Because it’s Sunday, the Candy household is battening down the hatches and preparing for a football marathon. SP has her cheesehead hat ready, OMWC has his Ravens toque and pillow, and webdominatrix is rolling her eyes and making preparations to spend her day elsewhere. Cooking and drinking to commence shortly. Here’s the ones we’re watching: I’m predicting Ravens over the Browns, 112-0, because apparently you can’t get negative points in a football game. Denver-Dallas is one of those games where I want them both to lose, so it’s an absolute hate-watch. Green Bay-Atlanta ought to be a terrific game if they both show up.

 

On to today’s news. One of the few things planned by the Trump administration which I could heartily support is the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords (which, in usual political dishonesty, by its name assumes the answer). Then suddenly, it was announced that the US was staying in. Then it was announced the the US is still getting out, “unless we can re-enter on terms more favorable to our country.” If part of the art of the deal is seeming like everything is in total confusion, well, this must be it. And there ARE no favorable terms to a political document that masquerades as science. It just needs to be taken behind the barn and beaten to death with an ax.

In the Equifax brouhaha, two executives announced their “retirements.” The terms of the golden parachutes were not announced, but when they are, OMWC predicts many commas in the numbers. Only the police unions take care of their own as well.  One annoying thing about much of the news coverage is the sneering credentialism regarding the Chief Security Officer. “He doesn’t even have a DEGREE in security!” Well, no, but he’s a fuckup because he’s a fuckup, not because of the presence or absence of a piece of paper with a ribbon and seal on it. I always think of the Wizard of Oz at times like this.

California’s foie gras ban is upheld. The reaction of chefs is predictable and more than a little hypocritical.

“Nobody likes to get held from cooking things that they usually love and not only that, but this is something customers love, too,” [chef and Food Network drone Eric] Greenspan said. “Don’t eat it if you don’t want to, but don’t impede on anyone’s rights to do what they want to do. Foie gras is one of those things to me that connects classic food to modern food and it’s been going on for so long and such a part of so many great classic cuisines that it will be missed.

“Let’s ban assault rifles before we ban foie gras if you want to talk about cruelty,” he said.

Headline: Girl Gets Shitfaced, Locks Herself In Freezer, Lawyers Salivate, Community Activists Bloviate. This has been going on for several days, but now there’s not even a pretense that this is about anything beyond a payday.

In boxing news, Floyd Mayweather is now suspected of being a Secret Nazi and Rape Apologist.

OK, more music from my hippie days, easily the best song Deep Purple ever did. A simple I-IV-V 12 bar blues, but jesus they could cook.