choice of Protein

This Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli recipe obviously calls for chicken. However, the protein you want to use is totally up to you.

A great alternative protein for cycle 1 of the 17 Day Diet is ground lean turkey.

If you’re on cycles 2 or 3, ground pork or beef would be perfect, too!

The idea is to either use this recipe as-is, or add in other ingredients or substitute your own favorites to make this dish something you’ll want to eat.

It’s no secret when you enjoy your food, you’re more likely to stick with your weight loss plan.

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is super versatile - use your protein of choice for a dish you'll enjoy!

Other Spring Cleanse Detox Recipes

Even though this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry recipe can be eaten year-round, it was specifically created for my annual Spring Cleanse Challenge called Fresh & Clean 17

If you enjoy this recipe, you may want to try out these other Fresh & Clean 17 recipes:

Other Low Carb Stir Fry Recipes

If you enjoy this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry recipe, you may want to try these other low carb stir fry recipes:

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is the perfect low carb meal for losing weight!

If you make this Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry recipe, I’d love for you to come back and review the recipe card below.

Plus, if you’re on social media, tag me @17ddblog and show me your stir fry creation! Enjoy!

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry is freezer friendly and super easy to reheat

Chicken Cabbage & Broccoli Stir Fry

Yield: 4 Servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

This nutrient-rich stir fry is low carb, filled with fresh ingredients and a perfectly healthy dish for weight loss with any low carb diet plan!

  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil, divided
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 small onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup matchstick carrots
  • 2 Cups Broccoli Florets, cooked al dente
  • 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 1-2 teaspoons ground ginger or 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger
  • red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1-pound bag coleslaw mix (cabbage/carrot mix)
  • ¼ cup light soy sauce, or more if desired
  • ¼ cup water, or more if needed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 green onions finely chopped, reserve some for garnish

    1. On medium heat, heat oil and brown ground chicken in large frying pan until fully cooked.
    2. Remove from pan, cover and set aside.
    3. In the same pan, heat remaining olive oil and sauté onions until they become tender.
    4. Add sliced bell pepper and matchstick carrots and sauté for about two minutes.
    5. Add in al dente broccoli florets and stir to combine.
    6. In a small bowl, mix garlic, ginger, soy sauce and water and add to pan.
    7. Next, add the cooked chicken back to the pan and stir to combine.
    8. Immediately add cabbage/carrots mix and cook through until cabbage is semi-wilted, but still have a crunch to them.
    9. Add green onions and warm through (reserve a few to garnish)
    10. Add water if mixture is dry.
    11. Salt and pepper to taste.
    12. Garnish with remaining chopped green onion and serve.

Approved for all cycles.

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  1. This was fantastic! Ran out of soy sauce so we improvised with doing half soy sauce and half teriyaki. Definitely was cheating a bit, but the dish was very successful. Husband and I agreed that we would even eat this even without the diet.

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Posted in Box O Laffs, Camper Van Beethoven with tags , , on January 10, 2011 by Dr. David C Lowery

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12 The Long Plastic Hallway

“The music business is cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway, where thieves and pimps run free, where good men die like dogs.  And then there is a negative side.”-attributed to Hunter S. Thompson

There is actually a debate as to whether Hunter S. Thompson said this or not.  I suppose because there are variants that are similar attributed to other people.  Really? It sounds so much like the guy it has to be Hunter S. Thompson.

Part of this post is a story you may have heard.  I like to tell part of this story at shows. usually as an introduction to the song The Long Plastic Hallway.  But it definitely needs to be written down for posterity. So here goes.  It also allows me to get into the history of Box O’ Laffs one of the bands that preceded Camper Van Beethoven. Like the Estonian Gauchos and Sitting Duck there are a number of Box O’ Laffs songs that ended up being Camper Van Beethoven songs as well.  Most notably Ice Cream Everyday and Flowers. So Box O’ Laffs’ story is integral to the history of CVB.

14 Ice Cream Everyday

11 Flowers

Box O’ Laffs consisted of Eric Curkendall on vocals, Chris Hart on Guitar, sometimes Chris Molla on guitar, keyboards and drums, and then a host of different drummers, Anthony Guess, Chris Pedersen and Richie West.  All of which played with Camper Van Beethoven at some point.  I’m also quite sure i’m forgetting a drummer or two. But you’ll forgive me if I just move along with the story?

And yes that is how we spelled it: Box O’ Laffs.  Sometimes we wrote it this way Box O’ Laffs™ as the name was supposed to evoke a toy or board game.  Often the venues would list our name wrong in ads or on flyers.  They’d spell it “Box of Laughs”.  This drove us crazy.

So Box O’ Laffs™ was formed in 1981 when I met Chris Hart and Eric Curkendall at College 5 at UCSC.  I was still living on campus and so was Eric.  We constantly struggled to find places to practice.  We rarely managed, so much of our rehearsing was done live at shows.  There was a neat little formula.  Chris and I would make up a couple of very simple repetitive grooves.  Then we’d alternate between the two while Eric improvised lyrics over the top.  Each “song” had a title and generally Eric sang about pretty much the same thing  but each performance was always different. Sometimes radically different.

It was very easy to add a new song to the repertoire.  As long as me and chris alternated correctly between the two or three grooves that made up a song,  usually the drummer could follow along.  And Eric? well he was good at just making shit up on the spot.  After a while these improvisations became more and more settled. Eventually they would come to resemble normal songs.

Mostly the college kids we were playing for didn’t notice this process.  The grooves we played were kind of bouncy and were easy to dance to.  As long as we didn’t stop they danced.  No one seemed to notice that Eric would be singing lines from Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth, Dr Seuss stories or even laconically announcing a LA Lakers vs Boston Celtics game like a stoned Chick Hearn.  This is how we worked out the songs.  Sounds crazy i know but the over all effect was  we came off like a slightly funky californian version of The Fall.

But a little bouncier.  So a lot of people compared us to The Talking Heads.

So what does this have to do with the Hunter S. Thompson quote?

In the summer of 1983 Chris Hart our guitarist was living in LA.  He was working for Eric Curkendall’s father in Pasadena.  At the very end of the summer he started to call me repeatedly insisting that he had managed to get us a gig supporting The Talking Heads in Los Angeles.

