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The Morning Rant: J.V. Edition
Anyone who has traveled abroad is aware that contrary to the pontifications of the race hustlers, we are not the most racist nation on earth. In fact, I would suggest that we are among the least racist countries. But that doesn't pay the bills or sell books, so America is painted as some horrid lynchings-are-coming nation. We need to push back...hard...against this slander. Poo-throwing might not suffice. The Racism Treadmill
One such belief is the notion that disparities between blacks and whites—in income, housing, employment, etc.—are caused by systemic racism. The award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, for instance, summed up the state of racial progress like so: “I could see that some fifty years after the civil rights movement black people could still be found at the bottom of virtually every socioeconomic metric of note.”2 Ibram X. Kendi, another celebrated race writer, put it bluntly: “As an anti-racist, when I see racial disparities, I see racism.” But the premise built into the thinking of Coates and Kendi is false. I call it the disparity fallacy. The disparity fallacy holds that unequal outcomes between two groups must be caused primarily by discrimination, whether overt or systemic. What’s puzzling about believers in the disparity fallacy is not that they apply the belief too broadly, but that they apply it too narrowly. Any instance of whites outperforming blacks is adduced as evidence of discrimination. But when a disparity runs the other way—that is, blacks outperforming whites—discrimination is never invoked as a causal factor.
I'll give you the short answer. It's cultural, not racial. And it is courtesy of LBJ's "Great Society," and the Democrat party's subsequent programs to buy votes and maintain a perpetually aggrieved underclass in America. By the way, the author of this fine piece is an undergraduate! Wow. [And...a gentle reminder that this is not an invitation for Ace's nonexistent racist friends to let their freak fly]
I think this is a fantastic idea! Guns are tightly regulated in Chicago, and law-abiding citizens are, for all intents and purposes, banned from carrying outside the home. So a convenient rental facility makes perfect sense. Of course, in reality this stupid exhibit perpetuates the myth that legal guns are easy to obtain. Chicago exhibit replicates bike-sharing with AR-15s in gun protest art
A new protest art exhibition in Chicago gives the illusion that renting an AR-15 rifle is as easy as borrowing a bike. The "Chicago Gun Share Program" is a new public display that replicates a bike-sharing station with 10 replicas of the controversial firearm...
If you aren't checking in on cdr salamander, you should start. Smart guy, always interesting, and he has the best sub-title of anyone on the internet.
Proactively “From the Sea”; an agent of change leveraging the littoral best practices for a paradigm breaking six-sigma best business case to synergize a consistent design in the global commons, rightsizing the core values supporting our mission statement via the 5-vector model through cultural diversity.
Anyway, here he is writing about the imperative to improve the weapon and caliber that our armed forces carry. The Simple, Right Thing is Often the Most Difficult Thing
For those who have studied the history, government entities had been a problem and not a solution in getting modern weapons in the hands of those on the frontline for a long time. More often than not, it is an outside force that brings the infantryman what they need;
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 10:51 AM (9iLHi)
Posted by: Kreplach at May 15, 2018 10:51 AM (2JcMg)
Posted by: Kreplach at May 15, 2018 10:52 AM (2JcMg)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 10:52 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: Zombie Kim Jong Il at May 15, 2018 10:53 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 10:53 AM (hyuyC)
Addendum - did nobody tell Mr Musk nomen est omen?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 10:54 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Caliban at May 15, 2018 10:54 AM (QE8X6)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 15, 2018 10:54 AM (0Le4j)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 15, 2018 10:54 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Zod Plenipotentiary at May 15, 2018 10:55 AM (Bdeb0)
But you get long-lasting peace among Great Powers, and less military invasions.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 10:55 AM (hyuyC)
What we have is a political party and a racism myth making industry that benefits both politically and financially by continually ripping off old scabs and ginning up new outrages.
This needs to be fought.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 15, 2018 10:55 AM (2JcMg)
Change definitions, change premises ("blacks can't be racist") and thereby create lifetime job security for activists while creating a permanent underclass of blacks.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 10:55 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 10:56 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 10:56 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Caliban at May 15, 2018 10:54 AM (QE8X6)
"Eldritch." A Lovecraft-Coates mashup would be a respectable, horrifying start.
Posted by: Zod Plenipotentiary at May 15, 2018 10:56 AM (Bdeb0)
Well, that's a mighty handy device for relieving you of the burden of critical thought, I guess.
Cheers, dumbass.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (ga0eq)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (BRvh1)
Not the popular thing to say in this age of craft beers, but (as light beers go) this one is all right.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (rBnYq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Under Fire at May 15, 2018 10:58 AM (r9UYA)
Is that what they're calling it nowadays?
Posted by: Grandpa at May 15, 2018 10:58 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Zod Plenipotentiary at May 15, 2018 10:58 AM (Bdeb0)
More often than not, it is an outside force that brings the infantryman what they need;
Insert the customer service call that one firearms maker received from a bunch of our troops who were engaged in a hot firefight with muslim terrorists at the time of the call.
That was all kinds of awesome.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 10:58 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (vDqXW)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (BRvh1)
20 I like Bud Light.
Not the popular thing to say in this age of craft beers, but (as light beers go) this one is all right.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (rBnYq)
(it's really not all that bad, I just wanted to make the obvious joke....)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (BRvh1)
-1965 immigration act
- the great society
- 2nd to 3rd wave feminism
- sexual revolution
- counter culture popping up and thriving
Feel free to add more to this list of accomplishments under Deep State LBJ
Posted by: Monk at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (8SG/h)
I'm all out of sh*ts to give. I remember a time in the 80s and 90s when things seemed to be leveling out (and I grew up in f*cking ALABAMA), but then something changed and it was off to the racists again.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (hKmCD)
Posted by: Dumcanthrax at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (ctuyM)
Posted by: Under Fire at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (0tfLf)
In all seriousness, I bet Tesla vehicles are more dangerous than motorcycles and scooters.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 10:57 AM (hyuyC)
Avogadro's number. Why for?
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (sjdRT)
Facebook has a new algorithm scouring their site for hate speech, but it's having trouble concentrating. Apparently it (the artificial intelligence) spends a lot of time looking at porn instead. (via CNBC)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (rBnYq)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: RI Red at May 15, 2018 11:01 AM (Aoygp)
In all seriousness, I bet Tesla vehicles are more dangerous than motorcycles and scooters.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (VgKNm)
Mom to Son who was just in an accident:
"Oh, and I guess your car just up and decided to drive itself into our mailbox on its own, huh?"
Son:
"Umm.... actually....."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2018 11:01 AM (BRvh1)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:01 AM (fA1SL)
"Dear Zod Friend: I was issued a thigh holster that is slow and useless. Mosul is full of bad people. Please send a Sig 226 paddle holster and some gummi bears as soon as you can. Tell Benteen to bring the ammunition, quick. Don't tell Mrs. Zod, she'll worry. Thanks."
Posted by: Zod Plenipotentiary at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (Bdeb0)
Too soon? He was a great writer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (hyuyC)
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You say "dangerous" like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Corvair at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (9iLHi)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:01 AM (fA1SL)
That could be done. In fact, a Faulkner-Coates job would be too easy.
Posted by: Zod Plenipotentiary at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (Bdeb0)
But there is a kernel of truth to the systemic racism charge. I firmly believe that LBJ knew exactly what the great society would do, even though there were plenty of ivory tower antellectuals who thought that removing 'the violent adult black males' from the homes and better nutrition was going to be a magic cure to help poor black neighborhoods.
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (84F5k)
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (sjdRT)
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We found our Mole!
