Sometimes the impetus behind my weekly piece just falls right into my lap.
This is my review of Lagertown Oktoberfest:
Whenever we went to McDonald’s as a kid I would of course ask for a happy meal. After the first few times I was told, “nah those are so expensive” I stopped.
Being the cost of a Happy Meal in the 90’s was around $3, I am no longer cutting my parents any slack. Granted, a cheeseburger was $.89.
Fear not those of us who were so deprived as children now have an option. McDonald’s, in collaboration with Cactus Plant Flea Market, is planning to offer an “Adult Happy Meal.”
The food will be served in a specially designed box that should trigger memories of Happy Meals from the old days. Toys include redesigned takes on McDonald’s famous mascots, including Grimace, Hamburglar and Birdie, plus a new one named Cactus Buddy.
“We’re taking one of the most nostalgic McDonald’s experiences and literally repackaging it in a new way that’s hyper-relevant for our adult fans,” said Tariq Hassan, McDonald’s USA chief marketing and customer experience officer in a release.
This is some bullshit; absolutely not what I had in mind. If these people want me to buy their stuff, the prize needs to be geared towards more than my 8 year old self. Here are my humble suggestions for prizes:
A Hi-Point pistol or any other cheaply made firearm. I realize McDonalds would have to alter their business model to an extreme degree but this still needs to happen.
Whatever is on the other end of this wire:
McDonalds is proud of their commitment to inclusivity:
I forgot I had this stein, so I decided to break it out…after I washed it of course. Lagertown is a outfit based out of the Chicagoland area, so I touched base with a contact over there *cough* Swiss *cough* to compare notes. While this is competently made in accordance with the style, with little to no skunk at the finish, both of us agreed this was just…okay. Lagertown Oktoberfest: 2.1/5
I like Leinenkugels Oktoberfest.
Spaten’s Original Oktoberfest is available at a place near me. It’s pretty good.
Leinie’s is pretty good.
I bought a 12er of Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier (not the Marzen) a couple days ago. Delicious.
Oktoberfestbier is Märzen.
Several of the Munich brewers are making their original Oktoberfest recipe alongside the modern Oktoberfest recipe. The original being darker colored and stronger flavored than the modern version. Some of those Munich brewers export both to the US.
I know they’re Marzen. Paulaner sells Oktoberfest Bier and Oktoberfest Marzen and I was pointing out which one of the two I bought.
I suppose Grimace seems appropriate if you’re into buttplugs.
Lol. I didn’t realize that’s what they were.
Sure, pal, sure.
Now I know what to get you for your choice of winter solstice holidays.
The narcissism in that New Yorker photo is disturbing.
Baby as photo prop is disturbing.
Yeah, that photo is not about the baby in any way whatsoever.
Yup. And the baby looks unhappy to boot.
…and malnourished…
Smart kid.
Or not. I just wanted adult food. I don’t remember having a Happy Meal more than once or twice.
We pretty much never went to McDonalds. I had no issue with that.
When I was a kid BK was the better option. Now they both suck.
I’ve noticed that as a child, my tastes tended towards the sweet, but now I prefer the acid. I think it’s normal for tastes to change over time.
Shouldn’t it be “Happy Ending Meal” for adults?
Can their cash registers handle the resulting epic sales?
So who had “Liverpool and Everton tied on pts in October”?
Poor, poor Sloopy.
Looks like it’s for the better that USA never shows Liverpool.
A Hi-Point pistol or any other cheaply made firearm. I realize McDonalds would have to alter their business model to an extreme degree but this still needs to happen.
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Oktoberfest in Munich ends Monday. The festival is extended because German Unity Day this year is later than the first Sunday in October.
Shoulda included this.
Do they still go all in on Fasching/Fasnacht in that part of Germany? That’ll give ’em a few weeks to carve some new masks.
I poked around the InterTubes, and yes, Munich celebrates Fasching. The celebrations were cancelled for the Lil Rona Panic but will resume in 2023.
Cities in the Rhineland are big on Fasching.
Serious question, why is it called Oktoberfest when it’s almost entirely in September?
The first Oktoberfest started October 12th, 1810.
Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Evilcorp answer:
So, the same reason Christmas begins at Holloween.
And Halloween begins after
LaborCommie Day.The last day of the festival is always on the first Sunday of October
EvilCorp is off a bit.
The festival ends on the first Sunday of October OR German Unity Day, whichever is later.
A recent development of the past thirty years.
A local brewery named their Marzen Septemberfest.
Climate change, duh.
