Rye ask why?

Heretay akingmay, rogfays aygay! -Plinus 55AD

It was Gaius Plinus Secundus, who was of the opinion the only people that would ever eat rye, were people that were starving. Gaius was an authority during the medieval period due to his extensive writings on his observations of the natural world.  He is credited with over seven books during the first century AD (or CE if you are so inclined) on things such as grammar, Roman history, throwing the lance, and a biography of Pomponius Secundus.  He is best known for Natural History from where the above opinion is written.  He is known for his ability to string together previously unrelated concepts in a vernacular style easily interpreted by the masses, easily transcribed by medieval monasteries, and indeed can be considered one of the first to pen an encyclopedia.

Unfortunately many of those concepts had more to do with what we now call mysticism, and most of his assertions are to put it bluntly—wrong.  Quite frankly Gaius may not have been as bright as he thought he was, given that he died while investigating the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.  Though in fairness, the Romans were probably unfamiliar with the dangers of erupting volcanoes.  In all, he is probably better known by his anglicized name.

This is not my review of Russian River’s Pliny the Elder.

Why not?  I can’t find it, and quite frankly I need a way better excuse to go to California—and possibly find it.  Pliny probably did hate rye, so I will honor his memory by reviewing a rye pale ale.

Rye is a species of grass similar to wheat and barley except that it grows in colder climates.  People first began eating rye bread around the Black and Caspian Seas, which is why it’s sometimes affiliated with Russian oligarchs.  Interestingly enough, it is planted in the fall, where it survives through the winter and harvested in June.  Rye is chewier, and has a more robust flavor than wheat or barley, and beverages made with it share this quality.

I don’t know about anyone else here, but I for one happen to like rye whiskey and rye bread; naturally I liked this as well. Others might just be happy this is not an IPA.   Abita Bourbon Street Rye Pale Ale 4.1/5.

Comments

333 responses to “Rye ask why?”

  1. Florida Man

    Throwing the lance-

    Now that’s a euphemism!

    My new favorite Rye is Sagamore Spirit Double Oak. Their barrel proof is also amazing. I’ve never had a Rye beer I’ve liked, maybe I should seek more out.

    1. AlmightyJB

      The chapter on polishing had all of the pages stuck together.

    2. Galt1138

      Have to check that out. I love barrel aged beers, and do like some rye beers.

      I haven’t been that impressed with Abita’s beers. But, Mexican’s review makes me want to try this one.

      1. Florida Man

        FYI: sagamore is a whiskey, not Rye beer

  2. Rye whiskey, baby.

    1. Bob Boberson

      ^This. I’ve tried to like Bourbon and Scotch. I prefer the later to the former but I always come back to Rye. Give me a Pendleton or a Bullitt Rye any day of the week.

      1. Florida Man

        I think it’s the peat. I can’t get around it.

        1. Bob Boberson

          To me bourbon, even good bourbon, just burns…… haven’t found one that I can enjoy half as much as a medium-shelf Rye. I’ve found several Scotches I enjoy but they are usually pretty light on the peat.

          1. Galt1138

            Funny, my home brewing buddy has got me really liking the peaty Scotch. I really like Lagavulin.

            The Barbell Logic podcast guys usually start each podcast talking about a whiskey they’re trying. I’ve got a good buying list out of those.

          2. Hyperion

            Bourbon burns? You need better bourbon.

        2. FM, if you get a chance, try Dalwhinnie (“The Gentle Spirit”) or Glenmorangie…any of the Highlands Scotches. No peat, no iodine, no smoke.

          1. Florida Man

            I’m drinking The list Distillery Towiemore. I actually like it. Lot of honey notes and very like peat. Thanks for the recommendation.

          2. Florida Man

            I’m drinking The lost Distillery Towiemore. I actually like it. Lot of honey notes and very like peat. Thanks for the recommendation.

      2. Hyperion

        I love rye whiskey. I won’t say it is better than scotch or bourbon, I’ll just say it’s also good. 2 that I have right now are Sagamore Spirit Barrel Select and Whistlepig Old World cask finish 12 year. Both are excellent. I opened one of my Blanton’s last night though, and it just reminded how good bourbon can be.

  3. DEG

    I don’t know about anyone else here, but I for one happen to like rye whiskey and rye bread

    Rye bread is good, especially on a Reuben sandwich.

    Rye beer is also good.

    I can get some Abita products up here. I’ll look next time I’m buying booze to see if this one is up here.

    A coworker of mine obtained some Russian River Pliny the Elder. He liked it, but on the other hand, he is an IPA fan.

    1. Nephilium

      Russian River (at least used to) have some distribution to Pennsylvania, including being one of two states (that I’m aware of, the other being Colorado) that has a chance of getting Pliny the Younger. I have yet to sample it, I’ve only managed to try the Elder, which is fantastic.

      1. DEG

        I’ve seen Russian River in Pennsylvania in the past. I don’t remember if I saw any on my last trip. Those times I’ve seen Russian River in Pennsylvania there was no Pliny of any type.

        1. Sean

          http://www.ironabbey.com/on-draft

          $26 per bottle of a Russian River beer?
          Ouch.

          I’ll just drink bourbon or scotch and save money.

          1. DEG

            That is a bit pricey.

            The place looks good. I should stop in next time I’m in the Philly area. Thanks!

          2. Sean

            We used to go there and liked it a lot. We’ve since moved and stopped drinking beer.

            Plus it’s right next door to a gun shop.

          3. Nephilium

            Keep in mind that those are sours as well. Any of the Russian River beers that end in -tion are. Most (if not all) are also barrel aged, which adds to the expense. I seem to remember them being around $15-ish at the brewery. The location in Philly that scored the Pliny was Monk’s Cafe, which is a place to hit up if you like Belgian beers.

          4. DEG

            The PLCB raided Monk’s Cafe several years back over selling “unlicensed beer”. Fuck the PLCB.

          5. Nephilium

            Yeah, I remember that raid. Reading over the list of “destroyed” beers made my heart weep. On a lighter note, I have finally visited Jungle Jim’s. If you ever find yourself in the Cincinnati area, I highly recommend going there. I saved some money by doing a build your own six pack of the Spencer Trappist beers.

          6. DEG

            A friend of mine from the old days lives outside Cincinnati. I visited him and his wife several years ago. They took me to Jungle Jim’s. I like it. I have not been back, but I think I need to go.

          7. Timeloose

            Monks is a must try bar if you are ever in Philly. They have their own been made for them in a Belgium abbey. Great food and a incredible beer selection.

          8. Nephilium

            Oh, I’ve visited. The company I used to work for had their headquarters in the area. It made Monk’s a destination place to visit when we had to travel for work.

      2. Galt1138

        Yeah, I haven’t had Pliny the Younger. It’s a hassle to try, since it’s seasonal. Some places that get a keg down here in LA have a lottery for tasters. At least the proceeds go to charity. I do like Pliny the Elder. For years, it was THE double IPA. Still very good. But, a bunch have surpassed it in this hop head’s book.

        Russian River makes some excellent Belgian style beers, too. Check these out: https://russianriverbrewing.com/belgian-inspired-ales/

        1. Playa Manhattan

          I had 6 Elders in my fridge on Thursday. I have zero today.

