Everybody here is uninvited

Today I wanted to talk about a local news story.  I thought it would be nice to cover a local story.  No story here is too local.

This is my review of Deschutes The Abyss 2017 Release  (H/T:  Riven)

This story starts when a boy from Tucson turned 6 years old.  He wanted to throw a party, and his mom thought it would be nice. The problem?  Nobody showed up so she did the sensible thing and shamed everyone invited on social media.  No seriously.*

RANT ON

I am not going to put a caption here to make fun of a child. BUT I WILL NOT STOP YOU FROM MAKING FUN OF A CHILD

– My first problem with this:

The reason the entire class was shamed on social media is because the entire class was invited.  Now this is a practice I encountered and I don’t particularly care for it.  It forces parents to invite children their child doesn’t like to parties because it may hurt the uninvited child’s feelings.  Okay, fine.  So I have to invite the snowflakes too.  Here’s an issue I had–planning around the idea that 30 kids will be attending this party meant financially allocating funds for a 30 person party.  Granted only 10 showed, after they RSVP.  If my kid wants to invite other people in his or her class to a party, everyone in the class must be invited.  Including the smelly one.

I thought part of the reason we have schools is social immersion?  Lets be real, that’s what most people got out of school, it certainly wasn’t reading.  By doing this, it eliminates the possibility that a child can grow up knowing there are people out there they won’t get along with, or how to deal with these people.  After all, if you don’t want somebody’s company you don’t invite them over.  For a parent of a child that has few friends, this might seem challenging but I found a way around this by inviting a few relatives that had kids of their own.

Otherwise if nobody wants to be around you, eventually you figure it out.  It makes you wonder if people act the way they do today is the result of poor adjustment to social interactions.  Say what you want about social media, but perhaps another issue is nobody ever learned to handle things like confrontation, dissapointment, or failure. When encountered by such things they simply resort to their lowest level of social training.

– My other problem with this:

Another problem I have with this is the kid’s mother went and posted this to social media.  Really Lady?  Your kid is having a terrible day, so lets take a picture and show the entire world how much you think other people suck.  Immortalize it forever.  Let me ask a question, is there perhaps a reason nobody showed up?  Perhaps the class is mostly girls and had no interest in going to a boy’s party?  Perhaps enough people in the class got sick and stayed home?  Perhaps your kid is the smelly kid?  Perhaps coddling your child is not going to do him any good once you are no longer there to protect him from the world?  Am I going to hear from Andrew Napolitano for imitating his writing style?

“Hey everyone.  Check out how much this kid’s mom thinks he’s a loser.”  I am sorry, but that’s what I got out of your post.

– The silver lining:

If there is a winner in all of this, its the Phoenix Suns.  Yes, I know they suck but lets be real, they aren’t going to get too many real wins.  Somebody affiliated with the team saw this, pulled a few strings, and got the kid courtside tickets–to the Suns vs. Lakers game.  Pretty nice of them considering somebody would have paid real money for courtside seats to see LeBron play.

RANT END

So how is this beer?  I gotta hand it to them, I didn’t think tequila would go well with an imperial stout, but I admit I am wrong.  Tequila you see, is not aged nearly as long as whiskey (Anejo is only aged 1-2 years) so it doesn’t take on the properties of the oak barrel like whiskey.  This beer is more “woody” rather than “whiskey soaked.”  The stout is neutral, without overpowering chocolate or coffee notes.  Standard dry Irish style.  Good luck finding it.  Deschutes The Abyss 2017 Release: 4.2/5

*The possibility of this story being a hoax was pointed out by the stellar editing staff at Glibertarians.com.  Should this be a hoax, it does not improve my opinion of these people.  Not only would they be liars, they got free courtside tickets to the Suns game and thus were rewarded for lying.  Screw that.

Comments

283 responses to “Everybody here is uninvited”

  1. Brochettaward

    I’m tired of this ageism bullshit. I’m going to treat your child just the same way I treat an adult which is just the same way I treat the half dead corpse of a human being going 35 in a 45 in the left lane. Like the asshole that they are.

    1. Warty

      Don’t worry. No one hates you more than you hate yourself.

  2. Old Man With Candy

    *The possibility of this story being a hoax was pointed out by the stellar editing staff at Glibertarians.com.

    THOSE CYNICAL BASTARDS!

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      Cheeky, cynical bastards they are!

  3. Lackadaisical

    So how is this beer?  I gotta hand it to them, I didn’t think tequila would go well with an imperial stout, but I admit I am wrong.  Tequila you see, is not aged nearly as long as whiskey (Anejo is only aged 1-2 years) so it doesn’t take on the properties of the oak barrel like whiskey.  This beer is more “woody” rather than “whiskey soaked.”  The stout is neutral, without overpowering chocolate or coffee notes.  Standard dry Irish style.  Good luck finding it

    That sounds nicer than I would have imaged as well. I tried drinking tequila and beer once, it didn’t end well!

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      I tried drinking tequila and beer once, it didn’t end well!

      Incidentally, so did I.