Posted by: Robert Mueller at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (ATVNj)
To applaud good comments. A +1 is no number for a recovering synthetic organometallic chemist to give someone.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: sememesee at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (UiPvh)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (6Ll1u)
Today we salute you, Mister God Emperor Trumpinator. Because of you, people everywhere can wake up, put on a fresh pot of coffee, turn on CNN, and go completely insane.
Posted by: Bud Light Commercial at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (7n3kj)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:02 AM (VgKNm)
These words... I cannot understand them in this order... what are you even trying to say?
I mean, it certainly looks like English, but....
Posted by: Millenial Hipster Douchebag #3267 at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (BRvh1)
Horrible admission in this crowd, but I used to enjoy Tennessee Coats.
He's not the beginnings of a pimple on the ass of the great Tennessee Tuxedo.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (hyuyC)
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Are you positive?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM (ga0eq)
Posted by: Roy at May 15, 2018 11:05 AM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (hyuyC)
Ahhh. Gotcha. So I should consider that a catalyst for improved commenting?
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:05 AM (sjdRT)
What this country needs are more small arms salesmen and their congressional lobbying office.
More choice; choose the calibre suitable for the task at hand. Of course, more choice will complicate logistics and make the supply officer's job more difficult; can't have that. An unhappy staff makes an unhappy plan to fail. Amateur stratigerists talk calibre, professinals talk logistics.
An old saw is a good saw.
Never substitute good thinking for a cliche.
Wars are fought and won by slogans; Remember the Alamo? Maine? Pearl Harbor?
You can win more wars with a gun and a sharp stick than you can with just a sharp stick.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:05 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:03 AM (hyuyC)
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Are you positive?
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Negative Ghost Rider.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:05 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM
I used to enjoy reading Leonard Pitts but he went off the rails as well. Pity.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:05 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2018 11:06 AM (JFO2v)
Raise your hand if you've ever packed unpopular beer in your cooler - so other's would not steal your beer.
Bonus points if you name the brand.
* raises hand *
Schaefer's - which really wasn't too bad
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:06 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:06 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (fA1SL)
Well, that's a mighty handy device for relieving you of the burden of critical thought, I guess.
Cheers, dumbass.
He's openly admitting to embracing the sharpshooter fallacy. He finds a pattern, then he fits his presumption to that pattern.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (iv0p7)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Spud McKenzie at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (ATVNj)
FenelonDirection18 ( at sign) gmail.com
P.S, If your earlier prayer request has been removed tomorrow it's because I'm trying to pare down the list to the four-five weeks to keep the length manageable. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (zSVEm)
Just need some boobies ... then it'll be perfect.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (fiGNd)
Bonus points if you name the brand.
* raises hand *
Hand raised. OM baby. Even the bears avoid it.
Posted by: Under Fire at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Swedish Bikini Team at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (suO/a)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:04 AM
Yes.
It is still brewed under contract somewhere but I forget by whom. Sadly the brewery in Olympia has been shut down for years.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: joncelli, yet again pillaging MST3K Like the Sea Peoples at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (CPk08)
Bonus points if you name the brand.
* raises hand *
Schaefer's - which really wasn't too bad
Posted by: ScoggDog
Lone Star, Pearl, Dixie beer.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Spud McKenzie at May 15, 2018 11:07 AM (ATVNj)
So that's the secret to a great beer garden. Makes sense.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (T71PA)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (JFO2v)
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Black men is right around 50%
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM
Help us Kabdabear...you are our only hope!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (0tfLf)
No. Beer is gross. Get your own cooler.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (zji89)
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (ggAgX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:09 AM (RkYsP)
Oh Man ... I tried Lone Star. Awful. Did not finish the six-pack awful. And that's awful.
But not as awful as Iron City - hands down the worst beer I've ever tasted. Did not finish the can.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: auscolpyr at May 15, 2018 11:10 AM (suO/a)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (rp9xB)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (meg+g)
47% of black men graduate high school (even with the recent reduced standards)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (9iLHi)
I want a Remington/Winchester magnum round in .300 calibre.
I'd settle for my M-14.
I'll probably get a poke in the eye from John Wick's Pencil.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (ggAgX)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Under Fire at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (ATVNj)
Never tried it ... but I've heard really bad things.
Sterling was terrible toward the end. Some beers are rice based. Others wheat.
Sterling seemed to be pickle based.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2018 11:08 AM (JFO2v)
What they don't tell you in the breakdown of race of single mother births is that a significant percentage of white births are from black fathers.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (hKmCD)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:12 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (iv0p7)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (zSVEm)
There's still time for John McCain to make it a trifecta.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (ga0eq)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (7LY+6)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (rp9xB)
Yup. Same with sports.
And notice that they are succeeding in meritocracies: you don't become a professional sports star unless you perform better than the rest; you don't succeed in entertainment unless you sell movie tickets/books/garner consistently high tv ratings (resulting in high ad revenue). Sure, some find a nice niche directing small, unsuccessful movies that earn awards instead of box office, but doesn't erase success of Denzel Washington, Will Smith, et al.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2018 10:59 AM (vDqXW)
RIP. I'll have to scare up a copy of From Bauhaus to Our House and reread it.
Posted by: joncelli, yet again pillaging MST3K Like the Sea Peoples at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (RD7QR)
Down on the Oregon coast is the Rogue River. There is a brewery there aptly named the Rogue River Brewing Company. Their Dead Guy Pale Ale is to...well...die for!
But then I discovered the CLass VI store at Ft Lewis import Haufbrau. Game over.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (ga0eq)
I still say John McCain borrowed his tumor from Rick Hendrick.
I'll believe that old bastard's dead when I see the body.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (rp9xB)
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Happens to me sometimes, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (VgKNm)
Apparently Rudy Giuliani has seen it too...
And two NYPD cops that saw it were killed "randomly" in 2017...
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (meg+g)
No. But I have used cheap Bird Seed to keep People / Birds / Bears from stealing my Bird Feeder.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018 11:14 AM (zji89)
Posted by: Tami at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (xBSm0)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
Loading the pictures up top in a thread.
No pics, no jump.
Pics, including twitter screenshots, jumps.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: rockysan99 at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (m7LQK)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (ggAgX)
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (6Ll1u)
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In 1991 we drove around Germany for two weeks with our kids so we could get the feel for the country. We met a lot of let's say less than welcoming Germans. OK, not exactly racist, more xenophobic or just misanthropic.
Posted by: Decaf at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (/3+Sg)
Posted by: JAS at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (ii30j)
I could never stand Rolling Rock - but some people swear by that shit.
I think I can take a Bud Light, pour in some baking yeast, and make a pretty close approximation of Rolling Rock.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (zji89)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 15, 2018 11:13 AM (ATVNj)
The Good Lord wants us to have examples of bad posture.
Posted by: joncelli, yet again pillaging MST3K Like the Sea Peoples at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: rockysan99 at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (m7LQK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (kqsXK)
This is the progressive hive mind at work. It divides people into two categories, the haves and the have-nots, the oppressors and the oppressed. And if anyone is unable get something they want or the achieve some goal in life, it's because someone else is deliberately trying to keep it from them, or take it away from them.
What's puzzling about believers in the disparity fallacy is not that they apply the belief too broadly, but that they apply it too narrowly. Any instance of whites outperforming blacks is adduced as evidence of discrimination. But when a disparity runs the other way -- that is, blacks outperforming whites -- discrimination is never invoked as a causal factor.
Shush your mouth. H8r.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (BHXAq)
Posted by: Under Fire at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (r9UYA)
Don't diss Old Milwaukee. On my budget, it is almost a luxury.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:16 AM (6Ll1u)
Preety much ever drinking day I had....
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:17 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: kraken
Ballintine
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:17 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:17 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (84F5k)
Think about it.
