At first I thought it was Canada descending the fastest into totalitarian madness, but then I saw the UK declared war on pizza.
This is my review of Bitburger Dry Hopped Zwyckl:
Pizza related arguments aside, British pizza isn’t anything to write home about. Believe me, I’ve had it. It was even made in a restaurant owned by an Italian ex-pat living in London. Instead this Daily Beast article written by a guy that looks like he does stunts for David Hogg in gangbang videos caught my attention:
Brand has been accused by four women of sexual assault, as revealed in both a recent Channel 4 documentary and a Times of London investigative report. And a narrative has immediately formed not only among professional liars like Alex Jones and other internet trolls, but also from the mouths of mainstream right-wing commentators, that Brand is being persecuted by a vast conspiracy because of his anti-establishment commentary.
This is stupid. Full stop. And anyone pushing this idea has revealed themself as a deeply unserious person.
Anyone using the phrase “full stop” outside of the context of a telegram delivered by Western Union is a deeply unserious person that chooses to handwave any argument to the contrary with the specific intent to poison the well for any skepticism of the narrative.
Well, either that or they are on a rather large boat. He cites a few right wing fanatics to support his argument:
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, came out in support of Brand, declaring, “That man is not evil,” while also approving of Brand’s own conspiracy theory that he’s being set up by the media and other institutions for his political views. […]
Right-wing podcaster Dave Rubin posted, “The Machine has set its sights on Russell Brand. Does anyone buy this stuff anymore?”[…]
Libertarian pundit Robby Soave—in perhaps the platonic ideal of “but the media” whataboutism—conceded that the allegations have “some corroboration,” but added, “On the other hand, you can’t discount that these allegations are only surfacing now because Brand has become adversarial to mainstream institutions.”
LOL. To be sure. Dave Rubin the gay hardcore milquetoast rightwinger that posts clips of The View to make fun of them.
While I do agree Brand in many ways brought this on himself with a career of essentially being a rockstar in the sex, drugs, rock and roll archetype without the actual part where one needs to first be am musician. Brand turned to the redpilled leftist grift specializing in what personalities on the right talked about 5 days ago, for at least a year. Pretending there isn’t a movement to ruin people with inconvenient opinions is disingenuous. Particularly with his stance on supporting the Ukraine war makes the allegations of impropriety 20 years ago a bit too convenient.
One could point to someone like Nigel Farange or Brett Kavanaugh as proof of this, but a better example is the guy taking the opposite approach: Howard Stern.
“I hear that a lot that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke,” said Stern, a vocal critic of his erstwhile friend, former President Donald Trump, in comments reported by the news site Mediaite.
“By the way, I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke,” the self-described “King of All Media” said on Monday, the same day he took aim at Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), calling her a “disgrace to this country” for her behavior at a Denver movie theater last week.
Granted, being an asshole is on brand for him. After forty years of endorsing absolute depravity in every facet of American culture it is exceptionally easy to believe Howard Stern might have done something like grab a titty in a dark theater—then tell everyone about it on the air the next day.
So how could Stern keep baseless allegations from ruining him? Support the regime by debasing himself to annoying lengths.
It is the rare combination that works that becomes the most successful. Spaghetti and meatballs. Peanut butter and chocolate. Groping and dark theaters. Ketchup and mustard. This beer is now among such elite combos. What is it? You know Bitburg right? The only German Pilsner that makes me think of Michael Fassbender terrorizing runaway Nazis. What if they teamed up with Deschutes and instead dry-hopped it with hops they typically use fro IPA? Is this another IPA? Hell no. Its more of a Pils, but not a lager, with a fruity finish. While this sounds as retarded a putting the engine in the back of the car, somehow the really smart German brewing guys figured out how to make it work. Bitburger Dry Hopped Zwyckl: 3.5/5
“… that Brand is being persecuted by a vast conspiracy because of his anti-establishment commentary.”
When the British government sends letters asking that a person be deplatformed, just for allegations, it’s most definitely a coordinated conspiracy. I wonder if it hurt when Anthony Fisher had his brain removed.