Chris was never the most reliable person.  Although he was the most normal or straight laced looking member of the band there was something not quite right about him.  Aside from being a poor judge of character he would constantly end up in some fucked up situation. He of course would profess that he was a completely innocent bystander and had no idea how these bad things kept happening to him.  The truth was we had all watched him put himself in dangerous situations over and over again. It was strange to us.  Cause otherwise he was (and probably is still) an intelligent and thoughtful person

Still we had our guard down when Chris phoned us and said he’d got us a gig with the Talking Heads.  We were skeptical but we wanted to believe.  We called people we knew in LA for some sort of independent confirmation.  Anthony even called KROQ to see if any of the DJs had heard anything about us opening for the Talking Heads. We know from our friends in LA that we weren’t in any advertising.  It was 1983 and it wasn’t like  we could look on the Goldenvoice website to confirm we were playing. It seemed improbable to us… still we wanted to believe.  So after a little badgering from Chris we decided to make the 400 mile drive Santa Cruz to LA to play the gig.

Anthony Guess was at that time the drummer for Box O Laffs.  Anthony and I got Joe Sloan to drive his pickup truck to LA.  Anthony me and the gear road in the open back of the truck 400 miles to the leafy Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena.  It was nearly midnight when we made it to Eric Curkendall’s parents house. Early september.  We waited out in the yard smoking cigarettes and enjoying the mild night. we waited for quite a while for Chris Hart and The Talking Heads’ “percussionist”.  They didn’t show.

Joe Sloan started to get really impatient and agitated.  Finally someone figured out where this “percussion” player lived.  We drove over to the apartment which was in a much sketchier area of Pasadena or perhaps even Alta Dena.  There we found Chris Hart with a person who in retrospect was very clearly a crack head.  Chris seemed pretty disoriented and stoned himself.  Did I say apartment?  It was really more of a crack house.  An upscale crack house, but nonetheless a crack house.

Immediately our spirits fell.  Still there is nothing like wanting to believe that something really implausible is true.  We began to pepper the “percussionist” with questions.

“What time do we load-in?”

“How much do we get paid?”

“How long do we get to play?”

“Why aren’t we in any of the advertisements?”

The “percussionist” began to get more and more agitated.  Finally he’d had enough of us and our ridiculous questions.

“Man I’m not talking about that gig.  That gig is the fake gig.  I’m talking about the real gig.  And the real gig is after that gig.  The real gig is on a flying saucer above Los Angeles”.

Joe Sloan is a big man.  And at first I thought he was gonna attack the “percussionist”. Instead he turned his attention to Chris Hart.  I really thought he was gonna beat the crap out of Chris.  He didn’t.  But he didn’t do anything to rid Chris Hart of the notion either.  That is the rest of the night Chris kept a wary eye on Joe,  certain that the ass-whipping was about to come at any time.

Now to quote the lyrics from the third verse:

playing on a flying saucer

box o laffs was supporting talking heads

everyone was high and having a real good time

they was having a real good time.

The story doesn’t end there.  In the summer of 2000 I went to the wedding of Virgin CFO Ken Pedersen.  There were several other celebrity guests at the wedding and I was delighted to find out that I was sitting at the table with David Byrne.  Wow.  This is so cool.  David Byrne, ever gracious, stood and introduced himself to me as I approached the table.  We exchanged greetings and then I said:

“We actually played a gig together a long time ago”

“Yes, it was on a flying saucer above Los Angeles”.

At this point David Byrne backs away almost imperceptibly.

“It’s a long story,  you don’t remember because they erased your memory of the event”

Now he perceptibly takes a step back from me.  Of course I then realize that i may have genuinely freaked him out.

“I’m joking… well sort of…”

It all ended up okay and I did manage to explain the whole story to David Byrne and he seemed to think the whole thing was amusing.  But at the same time I could tell he was thinking what I sometimes think:

“some of our fans are out of their minds.”

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The Long Plastic Hallway

La la la la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la

Cigarettes and carrot juice
Marijuana and lots of booze
I threw the flower of youth into that stew

The serpent’s tongues were red and pointy
But they were wearing very cool shoes
Who wouldn’t wanna sell their soul?

We waited in line for hours
VIP passes bouquets of flowers
To see the brand new siren sing her song

The virgins then were thrown into volcanoes
A beating heart, it was held aloft
And no expense was spared

Quezacotl and Busby Berkeley
Hanging out in Pasadena
Rodney on the ROQ, and David Byrne

Playing on a flying saucer
Box o’Laffs were supporting Talking Heads
Everyone was high, everyone was having a good time (a good time, they were having a good time)

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Friday, 26 April 2013

Private William Thorogood

Born on 29 March 1897 in England – son of Mrs. Louisa Thorogood, Holloway North, Ontario – at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as farmer; single; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 6.5 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; blue eyes; red hair.

Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 13 December 1915 (number 775399) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 – killed in action on 9 April 1917 – name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

(Updated with a photo of Pte Thorogood's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (, online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register,

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Saturday, February 06, 2010

One dipweed wearing a shit-ton of unearned medals just got arrested.  Enjoy that jail cell, beeyotch.

The Great Peasant Revolt and DADT

If you haven't had a chance to read this Charles Krauthammer article yet, go thee hence and do so.  If you want to see arrogance in action all you need to do is look at the Democrat American Communist Party at work.  And this trickles down to their rank and file members.  If I oppose repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" then they say it's because I'm either afraid or a bigot.  If I oppose Government Health Care, then they say it's because I don't care enough about the little guy.  On and on and on, and if you've been a conservative for more than a week chances are you've had people use these arguments against you.

It's a good article all on it's own.  But stay with me while I make a sudden turn here.

And what's unsaid in those arguments?  What's the insinuation behind those words?  By stating that you are afraid of gays, or a bigot, they're stating that they themselves are NOT.  They might not understand the effects of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, but by god they're no bigot like YOU, you knuckle-dragging homophobe!

If you're against the little guy, then that must mean that they're FOR the little guy!  And they'll show just how much they're for the little guy by taking your money and giving it away!  They don't need to understand the economic effects of their actions, they just get to feel better about themselves because they're for the little guy!

It's sheer arrogance.  And it's undeserved arrogance.  It eliminates the need to actually learn about a subject.  In fact, if people were forced to take the time to actually learn about those subjects, they wouldn't be nearly as arrogant.  It's a position that allows them to attack you as an individual rather than deal with the substance of the argument.  And it's breathtakingly effective, based on how far they've pushed those arguments into the mainstream.  Because instead of debating the actual topic, conservatives have spent far too much time proving that they're not a bigot, or they're not afraid.

