We were promised a whole lot of winning, and this week there’s plenty of it.
This is my review of Fosters Premium Ale (the green can):
One victory that was probably overlooked occurred in my home state. Everyone kept saying all you really need to do to be a successful team red governor was to just do what DeSantis is doing rather than looking at it from a safe distance and seeing if the latest headline out of FL ends his career. The problem is the milquetoast moderate governor of AZ decided to wait until he no longer had a career to do it.
The AZ legislature passed the most extensive school choice bill in the country. The responses have been rather humorous.
In 2018, the voters of Arizona made clear how they felt about a plan to use public money to fund private education: They voted against it, or as Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts described it: “Actually, they didn’t just reject it. They stoned the thing, then they tossed it into the street and ran over it. Then they backed up and ran over it again.”
They’ve been trotting out the line voters already rejected it in 2018. Amazingly, they ignore the fact events over the past four years might have changed anybody’s mind. Maybe a little?
Arizona’s infamous school choice advocate
The headline here has one hell of a reference given Alice Cooper is from Phoenix, so I’ll leave this here to play in the background.
“The Republican universal voucher system is designed to kill public education,” tweeted former Arizona House Rep. Diego Rodriguez. “OUR nation’s greatness is built on free Public schools. The GOP goal is to recreate segregation, expand the opportunity gap, and destroy the foundation of our democracy.”
“I think it’s a very serious mistake and the result will be that, within a decade, Arizona will have a very, very poorly educated adult population,” added Carol Corbett Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education. “Maybe that’s the game.”
Speaking of which, I work for an AZ Medicaid contractor. One of the things I am tasked by the state is to ensure materials sent to members are written at a 6th grade level (or less) based on the Flesch-Kincaid model. For comparison, my recent article COSC Certified Hedging (using this one because I actually put some work into it) is written at a 9th grade level. It would seem the progressive argument that if the state isn’t providing something will result in dystopia, always seems to be the very result of their current system.
It will be fun to see how many actually attend their indoctrination camps in the next few years now that they have the choice. Because as it turns out, only one part of the population is actually going to have kids.
Not sure if Fosters is a “cheap” beer. It isn’t terrible by any stretch of the imagination but its hardly anyone’s first choice. Unless of course you happen to run a quarantine camp somewhere in the Outback. Then it might be the most logical decision given you have to be a good steward of state resources. The hell with that I say, whatever accolades one gets from being “premium” in a green can, it still tastes like boot heels. Fosters Premium Ale (the green can): 2.1/5
“Tastes like boot heels.” Wonderful line.
Must be a favorite of Winston’s Mom’s clients.
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Indeed
The population may be ignorant of its own history and culture beyond broad strokes and caricatures, but damned if it isn’t well trained and obedient.
what DeSantis is doing… the horror!
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article262982363.html
Hilarious. How dare we teach what they wanted to do.
Oh. My. God.
“Articulate the Founders’ view of Separation of Church and State”
“The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and the I Have a Dream speech”
“The Structure of the Constitution”
Rolling back one hundred years of hard-earned progress. Unimaginable!
Those slides looked historically accurate and even-handed.
They don’t mince words about “enslaved persons,” either.
• Priority of the Founders is to unite the states.
• 2/3 of the Founders held slaves – even those that held slaves did not defend the institution.
Seems un-sugar-coated.
Not enough self-flagellation?
They get a few details wrong:
Virginia was founded as a charter colony in 1607, but became a crown colony in 1624. “Colonial Seeds…”, p 32, lists Virginia as a charter colony, but it was a crown colony for most of the colonial period.
They list the Massachusetts constitution of 1780 as the oldest functioning constitution, but the Virginia Constitution of 1776 pre-dates that and contains a guarantee of religious freedom.
Those look like honest, if avoidable, errors. I don’t see politics infecting that presentation.
I wasn’t slamming them, so much as being a pedant who grew up in Virginia. The charter/crown thing is truly trivial. The other is regrettable, but certainly doesn’t change the overall narrative about the revolution and early national period.
You’re probably going to say what’s her name isn’t the first black supreme court justice next.
Let’s not get carried away.
Try the Blue can, bitter is better in this case.
Vince Fournier is from Detroit.
But I reviewed that once already?
I’ve had that beer and I think you nailed the taste. The only thing I like about Foster’s is the cans. They are awesome.
Is Arizona going after the bullshit curriculum? Until the state has no role I suspect most schools are still gonna be woke shitholes, government or private.
I could see a charter school being woke if that’s what the parents want. Why do you think it would be woke if the parents oppose it?
Teachers, those who train teachers, administrators, textbook authors.
I think there is a lot that needs fixing.
