(11-03-2020, 02:40 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, peameal is different, even, then what Americans typically know as "Canadian bacon." What is called Canadian bacon, here, is back bacon without the peameal additions. Most Americans don't know the differences in sources for their bacon on the pig. I, myself, am a side meat man. It's meatier, but still has some of the fat. This is what I have known to be referred to as plain bacon in Canada, as well, though I typically just get it uncut. I'm not as much of a fan of belly bacon.

Also, calling walleye, pickerel, is almost as bad as people around here calling bluegills and other small sunfishes, perch.

Fish and pigs, two topics I excel with.

(11-03-2020, 03:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You used the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" which would indicate a mental illness.

And the only symptom of this syndrome was criticizing Trump.



We all saw you do it.

Your opinion does not change reality.

(11-03-2020, 03:42 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The only symptom was being obsessed with trump.

(11-03-2020, 03:42 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Who is this "we". Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

(11-03-2020, 03:51 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Not the way you used it.  You never once applied it to any of his supporters who were obsessed with him.  The only way you used it was as an insult to anyone who dared to criticize the Donald.

(11-03-2020, 02:40 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, peameal is different, even, then what Americans typically know as "Canadian bacon." What is called Canadian bacon, here, is back bacon without the peameal additions. Most Americans don't know the differences in sources for their bacon on the pig. I, myself, am a side meat man. It's meatier, but still has some of the fat. This is what I have known to be referred to as plain bacon in Canada, as well, though I typically just get it uncut. I'm not as much of a fan of belly bacon.

Also, calling walleye, pickerel, is almost as bad as people around here calling bluegills and other small sunfishes, perch.

Fish and pigs, two topics I excel with.

(11-03-2020, 03:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Speaking of fish, Canadians call drums "sheepheads". Other people may do this as well, but I have only heard it in Canada.

(11-03-2020, 04:25 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Perhaps in certain parts, but I've ONLY ever heard the Freshwater Drum (the only one we have in our waters) be called a Drum.

Quote:Residents of Roseville, Calif., have reported blue dots being spray-painted in front of homes with Biden-Harris campaign signs, local affiliate KCRA-TV reports.

Roseville resident Adam Quilici told the news outlet that he was making breakfast when a neighbor told him to look in front of his home. He said a blue dot was painted in the road in front of his house.

Other residents told the news outlet they believe the dots were painted between Saturday and Sunday.

“The houses that were targeted have Biden-Harris signs in front of them — every single one,” Quilici told KCRA-TV. “There aren't any blue dots anywhere where there are not those signs present.”

Quilici called the police, according to the news outlet, and they told him that they believed him after making sure it had nothing to do with utilities.

“This is not just a smashed pumpkin on Halloween,” Quilici said. “This is like a message and I’m not really OK with it.”

The Roseville Police Department told KCRA-TV that several calls were made concerning the blue dots. It said that the dots only appeared in one neighborhood, and that none of the signs were damaged.

The Hill has reached out to the police department for comment.

The Roseville incident is not the only report of threats toward supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

Across the country in Maryland, a letter was sent to a home with Biden-Harris signs that specifically threatened to beat Biden and rape Harris. It also appeared to threaten former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords (D), who became a staunch advocate for gun control legislation after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting.

"If you are a Biden-Harris supporter, you will be targeted. We have a list of homes by your election signs. We will not comply or give anything up, especially our guns," the letter reportedly stated, according to local Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL.

Quote:President Trump's campaign asked at least three counties in Pennsylvania for a rundown of highly specific election security plans — including ballot storage locations and transportation details — according to an email obtained by NBC News. The Pennsylvania secretary of state has advised counties not to disclose election security information to any third parties and has reached out to the FBI.

Election officials in Cumberland, Mercer and Montour counties — all counties that are delaying mail-in ballot canvassing until Wednesday morning — received the email from a Gmail address connected to a Trump campaign volunteer.

Cumberland County Commissioner Gary Eichelberger said that in his 16 years in office, he has "never seen anything like" the Trump campaign's request.

A spokesperson for Trump's campaign said that the request was made to evaluate the differences in voting processes across jurisdictions.

Citing a "slew of Democrat efforts to change election rules at the last minute, and the resulting pressure on election officials," the spokesperson wrote that the Trump campaign is seeking to "understand how and what officials are planning as a result."

(11-03-2020, 04:51 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Blue dots painted in front of Biden supporters' homes in California


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/524188-blue-dots-painted-in-front-of-biden-supporters-homes-in-california

(11-03-2020, 05:23 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Interesting that it's immediately interpreted as a threat against Democrats rather than a marker to show whose house not to F up.

Could be the D version of lamb's blood on the door for all anyone knows.

The literal only connection to threats towards those people the article (loosely) makes is by mentioning one letter sent in Maryland that had nothing to do with the neighborhood in California, but was tacked onto the end there thus trying to connect the two as some sort of theme.

Weak shit, Boss. That kind of "journalism" (and subsequent sharing of it) doesn't help everyone stay calm at all. Just fearmongers.

(11-03-2020, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It seems that if it was from "their side" then they would know about it.

The Egyptians weren't the ones who put the blood on the doors to be passed over.  The Hebrews did it because they were the ones in on it.

(11-03-2020, 04:51 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Blue dots painted in front of Biden supporters' homes in California


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/524188-blue-dots-painted-in-front-of-biden-supporters-homes-in-california

(11-03-2020, 06:31 PM)bfine32 Wrote: FWIW. Why would folks have to mark properties that already have signs?

(11-03-2020, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It seems that if it was from "their side" then they would know about it.

The Egyptians weren't the ones who put the blood on the doors to be passed over.  The Hebrews did it because they were the ones in on it.

If someone "marks" my house without telling me why I don't assume they are on my side.

(11-03-2020, 06:47 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because asshats aren't a monolith that have all shared knowledge with every member of a political party?

It could be 1-3 teens preparing to vandalize the marked homes. It could also be 1-3 teens making sure they don't vandalize the marked homes.

Or it could all just be bullshit to create some hysteria and increased division.

(11-03-2020, 07:02 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes, it could be any of those things.  But the fact that we don't know does not mean it should not be reported in the news.  It really happened and it really concerned some of the homeowners.  They were not concerned  because some journalist reported it.  They were concerned because it happened.

So I don't see what was wrong with reporting on it.

(11-03-2020, 07:09 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: There's nothing wrong with reporting it.

But there IS something wrong with reporting it as if it were known to be a threat towards them and then trying to loosely relate it to a completely unrelated horrible situation where 1 disturbed individual sent 1 threatening piece of mail in Maryland.

That's when it crossed the line from reporting an incident to creating their own facts, drawing their own conclusions, and then sensationalizing it. That's not reporting news anymore but fearmongering.