Well fuck all that.  Especially on the topic of Don't Ask Don't Tell, I have come to the point where I really don't give a shit what people think of me as a person.  I'm tired of being insulted and called names by a bunch of pansy-assed pieces of shit who are advocating for something that they'll never have to clean up after,.  It's risk-free gratification for them!  "LOOK AT ME!  I'M SO TOLERANT!  I'M SO OPEN-MINDED!  AND YOU ARE NOT!"  They get to make themselves feel good and look good in public and they'll never have to deal with the consequences of what they propose.  And so they use that undeserved arrogance to attack people who oppose them.  Every debate boils down to "Oh, you're just scared" or "You're just a bigot!" or "You just need to get used to it!"

No, no, and no.  If that's the best you've got, you need to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.  Damn near every argument they bring up boils down to personal attacks, because that's all they have left.  And quite frankly, I'm tired of it.

"But gays are just like you!" - No, they are not.  That one is simple.  I'm attracted to women.  He's attracted to men.  That's a pretty big difference, if you ask me.

"Gays have just as much right to serve in the military as you do!"  Nobody has a "right" to serve in the military.  The military discriminates for a whole host of reasons, and all of those reasons boil down to producing as effective and cohesive a military as possible.  Putting gay men with straight men in the same barracks room tends to pretty much obliterate that whole "cohesive" part, just like bunking men and women together would do as well.

"I get along with my gay co-workers, why can't the military?"

Here's my response to that from three years ago.  Go enjoy.

Here's what Fred wrote about the same time.  If my civilian supervisor is gay, and he's coming on to me, I can go home and get away from him.  In the military, if my Squad Leader is gay, and he's coming on to me, he has the ability to control my every move from sun-up to sun-down.  And you think problems won't occur?

Do you honestly think that when problems crop up, they won't affect everyone?  "Hey bro, you see what happened in 4th Platoon?  That shit could happen HERE too!"  And drip by drip, the bond is eaten away.

"But Dave, there are gays in the military already!"  Really?  Do I know who they are?  Here's the thing - if they're keeping their homosexuality under wraps, then the negative sexual dynamic does not exist.  Imagine a hypothetical situation where a woman pretends to be a man.  I know that it's far out there, but just work with me.  She shows up every day with short hair, boobs strapped down with an ace bandage, and manages to make people think she's a guy.  She is in effect hiding her sexuality.

What sexual dynamic exists at that point?

Now one day she walks into a barracks full of men who thinks that she's a man as well.  She whips off her shirt, takes the bandage off, and says "SURPRISE!  I'M A CHICK!"

What sexual dynamic exists at this new point?

Yes, it's a hypothetical situation, but it can very easily be a real one if Don't Ask Don't Tell is repealed.

Let's just go with basic, normal questions:  Where do you bunk gay Soldiers?  In a room with a straight Soldier?  That's a violation of sexual privacy.  In with other gay Soldiers?  You now invite the kind of sexual hijinks that you're trying to avoid by keeping men and women separate.  In with a straight Soldier of the opposite gender?  Again, violation of sexual privacy, both for the straight AND the gay Soldier.  The people advocating for the removal of DADT haven't even bothered to come up with a serious answer to THOSE questions, and that's just the tip of the iceberg if DADT is repealed and open homosexuality is allowed in the military.  Which tells me that they're not thinking about what is best for the military, they just want to push their political agenda on the military so that they can feel better about themselves.  If people can't be bothered to think about what's going to happen if the action they're pushing is taken, then I question their motives.  Most the people I've debated have brushed it off with "Oh, well you'll just have to deal with it."  Yes, yes I will, and not in a good way.  "You'll think of something."  Oh god, the arrogance of that statement makes me want to howl.  "I'm going to force you to undertake an action that you do not want to do, and when all hell breaks lose and you're standing neck deep in shit, you'll just have to think of a solution while I stand over here keeping my manicured toenails clean."

Fuck.  You.

There's been one or two people who have managed to ask me questions without insulting my intelligence or my constitution.  Sergeant Mac comes to mind.  But the rest of you?  You're not going to get any kind of niceties from me.

Flame on!

Friday, February 05, 2010

Dredging up an old post at Velociman's

About High Speed Rail.  You know what the problem with High Speed Rail is?  The problem is not the speed of the rail, nor the passengers.  The problem is that High Speed Rail is nothing but another liberal pipe dream that they want to force on a population for that population's own good, and thus is driven by fucking idiots who don't have the first clue about how or where High Speed Rail (or light rail, or monorail) should run.  All you have to do is mention mass public transit and all the liberals in the room will immediately begin jacking off because the thought just turns them on that damn much.  But ask them the best way to implement it?  Ask for a working plan, and.....

Back when I lived in Seattle (now home to the SLUT!) they wanted to build light rail.  All the liberals wailed about how we needed more mass transit.  Brainless liberals pontificated and pulled their beards (at least the women did, the liberal pussy men weren't allowed to grow a beard as it might offend the liberal women) and everyone muttered about how light rail just "needed to be done!"  So they came up with a plan that would have run a light rail line from Seattle to....

Um.....  well, kinda over here, and then it would end right there, but gosh, people would ride it!  Uh huh!

The line would have gone from somewhere in Seattle to somewhere about a mile North of South Park Mall.  It didn't go to the mall.  It didn't go to the airport.  It didn't go from one large city to another.  It just meandered around without any real purpose other than to make liberals feel good about themselves, and it would have been as worthless as tits on a boar.  Every mass transit plan not only ignored traffic flow, it couldn't have worked against it more if it tried!  Look, have you ever looked at a map of the Puget Sound?  You have Everett up North, then Seattle, then Tacoma, then Olympia, all in a straight North-South line with the suburbs and various cities in between.  I-5 follows that line.  All the massive traffic flow follows that line.  Don't you think that if you wanted to build a successful public transit system that you MIGHT JUST WANT TO FOLLOW THAT FUCKING LINE?????????

I could have come up with a better light rail plan in half an hour.  Just give me a map, some pushpins and a six pack of Guinness.  "Build a station here, here, here, here, here, and over there.  Connect all the stations with rail line.  Build parking lots next to the stations, or better yet, build the stations as close to existing parking lots as possible.  See Tacoma Dome for examples.  Done.  Now go get me some fucking dinner, ya fucking limp-wristed bitch!"

