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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I love me some French 'la bombe f'

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

wait, google is telling me that 'la bombe' is some kind of massive, Simpsons-inspired eclair

https://www.babi.sh/recipes/la-bombe-eclair-the-simpsons

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Une bombe is also a way of fancying up ice cream for dessert at pretentious vegetarian dinner parties. Pack various flavors of Haagen Dazs into a round, fluted metal item known as a melon mold or bombe (wedding gift from 1979 brief starter marriage). Cover and freeze.

Unmold bombe onto a fancy plate (great-aunt’s Spode India Tree, inherited in 1975, collection augmented at brief starter marriage and at 1985 blowout wedding). Slice. Drizzle each dessert serving with homemade hot fudge sauce (Julia Child, „The Way to Cook,“ not that Hershey’s shit), and offer to guests lighting and passing postprandial fatties. They scrape their plates and demand second helpings.

„These days are gone forever. Over a long time ago. Oh yeah,“ sing Steely Dan („Pretzel Logic,“ 1974).

Mps's avatar

Starter marriage

😂😂

PlasticFish's avatar

Bonus points for "starter marriage" AND the Steely Dan reference.

Fun Fact: My first official date with The Better ½ was to take her to see Steely Dan. Yes, she got the Steely Dan T-shirt. And still has it. 😎

HI2thDoc's avatar

I've had one of those. Starter marriage, not une bombe. Or a Steely Dan T-shirt. The latter two would have been much more enjoyable, not to mention cheaper.

Cheri Collins's avatar

😀The Steely Dan T-shirt!

Wendymae's avatar

Okay since you mentioned Julia Child, she published a chocolate bombe recipe back in the late 70s, which I've made a few times. It's chocolate mousse wrapped in chocolate cake with chocolate sauce, and likely an inspiration for a myriad of other chocolate desserts.

Leu2500's avatar

I've made that too. It's actually not hard, especially if you make it in a loaf pan instead of a bowl. Definitely for chocoholics.

It's in either Julia Child & Co or Julia Child & More Co (both volumes are combined in Julia Child's Menu Cookbook - I think I have that title right.) I don't know why these series/books don't get more love.

Wendymae's avatar

I was making it for a catering company I worked for back in the 80s and we always did the domed version and now I want to make it again! I'd def try the loaf pan way.

Mark Simpson's avatar

Yum, sounds like a sensory wonderland- enhanced by the fired up fatties!

Kathleen Weber's avatar

A dessert bombe is usually shaped like a sphere and covered in chocolate. It's named after the original military bomb which was a cannon-shot filled with explosives. This is the meaning of bombs in Star Spangled Banner written during the War of 1812--"The bombs bursting in air."

Bomb acquired its modern meaning during World War I after the invention of the airplane.

Stephen Brady's avatar

Your ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ moment! Where JFK declared he was a jelly donut.

Robert Eckert's avatar

He wouldn't have made the same mistake in Hamburg or Frankfurt

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Hahaha! I see what you did there.

George in Atlanta's avatar

It's so precious that the news hound admonished him for being too rough.

HI2thDoc's avatar

The orange rotten tomato

Dissed and derided NATO

Now that he's stuck

In his Iran clusterfuck

He whines they won't help make him great-o

Cyndi's avatar
26mEdited

Merci mille fois!

Publius Junior's avatar

bessent what a pathetic fuck.

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

"Soybeans Bessent" sounds better to my ear.

DuduLovesBubu's avatar

I prefer the term the Soybean Succubus, seducing us into the mental world of MAGA

Robert Eckert's avatar

I just call him Pissant

Bob's avatar
2hEdited

Such a jackass. Trying to blame Mueller for Donny convict’s self-inflicted wrecklessness. That search for documents at Roach-a-Lago wasn’t part of Mueller’s work.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

"Find Hillary's emails! Are you listening, Russia?" wasn't any invitation for Putin to further corrupt the election, right? Stutterin' Scott is vying for Lindsey Graham's trophy as Trump sycophant of the era who won't pick a lane and just do his job.

