WAR ROOM LOUNGE V13: Ministry of Silly Talks

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Gregolian said:
See, I have no experience prior to this job with the Caribbean Cask.
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It is a high end scotch and if you're not that into scotch you'd probably never try it at around 20 bucks a drink.
But it is fantastic, and you don't have to like scotch to like it. It's not peaty or smoky, it's kind of sweet.
The Highland Park 12 is close, flavor-wise, and probably less than half the price.

Also noticed no Cutty on your list. I'd say it belongs on any shelf trying to stay on the cheap side. The Prohibition Edition bottle is really cool looking, too.

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Trotsky said:
Yeah, that first one is just classic Shapiro: not even feigning (at least to a reasonably intelligent reader) actual analysis or anything other than platitudes and pot shots.

The second one is actually better, and especially more well-written.
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What about this:

"The difference is truly between socialism and social democracy. Socialism suggests state ownership and control of all major resources -- and generally ends with the complete collapse and destruction of the productive population. Social democracy suggests redistribution of capitalistic gains -- more like Denmark or Norway or Sweden. It's unclear where Ocasio-Cortez lies on this spectrum considering that the DSA openly acknowledges its desire to abolish capitalism."

Wouldn't a decent editor (regardless of ideology) send this back and note that Norway fits his first definition as well as any country in the world? And then after he says that Nordic countries are thriving because they're small and homogeneous, the editor should have sent it back with a note that most small and homogeneous countries are not thriving by first-world standards. And then there's this:

"Furthermore, generous welfare policies can only operate in small, homogenous countries because if you open the borders to such countries, immigrants flood in and then sink the boat. That's why voters in Europe have been consistently moving toward a more restrictionist view of immigration -- particularly in that bastion of social democracy, Sweden."

Wait, what? He's tying to say that a country with a generous safety net needs to restrict immigration because it becomes attractive to immigrants who will not contribute economically (any evidence for this? Surely not, and a good editor would ask that question), but he garbles it so badly that it sounds like he's saying that big, heterogeneous countries logically must have more immigration.

And then it ends with this:

"But lunch is never free, as a former bartender should know."

Doesn't even work as an ugly, classist joke.

Putting opinions and ideology aside, the piece is just utter garbage that shouldn't be in any respectable publication (I mean, it wasn't, but, you know, Townhall should do better). Who feels like they benefit from reading that? I guess just people who don't care a whit about getting anything right and want to feel good about their tribe?
 
Trotsky said:
Buy up all the Scotch you can find. Then take it home and cool all the bottles in the fridge for about an hour. Then dump all of them down the drain and punch yourself in the dick for drinking Scotch when you're American and bourbon is way fucking better.
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That was aggressive. Sorry you’re some peasant communist that believes the bourgeoise will raise them up with fair wages and shit.

Now go fetch me my riding boots... time to hunt some fox.

(Actually I’m getting some Angel’s Envy and then am going to go beat the shit out of a non-Asian minority)

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My go to pre-shift drink at a friend's bar the last two nights I worked was a double of Bulliet Rye on the rocks Friday then a double of Basil Hayden's on the rocks Satruday. They didn't even have the Basil Hayden's in the damn computer so I got to set the price.
 
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Jack V Savage said:
What about this:

"The difference is truly between socialism and social democracy. Socialism suggests state ownership and control of all major resources -- and generally ends with the complete collapse and destruction of the productive population. Social democracy suggests redistribution of capitalistic gains -- more like Denmark or Norway or Sweden. It's unclear where Ocasio-Cortez lies on this spectrum considering that the DSA openly acknowledges its desire to abolish capitalism."