It’s been an hour so…
Western elites behavior towards Russia has been infuriating me lately, mostly because they seem intent on diving head first into a global conflict that will necessarily result in a nuclear armageddon. The war in Ukraine didn’t have to happen (and it’s none of our business anyway…Monroe Doctrine anyone?) because the west should not have been fucking around in there in the first place, provoking Russia. Likewise, former soviet block states should never have been added to NATO and NATO should have been dissolved with the dissolution of the USSR. A sort of mostly peaceful world hegemony could actually exist if 1) US-gov’t-is-assho would not militarily intervene and fuck around in every shithole on the planet and 2) if the US and Russia were friendly towards each other. Of course those things make too much sense so naturally our
selectedelected “leadership” is doing the opposite and in doing so actively working against US citizens. Literally every problem we face from geopolitics to the kitchen table is self inflicted by the US government. There is only one possible outcome as we continue down this path and it ain’t pretty. ///endrantI disagree about the “soviet block states” in part. Any former Warsaw Pact nation should have been eligible to enter NATO since they had/have a realistic fear of Soviet/Russian aggression. I include the three Baltic states since they were invaded by the USSR and the US never formally agreed that they were part of the USSR. NATO should have had the common sense to not have dangled membership to former parts of Russia that became part of the USSR.
Any former Warsaw Pact nation should have been eligible to enter NATO since they had/have a realistic fear of Soviet/Russian aggression.
I understand the benefit to those nations. I fail to see any benefit to myself, my children, or my neighbors of pledging our blood and treasure to defend those nations. Although certainly the American elites have been cleaning up doing so.
I am not against all foreign alliances and entanglements. There are probably a handful of very close allies worth going to war for. Giving Article V guarantees to countries who’s militaries couldn’t stand against the gangs that run Baltimore is insanity.
War == $$$$
Just ask Annie’s “Daddy.”
North Macedonia says hi.
There are probably a handful of very close allies worth going to war for.
We need to be tight (but not necessarily formally allied) with Mexico, Canada, Britain, Brazil, India, Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, and . . . Russia. //imho
War == $$$$
For weapons contractors. Also, poor men fight rich men’s wars.
If, as suggested by RS above, NATO had been dissolved after the USSR collapsed, then membership of former states (including the Baltics) is moot. NATO no longer had a reason to exist after the Cold War ended. Bush Sr. squandered a golden opportunity to bring Russia into the Western fold, create a Eurasian alliance that would have drastically curtailed China’s ability to build local hegemony and create a more durable, long-lasting peace. Instead, he, Clinton and Bush repeatedly gave Russia the finger until Putin took over and by then it was too late.
This is what I was getting at.
This. Ultimately, this was about bureaucratic inertia that turned into perverse incentives that led to war.
Rothbard was right. Fighting the commies around the globe only created a permanent state military apparatus that is impossible to get rid of.
IF NATO had folded the tent in 1991 there would have benefits and risks to the move. Closing NATO was not without risk. From an organizational studies standpoint NATO’s expansion of “territory” into the Balkans and Afghanistan was predictable in hindsight. But please don’t think that closing NATO would have been risk free or saved the US tons of cash. By 1995 the US military’s European presence was small and by 2003 it was smaller than in the Tristate region.
I don’t hold Bush 1 at fault since he did try to bring Russia into a less contentious fold. Clinton did NOT and as Q states, Clinton did poke the bear repeatedly. The biggest insults were over Serbia in both Bosnia and Kosovo.
Every last bit of European security and hence the entire EU project is underwritten by the DoD. This was one thing Trump was dead right on.
I’d say NATO could expand however they say fit – as long as we withdrew.
The war in Ukraine didn’t have to happen (and it’s none of our business anyway…Monroe Doctrine anyone?) because the west should not have been fucking around in there in the first place, provoking Russia. – nonsese. putin would invade anyway because he wanted Ukraine as part of Russia. this provoked crap is bull
A sort of mostly peaceful world hegemony could actually exist – nonsense
Deep down inside you know you want to be ravished by Russia, just like the readers of Mojeaux’s romance novels want to be ravished by a manly man.
They don’t want to be ravished by unmanly men, even if unmanly men could ravish.
The rule is NOT:
1. Be attractive.
2. Don’t be unattractive.
The rule is
1. Be whom she already wants to be ravished by.
So in other words, attractive.
Well, sort of, yes, and I see your point.
The distinction I’m drawing is that there are a lot of handsome men who still wouldn’t be able to get away with creeping on a girl a la romance novels, and there are lots of not-handsome men who are in healthy, loving relationships, some of whom are, in fact, in romance novels.
So I guess it’s “conventionally, generically attractive” versus “attractive to YOU.”
The 80% ethnic Russian regions of Ukraine would obviously want to join Russia instead. So invasion or no, doesn’t matter.
I can’t do anything about the tribal warfare in Africa/middle-east and elsewhere in this scenario. That’s why I said “mostly peaceful”. As in for Europe and North/Central America.
not eastern / baltic europe if russia got its way
At this point I think they just want to sell gas and otherwise be left alone. But that assumes someone like Putin is in charge. I don’t know much about Russian politics, but I understand they have their ideologues just like everyone else does.