Linda McCaughey's avatar

He is truly creepy. Could he be a replicant?? I know--let's sober Elon up and ask him!

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

You’ll have to haul him out of his K hole.

George in Atlanta's avatar

You know who hates bessent with the fury of a thousand suns? Tim Miller, who is out, proud, gay-married with children and wears his grandma's pearls. Tim is NOT having it with smug little queens out there making everybody look bad. Miss Lindsey is #2.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Love Miller! It still boggles the mind that there are gay men (Graham & Mikey Johnson) who have gone onto the dark side…being a Republican.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

And Richard Grenell who now has to freshen up his resume again.

HI2thDoc's avatar

My wife always asks why there is such a thing as Log Cabin Republicans. I have no answer.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

So this was a term devised in the early 70’s for LGBTQ+ community members in CA. I still shake my head.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Miller has come a long way from his days as a conservative and working for Jeb Shrub. But he still has some vestiges of his former delusions. He's getting there to fully be a lib. A work in progress. At least he's feverishly anti-drumpf

Dan-o's avatar

He truly is. Yuck.

Linda Weide's avatar

Bessent is another one of Trumps "Affirmative action for stupid White men" hires.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Definitely! He’s a condescending piece of shit!

Bob Bowden's avatar

It’s growing season, and “Soybean Scott” is a delivery of fertilizer short

Publius Junior's avatar

It takes a lot from bessent to make steve 'taking a shit' mnuchin look not so bad by comparison.

(Doesn't mnuchin's grin always look like he is taking a shit?)

Paul Jonasse's avatar

Poor poor donnie ! I’d try to walk a mile in his shoes, but they are probably filled with overflow from his diaper.

HI2thDoc's avatar

That can apply to this entire cadre of brown nosing crooks

Nora's avatar

He always speaks in dots and dashes and I wonder if he's actually sending messages in Morse code when he speaks?

Publius Junior's avatar

Maybe it's a hostage video message.

😂

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Yes, Trump will pull out and call it a success. If only Fred Trump had done that 80 years ago…

Bob's avatar

Anti-war slog from the Vietnam War: Nixon pull out like your father should have.

Margaret's avatar

Also: "Why switch Dicks in the middle of a screw? Vote for Nixon in '72."

Tess's avatar

hahahaha…good one!

Richard's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Abigail Norling's avatar

Excellent thought and well stated Stephanie!

Morgan's avatar

Brilliant Stephanie!!

Cathy Wray's avatar

Stephanie, hahahahaha!!!!😆

PlasticFish's avatar

Well played, Ma'am, well played.

Deb's avatar

OMG. WISHING….

HI2thDoc's avatar

I bet Stormy wish he had pulled out then. Yuck

Joe Bacon's avatar

This Gold Star Father replies to Log Cabin Liar Bessent with this--SHUT THE FUCK UP, ASSHOLE!!!!!

Sharon C Storm's avatar

I’m so sorry for your loss Mr. Bacon. You, of all people know the cost of war, and that beginning a war to distract from the Epstein scandal is beyond egregious.

Joe Bacon's avatar

Dumbya and THE DICK lied us into a war that killed my son thanks to a heavy assist from the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press.

I will never forgive liars like Dumbya, THE DICK, Judith Miller, Fred Hiatt, Tim Russert and the rest of those GOP Presstitutes!

Tess's avatar

So sorry for your loss Joe😭

Linda McCaughey's avatar

Reprehensible assholes, all.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Cheney was a diabolical monster and I thought we would never see the likes of his equal again. I was dead wrong! Now we have not only The Don but an entire Cabinet PLUS entire Congress members tearing our country apart! Once again, idiots have put our soldiers in harm’s way. Husband is a Vietnam vet, Joe. You have my heart.

Ginny Hall's avatar

Thank you for reminding us of the very personal nature of those losses. We hear the numbers and are appalled, but it's even worse to think about each individual and the people who love them. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Joe Bacon's avatar

How many more so-called "suckers and losers" will die thanks to the goddamned asshole in the Oval Office and his consigliere Stephen Miller?