Doubtful, given its size. I’m thinking laparoscopy in the assular region.
Meh. He scooped it out one day when picking his nose. Didn’t notice, both because it was so small and because he wasn’t using it anyway.
I couldn’t give a fuck less about Howard Stern thirty years ago. Holds true today.
Indeed. I thought he retired. You never hear about the guy.
I thought he was dead.
The best response.
Wagons were circled
Allies of Vice President Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats are sending a clear message to their fellow party members who speculate that she should be replaced as President Joe Biden’s running mate in 2024: It’s time to stop it.
“It’s not only a distraction, it’s offensive,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told CNN in an interview.
The vice president has faced renewed calls from some pundits and columnists to be dropped from the ticket amid heightened concerns about the president’s age and doubts over her ability to lead if Biden were no longer able.
It’s at least the second major go-around of questioning whether Harris’ rightful place is by Biden’s side for the 2024 contentious race, leaving her office tired of the fraught conversation, according to a person familiar with the dynamic.
“Everybody’s sort of over it,” the person said.
The feeling is shared across most of the Democratic spectrum, who hope the party turns their sights on former President Donald Trump or whomever the Republican presidential nominee will be, instead of handwringing about themselves.
A source close to the Biden campaign told CNN: “People need to get on board and recognize every time they undermine the vice president, they undermine the campaign. We cannot afford to lose to these Republicans. So, get on board.”
Send in the white knights to stamp out dissension. Democracy hangs in the balance.
Biden choose Kamala to head up the “Stamp Out The Dangerous 11 Round Clip Guns”. That’s how serious Joe is in getting rid of crime in the city. Kamala’s first act is to form a committee, paid of course, and decide a course of action. This time it will really work.
“Everybody’s sort of over it,” the person said.“
Good to see her staff consists of teenage girls.
I wonder if Kamala pays better than Cinnabon?
SF already wrote about that.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat and a former rival who was once iced out by the vice president for her lukewarm support, said Thursday she was proud to support Harris’ campaign with Biden.
“Vice President Harris is a passionate, clear, unyielding advocate for Americans’ freedoms, leading the administration’s efforts to protect reproductive freedom and strengthen voting rights,” Warren said in a statement. “I am proud to support her campaign with President Biden and I’m confident that the Administration’s record of delivering for American families will lead them to victory in 2024.”
It signs the loyalty oath or it gets the rack.
Warren’s rack is not a mental image I needed.
🤮🤮🤮
Knowing what Warren supports informs my choice of what to oppose. Has she ever gotten any policy decision right?
Brand was a fashionable crank and no he is an unfashionable crank. Can’t stand the guy at all. I am pretty sure some questionable things happened at drug and booze filled parties and orgies. Still it is clear there is a political angle.
Yeah, copious drugs and booze would of course make him even more disinhibited than usual.
I am amazed at how often the pinko crowd deploys the ‘believe me and not your lying eyes’ argument. It is completely absurd and no one buys it…why do they keep making such fools of themselves?
Obvious things are obvious.
Today in Culture Matters: Listened to a few Ferrell performances after the morning links music.
I got to this one – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSOKHvWOls
I see the audience is all nasty, irredeemable deplorables. There is no fence or line of guards between the stage and the audience. I don’t see one cellphone. No one throws anything at her. She walks out onto the prow of the stage within inches of the audience. No one tries to grab her or touch her. She reaches out with the mic and lets them sing…no one tries to take it from her, they just sing.
Deplorables and their Goddamned civilized manners, propriety and sanity.
I wonder what percentage of non-flyover people this would be lost on.
All race all the time
“Hair discrimination is rooted in systemic racism, and its purpose is to preserve white spaces,” the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund said.
“Policies that prohibit natural hairstyles, like afros, braids, bantu knots, and locs, have been used to justify the removal of Black children from classrooms, and Black adults from their employment,” the organization added.
The fleas are running the circus.
