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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:13:12am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:14:42am

re: #315 Belafon

We need to build in some sacrifice into these abilities. If you vote to desertification, you give up any chance to run for reelection if it fails. Make people truly believe it.

I don’t think they want to turn the Electoral College vote into a desert. /pedant

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:18:18am

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:18:24am

re: #2 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I don’t think they want to turn the Electoral College vote into a desert. /pedant

No, but they do want to file a lawsuit against it, which I am still feeling sorry for the poor process server tasked with THAT particular job.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:20:23am
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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:22:47am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

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i’d rather listen to the Adagio

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:24:23am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Snakes on a Plane 2

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:25:09am

Because of course he is. It’s all about the grift.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:25:15am

the atlantic

“Hawley knows this effort will fail, just as every other effort to undo the results of the lawful presidential election will fail. (A brief reminder for those with faulty short-term memories: Joe Biden defeated Trump by more than 7 million popular votes and 74 Electoral College votes.) Every single attempt to prove that the election was marked by fraud or that President-elect Biden’s win is illegitimate—an effort that now includes about 60 lawsuits—has flopped. In fact, what we’ve discovered since the November 3 election is that it was ‘the most secure in American history,’ as election experts in Trump’s own administration have declared. But this immutable, eminently provable fact doesn’t deter Trump and many of his allies from trying to overturn the election; perversely, it seems to embolden them.”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:25:25am

Translation: I don’t want to take this bullet but if this other guy will I will gladly confirm he was shot.

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Citizen K  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:25:58am

Yglesias has been pissing me off more than usual as of late, but he’s still right here.

And yet it seems like the impetus to blame Dems and solely the dems, from all sides of the spectrum, is growing and growing to the point I’m terrified of a fucking slaughter in 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:26:14am

re: #8 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Because of course he is. It’s all about the grift.

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They wouldn’t do this unless it worked. How are wingnuts finding the money to donate to all this shit?

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:28:35am

wsj editorial

“Republicans should be embarrassed by Mr. Trump’s Electoral College hustle. Mr. Trump is putting his loyal VP in a terrible spot, and what do Republicans think would happen if Mr. Pence pulled the trigger, Mr. Biden was denied 270 electoral votes, and the House chose Mr. Trump as President? Riots in the streets would be the least of it.”

“Mr. Pence is too much of a patriot to go along, but the scramble to overturn the will of the voters tarnishes Mr. Trump’s legacy and undermines any designs he has on running in 2024. Republicans who humor him will be giving Democrats license to do the same in the future, and then it might matter.”

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:30:15am

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

They wouldn’t do this unless it worked. How are wingnuts finding the money to donate to all this shit?

Many Trump supporters are the hinterland gentry who have disposable income.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:31:13am

re: #14 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Many Trump supporters are the hinterland gentry who have disposable income.

And office-bound jobs they can do from home during the pandemic, meaning their lives are rarely adversely impacted unless they themselves get sick.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:32:14am

re: #13 Dangerman

wsj editorial

The Wall Street Journal has a higher opinion of Pence than I do.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:39:40am
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Teukka  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:40:52am

re: #6 Dangerman

i’d rather listen to the Adagio

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:41:18am

re: #16 Dr. Teddy’s Person

The Wall Street Journal has a higher opinion of Pence than I do.

indeed

this is also kind of ‘curious’:

Republicans who humor him will be giving Democrats license to do the same in the future, and then it might matter

as if it doesnt matter now?
with 3-4k people dying every day?
but if the dems try it, then it ‘might matter’? wtf

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:42:13am
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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:46:05am

Part of Trump’s legacy will be making these guys look worse than they did already.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:48:10am
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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:48:28am

I just checked in the president’s daily schedule. It says that Trump left Mara-Grift-O at 11:10am to go to the airport then an entry timed 11:20 saying Trump left airport to go to Mara-Grift-O. Odd.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:51:22am

re: #23 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I just checked in the president’s daily schedule. It says that Trump left Mara-Grift-O at 11:10am to go to the airport then an entry timed 11:20 saying Trump left airport to go to Mara-Grift-O. Odd.

He forgot his 35 Big Macs for lunch.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:51:53am

re: #23 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I just checked in the president’s daily schedule. It says that Trump left Mara-Grift-O at 11:10am to go to the airport then an entry timed 11:20 saying Trump left airport to go to Mara-Grift-O. Odd.

AF1 snuck out overnight?

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:54:08am

re: #24 Ace Rothstein

re: #25 Dangerman

It’s probably some sort of clerical error, but I was confident that the responses would be entertaining. Lizards do not disappoint.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:54:39am

Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man back in DC area.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:56:17am

from last thread:

they fired the employee

In a statement late Wednesday, Aurora said the employee involved “today acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration.”

Aurora’s statement said they had fired the employee and referred the matter to authorities for further investigation. Their statement said nothing about a possible motive for the action, and health system officials didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking more information.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:56:20am
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Ace Rothstein  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:56:31am

re: #26 Dr. Teddy’s Person

It’s probably some sort of clerical error, but I was confident that the responses would be entertaining. Lizards do not disappoint.

Going low so you don’t have to.

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A Cranky One  Dec 31, 2020 • 10:57:39am

re: #23 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I just checked in the president’s daily schedule. It says that Trump left Mara-Grift-O at 11:10am to go to the airport then an entry timed 11:20 saying Trump left airport to go to Mara-Grift-O. Odd.

Damn it, we forgot Melania!

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:01:13am

re: #22 jaunte

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hey josh:
in re: “millions of american voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard”

your 74 million voters were heard
and in court
60 times.
they lost
over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over and over
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over and over and over and over and over and over
over and over and over and over and over
(that’s 59)

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:02:23am

International relations via twitter makes me nervous because you know Trump is going to tweet out some macho bullshit in reply.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:02:57am

re: #26 Dr. Teddy’s Person

It’s probably some sort of clerical error, but I was confident that the responses would be entertaining. Lizards do not disappoint.

YouTube

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:05:11am
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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:05:17am

😁😁😁

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:05:38am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:09:00am

re: #33 Dr. Teddy’s Person

International relations via twitter makes me nervous because you know Trump is going to tweet out some macho bullshit in reply.

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“The person expelled from the White House.”

Excellent trolling by the Iranians there.

Not that it’s hard to figure out where to hit Trump.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:14:38am
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PrairieQueen  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:17:07am

re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg

“The person expelled from the White House.” Excellent trolling by the Iranians there. Not that it’s hard to figure out where to hit Trump.

Is it enough to make the orange nutjob hit the nuclear button? Maybe. And that’s what scares me. A man totally unfit with the daily temper tantrums of a small child is that guy. And nobody will reel that motherfucker in.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:18:08am

re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

What unbelievable insanity that regards Trumplikeness as a worthy pattern.

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cat-tikvah  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:22:12am

re: #32 Dangerman

PA Republican State Senator Gene Yaw debunks this nonsense:
senatorgeneyaw.com
“At the outset, and in the interest of full disclosure, I will state that I voted for Donald Trump every time his name was on the ballot. I also supported his campaign financially. Do I like the fact that the candidate I supported lost - NO. Nevertheless, our system requires that, as a citizen, I respect the laws of this state and country.”
I sent him an email of thanks for putting country above party.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:23:18am

Trump’s biggest accomplishment. Freeing the GOP from pretending to care.

On Fox News’ Hannity Wednesday evening, guest host Trey Gowdy pitched a real softball question at David Perdue.

What is his greatest achievement was in the six years of holding office?

Purdue couldn’t think of one thing he had done for the people of Georgia.

Gowdy said, “There is a service component to the job. What about your service as a United States Senator should voters who were trying to make up their minds in Georgia, what part of your service would you like to highlight for them?”

Perdue replied, “Well, that’s a tough question.”

No, David, it totally isn’t! Source: C&L

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:23:19am

From downstairs:

re: #381 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Trump WH is blocking Biden team from meeting w/OMB career officials to plan its first budget, a charge led by Russ Vought. Budget experts call this unprecedented & say it will delay Biden’s proposal & potentially congressional appropriation bills

This is again contributing to my fear of a coup: they are hiding expenditures of actions to undermine the election results and instead install Trump as a dictator in a second term.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:23:36am

If you ever feel like you need a lot of condescending and often insulting lectures about American history, just post “How did the US end up with so many bad and stupid people?” on Twitter.

Twitter’s lecture squad always takes a rhetorical question as the signal for a condescension pile-on.

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:24:34am

re: #24 Ace Rothstein

He forgot his 35 Big Macs for lunch.

And the 12 Filet O’Fish, 15 Super Sized Fries, 12 Hot Apple Pies and 24 cans of Diet Coke…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:25:46am

FT

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Renaissance_Man  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:26:49am

re: #42 cat-tikvah

PA Republican State Senator Gene Yaw debunks this nonsense:
senatorgeneyaw.com
“At the outset, and in the interest of full disclosure, I will state that I voted for Donald Trump every time his name was on the ballot. I also supported his campaign financially. Do I like the fact that the candidate I supported lost - NO. Nevertheless, our system requires that, as a citizen, I respect the laws of this state and country.”
I sent him an email of thanks for putting country above party.

I suppose we will have to accept that ‘stupid and evil, but unwilling to commit treason to get a dictatorship’ is the best Republicans can do.

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:27:35am

Hmmm, I wonder why Jimmy Dore is trending on Twitter again?????

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:28:29am

Just got a text from my credit union that the $600 stimulus (survival) check has been deposited. Time for one last 2019 donation to Second Harvest Heartland food bank (serving MN and western WI). They’re getting half of the money. Hopefully my furnace won’t go out after I make the donation.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:29:18am

re: #42 cat-tikvah

PA Republican State Senator Gene Yaw debunks this nonsense:
senatorgeneyaw.com
“At the outset, and in the interest of full disclosure, I will state that I voted for Donald Trump every time his name was on the ballot. I also supported his campaign financially. Do I like the fact that the candidate I supported lost - NO. Nevertheless, our system requires that, as a citizen, I respect the laws of this state and country.”
I sent him an email of thanks for putting country above party.

yes
as a citizen, you agree to the rules beforehand
then you participate
and you accept the results
unless it can be indisputably proven that the results were not accurate

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PrairieQueen  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:29:41am

re: #50 stpaulbear

What a nice thing to do.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:30:35am

re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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They say what it’s like, because they’re not comfortable saying what it is out loud yet. Trump-like = Autocratic candidates who would dismantle our democracy.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:31:26am
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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:33:25am

re: #43 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Trump’s biggest accomplishment. Freeing the GOP from pretending to care.

