In the middle of a heat wave that would apparently kill thousands and thousands of Europeans, we’re celebrating ‘Merica’s anniversary. Thankfully, we have AC here, as well as power.
But yes, tell us how there’s no cuisine here in ‘Merica.
In the craft beer world, this was referred to as BMC (Bud/Miller/Coors) beer.
I’m hoping they don’t run it into the ground.
Pay the tax man if you’re in a highly regulated business. Two years is a hell of a run.
Worse than Hitler.
Remember this number when people start bitching about gun deaths.
In some areas, counties and cities tack their own taxes on top.
Without government, who would warn us against *checks notes* getting mosquito bites.
Based on the cocktail of the month yesterday, and the comments, it feels appropriate for this to be the cocktail of the weekend:
Gin Rickey
- 4 parts (2 oz) gin
- 1 part (0.5 oz) lime juice
- Club soda
Start with a chilled highball or Collins glass, fill it with ice, and add the gin and lime juice. Top with the club soda, give a brief stir with a bar spoon, and garnish with a lime wheel if you wish. Swap out the gin for the spirit of your choice to change it up. Tequila and mezcal work quite well (look towards the Ranch Water for an example).
With that, enjoy the weekend, and keep track of the fingers.
Wooooooooo!
“Millions of takeaway doner kebab lovers probably realise the meat isn’t the best quality – but did they know they were eating skin, fat and goat?”
Reminds me of Donner Party, so I assumed worse. Or do they mean the kebabs were donated?
Goat is actually tasty.
I may have to get some goat vindaloo this weekend.
Jamaican curry goat is good. Not sure what other goat I’ve eaten.
Sorry, but goat is the one meat I do not like.
You have to like it! It is the greatest of all time.
Meet your meat… that pink paste is so appetizing.
Obligatory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLy27bK-wU
“Sure, we’ll meet the meat,” Zaphod Beeblebrox (is that what you were referring to?).
Actually, no.
I’ve seen it somewhere else. An offhand phrase from some sit-com or animated show maybe.
I ate a lot of doner kebabs while I was in Germany.
They were too delicious for me to care about the meat content. It tasted like meat and this was before beyond meat or vat grown shit or any of that.
Wine snobs, beer snobs, chocolate snobs. Snobs infinitum.
Boooor-ing.
I’m a beer and cocktail geek, not a snob. I care about what’s in my glass, not what’s in yours.
That asshole at Everyday Drinker cares what’s in your wine glass. It’s the wine equivalent of “My food choices are more virtuous than yours and I’m going to beat you over the head with it.”
Also is that the same site that had the whine-piece about how this socially virtuous organic Austrian red is supposed to get the 100 and not the “corporate” wine?
Ted S.:
The Austrian red argument was more about the fact the government grades the wine and sets prices based on the grade. And yes, it does trend more to snobbery and gatekeeping than I would like. There are reasons I went deep into beer and cocktails instead of wine.
beer geek, wine geek, mead geek.
I live by “drink what you like” so long as it get paired with “don’t bitch about what other people like”.
My last four cases of wine came directly from the wine maker. So, fuck the distributors.
I just go into my local and drink whatever beer has the lowest ABV.
I can’t imagine why.
Old Men With Bota Bags?
“We hang flags on Niagara Square all throughout the year, all different nationalities and I never heard Nick Langworthy or Michael Kracker complain when we hung a flag of a European white nation,” Ryan said. “But when we hang the flag of an African nation with brown people in it, suddenly there’s big complaints, hundreds and hundreds of phone calls from across America, internet contacts, Facebook, and in there, were several threats.”
How about a Russian flag?
Or an Israeli flag.
Sure, Jan. Someone’s angling for a high position in the coming nomenklatura.
CWAA
It’s not their hue, its their refusal to shift from their raider culture to our business culture. Also, I am pretty over worrying about being called racist or sexist at this point.
I find it laughable that this guy wants us to believe that “hundreds and hundreds of phone calls from across America” are coming into the Buffalo mayor’s office regarding a flag.
Somehow, the large number of brown people here even before the Somali invasion doesn’t register with these ppl.
