No I am not talking about someone with Antifa finally going to jail who apparently assaulted a concentration camp full of Mexicans. Nah we’re going to do something even more inane.
This is my review of Ommegang Rare Vos Amber Ale (H/T: Not Adhan):
Before I begin, I will issue the Standard Libertarian Disclaimer: professional women’s basketball is not a sport. Is it a college sport? Sure, but not professional.
Anyways, the most interesting female in the WNBA is up to her shenanigans again. She was playing basketball when suddenly out of nowhere she was viciously assaulted by a black woman on the other team. Why would she do that? Because she is a white girl that gets the headlines.
The player assaulting her of course was suspended…for one game. It drew more attention because of how light the punishment seemed. This woman was assaulted, then insulted by the other team for the slap on the wrist, then the whole incident was called out by the world’s biggest man-child! ASSAULTED I TELLS YA.
…or maybe she fell over and the other player went for the ball, saw it was gone and stood back up since the play was still going. Whatever it is, it is not a throat punch. According to the US Army Field Manual this is a throat punch. It appears “the internet” is once again falling for the same trap the corporate media constantly plays in slowing down the video frame by frame in order to find a frame that validates a chosen narrative. But she’s constantly drawing hard fouls and they might finally be making an example of someone? Fine yes they seem to be fouling her hard, because she’s good. So was Michael Jordan every time he had to play Detroit. Mike adjusted, that’s why he’s the GOAT.
I think they are surprisingly open about what is going on here. The haters are saying the only reason people are paying attention to this is because the most interesting female in the WNBA is a pretty white girl. Her apologists are saying the WNBA is stupid because they are trashing the one player that is drawing more attention than the rest of the league as a whole. All of this is intended to draw attention to something nobody would otherwise pay any attention to…goddamnit it worked.
I can’t remember if it was Not Adhan that commented I need to review an Ommegang beer when I get back. If it was you, sorry. if it wasn’t you, again sorry. Anyways I am not sure if I would classify this an an amber. Ambers normally are a much more balanced drink with a nice malt profile and a crisp hoppy finish. Does this not have that? No it does. Why I say this is not an amber is because there is an obvious “funk” to it that I would prefer to classify as a Belgian ale, and I don’t think anyone is going to really argue with that. At any rate I happen to like Belgians anyways, so it was a nice surprise and I would happily recommend it if you’re in the part of the country where this is actually available as a tall can. Ommegang Rare Vos Amber Ale (H/T: Not Adhan): 3.8/5
Nice color.
you can’t say that about a black woman
No you can, but only you can.
Her apologists are saying the WNBA is stupid because they are trashing the one player that is drawing more attention than the rest of the league as a whole. All of this is intended to draw attention to something nobody would otherwise pay any attention to…goddamnit it worked.
Where’s Captain Lou Albano these days?
Who?
Seriously?
What makes you think I should recognize some random name?
I can’t even.
That sounds like a you problem, slumbrew.
I’m with UCS. Who the hell is Captain Lou?
“The haters are saying the only reason people are paying attention to this is because the most interesting female in the WNBA is a pretty white girl.”
Pretty…huh. I guess it takes all sorts.
Yeah that was my thought
I really dont understand that complaint. Not like she is deformed or anything, but she is definitely not above the “average” swath. “Skinny” and “attractive” are not synonyms.
There have been lots of star women’s basketball players who are attractive- going all the way back to Reggie Miller’s sister, who is a better ballplayer than he is (relatively speaking)
They all got cosmetic endorsements, and other endorsement contracts based on their appearance. But they were mostly black. Nobody was putting Rebecca Lobo on the cover of Cosmopolitan, no matter how great and white she was.
“Pretty” is a dogwhistle.
Dogwhistle is misogynistic
It’s not about pretty. It’s about white. To the speaker, being white is default “pretty.”
There’s a sliding scale here. The same WNBA crowd thinks the USWNT is more popular because most feamale soccer players are also, “pretty white girls” like Meagan Rapinoe apparently.
As far as said “controversy” goes…not really seeing malicious intent in real time.
I will admit my view is sullied by UFC.
I can’t remember if it was Not Adhan that commented I need to review an Ommegang beer when I get back. If it was you, sorry. if it wasn’t you, again sorry. Anyways I am not sure if I would classify this an an amber. Ambers normally are a much more balanced drink with a nice malt profile and a crisp hoppy finish. Does this not have that? No it does. Why I say this is not an amber is because there is an obvious “funk” to it that I would prefer to classify as a Belgian ale, and I don’t think anyone is going to really argue with that. At any rate I happen to like Belgians anyways, so it was a nice surprise and I would happily recommend it if you’re in the part of the country where this is actually available as a tall can. Ommegang Rare Vos Amber Ale (H/T: Not Adhan): 3.8/5
I haven’t had Rare Vos in a long time. It was in a corked and caged (not a euphemism) bottle when I had it.