I think Perdue has ossified, and can’t think on his feet at all anymore. This is not his first deer-in-headlights moment.

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cat-tikvah  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:33:43am

re: #48 Renaissance_Man

Meanwhile we’re stuck with US Senator Pat Toomey for two more years.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:34:06am
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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:34:11am

re: #41 jaunte

What unbelievable insanity that regards Trumplikeness as a worthy pattern.

Probably more McConnellish than Trumpish, but McConnell doesn’t inspire donations. Just as long as they put power and money before democracy and governance.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:35:57am

re: #13 Dangerman

wsj editorial
“Republicans should be embarrassed by Mr. Trump’s Electoral College hustle. Mr. Trump is putting his loyal VP in a terrible spot, and what do Republicans think would happen if Mr. Pence pulled the trigger, Mr. Biden was denied 270 electoral votes, and the House chose Mr. Trump as President? Riots in the streets would be the least of it.”

“Mr. Pence is too much of a patriot to go along, but the scramble to overturn the will of the voters tarnishes Mr. Trump’s legacy and undermines any designs he has on running in 2024. Republicans who humor him will be giving Democrats license to do the same in the future, and then it might matter.”

There would be violence the like of which hasn’t been seen since the Civil War. Families have been torn apart now because of Trump — this will lead to the total collapse of our republic. There will be no recovery from this.

Thomas Massie’s attempts to persuade Republican legislatures to overturn the legitimate results of their state is a terrifying preview of what may be occurring on January 6. Of course, Nancy will hold firm in the House on which electors will be approved, assuming that some diabolical plot in the House doesn’t unseat her. But as I said yesterday, I have no faith in Pence doing what is right. And there are too many in the cult who have been confident for weeks that is the scenario that will play out.

Even if this coup fails, it is a stark reminder of terrifying flaws with the Electoral College and the determination of the winner of the Presidential election. The EC must be eliminated before it truly becomes too late to preserve our nation

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PrairieQueen  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:36:32am

re: #48 Renaissance_Man

Actually, I don’t have to accept the guy that supported Trump without question won’t take another step in that general direction. After all, he voted for the sonofabitch again. Still supports that piece of shit. Fuck him and his last minute line in the sand. All he’s doing is what most people do when their candidate does: They accept it. Not exactly medal-worthy behavior.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:39:09am

re: #60 PrairieQueen

Actually, I don’t have to accept the guy that supported Trump without question won’t take another step in that general direction. After all, he voted for the sonofabitch again. Still supports that piece of shit. Fuck him and his last minute line in the sand. All he’s doing is what most people do when their candidate does: They accept it. Not exactly medal-worthy behavior.

It’s the bare-minimum required in a democracy. This is where we are now, where bare-minimum is the best we can expect.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:40:15am

re: #46 🌹UOJB!

And the 12 Filet O’Fish, 15 Super Sized Fries, 12 Hot Apple Pies and 24 cans of Diet Coke…

McD’s doesn’t sell cans of pop. He got the 288 oz. cup instead.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:41:17am

re: #46 🌹UOJB!

And the 12 Filet O’Fish, 15 Super Sized Fries, 12 Hot Apple Pies and 24 cans of Diet Coke…

12 Days of Trump McDonald’s Christmas?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:42:16am
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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:47:50am

And then their support-bot gets into it.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:48:02am

re: #52 PrairieQueen

I’ve never had a lapse in income over 2020 so it’s as much survivors guilt as well as awareness of how awful things are for so many people. I’m not one for volunteering so I need to donate instead if I want to help.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:49:06am

re: #45 Charles Johnson

If you ever feel like you need a lot of condescending and often insulting lectures about American history, just post “How did the US end up with so many bad and stupid people?” on Twitter.

Twitter’s lecture squad always takes a rhetorical question as the signal for a condescension pile-on.

The answer to the question is simple. The rise of technology has made it easy for people to isolate themselves in infobubbles where they don’t have to hear or read anything they don’t want to. This leads to mental stagnation, an onset of late-age stupidity, and a tendency to be an asshole to anyone who disagrees with you - since your brain is literally rejecting new information, as you’ve trained it to do.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:49:44am
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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:51:12am

Yesterday, I put out a try of bird seed on my balcony and 3-4 chickedess came around. Today, some Stellar Jays (cousins of the Blue Jay) came calling, and I thought that they’d chase away the chickadees. But no, they seem to be taking turns. A couple of Jays will feast then go away. A short time later, the chickadees will be back. Avian sharing is a balm for my soul.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:52:06am
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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:52:42am

re: #17 Charles Johnson

That’s what I was asking when reading that. FFS

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Alephnaught  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:54:07am

The final part of the “Fare Well” trilogy of videos, part of Scotland’s online Hogmanay celebrations, has been released. I’d recommend you look at all 3 of the 5-minute videos, as they are quite something. Essentially the concept is that a couple of hundred drones with RGB LED lights are roaming around Scotland and forming magical pictures across the skies of Scotland. Please turn the audio on, as the music and the spoken word bits are integral to the experience.

Fare Well Flight 1: The Past

Fare Well Part 1 - Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2020

Fare Well Flight 2: The Present

Fare Well Part 2 - Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2020

Fare Well Flight 3: “The Future”.

Fare Well Part 3 - Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2020

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:57:39am

re: #61 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

It’s the bare-minimum required in a democracy. This is where we are now, where bare-minimum is the best we can expect.

Yeah accepting and recognizing the system
Wow

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:57:44am

re: #72 Alephnaught

The final part of the “Fare Well” trilogy of videos, part of Scotland’s online Hogmanay celebrations, has been released. I’d recommend you look at all 3 of the 5-minute videos, as they are quite something. Essentially the concept is that a couple of hundred drones with RGB LED lights are roaming around Scotland and forming magical pictures across the skies of Scotland. Please turn the audio on, as the music and the spoken word bits are integral to the experience.

Fare Well Flight 1: The Past

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Wow.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:59:16am

re: #69 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Yesterday, I put out a try of bird seed on my balcony and 3-4 chickedess came around. Today, some Stellar Jays (cousins of the Blue Jay) came calling, and I thought that they’d chase away the chickadees. But no, they seem to be taking turns. A couple of Jays will feast then go away. A short time later, the chickadees will be back. Avian sharing is a balm for my soul.

It’ll be fine until the English sparrows show up.

I put up a hanging tray of golden safflower about a month ago and I’m getting chickadees, cardinals, house sparrows, nuthatches, goldfinches and one blue jay, but it’s also getting mobbed by the English sparrows, a bird so rotten that a MN DNR book about birding says to go ahead and kill them if you have too many.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 11:59:33am

re: #67 thedopefishlives

The answer to the question is simple. The rise of technology has made it easy for people to isolate themselves in infobubbles where they don’t have to hear or read anything they don’t want to. This leads to mental stagnation, an onset of late-age stupidity, and a tendency to be an asshole to anyone who disagrees with you - since your brain is literally rejecting new information, as you’ve trained it to do.

No I haven’t //

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:00:28pm

re: #76 Dangerman

No I haven’t //

That’s because we’re the Eloi, we decided not to go down the stupid path and keep our brains functional by learning and listening.

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PrairieQueen  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:00:52pm

re: #72 Alephnaught

Many updings. This is beautiful.

For those still saying the old days were better, no, they weren’t.

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:04:45pm

John Prine - Summer’s End Official Video

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:04:54pm

re: #75 stpaulbear

If the birding book says kill them, that is NOT a quality bird.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:06:20pm

20 days from the end of his Miserable failure of a presidency and the NYT is still looking for the pivot

“The result, according to interviews with more than two dozen current and former administration officials and others in contact with the White House, was a lose-lose situation. Mr. Trump not only ended up soundly defeated by Joseph R. Biden Jr., but missed his chance to show that he could rise to the moment in the final chapter of his presidency and meet the defining challenge of his tenure.”

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jeffreyw  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:07:13pm

re: #13 Dangerman

”.. Republicans who humor him will be giving Democrats license to do the same in the future, and then it might matter.”

Nonsense. The dems will never, ever try to pull this sort of shit, and the reps know it. It’s a free shot.

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Dangerman  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:09:19pm

re: #82 jeffreyw

Nonsense. The dems will never, ever try to pull this sort of shit, and the reps know it. It’s a free shot.

True
Though I didn’t get past why it doesn’t matter this time
Other than Iokiyar

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:21:32pm

re: #80 plansbandc

If the birding book says kill them, that is NOT a quality bird.

It’s considered a non-native invasive species in the US. Apparently a long time ago some guy wanted America to have all of the birds listed in Shakespeare’s plays so he imported some English sparrows and starlings. Non-hilarity ensued.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:22:36pm

From a NYT article about Trump’s stubborn refusal to address the pandemic.

WASHINGTON — It was a warm summer Wednesday, Election Day was looming and President Trump was even angrier than usual at the relentless focus on the coronavirus pandemic.

“You’re killing me! This whole thing is! We’ve got all the damn cases,” Mr. Trump yelled at Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, during a gathering of top aides in the Oval Office on Aug. 19. “I want to do what Mexico does. They don’t give you a test till you get to the emergency room and you’re vomiting.”

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:31:36pm

re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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“We need people who would annex Poland!” is their cry.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:35:11pm

ATLANTA, Ga. — According to Senator David Perdue’s campaign team, the Senator will quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure.

The Senator was notified that he came into close contact with someone on the campaign who tested positive for the virus.

Perdue and his wife tested negative but they are following the doctor’s recommendations in accordance with the CDC guidelines and will quarantine.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:35:56pm

re: #54 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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Don’t we have confirmed intel that Russia was doing just that?

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:37:50pm

re: #88 Eventual Carrion

Don’t we have confirmed intel that Russia was doing just that?

Sounds to me like bogus intel from the Russians to shift blame to the Chinese.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:38:52pm

Moscow Mitch, king of the deplorables.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:40:05pm

re: #69 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Yesterday, I put out a try of bird seed on my balcony and 3-4 chickedess came around. Today, some Stellar Jays (cousins of the Blue Jay) came calling, and I thought that they’d chase away the chickadees. But no, they seem to be taking turns. A couple of Jays will feast then go away. A short time later, the chickadees will be back. Avian sharing is a balm for my soul.