  4. Luther Baldwin

    the entire class was invited

    The thing I don’t get is who do they think they are? If I’m having a private party in my home, it’s none of the school’s damn business who I invite.

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      True. The only way to enforce it is if the kid hands out invitations at school. If I was confident enough kids knew their own address I could mail them to exactly who my kid wants.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        Mail? How quaint!

        1. mexican sharpshooter

          Hey, who are you callin quaint?

    2. MikeS

      Judging by the mother’s other actions, I assumed it was to see how big a pile of gifts the kid would receive. Shooting for “peak gift”.

    3. Hyperion

      “The thing I don’t get is who do they think they are? If I’m having a private party in my home, it’s none of the school’s damn business who I invite.”

      All of your children is belong to us /the government

  5. Luther Baldwin

    Not only would they be liars, they got free courtside tickets to the Suns game and thus were rewarded for lying.

    Nevertheless, it’s still far more credible than the official line.

  6. Brochettaward

    This article has literally everything that I hate in it. Children, birthdays, unattractive Moms (MIDNWTF), photographs, attempts at using children to guilt adults, almost certainly shitty pizza, Mexicans, and finally stouts.

    1. westernsloper

      What’s wrong with photographs?

    2. mexican sharpshooter

      Where did you pull Mexicans out of this article?

      1. Grumbletarian

        Surprised he didn’t mention his hatred of sharpshooters.

    3. Yusef drives a Kia

      What’s wrong with Stouts?

    4. This comment was everything I hoped of it.

      1. And completed expected from him.

  7. Sensei

    I hated the whole party thing when my son was younger.

    The last party where we felt obligated to invite his entire school class was held at his taekwondo school. I was so proud of my son as he’d had enough of the whole crappy presents thing that it was his own suggestion to donate the toys. His birthday is the end of November so we gave the whole lot to Toys for Tots and said that was we were doing on the invitation.

    We got a ton of presents and good stuff too!

  8. DEG

    I’ve some Deschutes beer before. They did a great job on those beers. I’ll look for this one.

    1. DEG

      Oh. I guess I should have paid more attention to the picture. “Remarkably limited release.” Shit. It’s probably all gone.

      1. westernsloper

        Aaah, I didn’t see that either. I am a fan of Deschutes as well.

  9. Mojeaux

    I dunno. I’m sticking with “the mother put the wrong date on the invitations.” There would have been at least one kid who’d show up just for cake.

    1. westernsloper

      EXACTLY!

    2. Tulip

      She didn’t call any of the parents before the party?

      1. Mojeaux

        She probably didn’t have their numbers. If I had to invite every kid in the class, I wouldn’t bother with RSVPs, and I wouldn’t call their mothers (if I had their numbers) to shame them into giving me a yes or no.

    3. mexican sharpshooter

      Perhaps I should have thought of that as a reason nobody went to the party?

    4. Chafed

      Still, not one parent called to confirm the time date, or location? Not one parent called about their kid’s food allergy or some other nonsense? It’s hard to believe.

  10. westernsloper

    I got ten bucks if this actually happened, the Mom put the wrong date or some other misunderstanding. No way an entire class would snub a kid when free pizza is involved. The fat kids would have showed up.

    1. Hyperion

      Yeah, the free pizza is the give away, the moocher parents along with their fat kids are going to show for free food, always. And they’ll stick around after the party to see if you want them to save you from throwing out all that perfectly good leftover food. It’s not like I’ve never done this party thing before.

    2. Suzy Creamcheese

      Check the kid’s backpack. There might just be a bunch of invitations in there that he forgot to hand out. He’s only six (almost).

  11. Spudalicious

    Is it Wednesday yet? This political season is one of the worst shit shows I’ve had the displeasure of witnessing in my lifetime. Team Blue is going to take the house and Team Red is going to expand it’s margin in the Senate. We’ll have two years of government gridlock which signals good times for the American people. The infighting will prevent the government from “helping” us. And by help, I mean…

    I’m not a big Deschutes fan but I can typically find limited regional release beers around here. I’ll keep an eye open for this one.

    1. Old Man With Candy

      And by help, I mean…

      So do they.

    2. juris imprudent

      You know what Wednesday is? The full-on kick-off for the ’20 Presidential election. And the media will have nothing better to report on than every fucking Blue asshole aspiring to their 15 minutes of fame by demonstrating how un-Trumplike they are.

      1. Spudalicious

        Wow. Just kick me in the balls next time.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          You have my word as a gentleman.

        2. juris imprudent

          Why would I let you off that easy?

        3. Spudalicious

          You guys suck on ice. I love this forum.

  12. egould310

    I think I had one birthday party as a kid. I hated it. I hated going to them. I hate adults that have birthday parties. I hate people. I’m filled with hate. https://youtu.be/DHMld14p-4U

    1. MikeS

      I love you, man.

      1. BakedPenguin

        Not their best. Fortunately there was a link to I Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely.

    2. Spudalicious

      People suck. It is known.

    3. westernsloper

      I remember one Bday party as a ute. I got this album as a gift from one kid.