Let them get killed when they get their hair caught in the machinery.
Since when is a braid or a knot natural?
My thought as well. I’ll concede the Afro
Its funny when you look at Africans, everyone including women have short hair. I’m guessing if you’re a cassava farmer you don’t have time to dedicate a few hours a week to braids.
The Christian god rests on the first day of the week. But not Firsters.
Evil never sleeps.
The left would NEVER use such tactics to unperson someone! They’ve never done it before. The intelligence community has never done it before. To suggest otherwise is just crazy unserious person talk.
I am watching a Hallmark movie.
Why is no one saving me from myself?
I feel it is going to have a happy ending
You can console yourself Moj that you aren’t watching the Home Porn Channel- AKA HGTV.
I can’t stand those anymore. They remind me of all the things I couldn’t make happen with my POS house.
We’re saving ourselves from getting sucked into the abyss.
You’re a brave man Mex. When I lived in Germany Bitburger was swill akin to drinking Dutch Treat in AZ.
It’s basically Bud for Germans.
I’ll take it over Bud every time.
Definitely.
But it’s the worst German beer I’ve ever had, so it sort of fills that niche.
There was another I had at the Leipzig airport on my way to Iraq that I didn’t care for. That might have more to do with the female Airman that asked what it was, grabbed it and took a drink without asking.
I told her to keep it.
I am become Biden, destroyer of wealth
President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday and walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union, he announced Friday, a trip that comes after the president faced political pressure to ramp up his public support for the union members.
“Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create. It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs,” Biden said in a post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
And when there’s nothing left to share? What then?
There is that word again….fair. Fair share. They use the phrase a lot but refuse to put a number on it.
The second lesson bestowed on me right after “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” was “life isn’t fair”. Heeding this advice has served me well throughout life.
My daughter (57 YO) reminded me that she had heard those words a lot as she was growing up. I have to keep reminding myself.
“Proper preparations prevent piss poor performance”. I’m still learning.
Ha. We learned that as “proper prior preparation prevents poor performance”. It WAS seventh grade….
That would undermine their argument.
Can anyone suggest the name of an investable manufacturer of robots?
Rockwell automation, Fanuc, ABB, there are many others
There’s an ETF out there, BOTZ if you are into those.
https://www.globalxetfs.com/funds/botz/
“a fair share of the value they helped create.”
The already got that, it’s called a salary, 401K, health benefits. JFC you would swear they were working for free.
Is the person who bolts down the dash that was designed by someone else, assembled by many others, using a custom tool set, creating a lot of added value?
The UAW could learn from teachers. No one has the “I practically work for free” schtick down like teachers. Since school has recently started, there are at least once a week reminders from the local news with some poor teacher reminding us how she has to “buy her own supplies with her own money”. The UAW comes across like assholes, where as the messaging teachers use somehow works.
“Fire a couple of administrators and use the savings to reimburse teachers who buy supplies.”
Said no educrat ever.
Who are these teachers buying supplies out of pocket? Never met one in real life.
the person who bolts down the dash[…]
Bolts? I only ever see those push fasteners in my car.
I guess Biden is a convert to the labor theory of value.
Well, I see Texas A&M is kicking the crap out of Auburn. I’ll be interested to see Don Escaped’s take on it.
Liv Grace came down with respiratory infections three times over the course of four months. Each occurred after a visit to a medical provider in the Bay Area.
Mx. Grace, 36, a writer who uses they/them pronouns, was infected with respiratory syncytial virus, which led to pneumonia, in December, after they were treated by a nurse wearing a surgical mask who complained about her children being ill with the virus.
And after “they/them” I checked out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/health/hospitals-masking-mandates.html
What a big theybee. Take some vitamins.
Ah, They/Them. They should shut the fuck up with their nonsense, them too.
Lol
Insert Archer quote. And I can come up with a whole lot worse decisions.
https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/9/23/23864355/supreme-court-cfpb-unconstitutional-consumer-financial-fifth-circuit-great-depression
Yep, that Krieger quote would be wholly appropriate.