Hey, what you got there for me to eat?

Had this fella hanging out during a lunch stop near Cape Lookout while driving south along the Oregon Coast from Astoria. We weren’t giving him anything, but he did pretty well with the family picnic nearby.

Here in the east the chickadees and nuthatches are pretty fearless about going into feeders to grab a seed. Even when the jays (and sometimes cardinals) are trying to keep everything to themselves.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:42:24pm

re: #75 stpaulbear

It’ll be fine until the English sparrows show up.

I put up a hanging tray of golden safflower about a month ago and I’m getting chickadees, cardinals, house sparrows, nuthatches, goldfinches and one blue jay, but it’s also getting mobbed by the English sparrows, a bird so rotten that a MN DNR book about birding says to go ahead and kill them if you have too many.

My feeder back when I had a house was just stocked with oil sunflower seeds. Which the sparrows pretty much ignored, but the others you list above like.

My current neighbor puts out a mix with a lot of millet in it. Which means the bird flock there is heavily English sparrows. Though recently a Carolina Wren has been hanging out with them as well.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:42:41pm

re: #84 stpaulbear

I remember that story. Why must people be so stupid?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:43:55pm

re: #88 Eventual Carrion

Don’t we have confirmed intel that Russia was doing just that?

Pretty much. “BUT CHYNA!” is a standard Trump deflection tactic.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:52:56pm

re: #42 cat-tikvah

PA Republican State Senator Gene Yaw debunks this nonsense:
senatorgeneyaw.com
“At the outset, and in the interest of full disclosure, I will state that I voted for Donald Trump every time his name was on the ballot. I also supported his campaign financially. Do I like the fact that the candidate I supported lost - NO. Nevertheless, our system requires that, as a citizen, I respect the laws of this state and country.”
I sent him an email of thanks for putting country above party.

That statement, at least, could have been made by a Democrat in 2016.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 12:56:20pm

re: #87 Dr. Teddy’s Person

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:02:23pm

Ugh. What a bunch of assholes.

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A Mom Anon  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:03:19pm

re: #96 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

What a shame….

After his stupidity on the Gohmert! Loves Hannity hour, it gives him an excellent excuse for not having to answer any more of those pesky questions before the election.

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:05:57pm

“Let them eat cake!”

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:06:06pm

re: #90 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Moscow Mitch, king of the deplorables.

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You would stand up to Trump, Mitch, and your party is going to pay for it. The rest of us are trying to minimize the damage to the country.

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:06:43pm

re: #97 thedopefishlives

Ugh. What a bunch of assholes.

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Republicans are signaling they will go all in for Trump.

This has to be stopped.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:07:51pm

re: #97 thedopefishlives

Ugh. What a bunch of assholes.

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Calling Massie’s bluff.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:10:20pm

re: #101 🌹UOJB!

Republicans are signaling they will go all in for Trump.

This has to be stopped.

I just don’t understand why. That’s what’s bothering me about all this. Why do these idjits feel the need to go to the full measure of their legal ability to try to protest this election, instilling doubt in the American electoral process, for this orange asshole who would throw any and all of them under the bus in a heartbeat if it advanced his personal agenda?

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:13:17pm

1 in every 16 Americans:

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:15:22pm

re: #103 thedopefishlives

I just don’t understand why. That’s what’s bothering me about all this. Why do these idjits feel the need to go to the full measure of their legal ability to try to protest this election, instilling doubt in the American electoral process, for this orange asshole who would throw any and all of them under the bus in a heartbeat if it advanced his personal agenda?

They are junkies. Addicted to power and they need more power to feed their addiction. They have got to be stopped and punished for this!

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A Mom Anon  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:15:22pm

re: #103 thedopefishlives

I think it’s less about Trump and more about fucking things up for Biden, so they can scream and whine about Democrats/liberals/socialists/etc not fixing all the shit they broke by the end of Biden’s first 24 hours in office. There’s also the absolute awful people who comprise The Base and they’re scared of the monsters they’ve created.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:17:44pm

re: #103 thedopefishlives

Because the base of “conservatism” in this country is dying off, and the grifters (read: Republicans) who have catered to:
- whites fleeing dark skinned people in cities;
- evangelicals afraid of modernity (science);
- fundamentalist Christians afraid of any modernity (add women’s rights, teh ghey to above list);

… are finding that they need to identify more enemies to keep their grift going for their rich friends.

If the ordinary people of this country ever decide to not be bigots or religious fundamentalists, the Republican party as it is today will cease to exist.

So yes, the desperate Republicans are indeed desperate. For while the GOP has weaseled it’s way to a ruling majority, it is run by and useful for mostly just rich folk exploiting the ignorant and the fearful.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:20:32pm

re: #104 Belafon

1 in every 16 Americans:

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HEADING TOWARDS HERD IMMUNITY!!

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:21:12pm
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A Cranky One  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:22:01pm

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:22:24pm

re: #109 jaunte

And note there aren’t a bunch of media talking about “political theater” in relation to this.

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Florida Panhandler  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:26:12pm

re: #97 thedopefishlives

Ugh. What a bunch of assholes.

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Let it be known next election cycle for PA voters that Republicans in their state sided with those who wish to effectively destroy the USA and disenfranchise their vote for President and the votes of 81 million Americans.

Shame should be their banner. If there are no demonstrations in PA we are sunk as a country. The public vote is our check against authoritarianism. If the peaceful vote process is rescinded, if politicians decide the outcome, violence is really the only recourse.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:29:14pm

re: #72 Alephnaught

Wow.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:29:35pm

At Christmas, my Trump-loving stepfather said “I hate it when people lie to me.”

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:30:18pm

re: #112 Florida Panhandler

Let it be known next election cycle for PA voters that Republicans in their state sided with those who wish to effectively destroy the USA and disenfranchise their vote for President and the votes of 81 million Americans.

Shame should be their banner. If there are no demonstrations in PA we are sunk as a country. The public vote is our check against authoritarianism. If the peaceful vote process is rescinded, if politicians decide the outcome, violence is really the only recourse.

I still believe in Non-Violent Direct Action. It often draws violence, but it does not intend to instigate violence.

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:30:32pm

re: #112 Florida Panhandler

Let it be known next election cycle for PA voters that Republicans in their state sided with those who wish to effectively destroy the USA and disenfranchise their vote for President and the votes of 81 million Americans.

Shame should be their banner. If there are no demonstrations in PA we are sunk as a country. The public vote is our check against authoritarianism. If the peaceful vote process is rescinded, if politicians decide the outcome, violence is really the only recourse.

And the sad truth is that Pennsyltuckinans in the red area of the state are so brainwashed that NOTHING can change them from voting the straight Republican ticket.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:31:03pm

re: #112 Florida Panhandler

It just never seems like Republican politicians ever face consequences for their actions. The people that vote for them are either too ignorant or stupid to care, and are just voting for a name they recognize, or they actually approve of whatever shitty things their politicians are doing, because they’re shitty people. I wish people would stop being shitty.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:32:33pm

re: #117 thedopefishlives

It just never seems like politicians ever face consequences for their actions. The people that vote for them are either too ignorant or stupid to care, and are just voting for a name they recognize, or they actually approve of whatever shitty things their politicians are doing, because they’re shitty people. I wish people would stop being shitty.

Be specific, you mean Republicans never face consequences for their actions. There are plenty of Dems who have faced consequences for shit they didn’t even do.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:33:01pm

re: #118 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Be specific, you mean Republicans never face consequences for their actions. There are plenty of Dems who have faced consequences for shit they didn’t even do.

Corrected. Also, Al Franken was unavailable for comment.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:33:24pm

Hey folks 2020 is almost done. Thank heavens. After some end of year inventory and bookeeping at the office, I’m ready to celebrate the end of the year. Since we can not go anywhere or entertain any visitors, I figure take the whole afternoon and cook for dinner.

During the first lockdown, I learned to make the classic French brown sauce from scratch. Recently I scored some really good shortribs we can air fry. That inspired me to look up Demi-Glace sauce. Which is the classic brown sauce used to make a heavier version.

That looks perfect for the ribs and some mashed potatoes. Gently sauteed/steamed green beans, some Champagne and we are good to party.

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A Cranky One  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:35:56pm

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:36:23pm

Oh no, why are the people who routinely avoid going out and mask up when they do not getting covid. //// (because people who have been careful still get the ‘rona)

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:36:31pm

re: #92 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My feeder back when I had a house was just stocked with oil sunflower seeds. Which the sparrows pretty much ignored, but the others you list above like.

My current neighbor puts out a mix with a lot of millet in it. Which means the bird flock there is heavily English sparrows. Though recently a Carolina Wren has been hanging out with them as well.

I bought the golden safflower because the store clerk told me that squirrels don’t like it. It was pretty funny watching them check out the feeder but then not go for it. They appeared to be truly pissed off that the feeder had such unpalatable food. They hate it.

I already had an upside-down thistle feeder for goldfinches in my garage so I bought some thistle but the goldfinches like the safflower better unless the tray is being mobbed by other birds.

And I agree with you that millet is evil bird food.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:42:48pm

re: #121 A Cranky One

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Give it a rest.

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austin_blue  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:44:35pm

re: #72 Alephnaught

The final part of the “Fare Well” trilogy of videos, part of Scotland’s online Hogmanay celebrations, has been released. I’d recommend you look at all 3 of the 5-minute videos, as they are quite something. Essentially the concept is that a couple of hundred drones with RGB LED lights are roaming around Scotland and forming magical pictures across the skies of Scotland. Please turn the audio on, as the music and the spoken word bits are integral to the experience.

Fare Well Flight 1: The Past

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Thanks for that! It’s just lovely.

In return, here’s this:

Chaski presents Raise a Cup o’ Kindness as a gift to its friends and supporters

Contemplative rather than celebratory, reflecting what we’ve lost.

The first tune is Da Day Dawn, a Shetland song adapted for transverse flute and clarsach from Stout and MaKay.

The second is two instrumental versions of Auld Lang Syne with an introduction by Bob Thomas (born in Shetland, educated at Herriot’s School, founding Strumathon player of Silly Wizard) and his glass of Highland 12. Nine minutes. Hope all of you enjoy it and pass on the link.

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A Cranky One  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:48:55pm

We stopped bird feeding after the neighbors put out food that brought in tons of sparrows, since they drove away the other birds.

