Putin, Ukraine and the Perfect Burger, an Intel Drop (updating)

With so much talk about Ukraine, time an expert speaks out.  In the absence of an expert…I will do my best. Listen to no one…the bullshit is drowning us all.  Some facts:

– Russia was promised secure borders.  I was privy to what is in the agreement that paid $365 million to Gorby.  The accords have been gone over dozens of times for other reasons.

– Among those reasons was the coup in Georgia, replacing the government there, and the immediate move against South Ossetia.  Our CIA director and his chief of staff explained it all to me while they were getting a flight for Tbilisi.  I remember every word of it…which is a warning to some.

– The overthrow of the Russian puppet government in Ukraine was not unexpected.  Russia really got blindsided there.  The move, used as cover facilities in Poland for torturing innocent kidnapped fake terrorists is also a major training facility for Gladio, alive and well.

– Ah…Gladio.  The new version was sold to the Bush administration…with tons of Gulf Cartel cash paid out to sweeten the pot, banked from Cuba, secret accounts in the Caymans.  It is all in the recording of that FBI agent that came to us in 2012…laundering the cash…though banks tied to major US families….like those who own all those stores.  We have it all…every single word.

– Running Gladio this time is “Ukrainians” and “Turks.”  All are Israeli citizens.  They used Gladio/Freemason trained snipers, part of the teams that trained Breivik, same place.

– Then they got their lists…and began hunting down not only Russian speakers but anyone who threatened totalitarian rule.  This means eliminating media, killing off political rivals, and destroying trade unions.  Remember Odessa…this was about wiping out trade unions.

– Then they stole everything in the country…and turned it over to Israelis…like the one who ran the TV network that had a show about a mindless clown.

– Then they made him Prime Minister.

– Russia was always going to move into Donbass…and the reason is simple.  Ukraine has totally ignored the Minsk accords…and the US has been silent.  Silence by the Israel lobby that seeks both Ukraine and Crimea as homelands and plays both…Russia and Ukraine against one another…a game they are teaching to the Turks and Saudis as well.

– There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the Ukrainian people.  That they have been victimized here…by everyone…including the Soviet Union and Russia is very real.  Putin lost Ukraine because he was lazy and distracted…

– Then Ukraine was used as a power base by the Kosher Nostra to put Donald Trump into office.  The Russians were able to gain 100 percent control over Trump through in-place agents around him…dozens…many of whom are still working for Russia and safe to a degree under Trump pardons.

– But are they really working for Russia or are Kosher Nostra oligarchs vying for power against Putin?  Spent a couple of days going over this with our intelligence officials.  This is a top concern but…never spoken of.

– Russia didn’t need this and Putin doesn’t want Ukraine.  He wants to stop Erdogan.  Erdogan and Netanyahu first tried to go after Iran…setting up bases in Azerbaijan together, bringing in weapons through Georgia…where they make bio-weapons and poison gas for the White Helmets.

– Then they destroyed Armenia.

– What Zelensky did with the Minsk accords, Erdogan is going with Russia over his agreements to end terrorism in Idlib and to leave Syria.  Instead…he has cut deals with key families in Kurdish Iraq (all people I know personally…).

– One of those deals, going back a few years, was to set ISIS on Iraq with full Turkish backing…full Kurdish backing…and the full backing of the key Sunni families in Baghdad.

– In January 2014, I led a team to Baghdad to discuss ISIS and the defense of Iraq.  I met the leaders working with ISIS and told them they were making a mistake.  By June, with the fall of Mosul, 9 of the Sunni leaders I met with had been executed by ISIS.  ‘Told ya so.’

I could go on forever…but time to discuss something more important.  I have always been displeased at the burgers I make at home.  Going to local restaurants, and burgers are a $45 lunch now with tip and NO drinks…

An important thing with VT…several of us are foodies.

Burgers are about prep.  If you want…list any favorite food and I will do the prep to make it.  If I don’t know…Mike Chester will.  Mike and I have been cooking together since…well since Kennedy was still alive.

When cooking at home fat can be a problem.  It spatters…and though fat might make a burger…pass.

Look for a small meat store that accesses local grass-fed cattle.  Use a chuck or ground beef.  Hold off on those briskety (I just invented that word) blends.

If you are frying…make sure you have tons of ventilation. I have a 1200 CFM Italian thing that can lift the paper off a counter.  It helps.

I use one of two things…based on factors…mostly laziness…the only real factor.

One is a 12 inch…large…even 14 Silverstone frying pan with lid.  I also use a cast iron grill…which sits on two burners.  I have a built-in grill…I have never used it…it confuses me.  (commercial range)

Everything is about prep.

Decide how big burgers need to be…how hungry?  How old?  How messy?

Lots of choices.

Prep begins with bacon…I fry 4 pieces to medium crisp for 3 burgers.

Campari tomatoes…they sell them everywhere…pricey…buy them.  Use two …they are small…slice them carefully and set them aside.

Onions…if you only have cooking onions, consider frying them down with a bit of sugar….like with a “slider.”

But..currently available are Peruvian sweet onions.  Pick the flattest ones.  Slice half of one of these…carefully…and set aside.

Velveeta.  Yes….about 3/4ths of a cup microwaved to melt…and this is VERY DIFFICULT to Time.  Get someone to help you..lots of stirring.

Buns are vital.  To put us on common ground here, pick up a package of Pepperidge Farm buns…Sour Dough or similar.  They are pricey but hold up.

I suggest steaming the buns…and that has to  be done carefully…not too much…just to “release.”  No toasting.  No microwaves.

Or you can use fresh and go from there.

Pickle slices are optional.

Ah..secret sauce.  A trick from Smokey Bones.

Make some BBQ sauce…

Small saucepan.  Add vinegar…half a cup.  Use malt vinegar if you have it. Then 1/4th cup molasses.  Then one tablespoon Wrights smoke.  I buy the quarts…but you can get a small bottle for about a buck.

You will need about a third of a cup of catsup/ketchup for the body.  Sorry.

Oh…brown sugar…about 2/3rds of a cup.  heat on low…set aside…it lasts forever…

Ah…now you are playing restaurant…but “good” restaurant.

Go to about a third of a pound for burgers…using the PF buns.  Get the steamer going.

You can make a fake steamer with a medium saucepan, crumpled foil…a lid…water, and heat.  YouTube probably shows you how.  Buy a real one at the Salvation Army.

Make someone else do the side dishes…or buy them in cans.

High heat…season burgers with McCormick’s Montreal Steak seasoning…my choice.

Put bacon in the pan on medium heat…10 minutes there remove and set aside.  Retain some fat in the pan.  Heat to smoking…the put-in burgers…

Two flips and a minute or two with the lid…then check to see if they are done.

While this is going down…steam the buns…and watch them very carefully.

Don’t forget the Velveeta.

Hot buns out of the steamer on plates…then spoon hot Velveeta on each…generously

place burger on top…

drizzle a small amount of bbq sauce on the burger….you will see why

slice on onion..optional

mustard on the top bun…spoon it over the cheese.

Tomato slices…4 small ones usually.

Hold off on hot peppers and other stuff.

Now the bacon.

Eat immediately.

Compare to the best restaurant burger.  Note that these cost about $4 each to make at home.

Forget about Ukraine.

Putin, Ukraine and the Perfect Burger, an Intel Drop (updating)