These people cannot be satiated. I suppose we knew this, but this is a bit more troubling than entertaining.
This is my review of Alesmith Evil Dead Red:
Antifa’s assault on Baghdad cir. 2003
It began long ago, but picked up steam following the death of George Floyd. Everyone began finding statues of people that were apparently evil and pulled them down. It was the thing within the thing, within the other thing in 2020. You all remember what I mean?
Probably.
Since this was clearly some Year Zero nonsense, the question was what were they planning to replace them with? One university in the UK tried…and apparently failed:
Students have accused a university of “greenwashing” after it spent almost £24,000 on a life-size statue of Greta Thunberg.
Winchester University has been accused of ignoring its commitment to the environment by protesters.
They have called for beef to be taken off the canteen menu, as well as cheaper vegan options and buildings to be made more energy efficient as opposed to “wasting money on meaningless statues”.
Student union president Megan Ball criticised the decision to erect the statue when it was unveiled in 2021, saying it showed that cuts and students’ mental health were not prioritised enough by Winchester.
Locals have also been left shocked by the move, due to the Swedish activist having no connection with the Hampshire city.
Idiots. Something I wanted to bounce off everyone here: has anyone else noticed the corporate media habit of using a single sentence as a paragraph? When did that begin? Its almost like they are trying to keep everyone from linking together more than one concept in order to form a complete thought or opinion on the subject matter in question. Either that or modern journalists can’t themselves put more than one together. Weird.
Which one of you assholes did this?
At any rate, since even Greta* can’t even satisfy these people I submit all statues and corporate art be replaced by polished metal obelisks. These also popped up in 2020 for some reason, but mostly caught the attention of conspiracy or troll sites.
After all, what better way to promote the ideology of eco-communism than a cold, dead block of polished metal where the only shred of humanity visible is your own bleak, decrepit reflection staring back!?
When people think of Evil Dead, they probably think of the 1981 Sam Raimi horror classic of the same name. In which case if you are thinking of the 1981 classic, think of this beer. If you are thinking of the 2013 remake, do not think of this beer… Its an annual release around Halloween but as it happens it doesn’t say IPA on it, so it will stay on the shelves for several weeks before randos like me who actually like reds will come across it. This is quite hoppy, malty but an ultimately balanced assault on your palate. It makes me look back fondly about the one time I watched the 1981 Sam Raimi classic. No, I didn’t score, it was a bunch of dudes. Alesmith Evil Dead Red: 3.8/5, 6.66% ABV, 10 IBU
*Yes, the Old Man’s infamous prize is still good…and unclaimed. He’ll even reimburse the cost of Astroglide…bring a receipt.
has anyone else noticed the corporate media habit of using a single sentence as a paragraph? When did that begin?
Coddling the simpletons.
It’s easier since they get all their material from Twitter anyway.
They left out Frederick fucking Douglass, in my hometown. I wonder why.
Post-war Douglass doesn’t exist in their worldview. Only pre-war.
I had this discussion with one of my kids’ teachers who had Douglass quotes on the wall, but notably nothing from after the war.
I am not familiar with the pre/post war Douglass dichotomy. Can you direct me to a synopsis?
I’ll have to look around. Suffice it to say that Douglass, while seeking equality under the law post-war, was also supportive of the legal framework that existed in order to achieve it. He wanted reconciliation, not revenge. He respected the sacrifices of those who fought to free blacks.
Pre-war Douglass was much more of a firebrand. And therefore, that is the one that gets all the attention. No recognition of progress can be made.
He wanted reconciliation, not revenge.
That makes sense. In modern times we can’t have that.
Now that I think about it, the same goes for Lincoln. Get past the fact (I don’t but indulge me) he waged a total war against his own people in order to institute a certain economic system that would not tolerate a free-trade republic on its border. Once it was done he wanted reconciliation. As the argument goes, Reconstruction may have been a more pleasant venture had Lincoln not been assassinated.