I'll wait.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
Named for its filter?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (iwKdn)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (ggAgX)
Posted by: joncelli, yet again pillaging MST3K Like the Sea Peoples at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (VgKNm)
I was thinking it was usually a problem with CBD and OM posts. They tend to be photo-heavy so that would explain it. Any thoughts on how to deal with it, other than suffer patiently? I *can* suffer patiently, but would prefer to save it for a better cause.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:19 AM (rp9xB)
Posted by: rockysan99 at May 15, 2018 11:19 AM (m7LQK)
Posted by: rockysan99 at May 15, 2018 11:19 AM (m7LQK)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
I'm on an iPhone. I have to suffer.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:19 AM (RkYsP)
FIFY.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:19 AM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:20 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam
1977 Goebel's 99 cent a six pack
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:20 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2018 11:20 AM (oiNtH)
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Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:18 AM (VgKNm)
I read that use of cheap beer is an effective memory aid... it's science,and all....
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:21 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:11 AM (meg+g)
After the Jerusalem ceremony, I expect things to pick up speed taking down the Pedo Deep State to the point that the MSM won't be able to ignore the stories.
Posted by: Monk at May 15, 2018 11:21 AM (8SG/h)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:21 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: kraken
Ballintine
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:17 AM (Bdeb0)
Icehouse.
Or Red, White and Blue.
Beers for the enemy in your life.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2018 11:21 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM (ggAgX)
Posted by: auscolpyr at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM (suO/a)
Schlitz & Falstaff.
Only two beers that will allow you to stand flat footed and shit thru a screen door.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM (zSVEm)
I believe that the deepest damage of the Disparity Fallacy is that it creates and feeds paranoia while actively discouraging personal responsibility. A paranoiac with feelings of victimhood is an easy tool to use against political enemies because they will do nearly *anything*.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (rp9xB)
Posted by: kraken
I'll raise you: Genesee Cream Ale. aka Genesee Screamers.
You haven't experienced gastro-intestinal distress until you have had a long night of drinking this stuff from a keg. About the only time where it would be appropriate for a guy to wear a heavy duty maxipad in his shorts. If the anal seepage wasn't enough to worry about (was it a fart or a shart?), the amount of noxious fumes you will expel not only clears rooms, but justifies a call to the EPA.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (6Ll1u)
I'm afraid the Black Lives Matter and Antifa movements are similar. Any perceived slight or injustice is met violence regardless of the circumstances. As low as Starbucks and their ilk are willing to bow will not be low enough and we will not be able to abide their violence. Thank God that there are at least some signs that some blacks realize the futility of racial hatred. (And further I don't believe that the majority of American blacks want this constantly increasing racial animosity.)
But one who does:
Tamika D. Mallory
@TamikaDMallory
We should be walking around with our heads hung in shame.
So far 37 ppl dead, including 4 children.
While America celebrates in Jerusalem, ppl are dying miles away.
This is sick..but we should not be surprised becuz America turns the blind eye to Black death and abuse everyday.
More blithering evil:
https://bit.ly/2rIOg9Z
Posted by: United Nations Human Rights Officials at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Rick in SK at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: BignJames at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (0+nbW)
Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (9iLHi)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:22 AM
Oh good Lord! Now I'm going to be picturing that in my mind all damned day.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (0tfLf)
His brain is cross-wired.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (fA1SL)
There are not enough white boys playing pro basketball. We need an affirmative action program for white boys who can't jump. There is more to the game of B-Ball than jumping and very large hands.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (roQNm)
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:24 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Central Scrutinizer at May 15, 2018 11:25 AM (vI+F1)
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at May 15, 2018 11:25 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 15, 2018 11:25 AM (VeiQZ)
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:17 AM (fA1SL)
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More precisely, they're moving BACK to 7.62x39. It's kinda funny to me, because Kalashnikov was supposedly not a big fan of the move to 5.45. Guess the old Tanker had it right the first time! The Finns (who historically copied Russian loadouts, for, *ahem* informal resupply reasons) stayed with 7.62 and never went to 5.45. I'm curious as to how the Russians plan to field the 2 calibers, though. 5.45 for REMFs (easier to shoot) and 7.62x39 for frontline, maybe?
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (Fc7o8)
Brown Derby here. And I kept coming back because of the little rebuses they had under every bottle cap.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (w1zJX)
Posted by: IC at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (a0IVu)
Developing a new weapon platform is time consuming, expensive, and nobody knows if the end result is going to be good.
The top brass are always going to want better equipment right now dammit.
Bureaucracy is always going to be an impediment to a good result, but even if you could magic wand them into streamlining the process perfectly, you STILL don't know if the end result is going to be good.
Blaming bean counters and bureaucrats is kind of a cop out. Of course they are impediments, but when it comes to new, innovative, great weapon platforms, at the core center of the process, you're counting on a miracle; the inspiration that hopefully comes to create something new and good. If it were a simple iterative process, we'd already have a clear path forward (new barrel material or lining or whatever).
So really, what's the point? There are impediments and focus is sometimes wrong and our kids are dying because they don't have the absolute best, perfect weapon and bureaucrats are slowing things down. Ok. When has this ever not been the case and in what perfect world will it not continue to be the case?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (iv0p7)
Well....that certainly has the potential to make Clinton Inc. squirm. Weiner's laptop likely had his pedo stuff and Huma's "Insurance" folder of goodies, including classified docs and potentially a paper trail of the Clinton Foundations' pay-to-play shenanigans....
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Diogenes
And my grandfather drove for Falstaff.
And loved boilermakers.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:26 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Central Scrutinizer at May 15, 2018 11:25 AM (vI+F1)
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Which they did at HIGHER rates than whites before the 60s.
Something changed around then...
Posted by: Anthony Weiner gyrating in a thong at May 15, 2018 11:27 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:15 AM (w7KSn)
And when you threw an empty, it made that satisfying "hoo-hoo-hoo" whistling sound.
Posted by: Plenipotentiary Zod at May 15, 2018 11:27 AM (Bdeb0)
But - you don't see it in the grocery-store much anymore. And it's much better in bottles than cans.
Honestly - the way beer prices keep going up - they're about to price me out. Just because I CAN pay it don't mean I WILL pay it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:27 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 15, 2018
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I remember buying Falstaff or Bud at the grocery in 1971, .50 quart. So I'm not surprised that Old Milwaukee tried to undercut them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 15, 2018 11:28 AM (VeiQZ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (6Ll1u)
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PBR itself isn't bad for cheap beer. It's a great candidate for $1 cup happy hour at pool halls, for example.
Millennials are f*cking idiots because they are paying $5 a can. No joke. I went to see a musician in a small venue recently and there it was. $5 a can. My wife and I laughed and laughed.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (vtcmf)
You know ... a "cheaper" beer that I like just fine is Miller High Life Light.
But - you don't see it in the grocery-store much anymore. And it's much better in bottles than cans.
Honestly - the way beer prices keep going up - they're about to price me out. Just because I CAN pay it don't mean I WILL pay it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:27 AM (fiGNd)
Well, there's always Knock-off Fentanyl....
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (zSVEm)
Yes.
It is still brewed under contract somewhere but I forget by whom. Sadly the brewery in Olympia has been shut down for years.
Last I heard, Olympia got bought out by Stroh's or their parent company.
Oly found an artesan well near B'ham a few decades ago that was pretty close to the well they use in Washington. They wanted to build another brewery for the Eastern US.
But those fine upright snake-handlers wouldn't allow heathen debil alcohol to be made there. Apparently they didn't want the jobs or the tax dollars from it either.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: rammajamma at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (AjNMO)
Posted by: Kit at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Ta-Nehisi Coates at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (yLFxu)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (VgKNm)
I would love 5 a can. Last concert I went to 12 a can.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Fritz at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (2Mnv1)
I think the worst beer was Leinenkugels. Worse than Rolling Rock. Never understood my WI friends swearing by that one.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (MIKMs)
That is brewed about 2 miles from where I sit, loading my guns.
