The president of the United States is an open, unrepentant, and complete shithead. Yet, if I point this out, I'm being "divisive".
I'm still unwilling to make peace with this state of the world.
"America hadn't really been suited for its long and tiresome role as the Last Superpower, the World's Policeman. As a patriotic American, Oscar was quite content to watch other people's military coming home in boxes for a while. The American national character wasn't suited for global police duties. It never had been. Tidy and meticulous people such as the Swiss and the Swedes were the types who made good cops. America was far better suited to be the World's Movie Star. The world's tequila-addled pro-league bowler. The world's acerbic, bipolar stand-up comedian. Anything but a somber and tedious nation of socially responsible centurions."
America was far better suited to be the World's Movie Star. The world's tequila-addled pro-league bowler. The world's acerbic, bipolar stand-up comedian
Or better still, all at once!
What is 4 referencing? It's on the tip of my tongue.
Huh. Don't think I've read that.
4, 6: Chairman Bruce has often got it goin' on. Name checked the Taliban and (I think) OBL in Zeitgeist, pub date 1999.
How is Pirate Utopia, has anyone here read it?
Apparently it's a diplomatic faux pas for one head of state to say he's "honored" to meet another.
Hopefully having your wife refuse to shake Trump's hand is still fine.
Vox, but this is a really interesting analysis of nudity, race, and class within the Kardashians' oeuvre.
What are the odds some world leader gives Trump the old "offered handshake then smooth back hair" switcheroo? My money's on Evo Morales.
1: Yep, motherfuckers be motherfuckering in ways various.
Given the length of the meeting, I assume Trump has now signed up for a timeshare in Crimea.
Maybe we all have one collectively. There's no 'i' in dacha.
"мерика на самом деле не была подходящей для своей долгой и утомительной роли в качестве Последней сверхдержавы, Полицейского мира. Как патриотический американец Оскар был вполне доволен, чтобы посмотреть, как солдаты других людей приходят домой в коробках на некоторое время. Американский национальный характер действительно не подходит для глобальных полицейских обязанностей. Это никогда не было. Придирчивые и дотошные люди, такие как швейцарцы и шведы, были типами, которые создали хороших полицейских. Америка была намного лучше подходит для Всемирной кинозвезды. Бойлер-лигай в мире, богатый текилой."
"This seemed presidential. ... This seemed like we were back to normal times."
Today's contestant was David Gergen.
"Did not attempt to fuck a chicken on camera during a summit" is a good start.
That was maybe a little bit divisive.
An explanation of why Sarah Palin's use of the notorious "14 words" in reference to an article on Trumps "Triumph of the Blood" speech yesterday was probably "innocent."
You need a rooster for that to work with hens.
A comb-over that looks like a rooster comb won't work.
I am of course operating miles above the quotidian political fray, mildly amused at times by observing the struggles of the desperate partisans trying to sort out who fucked which barnyard animal and who peed on whom. Off to my afternoon constitutional.
Suddenly everyone else on the blog was run over by a truck.
15 had me at "nudity" but lost me at "Kardashian."
I *finally* found a car at LAX with Campari so mow have negroni thank god bc otherwise addressing these asinine comments on this brief would be unbearable.
Surely a prosperous legal career demands comments be addressed from the house of Martini.
wow that person was all messed up! I guess one advantage of having serious alcoholics in the near family tree is ability to recognize them even outside of family class context? like from first law firm I worked in I could spot them unerringly whilst colleagues were dare I say bamboozled, not to mention have never gotten anywhere near a relationship with one, no thanks!
I do in fact love Negronis, and wqs considering purchasing ingredients just last night.
I am disappointed that this is looking like it might be right: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/07/the-undeniable-pattern-of-russian-hacking.html
Since this appears to be the alcohol thread, I notice that artisanal spirits seem to be the hip new thing. At the local farmers' market this morning, there were 3 stands (up from one 3 weeks ago) selling locally distilled liquor. Whiskey, half a dozen different varieties of rum, vodka, gin and apple brandy were all on sale. I guess the craft beer market is oversaturated so people are branching out?
Nah. Preparation for the coming collapse of long-distance trade networks.