It would have been, because his replacement was a pos that tried to undo everything. Lincoln had achieved.
6.66% ABV – was that independently verified or just marketing
At least one batch would have been tested and confirmed under US labeling laws. From memory, the ABV printed on the label (if there is one) must be +- 0.5% of what’s in the can/bottle.
Yes
At any rate, since even Greta* can’t even satisfy these people I submit all statues and corporate art be replaced by polished metal obelisks.
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After all, what better way to promote the ideology of eco-communism than a cold, dead block of polished metal where the only shred of humanity visible is your own bleak, decrepit reflection staring back!?
You can’t be serious. That involves technology. Just find a big rock and set it on a pedestal.
Rocks are problematic as well.
Jesus. That school was on my shortlist 30 years ago for grad schools. To be fair to me, it was then and still is a leading school in my major. But I’m now glad I never went.
It aint called the Peoples Republic of Madison for nothing. I am a PhD dropout from there.
randos like me who actually like reds
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This is quite hoppy, malty but an ultimately balanced assault on your palate.
I might actually try that if I should happen to stumble across it.
A Crack in the Casting
I initially thought this was going to be about technical proficiency in the arts, and I had my “Why are ‘sculptors’ such terrible welders?” rant all teed up.
What’s stopping you?
Why would you expect Michelangelo to be a great welder anyway?
has anyone else noticed the corporate media habit of using a single sentence as a paragraph? When did that begin? Its almost like they are trying to keep everyone from linking together more than one concept in order to form a complete thought or opinion on the subject matter in question. Either that or modern journalists can’t themselves put more than one together. Weird.
I haven’t noticed. Though, I think you are right that modern journalists can’t string thoughts together.
I like William Penn’s statue being in the featured image.
I recall being very drunk and laughing the first time I came across the meme.
OT: The story of Red Hair from Conan the Barbarian
CONAN THE BARBARIAN is my go-to Christmas movie, and some new things really stood out to me at this year’s viewing.
I want to talk about THIS moment and THIS guy.
This is the story of Red Hair.
Ah, cool – I never realized that was Franco Columbu.
Just one more thing….
Whoa. That is much deeper than I realized.
“Not a joke.”
The White House honors Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with the Presidential Citizens Medal by saying “he lost his life protecting our representatives.”
Sicknick died the day after January 6 of natural causes from a stroke.
There is a joke, but it’s on us.
Let’s not be bothered by the details.
Joe Biden just said that Capitol Police Officer William Evans died as a result of “threats by these sick insurrectionists.”
Officers Evans was killed by a black Nation of Islam supporter who rammed him with a car.
This is a glaringly obvious assault on objective reality. Everyone knows the only person killed on Jan 6 was one of the protestors, but repeat a lie often enough…..
It’s maybe the most in your face example of “Fuck you pleb, the truth is what we say it is.”
There was Babbitt, who was shot, and another woman was beaten to death by the cops.
“Fuck you pleb, the truth is what we say it is.”
It makes my blood boil.
The old noggin is swirling as I’ve been contemplating dialectical materialism, moral relativism and our current slide away from objective reality. In some ways those three things seem to be coalescing into a clearer understanding of how we’ve gotten to this point…..
/wanders off to read more CS Lewis…….
I just finished Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age. I’m thinking it may have been a mistake to put faith in men.
I’ll have to check that out. I’ve listened to “The Abolition of Man” several times in the last year….
This whole administration is the vilest hive of scum and it starts at the top.
It is breathtaking how rotten it is.
Yup.
Huh. Don’t know what happened there.
has anyone else noticed the corporate media habit of using a single sentence as a paragraph?
For as long as I can remember. I actually find it easier to read.
Beer looks good. Would.
Really?
You could’ve mentioned your preference before.
I’m happy to accommodate.
This is how you do it.
No other way.
No need. I can adjust the font on the computer. I mainly meant print.