But that wouldn't have made the liberals FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL any better, and light rail is nothing more than a masturbatory exercise is self congratulations for liberals, so naturally they wouldn't have listened to me.  Plus, by pushing forth a working plan, they couldn't suck Federal Dollars up like a crackwhore.  And golly, they really wanted that money!  And isn't it amazing how all that money disappeared with nothing to show for it?  Hmmmmmmmmm!

Whenever you hear a liberal talking about how great light rail, or High Speed Rail is, just bitchslap them.  Twice.  And then don't waste another second with them.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Don't let me touch your computer

I just had to replace my work computer.  So, that makes three computers around me that have died recently.

Whatever you do, don't let me touch your computer.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Secretary Gates, you are a fucking idiot.

You too, Mullen.

It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation's top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are."
However, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen asked for a year to study the impact before Congress would lift the controversial policy.

So, I'll ask again - who's ready to change the rules and allow me to shower with and sleep in the same barracks room as the females?  Anyone?  Anybody?  Funny, because when I proposed that to a hard-core lesbian she flipped her lid and called me a sexist pig.  And when I asked her why she had that reaction, she sputtered and squawked and called me several names, none of which were fit for polite company, and stormed off.

If you are going to demand that I live in close quarters with someone who finds me sexually attractive, I demand the same courtesy.  I like buxom redheads, but a brunette will do as well.

Anyone getting that little "Uh, um, well...." voice going in their head yet?  There are enough problems related to sex in the military as it is.  Why in the name of god do we want to add MORE of it?  The same group that says we have to allow open homosexuality in the Army can't deny that sexual problems are on the rise in the military.  One woman who was shrieking about the rate of sexual assaults in the Army literally could not grasp the concept that adding yet ANOTHER sexual dynamic to the mix would result in MORE sexual assaults.  In the comments to this post at KisP, TUA states:

Our barracks were practically co-ed anyway, what with all the hetero-humping going on.
I remember I had one barracks roommate who’d boink her boyfriend while I attempted to sleep in my bunk a mere 10 feet away.
Truly unbelievably piggish behavior.

 So the cure for that is more sex?  I can't buy that.  Not at all.  The solution is to get the barracks bunny to stop schlepping her boyfriend in the barracks.  Or at least make it socially unacceptable to fuck someone while your roomie is trying to sleep.  Back when I was PFC Ragin' Dave, if someone wanted to keep his roommate awake with his sexual activities, the roommate responded with cameras and flashbulbs.  Unless the girl was a real freak, she normally objected to the audience and ended the fuck session.  Swinging open the door and yelling down the barracks hallway "HEY EVERYBODY!  SO-AND-SO IS GETTING LAID!  CHECK IT OUT!" was also a good way to end the session and get some sleep.

Never once did someone say "Gosh, you know what would fix this problem?  Allowing open homosexuality in the military."

Look, ever since I re-enlisted many moons ago, every time I've gone to a training, school, or deployment I've had open bay barracks or open showers.  There's no privacy at all.  The last thing that would make that situation better is the introduction of a sexual dynamic.  Sex and the military causes problems.  Adding another layer of sexual dynamics on top of it will not make those problems go away, and will make things worse.  We need to go in the opposite direction if we want to improve things.

Or, let me bunk and shower with a buxom redhead.  But that'll never happen, and we all know why.  So why are we going to put me in the same situation as that buxom redhead, and tell me to just live with it in the name of "fairness"?  Because in the end, it's not fair at all.

Seen this yet?

A Canadian Prime Minister is ditching the Canadian Health Care system and coming to the USA for heart surgery.

How much more needs to be said?  Exactly what else needs to be said in order to prove that our health care system is quite possibly the best in the world?  The system that all the pro-government-take-over folks want to emulate is being shunned in favor of our "greedy, capitalist health care system"!

Oh, and let this be a lesson for everyone out there who hasn't quite come to grips with reality yet - if the government takes over our system, and it turns into a gigantic pile of crap, our politicians will be leaving the country or getting their health care from somewhere else, leaving us the citizens with substandard care while they get whatever the hell they want.  Don't think they give a shit about you.  They don't.  They don't care if you live or die so long as you act like a good little sheeple and do whatever the hell they tell you to do.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Prepare for economic downturn

Because this is gonna take our economy for a good long while if it ever gets passed:  $1.9 TRILLION in tax increases, and still trillion-dollar-plus deficits for upcoming budgets.

Bottom line: As bleak a picture as the administration paints, things probably aren’t even that cheerful. There is no time to waste in cutting spending and the deficit.

Gee, that just makes me feel warm all over.  I need more ammo.

The Botoxed Bimbo of San Fransicko

Is at it again.  I don't know how I missed this from the past few days.  Oh, right, I've been busy as hell.  Anyways. it seems that bitch Pelosi feels like using military flights to ferry her family around, complete with a Class Six bill that would make an infantry company blush.

For non-military folks, the Class Six is the alcohol store for the military.  It gets its name from the military classification of logistical supplies.  Class One is subsistence, i.e. food.  Class Nine is repair parts.  Class Five is ammunition.  And Class Six is "Personal Demand Items", otherwise known as Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

In any case, the corrupt, plastic-faced bitch of the House has been ferrying her entire family around on a military jet.  That might be completely legal, according to House rules.  But since Bela Pelosi and her hubby are worth at least 92 MILLION DOLLARS would it be too much to ask that maybe their kids and grandkids and other extended family simply fly first class on a commercial airplane?  Because from what I see, The Brainless Harridan is using a huge government jet to ferry her family around at taxpayer expense for non-governmental reasons, and then turning right around and lecturing us on our carbon footprint.  Oh, and sucking down enough booze to light up the entire crew of an aircraft carrier.

Most.   Corrupt.  Congress.  EVAH.

In a just world, that worthless hag would be kicked out of office as soon as possible, not just for this but for every corrupt act she's undertaken over the past three years.  For her lies about the CIA.  For her lies about her lies about the CIA.  Hell, just search the blog for all the various posts I've done about her.  She's corrupt, she's power-hungry, she's a giant hypocrite, she's clueless on the international stage, and she's a national embarrassment every time she opens her mouth.

Monday, February 01, 2010

Another Kevin Baker Uberpost

That absolutely has to be read.  The one thing that amazes me is the sheer amount of people who work with the military who would be classified as falling into the "unrestrained" camp.

