Since you’re probably at least ten years removed from what is arguably the best show on television since Seinfeld stopped being funny, I’m going to post this link here so you get the reference.
This is my review of Pizza Port Brewing Next Horizon IPA:
Culturally speaking, The Sopranos is probably the most positive thing that comes to mind when discussing New Jersey. How would Tony have such opportunities to provide illicit products and services in todays world…oh wait he’s in New Jersey where everything is illegal or highly regulated. Its to the point when someone complains about it one asks, “why didn’t you move?” As someone that has come across an awful lot of people from the Garden State (I have family there) the answer almost always involves pizza and/or bagels.
No seriously. Pizza. I’ve also heard Chinese Food as a response as well. Its good, but Chinese food in the US is just pork deep fried in motor oil and covered in sugar. The availability of good food is referenced constantly in the show as well.
Food is an incentive to remain in place, I get it. I really missed Mexican food living in SC, so I really do get it…so they won’t do anything to mess that up, right? Right? *crickets*
A bill that would ban ingredients used in many of New Jersey’s pizzas, along with other food additives, is making its way through the Legislature and drawing pushback from the food industry.
The measure, S3785, would prohibit the use of certain ingredients based on their classification as potential carcinogens. Among them is potassium bromate, a dough-strengthening agent used in some commercial bread and pizza doughs, though not all pizzerias rely on it. The bill also takes aim at a range of additives and food dyes, and includes restrictions on what can be served in school lunches in an effort to improve children’s health.
Of course they will. Now I am one of those people that spends too much time in the gym, and painstakingly reads the ingredient lists on everything. As a libertarian however, I am generally torn between wanting less garbage food on the shelves, and the MAHA push to use government to put restrictions on these things. People should be free to be fat, just as they should be free to be happy or unhappy about that fact. If potassium bromate is so bad, I will find pizza that doesn’t use it. Honestly, its not that hard to find a pizza joint boasting dough made with wheat flour, water, and olive oil. The beauty is in its simplicity. Using the state to make you skinny is just going to piss everyone off when their favorite food now tastes like shit.
Its a stretch to affiliate this beer with pizza isn’t it? These guys are based in San Diego, who has a storied history of taking in mafia types. So it fits, and I even managed to go meta in the process. Please clap. Now as far as the beer goes, I am not sure what is next gen about it or what new horizons they crashed into. Its pretty much a bog standard double IPA, so its dreadful, and I suggest you avoid it. Unless of course you’re into self flagellation, in which case—enjoy. Pizza Port Brewing Next Horizon IPA: 1.96/5 7% ABV 65 IBU
When the Air Force moved me from Los Angeles to Hanscom AFB outside Boston, I asked a co-worker if there were any Mexican restaurants nearby. They referred me to Taco Bell (ugh).
I was spoiled by the many little family-run restaurants in the LA area.
Speaking of purity of essence
A new sports competition featuring Olympic medalists will take place in Las Vegas on Sunday. The twist? The competitors can take performance-enhancing drugs.
The Enhanced Games, dubbed the “Steroid Olympics,” will see 42 athletes compete across swimming, track and weightlifting.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee have been highly critical of the games, which were announced in 2023. Others, however, see opportunity.
Sportzballmaxxers.
Spoiler alert: it’s just another way for Clan Trump to fleece the gullible.
Which members of the clan are behind it?
Sounds More like a Smoke Jaguar sort of event.
I think I’ve seen that clip.
I mostly hear about NJ tomatoes.
Last I looked, Judge Nap had a farm stand somewhere in the state.
Unfortunately, the “Jersey tomatoes” I’ve seen at the store for the last few years are no longer Rutgers, or anything similar.
How can a bog-standard DIPA be only 1.96?
That seems like the definition of a 3.
You being wise?
He’s being wise.
Bog water?
positive thing that comes to mind when discussing New Jersey
Positive. New Jersey. Does not compute.