    1. MikeS

      “Moderate to severe fuck-its”. Nice

  13. Playa Manhattan

    If there’s only one kid at the party….. Who ate the other 5 pieces of pizza?

    1. Tundra

      I’ll bet mom goes at least 2 bills.

  14. dbleagle

    I try to buy a couple of bottles of The Abyss each year for the local Liquor and Poke store. I’ll have to see if it has arrived.

    Maybe the kids were pizza snobs and holding out for some good pizza?

    1. Playa Manhattan

      “Local liquor and Poke store”

      I want to live where you live

      1. egould310

        Liquor in the front, poker in the back.

        1. Spudalicious

          *standing ovation*

        2. Playa Manhattan

          Most of my first dates are the other way around.

          1. westernsloper

            Liquor in the back, poker in the front?

            Where’s HM when an ass eating meme is truly needed.

      2. westernsloper

        No kidding. My kingdom for some poke.

  15. Playa Manhattan

    OK…. For people who don’t have young kids, here’s how these things work now:

    All of this stuff is done through Evites (or paperless post, or eventbrite, you get the idea). At the beginning to the school year, you get a class directory with the parents’ emails and cell phone numbers.

    Not once have I ever gotten a kids’ birthday invitation in the mail. In fact, if one was mailed here, I probably wouldn’t even get around to opening it until after the party.

    I have no idea what actually happened here because the story is short on the facts, but the most likely scenario is that Mom and Dad need to step up their game.

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      It’s Tucson. I hear they barely got high speed internet in 2016.

      1. Lackadaisical

        Then NN ended and they all died?

        1. Lackadaisical

          …would explain why no one showed up.

    2. Luther Baldwin

      you get a class directory with the parents’ emails and cell phone numbers

      Yeah, I don’t see any possible downsides to that idea.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        There’s an opt out.

        I haven’t used it. I want other parents to be able to get ahold of me if they need to.

    3. Scruffy Nerfherder

      I’m betting that no kids were invited and this was a social media ploy from the get go.

      1. RBS

        That was my thinking the first time I saw this story and my mind has not changed.

    4. RBS

      Kids in my son’s class bring invitations to school and hand them out. Maybe this kid has a stack of invitations stuffes in the bottom of his back pack?

  16. DEG

    Reports of needles in Halloween candy in Salem, NH

    Police say a man came to the Salem Police Department Friday and reported finding “sewing needles” inside several pieces of candy that had been handed out during trick-or-treating.

    The man said they went trick-or-treating in the neighborhoods off of Kelly Road, but did not know which residence the candy came from. Salem’s official trick-or-treating time was Wednesday (Halloween) from 6 to 8 p.m.

    Images from Salem Police show needles stuck inside of small chocolate bars.

    WE NEED COMMONSENSE HALLOWEEN CONTROL!

    1. CPRM

      It was witches! Salem, NH. Oh, then it’s just a hoax.

    2. Luther Baldwin

      official trick-or-treating time

      Where has my America gone.

      1. DEG

        I never heard of official trick-or-treating times until I moved to New England.

    3. Spudalicious

      I’m calling shenanigans.

    4. Tacit Rainbow

      Hmm. Now I’m worried that my Snickers-with-asbestos will be taken the wrong way.

  17. What’s the ABV on this stuff?

    1. mexican sharpshooter

      Double digits. I want to say 11%

  18. MikeS

    Today is National Cliché Day. Yes, I know, that info as about as useful as a lead balloon.

    1. MikeS

      Side note: I Learned there is a couple (Thomas and Ruth Roy, Wellcat Holidays) that invents and copyrights holidays. That’s way up there on the “wait, what now?” list.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Awesome!

      *counts chickens before they’re hatched*

    3. mexican sharpshooter

      Don’t you mean its as useful as tits on a bull?

      1. MikeS

        The way you talk makes me as horny as a 3-balled tomcat.

    4. Spudalicious

      I think it’s pretty cool, like farting through silk.

    5. Luther Baldwin

      This is like the worst chat room ever.

      1. dbleagle

        It is more effective than a screen door on a submarine.

      2. Scruffy Nerfherder

        You reap what you sow

      3. Spudalicious

        Sucks to be you. It’s like you don’t even cliche, bro.

      4. Grumbletarian

        Why don’t you make like a tree, and get out of here.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        ENB hardest hit

        1. Hyperion

          Dear ENB, please accept these nice sammich ingredients and make us a nice sammich. Which we will share with you since we see your bony ass is starving. /Glibertariat

          1. Lackadaisical

            She really does need to eat more, I suspect she’d be much better looking (healthier too) with 5-10lbs more on her.

      2. MikeS

        There’s no accounting for taste.

      3. AlmightyJB

        I made roast beef and provolone sandwiches on toasted home made bread. With mustard mixed with horseradish, garlic, and black pepper. Twas yummy.

        1. westernsloper

          I made a grilled cheese and bacon with swiss and pepper jack served alongside jambalaya. To die for.

