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  • Saturday evening post Thanksgiving links

    Next year, bitches.

     

    I hope all the Glibs had a good holiday. Happily, it was pretty uneventful here.

     

    The Harbaughs got stomped on today by Ohio State. I’ll never forgive that guy for keeping Kaeperdick and trading Alex Smith.

     

    People had birthdays today? Huh.

     

    Hey Ralph, it’s called the Constitution, you cunte.

     

    Our benevolent government.

     

    But the finances of Orangemanbad are totes, okay.

     

    I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that no teams are interested in this cancerous tumor.

     

    It used to be that they just stomped all over it, now it will kill you.

     

    A little tune for your Saturday evening.

  • Gobble gobble b*tches!

    Another year, another successful holiday passing without another inane controversy.  But what am I saying?

    This is my review of Clown Shoes Undead American Imperial Stout.

    Evidently, Trump joked the turkey he pardoned kept his cool, even under threat of subpoena from Rep. Adam Schiff.

    “It seems the Democrats are accusing me of being too soft on turkey,” Mr. Trump said, turning to the birds. “But Bread and Butter, I should note that unlike previous witnesses, you and I have actually met. It’s very unusual.”

    President Taft pardoned exactly zero turkeys. Bring it fact check clowns!

    Which was a joke.  Clearly, it was a joke.

    The pardoning of a turkey however is one of the more benign presidential traditions.  While the holiday itself is credited with Washington declaring a day of thanksgiving, the first turkey was pardoned by Lincoln.  According to lore, Lincoln’s son Tad befriended a turkey, whom he named Jack, destined to become Christmas dinner. Tad pleaded for Jack’s life and the tradition of pardoning a turkey was born.  Of course, the tradition itself was to send a turkey for the president to eat, and quite frankly thats what most of them did.

    Once pardoned, the turkeys live the high life as far as a farm fowl is concerned.  Some live out their days at petting zoos, avoid being massacred at Virginia Tech, or even standing in as a grand marshal for parades at Disney while their cousins are smoked and sold to tourists.  Some animal rights activists are not fond of the tradition, since these turkeys are farm fowl and are bred specifically to get fat and be eaten.  Their joints are not up to the task of a long life as a fat bird and keeping them alive is therefore cruel.  Then of course, there are the vegans…

    The trend of sparing a turkey’s life publicly is credited to Kennedy.  The joke was on Kennedy, because Marylin Monroe killed herself and the bird outlived them both. Perhaps Oswald was a vegan?

    This beer though, woof.  You are greeted with whiff of straight booze, followed by burned chocolate and coffee.  Its like a traditional Irish lunch, with the only thing missing is the fish and chips. Clown Shoes Undead American Imperial Stout 4.1/5

     

  • Off Beige Saturday Morning Links


    This is the time of year when I thank Yahweh several times a day that I’m not a goy. There is so much tacky and stupid shit associated with Christmas that I can’t believe that there isn’t a massive Christian die-off from sheer embarrassment. And the shit you put yourselves through… Well, I’ll take the day off and stay in doing something productive. Or non-productive but more fun than wrasslin’ with trailer trash at Walmart “holiday” sales.

    But still, the birthdays keep coming, including one of the greatest writers in the English language; a guy with some interesting figures; the ultimate American voice; the best lisper in congressional history; one of the voices of my childhood who anticipated Al Yankovic; one of my favorite screenwriters; and a guy who keeps using that word.

    News, yes, that’s what we’re here for.

     

    Make me a sammich!

     

    Yeah, yeah, stabby stabby, but any news story that features Cressida Dick puts a smile on my face. Oh, and yes.

     

    Tard Fight!

     

    Don’t be stupid, be a smartie, come and join the Nazi Party!

     

    This one-ups Trump for sure. Well done, old chap.

     

    Really, with that name, he ought to be a lot bigger.

     

    The lingering effects of slavery.

     

    The economics geeeeenius speaks. Funny how it’s exactly the catchphrase Warren uses to avoid answering tough questions.

     

    I know, it’s fashionable to bag on the Grateful Dead, but there was a period when they were cranking out some great songs. Phil Lesh was sort of like George Harrison, where he didn’t get to contribute many songs, but the ones he DID get on their albums… wow. And this particular one from arguably their best album is really speaking to me today.

  • STEVE SMITH BLACK FRIDAY OPEN POST.

    R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

    STEVE SMITH FIND LOTS FRIED TURKEY AND CAMPER YESTERDAY. HIM TOO SLUGGISH GIVE LINKS. OR RAPE CAMPER. SO HIM GIVE OPEN POST TO FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE.

    ENJOY.

  • Black Friday Afternoon Links

    The good news is, I only had to shoot two very large ladies to get my Walmart Black Friday deals. Bad news is, both will recover because I was using a light load on a .25. Just enough to let them know I was serious. You don’t want too energetic a round, you’d hate to hit a random kid or dog some irresponsible Florida person has brought to the annual Black Friday Brawl with a through-and-through.

    Here, have some links with your leftovers:

    Nothing wrong with the London cops’ aim. Just like a criminal to bring a knife to a gun fight, eh?

    This is sad, but hopefully they weren’t too overcooked. I wonder what giraffe taste like.

    Is it any wonder she was teacher of the year?

    Fatal herpes virus passed from monkey to human lab worker. No bites reported. Mmhmm.

  • What Are We Reading – November 2019

    Brett L

    I finished Mark Lawrence’s newest trilogy (Impossible Times). It is a closed loop time-travel story centering around a British D&D group. It starts in the early 80s, where the teen protagonist has cancer. He is visited by a future version of himself, who is focused on getting an advanced technology to record memories to his past version so they can record the memories of their sweetheart who will have a serious brain trauma in 30 years. Like all of Lawrence’s stuff, its very readable. I was disappointed about the deus ex machina in the third book that tied everything up in a neat “they all lived happily ever after” bow. Although I will say that the effort put into making the characters’ D&D campaign foreshadow the actual story is fun. Would read again, especially at the cheap price-point.