Wouldn't a decent editor (regardless of ideology) send this back and note that Norway fits his first definition as well as any country in the world? And then after he says that Nordic countries are thriving because they're small and homogeneous, the editor should have sent it back with a note that most small and homogeneous countries are not thriving by first-world standards. And then there's this:

"Furthermore, generous welfare policies can only operate in small, homogenous countries because if you open the borders to such countries, immigrants flood in and then sink the boat. That's why voters in Europe have been consistently moving toward a more restrictionist view of immigration -- particularly in that bastion of social democracy, Sweden."

Wait, what? He's tying to say that a country with a generous safety net needs to restrict immigration because it becomes attractive to immigrants who will not contribute economically (any evidence for this? Surely not, and a good editor would ask that question), but he garbles it so badly that it sounds like he's saying that big, heterogeneous countries logically must have more immigration.

And then it ends with this:

"But lunch is never free, as a former bartender should know."

Doesn't even work as an ugly, classist joke.

Putting opinions and ideology aside, the piece is just utter garbage that shouldn't be in any respectable publication (I mean, it wasn't, but, you know, Townhall should do better). Who feels like they benefit from reading that? I guess just people who don't care a whit about getting anything right and want to feel good about their tribe?
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LOL

I didn't take as fine-toothed a comb to it as you did. But I'm fairly certain that you could make every bit as enthusiastic and valid a takedown of the first piece.

I will admit that the "nothing is free" line never ceases to piss me off just on the reductive stupidity of it as some sort of revelatory truth, as if socialists (or anyone) ever denies the economic value of socialized services. I feel like I see it (i.e. "it's not FREE college, because WE'RE paying for it!") at least once a week when making myself hate my life by reading comment sections on news stories.

I also hope that at least some of the Jordan Peterson-reading, masculinity-fetishizing conservative man-children that read that final joke take some time to reflect on the anti-masculine pomposity of this twerp, having likely never himself worked a manual labor or service-industry job, condescending about someone having tended bar. God, I want to stuff that nerd in a locker.
 
sickc0d3r said:
It is a high end scotch and if you're not that into scotch you'd probably never try it at around 20 bucks a drink.
But it is fantastic, and you don't have to like scotch to like it. It's not peaty or smoky, it's kind of sweet.
The Highland Park 12 is close, flavor-wise, and probably less than half the price.

Also noticed no Cutty on your list. I'd say it belongs on any shelf trying to stay on the cheap side. The Prohibition Edition bottle is really cool looking, too.

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Will look into the Cutty for my personal collection.

My only real concern is I don't want to overload the shelf with scotch given we're a night club so you need the Hennessey and other shit tier liquors on it for girls to get white girl wasted on like Trash Cans and shit.
 
Trotsky said:
LOL

I didn't take as fine-toothed a comb to it as you did. But I'm fairly certain that you could make every bit as enthusiastic and valid a takedown of the first piece.
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Oh yeah. In reality, the value of both of them is zero. I get that I'm not the target audience (I don't mean because I'm more left-leaning; I mean because he's aiming at people who don't know anything about political philosophy or policy), but I think he and the Townhall editorial staff have more contempt for your typical conservative than I do. In the end, that's what it comes down to. The Townhall editors (Shapiro, too, though maybe he's actually that uninformed) just think that their readers are pieces of shit that don't deserve to be treated like human beings.
 
@Trotsky you'd be proud of my liquor "cabinet" now though

Buffalo Trace, Angel's Envy, Basil Hayden's, half G of Bulliet, Jack Rye, Four Roses Single Barrel, last bit of a bottle of Glenlivet 12 and Johnnie Black, Bombay East Gin, Blue Chair Bay coconut rum, Casamigos tequila
 
Fawlty said:
I think it's healthy to pretend to date obscure, childlike southeast Asian fashion models on a karate forum. Not only does it not hurt anybody, it makes us happier through smiling and laughter.
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Anung Un Rama said:
Man, Drexel really let himself go.
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I like how he brings up Maxwell's demon as an analogy. That big money thinks it can create a perpetual motion machine of money. Good talk.