At this point I think they just want to sell gas and otherwise be left alone – i really don’t but who knows
It’s a counterfactual that we’ll never know is if true precisely because the US did take provocative actions towards Russia, actions that we would never tolerate in the western hemisphere.
It’s not, or shouldn’t be, the USA’s job to put weapons on Russia’s border or stage coups in the same region (while simultaneously vilifying them in our press).
stage coups is a bit much. supported the thing probably. but it was brewing anyway
Those people on the Maidan weren’t fully human and not able to think for themselves.
The 150% of people who voted to be annexed by Russia, however, are all totes legit.
Then we should let it brew and stay the fuck out of it.
Under no circumstances should the American government get the benefit of the doubt in this regard, we’re in everybody’s business picking winners and losers for our own reasons that usually have nothing to do with what’s best for the citizens of the targeted country.
incidentally, whats is best in eastern Europe is getting the fuck away from Russian influence.
The issue is it is kind of hard after 100 years of interventions to just stop
Are you talking about the US or Russia?
both?
but in this case mostly US
Then we should let it brew and stay the fuck out of it.
Yup. Slavs* have been at war with each other for centuries, like anglos have been at war with each other for centuries, like Celts have been at war with each other for centuries, like Arabs have been at war with each other for centuries, like Asians have been at war with each other for centuries, like…
*Me being of Ukrainian descent (and dissent), of course.
Or its own citizens.
It’s a counterfactual that we’ll never know
But speculation is a fun thought experiment.
we would never tolerate
Absolutely.
Given Russia’s previous annexations of Ukrainian territory and general fucking around in Donbas, not to mention nationalist/expansionist rhetoric, I don’t know if they were provoked so much as given a pretext. I remember when preemptive invasions were a bad thing.
The R2P crowd should be receiving royalties from Putin.
That crowd should be given guns and air-dropped into the frontline.
I agree on the second point. Not necessarily on the first.
Getting caught up on a few news and posts – first off – Great news: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/09/30/sailor-found-not-guilty-of-setting-fire-that-destroyed-ship/
No physical evidence and a closed investigation that failed to consider alternatives. Trying to railroad some kid is just nuts – that whole thing about getting kicked out of BUDS is just stupid considering you can reapply multiple times if you keep at it.
Charlie Cooke has a new podcast that that KDW went to join the Dispatch. First ep is pretty good including a really good interview about a new Grover Cleveland book: https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcast/
But the new Editors podcast from yesterday – Cooke has a really epic rant about the student debt forgiveness bullshit – can’t link to time directly, but it starts around 52:20 (whole thing does have some good Ukraine discussions re: nukes, etc too): https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-editors/episode-474-ian-comes-calling/
Charlie Cooke is a treasure. I subscribed to Mad Dogs and Englishmen. It was great but over the past several months you could tell something was going on with KDW. He seemed increasingly bitter. I’m glad Cooke is continuing on solo.
Hopefully he finds happiness with the neo-con cold warriors (and their desperate search for a new global adversary).
Sensei – thanks for the Made in Abyss recommendation last week. Blew through Season 1 on Prime and then signed up to HiDive for the movie and season 2 (which wrapped up on Wed). Truly disturbing storytelling with a very interesting art style to match. Highly recommended – gonna start on the manga. (Will probably stay subbed to Hidive too despite some technical issues since it has You’re Under Arrest and a few other shows I’m interested in – at $5/month – appears to be a lot of crossover titles with Crunchyroll though).
My advice is to buy stamps and envelopes early to avoid the shortages.
https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/gloc-sloc-iloc?publication_id=247761&post_id=75603923&isFreemail=true
I would not be able to pay any of my bills by auto-pay if something happened to our cables.
Forever First Class stamps are something like 0.65 now – I used up the ones I bought when they were <0.50 – no more Medal of Honor or Battleship Missouri options, but they did have some nifty muscle cars when I was in the post office this week – may pick up another book.
I have a bunch of the Golden Spike 150th anniversary and Apollo 11 50th anniversary stamps I purchased in 2019.
Sugarfree’s daughter has an awesome Halloween costume.
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/09/IMG_4983.jpg?resize=449%2C600&ssl=1
Lol
Hey, yo, all you Glibs who indulged me last night, thank you!
Not quite a Q – worthy video, but I really like it.
I’ll allow it.
Those are not running shoes.
Life hack for hurricane preparedness.
Makes sense. Every time I try to make a salad it comes out looking like a steak.
Off to the boat in a few minutes for two days of racing. Enjoy your day.
Hat tip to Mex. I didn’t know that military adjacent organization had their own bier stein.
