Because today is a slow news day:

The Before picture.

The During picture

The after picture usually is clean bones, so I will spare you the anguish and hate. 😀

There goes the diet.

PS: Th smoker is fueled by propane and wood chunks. The problem with propane is that Florida’s breezes will manage to blow the burner out and all of the sudden you are facing raw ribs and a pissed off wife.  Burning chunks keep the heat even if your gas is flameless being wasted. Double that by using a cast iron pan as “Chip Tray” and you get an evenly radiating source of heat.

Another “senseless murder” of a young black male by the racist Portland police… 2 years ago?

If you can flex the truth into a Narrative that can pay off, apparently it is OK to do so. Was Patrick Kimmons shot and killed by Portland Police? Yes and that is where they stop because the rest of the story is rather inconvenient.

Portland police Wednesday released video of the police shooting of Patrick Kimmons in downtown last month after a Multnomah County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by the two officers involved.

The grand jury met over two days and found the shooting by Sgt. Garry Britt and Officer Jeffrey Livingston was justified.

The officers said Kimmons, 27, was running toward them with a gun when they fired 12 shots. Kimmons was hit nine times and pronounced dead a short time later at OHSU Hospital, police said.

Police release videos of officers’ fatal shooting of Patrick Kimmons 

OK, running towards cops with a gun in you hand is bad enough, but the next question would be: Why did he have a gun in his hand to begin with?

Police said Kimmons fired five shots and wounded the two men who were fighting.
Police then saw Kimmons turn and run toward them holding a gun, according to investigators.
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The other two men who were wounded, Dante Emanuel Hall, also known as Manny, and Marcell Branch, arrived in private cars at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Hall is a friend of Kimmons.

And here is the video:

Patrick Kimmons shot 2 guys and then took off running, gun in hand towards cops.  Explain to me in what kind of twisted mind the actions of the officers are in any way criminal?

I wonder what kind of monetary retribution is mom getting under the table or if there is/was a GoFundMe campaign.

Sorry, after Sabrina Fulton and the cult of Saint Trayvon, I have become a little skeptical of the true intentions of some “mothers.”

As they put it,  “A compendium of the top false and misleading claims by the Democratic presidential candidate.”

This is from August 17, but I had not seen it anywhere that I usually go. Of course it may be missing all the BS Sleepy Joe said during the last 90 days including the debate.

Hat Tip Wildcat.

Reader BH asked me that in an email exchange and I finally, after 20+ years living here, could come up with a perfect description.

Mine died yesterday. This is unfortunately the second time. I had ignored the first go around because how well the other cams had performed (and still are) and i thought it was just simply bad luck I got a crappy one. I got sent a replacement since I was under warranty and never gave it a thought till last night when it died again

I just checked and they have removed all but one of the doorbell cameras from their site. I also checked Amazon (where I bought it) and the negative ratings fore my doorbell cam had skyrocketed.

My rule for buying stuff online is that anything with a 20% ratings of 1 and 2 starts gets ignored. My camera is suddenly running 42%.

If you excuse me, I am now heading for the phone and have a nice long chat with ZModo’s customer service.  Again, this is for the doorbell camera, not their outdoors.

UPDATE:
Just finished (rather fast) with their customer service. They are having issues with an internal battery they have which I did not know it existed since the doorbell is hard wired. RMA number incoming and to be substituted with a Greet HD and 6 extra months of the cloud for free.

I will admit that was faster than I thought it would happen. Good for them.

I am not opening Twitter till Monday.  I don’t have enough protective gear to read the onslaught of death wishes that should be populating the place.

And, of course, best wishes to the President and the Mrs.