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (sjdRT)
If you wonder why nothing has ever happened with that, I've read that prosecution of these crimes was horse traded for no Fed lawsuit over the NYPD cops who choked the guy selling loosies.
Bongino podcast.
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (MIKMs)
How long ago was that? Down here in TX, it goes for $8 a six pack for the shandy.
Posted by: auscolpyr at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (suO/a)
"My Beer is Rhinegold the dry Beer. Think of Rhinegold when ever you buy beer.
It's refreshing not sweet it's the extra dry treat.
Wont you try extra dry Rhinegold beer!
Now you can share my earworm.
Posted by: Big V at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (ZvLtE)
Posted by: rammajamma at May 15, 2018 11:30 AM (AjNMO)
It's kinda' Virtue Signalling ... Signalling the Virtue that I Don't Give A Damn if You Think I'm White Trash.
Drank my share of it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (fiGNd)
Not a fan of their usual, but they have a couple that are really good: Snowdrift Vanilla Porter and Creamy Dark .
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at May 15, 2018 11:32 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:32 AM (6Ll1u)
And loved boilermakers.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018
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Boilermakers gave me headaches before I'd stagger off to sleep, instead of after I woke up. Glad I am that I don't drink any more. The price$$$ alone are astonishing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 15, 2018 11:32 AM (VeiQZ)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:32 AM (vtcmf)
Damn you people and your cheap beer! Now I'm going to have to go buy a can of malt liquor just for the headache.
Posted by: Fritz at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (2Mnv1)
A good cheap beer back in the day was Hamm's. An ice cold Hamm's would fit the spot after mowing the lawn.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2018 11:33 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:33 AM (VgKNm)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:33 AM (fA1SL)
They loved to get down
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:33 AM (05zlU)
Summer Shandy. That's the name. Can't remember who makes it, but Costco
sells it so I'm sure it's everywhere. Probably not great unless you're
in or have been in the sun, but really good after cutting the yard. Or
during.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:33 AM (VgKNm)
Brewed by Leinenkugel's, which is owned by Miller.
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (sjdRT)
Southwest Indiana used to swear by Busch Light. A decent, cheap beer. I'll be damned if that shit ain't getting more expensive now.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (fiGNd)
He's ugly and dumb. I don't care if phrenology is allegedly discredited. That man's mouth and jaw are larger than his cranium as if Mr.PotatoHead decided his proportions just weren't weird enough so he tacked on the lowest cheekbones this side of a cro-magnon.
Mr.Table-Nazi Croaks manages to combine an obnoxiously large chin with a weak and receiving chin line. Perfectly capturing the essence of man who want to boldly be seen while fleeing from the enemy in pant-wetting terror.
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:32 AM (6Ll1u)
Schlitz....haven't had one since...5th grade.
Posted by: BignJames at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (0+nbW)
As has been pointed out by many, Trump's election has exposed a lot of people. Spike Lee has exposed his perfidy and racism. But mostly his racism.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Marci Hopikins at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (ymnmz)
The bullet drop is pretty ugly after that.
Now that works if you're mostly going to do urban ops but if you need to take a shot at 400...I can't endorse 7.62x39.
The AK is a true assault rifle, intended to be used by assaulting Russian/Warsaw Pact troops using Russian mechanized assault doctrine. (That Doctrine works damn well, by the way.)
I've been hearing good things about 6.8 and 6.5 for a few years now. There's no reason we can't switch to that caliber in 3 years time. None. Except the Military could fuck up a wet dream.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (xJa6I)
But it occurs to me that we have no rational expectation of actually seeing anything in it. Or at least, seeing more than "We find the President guilty of obstruction of justice, and of collusion with the Russians, in light of the following evidence: [REDACTED]"
People ought to get ahead of this.
Posted by: George LeS at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (/ki+X)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018
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I dunno what it is about Catholic girls, but of the major relationships in my life, including the current one, 3/4 were raised Cat'lick. And as you might have guessed, it didn't take.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (VeiQZ)
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Mid-70s Leinies were just over the border and cheep, cheep, cheep.
I'm old and really appreciate PBR (cheap where I live) and Old Milwaukee on sale.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Monk at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (8SG/h)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2018 11:35 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:29 AM (fA1SL)
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With the 5.45, they copied a trick that they used with the 7N6 "Sniper" ammo: an air pocket in the tip underneath the jacket. It gives better long range ballistics, and as a bonus, causes it to tumble like mad. I think it was the Brits who first stumbled onto this with Mk VI ball: initally it had an aluminum tip under the jacket but switched to wood pulp during WW1. M193 5.56 does its own nastiness, provided it doesn't get deflected or shattered by brush: Massive cavitation on impact causing horrific wounds within 3 to 4 hundred yards. I think 5.56 would have a simlar rep to 5.45 had it first been fielded in the desert like 5.45.
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:36 AM (Fc7o8)
The worst beer of all time is Steel Reserve. Followed closely by South Paw
Sooo, no love for Old Frothingslosh?
I am disappoint.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:36 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:36 AM (7LY+6)
"Weiner's laptop likely had his pedo stuff and Huma's "Insurance" folder
of goodies, including classified docs and potentially a paper trail of
the Clinton Foundations' pay-to-play shenanigans...."
If you wonder why nothing has ever happened with that, I've read
that prosecution of these crimes was horse traded for no Fed lawsuit
over the NYPD cops who choked the guy selling loosies.
Bongino podcast.
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:31 AM (w7KSn)
Jeebus. Collusion much?
Posted by: Marci Hopikins at May 15, 2018 11:36 AM (ymnmz)
try a Pearl Light and get back to us
Posted by: DanMan at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (xJa6I)
Why do I have this voice in the back of my head telling me that, if we go to 6.5 or 6.8 - then 5.56 prices will go up while 6.5 or 6.8 magically doesn't become commercially available any cheaper than now ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (fiGNd)
Worst fucking beer ever
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (yLFxu)
I'll drink the harder stuff, mixed drinks and the like now and then. But Beer, like coffee and cigarettes, are a taste I never acquired.
I do like rootbeer though, quite a bit.
Go ahead and throw things. I'm big, I can take the hits.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (xJa6I)
Brew 102: Perfected After 101 Brews
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (10vO4)
Posted by: Plenipotentiary Zod at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Grump928
ha, so true. And IQ is linked to genetics (obviously) and race is genetic (though the left wants that argument both ways ... no such thing as race, except when it comes to evil white man. And no, it is not racist to recognize IQ differences in races ... it is hard science. But many call that freak flag racism ... but that is PC nonsense)
there are obvious strong ties between race and culture. I watched some of the BBC coverage of the election night recently, and one guy was pointing out how Trump won rust belt states where the white population was higher than the national average. Michigan was like 76% white iirc, while the national average is like 62% white.
And they pointed out that Trump won with white women as well. American coverage was much less open about the "white vote" except to call whites racist haters for voting "America First".
If blacks and "white Hispanics" are to thrive, we should stop flooding the labor market with cheap foreign labor, and start serving American interests first, rather than pretending China trades "fairly". (and why trade with China at all instead of employing Americans in Detroit?)
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2018 11:38 AM (bT8Z4)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:38 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:38 AM (yLFxu)
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (zSVEm)
Worst fucking beer ever
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (yLFxu)
For people who don't like beer.
