Why do these people have to do this? Make me defend this broad. That’s right, I said “BROAD.” Now its time for Sammy to sing the next musical number.
This is my review of North Coast Brewery Brother Thelonius Belgian Abbey Ale:
President Harris recently went on a trip to Paris. An official visit not one of those vacations government officials like to go on. Apparently she stopped to do do a little bit of shopping.
Harris took home a serving dish costing around $375, a frying pan around $160, as well as a multitude of other kitchenware items, includinga porcelain egg dish and a copper cleaner, according to the store, which disclosed the amount of the purchase to the Washington Free Beacon.
By comparison, a Mauviel copper saucepan carried by luxury brand Williams Sonoma — based in Harris’ home state of California – is priced between $200 and $285.
After her stop into E. Dehillerin, Harris was asked by reporters about how her trip to France has prepared her for the presidency. The vice president, who looked at the reporter with an expression of surprise, did not directly answer the question but instead touted the success of her diplomatic mission.
“I will tell you it was a very productive and a good trip,” she said, adding that the U.S. has “a lot of follow up to do.”
I’m supposed to be upset by this?
Things not mentioned that would actually upset me about this:
- She was supposed to be schmoozing with Macron at the time
- She actually intends to cook something when there is literally no evidence she knows how to do anything more advanced than boiling water
- This was paid for out of a taxpayer funded expense account
- She knew she could buy it online without anyone noticing but did it anyways to own the plebs
The cookware however is choice
. Copper has highly desirable qualities in terms of heat conduction. It heats with greater speed and more consistency throughout the pan than steel or cast iron. Plus its a bit more malleable than both metals so its easy to get the little divots than make it seem like it was pounded out by artisans with tiny hammers. Little people from third world countries pounding away at sheets of hot copper to form into a cookware that will last for ages. Plus the store itself is located conveniently next to other tourist attractions, and even has its own Trip Advisor page…yeah not feeling it.
She could’ve been doing something significantly worse, like schmoozing with Macron. Find something else to piss me off.
North Coast makes an absolutely bomb Imperial Stout that you are probably familiar and I nearly purchased it but this looked especially more desirable due to the unseasonably warm weather in Phoenix. These guys know what they are doing and don’t have to pick up ridiculously expensive gear to pretend like they do. So it should be no surprise this Quadruppel Ale is most excellent. North Coast Brewery Brother Thelonius Belgian Abbey Ale: 4.0/5
I’ve often wondered how bad things would have to get for Mrs. Animal and I to consider leaving the country, but that might be it. How hard is it to get permanent residency in Japan?
Why settle for permanent residency when a random gallery of your fine blog’s selection can skip that and help you turn Japanese?
Not sure that would get me a permanent visa, which doesn’t mean I’m going to stop posting that stuff.
Once you’ve turned Japanese, exercise the right of return for full citizenship.
Are you familiar with Japanese law and views on guns?
Yeah. Take that as a sign as to how desperate we’d have to be. But we’re already familiar with the land and culture, and Mrs. Animal speaks passable Japanese and can read some, so we’ve a leg up. Plus we really like it there.
I don’t know of any place outside the U.S. that has acceptable laws and views on guns, so may as well head somewhere we already know we can live with.
And by “how desperate,” I mean “in imminent fear of death or imprisonment.” I figure that’s pretty damn unlikely, at least in my lifetime.
Where y’all are at, you also have the option to disappear into the bush. Unless you’re the second in command for Al Quaeda, you’ll probably be fine.
That thought had occurred to us.
Unless it goes haywire with the new constitution, Chile isn’t bad on guns. You can have handguns, there seems to be a reasonable approximation of castle doctine (in a Hispanic/Catholic country no less) and there is hunting. You do have to be licensed but that doesn’t appear to be onerous (again in relation to just about everywhere else).
Now we are talking great Beer, North Coast is truly one of the best Breweries In the world,
North Coast is solid, but they’re not even in the top 50.
Its like college football, there are way too many contenders to realistically rank them.
*runs away*
I’d say more like high school football, there’s too many that never even get heard of outside a ten mile radius of the taproom.
Al Bundy hardest hit.
Four touchdowns!
+1 Picard
Does this mean I have to cheer “PNW PNW” every time some beer made within 600 miles of my house gets a good review?
Little people from third world countries pounding away at sheets of hot copper to form into a cookware that will last for ages.
Now there’s an image to warm the cockles of my heart.