I shouldn’t be too harsh. I have one relative still living in New Jersey. I was amused when this relative told me about trying to buy a gun to deal with varmints on the relatives farm. “We couldn’t do it in Jersey because of the gun laws. We decided to go across the border into Pennsylvania. We figured any gun shop would sell to us.” I also have a friend that moved to the Jersey Shore (far southern end so an extension of Philly) to start a restaurant. He actually did well for himself.
so its dreadful, and I suggest you avoid it
You don’t have to tell me twice.
The only positive I can think of for NJ is their section of the Appalachian Trail. After suffering through “Rocksylvania” the AT is Jersey is attractive. The first glacial feature (a pond) on the AT encountered only a few miles into NJ. A short side trail takes you to the top of NJ with nice views.
That’s about it.
My office is there and I may be soon too so there is that.
Jersey positive? I drove across central NJ a few weeks ago to visit the shore near Asbury Park. I was pretty impressed with the lack of potholes and bumpy road surfaces, compared to Penna. NJ sales taxes are higher, and it is still illegal to let motorists pump their own gas, but I was happy with the road conditions.
I have never seen so many potholes as in this upstate NY college town. The locals – all “democratic socialists” – blame it on the college not paying its “fair share”, of course. If unmaintained streets is typical of all college towns, it’s the first I’m hearing of it.
compared to Penna
Low bar.
I’m not in a college town and our streets aren’t particularly good either.
across the border into Pennsylvania. We figured any gun shop would sell to us
Wait, he thought he was in Indiana? That’s only a town here, not a state.
Sussex County has some wonderful scenery (along with some extremely complicated scenery). Also a wonderland of grasses, sedges, and flowers if you’re into botany. The Franklin area has some very cool geology and minerals.
The Pine Barrens are also a great place to look for cool and unusual plants as well as canoeing. Yeah, I know, the skeeters, ticks, and chiggers can be horrendous. But to me they’re just an occupational hazard I know how to deal with (or endure, more often).
Having lunch in Austin. Lots of 20-something people walking around wearing Palestinian flags as capes.
Weird vibe
Also, more dogs here than you can shake a stick at. And big. They like big, big, big dogs.
But still… weird seeing a bunch of young, blond women walking around with Palestinian flag capes.
Is that just the style now or is there some Antifa event going on?
I don’t even see that much enthusiasm here in Big U town.
Cannot tell. Did not see a demonstration. I am overlooking the famous bat bridge, which could be a logical target for a march. But I dont see an event.
I do see some amazing food-truck style tacos that i am powering down. Really good food here so far. (If you like meat. Im sure vegan is around… but these people like meat)
I would guess it’s the style of the times. A few years ago it would have been a pride flag. Also, it’s Austin so ostentatiously flaunting your politics is not unexpected.
They like big, big, big
Typical Texans.
Its pretty much a bog standard double IPA, so its dreadful, and I suggest you avoid it.
Gracias.
They held one of the functions last night at a local microbrewery. Much discussion with millenials and Gen X.
Unanimous
Bitter beer sux. Nobody wants to drink flower water.
Everyone was hating on the IPA fad.
Market opportunity?
Bitter beer is the only good beer.
The IPA fad has been dead for over a decade at this point.
It so happens I’m in New Jersey this weekend. Went to my old gym yesterday. The answer to the question is always:
1. Working on it.
2. Can’t move until I retire.
3. Family, wife, or kids keeping me here. Maybe I can just get to PA at some point.
Pizza and bagels are just something to bitch about after moving.
Also enough NY / NJ refugees around in most places to get your bagels and pizza.
https://www.facebook.com/100058956736460/
Yeah New York pizza is everywhere now.
3 or 4 decades ago – not so much. I remember it was a big deal when a “New York style” pizza joint opened near me in Buffalo. (The native pizza sucks balls.)
2 and 3.
My family has been in NJ since before the revolutionary war.
Other parts came through Ellis Island.
It has some wonderful things, but I would never recommend moving here unless you are Team Blue.
I escaped back in the late 90s. My life got better in every single metric.
Look at you with your Tardis privilege.
Hey you still know someone in J.C.? Don’t know if you saw my response but that location is perfect for my needs.
You’re looking for someone in Jesus Christ? Didn’t know you were looking to convert.