And how we can create a new middle class from people on the internet. Like he gave Wiki as an example. Editors for that should get paid. A lot more people on the internet should be getting paid. They add a lot to it, which a lot of people profit from, and they don't get paid. That is true with a lot of sites.

He talks about the idea of sitting on a computer all day in the past wouldn't be considered real work. Same thing with wiki editors and others. We don't see it as real work. We need to change what we view as real work.

He also said 3d printing is the future of manufacturing and places like China are dead. iphones wont be made like that anymore. Few things will. Just the base materials for the printer. Which is good for recycling because you know all the materials you are dealing with. Like conservation of mass. All that goes in, must come out. All accounted for.
 
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Gregolian said:
Trying to help my bar revamp their liquor selection starting with the Scotch. Everything but the Dewar's is minimum 12 year aged and like over $75 a bottle so they aren't selling.

Got a list myself that I'll post if anyone is interested in the suggestions I have pitched but am open to some suggestions from you too

This is what we have right now:
Glenfiddich 12
Oban 14
Dewar's White Label
Macallan 12
Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
Johnnie Walker Black

Suggesting:
Macallan 10 Fine Oak
Johnnie Walker Black and Red
Glenlivet 15 French Cask (like $57.99 MSRP)
Balvenie 12 (the 14 we have is almost $100... the 12 is like $65)
Dewar's White
Oban I don't want to touch as the manager's dad suggested it
Glenfiddich 12
Maybe swap out something for a bottle of Hibiki Harmony

Pretty sure @PolishHeadlock is a Scotch guy but open to suggestions from anyone.
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Lagavulin 16
Laphroaig 10 or 15 or both
Talisker 10 or 18
 
Gregolian said:
Thank you sir.
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I love Scotch. Those are all good without being outrageous. Of course you gotta decide which ones you want to go cheaper on. Lagavulin 16 is a must have though. Not too expensive and will satisfy those people who need to have a very peaty and smoky scotch.

All of those are more on the peaty/smoky side as that’s my favorite. You might not need all of them, but at a couple price points would be good.
 
JonesBones said:
I like how he brings up Maxwell's demon as an analogy. That big money thinks it can create a perpetual motion machine of money. Good talk.

And how we can create a new middle class from people on the internet. Like he gave Wiki as an example. Editors for that should get paid. A lot more people on the internet should be getting paid. They add a lot to it, which a lot of people profit from, and they don't get paid. That is true with a lot of sites.

He talks about the idea of sitting on a computer all day in the past wouldn't be considered real work. Same thing with wiki editors and others. We don't see it as real work. We need to change what we view as real work.

He also said 3d printing is the future of manufacturing and places like China are dead. iphones wont be made like that anymore. Few things will. Just the base materials for the printer. Which is good for recycling because you know all the materials you are dealing with. Like conservation of mass. All that goes in, must come out. All accounted for.
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I have to be honest; I love videos that discuss things at a level that I don't normally consider, or that don't come up in regular conversation, but couldn't get past the pan flute.
 
I'm so glad all this shit with alex jones has happened. Its made me pay much closer attention to him than ever before, and I must say, this guy is fucking HILARIOUS
 
sniper said:
I'm so glad all this shit with alex jones has happened. Its made me pay much closer attention to him than ever before, and I must say, this guy is fucking HILARIOUS
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Rogan was just discussing Jones with Jimmy Dore on JRE
 
salamander said:
You live in Austraila, right?
Always thought you guys were p4p the illest slang-doctors on the planet. Some of the names you use on stuff is pure Dr. Zeus:



Why do you call it a J-bag?
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Yeah. No idea where the term J-Bag came from to be honest.
I'm not even sure it's Australia wide, slang varies a bit state to state.
It's the most common size of little ziplock bags used here for a $25 deal.
 
Limbo Pete said:
Lice
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That post was so worth the payoff, I couldn't help but legit lmao. You score the hard to attain perfect 5 laughing Jordans.

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