      4. Hyperion

        I have half of a spicy chipotle chicken panini sammich, so I’m in luck. I can just re-grill that. After I eat the salad and stuffed peppers the wife just made. Oh, I forgot, then we’re making steamed snow crab clusters and corn on the cob. Well, I might miss sammich day.

  19. Playa Manhattan

    BELIEVE ALL WOMEN
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/02/brett-kavanaugh-accuser-referred-fbi-doj-investigation/1863210002/

    So….. the tally so far.
    1 woman who may have had sincerely held beliefs, but probably didn’t.
    3 women who were definitely lying.

    That’s not a very good track record.

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Democrats probably couldn’t have wrecked the MeToo movement harder if they tried.

    2. He should ruin their lives with a defamation lawsuit. He won’t, but he should.

      1. wdalasio

        The discovery process itself would be worth it.

    3. Hyperion

      “That’s not a very good track record.”

      Besides being investigated and just having been ordered to make a large cash payment to someone he screwed over, that’s all that Avenatti has on his resume for the 2020 run. Why does no one think of the sleezy whorettorneys?

  20. DEG

    The wind picked up here and started blowing leaves all over. I was reminded of the birds.

      1. Hyperion

        Wife cleaned ours spotless yesterday. Just looking out right now, there’s about a foot deep of leaves on there.

  21. KSuellington

    Just heard this one on Secret Agent Radio. Good stuff…

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJjV6R9qEo

  22. The Late P Brooks

    I tried drinking tequila and beer once, it didn’t end well!

    Imposserous!

    1. Hyperion

      Tequila is not alcohol, it’s some other sort of drug. Stuff will mess you up, no beer required.

      1. DenverJ

        Mescaline

  23. Suthenboy

    I cant keep up lately.

    Bday party story…complete bullshit.
    Halloween candy laced with nuclear bombs….complete bullshit.
    What the hell is wrong with people? Me me me me me…yeah, whatever.
    I am hoping all of the predictions about election day are wrong and the dems get their asses handed to them all the way around. It will be fun watching them freak the fuck out on top of what they have already lost. I hope they go full revolution and all of the soyboys march in the streets.
    Shit, now I have to go again.

    1. Hyperion

      I’ll just list two huge contributing factors to all this bullshit.

      the media

      public education

      Both need nuked from space

  24. The Late P Brooks

    Deschutes also makes this.

    Me likee velly mucho.

    1. Threedoor

      I haven’t found anything of theirs I like. Except the labels.

  25. The Late P Brooks

    Shit, now I have to go again.

    Must be something you et.

    1. Suthenboy

      I may tell the story of what happened to me last wednesday night sometime. I will wait for another SugarFree article to tell that story.

  26. Spudalicious

    I love Idaho. This school is about 20 minutes away. Must have triggered a Cali transplant.

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-school-investigating-after-teachers-wore-border-wall-costumes-for-halloween

    I’m currently drinking a Bavik Super Pilsner from Belgium. Very nice beer.

    1. Luther Baldwin

      Love the groveling from the functionary. Dude, grow a pair.

    2. Lackadaisical

      The reason they are upset is dumb, but I don’t think the teachers should be making apparently political points in school… if they were just having a kickass costume, that is different.

      1. Soyboy

        I agree.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Same. Meanwhile, school district here hangs pro illegal alien posters. Gets ripped down by someone so of course they have to investigate.

    3. Threedoor

      It’s adjacent to deep blue Ada.

  27. mikey

    So, I fill out and seal my mail-in ballot voting straight L. Before I can mail it in I read that Rick Breckenridge (the L Senate candidate) has thrown his support to the Rosendale (or whatever his name is) the R candidate. Seems it only just now occurs to him that third-party votes could again give the election to Testor. Thanks a lot Breckenridge I’ve moved from MA to MT just so I can vote for another Bill Weld with an L after his name. Couldn’t have thought about this before you ran in the first place?
    FU Dickie I’m voting for you anyway. That way if Testor wins you can suck on it for the next six years.
    So, I’m voting against someone by voting for them.
    I’d have chucked the ballot, but I wanted to voted against most of the initiatives.

    1. Breckenridge was a shit libertarian candidate. Rosendale was more a friend to libertarians, imo, and I cant stand Tester.

      I did vote for Swanson, though; she’s a good gal.

      Also voted against most of the initiatives. **high five**

  28. BakedPenguin

    4.2/5

    Wow, MS, you really liked this one. Have you given a higher grade?

    Also, I miss Riven.

    1. I miss you, too!

      Others also, but especially you. 🙂

      I didnt try the tequila barrel aged option, but their standard 2017 reserve was damn fine. Saw the tequila option on the shelf, and it just screamed Mexican Sharpshooter to me. I had to have it… and hear about its taste from someone else

    2. mexican sharpshooter

      Yes.

      1. BakedPenguin

        That’s wasn’t meant to be a smartass comment, tirador de primera. I’ve just seen a lot of 3-point-somethings and couldn’t remember a 4-point. FWIW, I hope you find that 5.0 someday. Right after your long lost uncle that you never knew bequeaths you $50k in his will.