Bob's avatar

Judy Miller should have been fired.

Deb's avatar

Every single war fan flunky must be charged for the war crimes!

HI2thDoc's avatar

So sorry, Joe.

SethTriggs's avatar

More foreign leaders need to be like that French general. This is batshit! People need to stop deferring to the pricktator,

So glad I am not flying, I tell you.

Linda McCaughey's avatar

I'm fortunate to live near the Canadian border. I can just hop over and get on a flight to anywhere other than here! And--no TSA! or ICE!!

Geoff Boyarsky's avatar

Also glad not to be flying. Has anyone asked any airlines or airport management what they think about having TSA staffing turned into The Wild Bunch overnight? TSA wait times being increased to four and five hours is sure to horrribly impact daily airport functions and security.

Dana Jae Labrecque's avatar

“Wild Bunch!” Perfect!

And there’s absolutely nothing they can do but get more in the way, which means that the lines will get longer!!!

Fastball Fredo's avatar

Jeff, a small episode of “Golf with MAGAs”… I emailed this MAGAs the piece where Donald says we have wiped Iran off the map and earlier Donald proclaiming we won… So I ask this MAGAs who is lying? Was he lying then or is he lying now? He comes back with the remark that I have tds, no discussion on the substance of these articles. This is what I call the fox maneuver… do not answer a direct question, do not answer a yes or no question and attack the character of the individual asking the questions… Top down, fascist type of behavior… These folks are in a cult.. the only way they are leaving is getting extremely burned by the cult… Best to All.

Tess's avatar

I don’t know how you keep in contact with those guys…but kudos to you for trying to get them to see the truth!

michellefromchicago's avatar

The ad hominem attack is basically their only weapon

Fastball Fredo's avatar

As I said.. they have ll been to the fox school of MGAS talk… no substance… heck just watch congressional hearings of this cabinet… Geesh 🤮

HI2thDoc's avatar

MAGAs are definitely estranged

From how reality's arranged

Repeatedly burned

And yet never learned

They're the ones who are deranged

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

As I've posted previously, MAGAts have only two modes of argument:

1. Projecting their flaws onto others.

2. Engaging in "what-aboutism."

Linda McCaughey's avatar

More like the MAGATS have DTS, (Donald Trump Syndrome) just like their orange god. I understand that it is highly communicable among those who lack critical thinking skills.

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

After all the support they offered TFG to become POTUS twice, I would hope they would get burned, and badly, by TFG and his regime.

P123Sunny's avatar

It took a Village

arne link's avatar

Thanks for trying to bring some light into the darkness.

Bob's avatar

That’s all they have and, as is the case with cult members, the derangement is what they have.

People leave cults when they realize they’ve been had, or when they cross an ever-shifting invisible line and are kicked out.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Or they drink the poison Kool Aid at gun point. "Apparently, they are idiots," to paraphrase a gas-price reformed MAGAT.

P123Sunny's avatar

Even then… :/

George in Atlanta's avatar

‘qu’il aille se faire foutre.’

T-shirt. Stat.

Zut alors!!!

Linda McCaughey's avatar

Oh, yeah--send me the link!

Margaret's avatar

I'd buy that!

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

I know I can’t post a photo in the comments, but I saw a good one yesterday. It was a drawing of a man lying on the airport floor in a pool of blood, with 3 ICE agents leaning over him. One was saying, “I told you, no shampoo over 3.4 ounces.”

arne link's avatar

Sad but probably going to be true.

Mary de Ridder's avatar

Brilliant. If very sad. 😔

Ingrid Robertshaw's avatar

If it wasn't so real

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Omg! How were you able to do that?

Steve in SoCal's avatar

Typed “I told you, no shampoo over 3.4 ounces” into google image search, found it, R-clicked "Copy image address", and posted it here

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

I did that too, but I couldn’t paste the link into my comment. 🤷‍♀️

Ingrid Robertshaw's avatar

I worry for anyone who comes out of a plane and is brown or black..and Ice asks them to step aside..maybe who is coming back from some all inclusive beach resort in the Caribbean and is vey tan and will be twerked to the ground because .." maybe they carry drugs"...I can envision all kinds of bad scenarios...not a good look for Tourism...I can assume ICE is in training for VOTER INTIMIDATION......