      3. Playa Manhattan

        Russian River is distributed by Stone. If you see the Stone truck out and about, it’s worth asking the driver what he’s carrying.

        1. Galt1138

          Good to know.

    2. AlmightyJB

      I like rye bread, pumpernickel is great fresh with some good butter. I’ve only had rye bourbon from Bulleit which I liked. I have had a Rye beer on tap that I liked but I’ll be damned if I can remember what it was. I probably posted it here at the time.

      1. Not Adahn

        Jim Beam Rye is cheap and quite drinkable.

        1. AlmightyJB

          Cool. I grew up on Jim Beam so sounds like a good option. My grocery store might even have it.

      2. DEG

        This is a pretty good rye beer.

        1. AlmightyJB

          I think I’ve heard of that. I’ll look for it. I know you know beer.

          1. DEG

            you know beer

            For some definition of “know”.

            I don’t claim to be an expert.

            I checked Otto’s website. It looks like they only distribute in central Pennsylvania.

          2. AlmightyJB

            By “know”, I meant we have same taste in beers:). Everything you post is of a style in my wheelhouse.

          3. DEG

            Ahhh, OK. I see.

          4. AlmightyJB

            Porters, Stouts, Dubbels, Tripels, Quads, Browns, Reds, Blonds, Ambers, Helles, Wheats, Dark Lagers, etc.

      3. Gustave Lytton

        I liked the Bulleit rye but it seems to have dried up around here. The contract distillery that makes Bulleit also makes a bunch of others. Is there a better price/quality with the rest of them vs the Bulleit?

        1. Florida Man

          I think bulliet is that sweet spot of cost/quality. I can’t think of a whiskey cheaper but as good.

          1. Florida Man

            Ritten and redemption are the only two that come to mind.

          2. C. Anacreon

            Just about to leave on a one night camping trip. Our only liquids are water and Bulliet Rye.

          3. Galt1138

            Just picked up a big bottle of Bulliet at Costco. Only had a couple of small glasses. So far, it’s pretty good. Granted, I can’t claim to know bourbon anywhere near how I know craft beer.

      4. slumbrew

        Sazerac Rye is a good value, though it can be hard to find.

        I quiet like Michter’s Straight Rye, but that’s a bit more dear.

        1. Florida Man

          Second Michter’s.

  4. Nephilium

    Friendly reminder that the e-mails for the Glib BIF have been sent out, if you didn’t get an e-mail, I don’t have you on the list (or typoed your e-mail address).

  5. AlmightyJB

    Local restaurant that specializes in Cajan keeps a lot of Abita. The ones I’ve had have been good. I’ll have to check that one out. I had a really good brown on tap the other night. A lot of depth of flavor. According to beer advocate is been retired. Hope that’s not true. I just had it Wednesday night

    https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2470/151784/

    1. AlmightyJB

      Oh its a Pale Ale. Ill sample first. Not usually a fan.

  6. SP

    I loved this write-up, MS.

    /off to make rye bread

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      throwing the lance

      Thanks, I like to think there is something for everyone here.

  7. R C Dean

    Interestingly enough, it is planted in the fall, where it survives through the winter and harvested in June.

    So is wheat. I’ve spent many a fine fall day sitting over a field of winter wheat, with the shoots just coming up, waiting for the deer to show up for a snack.

  8. Yusef drives a Kia

    I love Patty Melts with Rye Bread, I’ll bet that Ale tastes pretty Good,
    Is Pliny is the Elder Why is he second?

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      I don’t know…the rabbit hole didn’t take me to Roman naming conventions.

  9. robc

    I make a ryezenbock. A weisenbock with rye instead of wheat.

    It is awesome.

    1. AlmightyJB

      That sounds amazing. Ever think of posting some recipes? I’ve not made beer before but wife bought me a starter kit.

      1. robc

        Yeah, I am probably going to start homebrewing again this summer and plan to post articles about them.

        I havent brewed since I stopped doing it professionally.

        1. AlmightyJB

          Looking forward to those:).

          1. DEG

            Same here.

            I haven’t brewed in quite a while.

            I threw a lot of my stuff out after some yellow jackets got into my basement. I stored all my brewing equipment in the basement. I used a fogging flying insect killer, and it didn’t get rid of the yellow jackets. I called an exterminator. First trip, he couldn’t find the nest but fogged and put down chemicals in the places where the yellow jackets were going in and out. The didn’t kill them. The second trip he found the nest. Death. Destruction. I was happy until I realized that my brewing equipment stayed in the basement the entire time.

    2. DEG

      That sounds delicious.

    3. mexican sharpshooter

      It sounds awesome.

      1. DEG

        Oh my.

        I don’t know if you can top this one.

        I do have incentive to not kill myself masturbating. I plan to go back to Oktoberfest this year.

        1. Nephilium

          Not this year, but I think I convinced the girlfriend that we’re going over for Oktoberfest in 2021.

          1. DEG

            I think we should have a Glibs Oktoberfest meet-up one of these years.

          2. Gustave Lytton

            You know who else held a meet up of people with extreme political beliefs in Munich beer halls?

          3. DEG

            Hmm…. well, if you count the Wiesn as a beer hall, Kurt Eisner.

          4. Now THAT would rival the Japan meet up!

          5. DEG

            It would if it ever happens.

          6. Gustave Lytton

            Wait, when is this?

          7. DEG

            Wait, when is this?

            For Oktoberfest, I plan to go this year. If there are other Glibs there when I’m there, I’d be happy to meet.

          8. Nephilium

            Right now, the tentative plans for this October involve getting tickets to the Great American Beer Fest. I’ll meet up with any Glibs in the area there as well. If that falls through, perhaps a trip to Portland or Iceland (there’s now a direct flight from Cleveland to Reykjavik, with round trip airfare costing ~$500).

          9. DEG

            Oktoberfest is almost entirely in September, it ends very early in October. My current are to be back in the US in October.

            I doubt I’ll be able to head to GABF or go anywhere else in October this year.

          10. Gustave Lytton

            Sorry, meant when is the Japan meet up?

          11. DEG

            Japan meet-up? I remember seeing straffinrun and a few others talk about it. RAHeinlein I think was one of the others? I can’t remember. Ping straffinrun if you see him.

          12. robc

            a great taste of the midwest meetup in Madison would be easier.

            I used to meetup with ClubMedsux from TOS there.

      2. Rhywun

        Maybe it’s just me but the kissy-lips & propping up the twins look is played.

      3. Galt1138

        26. The guy to the left of that blonde is really enjoying the view!

  10. Guess what I’m drinking while watching soccer?

    KEYSTONE FUCKING LIGHT

    Judge me all you want.

    1. Creosote Achilles

      I am judging you. What’s next? An Icehouse and then a Zima?

      1. Tres Cool

        I just got 2 30-packs of Keystone Light at my Meijer, thank you very little.
        And they had a giant floor display for….Zima.

        1. Back in college is was 30 ‘stones for 10 bones. Light enough that the girls would drink it, not terrible and it got the job done.

          1. Tres Cool

            Damn inflation. 30 ‘stones set me back 15 bones.

        2. Yusef drives a Kia

          Sup Tres! Off to the Stuft Sandwich for Lunch and Good Beer in an hour or two,
          I drink Busch at the Slabs, so I can stay in one piece, Small beer is OK by me

      2. Cats and dogs living together etc. etc.

    2. Rhywun

      I just drank some milk…. I don’t handle day-drinking very well.