/old guy
On Pie’s dinner steak, a little overcooked but tasty
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4xfJQmT78sFj3Vz36
On the question of salt, I am starting to be convinced salting 12 hours in advance produces superior outcomes
Looks great!
I salt for 24-48 hours, typically. And yes, it produces superior outcomes.
I should have said at least 12 hours
But i often forget
Absolutely.
Kenji agrees:
https://www.seriouseats.com/food-lab-how-to-grill-steak-cuts-of-steak
“Salt in advance, and salt well. (I season mine four days in advance, but you want to do it a minimum of 40 minutes ahead of time.)”
this one was an hour 45 minutes
I haven’t yet gone as far as 4 days out, but I’ll take a steak out to defrost in the morning & salt heavily around noon, then into the fridge on a rack in a sheet pan (I got little quarter sheet pans that are just perfect).
So a solid 6 hour salting.
If I start planning meals a bit further out I’ll try a multi-day salt.
I usually do steaks on Sunday, so a salt starting Friday works well.
Looks appropriately cooked. You’d get a better sear in a cast iron skillet with butter. That said, I sometimes grill steaks as well.
I salt for 24-48 hours, typically.
I dry brine for a few hours at least, when I have the time.
Lotta juice on that plate, did you let it rest before cutting into it?
5 minutes give or take
Need longer..10 minimum, but still looks good.
^
I was hungry
Ooooh. Controversy!
Resting Meat: Why I Think It Is A Mistake, and Why I think Holding Some Meat Is A Good Idea
“Holding Some Meat Is A Good Idea”
*snicker*
Good little read. What I take away is treat your steak like you are at a steakhouse and how long it takes to get from the heat to your plate to your table as your resting period. Most at home its off the grill and on a plate and consumed, so give it a few minutes to relax a bit.
Salted the burgers before I threw them on the griddle – wife tends to be sensitive to salt, but she absolutely loved the crust I got on the burgers. Topped with Ortega mild chile and a slice of pepperjack and a dollop of salsa.
I’ve given up beer for the next month or so to pay for my December excesses and hopefully make my pants fit right again. During my time of indulgence I was pleasantly shocked to find that this old-timer drink is truly delicious even though the ingredients do not seem to go together:
How to make aRattleskull
Even though I am not a liquor person I like that channel.
Of course I am also a fan of Townsends but I have never done one of the recipes.
You could always just go pantsless, or wear muumuus.
The wife tells me to put on pants enough as it is….
Student union president Megan Ball criticised the decision to erect the statue when it was unveiled in 2021, saying it showed that cuts and students’ mental health were not prioritised enough by Winchester.
Sweetie, all the money in the world won’t fix your mental health.
Your mental health or lack thereof is not my problem except to the extent that it causes one for me. In which case, I will seek redress.
She said ‘erect’.
The unfortunate Ms. Ball couldn’t even get her photo in the article. I would assume that means she is less photogenic than Greta.
Sitting here waiting for TOY(time of year) clocks to sync up….beer looks good.
You got your talking points down.
A CNN analyst slated to receive a medal from President Joe Biden expressed frustration Friday that former President Donald Trump was “still… a free man.”
“I’m frustrated at the lack of accountability for those that were responsible for orchestrating the attack on our Capitol on January 6th,” CNN law enforcement analyst Michael Fanone told CNN “This Morning” co-host Kaitlan Collins. “You know, we’re two years out, and while we have cycled a lot of individuals through the criminal justice system that participated in the attack, you know, Donald Trump is still walking around a free man.”
Fanone, a former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer injured in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol building, is among 12 people announced as recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal in a ceremony Friday. The Jan. 6 Select Committee sent the Justice Department a referral Dec. 19, claiming Trump broke multiple laws, including inciting or assisting an insurrection.
Except all available evidence demonstrates the opposite. You are a lying piece of shit that doesn’t deserve to even pretend to be a patriot. Fuck off, you dishonest cunte.
I am frustrated we have to maintain this venier that we have a blind justice system. Arrest the motherfucker and put him to death already!
