Rescued mom’s espresso maker. It is a Vev Vigano 18/10 that has been in the family so long, it is classified in Ebay as “vintage ” (A.K.A. old stuff.)

I had to change the gasket, (in fact I don’t believe it was ever changed) and gave it a thorough cleaning before getting it back to brewing the Devil’s brew.

And there is a local store that has Venezuela products, including some of the good coffee we used to buy back in the day.

And Dear Lord, it does beat the flavor of percolators and Keurigs and all the other crap. The only thing better would be a very expensive Faema E61 machine. That is truly a frigging classic.

Sounds legit.
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UF has their antisemite protesters arrested after being warned to abide by the rules or else.

A statement was released after the “else” happened.

After reading Another AWFL willing to sacrifice her children for her politics – Gun Free Zone

She is indeed a mother of 2 unloved children. Why do I say that? Because she is more caring of her failed principles than the lives of her kids. In her own little confused mind, she believes that the killer would be satisfied with just killing her or maybe that he will see the error of his ways and spare the lives of her brood. But more than likely, the murderer would also take the kids either because he is a killer or because he does not want to leave witnesses behind, and you can only be imprisoned for life or executed once no matter how many bodies you leave behind.

If you must die confronting a killer to defend your child, you bring him with you to across the Styx and dump him into Hades.

The Canadian version:

The Floridian version:

The San Franisco Chronicle bemoans the “lack of diversity” at a local high school only to be brought down their moral high pony by the facts.

The stats from Lowell High School in San Francisco, CA – US News Best High Schools

A case of “It is not diverse unless we say it is under our ever-changing parameters!”

But then again California has a long history of Anti-Asian culture.

From The Tennessean

Tennessee teacher gun law: Where Middle Tennessee districts stand (tennessean.com)

Franklin Special School District Director David Snowden emailed families and staff on Thursday to address the legislation, saying he and his team are awaiting the governor’s final decision.

“In the meantime, the school board and I do not see any scenario where this initiative would enhance our already robust safety and security measures,” part of his email read. “Additionally, we believe the risks associated with this legislation outweigh any perceived benefit for our schools.”

Lebanon Special School District Director Brian Hutto said in an email that the district has school resource officers in every school, along with a “healthy partnership” with local law enforcement.
“We also have an additional SRO and K9-Blaze, a dedicated DARE officer, and multiple layers of security measures,” Hutto said. “We will not be arming teachers as our needs are already covered in our buildings.”

Metro Nashville Public Schools spokesperson Sean Braisted said the district is not planning to change its existing policy on who can carry guns.
“We have a strong relationship with the Metro Nashville Police Department and agree that it is safest for only approved active-duty law enforcement officers to carry weapons on campus,” Braisted said in an email. “This has been our consistent practice at MNPS, and we have no intention of changing it.”

Murfreesboro City Schools Director Trey Duke sent an email to staff on Thursday morning that was later shared with parents. He assured staff and parents that safety is “always in the front of our minds” and explained the pending action on the bill by the governor.

“Our district is proud to have a team of highly skilled school resource officers in every school, a testament to our strong partnership with the Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD),” Duke wrote. “We want to reaffirm that it is not the intention of MCS leadership to permit faculty or staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. Our focus remains on providing a safe and secure environment for all students and staff through our efforts with the MPD and school safety team.”

Rutherford County Schools spokesperson James Evans said the district is still monitoring the legislation as it awaits transmission to the governor and his actions. He cited the bill’s requirement to create an agreement between the district and local law enforcement to set up a process for teachers and staff to legally carry guns in schools.

“At this time, we do not see the need for this initiative in our schools,” Evans wrote in an email Wednesday. “Rutherford County Schools already has an extensive school resource officer program, which includes at least one trained, armed deputy in all schools. We also have a robust safety program, which includes training for all employees and a number of other safety and security measures.

You may think both Parkland and Uvalde, but I am going a bit farther back when a learning center went in full support of opposing concealed carry on campus and celebrated when the measure failed.

“I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.”
Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker in January 2006 after a Campus Carry measure was defeated in the Virginia Assembly.

Seng-Hui-Cho proved Mr. Hincker’s statement was deadly wrong on January 16, 2007.