Some of you may have noticed that the tension is thick enough to cut with a spoon around here (I don't believe in knives). People are thoughtlessly posting repetitive diaries, and other people are viciously clogging their threads with insults, threats and stew recipes (see below). Also, newbies are posting diaries based on discredited, debunked or d-rudge sources -- drawing flames, derision and more recipes. Finally the Trolls are mounting a fierce campaign to harsh the mellow here at dKos; they post diaries about Kerry slime-stories, poll analyses which COMPLETELY forget to even
mention Poland, and of course, their own recipes (although the food is inedible).
Well, Management here at dKos (with whom I AM NOT affiliated) have not been deaf to the concerns of the blind. Beginning next week, daily KOS will be split into three SEPARATE blogs.
The first new blog will be called
hourly KOS. Many of the longtime posters, diary police and other sticklers for 'the rules' get upset at violations (especially the repetitive diaries), because we check in here about 235 times a day on average, and even then we can only read about half the diaries. hourly KOS will feature
STRICT enforcement of the rules, with repetitive diary authors banned, publicly disrobed and covered in peanut butter. Only users who know all the rules by heart will be permitted to post comments, ALL diaries will start out as 'Recommended diaries' and Trusted User status will lapse if users fail to collect at least 3 4's an hour.
Second will be occasional KOS. This is the blog for the casual user/lurker/poster who doesn't catch all the latest gossip, rumors and red herrings (get it? republicans...red?). There will be a permanent Sinclair Open Thread on this blog, and not only will repetitive diaries be encouraged -- when three or more diaries have the same subject, they will be MERGED into one, SUPER DIARY, and all three authors will also be merged into one giant SUPER USER. This will continue, until eventually everyone IS THE SAME USER, and like one giant ball of lint they will move slowly in perpetual circles harmlessly occupying their own blogosystem.
Finally, the ultimate progressive site for the freeper in all of us, trolling KOS. This site will be FOR TROLLS ONLY. It is hoped that by herding them all to one location, the other sites can be kept free of recipes, which are clogging the database and alarming health officials everywhere with their careless disregard for food safety protocols. On this site, all comments will automatically be rated a "1", and when a second user rates them, they will be hidden -- but ONLY from the author him/herself. Kos will continue to post blog commentary, but an evil "anti-Kos" will interject with invective and pro-Bush misleading editorial comments, so as to keep the trolls well-fed with red meat.
We hope you will like the new system here, and look forward to more positive feedback and comments from the whole happy community!!
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- All-day Oven Troll Stew
1 -2 lbs. meat (beef, port, veal, lamb) cut bite-size
3-4 cups assorted cut (bite-size) vegetables: carrots, celery, onion, leeks, turnips, potatoes, etc.
toss in a casserole.
Mix in a bowl:
1 cup beef boulion
1 cup tomato juice (I use V-8 juice)
4 tbs. tapioca (or 2 tbs. flour)
2 tbs. sugar
1 tsp. salt
Pour mixture over meat/vegetables, cover tightly. Bake in 225° - 250° oven ALL DAY (7-10 hrs.) NO PEEKING!