Posted by: BignJames at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (0+nbW)
The lesson I learned from it was "Don't be an asshole like Spike Lee"
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (xJa6I)
Why do I have this voice in the back of my head telling me that, if we go to 6.5 or 6.8 - then 5.56 prices will go up while 6.5 or 6.8 magically doesn't become commercially available any cheaper than now ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (fiGNd)
Well, it's a racket
But who knows, 5.56 ammo is fairly cheap now. And that wouldn't be true if there weren't so many ARs around.
What worries me is polymer cased ammo. That's going to fuck up reloading for everyone. From an 'alternate logistics' viewpoints, I'm not a fan. It's going to happen though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (xJa6I)
That's like saying, "whenever a man has PIV sex with a woman, it's rape". Or "when I see a hurricane, I see the results of global warming". Or "whenever a species goes extinct, it's because of human activity".
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (/qEW2)
Never heard of Rheingold or the song. So here's the ad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfc4InJ7shk
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (r+sAi)
Obviously this is not so much about the extreme ends of social pathology (crime, extreme poverty, in which case the blame/change culture argument is probably the strongest). But for all the less-extreme stuff, e.g. percentages in the sciences, at a particular college, in a sports program, in a music studio etc I say vive la difference and get on with our own lives.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (koNhm)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:40 AM (yLFxu)
Well, there is that minor little detail regarding eight gazillion metric shit tons of stockpiled 5.56.
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:40 AM (vtcmf)
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Me neither. I'll drink it but I rarely seek it out, although I've had some good ones that I'd drink again if given an opportunity.
I'm old enough to not care, so that makes things easier.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 15, 2018 11:40 AM (VgKNm)
Coors light
Worst fucking beer ever
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (yLFxu)
Word.... It's like.... why bother? You have tap water, after all.....
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:40 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:37 AM (xJa6I)
Really is an acquired taste.
In college, I only drank whiskey. Now - only beer. Go figure.
Ah ... the glory days ... Pint of ET in a gallon of Iced Tea. Down by the pool. Stoned out of my mind. Playing in bands.
How in the fuck did I end up here ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (fiGNd)
Are you going to reenact the refrigerator video? The one with the fridge door flying right by the shooter?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (iv0p7)
Posted by: Rachel corrie at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (yLFxu)
that prosecution of these crimes was horse traded for no Fed lawsuit
over the NYPD cops who choked the guy selling loosies.
Makes sense.
Meanwhile, Huma was having a grand old time at last Monday's Met Gala, and was recently given a sympathetic interview where she talked about her friendship with (Mrs. Harvey Weinstein) Georgina Chapman and why people are so mean to them (skinny, rich, etc.).
Hope the OIG report and/or the re-opened Hillary email and Clinton Foundation investigations scoop her MB ass up with the rest of the corrupt Clinton crew.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (W+vEI)
'Strewth.
Posted by: Plenipotentiary Zod at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (Bdeb0)
You shouldn't. It's really disgusting.
Like thin bile with a hint of urine.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (3M4WN)
Do the Right Thing, should've been the tip off that this jerk weed is a racist asshole.
Posted by: auscolpyr at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (suO/a)
Well, there is that minor little detail regarding eight gazillion metric shit tons of stockpiled 5.56.
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:40 AM (vtcmf)
Sell it. Sell it to us.
Or save it for the second-line troops the way the Russians do.
There's no problem that can't be overcome far more cheaply for the price of one F35.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (xJa6I)
The bullet drop is pretty ugly after that.
Now that works if you're mostly going to do urban ops but if you need to take a shot at 400...I can't endorse 7.62x39.
The AK is a true assault rifle, intended to be used by assaulting Russian/Warsaw Pact troops using Russian mechanized assault doctrine. (That Doctrine works damn well, by the way.)
I've been hearing good things about 6.8 and 6.5 for a few years now. There's no reason we can't switch to that caliber in 3 years time. None. Except the Military could fuck up a wet dream.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:34 AM (xJa6I)
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I think the Serbs are planning to go to 6.5 Grendel. It'd be a damn near ideal caliber: Fast, high penetrating short range loads around 100gn for infantry, heavier,but flatter shooting 120 to 130 grn loads for DMR, and hot heavy 130 grn loads for the SAW. I've seen heavier loads for it that approach 139grn 6.5 Swede milsurp out of a rifle barrel. You'd have a round that's a damn sight more flexible than 5.56.
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (Fc7o8)
Never liked beer and cigarettes. Don't do drugs. My chemistry is screwed up enough without any extra stimulus.
Don't really like icky sex either.
It all comes down to money; never enough. All the fast car ads on TV back in the day seemed to have the subliminal message - get the hot car, get the hot girl. After getting the hot car I din't have any money left for the hot girl. So I learned to do without.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (roQNm)
setting up some Tannerite targets
Are you going to reenact the refrigerator video? The one with the fridge door flying right by the shooter?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:41 AM (iv0p
Now that would be fun...
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (oiNtH)
You shouldn't. It's really disgusting.
Like thin bile with a hint of urine.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018 11:42 AM (3M4WN)
LOL
Vivid, Garrett
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (xJa6I)
Milwaukee's Best Light is Miller Lite. Typically $0.67/can in Houston.
Posted by: DanMan at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (vtcmf)
Yep. How long would it take to spin up production of enough 6.8 to supply the military for a year, much less acquire 1/100 the stockpile we have in 5.56?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (iv0p7)
But not as awful as Iron City - hands down the worst beer I've ever tasted. Did not finish the can.
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Concur. I was in Pittsburgh once and tried Iron City Light.
All I can think is that they took 10,000 gallons of fizzy water, added a pint of horse piss, then told it a story about hops.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad. at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (wlVt0)
So I assume it's true for everyone else too.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (EZSQ8)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (RkYsP)
I just puked a little.
Still better than Iron City. Steele Reserve mentioned above was really, really bad. I'd have to go ...
Red Strip > Steele Reserve > Red Stripe ?
Blah.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (mPeei)
You have these self powered wagons with 10 beer drinkers sitting facing each other, with bicycle pedals that you pump while you have your "growler" mug, and you go from micro brewery to micro brewery.
The driver of the wagon is the designated sober person.
Sloshing good fun. Fun way to meet people also.
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:45 AM (6Ll1u)
Are you going to reenact the refrigerator video? The one with the fridge door flying right by the shooter?
Posted by: bonhomme
I have to eventually. Blow a pond wall that is so inaccessible we can't get heavy equipment in.
Oh, and film it and send it to CDB.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:45 AM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2018 11:45 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (rp9xB)
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Diversity is also promotes a type of faith. Because, in what I've read, there has been no functional dynamic to it. It's basically an underwear gnome assumption. You gather diversity together -> ??? -> profit!!
And when you can't see the progress, that's a failure of your faith, you're spouting heresy against the magic elixir that is Diversity--it must be because you have a mark of HATE hidden in your soul.
It's perfect for closing the mind around it. Beat people when they can't see it, reward them when they parrot the dogma. Even though, I'm a sizable enough fan of diversity, I must analyze.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2018 11:45 AM (vDqXW)
The lesson I learned from it was "Don't be an asshole like Spike Lee"
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at May 15, 2018 11:39 AM (EZSQ
I though it was avoid pizza joints who consistently go light on the cheese.
Posted by: Monk at May 15, 2018 11:45 AM (8SG/h)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Schneidermans Brown Slave at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (y3aQB)
I know I'm going to get shit for this but...I don't like beer.
You shouldn't. It's really disgusting.
Like thin bile with a hint of urine.
You can always spot the poor unfortunate souls who've never tasted a properly poured Guinness from the tap.
You have my sympathy.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (GdWl+)
Yep. How long would it take to spin up production of enough 6.8 to supply the military for a year, much less acquire 1/100 the stockpile we have in 5.56?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:43 AM (iv0p7)
The assembly line is an awesome thing.
I'd say two years, if we really try.
There's more than enough industrial capacity, more than enough workers for the work.
