At first I thought it was Canada descending the fastest into totalitarian madness, but then I saw the UK declared war on pizza.

This is my review of Bitburger Dry Hopped Zwyckl:

Pizza related arguments aside, British pizza isn’t anything to write home about.  Believe me, I’ve had it.  It was even made in a restaurant owned by an Italian ex-pat living in London.  Instead this Daily Beast article written by a guy that looks like he does stunts for David Hogg in gangbang videos caught my attention:

Brand has been accused by four women of sexual assault, as revealed in both a recent Channel 4 documentary and a Times of London investigative report. And a narrative has immediately formed not only among professional liars like Alex Jones and other internet trolls, but also from the mouths of mainstream right-wing commentators, that Brand is being persecuted by a vast conspiracy because of his anti-establishment commentary.

This is stupid. Full stop. And anyone pushing this idea has revealed themself as a deeply unserious person.

Anyone using the phrase “full stop” outside of the context of a telegram delivered by Western Union is a deeply unserious person that chooses to handwave any argument to the contrary with the specific intent to poison the well for any skepticism of the narrative.

Well, either that or they are on a rather large boat.  He cites a few right wing fanatics to support his argument:

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, came out in support of Brand, declaring, “That man is not evil,” while also approving of Brand’s own conspiracy theory that he’s being set up by the media and other institutions for his political views. […]

Right-wing podcaster Dave Rubin posted, “The Machine has set its sights on Russell Brand. Does anyone buy this stuff anymore?”[…]

Libertarian pundit Robby Soave—in perhaps the platonic ideal of “but the media” whataboutism—conceded that the allegations have “some corroboration,” but added, “On the other hand, you can’t discount that these allegations are only surfacing now because Brand has become adversarial to mainstream institutions.”

LOL.  To be sure.  Dave Rubin the gay hardcore milquetoast rightwinger that posts clips of The View to make fun of them.

While I do agree Brand in many ways brought this on himself with a career of essentially being a rockstar in the sex, drugs, rock and roll archetype without the actual part where one needs to first be am musician.  Brand turned to the redpilled leftist grift specializing in what personalities on the right talked about 5 days ago, for at least a year.   Pretending there isn’t a movement to ruin people with inconvenient opinions is disingenuous. Particularly with his stance on supporting the Ukraine war makes the allegations of impropriety 20 years ago a bit too convenient.

One could point to someone like Nigel Farange or Brett Kavanaugh as proof of this, but a better example is the guy taking the opposite approach:  Howard Stern.

“I hear that a lot that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke,” said Stern, a vocal critic of his erstwhile friend, former President Donald Trump, in comments reported by the news site Mediaite.

“By the way, I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke,” the self-described “King of All Media” said on Monday, the same day he took aim at Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), calling her a “disgrace to this country” for her behavior at a Denver movie theater last week.

Granted, being an asshole is on brand for him.  After forty years of endorsing absolute depravity in every facet of American culture it is exceptionally easy to believe Howard Stern might have done something like grab a titty in a dark theater—then tell everyone about it on the air the next day.

So how could Stern keep baseless allegations from ruining him?  Support the regime by debasing himself to annoying lengths.

 

It is the rare combination that works that becomes the most successful.  Spaghetti and meatballs.  Peanut butter and chocolate.  Groping and dark theaters.  Ketchup and mustard.  This beer is now among such elite combos.  What is it?  You know Bitburg right?  The only German Pilsner that makes me think of Michael Fassbender terrorizing runaway Nazis.  What if they teamed up with Deschutes and instead dry-hopped it with hops they typically use fro IPA?  Is this another IPA?  Hell no.  Its more of a Pils, but not a lager, with a fruity finish.  While this sounds as retarded a putting the engine in the back of the car, somehow the really smart German brewing guys figured out how to make it work. Bitburger Dry Hopped Zwyckl: 3.5/5