Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Not all heroes wear capes.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

When we show up, we win.

I really should read my own blog.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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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.”

  10. 10.

    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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