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And the Brands still kept taking his money...zero integrity or morals

Oh man @WrestlingRasta I bet the black cherry/cranberry juice thing adds great flavor!?!

Well...what he is commenting on is not that HE wants no regulation, rather you saying because of the NRA there is less regulation, when in fact, historically we are drastically in the complete opposite direction of "gun ownership shall not be infringed" as indicated in the 2nd. I am not saying I am a HUGE supporter of the NRA as I don't like some of the stuff they do, but to me they are an important part to balance out the two extremes...i.e., those who want to ban ALL guns and those that want absolutely NO regulation on guns and gun ownership.

Just like most things...I'm sure most of us agree on 85-90% of things at the macro level...it's the minutia that trips everyone up. Wanted to make some clarification on my thoughts on holding parents accountable...I was and am speaking of minor children. Unfortunately, it would be nearly impossible to hold someone who is over 18 parent's accountable. Unless, like you said, while he was 18 they provided the guns to the kid who committed the crime.

Why do so many people on "your side" go here when it comes to discussing guns? Where has anyone ever on here said anything about how they would like "no regulation at all"?? SMH

Commend you brother for noticing it...trying to keep myself from getting there...work and women though...LOL I have implemented a "rule" that I don't drink at home unless it is a cookout, get together, etc. And when I am out and have to drive I don't drink vodka as it is the "forget" sauce for me as I am fast drinker, and that stuff goes down like water for me. I have gone to this seltzer called Carbliss (black raspberry), mostly due to doing keto, but they are tasty as well. But man are they expensive and not a lot of places have them.

I too am a vodka guy and trying to not become too much of a vodka guy. I am also no help as I do not like the brown stuff.

I did a brisket this last weekend for Father's day and my meat got done about 3 hours earlier than I planned so wrapped it in foil and two towels and it stayed warm until the guests arrived. I heard the cooler will keep it warm nice and long too. For grilling corn in the husk, you can put crumpled up newspaper in a cooler and throw the cooked cobs in there and they too will stay warm for many hours.

I use a pellet smoker and have done a lot of pork butts. Here is my process - I add my pellets, I have used apple wood pellets in the past and those are good, but have switched over to a competition blend, which is just a combination blend of wood pellets. I set the smoker to 225 and while that is heating up I wash the butts, pat dry them and then apply olive oil (you don't need to do this but I just do it) and a rub. I have started to dabble in my own rubs and they have turned out really good, but another really good go to is the Kroger brand pork rub...it has great flavor. Side note...applying the rub the night before also is a good practice, cut sometimes I don't plan very good. I then put the butts in the smoker and let it smoke until 160 and then wrap it in the brown butcher paper and then continue smoking until 200 -205. I then take it out and wrap it in 2 towels and let it rest for approximately 45 - 60 minutes. Comes out and has a nice bark ( @mspart waiting until 160 to wrap may help with the bark part) and is absolutely fall apart. I serve the pulled pork in a crock pot and add 7-up soda to it to keep it moist. The leftovers (which is usually a lot as I normally don't do just one butt) I seal pack and put in the freezer. I found the best way to reheat it is to put the frozen stuff in a slow cooker and bring it slowly back up to a warm temp...again I add 7-up soda to keep it moist...and it still is nice and tender.

As I have said in a previous thread; however, it looks like the posts were deleted for some reason, I definitely think it is parenting. l do struggle with the comparison of our parenting to other countries as it is hard to do based on culture and societal norms being very different in each. But for the US, parenting as swung way over into more of the enablement of a kid, lack of accountability, and guarding them from ever having to cope with difficult situations...just to name a few.

What happened to BnG? Did he decide to take his own advice and get help? Maybe he got a 2 for 1 deal with Askren? While he was a little out there, I enjoyed his wackiness! I like when people LOVE their team so much they become irrational.

So everyone knows this, but what are the solutions? Other than the ole tired "Get Rid Of Guns" rhetoric. Readily available and cheap mental health programs for children and adults. Makes it more "Ok" in our society and normal to talk about (but not force pills down people's throats). Start getting our society to refocus the role of parents and on parenting skills. Bring back some of the accountability norms for people and their actions...including how they behave on the internet. Tell people to turn off their tv. Demand our politicians work together! Severe punishments for crimes that occur while in possession of guns. I could go on but these are my some of my simple mind solutions. But I will say...my No. 1 thing that will help reduce tragic events like mass murder is PARENTING!!! We need to change our culture around parenting and what their role is. And we can start by holding parents accountable for the action of their kids!

Also, funny story, a really good buddy of mine has had for a long time one of the smaller charcoal smokers and has always cast a jealous gaze over my brother and my smokers (Oklahoma Joe and Traeger pellet smokers), well his wife and kids got him a nice big Traeger pellet smoker for Father's Day....he sent a pick and said he can't remember crying that hard since he was a little kid when he saw it! LOL

Has anyone done a braided pork loin before? Saw how it is done and it looks like it cuts down the smoke time (not that they take that long), looks cool from a presentation standpoint, and also looks like a good way to get a lot of seasoning across more of the meat.

Stupid thing wouldn't let me edit...forgot to add...I know there are closed minded people on the "other side" too.

Again...don't disagree. But any sensible person who truly is open minded about root causes of problems, wouldn't use pure emotion when formulating their opinion, or possible solution to a problem. If Bernie Boy could formulate a logical argument using both emotion AND some data/logic/common sense, then I'd be open to listening and debating in a respectful manner. Even his follow up response right yours is nothing but emotion, narrative, name calling, and generalization of a huge swath of people he has never met nor probably ever listened to except for what he hears on MSM. He is blaming everyone under the sun who have NOTHING to do with killing of honorable police officers, kids, etc. And he somehow thinks shutting down gun manufactures or suing them will somehow stop bad people from doing bad things. And the worse part of it is he comes back with the emotional trope "You must not care that kids are shot!!" And in my opinion, it's people like him that hurt the ability for people to work together to make things better. People do, and should, have different opinions...and if they are able to work together you more than likely achieve a better outcome then a group of like-minded people doing it themselves.

Did you just reply to your own post....are the voices in your head especially talkative today....I know mine are!

I agree with most of what you said except the part that I'm more guns for everyone. There is a sensible approach to guns in our country and am all for our idiots in congress working together. But what I can't stand is when people use tragedy to push a political narrative.

Funny when people need to look in a mirror

Thanks for making my point...again. You just can't make this stuff up....

Their breakfast pizza is though....

I'll try that technique...thanks!

Sounds amazing! Turkey is on my list to smoke this year.