      And– I liked Zima.

      1. Florida Man

        I’m eating a burrito and then heading to a beer festival. Some people have hard lives…

        https://beermericaorlando.com

        1. You getting a blow job while you’re typing this also?

          …jerk.

          (j/k)

      2. BakedPenguin

        I liked Zima.

        Damn, another one admits his shame. #metoo

        1. Florida Man

          Rings bell*

          SHAME! SHAME!

      3. Creosote Achilles

        I love day drinking. A friend of mine and I had an impromptu day drinking Whiskey / Scotch / bourbon tasting yesterday. We played strategy games, sampled some Oban, a Shackleford that is a recreation of the scotch taken on the Shackleford expedition that the unearthed (uniced?) a few years back, and a couple of other whiskeys. Good times.

        1. Galt1138

          That sounds like a great way to spend a day. Too bad only one of my friends out here is in to strategy games.

          Cheers!

    3. DEG

      I’m not going to say anything other than I have some fond memories of quaffing Rolling Rock in my younger days.

    4. Playa Manhattan

      I AM. FOR WATCHING SOCCER.

  11. Spudalicious

    I’ll have to look for this one. I LOVE Rye whisky. I make Manhattan’s with Knob Creek small batch. Pikesville is a favorite and for splurging, Kentucky Owl 11 year old is just superb.

    1. Old Man With Candy

      Pikesville? Really? We used to call that area “Kikesville.” (though the fuckers moved production to Kentucky)

      1. Spudalicious

        It’s great stuff. Rittenhouse is a cheaper, younger version.

  12. Tres Cool

    Great write-up as usual, Sharpie. I’d like to get into some of these high-falootin’ beers someday, but as you may see from above, I love a bargain.

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Cobra 5.5% 100 oz 5$
      Torpedo 7.6% 72oz 11$

    2. He did do a write up on American light lagers at some point in the past (Bud Light, Coors Light, etc.), but I’d like to see a true bum beer write up; Natty Ice, OE, King Cobra, Colt 45, etc.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        I’m not allowed…..

      2. I would only do OE on a dare.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          I can’t remember if it was Mickeys or OE that caused a certain condition without fail:

          Morning diarrhea.

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            Cobra, every time….

      3. Q…you have given me an idea….I will bounce it off TPTB.

      4. mexican sharpshooter

        I did one on Earthquake back in February… https://glibertarians.com/2018/02/it-works-every-time/

    3. Bob Boberson

      Nothing wrong with enjoying a bargain beer. When I go back home I swill Genessee like it’s going to of style. That being said life is too short to drink natty lite exclusively; find a semi-high falootin’ beer you enjoy and branch out from there. There is a world of good beer out there and the cheap stuff will always be there when you just want a buzz.

      1. Bob speaks sooth. I tend toward good beer and semi-crappy wine (OMWC is wincing somewhere). Any port (now there I do have good taste, heh heh) in a storm.

        1. Florida Man

          Ruby or Tawny?

          1. Both. Although, as I get older, I only want the 10, 20 and 30 year old tawny and stick to ruby more and more.

          2. Florida Man

            Both was the correct answer.

      2. You got to have a base beer, Strohs for instance, keep a 30 in the fridge for when you just want a cold one, after yard work or while writing up Glib articles. then keep a few premium beers around for meals and fancy occasions.

        1. juris imprudent

          Yeungling in the fridge for lawn-mowing tomorrow.

          1. Hyperion

            I drank way too much of that when I first moved to MD. I didn’t have a lot of money at the time, just divorced, new clients, moving expenses, so Yeungling was new to me and a great price as well. I think I was getting it for around $14 a case. When I first saw it, I was like ‘WTF is this? Some sort of Chinese beer?’.

        2. Hyperion

          Heineken, I always keep some in the fridge. Except for today, I’m out of beer, so drinking Scotch.

  13. Rhywun:

    You watching the NYC game right now? Woe unto Rapids supporters such as myself.

    1. Rhywun

      Yup. And yup– hopefully.

    2. Soccer doesn’t resume until the World Cup.

      1. Snobs need not apply.

  14. Bob Boberson

    I’m enjoying a delicious Sol on the porch right now. I can’t decide if its just a marketing thing or a true preference; do I like their label so I think the beer is better or do I actually prefer it to other cerveza’s? I can’t say I’d be able to identify it in a blind taste test with Tecate, Corona or Pacifico.

    1. Cerveza mexicana is usually pretty good. I don’t know if it’s psychological, but it really should be drank on a sunny day (preferably on the beach) with a lime and a hottie in a bikini next to you.

      1. Bob Boberson

        looks at empty chair on porch…..haz a sad

          1. https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/8KmDpvQtscMspjjNaMi3op__R3M/fit-in/1024×1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/07/25/802/n/1922398/c7b463b1a9ed54f1_925930_668182323269741_1682782620_n/i/She-stretched-out-lounge-chair-Mexico-July-2014.jpg

            *EDIT FERRY HAS A CONFUZZLE*

          2. Galdernit. Copy/paste. Link fucked up.

          3. Bob Boberson

            Waits in giddy anticipation for Edit Faery to grace us with her supple charms

    2. Playa Manhattan

      I think of Sol as a neutral Mexican beer, sort of like Tecate. I use it in cooking all the time, especially in beans.

      To me, Pacifico tastes a lot sweeter.

  15. mikey

    What is it with progs and royalty? You’d think they’d despise the very idea, but today Hufpo looks like People Magazine with all the fawning wedding coverage.

    BTW MS I hate these reviews. A coupe years I had bad heart problems and I’ve had to give up the beer. Your reviews keep reminding me of what I’m missing. For a beer drinker this is truly a golden age.

    1. Makes perfect sense. They love power. They probably think about being monarch while fapping.

    2. Bob Boberson

      TOP.MEN. If we’d have just crowned His-chocolateness king for life we wouldn’t be living under the crushing tyranny that the Orange One now inflicts upon us.
      The 10 million strong KKK is to blame.

    3. Scruffy Nerfherder

      The wedding and the shooting are providing convenient cover for the reveal of the FBI spy in the Trump campaign.

      1. juris imprudent

        Look for that on a Friday, preferably of a three day weekend.

    4. Suthenboy

      They worship power and despise the unwashed masses. It is simple really. They think of ordinary citizens as cattle. Nothing would suit them more than a monarchy.

    5. Scruffy Nerfherder

      I find it funny that they’re falling all over Harry, who just a few years ago was so patriarchal and even wearing Nazi costumes.

      If he weren’t such a fabulous ginger welfare bum, he would be getting excoriated instead.

    6. Not Adahn

      One of the great things about foodie hipsters is they do act as a ratchet increasing the quality of whatever the passion du jour is

    7. mexican sharpshooter

      What will you have me review?

    8. Tulip

      My go to beers are Dale’s Pale Ale or Mama’s ill Yella Pils. Both by Oskar Blues

      1. Tulip

        I have no idea how that ended up here.

        1. Nephilium

          Regardless of how it showed up there, solid choices. If you like both of those, I would recommend Pinner from the same brewery.