Try OMWC.
😉
(Yes, I know what you mean.)
I’m not sure about it rhywun. My gf keeps her mother’s old place there. It has a separate apartment where her aunt lived. I thought it would be an “easy” sort of thing until I saw in JC you have to register with the city, get inspections, etc. I’m sure they didn’t do that, as they’ve owned the place for 40 some years.
That’s fine. It’s an area to keep in mind at least.
I really liked the idea of her having someone else there too. 🤷🏼♂️
PS my boss just made me Remote lol. So I don’t even “have” to move anymore. Except I hate it here and the renew deadline at my current place passed.
The week in pictures.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/the-week-in-pictures-messy-massey-edition.php
The Netflix one got a LOL from me.
Banning potassium bromate.
I’m good with that. It’s a thyroid hormone inhibitor.
Do canola and cotton seed oil too.
I have no idea but the State Senator slash pizza proprietor seems to have all the answers. I guess that is why they make the big bucks.
Sure, Jan.
Sounds like a market opportunity that a clever competitor could easily exploit.
If you ban canola oil, Canada will shit a brick.
Ask from the dead thread on morning links.
Video gamer peeps.
Any good two player puzzle style games or compilations that I can get for the modern Xbox one platform? Preferably on disk.
The boy wants to go on a job with me and there is jack all to do on a job.
Don’t know if it fits your requirements but “Rome: Total War” will keep both of you busy for days and days.
It is never too young to teach proper tactical warfare, economics, and empire building.
I’ll look into it.
Thanks.
Kind of a command and conquer sort of a thing?
I was thinking maybe a retro pack too. Tetris, along that line.
You can play either the strategic level, the tactical level, or back and forth. It’s probably almost 20 years old (but has a a rebooted updated graphics version) so it is not a memory or processing hog.
#stack438 5/5
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
⏱️ 1m 9s
🔥 streak: 1
puzzlist.com/stackdown
I really missed Mexican food living in SC,
I didn’t know you couldn’t get Mexican food in southern California.
he probably means southern canada.
I’m referring to Southern Colorado
Joe Biden fucked Kamala. He fucked her in the White House. He sniffed her hair. He’s got hairy legs that turned blonde in the sun. He made her rub his leg down so it was straight and then watch the hair come back up again. “Call me Corn Pop, kid.” She came in spite of herself.
https://x.com/apouranion/status/2057986973013316013
Grandiose theatricality
Something will come after Trump. The work of recovery when he is gone will take many decades, and may be impossible in some areas. For instance: How will Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan ever “trust” US “leadership” again? To say nothing of Ukraine.
The point of this post is to present four examples of people who have been thinking about the process of civic reconstruction. These are disparate examples, and I’m aware that they may not seem logically connected. But for me they’re coming into focus and each deserves attention, as the end of Trump’s era begins to come into view.
It’s like an Elizabethan morality play. What noble prince will heal the soul of the nation once the pantomime dragon has been chased away?
Go pay for your own foreign entanglements, asshole.
do not be so attached to mundane things like your tax dollars
More importantly YOU go play in your foreign wars. Susan Rice’s “Duty to protect” is bullshit. I didn’t join the military so I could keep Rwandans from butchering each other. You wanna help Ukraine, go enlist buttercup.
I can’t wait for the next sniveling round of the American apology tour. It will be hard to top the way Obama and Biden badmouthed us around the world, though.
as the end of Trump’s era begins to come into view
Oh, so we’re not entertaining his butchering of democracy now – that he will declare himself king/dictator and rule until death?
I was stocking up on Almonds, and decided I’d give the “Mexican Street Corn” flavored can a try.
🤮
The label is a lie, it should be named “Mexican Street”
why on earth would flavored almonds exist besides salt?
Well, I got bored of just salted, so I picked up salt and vinegar for variety (my current preferred flavor), the other flavors provide even more options.
