Is It Treason Yet?

I found it odd when our former and current intelligence chiefs were pressed at congressional hearings to answer whether they thought we were at war with Russia. Even more surprising their answers in varying degrees were affirmative.

Now I get it. That set up the premise for treason. Even the intent to collude with a nation with which we are at war is treasonous.

Or, at a minimum, it’s an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor if it turns out Donald Trump knew about his son’s entaglement with the Russians, now evidenced by the emails Don Jr. released today.

As Sen. Lindsey Graham said today if a foreign government offers help to your campaign, “The answer is no.”

And if we’re at war with that nation, even if just in cyberspace, saying yes is treason.

[cross-posted via HuffPost]

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Treason and Blackmail

What more does Mueller need? Surely there is enough by now to start putting people under oath, including the President. The special prosecutor inherited a yearlong FBI investigation, didn’t start from scratch. No more benefit of the doubt. Trump & Company colluded with Russians and now Putin is blackmailing them.

NYT: Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton

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Of Love and Fear

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Shirley MacLaine is one of those people I often don’t understand but love listening to her.

Such as these comments recently on CBS’ Late Late Show with James Corden. I can’t explain it but can’t get it out of my head:

“I think the consciousness of the higher self and the eternal self is determined by how much fear you have, or allow yourself to have. And that’s what I’ve been working on. The older I get the more I realize it’s love versus fear, not love versus hate.”

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A Welcome Repast

By SJWNY, a Trail Mix Contributor

Summer is the time for reunions, potlucks, picnics. Every family has particular food favorites, that special dish that has to be on the menu, recipes passed down & passed around. Safe to say we all have one (or two, or three) that qualify.

My maternal Grandmother had a sister, Dora, who was an amazing cook, baker & preserver. She had the “knack.” Her spotless white house in Coopers Plains, New York, always smelled of pickling spice & vinegar from July through September.

My family’s favorite Dora recipe is her Brown Bread. Don’t know when she started making it or where she got the recipe, but safe to say it goes back to World War One-ish. It remains my brother’s favorite & I make it for him as a treat & as a tribute to all those faces, long gone, from reunions past. A taste of this simple bread brings back memories. No one is truly gone if they are remembered.

What foods are special to you? More importantly, who were the loved ones behind these recipes? Share the food, share their stories.

Dora’s Brown Bread

  • Mix together in a large bowl:
  • 2 cups Graham Flour
  • 1 cup unbleached White Flour
  • 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  • Then add:
  • 1/2 cup Molasses (Light or Dark; your choice)
  • 2 cups Buttermilk
  • 2 Tablespoons Shortening (Cooking Oil works fine too)

Mix until just blended; pour into two greased 8″x 4″ bread pans. Bake at 350F for about 45 minutes or until center tests done. Cool about 10 minutes in the pans & then turn out onto rack to finish cooling. This tastes better if wrapped in foil overnight before serving; keeps several days.

A tasty addition is tossing in a handful of raisins when mixing in the wet ingredients.

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