All that's lacking is will.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (xJa6I)
I have to admit to purposefully developing a taste for beer so I could drink it in social situations. I buy a six pack a month and use half of one in "were-rabbit", as Eldest Kidlet calls it. My favorites are the vanilla or coffee flavored ones with fruit a close second.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (rp9xB)
Never heard of Rheingold or the song. So here's the ad.
I had never heard of it until a few years ago when a neigbor lady ( now departed) mention she was a finalist in the 1956 Miss Rheingold competition. Evidently Rheingold was a big deal in the midwest
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (10vO4)
... that's how bad those are.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (fiGNd)
OK, now do Africa. I know, I know, colonization by European countries is a complicating factor, but why is there no Wakanda? Not the magical element-fueled fantasy stuff, but the harnessing natural resources to create a stabile, successful first word society?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (W+vEI)
Wonder - what's the upside to plastic "brass " anywho "
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (7LY+6)
Weight savings.
And it's an intermediate step to true caseless ammo.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:47 AM (xJa6I)
Not a drinker, so I have no opinion other than I loved those ads.
The way that guy said "hooraaay beah" made me happy.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2018 11:47 AM (iv0p7)
Posted by: USMC8541 One Shot to Slay Them All at May 15, 2018 11:47 AM (NmR1a)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 15, 2018 11:47 AM (tVWQB)
Wonder - what's the upside to plastic "brass " anywho "
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (7LY+6)
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Lighter, chiefly. Also, you could make it to where it breaks down after fired. I wouldn't be suprised if DARPA were working on 3D printing cases, too.
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:47 AM (Fc7o8)
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It's bad to deny science only sometimes. Other times it's required to avoid evil.
I do think that there's a problem with the metric itself; IQ is an imperfect measure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (fA1SL)
I don't believe for 1 second that "bean counters" killed a change in the caliber.
How does that saying go? Amateurs think about tactics, professionals think about logistics? I don't really agree with that either, but do agree with its sentiment. Professionals cover the full spectrum - tactics, strategy, and logistics.
CDR S quotes a general who says that the cost of the rifle program is about the cost of a lugnut on an F35 - which is probably right. And why cost isn't the issue. There is weight on the soldier, the logistics in the field, the training that goes into the soldier, etc.
Improper weapons happen, and they have consequences. But I don't think the M16/M4 is an improper weapon. Why? Because, force on force, armies carrying them are beating armies carrying something else, everywhere, and all the time.
Lots of weapons people point to the "superiority" of German weapons in WWII. The MG42 is a supposed super weapon that scared our troops. But our troops armed with "inferior weapons" beat German troops.
Oh, but there is more to it than just one weapon! is the rejoinder.
Exactly. That is my point
Posted by: blaster at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (Z5y53)
I have to admit to purposefully developing a taste for beer so I could drink it in social situations. I buy a six pack a month and use half of one in "were-rabbit", as Eldest Kidlet calls it. My favorites are the vanilla or coffee flavored ones with fruit a close second.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (rp9xB)
Social is the only reason I can see drinking it.
All my fiends are big, big beer drinkers.
And I live in micro-brew valhalla here around Seattle.
But I've never found a beer that really works for me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (xJa6I)
and the doctrine of total stupidity... mostly that...
Posted by: kraken at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (meg+g)
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (w7KSn)
Here he is discussing it with Laura Ingraham and she seems to think this one may finally disqualify the little POS.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycheu6g4
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (rBnYq)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: An Observation at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (pam24)
Posted by: Tom T at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (xBSm0)
... that's how bad those are.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:46 AM (fiGNd)
++++
Try Stoney's ! Smithton Pa.'s Finest
Posted by: Schneidermans Brown Slave at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (y3aQB)
"Estimated" weight savings. FWIW, what happens when a plastic bit hits hot metal?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (7LY+6)
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (w7KSn)
Makes tolerating my wife a Hell of a lot easier.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (fiGNd)
I don't believe for 1 second that "bean counters" killed a change in the caliber.
How does that saying go? Amateurs think about tactics, professionals think about logistics? I don't really agree with that either, but do agree with its sentiment. Professionals cover the full spectrum - tactics, strategy, and logistics.
CDR S quotes a general who says that the cost of the rifle program is about the cost of a lugnut on an F35 - which is probably right. And why cost isn't the issue. There is weight on the soldier, the logistics in the field, the training that goes into the soldier, etc.
Improper weapons happen, and they have consequences. But I don't think the M16/M4 is an improper weapon. Why? Because, force on force, armies carrying them are beating armies carrying something else, everywhere, and all the time.
Lots of weapons people point to the "superiority" of German weapons in WWII. The MG42 is a supposed super weapon that scared our troops. But our troops armed with "inferior weapons" beat German troops.
Oh, but there is more to it than just one weapon! is the rejoinder.
Exactly. That is my point
Posted by: blaster at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (Z5y53)
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And that's why 5.56 will hang around for the forseeable future: it's good enough. I can see them mainstreaming a Green tip variant of the 76grn variety, however.
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:51 AM (Fc7o8)
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2018 11:51 AM (HgMAr)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (fiGNd)
LOL. What is her alcohol of choice to tolerate you? ;^)
Sorry, Scoggy. I like you, but you opened yourself up to that one.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:51 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (6Ll1u)
You shouldn't. It's really disgusting.
Like thin bile with a hint of urine.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2018
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When I drank, I was fine with beer. After I stopped, though, I'd smell beer on other people's breath. Eau de skunk. And I'd think, "I used to smell like that?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (VeiQZ)
Yeah - heavier. I don't care. Carried it all day plenty of times. Not a problem.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (fiGNd)
I'm with you to a point. We, and our allies, have made the 5.56 work. But the cartridge has also gotten people killed by not being as effective as it could be. Especially out of the 14 inch M4 barrel. (out of a 20 inch rifle, 5.56 gets enough velocity to do impressive damage)
Our tactics are mostly not rifle tactics, that was true in WW 2 as well. Machine guns and artillery do most of our killing.
But the 5.56 a pain point and a problem and it's a solvable one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (xJa6I)
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It's bad to deny science only sometimes. Other times it's required to avoid evil.
I do think that there's a problem with the metric itself; IQ is an imperfect measure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 11:48 AM (+y/Ru)
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It's not really racist in a Christian mindset, but it is racist combining a sort of atheist zero-sum mindset where your intelligence is roughly equal to your worth. In Christian terms--and admittedly completely neutral atheist terms--there is no one metric of human worth.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (vDqXW)
Yeah - heavier. I don't care. Carried it all day plenty of times. Not a problem.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM (fiGNd)
ScoggDog be preachin' !
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (xJa6I)
That only works on people who have a conscience.
If they don't give a shit about their people...
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (RkYsP)
If we keep giving in to the a-holes, how long will it be before the electric company shuts off your power because you are a "racist?" They already suppress our speech, torpedo our jobs, run us out of the public square. Wait til your water gets shut off because you said something unkind about Michelle Obama.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (vtcmf)
It makes me a jolly good fellow
Posted by: Tom T at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (xBSm0)
Day drinkin' again -
We're real good friends;
Tellin' the waitress how we won the war -
And day drinkin' some more!
Posted by: Dave Dudley at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:51 AM (tpDAe)
You gotta' quit apologizing.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (7LY+6)
Like a shot gun shell?
Posted by: Muad'dib at May 15, 2018 11:53 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 11:23 AM (rp9xB)
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+1
I cannot think of a worse personal life philosophy than one that says "the deck is stacked against you and therefore any individual failure you may encounter can be excused away by saying that the system was conspiring to keep you down."