        See? That’s why I miss Riven.

        1. mexican sharpshooter

          I was serious too. I’m just on my phone and too lazy to look up which one it was because I can’t remember which one it was. I want to say it was the Goose Island Bourbon Barrel Stout last year.

          1. MikeS

            Just two weeks ago was this:

            Grand Canyon Brewery Will o the Wisp Bourbon Barrel aged imperial Pumpkin Ale 4.8/5

          2. mexican sharpshooter

            Yeah and all thought I was trolling you…its cool. I sent one to Hyperion, so we’ll see who’s trolling who.

          3. You bastard! Hyperion!?! I have never been so insulted!

            I’m going to drink it mañana while I watch the Browns kick the Chiefs’ asses, I’ll report after.

  29. The Late P Brooks

    I’d have chucked the ballot, but I wanted to voted against most of the initiatives.

    I listen to Pandora during the day, and they run that goddam sad-mommy ad whining about “thousands of miles of poisoned rivers” about every fifteen minutes. Vote for 186, because we don’t need no stinkin mines jobs around here. I never hear any anti-186 ads, so I was beginning to wonder if there were any. But- the other day I was watching some youtube stuff (vintage sprint cars from Langhorne, PA- spoiler alert: Foyt wins it) and I saw a series of anti-186 ads. So maybe there’s hope.

    1. At least the voter info pamphlet Stapleton pointed out that at least three terms in I-186 were undefined and would need to be clarified at a later date.

      Then again, I guess those voters who care about that sort of thing are few and far between.

      Most people here fall into “my daddy worked in a mine! Dont you take our jobs!” or “Mines are bad, mkay? You shouldn’t even have mines.”

      1. And yet most of the people in favor of this want what’s mine.

    2. mikey

      I see lots of anti 186 signs and bumper stickers – but then I can see a limestone mine out the kitchen window.

    3. Threedoor

      Stupid initiative. Want to make paving roads more expensive? This is how you do it.

  30. westernsloper

    Has anyone listened to this Papadopoulos interview?

    I am part way through. Very interesting.

    1. westernsloper

      After listening to it, either Papadopoulos is a really good liar or he was set the fuck up and there are numerous people in the Obama administration, FBI, and maybe CIA that need to be ushered in front of a grand jury. One horrible consequence if the D’s take the house is it will all just go away to protect Obama.

  31. AlmightyJB

    “Eventually you figure it out”

    I was expecting a link to a picture of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

  32. Ownbestenemy

    Going another brisket, but it is a small cut of the point. Also have some bacon-wrapped sausages, stuffed mushrooms, and smoking a potato and onion for a small potato salad.

    Life is good

    1. Spudalicious

      That sounds tasty.

  33. mexican sharpshooter

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iphKlXj-kyE This is funny, because I doubt it convinces people my age vote

    Tax cuts for the rich? Hell yeah! I’m rich as f***.

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      That was Cool,

    2. Soyboy

      This “fuck old people; they’re the cause of all our current problems; once they die we might finally have utopia” meme is pretty obscene. I’ve heard it for years (since gay marriage was a hot topic) and it’s always made me regard its speaker with contempt. “Ageism is OK when we do it.”

    3. Spudalicious

      That was good.

  34. CPRM

    I did some light cleaning around the house, now I’m all itchy. I must be allergic to cleaning. Can I get disability for that?

    1. DenverJ

      IANAL, but, sure, why not?

  35. AlmightyJB

    I really hope this kids parents don’t get rich off of this.

    https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/video-teacher-arrested-after-punching-student/1570601728

    1. Soyboy

      Students and an adult try to pull the student away, but the teacher is relentless and cannot escape.

      The teacher cannot escape?

      “I was scared for the student and probably for the teacher too,” two students said.

      These two students were in the room when the fight occurred.

      They were interviewed with their parents’ permission.

      Oh, thanks for clarifying that they were in the room. You couldn’t incorporate that fact into the previous sentence? We need separate lines for three awkward sentences that could easily be rolled into one.

      They along with other students say the fight began when the teacher told the student he was not wearing a proper school uniform. The student responded with a tirade of racist profanity, which can be heard on the video.

      I’d smack him, too.

      The fallout from the video is just beginning. Parents are furious.

      IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING.

      “I’m shocked. Why did it have to escalate to this point,” a parent said. “I think something needs to be done. That’s way out of hand.”

      Damn, that’s some fire and passion. And question marks? Who needs question marks.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Who needs editors?

      2. Not an Economist

        The student said some racist shit, that probably set the teacher off. Especially since the teacher has had issues before.

      3. Luther Baldwin

        “I was scared for the student and probably for the teacher too,”

        …a student said, grinning the entire time.

        WTF?

    1. juris imprudent

      Our news was covering swastikas and other crap in bathrooms at a local university. I sez to the wife: dollars to doughnuts that this was perpetrated by some kid wanting to raise awareness and not some actual anti-semite.