Nah, it’s easier to maintain the pretense of the rule of law. Much easier to arrest him and stick him in solitary confinement so he can die a death of despair waiting years for a trial. In fact we’ve already got a pretty good proof of concept in the works…..
Venier?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano_Venier
Hey I have an excuse…im posting while working on a multimillion dollar radar system to keeo the flying public *checks agency propaganda notes* safe.
Why do I immediately think of either a) Spaceballs and “we’ve been jammed” or 2) Airplane! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfL4Z5DdR8
Heh….well the one I was working on is technically a “radio” since it waits for a reply to an interrogation. And both are perfect representations of my field.
I don’t think it is quite appreciated (for obvious reasons) that the Khmer Rouge were undoubtedly not just commies, but eco-commies. Some of that French 60’s and 70’s beginnings of the radical environmental movement for sure played a role in Pol Pot’s idea for a an agrarian future. In much the same way as present day progressives avoid the implications of their intellectual forebears, the Progressives, in regards to eugenics, the present day radical (and now mainstream) enviros heartily avoid the fact that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge leadership put their wildest fantasies into action with Year Zero with utterly predictable results. I was in Cambodia for eight days in the summer of 2000 and it remains one of the most visceral travel experiences I’ve ever had, even after spending time in over thirty other countries. Even though twenty or more years had passed by that point since the height of the killing it was still really evident and close to the surface. That experience was like a giant LSD trip. It would be great if our present day eco-commies could get a month education there about how their ideology played out in the real world from those that got to experience it. But likely even then most of them would “but it’s different what we want” the lesson.
It’s one of my obsessions. You may like this:
Year Zero – The Silent Death of Cambodia
Thanks T, that’s bookmarked for later. I’m sure the place has (mostly) changed massively for the better in the past 23 years. When I was there the only paved road in the country was from the airport to the center of Phenom Penh and I didn’t see any proper gas stations. You’d buy gas for your scooter from roadside stands that sold it in one liter glass bottles. Cars were rare, it was mostly utter scooter and motorcycle chaos with no traffic signals. Tons of people with missing limbs, land mines were still prevalent enough that we were warned to never go off a well worn path when walking in the countryside. Angor Wat was utterly amazing. There were very few tourists still. I’d love to go back and see how different it is now. If you are interested in the country and get a chance you should absolutely go. This book is a great portrayal of the madness and Wild West experience that is was in the late 90’s. Highly recommended.
https://www.amazon.com/Off-Rails-Phnom-Penh-Heart/dp/9748303349
Thank you. That looks like a good one, too. It’s really mind-boggling how quickly and badly the US gov and the Khmer Rouge wrecked such a beautiful place.
Another book I just finished:
To Destroy You is No Loss
I would like to to go there some day.
Is that Lindsey Graham’s ode to Ukraine?
Or videos about S21.
I visited that place. You could still see the blood on some parts of the concrete. We went to the Killing Fields as well and saw the mountains of bones. That made for a fairly depressing afternoon. The scale of human depravity was shocking. When we were riding back to central PP somewhat in shock from it, all of a sudden a massive elementary let the kids out and there were hundreds of kids all waving at us and smiling and shouting phrases in English. Life continues.
The video I linked was done right after the Vietnamese drove the KR out. It is pretty heartbreaking, but there were already people working to get schools open again. We are pretty goddamn resiliant.
Good video. Thanks.
When we were in Siem Reap we heard about a landline museum out in the countryside and went looking for it. When we found it the gate out front was closed and there were signs saying it was no longer open. We hung out for a while on our scooters and the dude who owned it came out looking very suspicious and asked us a few questions. Evidently he had received some threats in the months before from local police that they would take over his museum and kill him if he didn’t let them. The dude slept up forty feet a a raised lookout tower in which he would pull up the ladder at night, and had the support poles well greased. He fought since his family was killed when he was five and drafted into the KR to lay mines (they often had kids lay mines). He was captured at a certain point by the Vietnamese Army and they had him laying mines and then removing them. The dude had a life story that was beyond crazy. He took us around his little museum and showed us his collection of mines and ordnance and how he would collect them.