38 Cherry-picked within an inch of its life.
Probably part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
I'm in the land of aperol and prosecco. Drank lots of prosecco at lunch, and am looking for a way to have an aperol spritz now without looking like an alcoholic.
42: well, hang on, let's not rule out "boneheaded".
Actually I have been wondering what would be appropriate self-treats to mark sobriety milestones each month. It's been roughly two weeks, no AA or anything, just sweeping away the last of the exceptions and excuses and ceremonial partaking. (I realize this question is like asking what you should get me for my birthday this year, so just have fun with the suggestions...)
Buy flowers? Fresh flowers in the house once a month is kind of noticeably festive; you can change up kinds for variety, and they're consumable without being food.
48 excellent idea, & lipstick! small, not too expensive (unless you try quite hard), fun.
Etsy sells kits to teach yourself flint knapping and a hobby is a good distraction.
Do some hacking for the Russians.
50: In my college there was a class for anthro students where they had to make stone tools using Stone Age techniques. Apparently it's fucking hard.
So easy, even a caveman could do it.
Apparently the instructors like to make cutting remarks.
45: Buy a high quality coffee or tea you enjoy. You should have a fair amount of newly disposable income. Just don't go on a coffee bender.
That reminds me, I further observed the grad student I mentioned in a previous thread who does pour overs. He has a digital scale on which he weighs out the beans, then grinds them with a hand grinder, then loads the glass pitcher/filter holder and does the pour. I assume there's a thermometer and a measuring cup to ensure the correct volume of water is the proper temperature although I didn't see those. Also probably a timer to pour at the proper rate.
Also his personality seems like the type to be attracted to this very blog so if you're a lurker I describe the above with the utmost admiration of your attention to detail. Good thing in a scientist. Forgive my transgression in using the crappy office-provided Keurig pods, they're free and I mostly view coffee as a medium for dosing caffeine.
I don't have that kind of office, so I just use Folgers.
57:
I have the same setup but use an electric grinder when at home. Hand grinder for travelling. I used only a hand grinder only for a long time because it was cheaper---a good electric burr grinder is >$100. You don't need a thermometer if you have experimented with how long you need to wait for the water off the boil to reach the right temperature. And yes the timer is essential. However now I refuse to have any coffee beans at home because I end up drinking too much coffee that way. By making myself pay a lot for coffee shop pourovers, my consumption is limited.
Apparently the instructors like to make cutting remarks.
You always chert the ones you love.
"We don't want them gneiss. We want them sharp."
My son and I own the same model of Burr grinder. He pours, I use a drip coffee maker, although I pre-heat the water in the carafe in the microwave so it brews in under eight minutes. I do swing out the basket for a pre-pour, about half a cup of the heated water, then close it and pour the rest in the coffee maker. The pre-pour is for "bloom."
The details are confusing, but I get the schist.
On the veldt everyone used an aeropress and its still good enough for me. Stonehenge, of course, was built for timing cold brew.
They're talking about reintroducing lynx to Britain, which would allow new developments in the coffee area.
Are they the ones that shit high end coffee beans?
Real coffee aficionados have their own pet civet cats.
Are the lynx to control the stoat population?
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The euro-lynx, lynx lynx, is larger than ours. Ours is specialized to preyon Snowshoe Hares. In Northern Europe the lynx has larger territories more like the Panthera phenotype. On this continent the cougar occupies that niche, even though it's not a true panther either.
It's a new week, but this is still the thread. Apparently, the defense against the Trump campaign colluding with the Russians is going to be that Trump, Jr. sucks at conspiracy?
I think it will end up being "collusion is not a crime" (already test-driven by a number of right-wing media types) and bolstered by dozens more "but in this cafe in Red state (or Red area of a Blue state) his voters don't care." And by voters I mean Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.
It's going to be "can shoot someone on 5th Ave." all the way down.
If they can't get their own people to shut the fuck up, eventually they're going to shoot a white person (to extend the metaphor).
A picture of the guy who set up the meeting supposedly the day after the election.
The euro-lynx, lynx lynx
To be sung to the tune of Agadoo.