          1. Tulip

            I also like that they come in cans. I can drink them in the hot tub.

          2. Nephilium

            I’m just happy that Oskar Blues created the Crowler. I’m not so happy about some of the business practices they’ve used regarding it though. I can guarantee that whoever I draw in the BIF will receive at least one crowler of a beer that’s tap only.

      2. Hyperion

        I like Heineken, and I love telling people that because it seems to trigger people. My fav beer, 30+ years now.

      3. Galt1138

        Good choices, Tulip. Oskar Blues makes some excellent beer. Love their double stout.

    9. Tulip

      I don’t get this at all. All the yapping about privilege, and they can’t wait to kneel.

      1. Hyperion

        What? You don’t just roll up to the privilege store in your giant SUV and get valet parking and a free massage by thicc midgets? I thought all of us shitlords do that?

  16. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Greenwald’s sane twin is writing the articles today.

    https://theintercept.com/2018/05/19/the-fbi-informant-who-monitored-the-trump-campaign-stefan-halper-oversaw-a-cia-spying-operation-in-the-1980-presidential-election/

    The FBI informant in the Trump campaign was outed and no one is surprised that they attempted to prevent the reveal because, as usual, it’s really embarrassing.

    The informant (spy), Stefan Halper, is a long time CIA douchebag that is buddy buddy with the Bushies and spearheaded a spying campaign against the Carter campaign in 1980.

    1. See Double You

      Good article, Scruffy.

      More evidence that claims of “threats to national security” if information is made public are often just cover for bad or embarrassing acts of our national intelligence agencies.

    2. Breet Pharara

      This is one thing Greenwald has been consistently good on. I will say, I have followed this whole thing closely and from the beginning, and even I need a board with string connecting all the names on it. The origins of the GRUF (Grand Russian Unified Theory) are still hazy, so hopefully this starts shedding some light on how this all began.

  17. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Quite possibly the dumbest article I’ve read on net neutrality.

    https://boingboing.net/2018/05/18/net-freedom-human-freedom.html

    1. So Netzero equals human zero?

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        Apparently we all will die under the capitalist jackboot without unlimited torrents and guaranteed Netflix.

        1. juris imprudent

          No sex without “Netflix and chill”. They’d be incels.

    2. Suthenboy

      “Why do 87% of Americans hold a favorable view of Net Neutrality?”

      They dont.

      No one ever really explains what net neutrality is. All I need to know is who is authoring these rules to know which side I stand on.

      1. Suthenboy

        I love the ‘Save the Internet’ signs. I am looking around and the internet looks just fine to me, here at least. In Europe and Asia, not so much. I think this is a clue.

    1. mikey

      GM did a series of these. They’re great. The differential.
      https://youtu.be/K4JhruinbWc

      1. DEG

        Yes, I remember that one. That is a good one.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      They have a good one on differentials.

      My son watched it, and asked me why they don’t make good videos like that anymore.

  18. BakedPenguin

    Hey everyone, have some Garbage.

    1. Not Adahn

      There was a girl who hung out at the fraternity house that could have been Shirley Manson’s twin sister.

      Which is probably why this is my favorite Bond theme song.

      She always had access to the very best dope too.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      I was expecting Stupid Girl.

      1. See Double You

        I “discovered” Garbage recently. Highly underrated band, especially their mid-90’s music.

      2. BakedPenguin

        It’s raining here now, otherwise, good choice.

  19. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Avoid Wells Fargo. They suck.

    My sister has had her debit card number stolen three times.

    This time it was stolen even before she received it from Wells Fargo. There are 21 separate Amazon account using her card number today and she only received it this past Monday.

    1. Nephilium

      I keep seeing their new commercial, which is just terrible. The general message is:

      You trusted us, we messed up. But now you should trust us again, because we need you.

      1. juris imprudent

        Only if they use the footage from Animal House with the pitch being dubbed over.

    2. Florida Man

      They have my mortgage. I didn’t give it to them, but they have it.

      1. DEG

        Same here.

        Strangely enough, I have nothing to complain about.

    3. Playa Manhattan

      Sounds like they have a very serious security problem on their hands.

      I know everyone likes to do things their own way, but if you can at all help it, avoid debit cards as much as possible.

      I NEVER use mine, except to take out cash once or twice a month at my home branch.

      1. Suthenboy

        Same credit card for 25 years, a Discover. It pays great reward points and we have had problems 3x with theft. In each case Discover was on it like a duck on a junebug and cleared up the problem and restored our money. I pay the thing off every month. I couldn’t be happier with Discover.

        They cut us off recently. Bought the wife a new car after we had saved enough to buy it outright, no financing. I put as much of it on the card as I could for the reward points. Then we went home and I paid off the card the same day. It was wildly out of our normal spending pattern and Discover panicked and stopped the card. This pleased me and it was easily cleared up with a phone call.

    4. SP

      I am currently in the middle of moving all my banking, personal and business, away from Wells Fargo. They keep annoying me with their business practices and the fees for various things keep rising. Add to that the fact that there are very few branches anywhere near me, so I end up paying ATM fees if I forget to get cash at the grocery store.

  20. Suthenboy

    No one ever posts my kind of music so I will.

    Good voice on this chick. She is a dead ringer for someone….I used to know.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG-d3WQ4EYo

    1. DEG

      Yeah, she’s got a good voice. Good song too.

    2. Yusef drives a Kia

      Here Suthen, I love these guys/girls,
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygYbk7y9LSs

    3. Gotye? 😉

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        You mean Walter Backer?

      2. Tres Cool

        I read that as ‘goatse’.
        Time to throttle back the Keystone.

        HEY YUFUS!

    4. BakedPenguin

      How about this?

  21. Nephilium

    Oh, and beer related as well. If there are any other Cleveland area Glibs who are members of the American Homebrewers Association (or are interested in joining), I’ll be at the rally at Platform brewing.

    1. AlmightyJB

      Damn wish I was. I have a tooth implant on Friday and in-laws coming Sunday. That sounds like a lot more fun.

      1. Nephilium

        Here’s hoping, it’s the first rally here in Cleveland for a long time (and the first that I’ll be going to). Of course, the Friday before (June 1st) is also the tentative opening of the new Fat Head’s production facility, which is conveniently around the corner from the old one, which is conveniently around the corner from my house.

        Which reminds me… I need to hit up the old production facility soon to see when the soft opening of the new one is. They predominantly do hop forward beers (which appear to be underappreciated here), but do some classic German styles as well. They’re one of the most award winning breweries in Ohio, and their beer lineup is solid.

        1. AlmightyJB

          Yeah, Fat Head is good. Very popular in Columbus. I hear a lot people ask if a bar has it as soon as they walk in. Lucky you:)

          1. Nephilium

            Curious if they’re looking for Head Hunter, Bumbleberry, or a different one? There’s a story (backed up by credible sources) that the head brewer of Fat Head’s hates Bumbleberry. But he admits it’s one of their most popular beers, sells well, and helps him to make the beers he wants to make (such as Hop Stalker).

            If you’re available, I’ll gladly walk you through some of the fun during Cleveland Beer Week in October. My girlfriend doesn’t really drink, so I draft her as a DD for some of the events. I’ll also be down in Canal Winchester in August for Brewdog’s AGM.