Anyways, set some time aside, and go read.

He's a nutcase

So, do you think this bowing thing is compulsive?  Or is it just his complete and total lack of spine that forces him to fold in half?

Sunday, January 31, 2010

A little smoke

The Mrs. and I wanted to do a little something different for dinner, and invite a few people over.  So we got a 25 pound turkey.  We brined it overnight, and it's currently sitting in the smoker with a mix of apple and black walnut wood hitting it.  I figure it'll take several good hours of hot smoking to cook it through.  Maybe I'll take pictures, maybe not.  Depends on how creative I feel.

But I bet it's gonna taste DAMN good.

By the way, I'm enjoying the MacBook so far.  Once you get the different controls figured out, it's pretty smooth.  And the battery life on this bad boy is around five to seven hours depending on what you're using it for.  Ohhhhh, yeah.


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I love this book! For me it's 4.5 stars out of 5. I love the story, the characters and of course the recipes! It's fun to read and it sure inspires me to try cooking Italian food. Not that I can cook anything at all! Hahahaha... I love how Holly Mcguire stumble and fall in her efforts to take over her grandmother's cooking school and take away resto, Camilla's Cucinotta. Senate got me wondered what Camilla looked like all the time, since she pictured Camilla as such a unique personality. The only clue is that she looked like Sophia Loren. Hmmm... I'll remind myself what Sophia Loren looked like then... And make no mistake. This is not a heavy and life-changing book but as I say it's a fun book to read. I recommend it!

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  10. Before the tour, make sure you’re ready. Prep everything the day before so there is nothing forgotten. If you need to arrange transportation, book this ahead of time and let the person know they will be paid when the tour is over.
  11. The site can collect the fees upfront for the tour. Otherwise, you can be paid when the tour is completed. This will all depend on where you live and if it’s possible the site can deposit funds into your account directly.
  12. Make sure you keep your tours classy, but at the same time fun.

How Are You Paid?

  1. If you live in a country that supports an EEA bank the company will collect the booking fees upfront for you.
  2. They are held in an escrow account until your tour is complete.
  3. After finishing your tour, 24 hours later the funds are released and send directly to your bank account.
  4. However, if you don’t live in a country that accepts EEA banking, then the client can pay you in cash when the tour is finished. You’ll need to make these arrangements with the client ahead of time. Let them know they will be paying you upon completion of your tour.

This is a legitimate app and way to earn money as a tour guide in your own country. The app helps you to find clients that are looking for a person to show them around. Many tourists love to see the country through the eyes of a person who actually lives there. This personal touch is such a benefit to you and the tourist. You can make a major impression on a person when you explain your country to them. They can learn from you first hand. Furthermore, you’ll be paid for your time and efforts which can help you financially and help you to establish your own tour guide agency. If you do a wonderful job the people that you help will be happy to write you a review. This can help you build your reputation and attract more clients to your new business adventure.

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Myiyo Review 2019: Legit or Scam

Myiyo is an online get paid to (GPT) website that you can earn money taking surveys and performing other tasks. The site has been online for more than 10 years and the company is based in Germany. This is a market research company and adheres to the Esomar’s guidelines. The name of the site is a bit strange and when the owners first opened the site they named it “In Your Opinion”. Later on, they decided to change the name to My IYO and combined this together so the site was renamed to Myiyo. The IYO is the first letter of the original site’s name. If you are wondering how to pronounce the name it is pronounced like “my eye oh”. This site is not available in the US or Canada like so many survey sites. However, if you live in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Poland, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, and Peru then it is possible that you join this site.

How Does It Work?

  1. If you live in one of the countries that are listed on the website it is possible to join this site.
  2. The site is free to join and there are no membership fees.
  3. You’ll need to register on the site with your email address, name, and password.
  4. Like all survey sites, it is necessary to fill out your profile information. When filling out this information be honest. This way the company can send you surveys that are possible for you to take.
  5. The website does have different levels they add to your name. When you first join the site, you’ll be a novice. The more active you are on the site and the more surveys you complete, the status will change on your account.

How To Earn Money:

  1. The website is a classical paid survey site. The site focuses on market research and taking surveys to earn points that can be later converted to euros. The site offers a large number of paid surveys. However, this will depend on where you live. There are some countries that have more surveys than others.
  2. When you first join the site and confirm your email address, you’ll receive 100 points immediately in your account.
  3. By completing your profile information so the site can send you paid surveys, you’ll receive 500 points in your account.
  4. The site has a referral program. When a person joins the site using your referral link, you’ll earn 500 points in your account. You will not receive any other benefits or earnings from this person.
  5. The survey invitations are sent to your email account. If you want to take the survey, just click on the link.
  6. The surveys are easy to take and hassle-free. Furthermore, each survey asks a variety of interesting questions for you to answer.

What Are The Pros Of Joining Myiyo?

  1. The company sends you survey invitations to your inbox.
  2. The surveys are fun and easy to take.
  3. When completing a survey your account is immediately credited with the points you’ve earned.
  4. It is easy to convert the points in your account and be paid through PayPal.
  5. The site is easy to use and navigate.
  6. You will receive bonus points for confirming your email address.
  7. You will also receive extra bonus points when you will out your profile information.
  8. The company has been in business for over 10 years and is a well established online survey site.
  9. The site is free to join and there are no membership fees.
  10. You don’t need to check the site each day for surveys. The company sends the survey invitation to your email address.
  11. You are paid through PayPal and the company pays the PayPal fees.

What Are The Cons Of Joining Myiyo?

  1. This is not an international site. They allow you to join the site, but you will never receive a paid survey invitation.
  2. The referral bonus is only 500 points which convert to 0.5 euros.
  3. You only can earn money taking online surveys.
  4. The site does not have a mobile app. You can still use your mobile device to take surveys. You will need to log into the website from your device in order to complete the surveys.

How Are You Paid?

  1. You will need 20,000 points in your account in order to request payment.
  2. Every 1000 points equal 1 euro. Therefore, 20,000 points are equal to 20 euro.
  3. The company sends your payment through PayPal. They will pay the PayPal fees so you will receive your full payment in your account.
  4. If you live in South Africa or even Turkey, you can request the money to be deposited to your bank account.
  5. The company also allows you to donate your earnings to a charity.