*sigh*
Sadly, I’m allergic to anything with ‘Imperial’ in the name.
The word “Imperial” appears nowhere on this bottle.
Yeah, I was gonna say…
Ah, no it does not. I must have seen the link to Old Rasputin and had a minor freakout.
A local brewery did an Imperial Radler one year. It was a whopping 6.5% ABV.
They should have called it Spiked Radler. The label could have been a bicyclist running over a spike and getting a flat tire and wiping out.
I like a good stout.
Also,
BEAT O-H-…
So do I, but this is a Quadruppel.
Huh. I saw the link for the Old Rasputin and got stout in my head I guess. I’ll have to try both I suppose.
Oh yes…Old Rasputin is excellent.
https://www.glibertarians2017.link/2017/10/21/stouts-part-1-the-imperial-stout/
I think we need some
muscle over here.He’ll get it right the next time.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/05/white-coat-supremacist-anthony-fauci-still-wears-lloyd-billingsley/
What an unrepentant sack of shit.
Why is he even still working? I thought retirement at 65 was heavily encouraged in fed bureaucracy.
He probably knows where a body or three are buried.
Under the “old retirement” system where you get a true pension for the rest of your life, this is true. They reformed it in the 90’s to a TSP (401k) and a “retirement” scheme one pays into but doesn’t pay more then a supplement.
So fed workers near retirement today are like every other boomer and failed to properly plan for their autumn years because they thought the system will work for them and will thus die working at their desk.
I worked with a guy who was still under the old system less than 10 years ago. Since Fauci has been a parasite his whole adult life, I’d bet heavily that he never left the old system as well, unless he actually retired and is working as an SES or on an annuitant contract.
SES plays by a different set of rules that I am not familiar with but it’s probably the case. While I was at the VA we had a lady working in the surgery dept. (a clerk not a surgeon) where somebody in HR had to explain she was literally working for free since she hit 30 years under the old system and thus got her full salary.
For the record: She was absolutely worthless as an employee.
Given what he was supposedly being paid, I would think he has to be SES.
No, he’s paid more than SES. He’s a Title 42 employee.
https://www.federalpay.org/employees/national-institutes-of-health/fauci-anthony-s
Scott Atlas’s book available for pre-order.
I read an excerpt from a pre-release copy. The excerpt showed a bit about Fauci not being anywhere near as smart as Fauci or the Covid Cultists think.
Random thought:
The B1G needs to boot Buttgers and pick up ND and two of VT, UVa, WV, Iowa State, Kentucky, or Pitt.
I’ve got the game on in the other room, where the girlfriend is. She’s already exclaimed once that there’s more then 10 teams in the Big 10.
And there are only 10 teams in the Big 12.
By 2024 the big 12 will be:
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Brigham Young University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Houston.
I don’t know what to make of a world in which Texas and U of Oklahoma aren’t in the big 12…
I still don’t know what to make of a world where the Big 8 doesn’t have 8 teams and the Big 10 doesn’t have 10.
New math
Common core.
It’s the continued rejection of tradition and the spirit of collegiate sport in unending pursuit of $$$$.
Oklahoma may be able to compete regularly, but now they’re one of five in the SEC each year rather than one of two or three in the Big 12. Texas has just resigned itself to being an 8 win team on average. However, their athletic departments are going to be flush with that tasty, tasty SEC cash.
What happened to WV and TCU? The Big 12 was 1/3rd old Southwest.
They’re still in. I’m surprised the Big 12 didn’t pick up another two teams to get to 16 like the trend seems to be.
Of course, the Big 12 is now like the American conference, expanding from their geographic core by picking up random teams the other power conferences haven’t wanted. Works fine when you have zillions of dollars pouring into your revenue sports. Doesn’t work so much when you become a second tier conference and have to pay for your field hockey team to travel from salt lake city to morgantown for a tuesday night conference game.
She was supposed to be schmoozing with Macron at the time
These euphemisms.
These guys know what they are doing and don’t have to pick up ridiculously expensive gear to pretend like they do. So it should be no surprise this Quadruppel Ale is most excellent.
🙂
I like Brother Thelonius. And Old Rasputin.
The Sammy Davis, Jr. song is good.
Little people from third world countries pounding away at sheets of hot copper to form into a cookware that will last for ages.
Sheet metal is hammered cold to raise shapes like pans, bowls, and cups. It is heated to anneal the metal which gets harder and more brittle as it is hammered.
I have a hand-raised drinking cup made from 4 ounces of sterling silver. Not a dimple to be seen.