      1. AlmightyJB

        You have a 100% chance of winning that bet.

        1. CPRM

          Now now, it might be some antisemite who projects his hatred onto others and wants to raise awareness that he thinks others are horribly antisemitic.

    2. Soyboy

      James Polite is a G name, though.

  36. AlmightyJB

    For those trying to get on the naughty list. Lol.

    https://www.21threads.com/products/lick-itself-premium-christmas-raglan

    1. RegicidalManiac

      I think that’s convinced my wife, at any rate.

  37. Lackadaisical

    This JP interview got hilarious at the end: https://youtu.be/yZYQpge1W5s?t=6082

    1. Soyboy

      “As someone honest.”

      I can’t not like him.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Yeah, he’s cool.

    2. CPRM

      That framing is shit, the camera man who shot it and the editor who didn’t fix it in post should be fired.

      1. Lackadaisical

        How his head is part-way out of the shot?

        I don’t have much of an artistic eye, but it started bugging me.

        1. CPRM

          Yes, on the Over The Should Reverse Shot he should be on left side of the frame, but not down in the corner. It makes the shot look bad, but also makes the cut between that shot and the wide shot not work and makes the edit look choppy.

          1. CPRM

            This is one of the greatest things pointed out in the Plinkett Reviews, even if the viewer doesn’t notice bad film making on a conscious level, their brain still knows it’s wrong.

      2. mexican sharpshooter

        Perhaps the cameraperson was hired on the basis of equity rather than competence?

    3. westernsloper

      “what is your biggest regret”

      “That I can’t have multiple orgasms”

      1. Soyboy

        lmao

    4. Spudalicious

      I’m an hour and fifteen into the interview and it’s been pretty interesting. She’s handcuffed by ideology.

      1. Lackadaisical

        Yes, but she is certainly more reasonable than other hostile interviewers have been, and I don’t feel like she had any terrible moments. She is able not to lose her composure (except the fidgeting) when he scores points, which I think helps.

        1. Spudalicious

          I agree. There’s a lot of journalists that could learn something from her. Like journalism. It was obvious that her preconceived notions locked her up when he didn’t respond the way she expected him to.

  38. Not an Economist

    Proof that Beto-mania is sweeping the country. Just not in Texas.

    1. AlmightyJB

      What’s the correlation between Beto-mania and beta-mania?

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Well, one is phony, and should bite the dust…….

      1. Luther Baldwin

        Also: “Oh my: Now David Hogg has declared that the gerrymandering on campus is ridiculous”

        LOLOLOL

        1. westernsloper

          What do you figure he thinks gerrymandering means?

          gerrymandering, verb
          The act of standing in line for Ben and Gerry’s new #Resist ice cream.

          1. Luther Baldwin

            I’m going to guess it means that blacks and whites don’t sit together in the dining halls and he thinks “gerrymandering” is all about race.

          2. juris imprudent

            Someone needs to tell him it’s more like gender fluidity.

        2. Gustave Lytton

          What a surprise from piglet. His admissions weren’t rejected because he was a scholar & a thinker.

  39. AlmightyJB

    This is right down the street from me. I had no idea. Would be pretty cool but if I had the money I wouldn’t spend it on that.

    http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/former-underground-bomb-shelter-up-for-sale-in-hilliard-for-12m

  40. The Late P Brooks

    I’m hungry. I want dead animal flesh protein. Where shall I go?

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      ARBYS HAS THE MEATS!

    2. Spudalicious

      Smoked animal flesh at some dive bbq joint that also serves booze.

  41. The Late P Brooks

    Most people here fall into “my daddy worked in a mine! Dont you take our jobs!” or “Mines are bad, mkay? You shouldn’t even have mines.”

    I’m so sick of the egregious lies from the anti mining side i wouldn’t care if they really did strip mine Emigrant Peak.

  42. AlmightyJB

    CERN huh. You might be on to something elf girl.

    https://youtu.be/Q_eSZfFUifY

    1. Lackadaisical

      I’ve never really listened to her before, but I found her election video awesome, I don’t think she is old enough to run for president, but I would vote for her anyway.

  43. peachy rex

    I had to cancel a birthday party in middle school because of a presidential assassination and the resultant city wide movement controls. I was displeased. Fuckers couldn’t have waited one more day to blow the dude up?

    1. MikeS

      I’ve found assassins to generally be a selfish lot.

      1. peachy rex

        It was a nice country – aside from the bombs. And unless you were very unlucky those were more a nuisance than anything.

        1. Winston

          What country was that?

        2. MikeS

          What country did you grow up in?

          1. Gustave Lytton

            I’m guessing Chechnya.

          2. westernsloper

            I got five on Croatia.

          3. Sensei

            OT: On the dead thread from last night. I’ve actually watched Ituzra na kissu.

            I’d suggest Koi wa Ameagari no You ni. No idea on the manga, but the anime is quite platonic. Of course many woke folk here didn’t care for it.

          4. Gustave Lytton

            I prefer live action to anime, but I’ll have to add that one. I see it’s available on Amazon Prime.