However, in winter we attract a lot of birds with a tray of water sitting on warming tape. It stays warm enough to not freeze, and so provides a source of drinking water in frozen weather.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:51:39pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:52:00pm

re: #90 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Moscow Mitch, king of the deplorables.

That would really be something if all these braying asses bring about the demise of Sen. McConnell’s leadership position.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:52:27pm

re: #124 stpaulbear

Give it a rest.

I’d post a rimshot but “shhhhh”

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:52:28pm

I think the sycophantic idiocy can go higher.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:53:51pm

I found this an informative thread. I know it’s Bill Kristol, but he does know people and has been reasonable for awhile now.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:57:06pm

re: #104 Belafon

1 in every 16 Americans:

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We hit 15 million on December 8. That’s FIVE MILLION more in just over three weeks.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:59:31pm

re: #98 A Mom Anon

What a shame….

After his stupidity on the Gohmert! Loves Hannity hour, it gives him an excellent excuse for not having to answer any more of those pesky questions before the election.

Was my thought also.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 31, 2020 • 1:59:44pm

re: #116 🌹UOJB!

If they do a straight ticket they are going to have to press the button for each candidate.

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(((Archangel1)))  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:01:19pm

Happy new year my fellow lizards, and greetings from 2021 - so far, so good! :)

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:01:51pm
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:03:09pm

re: #135 (((Archangel1)))

And a very Happy New Year to you and your family.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:04:15pm

Last day of this decade. I know it was just a year, but it felt like a decade.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:04:18pm

re: #116 🌹UOJB!

And the sad truth is that Pennsyltuckinans in the red area of the state are so brainwashed that NOTHING can change them from voting the straight Republican ticket.

Yes I live it daily.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:06:09pm

re: #126 A Cranky One

We stopped bird feeding after the neighbors put out food that brought in tons of sparrows, since they drove away the other birds.

However, in winter we attract a lot of birds with a tray of water sitting on warming tape. It stays warm enough to not freeze, and so provides a source of drinking water in frozen weather.

My paranoid neighbor saw how sparrow flocks would fly away en masse and decided that it would be a good warning signal if people were trying to break into his garage. He really said this to me. He set about attracting as many sparrows as possible.

I had been making adjustments for years trying to attract all of the good birds (I had over a dozen feeders in the yard), and he wrecked it in one day. I tried to explain why he shouldn’t feed sparrows, and he threatened to call the cops for harassing him. We didn’t speak a word to each other for ten years.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:08:17pm

re: #138 nines09

Last day of this decade. I know it was just a year, but it felt like a decade.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:13:33pm

re: #140 stpaulbear

My paranoid neighbor saw how sparrow flocks would fly away en masse and decided that it would be a good warning signal if people were trying to break into his garage. He really said this to me. He set about attracting as many sparrows as possible.

I had been making adjustments for years trying to attract all of the good birds (I had over a dozen feeders in the yard), and he wrecked it in one day. I tried to explain why he shouldn’t feed sparrows, and he threatened to call the cops for harassing him. We didn’t speak a word to each other for ten years.

I got a spate of downdings on this very blog for expressing a ‘keep your cats indoors’ opinion.

Good Advice

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:13:42pm

re: #141 Dr. Teddy’s Person

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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:16:01pm
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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:19:36pm

re: #142 wrenchwench

I got a spate of downdings on this very blog for expressing a ‘keep your cats indoors’ opinion.

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I presume that was in the bad old days? I know I’d upding that opinion if for no other reason than it’s good for the cat as well as the birds.

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garzooma  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:20:09pm

re: #131 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I found this an informative thread. I know it’s Bill Kristol, but he does know people and has been reasonable for awhile now.

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Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
1. A brief thread on why we should not panic but should worry, even be a bit…alarmed.

Kristol has this de Tocqueville quote at the end:

“Let us therefore have that salutary fear of the future that makes one watchful and combative…”
— Tocqueville, DA II 4.7

The full quote is even better:

Let us therefore have that salutary fear of the future that makes one watchful and combative, and not that sort of soft and idle terror that wears hearts down and enervates them.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:20:43pm

re: #145 William Lewis

I presume that was in the bad old days? I know I’d upding that opinion if for no other reason than it’s good for the cat as well as the birds.

I was gonna say, I must’ve been gone, because I generally agree with that assessment. I have an outdoor cat, but if I could bring her back indoors now that my other cats are gone, I would.

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(((Archangel1)))  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:21:38pm

The Quarantini - vodka, lemon, honey, & water, with an olive garnish and served atop a mask during a pandemic lockdown.

The perfect drink for bidding 2020 farewell…
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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:22:30pm

re: #148 (((Archangel1)))

Mrs. Fish brought home Fireball and lime ginger vodka, and promptly mixed them into a drink. It’s actually pretty damn good. She has good taste in drinks, if not in partners.

/half

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:23:18pm

re: #147 thedopefishlives

I was gonna say, I must’ve been gone, because I generally agree with that assessment. I have an outdoor cat, but if I could bring her back indoors now that my other cats are gone, I would.

I allow Floof Cat some outside time due in part to her poor hunting ability.

Sort of got into allowing it in general after a few years of indoor only cats due to (a) Constant escape attempts, mainly by Tuxedo Cat; (b) allowing Chat Noir so outside time when his health was starting to fail because it seemed to perk him up; and (c) a spate of nice weather this spring where I could sit outside and keep an eye on them to make sure they did not wander to far.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:24:30pm

re: #150 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I allow Floof Cat some outside time due in part to her poor hunting ability.

Our outdoor cat, Moonshine, is an expert hunter. Our neighbor once commented that he noticed a precipitous drop in the vole population in his yard after we moved in. Otherwise, when we had our indoor cats, we would occasionally allow them a few minutes of carefully supervised outdoor time, but they never really took advantage of it. They were scaredy cats.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:26:57pm

re: #148 (((Archangel1)))

WHAT??!??
You need a street stall favorite from New Orleans Mardi Gras in days gone by.
The Street Hurricane.
Grape Kool-Aid and Everclear.
Set you straight.
Down.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:27:09pm

re: #148 (((Archangel1)))

The Quarantini - vodka, lemon, honey, & water, with an olive garnish and served atop a mask during a pandemic lockdown.

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I picked up a 4 pack of good local made Pale Ale and a bottle of Bulliet Rye (95% rye!) for making Manhattans. Of course, they have to wait till Sunday when I have a day off… :)

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:27:38pm

re: #152 nines09

WHAT??!??
You need a street stall favorite from New Orleans Mardi Gras in days gone by.
The Street Hurricane.
Grape Kool-Aid and Everclear.
Set you straight.
Down.

That’ll knock you flat on your ass in no time straight, damn. Now I want one.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:32:08pm

re: #135 (((Archangel1)))

Happy new year my fellow lizards, and greetings from 2021 - so far, so good! :)

You just reminded me. I have to send a status return request to our server on Guam to get the first new year entry in the log.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:34:31pm

Top. Men.

Pro-Trump Lawyer Bizarrely Suggests Jeffrey Epstein Is Still Alive (Huffington Post)

That would L. Lin Wood. Before you read the article, make sure you have a pillow in front of you to cushion the headdesk.

Black Man Mistakenly Detained By Unmasked Officers in Virginia Tests Positive For COVID-19

Virginia Beach police, just harassing Black men and spreading disease.

Jamar Mackey was handcuffed in front of his family by Virginia Beach officers who weren’t wearing masks. Now, he has the coronavirus.

Shopping at Lynnhaven Mall while Black.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:40:03pm

re: #151 thedopefishlives

Our outdoor cat, Moonshine, is an expert hunter. Our neighbor once commented that he noticed a precipitous drop in the vole population in his yard after we moved in. Otherwise, when we had our indoor cats, we would occasionally allow them a few minutes of carefully supervised outdoor time, but they never really took advantage of it. They were scaredy cats.

We have literally hundreds of oak, hickory, and black walnut trees close to my house. Counting chipmunks that means four different squirrel species. At least two red squirrel families live in our 150-year-old farmhouse walls.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:40:53pm
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🌹UOJB!  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:42:14pm

At 3PM here in Los Angeles I’m going out for an early afternoon walk instead of my usual evening walk. After that I am locking the door and hunkering down because the assholes are going to start their crap around sundown.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:42:30pm

Ditto

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:43:10pm

Stay home and avoid plunging fire.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:44:01pm

re: #145 William Lewis

I presume that was in the bad old days? I know I’d upding that opinion if for no other reason than it’s good for the cat as well as the birds.

I seem to have lost the ability to do a search. I think I posted a Page I agreed with, which accrued the dings. If I could find it, I’d know when it was.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:44:24pm

re: #160 Patricia Kayden

Ditto

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Event code should have been FO2020 (Fuck Off 2020)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:46:28pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:47:53pm

I’m out for a nap. Maybe two naps.

Maybe I’ll just sleep away the rest of 2020. I live in Mythical Time Zone, does anyone really know what time it is here, anyways?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:50:11pm

re: #164 Dread Pirate Ron

Think about how many people would die after you listened to a Tool song.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:54:20pm

re: #166 Eclectic Cyborg

Think about how many people would die after you listened to a Tool song.

Is Nickelback possibly more dangerous than the virus itself?
//

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:54:37pm

The last McGuire Sister has died.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:54:58pm

re: #167 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Is Nickelback possibly more dangerous than the virus itself?
//

That’s the joke I was going to make, dammit.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:57:35pm
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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 2:58:40pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:02:16pm

re: #171 thedopefishlives

Thereby confirming Pence knows this is all a farce and gives him no realistic path to serving a second term.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:04:14pm
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A Mom Anon  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:04:39pm

re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg

All the assholes trying to do this know better too. Except the QAnon dipshits, they don’t have two brain cells that fire correctly. It’s just to rile up the violent assholes assembling in DC and other cities next week.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:05:15pm

re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg

Thereby confirming Pence knows this is all a farce and gives him no realistic path to serving a second term.

To be truthful, it is not in Pence’s best interest to allow this lawsuit to go forward. It puts the Office of the Vice President at the whims of the federal courts and the Congress, which is decidedly anti-Constitutional. Pence is probably privately pissed off at these idjits for filing this turd and making him do actual work to get rid of them.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:08:50pm

re: #170 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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The monster he helped create is running loose among the villagers. 😲

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:09:10pm

re: #154 thedopefishlives


How I came to know and appreciate Street Hurricanes
by “How did I manage to make it this far?”