I don’t think you have to be licensed or state approved to teach in a charter school in AZ, if that helps. Pretty sure I could.
Is Arizona going after the bullshit curriculum?
Depends on where. Where my kids go, there is a loud group of Scottsdale wine moms trying to take over the school board for that reason, among others. There have been a few instances where they put up what appears to be CRT homework and named the school. I showed it to mu kids and asked if this was their homework, each time they said no. Hard for me to get mad if everyone is full of shit. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I saw Alice Cooper in concert. It was a good show.
“The Republican universal voucher system is designed to kill public education,”
Feature, not bug.
One of the things I am tasked by the state is to ensure materials sent to members are written at a 6th grade level (or less) based on the Flesch-Kincaid model.
6th grade seem kinda high. How would Kamala Harris read it? Assuming she did read it that is.
The hell with that I say, whatever accolades one gets from being “premium” in a green can, it still tastes like boot heels.
HAH! Though, I’ve actually never had Foster’s, so maybe I shouldn’t say anything.
I’ve had Victoria Bitter, XXXX, Carlton, 4 Pines, and Coopers. The first three are standard mass produced stuff. I remember thinking Victoria Bitter was the best of the three. I had beer and some lunch at 4 Pines’s brewpub in Manly. Both the beer and food were great. I toured Coopers in Adelaide. They have a good operation. They also are contract brewers for the Aussie market for Karlsberg, Sapporo, and I think some others. Coopers’ beer was the best of the bunch, and before the Lil Rona Panic, you could get their beer in the United States.
And after I hit submit, I realize I should have added, that those Aussie beer brands are the ones I remember having while I was in Australia. I know I had a few more, but I can’t remember them. I remember Coopers’ was the best by far of all of them.
I had a mountain dew code red zero sugar. It was pretty good for diet.
(I don’t really drink very often,but I didn’t want to feel left out….)
Is it the same formula as the old diet code red? I haven’t seen that one in decades. Or is it a new formulation? I haven’t seen the zero sugar code red in stores.
I dunno. I was driving. In south Florida the bottler does not make most of the mountain dew varietals,so we do not get code red diet. I have 12 ounces of experience. It wasn’t as pleasant as it should have been because it came in the middle of a 34 hour drive and I was also chowing twizzlers at the time. Not one of my proudest moments, but that is what was open on the seat at the time.
Lol
Yep. The Aussie expats who work in our tourist sector every summer in Western Canada will only drink Coopers as their mass-market beer (and it’s sometimes impossible to get here). Yet they do love the many craft alternatives that we have here too.
I think in any reading test, Kamalamadingdong would blow it.
I see what you did there.
6th grade seem kinda high.
6th grade…or less. Many newspapers are written at a 4th grade level.
Heh.
I just noticed my typo.
Not Fosters, but Aw, yeahh!
That
guybloke gets it!Dafuq is the Fosters/Oregon crossover thingy going on dere?
Now I can’t unsee it.
Have I complained about this yet?
On the main drag in town, they’re putting a Bojangles literally two doors down from a Popeye’s. I think we’re at a fried chicken over saturation point.
Besides, the Coop in the farmers market has awesome fried chicken.
Bernie Sanders, is that you?
There’s a sudden glut of recreational MJ shops going up around here – like, 3 or 4 in a few block area.
My wife was on a whole “why would they allow that many shops?…” kick and I had to point out that they’ll compete with each other, with the best combination of price and service winning out, in the end. The customers win. Otherwise, not our problem.
I also reminded her of when we had 4 frozen yogurt places in the same area – same deal as that (although those are all gone now – I’m certain at least one MJ dispensary will survive).
“The hammock district: that’s on Third.”
My favorite story.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/report-bernie-sanders-stealing-neighbors-newspaper-d-c
Sensei, was it you who loved the Toyota 2000GT?
This was in my BaT monthly report this morning.
Yow, that price!
Not surprising at all. There were never that many of them, it has been over 50 years since they were made, and they have become iconic in a way that few things do.
Also, best part is the motor was made by Yamaha.
That’s me! Ferrari level pricing.
Crazy.
You could get a Lamborghini Miura for less than that (I think).
Yeah, but then you’d be a douchebag with a Lambo. If Lambo, then douchebag, right?
No, not in one of these beauties.
Slum is 100% correct. One of the best looking cars ever made.
Anti-douche, really.
There is only one true Lamborghini, and Slum has shown this light.
Tundra (and anyone else who likes punk), I think you’d like this. Twin Cities punk documentary.
I like this one, too.
Thank you, Penguin. Amazing!
Ten minutes in and I have chills. I really appreciate this!
Yeah, I saw the description of the doc and thought ‘I think I know someone who’d really like this.’
Too good to fact-check, for sure.