This is his museum.
https://www.cambodialandminemuseum.org/
Holy shit! What an amazing place!
I’m not sure why this particular genocide gets to me so much. I knew a kid about my age who somehow made it out and to MN. No one else in his family did. Maybe that’s it, but to this day I can’t stop reading about it.
Yeah, it gets me too. Obviously because I went there and saw some of the sites, and it happened when I was alive (although a baby) and the US had some culpability for it. Thinking about it now makes me really want to go back there and also make it to Vietnam. The Ankor temples were probably the most amazing human made structures I’d ever seen. It was cool too because there were allot of minor temples spread out in the countryside and we had rented scooters and spend several days exploring them. A few of them we pretty much had to ourselves (I was traveling with one friend who spent a year in Asia). Back then it was way easier as I was single, and had nowhere near the responsibilities I do now. Spending several months roaming through Southeast Asia sounds beyond fantastic. There is so much out there to see and learn about.
Or just use the fucking tired “they implemented it wrong” bullshit. They can include that in all their political speech about the KR.
Or I guess what you already said, KSuellington.
A slight variation on the theme.
Let them try. It won’t end well for them.
Or is, unfortunately.
Is, us, whatever.
We’re seeing the beginnings of it play out in real time in places like Germany and Madagascar. I wonder how far they (or we – it’s happening here too) will get.
Was Pol Pot the king of genocide on a per population basis?
I believe he indeed holds that terrible distinction. Really fucked that he was able to die of old age.
OT: Sununu v DeSantis
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu agrees with fellow Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that “we need to push back on woke policy.”
However, in a national exclusive interview with Fox News on the eve of his Thursday inauguration to a fourth two-year term steering the key northeastern battleground state, Sununu said that he disagrees with his Florida counterpart’s aggressive actions as a conservative culture warrior in going after corporations.
The popular GOP governor also emphasized that the Republican Party should “move on” from former President Trump and does not believe the former president can win back the White House in 2024. Additionally, Sununu — who cruised to a comfortable double-digit re-election victory in November and has broadened his national footprint in recent months through a slew of cable news and Sunday talk show interviews — shared that “a lot of folks” want him to run for his party’s presidential nomination next year.
Sununu spoke with Fox News the day after DeSantis was sworn in for a second four-year term steering Florida, after a convincing 19-point re-election victory in November. DeSantis, who saw his popularity soar among conservatives across the country the past two and a half years thanks to his forceful pushback against coronavirus pandemic restrictions and his full court press in the culture wars, touted in his inauguration address that “Florida is where woke goes to die.”
Fuck off, you hack. Suck that CoC cock harder, and wipe your chin after.
Let’s all go back to good old establishment Republicanism – like my daddy did before me. He was the brains of the family you know.
https://babylonbee.com/news/after-15-grueling-house-speaker-votes-americas-long-national-nightmare-can-finally-begin
Huzzah!
I’m building a résumé website (may be extraneous, but can’t hurt, can it?). I’m hunting down all my socials that have my real name or business. There are reassuringly few, absolutely no silliness on any platform, and googling my name gives you almost nothing.
Do you get points for not having much social media and being almost un-googleable? Or do you get points for having social media, and using it regularly but wisely?
Depends on how old the HR functionaries are. The older ones probably give points for the former. I would.
I have got such a breadth of experience, I can’t possibly explain it or put it on one piece of paper and still relate it to the job I’m looking for (medical coding). “I have zero experience coding, but I know how to run a business!” Yeah, no. If I could run a business (read: market myself), I wouldn’t be changing careers.
It’s probably like college – if you didn’t load up with a bunch of extracurricular activities how are they going to “know” you.
Fortunately my current job, I got by word-of-mouth.