“By that same logic, does Thomas believe that authors of the 2nd Amendment only had single-shot muskets in mind — you know, the true meaning of the 2nd Amendment only being found in the context of the times?”
Try carrying a loaded musket in Los Angeles.
They certainly had cannons and private warships in mind. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be the clause about letters of marque.
Gin Rickey, another one of my wife’s favorites.
I haven’t found a gin drink she doesn’t like.
But she’s keeping it classy tonight.
She requested a Long Island Ice Tea.
One is her limit with that.
A survey course in world religions?
Is there anything classier than Long Island?
Lemon drops, Cosmopolitans, and Jager bombs.
I make it so that imbues with with a certain amount of class.
Ah, the old “The Second Amendment only applied to muskets” line. What a bore.
Admittedly, I had to rifle through my mental lexicon to find an appropriate pun.
Everyone has to take their shot.
That’s the caliber of puns I hope you keep shelling out.
It’s difficult to gauge an appropriate response to that article.
This is the caliber of punning and gunning we expect from you.
You should look back on the libertarian cannon.
“Of the state’s 32 total cases, 29 are in Maricopa County.”
Maybe they should read Exodus.
I care about what’s in my glass, not what’s in yours.
*raises beer can*
Slainte Brooks.
/raises a cherry French 75
Just got back from Kroger where a 30-pack of Milwaukee’s Beast Diet is $24.99
TALL CANS!
Mmmmmm, goat.
Anime that started this new season. It’s truly a dark comedy.
Cat girl addicted to cigs to the point that you may as well say she’s like a smack addict. Living in squalor.
Anime opens in the first three minutes to the apartment manager cleaning up the back yard where she dumps her butts. She throws another batch on his head. He rages up to her room blasts the door open and finds half naked. Slams the door goes to his apartment and starts jerking it.
It’s going to be an interesting one to see how it develops.
https://youtu.be/mrZ8fd4hGoY?si=SfbWSxte0devHMDE
SugarFree is writing anime now?
You know… It’s possible…
That is not what I expected.
Me neither.
I’m glad I’m still able to fool some people some of the time.
WTF??
That is why when I hunt up there I buy my alcohol across the river in Oregon
According to the map it’s about $18 per 1.75 L bottle. That’s about $15 more than I pay in my state. That is batshit insane. I could not even there.
And the Oregon tax is almost 4x the one in New York too.
I would stop off in CA or NV if I were you.
My preferred solution is to by liquor on a military base whenever possible.
Timely
“Sydney Sweeney celebrates her ‘rack’ in a series of racy lingerie looks”
https://pagesix.com/2026/07/03/style/sydney-sweeney-celebrates-her-rack-in-a-series-of-lingerie-looks/
‘Merica!
Sexual intercourse with her would be enjoyable I’m sure.
Maybe. Perhaps though she’s more valuable by telling others you were in the sack than actually being in the sack with her. She could be boring.
Butterface.
“There were pallets of goat, pallets of trim, offcuts with high fat content, boxes of fat, boxes of skin, bits of mutton.
“It all goes into a massive mincer and comes out looking like Play-Doh.”
Ewww.
Yum, scrapple!
Goetta would like a word too.
I see you’ve been to Cincinnati
/young Brody Dalle is a solid wood
“of German inspiration”
Germany has a lot of meat horrors, believe me.
It’s poor people food, meat scraps, if needed extended with the local grain. A hot dog, or deli meat is no better.
(((Jarflax:
I grew up with chipped chopped ham being a regular meal. I have no hatred for random pork bits made into seasoned meals.
Germany has a lot of meat horrors, believe me.
Do you have something against Leberkäs?
I like Leberkäse.
I specifically had memories of Dosenfleisch in mind.
The warnings about never inquiring into sausage making also apply to kebab meat.
Crisis of faith
Former special counsel Jack Smith warned that the U.S. is facing an “attack on the rule of law” under President Trump, saying he is “very concerned” about the integrity of future elections and accusing the administration of weaponizing the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Smith, the special counsel who brought charges against Trump following his first term, argued that the department has fundamentally weakened under Trump.
“Regardless of what you think politically, they’re just not effective at doing their job anymore,” he said in an interview on MS NOW’s “Deadline: White House” — his first interview since resigning 10 days before Trump’s second inauguration.