Did not know that, thank you.
You are welcome.
Plenty of youtube videos on hand raising cups and such. Easy way to waste a few hours.
So basically in 2024 “Harris’ only scandal was buying cookware!” will be the new “Obama’s only scandal was wearing a tan suit!” ?
Obama is scandal free.
Infectious
New Zealand’s national security advisers have warned that individuals radicalized by their exposure to extremist online content during the pandemic could resort to violence, media outlet Newshub reported in November. Security measures for government officials have been stepped up in recent weeks.
Paul Buchanan, an Auckland-based security analyst and former consultant to U.S. intelligence services, said he was concerned by the “importation of U.S.-style populist rhetoric” into New Zealand’s anti-vaccination movement, characterizing it as “tinged with violence and vulgar, dehumanizing disrespect for political and social opponents.”
We have gone from beacon of hope to toxic pariah, apparently.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
LOL I wonder how hard he had to struggle to omit the word “Trump” from his little speech.
It was such a pretty country, but like California, the people there just entirely fucked it up.
But enough about the fascist authoritarians running NZ.
Outcast unclean!
Bless her heart.
Good for her. Having an elected official openly say this only helps.
On Nov. 9, as thousands gathered outside Parliament in Wellington to protest lockdowns and vaccine mandates, Ardern said she was aware of the opposition but did not think it was representative of public views.
That noisy rabble in the street? What do they bloody know?
And if it is “representative of public views”, well, we need to take a brave stand against populism.
But not the populists blaming everything on the unvaxed.
allow life in NYC to return to normal, as it already has throughout much of America,” she continued.
That’s not really a compelling argument to the NYC crowd, is it?
You mean act like those hicks in flyover country? Can they even get a decent slice of pizza there?
Anyone got the Michigan-OSU score?
7.4-221
AC or DC?
28-20 in favor of Michigan. Early fourth quarter.
The girlfriend keeps engaging in hate speech while watching the game.
Please let me know if any libertarian here “worships” Elon Musk. Every comment I make usually includes something snarky about him having his hand in my pocket.
Ass Hat – Tesla/Space X market cap
personality worship is weird for libertarians. I appreciate some of the things he did with spacex… But I am not a technoutopian libertarian e.g. I don’t think tech will set us free without philosophy. I can see some technolibertarians worshiping someone like musk
That and he has basically told FedGov (and CA) here FU on multiple occasions. Essentially he calls the regulators bluffs which other CEOs of public companies are incredibly reluctant to do.
Similar to Steve Jobs, I think he is brilliant but also an absolute asshole. I could never work for him. He’s far from a model human being, but that doesn’t mean I can’t respect what he has done.
an absolute asshole – well since I don’t work for him, I don’t care at all about that
But honestly it may be necessary sometimes to get things done…
It seems to be required. But it means discarding professional and personal friends when they are no longer convenient.
Me neither. I’d be hard pressed to “worship” somebody I considered an asshole even if he didn’t have his hand in my pocket.
Seems to me that Musk has contributed to the technical successes of SpaceX and Tesla more than Steve Jobs did for Apple. But there is a similarity in that they are treated as celebs by breathless fans at new product launches.
I appreciate Elon telling the government to shove it now and then, and I definitely subscribe to some of his business-running advice (such as his “Acronyms Seriously Suck” email), but I don’t certainly wouldn’t want to work for him.
I think lots of Steve Job’s genius was “herding the cats” of design and engineering while selling product and keeping the lights on. I don’t underestimate that.
I agree Musk is far more technical. So I think he has pushed thing further, but Jobs was a better overall CEO and manager. Not that he didn’t discard people either.
About the closest you will hear me declare I like someone is me saying “Well….ok….I would’nt shoot him.”
Does that count as worship?
And the other one is hailing a taxicab?
28-20 in favor of Michigan. Early fourth quarter.
D’OH!
Eye-yi-eye
O!
42-27.
35-20 now.
any chance of getting to my predicted 48-34?
Probably not. Not enough time for that many points.
Technically, it’s still possible. Both teams would need to get two touchdowns in order for it to happen. With under 10 minutes left in the game, that’s not very likely.
Probably not enough time left for that many more scores. Sorry Pie.
I did not know what the time was… googling it seems 7 minutes now
Belgian Abbey Ale- all Belgian style ales suck. But I have said this before and you people don’t see the light so I should not bother anymore
I like Belgian ales — particularly sour ales.
well you’re wrong
No. You’re wrong. So there.
