Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

This really is a full service blog.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Not all heroes wear capes.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Bark louder, little dog.

Everybody saw this coming.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

The revolution will be supervised.

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Happy December: Open Thread, Beer, Other Stuff: Early AM Edition

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It’s 3:45 am. I’m looking at the CNN Web site. I notice a spelling error that annoys me.

But who cares? Welcome to December. By the way, I’m drinking a Don de Dieu by Unibroue. An incredible beer, made in Canada, 9% alcohol and made, of course, in the style of the Belgian Triples. Yum. From the Web site:

This smooth, exceptionally strong triple wheat ale offers a complex flavor that is slightly fruity, malty, nutty and yeasty, with a hint of unfiltered sake.

We recommend pairing it with grilled game meats, spicy Asian or Latin cuisine, ripened cheeses and charcuterie.

On another note, the hostage crisis is resolved. The Clintons called it off – or so the Freepers would have you believe, or whatever.

And, finally, Evel Knievel is dead.

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  2. 2.

    maxbaer (not the original)

    Let me take this apportunity to say that the management of CNN has done nothing but bring approbrium upon their network since Ted Turner left it.

  3. 3.

    DaveMon

    RIP Evel, you got me addicted to motorcycles. Still remember the cool pull-strap motorcycle that terrorized the family pets…

  5. 5.

    Jay

    I liked the crank version better. That little cycle had to weigh about 3 pounds. My family still laughs about the Christmas morning that thing took off and literally climbed the walls with centrifugal force circling the room. The coolest part was that it was my Dad that launched it.

    Every time I see a kid now trying to ride one of those God-awful, unridable OCC bikes, I remember cutting the forks off another bike and jamming them on the end of my Sting-Ray. That’s how you get a chopper! And scars. Made launching off of ramps interesting.

    It was a good time to be a kid and Evel was a great hero for us. RIP.

  6. 6.

    Krista

    We recommend pairing it with grilled game meats, spicy Asian or Latin cuisine, ripened cheeses, and charcuterie and a soft place to land when the beer kicks in.

    Fixed.

  7. 7.

    RSA

    I love this part of the article:

    Despite repeated accidents that cost him a total of more than three years in hospitals, Knievel once told the Wall Street Journal that there was only one incident that prompted him to drop a stunt from his repertoire.

    He said he used to stand in front of a motorcycle speeding directly toward him, jumping spread-eagle at the last second as the cycle and its rider flashed beneath him.

    In 1965, in Barstow, he didn’t jump quite high enough. The motorcycle, going about 60 mph, hit him square in the groin.

    RIP, Evel. You can imagine him seeing Jackass on TV and saying, “Those guys are pussies.”

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    jake

    I went through a period where I was going to be Evel Knievel when I grew up.

    Mom was not amused.

  11. 11.

    Bob In Pacifica

    Sun is coming up on the West Coast. Saw something dead on the beach the other day, was big enough to have been an elephant seal, maybe it got doused with the oil spill. It’s still killing birds out on the Farallons.

    But no rain for weeks. It’s nice, the weather, but we need rain. You can’t drink bliss.

    Hmmm. Beer. Maybe I need to wander the aisles of BevMo today.

  12. 12.

    canuckistani

    It was the Snake River Canyon jump that taught me a valuable lesson in the value of hype when I was a child.
    The world will not be the same without Evel.

  14. 14.

    srv

    I remember cutting the forks off another bike and jamming them on the end of my Sting-Ray. That’s how you get a chopper! And scars. Made launching off of ramps interesting.

    Ah the memories.

    77 Sting-Ray

    I can’t remember how many forks pipes I bent trying to be like Evil. Good thing the guy across the street was a welder. Those neighborhood aquaducts may look small now, but they were the Snake River back in the day.

    No helmets, no parachute, no brains.

  15. 15.

    Incornsyucopia

    Don de Dieu is damn good beer, but then pretty much all of Unibroue’s are. Having only lived in Quebec a few months I’ve been quite impressed by the brewing culture here. Unibroue I’d heard of before, but there’s quite a few small brew pubs here in Montreal who turn out some wonderfully unique varieties. Yet another way in which Quebec seems to be unique in N. America…

  16. 16.

    Steve

    Every time someone discovers Unibroue, it is a good thing!! My favourites are Trois Pistoles and Chambly Noire. I can’t even DRINK Budweiser, Miller, Molson Canadian, Coors, Labatts etc. any more.

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