Military adjacent….that’s the best you can do?
Oddly enough, I had a job interview last Thursday, and the interviewer made a joke about the AF…completely unaware I was in the AF.
Whatever is on the other end of this wire:
A half-dozen sticks of dynamite, hopefully.
Kinda hard on the kid, though.
I wouldn’t have a lot of issues with the photo, if not for the damn wire.
Minorities hardest hit.
The Biden administration will focus on “giving resources based on equity” by directing funds to “communities of color”
…
This is false. @VP’s rhetoric is causing undue panic and must be clarified. FEMA Individual Assistance is already available to all Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian, regardless of race or background. If you need assistance visit http://disasterassistance.gov or call 1-800-621-3362.
Interesting that Dems always insist that they are not racist.
She didn’t get to Finnish.
The government was making a statement on the live broadcast about Nord Stream 2. Prime Minister Sanna Marin spoke first and at the end of the Prime Minister’s speech, the Minister of Interior Krista Mikkonen collapsed to the ground.
Vax or Sarin?
Probably locked her knees.
boring…
Nothing to see here, move along.
Wendy Williams did it better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynsuP5jDYYM
I thought you might be talking about this woman until I clicked the link.
Anyone watching should probably skip ahead to 0:40 or so. Sorry about that.
100% of zero is still zero. But yes, it could wing it and still do better.
This red-tailed hawk hunting and eating a rat out of a trash can would 100% be a better mayor than @ericadamsfornyc
Birds of a feather?
BrewDog has at their bars the Hoppy Meal, with both an adult and children’s version. The adult’s is a larger sandwich, a discount on a beer, and the option for the dessert “ice lolly” to be alcoholic. Both have a hamburger/cheeseburger, fries/sweet potato fries, a dessert, and a “surprise” (which has been stickers every time I’ve ordered one).
This whole “interrupt every time Aaron Judge is at bat” thing ABC is doing is absolutely absurd. If it were anybody except the Yankees, they wouldn’t bother.
It was done for McGwire/ Sosa too.
Bruh….. [lights the Q-signal]: https://twitter.com/pharaoh_ptolemy/status/1575770771775180800?cxt=HHwWgMDSseHKod4rAAAA
I need to learn how to use those AI art bots.
Yeah, I’m not sure exactly which one those come from. DALL-E basic is pretty trash when it comes to photorealism – but some of these newer HD ones are really amazing. Not good enough for full comic storytelling yet, but would work great for e-book covers or internal illustrations, etc – esp being able to clarify the style/artist.
I like chubby women with small t0ts. I challenge Q to find a collection of those unicorns- all the larger ladies seem to come factory-equipped with D cups.
https://thumb-p4.xhcdn.com/a/aMNTSDy57Rjmnlh4QYa8Kg/000/150/933/334_450.jpg
NSFW.
*looks down at B cup and poochy belly*
Um.
Dood, now we’re talking.
Bruh….. [lights the Q-signal]
Blech
Authentic cartoon pulchritude
I guess they’re never gonna let it end:
The Government Is Racing to Put Your Toilet Under Surveillance—For a Good Reason
TW- Scientific American
They realized they found the one thing that could whip up a large swath of the populace to do whatever they tell them…
GFY
As if it will stop with just pathogens.
“ At one such place, Biobot Analytics, technicians sift out the viral particles using nanoscale magnetic beads and then run them through a PCR machine—the same device used for the most accurate type of COVID testing.”
I didn’t get very far in before I found a glaring lie.
I figured those were like the copper bracelets golfers use for their carpal tunnel.
I grew up in the 80’s when everything was even cheaper, but I wasn’t allowed to get a happy meal, either. I guess in those days people saved money and didn’t give kids what they wanted all the time. It was a different era.
Growing up in the 70s/80s- fast food was a treat for special occasions. Dad got a bonus, it was your birthday, etc…
I had a birthday party at Burger King one year.
Same here, we rarely went out to eat, even fast food. But once a year, we’d load mom, dad, and four kids into our brown Ford LTD station wagon and drive to Florida. We’d go to Disney World for one day, and then stay at a Ramada inn on some of the very beaches that were hit this week. That’s when we could go out to eat.
Tax money at work! Also- what could go wrong?
The CIA Wants to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth A firm funded by the CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences.
“Dammit, Howard, those mammoths are in the flower bed again!”
Yet more unaccountable money
I’m not a conspiracy guy (yeah, I am). But I could see some wholly-owned subsidiary of Colossal Biosciences, Inc operating a bio lab for viral gain-of-function research in a foreign country…
BOLO:
Jaimes Sutton with ‘beast’ face tattoo wanted in Albury police region
Too late to post. But it’s my best score in a while, so I am posting anyway.
Daily Quordle 250
7️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
Bah…
Daily Quordle 250
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