  22. Gilmore

    Thought: Sexist – but True?

    – guy on twitter remarked


    Hugh de Croft
    ‏ @HughdeCroft

    Some women think it lends them an air of passionate, no-nonsense force and authority when they curse like sailors, but it just makes them look like desperate, trashy try-hards.

    I have never quite had that exact same thought -but i think something close to it has often been lingering in the back of my brain;

    its not that all cursing is different between men+women, and that women do it badly and men do it ‘right’; its that *some* kinds of cursing simply doesn’t do the same things.

    women and men curse in casual conversation in many of the same ways; as gap-filler, for sake of humor/levity…

    …but in some other ways they simply don’t work the same at all.

    And i suspect the reason is: because when men curse as a point of *emphatic emphasis*? it is implicitly suggesting “potential for violence”. there’s an “Or Else” implied. It doesn’t mean there’s any expectation that violence is pending; its just a way of verbally barking – reminding one another that the capacity for violence exists.

    When women use similar – identical, really – language… it has all the same basic form and intent, but there’s a underlying hollowness to it: “Or else what?”

    fwiw, this was the comment the guy was responding to:

    Lauren Shippen
    ‏Verified account @laurenshippen

    Let me be crystal clear: I 100% want to take away your guns. Fuck your second amendment. Until children stop getting slaughtered in school, absolutely fuck it. Take them all away.

    1. If that is cursing like a sailor then I have been mistaken about what that idiom means.

    2. Suthenboy

      She could have stopped at the second sentence. Children will stop being slaughtered in school when the proggies get out of the way and let us stop it.

      As for the cursing I agree. I do quite a bit of cursing myself but I find it unattractive in women, me being a patriarchal shitlord and all.

      1. Children will stop being slaughtered in school when the proggies get out of the way and let us stop it.

        No, they won’t, If we want to live in a free society bad shit is going to happen, taking guns, arming teachers, building safe rooms, none of it will stop a dedicated asshole.

        1. See Double You

          This. That’s the real task we have to convince the public; if you want freedom, expect that not all travesties can be prevented. If someone well, truly, and utterly wants to cause the chaos, he can. Punishing the peaceful won’t stop the violent.

          1. Not Adahn

            “If” you want freedom

            They don’t.

        2. Suthenboy

          I suspect arming staff at schools will cause the dedicated assholes to choose other soft targets. Most of these shooters give up or kill themselves when they are confronted with force. They will go somewhere else if they are likely to be shot inside of the first minute.

          Bad shit will still happen but at a greatly diminished rate.

          1. See Double You

            “Bad shit will still happen but at a greatly diminished rate.”

            That, may be true, Suthen, but remember the OP: “Until children stop getting slaughtered in school”: that’s the mentality that must be confronted – that *all* shootings can be stopped if we crush the freedom to own firearms. A “diminished rate” of shootings isn’t good enough for these people.

            Instead, people need to understand that if they want freedom, there will be risks that cannot be completely ameliorated, including risks to their own children.

            It’s an uphill battle, especially as our culture becomes more interested in faux safety than true liberty.

    3. mexican sharpshooter

      Most people don’t use profanity correctly. When done correctly it conveys a sense of distaste for the circumstances from which the speaker is speaking. Used with precision, amd brevity.
      A good example. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vyMggFe9WRQ#

      If you use it for every other word like Al Pacino in Scarface, well, it loses its effect. Like a fucking idtiot, I often catch myself in the latter group.

      1. Cool link, bro.

        1. mexican sharpshooter

          Fuck it. I tried.

    4. AlmightyJB

      Kind of reminds me of something Christopher Hitchens said about women not being funny. He said that the female stand up comedians just emulate men by cursing like sailers and being vuler. There is no real “feminine” humor. Certainly women who behave in that manner are not seen as being girly. But today it seems like girly girls stand out more because there seems to be less of them. At least in the U.S. I definitely notice when a girl is behaving feminine.

    5. SP

      When women use similar – identical, really – language… it has all the same basic form and intent, but there’s a underlying hollowness to it: “Or else what?”

      Some of us are very threatening, with a cold menace behind it.

      As nice as everyone seems to think I am, you do not want to mess with me.

      1. Florida Man

        I’m a very nice person. Ialso have a gun and knife on me 90 percent of the time.

      2. Tulip

        I am from Minnesota. When I use my cheerleader voice I am about to humiliate you, while remaining Minnesota nice

        1. Hyperion

          Heh, you can’t even say Minnesoda right, you faker!

          1. Tulip

            I worked hard to lose the accent. I binged on the tv show Fargo and it took a week to get rid of it again.

          2. Hyperion

            I grew up living in Ohio, CA, and various other places, including the South and the mid west. This led to a weird accent that no one could figure out. I think I’ve pretty much lost it now after being in MD for 10 years, but I’m not sure. At least people no longer ask me ‘where are you from?’ all of the time.

  23. God damn motherfucking passive voice:

    BRUNSWICK, N.Y. >> A state police vehicle driving down North Lake Avenue in the town of Brunswick went off the road and reportedly crashed into a man mowing his lawn on Friday afternoon.

    The rest of the article is just as infuriating. The local TV station’s story is surprisingly not bad now, although on the evening news last night, the idiot reporter said that the patrol car “made its way” into the lawn. As if it were driving itself.

    1. If it weren’t for the one link limit, I’d have linked to the TV news story in my last post:

      http://www.news10.com/news/local-news/nysp-trooper-involved-in-car-crash-in-brunswick/1187615082

    2. Suthenboy

      That is really something. Do they teach that in journalism school? Nicholas must have gotten a masters degree in it.

    3. See Double You

      Well, cops aren’t culpable when they gun down peaceful people and dogs, so why would they be when they plow random bystanders with squad cars?

  24. Timeloose

    I’m heading to a brewery tour followed up by a happy hour at the brewery with live music and BBQ.

    Suck it rain.

  25. The Late P Brooks

    A state police vehicle driving down North Lake Avenue in the town of Brunswick went off the road and reportedly crashed into a man mowing his lawn on Friday afternoon.

    Was it a Tesla police car?

  26. The Late P Brooks

    Let me be crystal clear: I 100% want to take away your guns. Fuck your second amendment. Until children stop getting slaughtered in school, absolutely fuck it. Take them all away.

    We just need common sense fuck control. Then those baby incels won’t have so much pent up angst (and other toxins).

    *Again. I rate it vastly more likely a kid at the local high school will get stomped flat by a moose at the dog park than be shot by a classmate. Death by Four-Wheeler leads by several laps.

  27. mikey

    Upthread DEG posted a link to great GM training film.
    This Navy one is also great . Shows the workings of a solid-state gun directing computer.
    By solid state I mean the algorithms are implemented via gears and cams.
    https://youtu.be/gwf5mAlI7Ug

    1. DEG

      That is a pretty neat video. Thanks!

  28. Gilmore

    ‘nother random thought:

    I have always been a big lacrosse fan, but one aspect i always felt was cool was that its the only american sport which Native Americans both invented and still actively participate in (and contribute some of the best players in the game)

    *only mention this because this guy just made a mind-blowing play in an NCAA quarter-finals. He’s a freshman. strong as an ox and just running dudes over and making no-look, behind the back passes.