We have such an abundance of food that producers have to give the customers options to entice them to buy their particular product and not the competition’s functionally equivalent product, especially when talking about commodity goods like Almonds.
never forget that hazelnut is the best in the “nut type things” category
https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/00540483/roasted-salted-truffle-marcona-almonds-trader-joe-s
That is just flat wrong. I wouldn’t torture animals by making them eat that crap. I might give them to my worst enemy though.
*My response was to Pie and his horrid Hazelnuts.
You need to eat more Nutella.
🤢🤮
Wasabi flavored almonds are awesome!
why on earth would flavored almonds exist besides salt?
Because you touch yourself at night,
why on earth would flavored almonds exist besides salt?
Agreed!
sin,
Bernie Sanders
I’m having S&V pistachios.
Because they have habanero and ghost pepper almonds?
TOG: “S&V pistachios.”
Again, you and I, two horses in harness. I get the ones that come preshelled, cuz who’s got the time for that shit?
(I could likely just dip my fingers into a mixture of S&V and be as pleased, no shade on pistachios. (I have a salt thing.))
Almond El Camino
Pizza Port’s pizza is okay. Not great or terrible, just okay.
Confirmed. It’s been awhile but the Carlsbad location always seemed to have a bunch of IPAs on tap. I’d rather drink bathwater.
In other words, unconditional surrender
The three-day Long Island Rail Road strike ended with a deal Monday that gave workers a solid raise — but the MTA settled without reforms to notorious work rules officials had sought in exchange for the pay bump.
Throughout the strike, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said he wanted the unions to give up benefits that date back to when the LIRR was privately owned, like a rule that requires double pay for locomotive engineers who drive diesel and electric trains on the same shifts.
The full terms of the deal have not been made public. The contracts still need to be ratified by rank-and-file members of the five unions that went on strike, and must get the MTA board’s sign-off. But Lieber on Wednesday acknowledged he didn’t get the work rule reforms he sought.
“We took advantage of the opportunity to make sure that everybody understands how the current system works, that they are outdated, antiquated and somewhat abusive work rules that are still on the books,” Lieber said during a news conference. “Bringing it to public attention and the consequence of public attention, I think is useful from that standpoint.”
He’s expecting the passengers to boycott now?
Five Unions?
Dissolve the railroad It’s clearly unfit for purpose. No need to replace it, the riders will be leaving the Metro of their own accord anyway.
Rail is so 19th century.
It was created by old white guys.
It needs to be destroyed.
Gee,I thought railroads and everything else in 19th America was created by the 10% of the population that was enslaved.
They are never going to get any reforms as long as the LIRR and the other commuter railroads are legally allowed to strike (unlike the rest of the MTA). You don’t want me to retire with a $350,000 pension? Tough shit, I’ll just keep striking.
I hope I live long enough to see these pensions go insolvent and the political mayhem that follows.
The Wizard of Oz turns 87 this year, and back in 1998, critic Rick Polito wrote what might be the greatest one-line TV listing ever for TCM.
https://x.com/TheCinesthetic/status/2057860538273816985
LOL!
That’s amazing.
I don’t know; it’s hard to beat “Two women fight to the death over shoes.”
🤣🤜🤛
I think I saw that at Walmart last week.
Everything was better in the 90s
*chef’s kiss* No notes.
That is funny as hell. Great synopsis BTW.
He could have added ‘and a flim-flam man’ for extra flavor.
The poor woman must be having terrible back pain
https://x.com/misssgestalt/status/2058149024184897884
Is Q around.
She needs to get to the gym and start working that back. Rows, pull-downs, face-pulls. Deadlift too.
$620 for new pads and rotors on the Compass
😒
Yikes
I might need to reevaluate my driving habits. 🤔
why do you need a Compass? no google maps / gps?
I paid about $500 last year.
$620 for new pads and rotors on the Compass
How much of that is labor? $450? Does it require some sort of reset of ABS and traction control?
I don’t know. The quote didn’t include the break down.
Flailing?
The star of this car’s show? A huge rear wing that looked like something from the Richard Petty Superbird era. It came off the rear and flew up high with the pedestals on the sides of the rear end, not the center.