35-27 with less than 5 minutes to go. Pretty good game from a person with 0 feelings about either team.
Both 10-1, #2 v #5, light snow on the field, college fans going insane… It’s good for college sportsball.
(Said by a guy who doesn’t even like it.)
Wow! I don’t care either. One of my Michigan friends was predicting an OSU blow-out so he’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Poor Sloopy…
Yeah, I’m crushed. But it was bound to happen eventually.
You’ll be in good company. I have to watch my number 7 ranked Ok State Cowboys get destroyed by the #10 OU Sooners later this afternoon, as is tradition.
I got a friend who is a HUGE Michigan fan. He has officially given up on them several times. Claims he came close to breaking his TV several times. I’m expecting an email soon.
I think I will go put my Michigan hat on now.
Bandwagon. Wear it all the time or never. ???
Never Bandwagon. Never Meant to Be.
I will admit to having very low expectations for today’s game. I was prepared for OSU to hang 100 points on us. OSU receivers made some insane catches, they just couldn’t stop the running game and Harbaugh managed to not screw it up.
OSU sold out a few years back and embraced the southern spread style in order to avoid getting embarrassed in playoff games in domes.
That style doesn’t work very well in the snow. Michigan is built like a traditional B1G team, and we got traditional B1G weather. That said, OSU is built to win next year. A lot of their talent this year are freshmen.
At least my pie crust tastes okay, even if it’s ugly as shit.
Well, UGA didn’t beat us nearly as badly as I thought they would.
I wasn’t all that cheerful or motivated going into this weekend. I was of a mind that I didn’t want to go to winter steel, particularly if it meant bringing the 10/22 again. I also realized that hiding in my house like an agoraphobic wasn’t good for my mental health.
So I undertook some retail therapy. This morning, I went out and bought a brande new lever gun and the only box of .45 Colt ammunition in the entire region. I took it to winter steel, shot nine strings of four targets, expended forty rounds of ammunition. Some strings I did miss twice, but the Henry only holds five shots, and reloading is so slow that I’m better off taking the 3 second penalty for a miss than trying to hit it. The model I have is a frontloader, so no side gate.
Still, I had pretty good times for never having fired the rifle before.
You mention Henry – just yesterday I made up my mind to order a Big Boy in .44Mag as “retail therapy”. Both my sons have old lever actions and I’ve always wanted one. Trying to avoid adding another caliber, and I have a big Super Blackhawk that I’ve hunted with, so the Big Boy seems just right for a new short-range deer gun.
Same model in .45 Colt shoots like a dream, and was easy to cycle. The coyboy action shooters at the range razzed me for putting a red dot on it, but the frame came with the holes for the rail, so that wasn’t a hassle. You’d probably be happy with one.
Lever guns with red dots make me happy. You still need a cowboy hat though.
That is awesome.
Main intention is to leave it with the open sights. I’ve thought that a scout scope on a lever action would be cool, but I don’t think the Henry’s really set up for that. Will use it stock for awhile I think, and maybe move to a red dot eventually.
The last line (you’d probably be happy) was meant to refer to the rifle.
? I want a lever gun. Someday.
Get one where you can find the ammunition. I was only able to scour up one box.
Speaking of – anyone got a source on .45 Colt?
Are you a handloader? I’m told that .45 Colt is very easy to reload.
I may need to start, since it seems the only way to get more ammo is to reload my own.
It’s easy to reload, I’ve also found it to be a caliber that doesn’t necessarily like it. I’ve had more failures with remanufactured .45 than any other caliber.
It’s available on gunbroker, but pricey.
$109/50rd? I paid $50 and thought it annoying.
Good thing they can’t deliver to New York.
45 colt is a very easy round to reload and very versatile. If you are going to start reloading you couldn’t pick a better round to start with.
There is an endless array of bullet sizes and weights available for 45 LC
Where would I look for the information/supplies to get started?
I found your article series for glibs.
Watch the bulletin boards at your range, gun store, craigslist. Buy everything the seller has, you’ll need it later when your inventory fills and it will . Gun shows, Midway, Cabela’s, your local stores. Find a fellow reloader, I’m guessing they will be helpful.
midwayusa.com
You can just DDG reloading supplies and get a bunch of suppliers but you will find that most reloading supplies are as difficult to obtain as loaded ammo.
But it does increase the chances of getting enough together. I can scour both sorts of sources for when they do show up.