  29. Florida Man

    I’m proud of my fellow Floridians. It’s pouring rain and the festival is still packed. Drinking a Rye ipa from Fat Point. Pretty good.

    1. Count Potato

      I fucking love science!

    2. Florida Man

      I had a small victory this morning. My ar wasn’t cycling. Clogged gas hole in the piston. Running like a top now.

    3. mexican sharpshooter

      All of you kids shot with a shotgun need to cowboy up, and get back to class. Slackers!

      1. Florida Man

        I saw some jackass on a gun site that’s tag was : if you were killed with a 9mm get up. You aren’t dead.

        1. mexican sharpshooter

          Was it We The Armed?

          1. Florida Man

            I can’t remember, but I thought it was dumb. Humans aren’t that durable.

          2. mexican sharpshooter

            As I recall, this is in reference to every thread on such sites reverting back to the old 9 vs. 45 debate. Back then it was like mentioning deep dish pizza in these parts.

          3. Florida Man

            My gun philosophy; if you are comfortable shooting/practicing with it, use it.

    4. Suthenboy

      What the hell is that?

    5. See Double You

      I guess by “less-lethal” they mean fewer students were killed before he was stopped due to having to reload?

      1. Gilmore

        Its a mendacious expansion of the concept of “lethality” from ‘the type of damage it does’, to, ‘its firepower capacity’

        by their logic, a 30rd 10/22 is more “lethal” than a semi-auto 12ga shotgun because of meaningless stats like “how fast you can fire”. never mind that wounds from the former are far more survivable than from the latter.

        its basically the vicious cycle of bullshit-pumping, where one part of media started pretending that “magazine capacity” was an indicator of lethality, and the rest simply added it to their list of basic-truths.

        i really don’t see how things like, “reload times” matters much when these are the same people who think *any armed response at all should be discouraged*.

        1. See Double You

          “i really don’t see how things like, “reload times” matters much when these are the same people who think *any armed response at all should be discouraged*.”

          Oh, of course. I’m just trying to divine their logic, which seems to be completely lacking.

  30. The Late P Brooks

    Shotgun pellets are small and slow. It’s more humane.

    1. Count Potato

      Didn’t CNN put up some dumbass chart after the Parkland shooting showing how AR-15 bullets were faster?

      1. Not Adahn

        Yes, to prove that unless AR-15 weren’t banned then poor school cops with 9mm pistols just couldn’t compete with their poky bullets.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder

          Every time CNN shows a bar chart, an angel gets brain damaged.

  31. Florida Man

    Southern tier imperial stout. It taste like coffee and chocolate milk with 10 percent abv. Tasty

    1. Hyperion

      That’s a good one. Had it a couple of months ago.

    2. Nephilium

      Southern Tier also has some very solid dessert beers, including: Mokah, Choklat, Choklat Oranj, Jahva, and Thick Mint. I’m not sure how many of them are still in production though.

      1. mexican sharpshooter

        The Choklat Oranj is good. I nearly bought the Choklat earlier today.

        1. DEG

          All are good, thought some only in small amounts (don’t try to drink the whole bomber bottle in one sitting).

          1. mexican sharpshooter

            don’t try to drink the whole bomber bottle in one sitting

            What? This is terrible advice.

          2. DEG

            For most any other beer, I wouldn’t give the advice to not drink the whole bomber bottle in one sitting.

            Some of the Southern Tier dessert beers are a bit much for drinking that much in one sitting.

      2. Choklat Oranj is the best!

  32. Hyperion

    I’m going to drink to this article. *looks at bottles on shelf, ponders which one*. I drank about 1/3 bottle of Blanton’s last night, slept until 1pm today. I’m a little hangover like, needz more alcohol.

    1. Florida Man

      I have a cute; more Blanton’s

      1. Florida Man

        Cure damn it

        1. Hyperion

          I’m looking into that… but I think maybe Chivas 18yo or some Sagamore rye.

          So far I’ve avoided the wifey lecture *hands on hips* ‘Mr. Hyperion, you drank a LOT of whiskey last night, you too silly!’ *headache worsens*

    2. Florida Man

      I saw you picked up sagamore. What do you think?

      1. Hyperion

        Excellent. I gifted both my son-in-laws a bottle, not sure if they’ve opened it or not yet. But I love the barrel select.

        1. Florida Man

          I had a feeling you’d like it. We seem to have a similar palate.

  33. The Late P Brooks

    Speaking of less lethal weapons

    1. Count Potato

      Nice, but I don’t agree that the “Performance Center® Model 19 Carry Comp” is a Model 19. They should have given it a different name.

    2. Suthenboy

      Crap. I have the model 19 with a 4″ barrel and round butt. I want the 6″ barrel and the square butt. There goes my budget.

      1. Count Potato

        I thought you already had a 6″ 686?

        1. Suthenboy

          I do. and a 4″ 586
          I want a 6″ model 19.

      2. Hyperion

        I approve of round butts.

  34. The Late P Brooks

    Qualifying currently in progress at the Speedway. Newgarden looks fast.

  35. The Late P Brooks

    Not as fast as Castroneves, though.

  36. Count Potato

    “Best practices for covering mass shootings”

    https://www.poynter.org/news/best-practices-covering-mass-shootings

  37. Count Potato

    “This is a joke right?”

    https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997648794589151232

    Unfortunately, it probably wasn’t.

    1. See Double You

      “Rapid fire rifle.” An assault rifle? Pretty sure Cruz’s AR-15 was (like all AR-15s) semi-auto, so…

      1. Hyperion

        Rapid fire means you can shoot it more than once without reloading the ball and powder. We need to ban all of those.

        1. Stinky Wizzleteats

          Fuck that, longbows and atlatls only.

          1. See Double You

            Slingshots a la those Gazans.

          2. DEG

            Rocks and sticks with nails stuck through them.

          3. Hyperion

            You’re going all Euro on us, DEG.

          4. DEG

            True. Almost all of my guns are European made.

  38. Count Potato

    “The Tribe’s Useful Idiots

    This is how so much coverage of Israel seems to work: Take an event and remove all the facts that don’t fit the desired final product. By now, the examples of what I’m talking about should be familiar enough: the Palestinian cripple who could suddenly walk; the confession — from Hamas itself — that nearly all of the “innocent victims” of Israeli “murder” were in fact terrorists; the admissions from the Hamas cannon fodder that their intentions were violent. But none of that mattered. Nor did it catch the media’s attention that there was no rioting in the Fatah-controlled West Bank, but only in Hamas-controlled Gaza. That Hamas has been fomenting this macabre publicity stunt for weeks didn’t seem to matter either.

    The articles hadn’t been written but the plot had already been agreed upon.

    The far more plausible explanation that this was all a barbarically cynical effort — sponsored by Hamas’s patrons in Iran — to foment outrage against Israel on the backs of Palestinian human sacrifices was too plausible to contemplate. Instead, the same tired story of authentic and spontaneous rage against oppressors by indigenous victims just had to be unfolding in front of our eyes.