    2. Grumbletarian

      Leon Czolgosz ruined alot that day.

      1. Winston

        Definitely Ruined Mark Hanna’s day:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hanna#Assassination_of_McKinley

        Hanna indicated that he was willing to come to terms with Roosevelt on two conditions: that Roosevelt carry out McKinley’s political agenda, and that the President cease from his habit of calling Hanna “old man”, something which greatly annoyed the senator. Hanna warned Roosevelt, “If you don’t, I’ll call you Teddy.”[153] Roosevelt, who despised his nickname, agreed to both terms, though he imperfectly carried out the second condition.[153]

      2. BakedPenguin

        Hate to write this, but due respect: LOL

  44. Raston Bot

    Gab now hosted by Epik.

    https://epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html

    Back up tomorrow? I may have to register out of basic principle.

    1. MikeS

      I may have to register out of basic principle.

      That’s what I did last weekend. Don’t know if I’ll ever use it, but like you said, principle.

    2. Luther Baldwin

      Robert W. Monster
      Founder and CEO

      I… wow.

      “NAZI!!1!1!”
      “Have you seen the name?”

  45. AlmightyJB

    “Is this the type of amazing actor and nice person we want delivering a preachy liberal speech this award season?”

    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-targets-hugh-jackman-in-mock-political-ad

    1. Luther Baldwin

      The words are in English but none of it makes any sense to me.

      1. CPRM

        Deadpool makes funny video about Wolverine…wait I don’t think that’s in your wheelhouse either.

    1. Luther Baldwin

      Enh, for now I’m gonna withhold judgement on the obvious connection they’re trying to make given that it seems he has mental health issues and grew up in foster care.

    2. Spudalicious

      What’s really sad is that I feel no surprise at all.

      1. Tres Cool

        Yeah….I pretty much expected something like that

      2. Luther Baldwin

        It may be a little more complicated than that post is implying.

        [Crazy leftist former city council speaker] Quinn met Polite in 2008, at a gay pride rally for Barack Obama — and was so impressed, she hired him as an intern on the spot, she told the outlet last year.

        So she got her claws into a sixteen year old foster kid with mental issues and probably tried to mold him in her image.

        1. Not Adahn

          Not so crazy as to not be able to get through Brandeis… which has scrubbed him from their alumni page.

    3. Took all of 30 seconds to mention the hate crime combating thing. Why is this guy lying about CNN?

      1. Lackadaisical

        I appreciate what you’re doing here. I will note that the broadcast Saavedra references is from a tweet at around noon and the video in the link you posted was from 4 pm.

        It is always good to examine our own biases first, and anything that caters to them. I don’t think eh is lying, but it also sounds like he didn’t give them much of a chance(?), it may be difficult to do so, given some of their reporting.

        1. Lackadaisical

          .

          . I will note that the broadcast Saavedra references is from a tweet at around noon

          Or rather, his tweet is from noon(?), braodcast seems to be from 3 pm. I must be in the wrong timezone according to twatter.

      2. westernsloper

        I think he is speaking of the CNN clip he has linked in his tweet where they mention none of that.

  46. Watched 4 flicks total for VA Film Festival. Reviews should be up tomorrow but just wanted to post the trailer for the last flick I caught today. This animation is unlike anything I’ve seen before – really enjoyed it but talk about different. Highly recommended if you can catch it (probably out on netflix/BR/amazon eventually).

  47. juris imprudent

    So Michigan crushes Penn St. and OSU barely gets by Nebraska. Not looking good for Buckeye fans.

    1. Tres Cool

      I watched it with that in mind. As much as I love my tOSU, I suspect they’ll get flattened next week.

    2. Let’s hope Michigan wins this year and finally shuts up the tOSU fans.

      1. Tres Cool

        why do you hate Sloopy ?

        1. I only hate what a shill for tOSU he is. That, and obnoxious about it.

          1. Tres Cool

            red-grey blood runs pretty deep

  48. Lackadaisical

    Anyone else notice that this post has been in the first spot an unusually long time?

    Other posts are sometimes superseded within a couple hours. I’m starting to think our overlords are not infallible, or else, they want to force em to work on the articles I said I’d write… hm.

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      They don’t like editing, or spell check, You need to do that first,
      /Don’t enact others Labor

    1. Tres Cool

      Pay?
      Who do you think I am? Trump?

      1. Lackadaisical

        Its not paying for sex, it is paying for an experience.

        1. For 15 girls at once I wouldn’t care if I was paying or not. Why else do I work?

          1. Lackadaisical

            Yup. I might be a sexy, beautiful man in perfect shape with lots of money, but I still don’t think I can pull than many THICC Colombians at once.

    2. Lackadaisical

      And the decadent four-day event is returning this year, and once again promises unlimited drugs and orgies for sex tourists willing to pay nearly $6,000 for a “golden” ticket.

      *checks bank account*

    3. RegicidalManiac

      Well, whoever he is, he’s ruined it for the rest of us.

      Fuck that guy.

    4. Luther Baldwin

      Is one of us Bill Clinton?