     

    jesse.in.mb

    Grindr.

    Martin L. Shoemaker – The Last Dance (The Near-Earth Mysteries Book 1). I don’t know that it’s quite a mystery novel. The facts of the case are clear from the start and it’s a matter of context and judgement that make up the suspense of the novel. The sentiments are libertarianish about judgements needing to be made close to home. The cadence of the book was enjoyable, though maybe not to the point of being gripping. I’ll be interested in where Mr. Shoemaker takes the series.

    JW

    Krispy Kritters box. Man, this has really given me a new outlook on life.

     

    mexican sharpshooter

    I am afraid I have nothing for you this month.

    OMWC

    I have even less than mexican unless you want to hear about exciting things like Dow Guide to Flexible Foams. Having Mom here pretty much takes all my non-work time. The books are on the shelf crying in loneliness.

     

    SP

    I’m a little burnt out, so I’ve been reading escapist books. Mostly John Rebus books by Ian Rankin.

    I also read The Red Baron of Arizona  which could serve as a useful primer on how to become a con artist. This guy was seriously dedicated, going to great lengths to pull it off. The book was made into a movie starring Vincent Price, but it’s part of The Criterion Collection, so I haven’t seen it yet.

    Does anyone here subscribe to the The Criterion Channel (TedS?)? Is it worth it?

     

    SugarFree

    I’ve been reading books about murderous children: Carrie and Firestarter by Stephen King, The Bad Seed by William March, The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, The Other by Thomas Tryon, “The Little Assassian” by Ray Bradbury, “Children of the Kingdom” by T. E. D. Klein. No real reason why, I just got interested. There are more for me to read. It’s a substantial subgenre.

     

     

     

  • Enlaces mexicanos, el viernes negro

    Can’t talk.  I’m in line at Best Buy waiting for it to open.  Its just barely cold enough to be annoying.   I am fueled entirely by this, and I don’t recommend it.

    The election in Uruguay was too close to call, but the left-wing candidate conceded after a count of 35,000 ballots from voters who did not make it to their assigned voting station.

    This is good:

    Some of the dozens of demonstrators had bandages on their faces and told angry tales of being hit by face-level fire that they felt was intentional. “In Chile, asking for dignity costs you an eye,” one sign proclaimed.

    Well, dumbass.  Asking for “dignity” used to cost you a ride in a helicopter…

    Brazilian Trump, now the focus of his own witch hunt.

    Well, this is…um…an interesting way to handle it.  On the bright side, if he does what the last guy did, they might actually have something worthwhile to impeach him.

     

    Here’s some Sabbath for Black Friday.

     

  • Thanksgiving Night Open Post

    You know TPTB are out of commission…or in jail…by now. So have a Thanksgiving Night Open Post for dessert!

    Carb, calorie, and guilt free!

     

  • GlibFit 4.0 – Thanksgiving Edition

    It’s Thanksgiving and by the time you see this you are probably already at someone else’s home, have a bunch of guests at your home, and/or are drunk.  I know my audience. In other words, if you can ambulate right now it’s a minor miracle. This is my review of walking as exercise.

    Before The Founders (Peace Be Upon Them) started this place, my beer palate was quite limited.  I drank Pacifico, the occasional Sam Adams, and Hefeweizen.  I still like all those beers.  I just didn’t realize how much more was out there.

    Mexican Sharpshooter and Nephilium kept writing and discussing different beers.  A number of different miscreants neerdowells borderline alcoholics commenters discussed any number of beers they enjoyed.  Many of the brand names were unfamiliar.  I was aware of some of the beer types, but many were new.  Kolsch?  Saisson?  What the hell were those?  I have no idea why I had dismissed so many different beers with so many different flavor profiles.  I had a hole in my mind.

    Somewhere along the way there was a discussion of stouts.  Sorry I don’t remember everyone who participated but I thank you all for your suggestions. I literally took notes (and still have them). I tried Founders Breakfast Stout and had the same epiphany as Barney Gumble when he first tried beer.  It may be the best beer I’ve ever had.  I really do want to have it with breakfast on a lazy weekend morning.

    Someone suggested Deschutes Obsidian Stout.  Good stuff.  Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout was supposed to be as good as Founders.  It was good but not great IMO.  I had no idea what you people were talking about when discussing mouth feel.  Now I do.

    While Founders is my gold standard, it is also pricy.  It’s $12 for a four pack at my local Total Wine.  So, I went looking for some alternatives.  I gave Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout a try.  It is good and about half the cost of Founders.

     

    While in Trader Joes I stumbled upon Stockyard Oatmeal Stout.  I think I paid $6 for six pack.  I enjoyed it.  It’s not Founders but at one third the price it’s my new everyday stout.

     

    Since you are all drinking like fish today (except Mojeaux of course), throw in your suggestions for wheat beers.  I love Hefeweizen.  The hefe I had in Germany was mother’s milk.  I want to go back just to drink more. But there has to be more to the wheat beer category that I’m missing.

    Also, a sincere, hearty thanks to The Founders, everyone who has ever written an article, and the commentariat.  You have enriched my life and gotten me through a difficult Thanksgiving or two.

    Walking as exercise is better than sitting on your ass.  At least you are moving so you will burn a few calories and possibly clear your head.  If you are seriously overweight, it may be your only current exercise option.  Do it if it’s all that is available to you.  Walking as exercise 1.5/5.

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