There you go...hit on another favorite. Pinto beans...

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We lived on soup given to us by a neighbor for 6 months. In return, hubby worked around the place for him (they were in their 70s). We would get a gallon of soup every other day. I must say, I did lose weight then.   Kids came first, then hubby, then me for the soup. I never want to be in that position again, but it looks like it may come to that. Thank heavens, I've been stocking up a bit. I'm no where near where I'd like to be food-wise, but better off than I was in the 80s when there was NOTHING.

Not so easy to find.  May have to go to one of those boutique groceries, a Fresh Market, Whole Foods, etc.  Grow in giant pods.   I had a neighbor who grew them because her husband loved them.  If you find a way to make them palatable, lemme know.  As I said, big lima bean shaped beans, kind of squishy texture and a bitter taste.  Nasty is the only impression I carry over the years.  Oh, and for some reason, African blacks and people with Mediterranian ancestry can lack a digestive enzyme and that makes them very allergic to favas (it's called 'favism').  Go figure. 

Yep, that's me.  TMI (too much information). Yeah, I know, this belongs on the gab board.  I promise we'll quit about the beans now, all you who are outraged by trivia here.

and chianti to reply.  What's happening in the market is called a hiccup.  It will jump a little, drop a little, and bounce around.  It does that when a president has a colonoscopy or gets a mole removed. 

I would not start singing Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead quite yet (am I mixing movie metaphors?) because I think the overall trend will be gradually down over the long term.  Let's see what a 6-month average has been in, say, September?  (Now might be a really good time to divest....just sayin')

alcoholism and drug addition is nothing like religious fanaticism and/or religious extremism.....and/or genocide in Darfur and/or Kenya

he went to see Odinga not a month ago to try and broker peace there......and after he left Kenya, the genocide continued and continues thru now....

sand....head....ostrich.......

But he does actually look at issues.  I think he often takes on the role of the bad guy to try to prove a point, and he's taken out of context often because of that. 

Speaking of transparency, they are starting a new website called recovery.org.  I've already been there, and there isn't anything on there yet, but the purpose of it is to show where all the money goes once Obama passes the stimulus package.  That should be interesting.  I already have my calculator ready....lol.

a plain-spoken man who I admire...Will Rogers.

"I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons."

How is this considered effective and balanced political debate?

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You two are....peas in a pod....twins joined at the brain....

When she is told of the significant dollar value of the company factory she wants to destroy, she says, 'Well they can BILL me.'   And somehow, that's a pretty pithy saying for the times, too. 

By the way, I think fava beans taste nasty.  Can't imagine what you see in them.

on the issues in politics is Media Matters America.  As the name explains, they monitor all forms of media and report on the distortions and misinformation. They give factual rebuttals. They make it a lot easier to sort fact from fiction.