This is a legitimate company and they do pay you for taking online surveys. Unfortunately, this company does not offer you other ways to earn money by completing tasks or offers. The survey invitations are sent to your email address which makes it simple to complete the surveys. The company is based in Germany and has been in business for over 10 years. This company mainly works with other countries in Europe and a few countries outside of Europe.  If you are looking for another way to earn a passive income online taking surveys this is a great company to join. The surveys are interesting and the company pays on time. People like the fact that this company pays the PayPal fees so you’ll receive your full payment. This is a great passive income site and a way to earn a little extra money each year.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

I have some more art from HomeLand for people to check out. I’m very pleased with what Dwayne has come up with so far these look great.

This is the first page of the comic it’s not completely finished yet.
Here is page two SHEP fighting one of the lizard creatures. Like I said these are just early roughs but I’m very happy with the way this comic is coming long.

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Mike Lynch is an Eagle Award Nominated writer currently based in the West of Ireland. His worked has appeared in the Irish language comic Ri Ra, FutureQuake and he is currently working on three new comics for Coimici Gael. The war anthology Wire and Gas, the two issue Horror comic Nestor and the Irish Super hero comic Black Star.

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Farm workers near Kerman protest United Farm Workers union

Many workers with Gerawan Farming are upset that the union is coming in and asking for 3 percent of their paychecks. Workers against the union say the United Farm Workers (UFW) is unfairly representing them. They say they do not want the union. They are paid $10 an hour and get health benefits.

The last vote was in the 1990's. They have circulated a petition to get another vote, but the Agriculture Labor Relations Board de-certified the petition, saying many of those signatures were fraudulent.

"They're not asking us if we want it or not, they're forcing us to have a union and we don't want that. We have a right to vote to choose, said Silvia Lopez, anti-union.

"The workers have already benefited from having the union here, but we also want to ensure that they have their rights. That they have just cause, seniority and other protections that come with union representation," Armando Elenes, UFW.

In a statement co-owner of Gerawan Farming, Dan Gerawan said, "It is unfortunate that our employees felt they needed to take such a drastic action to have their voices heard. We are still hopeful that the Ag labor board will protect the workers right to choose. We believe that the right to choose is a fundamental right of all employees." ------

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Two Ivanhoe teens face attempted murder charges

FRESNO, Calif.

Tulare County Sheriff's deputies say the two were part of a group of eight -- who attacked two people Wednesday night near Avenue 328 and Road 160. The group apparently jumped out of a white Jeep Cherokee and started attacking the victims. One of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot one of the victims.

The victim was taken to the hospital to be treated.

Investigators are now trying to find the rest of the suspects. They said the case is gang related.

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U.S. Marshal: Fresno shooting suspect good at not being caught

FRESNO, Calif.

"Mr. Vue had been very good at not being caught. He was on the lam for almost 17 months," Albert Najera with the U.S. Marshal's Office said.

Court documents reveal where Vue's trail led both the task force, and bounty hunters working for Aladdin Bail Bonds. Facebook pictures and comments pointed to a possible hideout in Iowa, 1,800 miles from the place where he was shot. Family members there denied knowing where Vue was. But in February, one of them told a bounty hunter he'd in Iowa and left about a month earlier. The family member said Vue had returned to California.

Months earlier Vue appeared to be dealing with whatever demons had grabbed him. His attorney in a 2011 domestic violence case says Vue attended a batterer's treatment program and was reconciling with his wife. Then in July there was news that he was involved in a kidnapping and rape.

"I was shocked by what I heard. He seemed like a nice man who was having some problems with his wife," Vue's former defense attorney Brian Andritch said.

Brian Andritch wasn't alone in shock after Tuesday's shooting. Vue's former co-workers at the SPCA remember him as a happy guy with a soft heart, especially when it came to animals. They issued a statement saying: "We were shocked to hear the news of our former employee Jerry Vue he was always polite, helpful and courteous with his peers. We are saddened by his tragic loss," a view in stark contrast from that of law enforcement.

"This guy was a bad guy. Everyone was afraid of Jerry Vue," Najera said.

All three officers are out of the hospital and recovering. One of them was also involved in the deadly shootout in Minkler back in 2010

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10 Things to Know for Today

Get ready for Tuesday, Feb. 4 with a few things to know about the day’s news from The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. DEMOCRATS LAY A BIG CAUCUS EGG The Iowa Democratic Party says that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus are delayed due to “quality checks” and “inconsistencies” in some reporting.

2. HONG KONG WORKERS STRIKE AT HOSPITALS Hong Kong hospitals are cutting services as medical workers walk out for a second day to demand the borders with mainland China be shut completely to ward off a virus that caused its first death in the territory.

3. US ADDS 'LOW YIELD' NUCLEAR WEAPON TO ARSENAL A Pentagon official tells the AP the submarine-launched weapon will make nuclear war less likely, something congressional critics call a dangerous and unnecessary addition.

5. ‘WE ARE COMING BACK’ Lebanese protesters signal that demands for sweeping government reforms won’t be squashed easily, even as security forces resort to more violent means of crowd control.

6. WHAT BUS GUNMAN SAID BEFORE ATTACK A Maryland man who killed a woman and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus in Southern California was cursing and muttering incoherently before the attack.

7. FORMER KENYAN PRESIDENT DIES Daniel arap Moi, who presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, was 95.

8. KEY WEINSTEIN ACCUSER DUE BACK ON STAND The 34-year-old broke down in tears, halting an exhaustive cross-examination that focused on the nature of her relationship with the once-powerful movie mogul.

9. MIAMI SEES A RETURN TO CULTURAL HARD LINE ON CUBA Performers from the island who support its communist government or don’t speak out against it are facing backlash from some members of the United States’ largest Cuban-American community.

10. WADA WANTS RUSSIA SPORTS CASE OPEN TO PUBLIC If granted, it would be a rare public hearing for sport’s highest court to judge a four-year slate of punishments faced by Russia for persistent cheating.


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Roofing & Roof Repairs Garland, Texas

Whether you need a small repair, a new roof or a full roof replacement, we treat every job as if it was our own. We pride ourselves on doing a quality job every time, while keeping inconveniences for you as little as possible.

Your roof is the most important part of your home’s weatherproofing, a leaking roof can cause incalculable damage in a relatively short period of time. Unfortunately, once a leak starts, it is often difficult to get an inspection by a HAAG certified inspector to assess simple repairs.

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We can help. From helping file a claim, to sending the final invoice, Abide By All Contracting is there. We will sit with you to insure that you understand the insurance paperwork.