Debra Dassow's avatar

My late father-in-law, enlisted in the Marine Corps, left his wife and two children to fight in WWII. He was the only member of his troop to survive Iwo Jima. It wasn't until he was dying at the age of 91, that he talked about being thrown onto a truck with corpses because they thought he was dead. So please STFU Graham Cracker.

Sandie Becker's avatar

My dad also fought in WWII…was ar Pearl. Was POW on Japanese held island….never talked about it until I found a diary his dad kept…but even then details were very scarce. I could tell the memories were brutal.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Graham was an Air Force JAG (lawyer) who served in Frankfort, Germany where he liked faced little danger.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

But the paper cuts...

Tess's avatar

I agree with the French! Also…Iran says there has not been any negotiations…oh who to believe????!!!😡 No brains, no leadership-just a bunch of useless followers of an orange turd (as some would say). SO SICK of it! I’ve seen clips of ICE at San Fran airport harassing people…this shit needs to STOP!

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

has that been confirmed, that Iran says no negotiations?

Diane Findley's avatar

NYT headline: "Iran War Live Updates: Trump Postpones Deadline For Strikes on Iran’s Energy Infrastructure

Iran disputed President Trump’s claim that the U.S. and Iran had held “very good” talks on ending the conflict, casting it as a ploy to soothe markets and to buy time for more military action."

arne link's avatar

Everything this regime does is all about market manipulation and self-enrichment.

PlasticFish's avatar

I got up to "Dow jumps 700 points after Trump says U.S. and Iran have held ‘productive’ talks". To which my fine, jet-lagged, as-yet-uncaffeinated self said aloud, "No shit, Sherlock. I'm sure some Administration officials just made a bundle, too. 🖕"

DJ Headthrob's avatar

To quote of Fearless Leader, "Who ARE these negotiators? Are they in the room with us now?"

Barbara Shields's avatar

He is extending his pretend detente for 5 days. Hmmm, what happens in 5 days? Do the markets close? Is the opportunity for another weekend 3 trillion swing in market cap available?

john augustine's avatar

Iran media says NO negotiations....at this point, I believe them more than our useless scribblers

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

The useless scribblers just transcribe what Donny spews.

john augustine's avatar

yes I should have said that....it is basically state propaganda

Zija Pulp's avatar

As soon as I read about the “strong talks” this morning, I knew it was more of Donny’s BS.

Leu2500's avatar

BBC reported it

PlasticFish's avatar

BBC reports that Trump said blahblahblah and Iran denies it.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Iran says they haven't talked to anyone and that Donny is lying. Who to believe, who to believe ...

Mary de Ridder's avatar

Thats easy. The not serial liars.

Tess's avatar

According to Aaron Parnas this morning….

Michael Rawlins's avatar

According to the Iranian administration, they haven't been in negotiations with the Trump administration. Does that mean Trump was telling porky pies. How unusual is that.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

I’m utterly confused at this point. Donny says very positive negotiations for 2 days, then tells reporters this morning that Iran called the U.S. on Sunday “wanting to make a deal.” He won’t say who from Iran is doing the negotiating, but it’s not the new Ayatollah, but someone who is the “leader.” Witkoff and Kushner are again the ones allegedly negotiating for the U.S.

Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister says no negotiations at all. When asked about this, Donny claimed there were probably internal miscommunications because of how we were bombing everything.

I don’t know who to believe, but I know I don’t believe Donny.

Ingrid Robertshaw's avatar

IRAN will not talk anyone from this Regime...they were dupted ..then were attacked minutes later.....now they know!

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Totally. It will require a third party powerhouse from another country to negotiate a cease fire and any kind of end to this illegal, pointless war. The U.S. has lost all credibility and sending in feckless real estate dicks Kushner and Witkoff won't cut it.