    Reason as a distinct mode of thinking is a fairly new thing in human history. This is not to say we didn’t have the faculty to reason for hundreds of thousands of years. But the teasing out of reason as a stand-alone system of thinking is quite recent and actually much harder to sustain than we moderns assume. For most of our existence, we thought in terms of stories. Story-telling is how we learned to hunt cooperatively. Stories were — and are — how we understand ourselves, our history, and our place in the universe. Every great religion is encased in a series of tales about prophets, tyrants, and redeemers. The idea that there is a right side to history boils down to the faith that, in the long run, the great novel of man will end on terms we like.

    When the story fully takes over, reason takes itself out of the game. All that matters is the ultimate resolution of the narrative. For Hamas, the story of national liberation is all that matters. Marxism is not a system of thinking but a romantic story (in all the different meanings of “romantic”) about the progress of humanity that ends with all contradictions being eradicated in the last chapter, titled “The End of History.””

    https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/gaza-hama-tribalism-useful-idiots/

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      I have no sympathy for the idiots and agitators that due Hamas’s bidding, only the children who had no choice in the matter.

      They’re a damn death cult.

  39. Semi-Spartan Dad

    I’ve switched from bourbon to tequila for the summer. Thanks to those of you who recommended Hornitos, it’s been good. I sometimes wake up with a slight headache after drinking bourbon that’s cleared by the time I finish my last cup of coffee. I haven’t had the slightest trace of hangover with tequila.

    I ended up getting margarita mix from Costco and it’s not bad. Water, cane sugar and lime are pretty much the only ingredients so it’s a lot better than the other mixes.

    I have a case of Corona for drinking while I grill and in the pool but I think I’m just going to stick with this for now. We’re hosting a several cookouts over the next month so they’ll still get drunk. I got new cast iron grates for my charcoal grill which should do a much better job than the old Teflon-coated ones.

    1. Florida Man

      Bourbon to tequila? Why don’t you just stab me in the heart.? JK. Drink what you like.

  40. Count Potato

    “Writing in 2015, Malcolm Gladwell wrote what I think is still the best explanation for modern American mass shootings, and it’s easily the least comforting. At the risk of oversimplifying a complex argument, essentially he argues that each mass shooting lowers the threshold for the next. He argues, we are in the midst of a slow-motion “riot” of mass shootings, with the Columbine shooting in many ways the key triggering event. Relying on the work of Stanford sociologist Mark Granovetter, Gladwell notes that it’s a mistake to look at each incident independently…”

    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-do-mass-shootings-happen-best-explanation/

    1. Stinky Wizzleteats

      That probably figures into it but that’s way too simple, it’s a very complicated problem with a multitude of contributors.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder

      I think it is very much a cultural phenomenon where each shooting with the massive press it generates, creates another malcontent who seeks the limelight in this particularly perverted way.

      I’m surprised we haven’t had a mass poisoning yet.

      1. Suthenboy

        Tylenol breaths a sigh of relief.

    3. Gilmore

      “”the Columbine shooting in many ways the key triggering event”

      I read an interesting blog post earlier this year pointing out that the columbine narrative is basically bullshit; or at least this part of it – the idea that it was so singular and unique

      there were 7 other school shootings in the year prior to columbine

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States#1990s

      and dozens over the course of the 1990s. just none that had such compelling details (esp the fact that it was a 2-man job, which is very odd for any mass killing vs. crime), and none such a large body-count

      the other thing that was bullshit was the idea that these kids were bullying victims. they weren’t. they also weren’t part of any ‘trench coat mafia’; and many of the stories of martyrdom were basically fabricated.

      http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/columbine.myths/

      If columbine (and the Matthew Shepherd) stories were important watershed events signifying something? It was the new age of “Hype media” , where news reporting goes far beyond the details of the truth and pumps soap opera stories to keep public attention.

      1. Stinky Wizzleteats

        The Matthew Shepherd thing was a false narrative too.

        1. Gilmore

          that was the point I was making; the facts of both events were cast aside in favor of a convenient narrative

          1. Hyperion

            The entire MSM is now nothing but a narrative. Just like how the European refugee crisis was about a few harmless women and children, who turned out to be 90% young men. Funny how that happens.

          2. Stinky Wizzleteats

            The recent “animals” kerfluffle has convinced me that what you’re saying here is 100 percent correct. They aren’t interested in truth in the slightest.

          3. Hyperion

            If Trump tweets ‘It’s a sunny day outside here in DC’, they’ll figure out a way to spin that as Nazi fueled racism.

      2. juris imprudent

        Did Michael fucking Moore make a movie about any of those other shootings? Huh, did he? Well, there you go.

      3. Count Potato

        “and none such a large body-count”

        That is a significant difference. Even though one or two people shot at a school is still a “school shooting”. It’s at most murder, most often with the same common motives as other murders, that just happened to take place at a school. That’s different than a mass murder. Which don’t have common motives. Because they are rare events.

        And being motivated by fame is different than being motivated by money, revenge, etc.

  41. See Double You

    So, how about that Toronto van massacre? That was memory-holed pretty quickly. I mean, I know only worthless syrup people were killed, but where’s our national conversation about banning assault vehicles, or at least putting reasonable restrictions on them, like making them incapable of exceeding 10 miles an hour?

    1. DEG

      I figured the media would have played up the Incel/PUA/misogynist angle with that one.

  42. Count Potato

    “Why Are My Fellow Whites Still So Awful at Naming Children?

    You don’t need me to tell you that white people are feeling overly emboldened these days. It’s 2018 and the whites are out here being whiter than ever: watching Young Sheldon, calling the cops on black people for ordering cake pops, listening to Florida Georgia Line, giving Bret Stephens paid work, and such and such. And perhaps nowhere is that gall more evident than in their continued desecration of the Social Security baby-name database. I have been on the baby-name beat for the better portion of this decade, and lemme tell you, America: The problem is only getting worse. If this pace keeps up, we WILL have a President Brayden within the next decade. He will slash capital-gains taxes with impunity and have protestors deported for looking at him funny.

    Now, you might think this little rant of mine is the product of white guilt…that I am disassociating myself from my fellow Caucasians by “virtue signaling” to the rest of the world that I do not approve of naming your child Oaklyn. People, that couldn’t be further from the truth. I am here because I CARE about my white people, and I come about my whiteboy credentials honestly. I went to prep school. I own a Cuisinart (I even use it once every two years!). I listen to the Gin Blossoms while inebriated. You will not out-white me, I assure you. I am not here to disavow the whites. I am here to SAVE my fellow whites from themselves.”

    https://www.gq.com/story/white-baby-names-2018

    1. Florida Man

      Random thought: I get not naming your kid Cain, but why not Able? Is it because he was too weak to keep his brother from murdering him? I’ve never met an Able.

    2. Stinky Wizzleteats

      Until this cuck names his daughter Shaniquah and his son LaQuan he needs to shut the fuck up.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        Lighten up, Francis.

        1. Stinky Wizzleteats

          You just made the list buddy!

    3. Mr Lizard

      “. I am here to SAVE my fellow whites from themselves”

      Need I ask the question?…

    4. Breet Pharara

      This reads like a poor attempt at a “White people be like…and black people be like…” I’m going to assume its tongue in cheek.

    5. mikey

      #1 boy’s name in 2017 (#2 in 2016) was Liam. WTF? I know I’m culturally challenged, but where does this come from? I’ve never met a Liam in my entire life.

      1. Breet Pharara

        You might not have met Liam Neeson, but he’s knows all about you.