Ommegang makes great stuff. I would expect a Belgian twist to it since they make Belgian ales.
Their Three Philosophers is great.
the WNBA is stupid – you can stop right there
Pretty…huh. I guess it takes all sorts.
Tallest Pygmy.
Belgian ale — eeewww gross
I watched a few stretches of WNBA games because of the Clark hype.
WNBA basketball is terrible. Worse than college. The officiating is terrible. This leads to a lot of horrible play with turnovers, missed shots and push-off putback rebounds.
The multistep “gather step” jumpers of the NBA look 1,000x worse when executed awkwardly by these ladies.
Clark does make the game look pretty good when she is doing her thing. Her vision and passing is exceptional, for any league.
But overall, it is unwatchable. Mostly because of the officiating.
Clark isnt the only one getting roughed up like that. It really makes for an ugly game when you can just run into people or grab them with two hands.
It makes me crazy. They have a ton of goodwill and some willing eyeballs, and they dont see that cleaning up play would help them keep those eyeballs.
I tried to watch yeah nah
I was their perfect target demo
Dude who likes sports
Loves basketball
Went to all the womens games in college (and dated one of the players when we were in high school. She was a walk on and didnt play. But she *was* guilty of being a hot blond.)
So they could not ask for a better potential customer.
And their product is unwatchable. Most of my WNBA action comes from clips like this:
https://youtube.com/shorts/PfA8Tyv0kTE
heh
I like basketball but cant say I was a target cause it just looks like bad basketball and I do not have the game to date the hot blonds anyway.
Technically she was a hot blonde. Not that there’s anything wrong with it if your taste is in hot blonds.
Re the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce weddingpalooza, I shall quote Dolly Parton, “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!”
I thought it was all just a publicity stunt.
Por que no los dos?
The trashiest wedding twenty million dollars can buy.
Bill Burr lays out the WNBA’s problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I745Ajeq_B8
you can’t say that about a black woman
So, I tried a test flight of my drone…
I told it to record video…
It did not do so.
😭
e the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce weddingpalooza, I shall quote Dolly Parton, “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!”
At least they aren’t taking over Venice.
The First “How-To” Video? How to Wear a Monocle (1930) Restored in Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBxByrz5BRE
Oh SMOD please make this happen…
AOC actually has pretty good instincts. With a machine controlling her and also controlling the media, dont count her out.
I think they are leaning Newsome for their vacuous prop who looks the part on TV, but it could be that the “her turn” crowd has enough power.
Newsom/AOC 2028?
Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 30: Re-Steak Your Claim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dji3wNwzKw
that looks like overhandling the meat
Just what a fascist would say
Donald Trump has previewed a Republican strategy for the midterm elections, seizing on a progressive sweep in New York to portray Democrats as “godless communists” who pose an existential threat to the nation.
The US president, who was a child during the “red scare”, seized on wins by democratic socialists backed by the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, to stoke fears that the Democratic party has embraced extremism that could lead to the violent persecution of Christians.
On Friday, Trump was addressing religious conservatives at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton hotel. He described the election winners in New York as “very troubling people” and claimed without evidence that they “want to destroy our country, and they hate our country and our people”.
They don’t want to destroy America, they want to make it better, by saving us from late stage capitalist oligarchy. Is that so wrong?
A couple of them have actually called for the destruction of not just America, but all of western civilization. What are we doing here?
I liked watching high school girls basketball while I was attending that high school. Since graduating HS, I haven’t watched any basketball, lol.
Gotta admit, I was expecting a Trump related link for “world’s biggest man-child”
Jumping in front of the Maoist parade
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is widely viewed as a 2028 presidential contender, on Friday called for a nationwide tax on billionaires as part of a broader agenda to usher in what he’s calling an “economic reset for America.”
The Democratic governor, in a Substack post and accompanying video posted on social media, backed hiking taxes on the nation’s richest — but reiterated his opposition to a state-level wealth tax that Californians will vote on in November.
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Newsom’s early rollout of a possible finance-focused campaign platform echoes proposals that have already been put forward by other Democrats — including some, like Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who are also flirting with a run for the highest U.S. office.
Newsom framed his economic message in terms of a broad coalition of working Americans who have been disadvantaged by a system unfairly skewed toward the wealthy.
“They did everything right, and the system still has nothing for them,” the governor wrote in Friday’s post. “What stands in their way is the federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code written for a different set of Americans.”
Round up the usual scapegoats.
first beer of the weekend has been opened
https://x.com/uncledoomer/status/2070874925145981083
I decline.