Ouch. This is the only one I can find that appears to have any brass in stock.
https://www.nobulltactical.com/product-page/45-colt-processed-brass
It looks like range brass….already been fired. 45 colt is not a very high pressure round so it should be ok. That price is not nearly as bad as all of the. others I see.
Ugh. It looks like all of the components are tough to find. What does that tell you?
Reloading can be some money up front but after you are set up buy your brass in bulk…say 1000 at a time, load it all up and you are good to go for a while.
Wait, .45 LC and not ACP? Yeah reloading is the way to go.
Yes, .45 LC.
A .45 Colt lever gun?
Did you get the hat and boots to go along with it?
I do not like the look of cowboy attire. It’s not for me.
Good story. Would read again.
Your next one can be a side loader.
I need a few paydays first.
Something about paying bills and eating.
If you like traditional western firearms enjoy this. (If the clip doesn’t synch up go to 56:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKoOzAb4Bs
Not doing that.
WTF? Just look up in youtube for “Rancho Deluxe full movie”. In the entire movie there is only one set of breasts briefly revealed.
Slim Pickens, Jeff Bridges second real role, multiple other people known for other roles including Sam Waterston.
Maybe it is flagged because Sam plays an American Indian or it has Harry D Stanton.
Dang it. The weapon is at 54:00 and better at 1:04:00.
For MT Glibs you should recognize the locals. There is a bunch of interesting trivia with this film.
I may be having Greg’s falling out of my ass, but.
Here is some German logic.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/german-euthanasia-clinics-refusing-unvaccinated-customers
Um, wut?
I nominate that as the new phrase to replace ‘drugs falling out of ass.’
LOL
Greg’s what?
If you have to ask…
Didn’t Norm MacDonald say during an interview, “I’m not saying he’s gay, but if you kicked him in the ass, a thousand dicks would fall out”?
I have no idea but I want to believe it.
I may ave spell checks falling out my ass.
I see no reason to avoid the covid “vaccines” if you consider going to an euthanasia clinic. You can actually “win” this Russian roulette and won’t need the euthanasia clinic services.
Myocarditis wouldn’t be a fun way to go though…
But then euthanasia becomes available…
Biden said the it’s unpatriotic not to get the vaccines. I find his definition of patriotism a little odd based on 5 draft deferments and a a medical classification based on asthma. From a guy that was a great football player and life guard that once whipped Cornpop’s with noting more than a pool chain.
I’m not a vaccine patriot, Joe.
Did they require vaccination back in the 30s and 40s?
They probably rub the arm with alcohol before injecting the needle too.
You don’t want to get sued when they don’t die but lose the arm to infection.
Alcohol’s cheap, stick to procedure.
It has a certain cold, hard logic.
It’s to protect
grandmayour killers, not yourself.Ex-gov Cuomo’s attack dog deRosa misses being able to dictate to the little people.
She tweeted: “Have been back upstate for 3 days and have to say, the lack of mask wearing is deeply disturbing,’ DeRosa said in another tweet Friday evening. ‘Food for thought Deferring mask mandates to local governments isn’t ’empowering’ it’s abdicating responsibility.’”
What a POS. She should have her head shaved like a NAZI collaborator.
The new gov is proving every bit as authoritarian as the last one. Shocking, I know. ?
Never change NYS.
Today I learned – The Canadian Strategic Maple Reserve is not just a joke about Canadia
Sugar free maple?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/11/27/canada-releases-50-million-pounds-from-maple-syrup-reserve-seriously-n1536908
Silicone Saturday!
https://archive.md/R8stY
#8 has a big pussy.
Seems very comforting and relaxed. At least she didn’t shave it.
Pussy status…calm
zoom…… and enhance.
Had to have something other than turkey. We hit up this place
https://sagapastry.com/
Pretty good. I had the smoked salmon sandwich and wife had the egg avacado waffle
Two tom turkeys hanging around all day. They ran away when I went outside to give them a handful of corn. They were back before I got in the house.
CNN — At least 30 people burglarize a Best Buy in Minnesota on Black Friday
Fox — Two Best Buy stores in Minnesotate looted . . . .
Thank god CNN is here to keep us on the straight and narrow.
Important Science
I cooked pork tenderloin low and slow, and got annoyed at the ‘and slow’ part of the equation.
It did (eventually) turn out fantasitcally when it finished.
The ‘downside’ of having my fridge stocked is that I have to cook all these nice cuts of meat before they spoil.
The upside is getting to eat all of them.