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There is nothing new about storms in Texas, except maybe that they are stronger and fiercer than ever. For some reason, our seasons have been delivering more threatening weather than ever before. With heavier rains, larger hail, record snow, and summer always just around the corner, high winds and rain are bound to produce more than a few home repairs.

Free Roof Inspections in Garland TX

Abide By All has licensed adjusters on staff for your protection. Whether your roof has storm damage or not, you can trust in Abide By All to give you an honest evaluation of your roof and suggest the next steps of action for your roof and your particular situation. Our name says it all!

It is essential to get a HAAG certified roof inspector to inspect your roof. It is a choice that will pay off in the end. By investing in a certified roof inspection, even when it turns out there are no problems with the home, you are essentially taking out a two-year insurance policy or warranty on your roof. It would otherwise be impossible to get a warranty on a roof that isn’t new.

If you want to ensure a long life for your roof, it is really necessary to have a HAAG certified roof inspection every two years.

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Abide By All doesn’t just throw shingles on your roof, we install a complete roofing system. We start by tearing each roof all the way down to the decking, and inspecting the decking to ensure it meets industry standards and/or city codes for Garland, Texas. From the felt, drip edge, to the proper ventilation, you can count on Abide By All to use quality products 100% of the time.

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I have no willpower

WEBS sent me an email today which mentioned Rowan closeouts. I had to go look, of course. Not only were they closing our Rowan, they were closing out All Seasons Cotton. How could I say no to that?

I ordered 11 balls of 160 for another Bombshell Tee. Okay, a Bomshell Tee since the last one was such a disaster. I don't think that yarn wants to be a tee. Honestly, I'm not sure that yarn knows what it wants.

I also ordered six balls each of colors 206 and 213 for a striped, cabled, hooded pullover for Niels with a kangaroo pocket. (Skate from Jaeger Handknits #JM07.) He requested the hood and the pocket. The stripes and the cables are just for fun. I'll just have to make sure I can carry the colors up the side. The stripes appear to be six rows wide. I am going to carry.

I briefly considered buying enough grey for a cabled hooded cardigan for myself but even at the closeout price that would have been a lot of money for a lot of yarn that I don't really have a plan for. I already have two bags of a very dark grey in All Seasons Cotton that I don't have a plan for.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Say It Ain't So, Jerry

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Say it ain't so!

I don't know why, but I always had this idea that Jerry Hairston would end up back with the Yankees at some point.  Dude was here in '09, won a ring, played well, and would be a one-man bench to fill all the key spots the Yanks have.  Play a little backup third base to A-Rod, little backup first for Teix.  Play some left field or right field on days when Swish and Gardner need off.  Shit, could probably cover Jeter at short in a pinch.  And now that's all gone because the fucking Dodgers, who I thought didn't have an owner, a GM, people that cared, or even any money to spend this offseason, locked Hairston up to a 2-year deal.  I thought it was a sign when the Brewers brought him in this year.  A sign that I was meant to watch Jerry and Jerry was meant to be where I wanted to watch him.  But I guess I was wrong.  Damn.

P.S.- Ken Rosenthal breaking this story makes me hate Ken Rosenthal more than I already do.

The Sounds Of Silence

Leading into this week's Winter Meetings, the Yankees have been relatively quiet.  This quietness on the part of the Yanks is just a small part of the overall sluggish offseason so far, but after they came out and openly declared that they were going to focus efforts on upgrading the rotation they have been very slow to follow up on the CC Sabathia deal and find the #2-type starter that they reportedly seek.

Let's remember that this is a team who, despite Cash's masterful ability to slow play the market and stir the pot to drive up deals for everybody else just by attaching his team to a particular player, has been very proactive in their attempts to follow up on recent efforts to bolster the rotation.  They were fast and decisive in locking up CC and A.J. Burnett in the '08-'09 offseason, and the same in their efforts (albeit losing ones) to bring in Cliff Lee in 2010.  They've tried to make trades for both Felix Hernandez and Zack Greinke in the last 2 years, and they took all the drama out of the CC opt-out story by squashing it and re-doing his deal this year.  When this team says they need starting pitching, they get starting pitching, which makes this recent streak of inactivity a bit surprising.  While there are pros and cons to all the available options in this year's FA class, and the cons associated with each pitcher could be enough for the Yankees to pass on all of them, there could be two other scenarios playing out in the background that are influencing the Yankees' tactical decisions this offseason.

1) Confidence In The Young Pitching

After missing out on Lee this past offseason and then scrambling to make some low-risk Bartolo Colon/Freddy Garcia moves to fill the rotation, the Yanks weren't going to risk not having a backup plan this year.  And they didn't waste any time on that plan and executed it very quickly, declaring that both A.J. and Phil Hughes would be back to join CC and Ivan Nova in the 2012 rotation and then re-signing Freddy for another 1-year deal.

And behind that five, the Yankees have a growing number of capable Triple-A arms, some that could step up and be the 2012 version of 2011 Ivan Nova if needed.  David Phelps is coming off of his 2nd straight strong MiL campaign, putting up a 3.19 ERA/3.69 FIP with a solid K/9 rate (7.55) and BB/9 rate (2.18) in 107.1 innings in Triple-A this past season.  Adam Warren did a similarly solid job for SWB in 2011, putting up a 3.60/4.05 line with a 6.56 K/9 in 152.1 innings.  His numbers represented a bit of a step back, but Warren is still capable of stepping into a spot in the back of the rotation.  And Hector Noesi, after stepping up and becoming a key part of the 2011 Yankee bullpen, has been very good stretching back out to pitch starter innings in winter ball this year.  Noesi has pitched to a 2.38 ERA and 2.70 FIP, while striking out 19 and walking 7 in 34.0 IP, and has shown some serious juice on the heater.

These three give the Yankees the depth behind their starting 5 that they didn't have at the beginning of this past season.  With another year of experience at Triple-A under their belts, there should be no doubt that the likes of Warren and Phelps could fill in and cover the back of the rotation if needed.  And with Noesi's strong performance in the hitter-friendly DR league, he could very well be in line for a rotation spot out of camp in 2012.  The presence of these three young pitchers behind the starting 5 and the continued improvement that they've shown at each level could be lessening Cash's desire to spend money in a market of uncertainties.  And that's before we even get to The Killer B's.