    5. westernsloper

      6 grand for four days? A bit out of my price range at the moment, and I am not sure I would do that even back when I made the kind of coin.

    6. MikeS

      “There were two big pop stars from Canada. I immediately recognized one of them, he’s very famous and it quite took me back. The other is his friend and although I didn’t know who he was, I later saw on the internet that he is pretty big too.”

      I didn’t know there were two Canadian pop stars. Who’s Beiber’s buddy?

      1. Tulip

        Bryan Adams is Canadian.

        1. MikeS

          I (and I assume he) meant currently big pop stars.

      2. Michael Buble?

        1. Tres Cool

          Ann Murray?

          /totally would

      3. Tres Cool

        Gordon Lightfoot ?

        1. MikeS

          He’s on tour with Lou Reed.

          1. Tres Cool

            I hear Bowie opens for them.

      4. Luther Baldwin

        Nivek Ogre?

      5. westernsloper

        That Nickelback guy.

    7. DEG

      Maybe I should put my money towards this instead of buying guns and house improvements.

      1. Tres Cool

        I mean, how many improvements do you need?

        1. DEG

          It’s time for new windows. Some don’t close right. Some have broken seals. Some have fucked screens. Bugs are getting through a few. New windows are expensive.

          My boiler has started an occasional dripping of water. It’s 30 years old and I decided to replace it. I’m waiting on the third estimate before I make my decision.

      2. Heroic Mulatto

        6000 dollars, even if not inclusive of airfare isn’t bad for half a week.

  49. Lackadaisical

    Enjoying the hell out of this Magic hat Circus boy.

    Its a nice, light unfiltered hefe with some citrusy notes on the aftertaste. Somehow it was buy-one-get-one at the beer store. I guess it is a summer beer so it must have been getting old, but it tastes great, and is inspiring me to drink lots more. 4/5

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      That’s illegal in 35 States, be careful…

      1. Lackadaisical

        I assume they know what they’re doing, since they have multiple locations and do this with relative frequency. I just wish I’d picked up more.

      2. westernsloper

        What goes on between a man and his Magic Hat Circus Boy is not ours to judge Yufus.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          EWWWWWw!

  50. DEG

    Second to last BIF beer on top of what I had for dinner.

    This beer is good.

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Lemme guess, Nephilium…….

      1. DEG

        Nope, I’m not that lucky. Thought I did send beer to him on a previous BIF.

        1. DEG

          Though I did.

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            I got him last time, very impressive selection,

          2. DEG

            He probably has the best selection of everyone here.

          3. Yusef drives a Kia

            Unless you want Stouts, then I’ll take the Role anytime

    2. Lackadaisical

      Still waitin’ on my BIF. 🙁

    3. kinnath

      Which one did I miss. You’ve posted about the CoCo Stout, the Oktobot, the Compensation, the G.G. dunkel, and now the Tragedy.

      I’m glad you like this one.

      1. DEG

        Oja. I’ll drink that one next.

        1. kinnath

          There was an Oktoberfest from Confluence right?

          1. DEG

            Yes. That was good.

          2. kinnath

            Great.

            So other than the Oktobot, it’s been a good run?

          3. DEG

            Yes, a good run. Thank you!

          4. kinnath

            You are most welcome.

            Thanks for the play-by-play on the brews.

  51. Tulip

    I am enjoying a Duckpin Pale Ale from Union Craft Brewing. The label/can declares it a Baltimore original. I’ll buy it again.

  52. Yusef drives a Kia

    I just submitted a new Travelogue, it goes well with Tall Cans! of Cobra!
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/gRjBWW7jI9z7zxUJ3

    1. DEG

      Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Much more to come, but I have 2 articles submitted already, so it might be a while, but worth it, IMO TY!

      2. DEG

        I’ll share some of mine. Kites at Schloßhof.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Nice! 🙂

          1. DEG

            Thanks!

  53. Tres Cool

    Phew…..Bonnie Raitt is really old .

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Red Heads don’t age well, this is shown…..
      /Bleach it like Yusef!

    2. DEG

      That’s a good song.

  54. Lackadaisical

    Question for the authors here.

    In the wordpress dashboard, is there anything you need to do to save a draft you’ve been working on? Don’t want to lose my work.

    1. westernsloper

      I’ve have not wrote anything there yet but I see a “save draft” button at the bottom.

      1. westernsloper

        I’ve have………ima gud writer two.

  55. Brochettaward

    I found the child labor law discussion from earlier interesting. One of my primary libertarian arguments when I want to shit on government action is that by the time the government acts, most problems are just about solved, anyway. This is used when people try to argue that the government spurred progress on. It’s usually true and effective.

    By the time child labor laws were enacted, they were mostly out dated. Society had changed, the roles of children had changed, and government simply reaffirmed what was already naturally happening. Naturally, we ended up stuck with a system into perpetuity which screws over young people looking for work for legitimate reasons and businesses who hire young people.

    Maybe I’ll write an article. Huh? What if I do? How would you cunts like that?