If they put the Daytona wing on the back it needs to have the cool Daytona aero nose.
https://www.jeep.com/twelve4twelve.html
They can’t special edition their way out shit quality, expensive SUVs, a bad EV platform and not doing a thing to what was a class leading minivan.
They’ve got a big hole to pull themselves out of.
Mopar overall has 9 new models coming. I am hoping for the best.
Me too. I want them to succeed.
I got real sleep last night. Then I woke up and did a few things, nothing of consequence. Then I went back to sleep. I just now re-awoke. Hrm. Must figure out food. Glad my body caught up a bit. (Still just-woke groggy.)
I have ~1.5 days of contract work left, then an odd Thursday check-in with Meijer to be shuffled around again in my backup gig, before I dive back into meaningful work search, so I feel pretty good about slinking in and enjoying my three-day weekend, mostly by sleeping through it. (That last bit is more need than want, my body alerts me.)
Hopefully I can further slink into getting my own weekend project underway, and a call from MN Munch is expected. I think I’ll save my Focus Juice for a days when it won’t restart my off sleep cycle.
Runaway
The conservative paper has published a damning editorial about the president, who turns 80 next month, writing that he is destroying any chance of policy gains by chasing pet projects and alienating Republicans in Congress.
“President Trump’s personal political obsessions are hurting his presidency, harming the chances for further policy gains the rest of this year, and putting control of the House and Senate in jeopardy,” its editorial board wrote on Friday.
Trump is not faithfully executing the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board’s agenda?
Why, I never!
Why is the wall street journal still in business?
Because most of their reporting is quite good.
Congress has made it perfectly clear that they aren’t going to a damn thing w/r/t “policy gains”. And they did so long before Trumpists started primarying particularly odious Repubs.
I am really enjoying watching him primary shitty repubs. Whether it works or not in the end it is an excellent f*ck you to that group of losers.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-lost-the-governing-plot-4879dd64?st=MXSGKn&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
It’s not as dire as the daily beast would like you to believe. As the WSJ loves some Iran action.
Also when bad things happen to good people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/mahmoud-khalil-supreme-court-appeal-deportation
Instead of that lie, how about a more accurate “the face of Columbia University’s decades-long campaign of antisemitism”?
I think you just won a scholarship to the Columbia Journalism School.
Carefully crafted
The Vazquez family said in a statement released Thursday that Caleb Vazquez was on the autism spectrum and had grown to resent parts of his identity — but didn’t specify what aspects were challenging to him.
“Coming from a diverse family that not only includes immigrants but Muslims as well, we always taught the importance of acceptance, compassion, and love for one another. We are proud of the different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, and religions within our family and community,” their statement said.
“We believe this, combined with exposure to hateful rhetoric, extremist content, and propaganda spread across parts of the internet, social media, and other online platforms, contributed to his descent into radicalized ideologies and violent beliefs,” said their statement, released through their attorney Colin Rudolph.
Don’t prosecute us.
I know nothing about the case, but this public statement makes me want the whole lot to be prosecuted mercilessly and crushed under a spiked jackboot.
Agreed
Your kid murders several people and your response is this woke, back-patting gibberish? Wow.
Her kid was involuntarily committed per the article. It’s not autism. He’s just crazy.
“[Caleb Vazquez] had grown to resent parts of his identity — but didn’t specify what aspects were challenging to him.”
Yuh huh. I’m reading ‘was a typical kid in always-awkward puberty and hadn’t figured things out, trans rhetoric confused him further, rhetoric *and* confusion were promoted by his caretakers, kid violently snapped.’
Before I joked about a Parenting Award, but their reported actions suggest they really were trying whatever they could, including talking with the school, though that possibly led to more trans rhetoric and more confusion. (I’m suspecting the parents were adding to the puberty /sexuality confusion, and no doubt the school was as well.)
I’m afraid a Big Event, like a mass trans flip-out, kids (kinda righteously) slaughtering their parents and folks who ‘enabled’ child genital mutilation, for shit to hit a brick wall and stop.
Cutting funding is a damn good start, I’d also aggressively prosecute the laws enforcing assuredly(?) on-the-books CGM laws.