Glen Campbell was Bacchus in 1974 when me and a few friends took the train out of Philly and went to New Orleans. We got there on Monday the week before Mardi Gras.
Slept in Tulane Stadium one night. Stayed at a transient hotel that was a palmetto bug and roach palace. Walked throughout the French and Spanish quarter. Went everywhere. Walked in and through every open door we could find.
Went into Pat O’Brien’s one night, that of the famous flaming fountains, before the crowds came.
Hung out with the biggest bouncer that I have ever seen to this day. Everything on him was a weapon. Had rings on every finger that were just as effective as brass knuckles.
Knives in every pocket and both boots. Had a cane that had a 2 pound chrome eagle on it.
Yep. The cane itself was a sheath for a blade. Custom made. Damascus steel.
Had to be 6’8”. Limped. Showed us his scars. From knives, machetes and gunshots.
He had zippers up and down his arms. The chains around his neck probably weighed 10 pounds. Would not want to be on the receiving end of him.
Then…
The hotel we could afford was being “repaired” and the guy I hooked up with to book that flop was the one friend of my friend I took the train with. We all got lost. Wound up finding each other later. Roll the drunks from the door and stairs to get in. Lost souls in the TV room staring at test patterns.
But we never saw palmetto bugs. Never heard about them. They were roaches to us. So he was down the hall and started screaming about “the fucking size of this fucking roach!”
I went and up on the crown molding under the ceiling there were two HUGE antenna over the edge.
He found a piece of furring strip, and knocked it down and killed it, but didn’t smash it.
We never saw a roach that big.
Then he picks it up by the antenna and walks down to the night desk and hammers the bell on the desk.
DING DING DING DING
The old woman, night shift, a drunk, and no teeth, and a wreck came out screaming “WHAT WHAT WHAT THE HELL..”
And with the most calm voice and straight face he says;
“I regret to inform you one of your patrons has passed away”.
“WHAT??!??”
“One of your guests has died.”
“OH MY GOD WHERE AND WHO AND..’
And he dropped that palmetto bug on her desk, and it was just under 5 inches long.
PLOP.
She chased him out into the street with an axe handle.
I was on the floor crying.
That is why we drank Street Hurricanes.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:11:16pm

re: #177 nines09

I was dying at the end of that story. That’s awesome. And yeah, I’d drink a Street Hurricane or two (or four… I might stay conscious that long) after that.

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BlueSpotinAL  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:12:33pm

“Palmetto bugs” big enough for a saddle.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:12:49pm

re: #177 nines09

I drank more Everclear in college than I care to admit.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:14:25pm

I’ve decided to go for comfort food this New Year’s Eve. Mac and cheese bubbling away in the oven.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:15:49pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

It was the “Secret Mystery Ingredient” for many an adventure.
That and Bacardi 151.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:17:47pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I drank more Everclear in college than I care to admit.

Flashback to guy in the next barracks bunk, chewing tobacco, drinking Everclear, reading Playboy. At least he was a reader.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:19:05pm

Keep in mind that it is Republicans who are putting up obstacles to stop people from voting.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:20:00pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I drank more Everclear in college than I care to admit.

Everclear was the featured drink in my rock-bottom night a few years ago. However, unlike other people who have drank themselves into the bottom of a bottle and afterwards haven’t been able to stand that particular drink, I can still enjoy Everclear in moderation.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:20:16pm

What if instead of Groundhog Day… this was Groundhog Year.

And we repeat it until we get it right. (Whatever the hell that would mean.)

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:21:42pm

re: #185 thedopefishlives

Everclear was the featured drink in my rock-bottom night a few years ago. However, unlike other people who have drank themselves into the bottom of a bottle and afterwards haven’t been able to stand that particular drink, I can still enjoy Everclear in moderation.

Hell, we were supposed to enjoy it?

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:22:11pm

re: #187 Decatur Deb

Hell, we were supposed to enjoy it?

Okay, fine, “consume” it. “Enjoy” is reserved for liquor that won’t take the grease off an engine block.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:22:24pm

Get an early start on your Dick Clark obligation:

The Ventures “Walk Don’t Run”

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sagehen  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:22:44pm

re: #165 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m out for a nap. Maybe two naps.

Maybe I’ll just sleep away the rest of 2020. I live in Mythical Time Zone, does anyone really know what time it is here, anyways?

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:24:33pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I drank more Everclear in college than I care to admit.

Never touched everclear. But my nemesis in High School was the bottle of Southern Comfort that would get passed around. Ew! Still can’t stand the taste of it. Even 151 was less dangerous…

Day after my 18th birthday (yep during those halcyon days of 18 year olds drinking legally) I went to this bar. The owner was sitting in his antique barber chair at the end of the bar carding everyone. I smiled & handed him my ID. He looks at it, looks at me, does a classic double take and throws it back at me. “You SOB” (he laughed, thankfully). I’d been a regular there for about 2 1/2 years at that point. Sit in a corner writing bad poetry and not causing trouble while drinking your $.25 tappers and you don’t get carded :D

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:24:41pm

re: #72 Alephnaught

The final part of the “Fare Well” trilogy of videos, part of Scotland’s online Hogmanay celebrations, has been released. I’d recommend you look at all 3 of the 5-minute videos, as they are quite something. Essentially the concept is that a couple of hundred drones with RGB LED lights are roaming around Scotland and forming magical pictures across the skies of Scotland. Please turn the audio on, as the music and the spoken word bits are integral to the experience.

Fare Well Flight 1: The Past

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Video

That is exquisite. Thank you for sharing.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:24:55pm

re: #186 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

This whole century is feeling like Groundhog century:

- Fighting religious war(s) in the Middle East - rewinding past centuries.
- surging neo-fascism - so 20th century.
- magical thinkers thinking wrongly about a plague - it’s a wonder the MAGAhats haven’t started blaming cats for COVID.

etc.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:26:53pm
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:27:07pm

re: #193 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

This whole century is feeling like Groundhog century:

- Fighting religious war(s) in the Middle East - rewinding past centuries.
- surging neo-fascism - so 20th century.
- magical thinkers thinking wrongly about a plague - it’s a wonder the MAGAhats haven’t started blaming cats for COVID.

etc.

Good thing mini-goats never took off as a pet.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:29:05pm

Dang. The neighbors are starting early this year. I am really starting to hate fireworks.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:30:05pm

re: #196 PhillyPretzel

Dang. The neighbors are starting early this year. I am really starting to hate fireworks.

Fortunately it’s supposed to pour rain here so I am not anticipating any big booms.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:32:31pm

I just checked my account and I got my $600.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:33:29pm

re: #198 PhillyPretzel

I just checked my account and I got my $600.

Congratulations. Still nothing here.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:34:09pm

re: #197 Eclectic Cyborg

Fortunately it’s supposed to pour rain here so I am not anticipating any big booms.

It rained half of the say yesterday here in Dallas, and has rained nonstop since about 11pm. I might need a boat later.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:38:25pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Ever take a shot of it directly out of the bottle? Big mistake.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:39:21pm

re: #201 plansbandc

Ever take a shot of it directly out of the bottle? Big mistake.

Can confirm.

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coin operated  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:39:41pm

re: #180 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I drank more Everclear in college than I care to admit.

Purple Jesus…1 part Everclear and 1 part grape juice concentrate.
Before long you were either speaking in tongues or worshiping at the porcelain alter.

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:40:48pm

Happy New Year, dear Lizards!
I lift this glass for LGF!

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:40:54pm

re: #201 plansbandc

Ever take a shot of it directly out of the bottle? Big mistake.

No, we always mixed it with something.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:41:58pm

re: #202 thedopefishlives

I don’t think it was legal for sale here in California back when. Enjoyed a few flaming rums. 151 proof, far short of Everclear but high enough to be pretty damn rough as a shot.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:42:35pm

He had a chance to make several consequential votes over the last four or more years and chose roundfile the bills instead. Oh, and we had pizza and beer—Bell’s Two Hearted Ale.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:42:56pm

re: #206 Rightwingconspirator

I don’t think it was legal for sale here in California back when. Enjoyed a few flaming rums. 151 proof, far short of Everclear but high enough to be pretty damn rough as a shot.

Everclear 151 is all that’s legal to buy here. I’ve never seen the 190 proof.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:43:33pm

So when do we start seeing photos of Republicans at maskless New Years parties to own the libs?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:43:50pm

re: #181 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I’ve decided to go for comfort food this New Year’s Eve. Mac and cheese bubbling away in the oven.

Picnic food for me. Brats, Bushes Country Style baked beans and deviled eggs.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:43:54pm

Dinner tonight turned out to be sushi, courtesy of Mrs. Fish. I do still have some stuff in the freezer if I decide I want to snack later, which I might; I ate pretty light today.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:44:15pm

I had a friend who would put Everclear into a Bacardi Silver bottle to take to parties.
Then he would make “Rum and Coke” for people and watch the fun.
“Just a shot. That’s all! See?”

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:44:17pm

Waiting game on the latest test.

Smart employers are requiring tests before a return to work.
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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:44:40pm

re: #203 coin operated

My mother snuck a milk can (old school!!) of Purple Jesus into a college football game when she was a wild child. Somehow smuggled it in with a guy in a wheelchair.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:44:49pm

We did slammers with Everclear. You take a shot glass, fill up half with Everclear (or vodka) and top it off with soda (usually grape). Then take your college id card, put it on top of the shot glass like a lid, lift up the shot glass maintaining the “lid” on top and slam it on the table. It would foam up, and you drank the shot.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:45:28pm

re: #212 nines09

I had a friend who would put Everclear into a Bacardi Silver bottle to take to parties.
Then he would make “Rum and Coke” for people and watch the fun.
“Just a shot. That’s all! See?”

That’s diabolical.

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mmmirele  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:46:04pm

This is frankly annoying.

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What a way to end the year.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:47:34pm

re: #217 mmmirele

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:47:43pm

re: #210 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Picnic food for me. Brats, Bushes Country Style baked beans and deviled eggs.

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Your deviled eggs look yummy. A standard for my mom to take to potlucks, but I haven’t had one in years.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:48:36pm

We’re having pizza with xtra cheese, green chile, mushrooms, and black olives.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:48:55pm

re: #219 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Your deviled eggs look yummy. A standard for my mom to take to potlucks, but I haven’t had one in years.