      2. Heroic Mulatto

        Really? A shit-ton of them up here. Granted, we have a shit-ton of Irish up here in general.

  43. Count Potato

    “Oakland mayor fires back at Trump: ‘It’s my duty to protect my residents’

    The mayor of Oakland, Calif., on Friday defended her intervention in immigration-related arrests that President Trump has called an obstruction of justice.

    In a weekend op-ed for The Washington Post, Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) claimed she was upholding her “duty” to her residents by warning them of an incoming federal immigration raid in February.

    “As mayor, it’s my duty to protect my residents — especially when our most vulnerable are unjustly attacked. As a leader, it’s my duty to call out this administration’s anti-immigrant fearmongering for what it is: a racist lie,” Schaaf wrote, also denying the “obstruction of justice” allegation.

    “Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice. I am seeking it,” she wrote, writing that the immigrants in her community “deserve justice too.”

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which planned to target around 1,000 people living illegally in the Bay Area city earlier this year, said Schaaf’s warning tweet prevented the arrests of nearly 800.”

    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/388439-oakland-mayor-fires-back-at-trump-its-my-duty-to-protect-my

    1. Hyperion

      Oakland, lol. They can’t even keep their football team from leaving. Even Baltimore can do that. If Sanfran and Oaktown fall into the ocean, no one will miss them.

    2. Breet Pharara

      UHM…ok look you may not like the law, but they are there illegally. Seriously, how is this not aiding and abetting?

      1. Hyperion

        If Trump was half as mean as they say he is, he’d just send the feds in to arrest half the politicians in Cali, with just cause I might add.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      08 USC 01324 Harboring illegal aliens
      18 USC 00002 Aiding and Abetting
      18 USC 00115 Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official
      18 USC 01505 Obstruction of proceedings before departments, etc

      and if she consulted or worked with anyone
      18 USC 00371 Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US

      and possibly
      18 USC 00003 Accessory after the fact
      18 USC 00551 Concealing or destroying invoices or other papers

      Arrest Schaaf Monday morning as she leaves her house in the morning, and anyone of her entourage who helped. Pound them into the fucking ground. Rinse lather and repeat with the other criminal conspirators in so-called sanctuary cities and states.

      1. Hyperion

        I can’t remember where I saw this, but a few days ago, someone wrote an article on how the Democrats can win big. One of the top things cited in the article was mass amnesty of illegal immigrants along with citizenship. They aren’t even trying to hide anymore what most of us already knew, they want illegals here for only one reason, to vote for Democrats. Their inner city plantations are no longer enough. This is one of the main reasons I’m against illegal immigration. I don’t care who comes here, but I do not want them voting or getting welfare. Take those 2 things away and I’m ok with anyone coming.

      2. Heroic Mulatto

        Great!

        Now, do the same with 21 USC 00841.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Without looking it up, conspiracy to prevent thicc videos from being shown on demand?

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            No, but that is an injustice as well.

          2. Florida Man

            Sari Locker went to Cornell. Hawt.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            Interesting this one

            21 U.S. Code Chapter 7 – PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND SALE OF POISONS IN CONSULAR DISTRICTS IN CHINA

            Nothing. Left. To. Cut.

          4. Heroic Mulatto

            It all comes down to opium, in the end.

          5. Hyperion

            Something about controlled substances, I think… and you know, we have to have those …. because the children!

  44. Florida Man

    Brett! Tampa bay brewing summer sour……… get it.

    1. Mr Lizard

      Sour beers are an abomination, however their Moose Killer is a favorite of mine.

      1. Nephilium

        Huh… I thought lizards had better taste buds.

        Oh well.

        /turns off heat lamp, grabs a sour.

      2. Florida Man

        Mr Lizard, because I respect you I’ll hold my tongue.

        1. Mr Lizard

          You’re just sucking up so that we don’t drop a kinetic round in the center of your phalic homeland

          1. Florida Man

            Of course. Why else would I suck up?

    1. Gustave Lytton

      Wow. Yes, she did. Doesn’t seem to be helping on the upper chest though.

  45. RAHeinlein

    What Scottish millenials think about alcohol:

    This month the country became the first in the world to impose a minimum price for alcohol. The move, which increased the price of stron, and cheap own-brand spirits, ciders, wines and beer, has divided opinion.

    However, the policy has the overwhelming support of young Scots, whose habits and views are far more conservative than those of their pleasure-seeking parents and grandparents.

    A study found that 70 per cent of those aged between 18 and 34 backed minimum pricing, compared with 54 per cent of the population as a whole.

    It also found that almost a quarter of millennials planned to cut their alcohol consumption as a result of the policy, while only 15 per cent of the general population intended to do the same.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/millennial-scots-biggest-supporters-of-alcohol-minimum-pricing-tqxpr067p

    1. Playa Manhattan

      No offense to anyone living in Scotland, but all the good Scots are already over here.

      1. Hyperion

        I tend to think the same thing about that entire Island. All the good ones came here, what’s left is a few inbred retards who are considered royalty and their retarded subjects.

        1. Derpetologist

          The KGB wrote a guide for agents being sent to the US. It said that the majority of the people are descended from the bravest and most industrious people in Europe, and so they will be a tough nut to crack.

          See also: The Practice of Recruiting Americans in the USA and Third Countries

          https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96M01138R000400030022-9.pdf

    2. Derpetologist

      obligatory: Darkplace, Scotland rant

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ECGKcl4s-k

      ***
      Dagless: The cabin crew suggested we all go out and club it. I had no option. It was that or one of their B&Bs. I figured it’d be safer on the streets. For the first time ever I saw the Scotch in their natural habitat, and it weren’t pretty. I’d seen them huddling in stations before, being loud but… this time I was surrounded. Everywhere I went it felt like they were watching me; fish-white flesh puckered by the Highland breeze; tight eyes peering out for fresh meat; screechy, booze-soaked voices hollering out for a taxi to take ’em halfway up the road to the next all-night watering hole. A shatter of glass; a round of applause; a sixteen-year-old mother of three vomiting in an open sewer, bairns looking on, chewing on potato cakes. I ain’t never going back… not never.

      Sanchez: My aunt lives in Scotland; she says it’s quite nice.

      Dagless: Well, she’s wrong.
      ***

      1. Derpetologist

        That bit rubbed the Scots the wrong way, so they had the character do an apology:
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8sI3iLegA

    3. Hyperion

      How many of those Scottish millennials have a job?

    4. Florida Man

      Supporters of making beer more expensive………..FUCK YOU!

  46. Playa Manhattan

    I got 4 feet of outside skirt steak at the Argentinian market. And some bitter orange extract. It’s playtime.

    1. Hyperion

      That’s probably about 900 million pesos worth of steak. The lucky seller can now go home and buy a mansion and yacht loaf of bread.

  47. Florida Man

    Holy fuck! This lift is 12 below zero and I’m sopping wet!

    1. Hyperion

      What?

  48. Hyperion

    So, I hear that evul Nazi Trump is going to sign a prison reform bill that was worked on by none other Nazis than Van Jones and Kushner the most evulest JOOS of all. Can this guy get any worse?

    1. See Double You

      Van Jones does sound like a super villain name…

  49. This Machine

    Did someone say Rye Whiskey?

    In all seriousness, love me some Templeton Rye.