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10/20/2009

ACORN Watch: Thugs vs. Whistle-blowers

Filed under: General — Karl @ 3:48 pm



[Posted by Karl]

Michelle Malkin reports that ACORN/Project Vote is suing their former development associate, Anita MonCrief, for blowing the whistle on their less-than-savory activities and associations.   She has all of the legal docs available for review in the case, which was to be expected following ACORN’s suit against Hannah Giles, James O’Keefe, and Andrew Breitbart, for exposing corruption within ACORN’s offices throughout the country.  Ms. M also has links to the defense funds for all four, should you wish to keep sticking it to ACORN.

–Karl

21 Responses to “ACORN Watch: Thugs vs. Whistle-blowers”

  1. Woo hoo! Press conference tomorrow! Breitbart has already said there are more videos. This should be good.

    Gina (d38bf6)

  2. This sounds like a job for an anti-SLAPP law.

    Steven Den Beste (99cfa1)

  3. Desperation on ACORN’s part.

    daleyrocks (718861)

  4. Acorns are such bitter fruit they can’t be swallowed without a through crushing and a complete washing to get the natural poisons out, otherwise acorns can kill you.

    ropelight (cc01c0)

  5. For reals acorns can kill you?

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  6. Assuming MonCreif is correct ACORN must be insane. They might as well start the settlement negotiation now to avoid even more ruinous costs.

    cubanbob (409ac2)

  7. Mostly just horses from what this says unless you eat acorns and acorns every day and then maybe you get some weird protein deficiency and you get all deproteinated and you die that way.

    mmmm … tasty acorn bread. DO NOT give to horses. Probably don’t give to zebras either just to be safe.

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  8. ohnoes. weird acorn bread link fail.

    Here…

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  9. the filter doesn’t like this link it looks like … tasty acorn bread

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  10. sometimes I just get all befuddled

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  11. happyfeet, many valued the humble little acorn. Now it does seem forever tainted.

    Male and female Indians often had names such as ‘sweet acorn’ and ‘striped acorn.’ The Cahto made music with acorns on strings. Luiseno children spun acorn tops. The Maidu called April ‘black oak tassel’ and September ‘acorn bread.’ The Yuki and Pomo kept track of lunar cycles by noting when acorns were ripe and ready to fall, and when they actually fell. The Karok began the new year in the fall by a ten day ceremony in which the shaman ate only acorns prepared by virgin women. When Yuki women entered, acorn songs were sung and acorn dances were danced. Offerings of acorn meal were made by many tribes in religious ceremonies. The Wintu used acorns and oaks as spiritual symbols surrounding birth, puberty, marriage, and death. A child’s umbilical cord was tied to an oak after it fell off to insure that the boy would be alert and bold. At puberty girls were kept in isolation for months eating only acorn soup. At marriage the woman had to help the mother collect and grind acorns. At death people were always sent off with acorn meal and water for the soul to_[ eat and drink. Acorns were symbols of fertility and life, but also used widely in burial ceremonies in various ways. Oaks and acorns were also used as medicines and making dyes.

    Dana (863a65)

  12. Bounteous acorns to where I sing a song of acorn rejoicings! Tasty acorns! I’m dancing!

    Also, virgins!

    happyfeet (f62c43)

  13. Acorns, mumm, mumm, mumm

    Pick up several cupfuls of acorns. All kinds of oaks have edible acorns. Some have more tannin than others, but leaching will remove the tannin from all of them.

    Shell the acorns with a nutcracker, a hammer, or a rock.

    Grind them. If you are in the woods, smash them, a few at a time on a hard boulder with a smaller stone, Indian style. Do this until all the acorns are ground into a crumbly paste. If you are at home, it’s faster and easier to use a blender. Put the shelled acorns in the blender, fill it up with water, and grind at high speed for a minute or two. You will get a thick, cream-colored goo. It looks yummy, but tastes terrible.

    Leach (wash) them. Line a big sieve with a dish towel and pour in the ground acorns. Hold the sieve under a faucet and slowly pour water through, stirring with one hand, for about five minutes. A lot of creamy stuff will come out. This is the tannin.

    When the water runs clear, stop and taste a little. When the meal is not bitter, you have washed it enough. Squeeze out as much water as you can, with your hands.

    Use the ground acorn mash right away, because it turns dark when it is left around.

    ropelight (cc01c0)

  14. Is it always that labor intensive to produce edible acorns? If so then I can see why they aren’t more popular.

    DRJ (dff2ca)

  15. I think I would rather have some ceviche, or a good mocha.

    JD (a79cd7)

  16. DRJ, there are other ways to leach out the tannins. Put the mash in a cloth bag and secure the bag in running water, a small stream works best.

    Another method is to dig a hole preferably in sandy soil near water, line it with large leaves overlapping them like roof shingles. Put the mash into the hole and fill with water. As the water seeps out it takes the tannin with it. Repeat the process till you get a sweet mash.

    Once your mash is sweet and most of the water has been removed, make fat hamburger size patties. Fry them, or put them Indian style on hot rocks, or in the hot ashes. Wait till done and chow down.

    If it’s all you have, it will keep you alive, but it tastes bad enough to make a billy goat puke.

    ropelight (cc01c0)

  17. The California Indians lived on acorns from the live oaks. Since these are the most constipating food in nature, the Indians also used the bark of a local tree which they called “cascara sagrada” or “sacred bark.” It’s still sold as a laxative.

    Mike K (2cf494)

  18. A little known fact is that Cascara Sagrada was the original name of Taco Bell.

    JD (082755)

  19. I think I prefer White Castle sliders.

    daleyrocks (718861)

  20. Those things are nasty, even when fresh and only half-soggy from the grease.

    John Hitchcock (3fd153)

  21. Put the mash in a cloth bag and secure the bag in running water, a small stream works best.

    What am I, Euell Gibbons? “Not many people know that the bark of the birch are edible.” And this is coming from a former Boy Scout and Sierra Club volunteer (I said “former”).

    Dmac (5ddc52)


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