My mom would make them with Miracle Whip instead of mayo and called them “angeled eggs”. I liked them and didn’t realize they were unusual until I moved here and my mother-in-law made traditional deviled eggs. Then she started making her eggs with half mayo, half Miracle Whip, thinking I might like them better that way. No, mom, just… no. There is no need to create an abomination just to make me happy.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:49:08pm

re: #210 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

NOM. I love deviled eggs.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:49:10pm

re: #211 thedopefishlives

Dinner tonight turned out to be sushi, courtesy of Mrs. Fish. I do still have some stuff in the freezer if I decide I want to snack later, which I might; I ate pretty light today.

We had half a ham loaf leftover from last night. I baked up potatoes and warmed up some lima beans. Was an easy meal.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:49:52pm

re: #217 mmmirele

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:50:00pm

re: #223 Eventual Carrion

We had half a ham loaf leftover from last night. I baked up potatoes and warmed up some lima beans. Was an easy meal.

I’ve been chowing on the leftover ham from Christmas for a week. Making a ham and cheese quesadilla was what led to the death of the Corelle plate this afternoon.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:50:35pm

Off to make my San Patricio—a Guinness half and half poured with Modelo.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:51:39pm

re: #217 mmmirele

This is frankly annoying.

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What a way to end the year.

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unproven innocence  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:52:13pm

At 6:44pm here in vicinity of Richmond VA —two gunshots in the last 2 minutes. Merely marking the occasion, I would hope. Outdoors and aimed at the ground, I would hope. But more likely aimed at the sky. What goes up falls down, at only slightly lower velocity. Too many people are morons.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:52:22pm

re: #216 thedopefishlives

Some folks liked his Rum and Cokes and complimented him.
We also crashed a party one time and brought Tequila and limes to the masses who never heard of Tequila shots.
“Lick between your thumb and forefinger. Now let me put some salt there. Good.
Now hold this lime slice between those fingers.
Now I want you to do this: LISTEN!
LICK THE SALT THROW THE SHOT BITE THE LIME

2 minutes later……
“WOW! CAN I HAVE ANOTHER?”
yes you can…

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:53:00pm

re: #229 nines09

I did tequila shots before. Ugh. Tequila is the one drink I WON’T have any more of. I can’t stand the taste of it.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:53:20pm

re: #221 thedopefishlives

My mom would make them with Miracle Whip instead of mayo and called them “angeled eggs”. I liked them and didn’t realize they were unusual until I moved here and my mother-in-law made traditional deviled eggs. Then she started making her eggs with half mayo, half Miracle Whip, thinking I might like them better that way. No, mom, just… no. There is no need to create an abomination just to make me happy.

We were a Miracle Whip household. I didn’t know it wasn’t mayo until I was an adult. Probably because we didn’t use it much outside of deviled eggs, potato salad and turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving. Mom probably threw out more Miracle Whip than we ate. Now, the only thing I use mayo for is the occasional tuna salad in the summer, and I go back and forth between mayo and Miracle Whip depending on my mood or what’s on sale.

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BlueSpotinAL  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:54:09pm

Posole and grilled cheese sammiches.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:54:16pm

re: #230 thedopefishlives

I cannot drink Tequila anymore. Does not sit well.

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coin operated  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:54:19pm

Take out sushi tonight. They wait until you pull up to make it…worth the wait. Bottle of Smoke Wagon unfiltered whiskey. Finally, a Zoom celebration with mrs coin’s friends from back east. They’ve not met me yet….I’m told I have to pronounce Long Island correctly (lon-GILand) or my acceptance is in question.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:55:28pm

re: #231 Dr. Teddy’s Person

We were a Miracle Whip household. I didn’t know it wasn’t mayo until I was an adult. Probably because we didn’t use it much outside of deviled eggs, potato salad and turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving. Mom probably threw out more Miracle Whip than we ate. Now, the only thing I use mayo for is the occasional tuna salad in the summer, and I go back and forth between mayo and Miracle Whip depending on my mood or what’s on sale.

Yep! I have both Miracle Whip and mayo in this house, and sometimes I feel a craving for one or the other, usually when I’m doing sandwiches. Mrs. Fish doesn’t do deviled eggs very often, and tuna/potato salad never.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:55:30pm

re: #231 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Never got the taste for Miracle Whip. Only one in our family who loved it was dad. My sibling couldn’t stand either one. Rest of us were firmly in the mayo camp.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:55:43pm

re: #229 nines09

Some folks liked his Rum and Cokes and complimented him.
We also crashed a party one time and brought Tequila and limes to the masses who never heard of Tequila shots.
“Lick between your thumb and forefinger. Now let me put some salt there. Good.
Now hold this lime slice between those fingers.
Now I want you to do this: LISTEN!
LICK THE SALT THROW THE SHOT BITE THE LIME

2 minutes later……
“WOW! CAN I HAVE ANOTHER?”
yes you can…

In my 20s, if I was drinking tequila, I needed to be cut off.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:55:44pm

re: #207 Barefoot Grin

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:55:49pm

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Interesting. In my travels I seen all kinds of mixes. That’s a first for me.
Sláinte!

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:57:04pm

re: #236 plansbandc

Never got the taste for Miracle Whip. Only one in our family who loved it was dad. My sibling couldn’t stand either one. Rest of us were firmly in the mayo camp.

My dad worked for Kraft for many years, so I acquired some very specific tastes. It has to be Kraft Singles if I’m going to eat the cheap cheese, and the same goes for the blue box for cheap mac and cheese. Anything else just tastes off.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:57:05pm

re: #237 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Most of my experiences of my lunch coming up to be observed once more involved Tequila.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:57:37pm

re: #228 unproven innocence

At 6:44pm here in vicinity of Richmond VA —two gunshots in the last 2 minutes. Merely marking the occasion, I would hope. Outdoors and aimed at the ground, I would hope. But more likely aimed at the sky. What goes up falls down, at only slightly lower velocity. Too many people are morons.

There was a CSI episode from one of the early seasons where they couldn’t figure out how someone had gotten shot in their bedroom with no evidence suggesting anyone else was in the house at the time.

Turns out a dude about a mile away in the same subdivision had been firing his gun into the air and one of the bullets arced right in the ladys bedroom and killed her.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:58:04pm

re: #231 Dr. Teddy’s Person

We were a Miracle Whip household. I didn’t know it wasn’t mayo until I was an adult. Probably because we didn’t use it much outside of deviled eggs, potato salad and turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving. Mom probably threw out more Miracle Whip than we ate. Now, the only thing I use mayo for is the occasional tuna salad in the summer, and I go back and forth between mayo and Miracle Whip depending on my mood or what’s on sale.

Same here, except I ate a bunch of Miracle Whip sandwiches, sometimes with American cheese if we had it.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 31, 2020 • 3:58:22pm

re: #229 nines09

Some folks liked his Rum and Cokes and complimented him.
We also crashed a party one time and brought Tequila and limes to the masses who never heard of Tequila shots.
“Lick between your thumb and forefinger. Now let me put some salt there. Good.
Now hold this lime slice between those fingers.
Now I want you to do this: LISTEN!
LICK THE SALT THROW THE SHOT BITE THE LIME

2 minutes later……
“WOW! CAN I HAVE ANOTHER?”
yes you can…

Now that sounds like a Los Angeles drinking story lol

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coin operated  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:00:34pm

re: #229 nines09

We also crashed a party one time and brought Tequila and limes to the masses who never heard of Tequila shots.
“Lick between your thumb and forefinger. Now let me put some salt there. Good.
Now hold this lime slice between those fingers.
Now I want you to do this: LISTEN!
LICK THE SALT THROW THE SHOT BITE THE LIME

2 minutes later……
“WOW! CAN I HAVE ANOTHER?”
yes you can…

Used to be my preferred method. As I’ve gotten older (double nickels this year) I tell the youts that if you need salt and lime to drink your tequila…you’re drinking crap tequila.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:00:46pm

I had a bad tequila night in college and didn’t touch it until I was convinced to try some top-shelf stuff a few years ago. Wow, what a difference. But I don’t drink spirits often, maybe the occasional Jim Beam, so I couldn’t really explain what makes one thing better than another. Oh, wait. I do know that I like a wee dram of peaty Scotch, but also like the more mild like Oban.

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Belafon  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:00:49pm

re: #242 Eclectic Cyborg

There was a CSI episode from one of the early seasons where they couldn’t figure out how someone had gotten shot in their bedroom with no evidence suggesting anyone else was in the house at the time.

Turns out a dude about a mile away in the same subdivision had been firing his gun into the air and one of the bullets arced right in the ladys bedroom and killed her.

A few years ago, when my wife went back to work after New Years, they found a bullet and the hole in the roof at the clinic she worked at.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:05:08pm

Temporary setback for our pro-virus criminal AG.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:05:17pm

re: #239 nines09

Interesting. In my travels I seen all kinds of mixes. That’s a first for me.
Sláinte!

Think I invented it—I was out of Harp.

2020 is already losing its grip, the Modelo slipped from my hand I re-caught it.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:05:24pm

I hear the sound of gun fire most days in the late afternoon and evening. There’s an outdoor gun range about a mile from my apartment (as the crow flies). There are enough trees and buildings between here and there that it’s not startling, and Teddy doesn’t seem to notice. Every once in a while there’s a louder boom. I guess someone brought their big gun, but I know next to nothing about guns.

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coin operated  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:07:10pm

re: #245 coin operated

Used to be my preferred method. As I’ve gotten older (double nickels this year) I tell the youts that if you need salt and lime to drink your tequila…you’re drinking crap tequila.

Speaking of tequila…if you have a Costco nearby and can get a bottle of their Anejo Tequila, do it. Pour it over one of those monster ice balls and let it dance for a minute.

This is what I feed the youts to let them know what good tequila is about.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:07:39pm

re: #245 coin operated

Back in that day there were no craft Tequilas. I want to know how 4 Roses became a preferred whiskey.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:08:50pm

re: #219 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Your deviled eggs look yummy. A standard for my mom to take to potlucks, but I haven’t had one in years.

If you zoom in on the pic you should be able to see the authors name and do a Google search for the recipe. I substituted dill relish for the sweet and used smoked paprika instead of regular.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:09:14pm

re: #252 nines09

Back in that day there were no craft Tequilas. I want to know how 4 Roses became a preferred whiskey.