It’s so weird though. The Bojangles is being built from the ground up. They tore down the previous building that was there.
And there is no shortage of fast food options in town.
National fast-food chains are one of those situations where you likely won’t see any real competition on price or service between closely-located competitors, unlike my example above.
If I were to hazard a guess, they’re banking on brand loyalty and think there’s enough demand to support both chains.
But who knows.
Fast food tends to cluster too.
Do the workers dance for you in worn out shoes?
Bojangles is better than Popeye’s. Of course I could just be saying that because I rarely get Bojangles because they don’t have them here. Also, all of the Popeye’s by us are very inconsistent.
Holiday weekend=more traffic=more retards on the road=annoyed Sean.
We watch h the fudgies drive over the bridge, blowing red lights and generally driving like idiots. Sometimes I love my job
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/palmer-twp-police-take-bear-into-custody-for-wandering-in-backyards/article_d86f0e92-fa15-11ec-89ba-f30e57b16916.html
Bears are not free to gambol, apparently.
I have an alibi for that time period!
😛
But, did the bear go over the bridge?
OK MS, since a beer that tastes like boot heels gets a 2+ star review, what does it take to get 1 star?
Literal communism?
Once I dumped a woman after learning she was a commie.
I should have known tho- there were red flags everywhere.
nice
what does it take to get 1 star?
Literal communism?
Correct. This rates .8/5
When life hands you shallow graves…
And now I know.
Paging Mrs. R.C. Dean, Mrs. Dean to the white courtesy phone:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2012-mercedes-benz-e63-amg-wagon-44/
“The RennTech figures are accurate. 716 hp , 826 lb ft of torque with the max ECU setting.”
Amusingly, the leading bid is from they guy who sold it to the current owner (via BAT) last year. He misses it…
Heh.
Hunting Corvettes in that thing would be an absolute stitch…
I’d want to remove the atrocious tuner badge on the back first.
Oooh, yeah. I didn’t catch that.
Nope. Not showing her that.
Eh, low clearance. The grapes were already sour.
One of the commentators:
I suspect he’s correct, if you’ve got the money and storage to sit on one for another decade and a half.
Until they outlaw IC, of course.
+ 1 Rush – Red Barchetta
‘Red AMG E63 Wagon’ doesn’t trip off the tongue as ‘Barchetta’, but, yeah.
The problem with that attitude is you are depriving yourself of the joy of driving it.
“to use public money”
The statists’s argument in a nutshell, “you didn’t build that, you didn’t earn that. That money belongs to the state.”
Sorry, there is no such thing as public money, just private wealth which has been confiscated by the state because a majority of voters agreed the government could point a gun at everyone’s head.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/02/nypd-exodus-has-become-a-stampede-pba-leader-patrick-lynch/
Haha!
I didn’t know Patrick Lynch was a professional bowler — oh, never mind.
Nice article, sharpie. BTW, Daniel J. Mitchell’s column today is on the same subject.
https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/celebrating-progress-on-school-choice/
I dig Mitchell because he’s got that happy-warrior vibe that’s all too rare these days.
Sharpy, your review format needs to take over the earth. Expound on some random subject, then pass judgment on an unrelated item.
Love it.
Gracias
Seconded. It’s fun.
It would be less fun as the default of everything
I went to the weekly VFW swap meet with the object of getting some ammo for my new guns (Ruger 22 and Ladysmith).
Ammo accomplished, I kept on browsing and found a guy selling a “survivor” rifle. It looks like just the stock of a rifle but if you unscrew various bits in the butt, you get the barrel, trigger mechanism, ammo, etc.
So clever! And cute. I’m sure not the best against purpose-built rifles, but I like the “resistance “ aspect of it.
And, best, my 15th anniversary shopping (August 20) is done! Just need to hide it.
An AR7?
https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/u-s-survival-ar-7/
AR-7s are only cool if they come with the James Bond briefcase .
In fact, why hasn’t Henry done a limited edition collaboration with some bougie luggage-maker to make this a reality?
My brother had one of those back in the ’80s. Unreliable POS. But by god did we all want one.
Making a reliable semi-auto deuce-deuce is basically black magic.
Thus the legend of the Colt Woodsman.
But, seriously, this is why there is a .25acp.
In lots of guns that has more to do with the ammo than the gun. Mrs. Animal’s MkIII Competition Target likes CCI Green Tags. My 10-22 won’t feed reliably with anything but Green Tags, and that’s a shame, because you can’t find them for love or money.
But the old Mossberg semi-auto rifle that my Mom bought the Old Man for their third wedding anniversary in 1950 has always flawlessly digested any ammo it was ever fed. I bet it’s had half a million rounds through it and it still works great.