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (mk7Bj)
You have these self powered wagons with 10 beer drinkers sitting facing each other, with bicycle pedals that you pump while you have your "growler" mug, and you go from micro brewery to micro brewery.
The driver of the wagon is the designated sober person.
Sloshing good fun. Fun way to meet people also.
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:44 AM (w7KSn)
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A pedal pub in Bend? That must have been one heck of a workout!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (DXNuH)
So no answer. She tolerates you stone cold sober. She's quite some woman!.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: notsothoreau at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (5HBd1)
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (HgMAr)
"Estimated" weight savings. FWIW, what happens when a plastic bit hits hot metal?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:50 AM (7LY+6)
Yeah, it's amazing how little the infantry load has changed over the years. If anything, they're expected to carry more.
I've been reading biographies of soldiers in AFPAK who were humping 200 pounds. Which is stupid on many levels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (xJa6I)
It's an evergreen industry.
I choose to say that am aggrieved, pay me.
Accurized
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad. at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (wlVt0)
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (meg+g)
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The Mueller Stasi continues apace.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (vDqXW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (tpDAe)
I think she's just counting down ... same as me.
T- Four Years until liftoff.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (fiGNd)
Sounding like black klannsman is the black racist version of the white racist movie birth of a nation promoted by fdr.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Jackal at May 15, 2018 11:51 AM (Fc7o
Kinda my thought.
We have plenty of 7.62 and plenty of things that send it downrange. If we have troops that need more range then give them some of those.
In 2002-2003 you couldn't hardly find an AR-10 because somebody was buying them all up. And sending them to Afghanistan.
AR10s make a lot of sense, you retain a lot of training and manual of arms.
Posted by: blaster at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (Z5y53)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:56 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad. at May 15, 2018 11:56 AM (wlVt0)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:56 AM (7LY+6)
Bend, OR.
You can get sloshed, travel around without guilt and still burn off some calories while you do it.
Posted by: backbeatbaby at May 15, 2018 11:56 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:52 AM
This.
The first time you pick up a fully packed ruck, that damned thing is heavy. After the first firefight, you never notice the weight again.
You just get used to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (fiGNd)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (6Ll1u)
How in the fuck did I end up here ?
Story of my life.
I don't seem to recall ordering all of these shit sandwiches I've been forced to eat all these years.
Yet, they persist in making my life miserable.
How nice it would be be like Snoop Dog. Has an IQ right around 80 and can barely put a sentence together, yet wants for nothing. He can pick up a phone and have a brand new Bentley delivered to his house before the sun sets while I hope to have enough money to get my eye exam sometime soon. Like sometime this year. Maybe. If I'm lucky.
Proof that God luvs me, I guess.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 11:58 AM (tpDAe)
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CBS Doesn't Like Own Mueller Poll, So Fox Has to Report It - True Pundit
Posted by: Schneidermans Brown Slave at May 15, 2018 11:58 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver at May 15, 2018 11:58 AM (xJa6I)
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Don't worry. We're looking into it.
Posted by: Robert Mueller at May 15, 2018 11:58 AM (vDqXW)
BREAKING: Gen. Flynn signed guilty plea after Mueller threatened his family, son
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (meg+g)
This type of thing is why Trump's numbers are improving among the electorate as a whole and African Americans in particular
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 15, 2018 11:58 AM (10vO4)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 11:55 AM (fA1SL)
I can't believe I got beat out to that historic tidbit.
The Horde knowledge is vast and fast.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 15, 2018 11:59 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 11:59 AM (7LY+6)
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You slave 400 years and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)
Speaking of caliber, youtube has helmet camera video of fire-fights, and you can't see a damn thing in the video. So this one guy is laying down suppression fire, and I'm watching him throw rounds into the tree line and I'm wondering just how much ammo a foot patrol carries. He's gonna run out pretty soon, and then what?
Ammo is just like money, you never have enough.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 15, 2018 12:00 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at May 15, 2018 11:54 AM (mk7Bj)
Exactly. And then that person just needs to be pointed at someone, told that someone is the one hurting them, and let loose to do as they please (keeping in mind they have practically no boundaries on their behavior because they've been taught their supposed victimhood absolves them of personal responsibility). It is evil, anti-human, and the pinnacle of progressive tactics.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2018 12:00 PM (rp9xB)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 12:00 PM (Bdeb0)
Horrible admission in this crowd, but I used to enjoy Horrible admission in this crowd, but I used to enjoy Tennessee Coats.
He's not the beginnings of a pimple on the ass of the great Tennessee Tuxedo..
He's not the beginnings of a pimple on the ass of the great Tennessee Tuxedo.
Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!
Tennessee Coats will not succeed!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2018 12:01 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 12:01 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Ace's nonexistent racist friends at May 15, 2018 12:01 PM (7Fa8Y)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 15, 2018 12:00 PM (Bdeb0)
Considering the Egyptians have been brewing beer for over 6000 years, you'd think they'd get the hang of it by now.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2018 12:02 PM (kqsXK)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 12:02 PM (/qEW2)
I've been reading biographies of soldiers in AFPAK who were humping 200 pounds. Which is stupid on many levels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards We Didn't Start the Beaver
What is it that the standard infantryman carries that is so damn heavy that a pack would weight 200 lbs? Food, ammo, E Tool, knife, rifle, ???
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 12:02 PM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 12:02 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2018 12:03 PM (ggAgX)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 12:04 PM (fA1SL)
https://tinyurl.com/ycqtthzw
Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2018 12:04 PM (/tuJf)
The Horde knowledge is vast and fast.
Posted by: Grump928(c)
The depth & breadth of horde knowledge (tm) is spooky.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 12:04 PM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
imperfect sure ... but still quite real. Races are mixed as well, yet diversity demands promotion of some races ... quotas, though SCOTUS changed (unconstitutional) quotas to "diversity interests" or some such BS.
"Diversity" in nature kinda works because the weak don't survive. A culture that forces the weak to survive, while advocating the strong don't have more than two children ... that culture dies. Idiocy wrapped in a commie enigma ...
But LBJ's great society was to the "black community's" detriment, as they were strong family oriented often "Republican" until then. Scalia was shouted down as racist for his opinion that they should go to colleges "at their level" (or some such phrase that got deemed racist).
His point was that they were set up to fail in college because the quota system put them (as a whole, plenty of blacks smarter than me) ahead of their abilities by adding 300 points to their SATs. We see this constantly ... incompetent people promoted based on race.
A couple decades back a guy way up in Chevron told me he thought women were hurt by that same drive for diversity, where they pushed women ahead before they were ready. It makes for all sorts of resentments and problems, regardless of how sincere the effort.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2018 12:04 PM (bT8Z4)
I can relate.Some things are quite stressful for our family right now. They have not been easy since Obama's first glorious reign, but I try not to confuse God with life. It's better when I don't confuse God with life:
https://tinyurl.com/y6vs7cfx
You and your gal are in my prayers, and I know the prayers of other hirelings too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 12:05 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: pete at May 15, 2018 11:49 AM (meg+g)
This type of thing is why Trump's numbers are improving among the electorate as a whole and African Americans in particular
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic
Yep. They know this sort of crap firsthand. Now that the same people feel they can roll that treatment out to everybody else, well.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 15, 2018 12:05 PM (AM1GF)
Tom Wolfe RIP
Posted by: gNewt at May 15, 2018 12:05 PM (E/Lwd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2018 12:05 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2018 12:06 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2018 12:06 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 12:07 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 12:08 PM (6Ll1u)
Proof that God luvs me, I guess.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 11:57 AM (GdWl+)
I don't think Snoop is "stupid" per se. Like a lot of gangbangers and rap artists, he's quick on his feet and able to read people and situations. He's not going to master physics but he has a shtick though and he must ply that shtick onstage and off to continue being in the position he's in to be able to order a Bentley and have it delivered by sundown.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 15, 2018 12:08 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 12:08 PM (9iLHi)
So, talking about those crap beer brands helps reduce my craving for a Lagunitas!