The same way Rolling Rock became a premium beer. Sell it far from home.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:09:35pm

Police arrest pharmacist accused of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccines

Police said the value of the spoiled vaccines was between $8,000 and $11,000.

“Grafton detectives indicate that the individual knew the spoiled vaccinations would be useless and that people who received the vaccinations would think they had been vaccinated against the virus when in fact they were not,” police said in a statement to WISN 12.

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Nojay UK  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:09:43pm

re: #250 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I hear the sound of gun fire most days in the late afternoon and evening.

Place I used to live was about a mile from an active quarry to the south and two miles from an active quarry to the north. Visitors would jump as the windows rattled, we’d wonder what spooked them.

The really loud bangs came from the weapons testing range a couple of miles to the west where they fired off 155mm artillery shell test charges on a Tuesday afternoon.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:10:59pm

re: #203 coin operated

Purple Jesus…1 part Everclear and 1 part grape juice concentrate.
Before long you were either speaking in tongues or worshiping at the porcelain alter.

Pretty much a standard at fraternity parties was a punch made using Dailey’s brand concentrate (usually cherry flavored) and alcohol. Everclear usually in it to provide a kick. Usually mixed up 10-20 gallons at a time.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:11:40pm

re: #251 coin operated

Pretty solid tequila and not terribly expensive. I like Hornitos for an inexpensive but decent tequila. A little more expensive is Milagro, it’s quite good. Hornitos black bottle is yummy and smooth but only a rare treat for me.

Jose is my true vice.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:11:51pm

re: #254 Decatur Deb

The same way Rolling Rock became a premium beer. Sell it far from home.

We drank Rolling Rock in college (Western PA) when we had some money, and drank Old Swill (Old Milwaukee) when we didn’t.

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Romantic Heretic  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:11:51pm

re: #256 Nojay UK

The really loud bangs came from the weapons testing range a couple of miles to the west where they fired off 155mm artillery shell test charges on a Tuesday afternoon.

That sort of thing would have me half way to the ground before I knew why.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:13:36pm

re: #220 plansbandc

We’re having pizza with xtra cheese, green chile, mushrooms, and black olives.

Chili (I made yesterday) and some buttered bread and a salad.

Drinking a “Riesling Curvee” which is essentially sparkling wine that has some flavor. (Finger Lakes region of NY. Pretty good stuff actually.)

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:13:42pm

re: #220 plansbandc

We’re having pizza with xtra cheese, green chile, mushrooms, and black olives.

No pineapple!! For shame!!

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:14:28pm

John Fetterman is the best thing about Pennsylvania these days (in addition to PA lizards, of course).

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:15:09pm

re: #254 Decatur Deb

The Mystery Of Rolling Rock. What does the “33” mean? Why the green bottles?
WTF cares? IT SUCKS AND SHOVE YOUR PONY BOTTLES.
Iron City beer sold for a premium in some places. Pittsburghs’ claim to fame.
Imp and Iron. Bad whiskey chased by a bad beer.
Or throw the shot, glass and all, into the mug of Iron and call it a “Boilermaker” in deference to the hard working men who have to drown themselves after surviving 10 hours on the blast floor.
And when you went to Wildwood NJ in the 60’s and early 70’s you could buy 3 quarts of IC for $1.25.
Boom.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:15:22pm

re: #205 Dr. Teddy’s Person

No, we always mixed it with something.

add some mashed up windfall peaches and call it peach brandy…

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:15:38pm

re: #221 thedopefishlives

My mom would make them with Miracle Whip instead of mayo and called them “angeled eggs”. I liked them and didn’t realize they were unusual until I moved here and my mother-in-law made traditional deviled eggs. Then she started making her eggs with half mayo, half Miracle Whip, thinking I might like them better that way. No, mom, just… no. There is no need to create an abomination just to make me happy.

That was another substitute I made. Miracle Whip just has something about it that adds a kick to anything it’s used on.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:15:48pm

re: #28 Dangerman

from last thread:

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they fired the employee

The latest report that I’ve heard is even worse: he took the vaccine out, let it spoil, returned it, and then it was subsequently administered to 57 unsuspecting victims. He’s in jail for now.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:16:32pm

re: #259 Dr. Teddy’s Person

We drank Rolling Rock in college (Western PA) when we had some money, and drank Old Swill (Old Milwaukee) when we didn’t.

Cracks me up to see Publix selling it here in Baja Alabama. Most of the great Pittsburgh beers are dead or homogenized (bows to Rege Cordick and Old Frothingslosh).

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:16:33pm

re: #241 nines09

Most of my experiences of my lunch coming up to be observed once more involved Tequila.

My friend who made and sold hot sauce also had a shirt that said:
1 Tequila
2 Tequila
3 Tequila
FLOOR.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:16:55pm

re: #267 Hecuba’s daughter

The latest report that I’ve heard is even worse: he took the vaccine out, let it spoil, returned it, and then it was subsequently administered to 57 unsuspecting victims. He’s in jail for now.

Fucking anti-vaxxer shitheads.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:17:13pm

re: #267 Hecuba’s daughter

I read that today in WaPo. There is always someone who does this sort of thing.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:17:21pm

re: #269 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Truth in advertising.

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Sherlock Hound  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:17:52pm

re: #269 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My friend who made and sold hot sauce also had a shirt that said:
1 Tequila
2 Tequila
3 Tequila
FLOOR.

“I’ll have what the guy in the ambulance just had.”

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:18:18pm

re: #267 Hecuba’s daughter

The latest report that I’ve heard is even worse: he took the vaccine out, let it spoil, returned it, and then it was subsequently administered to 57 unsuspecting victims. He’s in jail for now.

asshole deserves at least 5 years in prison. fuck him.

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A hollow voice says, Expel them for sedition!  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:18:56pm

re: #194 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Albert Brooks
@AlbertBrooks
I’m a very suspicious person. Last year I wished everybody a happy new year and look what happened. So this year, from the bottom of my heart, fuck you.
12:52 PM * Dec 31, 2020

Does anyone else have the idea that he meant “superstitious?”

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:19:04pm

Raise your hand if you know of a particular liquor that goes good with Vernor’s…

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mmmirele  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:19:06pm

re: #217 mmmirele

I escaped.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:19:20pm

re: #254 Decatur Deb

The same way Rolling Rock became a premium beer. Sell it far from home.

When I worked in D.C. as a contractor back in the late 80’s the pile of us from western PA used to laugh at that since The Rock was a popular yuppie beer at that time due to the various advertising campaigns.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:19:35pm

re: #275 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

Does anyone else have the idea that he meant “superstitious?”

When I read it, I corrected it to “superstitious” in my head.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:20:26pm

re: #259 Dr. Teddy’s Person

We drank Rolling Rock in college (Western PA) when we had some money, and drank Old Swill (Old Milwaukee) when we didn’t.

And PBR when truly desperate?

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:20:46pm

re: #277 mmmirele

I escaped.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:20:52pm

re: #274 I Would Prefer Not To

And revoke his pharmacist license and inform every state licensing board.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:21:11pm

re: #277 mmmirele

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:21:44pm

re: #280 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And PBR when truly desperate?

I think Old Swill was cheaper than PBR.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:22:26pm

re: #268 Decatur Deb

Cracks me up to see Publix selling it here in Baja Alabama. Most of the geat Pittsburgh beers are dead or homogenized (bows to Rege Cordick and Old Frothingslosh).

I’m pretty sure production of Rolling Rock moved to Orange or Newark in New Jersey a number of years back.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:22:45pm

re: #280 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And PBR when truly desperate?

If my second daughter had been a boy, she would have been named “Sterling”. ‘Cause that’s what I was drinking at my graduation party.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:23:01pm

re: #280 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And PBR when truly desperate?

My best friend in high school, his dad drank PBR all the time. Old man died of some kind of cancer after I moved out.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:23:58pm

re: #236 plansbandc

Never got the taste for Miracle Whip. Only one in our family who loved it was dad. My sibling couldn’t stand either one. Rest of us were firmly in the mayo camp.

Looks like the ye old pineapple on pizza debate here but a different ingredient.

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danarchy  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:24:40pm

re: #228 unproven innocence

At 6:44pm here in vicinity of Richmond VA —two gunshots in the last 2 minutes. Merely marking the occasion, I would hope. Outdoors and aimed at the ground, I would hope. But more likely aimed at the sky. What goes up falls down, at only slightly lower velocity. Too many people are morons.

This kinda depends on the angle of up. If you shoot more or less straight up, it will use up all of that muzzle velocity and then come down under the force of gravity and pretty much top out at terminal velocity somewhere south of 200 miles per hour which is way lower than muzzle velocity. The lower the angle the more of the forward muzzle velocity it will retain

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:25:13pm

re: #285 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I’m pretty sure production of Rolling Rock moved to Orange or Newark in New Jersey a number of years back.

Great. That rollicking Joisey water will really boost their quality.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:25:35pm

re: #290 Decatur Deb

Great. That rollicking Joisey water will really boost their quality.

They could move to Ohio and have a drink that sets itself on fire.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:26:20pm

re: #225 thedopefishlives

I’ve been chowing on the leftover ham from Christmas for a week. Making a ham and cheese quesadilla was what led to the death of the Corelle plate this afternoon.

was the oven involved in the spectacular demise?

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coin operated  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:26:36pm

re: #280 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And PBR when truly desperate?

Quarter beer night in Redneck, Oregon (anywhere outside Portland or Eugene) still features this swill, and they guzzle it like they’re drinking ambrosia.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:26:49pm

re: #249 Decatur Deb

Ah. When I worked up in Lewiston NY hauling cars I made friends with a guy who always drank Molson Canadian and Bass Ale 50/50.
I always spat at the Black and Tan fans. Told them they celebrate murdering the Irish in the uprising.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:27:21pm

re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth

was the oven involved in the spectacular demise?

Alas, no. I was trying to wash a plate to put said consumable item on, it slipped, bounced off a pan in the sink, sailed up in the air, and crashed to the floor and exploded.

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mmmirele  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:29:01pm

Here’s a more detailed story about the Moderna vaccine vials being deliberately left out. It is unclear what the motive was: is he a sicko playing with people’s lives? or is he an anti-vaxxer trying to throw a monkey wrench into the system? or something else?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights.

The arrest marks another setback in what has been a slower, messier start to vaccinate Americans than public health officials had expected. Leaders in Wisconsin and other states have been begging the Trump administration for more doses as health care workers and senior citizens line up for the lifesaving vaccine.

