tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3513800754444561287..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Storm The Motte!Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27530619230030245372021-09-13T11:06:13.619-07:002021-09-13T11:06:13.619-07:00He said: "I don't know there's an equ...He said: "I don't know there's an equivalent in formal debating because if you make specious or nonsensical arguments then you open yourself up to critiques on the grounds that you're harming the very institution of debate. But there is a technique called spreading that is simply making as many points and arguments as you can, knowing that it can take more time and effort to Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15415966239615508572021-09-11T20:31:43.741-07:002021-09-11T20:31:43.741-07:00What did Sullivan mean by the "Blob"?What did Sullivan mean by the "Blob"?Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20146492346648520542021-09-10T14:47:29.744-07:002021-09-10T14:47:29.744-07:00Just Wonderful. Thank you Murr, thank you all.Just Wonderful. Thank you Murr, thank you all.Greenridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890440071448020253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3204193457727545942021-09-10T13:18:11.653-07:002021-09-10T13:18:11.653-07:00We grow them, and generally get more than we can u...We grow them, and generally get more than we can use fresh. Fortuitously, I came across an almost new pressure canner at a garage sale the very year we started growing them. It was easy to do, and since we don't have a large freezer, it's a space saver. Also, we get power outages around here when we have bad storms, and I don't need to also worry about whether I'll lose my mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37724361426329485742021-09-10T09:20:35.444-07:002021-09-10T09:20:35.444-07:00Sorry! Unstorm the motte!Sorry! Unstorm the motte!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7370246579759705522021-09-10T09:20:20.604-07:002021-09-10T09:20:20.604-07:00I already don't remember what I wrote.I already don't remember what I wrote.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38573868848667822292021-09-10T09:19:51.631-07:002021-09-10T09:19:51.631-07:00I read your first line all wrong. I thought: she c...I read your first line all wrong. I thought: she can tomatoes, but how do you tomatoes? I think I might not bother as long as canned tomatoes from the store are so cheap. But you never know.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-209578076702537352021-09-10T06:28:23.454-07:002021-09-10T06:28:23.454-07:00My computer just crashed.My computer just crashed.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61212576175981213812021-09-09T17:10:14.347-07:002021-09-09T17:10:14.347-07:00I can tomatoes all the time! I frequently have to...I can tomatoes all the time! I frequently have to rejigger my schedule in order to hold "an emergency canning session." This year we had a bumper crop early on, but they seem to be petering out early this year. No matter; we got plenty. <br /><br />Murr, it's really easy if you have a pressure canner. Pressure cookers/canners now are MUCH safer and easier to use than the ones mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7891814387147537372021-09-09T10:37:44.766-07:002021-09-09T10:37:44.766-07:00A new term for me also. But highly useful! Thanks ...A new term for me also. But highly useful! Thanks for explaining, especially in a way that will help me remember, which is probably the most useful part. I'm always reading good stuff, but it leaks out of my mind within about a day, generally speaking.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90013118592553754042021-09-09T09:52:26.320-07:002021-09-09T09:52:26.320-07:00PS Gaslighting, which it's taken me a while to...PS Gaslighting, which it's taken me a while to understand, is a bit different. You gaslight someone when you tell them things that aren't true, that make them question their own reality and lose their moorings. The motte is a reasonable-sounding stance that most anyone can agree with, and while you're agreeing with that, more or less, the arguer claims the territory of the much Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2045231857754561532021-09-09T09:48:10.508-07:002021-09-09T09:48:10.508-07:00I have yet to learn how to can anything. I'm s...I have yet to learn how to can anything. I'm sure there will be several blog posts about it if ever I do.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80152805986760778912021-09-09T09:16:00.723-07:002021-09-09T09:16:00.723-07:00Also called 'gas lighting'. I can scarcely...Also called 'gas lighting'. I can scarcely stand it lately. Do not tell anyone, but I took a day off work to stay home and process tomatoes. I just needed to be away from foolheaded people for a time. <br /><br />Tomatoes can do that for a person. <br /><br />I think more people should process tomatoes. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35776565308456230772021-09-08T20:50:52.086-07:002021-09-08T20:50:52.086-07:00I believe you've got it. Here's the articl...I believe you've got it. <a href="https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/two-men-falling-fa1" rel="nofollow">Here's the article</a> I read.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2619552189126826562021-09-08T20:48:00.800-07:002021-09-08T20:48:00.800-07:00God, it's been years.God, it's been years.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70205111583240765462021-09-08T20:47:39.897-07:002021-09-08T20:47:39.897-07:00I'm pretty sure it's good enough if you ca...I'm pretty sure it's good enough if you can just drop "Of course, that's the motte, not the bailey" in a conversation.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52313569938453683372021-09-08T20:45:29.036-07:002021-09-08T20:45:29.036-07:00Mott's!Mott's!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67721028989537479142021-09-08T20:44:46.644-07:002021-09-08T20:44:46.644-07:00Let us know what you come up with!Let us know what you come up with!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58158868896755896902021-09-08T20:43:49.640-07:002021-09-08T20:43:49.640-07:00Just the RNC.Just the RNC.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35323120946726138832021-09-08T20:43:15.803-07:002021-09-08T20:43:15.803-07:00I'm trying to think whether wedge politics is ...I'm trying to think whether wedge politics is the same. Now I smell something burning...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43319413813629878052021-09-08T20:42:08.229-07:002021-09-08T20:42:08.229-07:00GROK!GROK!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77467009584892755092021-09-08T20:41:46.365-07:002021-09-08T20:41:46.365-07:00An awful lot of things ruin your brain. I've d...An awful lot of things ruin your brain. I've done 'em all.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84052085946615418662021-09-08T20:22:55.841-07:002021-09-08T20:22:55.841-07:00So, if someone opposed to Biden/liberals points ou...So, if someone opposed to Biden/liberals points out that “even CNN admits the withdrawal was botched,” that’s a motte-ly position designed to allow “conservatives” to romp righteously over every bloody square meter of the Baily/Afganistan, having wrested some small concession from the FACT of our FAILED OOCCUPATION which had been built on that massive WMD lie.<br />A bait and switch game, then. Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76552764499590172242021-09-08T18:48:25.903-07:002021-09-08T18:48:25.903-07:00I DO love Bailey’s Irish Cream. I DO love Bailey’s Irish Cream. joyceettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917345843912445569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45418685567663929462021-09-08T16:53:07.340-07:002021-09-08T16:53:07.340-07:00I've read this twice and I am still confused, ...I've read this twice and I am still confused, befuddled, not as smart as I thought I was. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com