The plaintiffs are correct.
Can’ wait to hear the bullshit that will come out of that.
“Stop, I can only get so hard”?
https://tenor.com/blhOD.gif
Close enough for government work.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-congratulate-harris-gun-czar-border-role
Has anyone mentioned that it was Harris who was chosen to fix the gun issue in the US?
No wonder they buried that on Friday. Naturally the right is having fun.
“Today, I am proud to share that I will oversee the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention”
So, a week end in Chicago
“There were some mistakes made,” Paul told The Associated Press,
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/23/1201297034/fbi-investigates-alleged-abuse-baton-rouge-police-warehouse-brave-cave
Well, I certainly trust the FBI to properly investigate this.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin
Am I getting old and starting the time honored thinking of ‘those darned kids today’? There are large populations in urban areas that have a barbarous culture and are essentially ungovernable. This seeps into the culture of some police departments. There is a very noticeable difference in attitude and behavior for different departments that seems to mirror the culture of the populations they police.
The solution in my mind is simple but unworkable. Trying to rebuild the overall moral character of the country might be insurmountable, especially with the left actively stymying those efforts and deliberately attempting to completely demoralize us.
Moral bankruptcy is like a cancer. It grows and spreads to all parts of the body unless aggressive and radical intervention is employed.
That’s it. Also cops no longer really work where they live. My town is too expensive for our cops to live in. In other cases they don’t want to live in a ghetto.
When and where I grew up my classmates had fathers who were on the police force.
Yes. I should have put that in as well. These cultures, that of the police, the criminals and of the law abiding dont mix with each other much and so there is friction between them. A polarization, if you will.
I saw an exaggerated example in the town where I went to school.
I want to know what happened to walking a beat?
I lived in Bay Ridge (dense part of southern Brooklyn) for 12 years and I saw a cop walking a beat maybe three times.
Cops don’t get to know the people they’re lording over from inside a moving vehicle.
IIRC, something very similar happened in Chicago. Dozens of cases were tossed.
The Ducks are doing a credible job of demolishing Coach “Prime’s” team. Wish the announcers would stop slobbering over him.
I am familiar with this situation except for the origin of that nickname? It seems ridiculous.
Deion Sanders nickname in the 90’s was “Primetime”.
Oh. Yeah, I didn’t watch at all then.
“Prime Time” was one of Sander’s nicknames when he was still playing.
They claim that an entire federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is unconstitutional. And they do so based on an interpretation of the Constitution that would invalidate Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and countless other federal programs. As the Justice Department notes in one of its briefs, the 2022 legislation funding the federal government contains more than 400 provisions that are invalid under these plaintiffs’ reading of the Constitution.
I have no problem with that.
Dove Soap To Replace Bird Logo With More Body-Positive Manatee
Savage, accurate, and funny.
I’m back. Spent the day breaking rocks. Re laid the back patio and re-stabilized all stepping stones and the big front patio.
I am too old to be breaking rocks all day. I will probably perish within a week when I get taken to a reeducation camp.
I went to the mall for some home goods and box cutter. Putting some shelves together that I ordered from Amazon.
I pulled something in my neck cuz damn I hurt there in addition to various back and shoulder pains, some chronic, some acquired from lots of vigorous activity lifting shit, moving shit this week.
I’d bring you some ibuprofen, but you still live too far away.
Oh right I have some Tylenol knock off. I try to avoid pills as much as possible.
I know I’m really late here, but “Candy” has too many potential downsides for NPR Lady’s new name.
Based on what OMWC thought was relevant to share about here, I nominate “Tiny Dancer.”
I read the comments. I really like “Tote Bag.”
#MeToo
Tote Bag is hilarious but I was under the impression it had to be something she was OK with. If she doesn’t like ‘NPR Lady’ she’s really not gonna like Tote Bag.
Yeah right?
I did not know about all these rules. I protest them!
First thing I thought:
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
Of course given OMWC a variation of C30, C60, C90 could work.