Police in Grafton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, said the Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property, all felonies. The pharmacist has been fired and police said in a news release that he was in jail. Police did not identify the pharmacist, saying he has not yet been formally charged.

His motive remains unclear. Police said that detectives believe he knew the spoiled doses would be useless and people who received them would mistakenly think they’d been vaccinated when they hadn’t.

Advocate Aurora Health Care Chief Medical Group Officer Jeff Bahr told reporters during a teleconference Thursday afternoon that the pharmacist deliberately removed 57 vials that held hundreds of doses of the Moderna vaccine from refrigeration at a Grafton medical center overnight on Dec. 24 into Dec. 25, returned them, then left them out again on the night of Dec. 25 into Saturday. The vials contained enough doses to inoculate 570 people.

A pharmacy technician discovered the vials outside the refrigerator on Saturday morning. Bahr said the pharmacist initially said that he had removed the vials to access other items in the refrigerator and had inadvertently failed to put them back.

The Moderna vaccine is viable for 12 hours outside refrigeration, so workers used the vaccine to inoculate 57 people before discarding the rest. Police said the discarded doses were worth between $8,000 and $11,000.

Bahr said health system officials grew more suspicious of the pharmacist as they reviewed the incident. After multiple interviews, the pharmacist acknowledged Wednesday that he removed the vaccine intentionally over the two nights, Bahr said.

That means that the doses people received Saturday are all but useless, he said. Moderna has told Aurora that there’s no safety concerns, but the hospital system is closely monitoring the people who received the spoiled doses, he said.

Bahr declined to comment on the pharmacist’s motive. He said the hospital system’s security protocols are sound.

“This was a situation involving a bad actor,” he said, “as opposed to a bad process.”

apnews.com

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:29:47pm

re: #290 Decatur Deb

Great. That rollicking Joisey water will really boost their quality.

Yep. Anheuser-Busch bought the brand in 2006 and moved production to Newark.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:30:23pm

re: #225 thedopefishlives

Making a ham and cheese quesadilla was what led to the death of the Corelle plate this afternoon.

I like Corelle ware - lightweight glass is great for so many things.

But evidently not for whatever your purposes were.

Anyway, Corelle ware is not made by Corning anymore, but another company took over the product line, but with much fewer choices.

I have old (Corning) versions. I don’t know if the new stuff is made as well as the old stuff.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:30:38pm

re: #254 Decatur Deb

The same way Rolling Rock became a premium beer. Sell it far from home.

Heh. Leinenkugel’s at least tries to make some higher quality beers than their basic lager.

The one that gags me is how Pabst Blue Ribbon (a company without a brewery now, hiring kettle space whereever they can. Miller was making it) became “hip” Nasty old fashioned mass market pablum.

Now back when there was the big Pabst brewery in Milwaukee (I visited in 1982, in the nick as it were) they made a glorious beer called Andeker but that was a different world then.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:30:39pm

re: #294 nines09

Ah. When I worked up in Lewiston NY hauling cars I made friends with a guy who always drank Molson Canadian and Bass Ale 50/50.
I always spat at the Black and Tan fans. Told they celebrate murdering the Irish in the uprising.

That’s why you call it a half and half down at The Four Green Fields.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:30:55pm

re: #254 Decatur Deb

The same way Rolling Rock became a premium beer. Sell it far from home.

and Coors

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:31:29pm

re: #298 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

All of our stuff is old. It came from my mother-in-law and from Mrs. Fish’s grandmother, who wrapped up an entire box set of it for a wedding gift for Mrs. Fish before she passed years ago.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:32:16pm

re: #236 plansbandc

Never got the taste for Miracle Whip. Only one in our family who loved it was dad. My sibling couldn’t stand either one. Rest of us were firmly in the mayo camp.

We always have both. Wife is Miracle Whip and I am mayo (Hellman’s usually). So what you get depends on who is making the tuna spread, chicken spread, etc.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:33:03pm

re: #289 danarchy

This kinda depends on the angle of up. If you shoot more or less straight up, it will use up all of that muzzle velocity and then come down under the force of gravity and pretty much top out at terminal velocity somewhere south of 200 miles per hour which is way lower than muzzle velocity. The lower the angle the more of the forward muzzle velocity it will retain

Mythbusters did that trope and fucked it up. I’ve gone over the fatality reports from celebratory fire. They would have been right, but cows aren’t perfectly spherical.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:33:43pm

When I was in high school the beers usually available to us were Little Kings Cream Ale (7oz bottles), Stroh’s (you can actually see flecks of corn floating in the brew), Old Style (the swill of Cubs fans), and Hamms (because the cans look like kegs!). Oh, and Special Export.

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stpaulbear  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:34:05pm

re: #222 plansbandc

NOM. I love deviled eggs.

Me too. My local grocery has a deli counter where they sell ‘deviled egg potato salad’. It’s one of the things I buy on a regular basis if I’m in the store when the deli is open.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:35:22pm

re: #305 Barefoot Grin

When I was in high school the beers usually available to us were Little Kings Cream Ale (7oz bottles), Stroh’s (you can actually see flecks of corn floating in the brew), Old Style (the swill of Cubs fans), and Hamms (because the cans look like kegs!). Oh, and Special Export.

And if you need confirmation, I can get a quote from my buddy Squid.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:37:38pm

re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth

and Coors

Colorado Kool-aide is what we called it around here.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:37:42pm

I made Chicken Tikka Masala in the air fryer! (Not the sauce, I made that in a regular ol’ saucepan).

Sorry no pictures, it all eated.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:37:59pm

re: #259 Dr. Teddy’s Person

We drank Rolling Rock in college (Western PA) when we had some money, and drank Old Swill (Old Milwaukee) when we didn’t.

Care to mention the college in western PA? Son is in 3rd year at Slippery Rock.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:38:51pm

I like the Dobel. It’s smooth and has a substantial bottle and stopper — and it’s a local loss leader

I also believe mightily in the one glass of water per drink rule.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:39:43pm

re: #311 So Cal Greek Hippie

All the updings for the limoncello - Mrs. Fish and I got super addicted to that stuff when we were in Rome. You can drink it straight up; yeah, it’ll fuck you up pretty good, but it’s SO TASTY.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:43:08pm

re: #295 thedopefishlives

Alas, no. I was trying to wash a plate to put said consumable item on, it slipped, bounced off a pan in the sink, sailed up in the air, and crashed to the floor and exploded.

must have been a particularly defective Corelle to explode. They are almost impossible to crack, much less shatter.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:43:40pm

It’s Thursday, but we’re having an FNDT. Holiday schedule.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:43:43pm

re: #300 Decatur Deb

One final word on Everclear. And this will kill you, you can look it up.
So that Canadian/Bass Ale drinker?
He also had an inside grow in his apartment outside of Buffalo. Hydroponics. Timed grow lights. Because he was a car hauler too and had to be on the road for days.
In 1978-79.
A grow room completely timed for grow lights.
Impressive.
And what he was doing with his crop was making hash oil. He was doing a RSO type operation in the fucking late 70’s in fucking Buffalo.
Do you know what agent he needed to break the compounds down? Want to guess?
Pure alcohol. Like Everclear.
You can look it up.
Everclear is the Mystery Ingredient In Many A Fine Adventure.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:44:26pm

re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth

must have been a particularly defective Corelle to explode. They are almost impossible to crack, much less shatter.

We’ve broken a few over the years, all in the same way. Dropping one from around 5’ onto a hard surface such as a hardwood floor or concrete will do it almost every time.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:47:46pm

re: #316 thedopefishlives

We’ve broken a few over the years, all in the same way. Dropping one from around 5’ onto a hard surface such as a hardwood floor or concrete will do it almost every time.

We lose about 1 per year that way—onto non-slip ceramic tile. Makes the nastiest shards.

(Sherds for you archaeologists.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:47:52pm

re: #311 So Cal Greek Hippie

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I like the Dobel. It’s smooth and has a substantial bottle and stopper — and it’s a local loss leader

I also believe mightily in the one glass of water per drink rule.

^^ABSOLUTE TRUTH^^

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unproven innocence  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:48:31pm

About 20 gunshots in the last minute. Thinking maybe I should take nap in the hallway.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:48:43pm

re: #305 Barefoot Grin

When I was in high school the beers usually available to us were Little Kings Cream Ale (7oz bottles), Stroh’s (you can actually see flecks of corn floating in the brew), Old Style (the swill of Cubs fans), and Hamms (because the cans look like kegs!). Oh, and Special Export.

Back in the day of parties in farm fields it was Genesee Cream Ale in a keg. Fairly cheap but not bad from a keg.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:56:32pm

re: #310 Eventual Carrion

Care to mention the college in western PA? Son is in 3rd year at Slippery Rock.

Indiana University of PA. Many high school friends went to the Rock.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:57:06pm

re: #311 So Cal Greek Hippie

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I like the Dobel. It’s smooth and has a substantial bottle and stopper — and it’s a local loss leader

I also believe mightily in the one glass of water per drink rule.

That looks like a nicely stocked bar!!

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:58:11pm

re: #320 Eventual Carrion

Back in the day of parties in farm fields it was Genesee Cream Ale in a keg. Fairly cheap but not bad from a keg.

I’ve had that many years ago. It was better, in my estimation, than the Cincinatti-based Little Kings.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Dec 31, 2020 • 4:58:22pm

re: #312 thedopefishlives

This particular variety is a local Southern California distillery

Adds a great flavor

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Dec 31, 2020 • 5:00:38pm

re: #322 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Thanks. Wife and adult kids are much bigger drinkers than I 😎 but insist on good stuff

I make wife Gin and Tonics so I have to have the fresh citrus.

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CleverToad  Dec 31, 2020 • 5:05:41pm

re: #308 William Lewis

Colorado Kool-aide is what we called it around here.

Rocky Mountain Elk Water is what we called it in Denver.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 5:36:41pm

re: #298 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The old stuff was damn durable. I dropped many a dish and it they didn’t die. But I don’t think it would survive a high bounce.

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plansbandc  Dec 31, 2020 • 5:39:38pm

re: #306 stpaulbear

Ooh yum. Dude and I would eat way to much of that.

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Alephnaught  Dec 31, 2020 • 5:43:39pm

re: #173 Belafon

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BeachDem  Dec 31, 2020 • 6:05:23pm

re: #217 mmmirele

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