When I was asking around for “best” starter rifles for Tres V 2.0, I think it was 4×20 that mentioned the Model 42.
I’m looking for one that’s gently used…..honestly, more for me than the kid.
One of these cuties.
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/henry-us-survival-ar-7-semi-auto-rimfire-rifle
PSA: Twilight Zone marathon on the Decades channel.
Before you have the steaks, you can serve man.
That one starts next.
I gotta stop looking at BAT
Toyotas are for mall ninjas.
Nissan. Patrol. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-nissan-patrol-4×4-3/
That is nice. Very FJ40.
Are those even legal in MA anymore?
MA isn’t even in the top 5 of ridiculous state laws anymore. No problem getting something like that (legally – market-wise…)
How about the social shunning?
Spiffy.
But man, the paranoid stealth camper in me thinks all those external mods would attract a lot of attention in a real austere environment.
It would be interesting to put together a real go-anywhere overlanding truck, that looks like an ordinary beat-up work truck from the outside…
That truck is targeted towards woods, not necessarily stealth camping.
Building a real stealth overlanding truck would be hard. A fair amount of stuff you would want permanently mounted on the outside would have to be in good working order and as a result would be easy to spot.
Overlanding is hipster car camping.
Ehh. Some of the places that serious overlanders go, you aren’t getting there in a conventional passenger car. Of course, like everything else, that’s maybe 1% of the hobby. Most people just want to buy the gear and share it on Instagram.
I saw a “stealth” van the other day. The solar panels and air vent were a dead giveaway.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/breaking-ups-cuts-off-gun-retailers-for-selling-ghost-guns-threatens-to-seize-and-destroys-in-transit-packages/
just the other day, I sarcastically said I blamed the shippers for breaking NYC laws…
And here we are.
This one smells funny. The UPS account rep doesn’t know anything about an account being terminated? UPS confiscating and destroying packages in transit?
I’d like to see some third-party verification on this one (especially considering that TTAG is the source…)
It does seem too easy a way for UPS to get sued.
*Shrug*
It caught my eye because of the snark I had posted.
Who can tell these days?
Supreme Court clearly lays out what states can’t do on firearm laws, and then the state’s go and do it anyways.
Picked up 4 steaks today. 5.25 lbs. Tomorrow is gonna be a good day.
My pulled pork is 11 hours on the grill right now and needs another 20-30 degrees before we can eat it. We are supposed to eat in an hour, so I’m getting nervous.
Brisket tomorrow. I think I’m gonna start it tonight to avoid this BS happening two days in a row.
Nice!
I’m gonna do two tri-tips on Monday.
Looks like an all beef week here.
Delicious!
I bailed on the pork. It’ll be for tomorrow, and I’ll do the brisket on Monday. The Weber is warming up for last-minute-audible burgers and dogs! MURIKA!!
You know who else liked to fly young girls around?
https://thepostmillennial.com/abortion-mile-high-club-pilot-launches-program-to-transport-people-across-state-lines-for-abortion-gender-affirming-care
Dr. MacGillicuddy’s Flying Mann Act Violators!
Peter Pan?
Howard Hughes?
Alright, you want to pay to transport adult women to another state for an abortion, fine. You want to transport adults to another state for “gender affirming” care, fine. Can’t wait to see the charges or outrage when you kidnap and abuse a minor against parental wishes. Was a time I’d point out the federal crime aspect of it but they’ve shown their ass as marxist collaborators so I’d assume they have a couple of feds running security here.
Zoom reminder link. I’ll hop on & hang out now
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
I am now getting my Leinenkugels summer Shandy out of the freezer
Kristen, was it you who said you like opals in last night’s chat?
Ayup! That’s really pretty!!
Hey! You tryin’ to hypmotize us! 😵
This is the YT channel I mentioned that I watch all the time https://youtube.com/user/blackopaldirect
GT – Tony Heller usually does climate vids. I was a bit surprised, but I guess he thought it was worth showing.
KK- he’s got some nice ones. It’d be nice to have a hobby you could turn into a FT job.
The pic of the opal in his channel header banner – I saw him cut that live. When that pattern started to emerge from under the potch, it was goosebumps.
Nice! Don’t know when I am coming to Zoom. I have to prep 2 gallons of rum punch for tomorrow!
I’ll be along a little later. Taking Mrs. Animal out to lunch here in a bit.
A sign of the times about how completely clueless our elected officials are.
Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting
How the hell did it take this guy this long to figure out that it was in his and his constituents best interest to resign.
He’s still police chief, right? Probably hanging in until his house sells and he can hit the dusty trail
I strongly suspect he did it because the local anger isn’t subsiding. He isn’t doing it because it’s the right thing to do. He’s doing it because of political pressure.
Agreed.