2) Preference For Next Year's Class

The potential list of starters who could be available as free agents after the upcoming 2012 season includes Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke, Matt Cain, Dan Haren, John Danks, Francisco Liriano, Brandon McCarthy, Anibal Sanchez, Tim Hudson, Gavin Floyd, Shaun Marcum, Jonathan Sanchez, and James Shields.  That's a damn good list, much better than this year's.  Included in that list is 1 legit ace, 4 no-doubt #2's, and a group of guys who could be solid #2-#3's with maybe a #4 in there somewhere.  It's a much deeper, must more talented list than what the Yankees are choosing from this year, and it comes with the added benefit of many of the top guys being in their primes, similar to when the Yankees signed CC originally.

With the 2012 class shaping up to be this good and this deep, perhaps Cash and the front office are already looking ahead to then and holding back on the spending reins this year.  I know I'd feel a lot more comfortable plunking the type of dough down that C.J. Wilson is reportedly asking for (6 years/$100 million) for Cole Hamels or Zack Greinke as opposed to Wilson.  That kind of money for that number of years is a risky investment by itself, so better to spend it on a pitcher with fewer question marks and higher upside (Hamels, Greinke, Cain, Danks) than guys from this year's class with more question marks (Wilson, Buehrle, Oswalt).  Because they've already re-signed CC and Freddy to fill out a rotation, the Yankees have less of a need to take a risk on those guys this year.  They can stay patient, stay quiet, and see if a deal that's more friendly to them presents itself.  If not, they can work with what they've got and wait until the next crop becomes available in 2012.

It's been said all along that this year's FA pitching class isn't the best one in the world.  And after recent failings with A.J. Burnett and Carl Pavano, the Yankees should be looking to get the most bang for their buck from whoever they sign.  And that's not to say that Cash isn't just pulling a fast one again and is going to swoop in this week and sign somebody, but adding up all the current factors doesn't make it look that way.  Next year's potential group of pitchers should be much stronger than this year's, and with plenty of young arms in Triple-A ready to contribute and five guys in their rotation who they say they're confident in, the Yankees could be staying silent this offseason and waiting to make their noise next year.


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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Jacoby Ellsbury Signing Thoughts & Afterthoughts

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I was shocked when the Yankees came out and signed Brian McCann.  Shocked.  I thought that was the one spot they'd be willing to take a hit and stick with their internal crew as they worked through their roster revamp plan this offseason.  Well they didn't and they surprisingly got him at basically market value.

I was absolutely blown away (BLOOOWHOA-WHOA-WHOA-OOOOOWN!!!!!!!) when the story of the Jacoby Ellsbury signing first broke last night.  I knew the Yanks had been in contact with him but I really thought he was their 3rd option behind Beltran and Choo.  With a speedy, low-power outfielder already on their roster, I didn't expect them to seriously go after another one and I definitely didn't expect them to give out the kind of deal they did to get Ellsbury.

My initial reaction to the deal was one of dislike.  I didn't like the years, I didn't like the money, I didn't like the lack of power, and I didn't like the spotty injury history tacked onto the length of the deal.  Now that I've had some time to think, consider, talk to people, read some other takes, and think some more, I think this is a move I can actually get on board with.

The Ellsbury-Cano-Boras Connection

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A little over 7 months ago, Robinson Cano decided that Scott Boras wasn't the right fit for him heading into free agency.  He ditched Boras and signed on with the then newly created Roc Nation Sports firm headed up by Jay-Z.  Last night, Boras got a 7-year/$153 million contract for one of his other clients, Jacoby Ellsbury, and he got it from the Yankees.  It's the 3rd highest contract ever given to a free agent outfielder and it comes with an option for an 8th year that could bring the total value to $169 million.

To be honest, I still don't know how I feel about the Ellsbury signing.  At first glance I'm not a fan of the years or the dollars but I'm smart enough to recognize how great he's been when he's been healthy.  I need a few more hours awake today to really put all my thoughts together on how this fits from a baseball perspective.  The one thing that does keep rattling around in my head right now is what the Ellsbury signing means for Cano.  It certainly doesn't him off the table for the Yanks.  They still have plenty of money to spend right now, as shown by Mike E. last night, and I still firmly believe Cano will re-sign with them.  If you'll allow me to put on my Jim Garrison hat for a few minutes, here's my quick little theory on how this move to sign Ellsbury could actually be a part of the Yankees' strategy with Cano.

Wednesday Morning Food For Thought

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Jacoby Ellsbury is a passed physical away from becoming the starting center fielder for the Yankees.  The team has stated they have no intention of trading Brett Gardner and the assumption if they don't is that he'll shift back to left field in 2014.  With Ichiro Suzuki in right, that would give the Yankees arguably the best defensive starting outfield in baseball.

But what if they don't keep Ichiro in right?  What if the addition of Ellsbury signals that Ichiro is now expendable and possibly tradeable?  The Yankees have 2 left-handed speed OFers now in Ellsbury and Gardner, they have 2 righties in Soriano and Wells, and they have switch-hitting Zoilo around for further bench depth.  If there's any kind of market out there for Ichiro, which is not to say there is or should be based on his last 2 years of production, the Yankees could try to move him and at least some of his salary and go with Soriano as the right fielder/part time DH.

There are still moves that can be made before that to help manage 40-man roster issues as the Yankees continue to add pieces, but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Ichiro get shopped around, if for no other reason than to see if there's any interest out there.

Report: Yanks Close To Signing Kelly Johnson

They didn't stop after signing McCann and it doesn't appear as though they're even slowing down after signing Jacoby Ellsbury last night.  Via Joel Sherman, the Yankees are "close" to signing free agent utility man Kelly Johnson to a 1-year deal worth about $3 million.

Johnson, 31 and turning 32 before the start of next season, is a lefty bat with a .253/.335/.427 career slash line (.335 wOBA).  While his offensive numbers have been down the last 3 years from their early peak, he still offers pretty good on-base skills for a guy who hits for low average and has some pop (.174 career ISO).  His primary position is second base but he has experience on the infield and outfield corners and he handled himself well at third for the Rays this past season.

According to Sherman's report, the Yankees plan to use Johnson in multiple positions and as a potential starting second base option if they don't re-sign Robinson Cano.  As a lefty bench guy with pop, I like this move a lot, especially if it means Johnson gets most of his time at third.  As a replacement for Robbie, I wouldn't be a fan.  I still think the team's primary goal is bringing him back and using Johnson in that utility role.


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