Leu2500's avatar

based on the AF1 gaggle, sure sounds like the felon had another imaginary conversation. https://www.forth.news/whpool/CZLHoyzmaGnAFkhDUdEAw

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Are the Iranian negotiators big and strong, with tears in their eyes, saying “sir, sir”? Are the Iranian negotiators in the room with us right now??

Mike Hammer's avatar

How lucky we are to be living through Americas freak show. Can’t wait to see Trump obituaried, if that’s a word.

CL Tee's avatar

and obliterated.

DuduLovesBubu's avatar

Common terror cells. Work your magic.

Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Can’t wait to see Trump obitchuary.

Cathy Wray's avatar

Trump should have on his headstone "qu'il aille se faire foutre"

HI2thDoc's avatar

Imagine the worldwide chorus of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" or whatever each nation finds suitable

Ingrid Robertshaw's avatar

When he dies..I will dance to LITTLEVA'S DANCING IN THE STREETS....

Jon Notabot's avatar

"If Lindsey Graham wants to see an American flag planted on Kharg Island, he should put on a fucking uniform and go do it himself. send us a postcard, bro. let us know how it’s working out."

If only we could vote on such things.

Linda McCaughey's avatar

Anybody who has not personally served in the military and been in an actual war should be prohibited from starting one.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

There was one person only in the Bush administration against invading Iraq — and he was the only person who served in wartime (Colin Powell). There was Bush who got a cushy national guard post during Vietnam and apparently spent it chasing debutantes around Alabama; there was 5-deferment Cheney who said he had "better things to do" than serve. There was Rummy who served in the post-Korea Navy of the 50s in such war-torn areas as Michigan. There was Paul Wolfowitz who stayed in school and never served during Vietnam.

Susan Slesnick's avatar

Just picturing old Lindsay straddling a nuke, holding a little flag flying toward Iran with a message on the nuke “just a little excursion” 🤣

PlasticFish's avatar

At last, a possible reason to employ AI image generation.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

He actually served, which is unusual among Republicans. But he served in Europe in peacetime in the 80s. In the Bush administration, the only prominent member of the war cabal that served was Colin Powell and he was against the invasion of Iraq until they basically browbeat him down.

Claudia Classon's avatar

Where is the meme maker who can dress up Linz in some desert camo and an American flag, running into battle?

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

And take Barron, Don Jr., and Eric with him.

Teddy Gingerich's avatar

This will never get old. Kudos to this general, and the French overall for their attitude. And yes, alles-vous faire foutre, Donnie.

Lord John Whorfin's avatar

I’m lighting candles to arterial plaque.

Paula Dean's avatar

I got a trump voodoo doll from Etsy, but I can't stand to look at it, so it's hiding in a basket with all the pins still unstabbed. Maybe I will use it near the midterms...he has no heart, so I plan to stab his eyes.

Nancy's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

Lord John Whorfin's avatar

Put it in a shoebox and stick knitting needles through the box, problem solved

Claudia Classon's avatar

Paula, I bought a roll of novelty toilet paper with Trump’s face on it back in…oh…2016 or so? I could never use it (YUCK) but planned to burn it once he was out of office. When Biden was elected, I almost had a bonfire to celebrate, but something stopped me. Like you, I shudder to bring the thing out now, but the midterms are an excellent time!

HI2thDoc's avatar

Put a bag over its head

HI2thDoc's avatar

They actually sell those? Huh. Must be very popular worldwide (made in China, too)

arne link's avatar

I've been manifesting like crazy. Let's do this!

rlritt's avatar

If you are from any country outside the US, do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT come here. Its quite possible the ICE agents will arrest you and put you in a dirty warehouse somewhere in the middle of no where.

Just read a story of an autistic 7 year old girl who is American, with an American father and legal Canadian mother, put alone in a warehouse in Texas. Whoever is responsible (Trump/Mullin) should be arrested for child abuse.

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Mon général, je vous aime.

Sandie Becker's avatar

J't'aime. ❤️❤️