Oh, no. The people’s trust in the justice system has been undermined by politically motivated investigations and prosecutions. Trump’s fault!
Pass the SAVE act to prevent Trump from cheating.
lol I was wondering what reputable outfit would talk to that fraudulent POS and then I saw that it was MS NOW.
Had tremendous fun for our Father’s Day celebration. Went to the Nickel Plate rail-to-trail thingy. They’ve this real cool thing where ya get a small ‘train car’ with space for four passengers to be the bicycle ‘motor.’ It was about a 15min ride through the forest, ending in Noblesville, ice cream for the kids. (I got a cone.) Then we biked back, the slight incline making it a workout.
Beautiful day out, but I’m enjoying it in. Feels like this weekend should feel a bit like one.
“the market is flooded with so many poor-quality, branded wines with little transparency”
MUH KORPORASHUNZ!
Apparently the author is enough of a fart-sniffing wine cuck that he can pick out worthy wines from the oceans of plebian slop that is being force fed to the subhuman cattle around him; so why not just do that instead of railing against how, once again, EVUL KAPITULIZM has ruined what was pure and joyful.
I don’t understand the Dems’ fascination with Somalis, Haitians, and drag queens, but there’s probably a joke in there somewhere. A Somali, a Haitian and a drag queen walk into a bar. The Somali kills the drag queen because he heard the Haitian likes to eat pussies.
The joke probably need work.
A Somali, a Haitian and a drag queen walk into a bar. An NGO rep fills out their ballots for them, gets them on welfare and connects them with an immigration attorney to bring over their extended family for the same benefits. It’s a joke and it’s on you.
Ooof. That joke stings.
Brutal.
Adding to earlier discussion
Amendment XXX No naturalized citizen shall hold elective office or be appointed to an elective position.
Friday Funbags attended El Festival National del Chivito and knows goat is better than sheep any day.
https://archive.is/4D4ts
Not all employee run businesses go in the shitter. I work for a quite profitable employee-owned business that’s been around over 80 years and is rapidly expanding. I’m pretty sure it’s the largest such business in the country with almost 300k employees.
Hey! Haven’t been here when you are. How’s the deli going? Nothing signed nor confirmed, and no bridges burnt, but yesterday was likely my last day at Meijer.
(I’m gonna consider Walmart family-owned!) Biggest US employers:
U.S. Fed Govt: ~3 million civilian employees and 2.1 million military personnel. (FUCKY McFUCKERSTEIN!)
Walmart: 1.6M US employees (2.1M global)
Amazon with 1.5 million (worldwide)
Celebrating 4th of July early by introducing my husband to Beatrix Kiddo. Sat XX down when she was ~14 and subjected her to the 4-hour marathon. Halloween, she goes to school in a yellow track suit, upon which I sewed black ribbon. She said EVERYBODY knew who she was.
They Will Kill You has a bit of that Kill Bill feel to it, but crossed with Rosemary’s Baby.
I love Tarantino. I really do.
Mojeaux:
I think he’s a better writer than a director (and we won’t even discuss his ‘acting’). True Romance is my favorite of his.
The permit renewal “was denied due to non-payment of taxes. The business has not (had) a valid permit since October 1, 2023, and therefore since that time has had no authority to manufacture, distribute or sell any alcoholic beverages,” the OIU statement said.
Minor oversight.
I helped put a 4th of July parade float together. It was mid-90s. A little warm. I’m in the AC now enjoying apple brandy.
It is, as I type this, 9:12 AM on July 4th in Guam.
Not only has Guam not tipped over, but this means it is Independence Day (July 4th) somewhere in the USA.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
I am busy cleaning for arriving visitors. But when it gets to cocktail hour, I will be sampling the Gin Rickey since I have all the ingredients.
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It’s definitely an old school cocktail, with the complete lack of sweetness (the original recipe likely used old Tom gin or jenever, which were both sweetened). But I’m a fan of them, and generally step down the sweetness in my own drinks.
Holy shit, Cape Verde has just tied it up against Argentina.
I’m pretty stoked about this weekend. It’s sad there are people who think they live in Nazi Germany and that the country was always that way.