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Title: "Cool clock, Ahmed" Barry 9/16/2015
Post by: Delmar on November 25, 2017, 11:31:25 AM
I can remember all the leftists gushing over young clock boy Ahmed Mohamed and the clock he "invented."

But they don't believe that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is capable of making a pie.

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:12 PM
Star Member Kingofalldems (25,804 posts)

Did Sarah Sanders bake this pecan pie as she claims?

People are saying this is a stock photo. Note the background.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029884095

It's a conspiracy according to these dunces.

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Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:20 PM
Star Member NightWatcher (33,640 posts)
1. #piegate

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Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:21 PM
Star Member lapfog_1 (17,446 posts)
2. tineye doesn't find any stock images that match

but the lack of a background (or rather the presence of some shadows) would tend to indicate a stock pecan pie image.
The sleuths at democrat underground have solved the Al Franken groping case and have moved on to the next mystery investigation.

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Response to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:23 PM
Star Member Kingofalldems (25,804 posts)
5. There's a bakery near the White House that may be

the source of the photo and the pie.

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Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:22 PM
Star Member greatauntoftriplets (163,099 posts)
3. It looks like the kind you pick up in the frozen section at the grocery store.

Note that it's in one of those aluminum pie pans. Not even pyrex or something ceramic that looks like it belongs on "the family farm"
Aluminum pie pans on a family farm.  That's preposterous.  How did Sarah expect to get away with such an obvious fake?

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Response to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #3)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:34 PM
Igel (26,419 posts)
12. But you can buy pre-made pie shells in aluminum 'pans'.

And I've bought aluminum pie tins.

Didn't bake pies in them. Used them in an induction demonstration lab. Made an electrophorus.
Aluminum pie tins, chickenwire, and cinder blocks are all readily available at the DU physics demonstration store.

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Response to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #3)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:48 PM
Star Member yardwork (45,620 posts)
25. Also look at the grooves around the edge. Those are machine made.

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Response to B2G (Reply #19)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:41 PM
Star Member Kingofalldems (25,804 posts)
23. Can you explain the picture she posted?

Why is the background white?
The countertop could be white and I have seen white tablecloths too, but the truth is probably something far more sinister.

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Response to betsuni (Reply #30)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:02 PM
LisaL (29,936 posts)
31. Like others already pointed out, there seems to be no chocolate in that pie.

But seriously, who cares.
Unless, of course, the chocolate is on the inside of the pie.  But how likely is that?

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Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:34 PM
Star Member Orangepeel (13,180 posts)
46. I made my own crust and put it in a disposable aluminum pan

I brought it to dinner and didn’t want to take a plate home. I don’t know whether she made pie herself or not, but the pan doesn’t prove she didn’t make her own crust.
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Title: Re: "Cool clock, Ahmed" Barry 9/16/2015
Post by: freedumb2003b on November 25, 2017, 12:45:57 PM
DUmmies admit: a woman's place is in the kitchen making pie.

If she can't make pie she isn't really a proper woman.

Now, let's get real about sammiches.
Title: Re: "Cool clock, Ahmed" Barry 9/16/2015
Post by: Old n Grumpy on November 25, 2017, 12:46:47 PM
She photo shopped the pie, if you look real closely at the arrangement of the pecans you will see a secret message coded there.  :-)

Decoded it says, "clinton is a 2 time loser"   :lmao: :lmao: :loser:
Title: Re: "Cool clock, Ahmed" Barry 9/16/2015
Post by: SVPete on November 25, 2017, 01:43:22 PM
As I posted on CU:

First, and least important, if you want to Himalayanize a molehill you need to start with a molehill. The level of pettiness wrt Trump people is miles off the charts.

Second, I occasionally take pictures of things I want to remember. I always pay attention to lighting and make sure I have a neutral colored plain background. "Neutral" is defined by the darkness of the image. Something moderately dark, like a pecan pie, should have a white background.

Third, Twitchy had a thread on this (https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/11/24/piegate-sarah-sanders-accused-of-using-stock-photo-for-thanksgiving-tweet/) that shows that the conspiracy theory comes from the url format used by Twitter for images - "PBS" is part of every such url. And as "lapfog_1" posted, the image is not on PBS' website.

Additionally, reusable aluminum pie tins are readily available. That DU-folk don't know this shows how DUmb they truly are. Also, there are enough irregularities in the grooves in the crust that those were not made by a commercial machine.

Not that facts matter on DU.

I liked this exchange:

"Reporter" April D. Ryan: I am not trying to be funny but folks are already saying #piegate and #fakepie Show it to us on the table with folks eating it and a pic of you cooking it. I am getting the biggest laugh out of this. I am thankful for this laugh on Black Friday!

Sarah Sanders: Don’t worry @AprilDRyan because I’m nice I’ll bake one for you next week #RealPie #FakeNews ;-)
Title: Re: "Cool clock, Ahmed" Barry 9/16/2015
Post by: DLR Pyro on November 25, 2017, 05:33:16 PM
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Star Member Kingofalldems (25,804 posts)
5. There's a bakery near the White House that may be

the source of the photo and the pie.

by jove, I think he's got it!

mystery solved. 

This will not stand!!

Start the impeachment proceedings against Trump immediately!!!