…
Heh, I’ve never googled myself. My linkedin is at #2 – can’t really avoid that I guess 🙄
All the rest are some doctor who variously practiced in multiple states and was a scholar athelete lol
You’re running for mayor?
Heh. I put a notation on the site: “Please note that I am not the Galveston, Texas, politician, nor did I author Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management.”
😉
That’s a lovely first name.
When I Google my real name, I get an Australian rugby player, several obituaries (gulp!), an actor in Thor: Love and Thunder (ugh), and the names of natural areas near Caerdydd (Cardiff), Wales and Cumbria, England. Only one actual reference to me, and it’s boring (like me). Apparently, I’m also an author of a book about neurosis, and a house in Aberfeldy, Scotland has my name on it.
The Scotland house is totes cool. Def would live in it.
Aw, thanks! I didn’t choose it, which is a good thing, because I chose my pen name and it’s just awful. I’d blame it on being drunk, but I don’t drink, so it was just rank stupidity.
Funny, I just get a retired Canadian pair figure skater. (Active fairly recently). That’s a good flak collector. One site falsely says I had a court dust up over not having a driver’s license, which I have no memory of (it also says it was dismissed, so, whatever) I definitely have a valid one now. The only real things they have are bland – I love having no social media presence other than this website.
My real name reveals hundreds of options. (Yeah, it’s quite generic)
I’ve been told both are true. I imagine it depends on your line of work. Sales for example, I would think you absolutely need to list social media.
FO4 fans, I framed the little prints that came with my Christmas presents:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/IAXhUTK1Qw2dbS_JfR2liw.Dsk1iUF0SeEb_5Zkiv6BYP
Ha! Nice
Since comments are slow at the moment I think I’m going to make free with some shower thoughts…..
I’m somewhat surprised that we don’t have more problems with trolls or truebleebers on this sight. After TPTB sniped the trolls that attempted to follow us over from TOS, I figured there would be a cooling off period followed by our eventual discovery by democratic underground types coming in to throw bombs and generally shit up the comments. Luckily that Franklycurious guy seems to have precisely one person that reads his blog so no danger from that corner…
Sometimes reality exceeds your expectations.
There is some screening on entry but yeah, we’re such a niche here that we’re somewhat under the radar.
There is?
If memory serves, it’s just that your first comment is automatically moderated. I assume it helps with the spambots.
That feeling you just got is the Eye of
SauronPanopticon lowering its gaze upon us.Meh, Swiss can fend that off with a countergaze.
It’s nice and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I do sometimes get wistful for they days of reading Tony or PBP getting intellectually suplexed on TOS. It was one of the first things that drew me into this world. I hadn’t realized internet discussions ever did anything more than degenerate into ad hominem before that. Some of the folks here (or formerly here) were true masters.
I am not privy to all the details, but to my understanding there are certain steps taken to keep us from being magnified on search engines. These were taken to maintain a sense of community and prevent people like Tony or Palin’s Buttplug from coming across the site via “the algorithm”.
I’m somewhat surprised that we don’t have more problems with trolls or truebleebers on this sight.
Well, there’s a referendum coming up in March to allow online gamboling here, so…
I see no meadows to gambol through.
With practice, gamboling may be properly executed across many environments.
Which one of you assholes did this?
It wasn’t me, but I do know someone.
Me too.
I want one in my yard
You happen to be in the same state as the person I know. She wasn’t the primary person, but she was a party to it.
Star Trek fanfic Relatively impressive, from what I’ve seen so far.
Evil Dead 2* is the best Evil Dead. #changemymind
* it’s basically a remake once Raimi felt he knew what he was doing — and it’s just flat-out more bananas.
Teen #2 is car shopping. I want him to wait just a bit long for that used car…but he found somewhat of a good deal. 2012 Ford Focus 4D for 7K with 128K miles. Had a couple of accidents, but need to know what type…we talking about a fender bender or something more. Though none of the accidents deployed airbags, so probably okay.