Damn.. sucks gettin' old!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 15, 2018 12:09 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: rockysan99 at May 15, 2018 12:09 PM (m7LQK)
good guy and has been behind the effort to expose the Russia/Trump
collusion scam, check this out.
https://tinyurl.com/ycqtthzw
Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2018 12:04 PM (/tuJf)
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Very good read.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 15, 2018 12:09 PM (rBnYq)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 15, 2018 12:10 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: rammajamma at May 15, 2018 12:10 PM (AjNMO)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at May 15, 2018 12:11 PM (jsWA8)
The day after a Haffenreffer party was awful. It was literally crappy.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2018 12:12 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 15, 2018 12:12 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Axeman
of course ... it is ALL about the individual, which is why forcing "race equal outcome" (or gender, or religion, or any such thang) is the problem. BUT if we MUST observe race, then recognize the disparate genetic factors before drawing conclusions. (see the NBA for analysis)
MLK said "content of character", but LBJ said "color of skin".
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2018 12:13 PM (bT8Z4)
Posted by: lin-duh @ work at May 15, 2018 12:14 PM (9iLHi)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 12:07 PM (/qEW2)
What? Mayonnaise, WTH? I rarely use mayonnaise. Wouldn't say I don't like but I basically never consume any, except in egg salad. He's rumoured to be intelligent, isn't he?
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at May 15, 2018 12:14 PM (nBr1j)
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Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 15, 2018 12:15 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2018 12:17 PM (RkYsP)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 15, 2018 12:17 PM (7LY+6)
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Or if we must, disparate genetic factors in testing with east asians.
Gah, I'm so darned tired of the cheap nonsense.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2018 12:17 PM (MIKMs)
Every corner of MLK Jr. Blvd had a minimum of one person with a homeless sign, and a hand out.
And watching the squeegee dude berating the one driver for not paying for the unasked windshield smearing was refreshing as well.
And on the way back I had an inspiration.
Seattle.
Seattle just passed that wonderful new tax to help take care of the homeless.
Baltimore has a huge homeless problem.
I bet that Baltimore could provide transportation to Seattle for the homeless at a far lower price point than the cost for thirty days in a shelter here in Baltimore.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2018 12:17 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at May 15, 2018 12:17 PM (n9EOP)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 12:19 PM (+y/Ru)
he said that Melissa Harris-Perry was the leading intellectual of our
day. And he wrote a comic book that claimed white people like
mayonnaise. I think his most valuable contribution to literature is that
ace has tore into him a number of times, once on the old podcast, thus
providing inspiration for some good comic rants.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 15, 2018 12:07 PM
I'm embarrassed that my alma mater invited him to speak last year and gave him an official varnish of respectability. I can't imagine that went over well with the Corps.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2018 12:19 PM (p+Wdc)
Well, isn't that special.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 12:21 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at May 15, 2018 12:21 PM (mk7Bj)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/hqd2s23
Sowell does a good job of documenting the statistical/demographic divide between cultures, and identifying the underlying historical causes/sources of those differences.
An excerpt:
"Today, the culture that is celebrated in much of the media and in the schools is not the culture that succeeded, but the culture that has failed -- the black redneck culture."
Don't imagine that the book is solely a condemnation of black culture, it isn't. It points out that in no small measure, it is white and black society that have been an enablers of cultural dysfunction and consequent waste.
I note that are 426 Amazon reviews, and it earns 5 Stars.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2018 12:24 PM (9tO1t)
Hezbollah Vows 'Full-Fledged' War Hours Ahead of U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 15, 2018 12:25 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at May 15, 2018 12:27 PM (jn9LA)
Thanks FS, but I'm really tired of all the constant bullshit. It just never gets any better and it never slows down. It's just one bad thing after another, all the time while watching a whole lot of other people get anything they want just because they want it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 15, 2018 12:32 PM (GdWl+)
They have learned to do the same with other hot button issues. Their bullshit is so over the top ridiculous that it corners you into sounding like a jerk to just counterweight nevermind full fledged disagree with it.
Trump won because he speaks the truth without giving a shit what it *sounds* like.
Posted by: Mega at May 15, 2018 12:36 PM (1C/AG)
I would like to know how many people in Chicago were murdered by someone with an AR-15 rifle. I'd bet a lot of money that the number is much closer to zero than the so-called artist thinks.
Posted by: Bill R. at May 15, 2018 12:41 PM (IuYIh)
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Pride goeth before the fall
Posted by: Mega at May 15, 2018 12:41 PM (1C/AG)
If you have enough neurons in some area to be above average in something you have to be below average in something else. That is what is meant by: "No man is an island, complete in himself." Learning a computer language is easy for me, learning another human language nearly impossible; I liked French 101 so much I took it 4 times.
Posted by: An Observation at May 15, 2018 12:42 PM (pam24)
And one more shameful thing about Obama stood out. The recollection by the author where Obama criticized people for mocking blacks who "act white" or for defining the black experience for them -- all the while, how many times did that sob sit by while his compatriots on the Left tried to delegitimize or tear to pieces black conservatives for daring to differ in their opinions on policy?
Posted by: red speck at May 15, 2018 12:50 PM (6Krd7)
must be caused primarily by discrimination, whether overt or systemic."
Yes. And the fact that white guys don't get to jump like black guys do, is clear evidence of overt or systemic discrimination against whites in the NBA.
Posted by: M J R at May 15, 2018 02:03 PM (jwQFh)
Of course, the media doesn't interview them.
All of this stuff would not have taken hold without the constant pounding by the media, who also gave it legitimacy.
Which is why I despise them with the heat and power of a thousand suns.
(Coates I despise too. He is a race baiter and divider. A crybully. He did give us the White Amulet of Privilege or something. Which still cracks me up.)
*wanders off to find her White Amulet*
Posted by: Prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at May 15, 2018 02:06 PM (clL70)
Greetings:
I
guess that I one of those "outliers" when it comes to the M-16. The
one I was issued (Jan '69) had a 6-digit serial number so it wasn't a
newby. And I marginally modified it by swapping its front-end with a
CAR-15 one, building up the dreaded pistol grip with T-shirt strips, and
rearranging the sling to a top-mount. I cleaned it every day (maybe
twice on helicopter or monsoon intensive days) with shaving brushes and
toothbrushes and such and added fresh lubricants. I wasn't a
master-blaster; my father had hipped me to the 3-shot burst from his BAR
days and, if not that, I was on semi-auto. Thankfully, early on my
favorite Platoon Sergeant explained to us that the basic combat load was
22 magazines but we humped 29. And at 18 rounds per, that a lot of ammo
and a good bit of weight. I never had an equipment failure in a
firefight. So, I tend to view these sad songs in regard to something
that my father told me in regard to something else, "It's not the wand,
it's the magician."
The one thing that astounded me (and never
seems to get mentioned) is that, that far into the M-16's lifespan, the
US Army was still so strongly committed to the 20-round magazine while
every AK-47 in God's green jungle had a 30-rounder locked in. We
actually had to have 30-rounders sent from the States via a civilian
supply chain. Now that's some serious level stupidity.
Posted by: 11B40 at May 15, 2018 03:32 PM (evgyj)
Posted by: 11B40 at May 15, 2018 03:42 PM (evgyj)
BL??? Really.
You can grow it and that's what you picked?
I'll stick to whiskey.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2018 11:00 AM (0tfLf)
Except it takes at least 7 years to grow whiskey, and only a couple of months to grow Bud Light.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 15, 2018 04:27 PM (UsCnO)
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