Trust me. The guy's brilliant.
PH
Brilliant!
Love Randy Rainbow. My favourite is still A Very Stable Genius.
And there was a good interview with him on NPR's Fresh Air a week ago:
https://www.npr.org/programs/f...?showDate=2019-07-17
Glad I'm not the only one enjoying him. A feature in the Washington Post Sunday Magazine tipped me off to him. He really deserves wider exposure. LOVED A Very Stable Genius. His average stuff is great. His great stuff is epic. He's quite a talented gent. The NPR interview was also very good. Love Fresh Air. I'd pay to listen to Terry Gross read the phone book.
PH
purplehaze posted:
Priceless!
The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
This morning’s maniacal rant attacks Elijah Cummings, essentially telling him to go back to the shithole he came from.
irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
Irwin A correction - He said he likes how it looks. We did a test at the Club last night. I had a French wine, friend had an Italian wine. Could not tell them apart from color. Guess dumpster is wrong again.
flwino posted:irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
Irwin A correction - He said he likes how it looks. We did a test at the Club last night. I had a French wine, friend had an Italian wine. Could not tell them apart from color. Guess dumpster is wrong again.
I remember sitting at an outdoor restaurant. Having dinner with my wife and another couple. About 30 feet away were some friends of ours, and I saw that they ordered wine by the glass. You could tell that their wine was a Pinot Noir from the lighter cherry color. We had finished eating and I walked over to our friends and said, "How is the Pinot Noir?" and they were shocked that I could tell the difference from the color.
FLWino.... I would bet that if the Italian wine had been a Pinot Grigio and the French was a red Bordeaux, you'd have been able to distinguish!!
irwin posted:flwino posted:irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
Irwin A correction - He said he likes how it looks. We did a test at the Club last night. I had a French wine, friend had an Italian wine. Could not tell them apart from color. Guess dumpster is wrong again.
I remember sitting at an outdoor restaurant. Having dinner with my wife and another couple. About 30 feet away were some friends of ours, and I saw that they ordered wine by the glass. You could tell that their wine was a Pinot Noir from the lighter cherry color. We had finished eating and I walked over to our friends and said, "How is the Pinot Noir?" and they were shocked that I could tell the difference from the color.
FLWino.... I would bet that if the Italian wine had been a Pinot Grigio and the French was a red Bordeaux, you'd have been able to distinguish!!
Two cabs
irwin posted:flwino posted:irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
Irwin A correction - He said he likes how it looks. We did a test at the Club last night. I had a French wine, friend had an Italian wine. Could not tell them apart from color. Guess dumpster is wrong again.
I remember sitting at an outdoor restaurant. Having dinner with my wife and another couple. About 30 feet away were some friends of ours, and I saw that they ordered wine by the glass. You could tell that their wine was a Pinot Noir from the lighter cherry color. We had finished eating and I walked over to our friends and said, "How is the Pinot Noir?" and they were shocked that I could tell the difference from the color.
FLWino.... I would bet that if the Italian wine had been a Pinot Grigio and the French was a red Bordeaux, you'd have been able to distinguish!!
California Pinot often looks like a Syrah, and Gamey and older Nebbiolo can look like a red Burgundy.
wineart 2 posted:irwin posted:flwino posted:irwin posted:The French put some sort of tax on internet stuff. (The French love taxes). President Trump responded complaining and saying that we should retaliate. He said that "American wine is better than French wine." Of course, he drinks neither, so he expressing an opinion on a topic about which he knows nothing. He seems to do this quite often.
Irwin A correction - He said he likes how it looks. We did a test at the Club last night. I had a French wine, friend had an Italian wine. Could not tell them apart from color. Guess dumpster is wrong again.
I remember sitting at an outdoor restaurant. Having dinner with my wife and another couple. About 30 feet away were some friends of ours, and I saw that they ordered wine by the glass. You could tell that their wine was a Pinot Noir from the lighter cherry color. We had finished eating and I walked over to our friends and said, "How is the Pinot Noir?" and they were shocked that I could tell the difference from the color.
FLWino.... I would bet that if the Italian wine had been a Pinot Grigio and the French was a red Bordeaux, you'd have been able to distinguish!!
California Pinot often looks like a Syrah, and Gamey and older Nebbiolo can look like a red Burgundy.
I'm sure the French can smooth everything over by serving Trump wines at their next state dinner. It's oh so simple, as the Donald would say.
But if they want to go in the other direction, then publish tasting notes.
(Fair Disclosure: I've never tasted a Trump wine... and probably never will.)
Here's a toast to Charm City. A flawed city, as all are, but lovable in its own way. I like their moxy.
F Trump. F Mulvaney. And if you support this administration, well... F you.
PH
I must say that Elijah Cummings is a very fine person. He's well educated. He is a fellow attorney. He is absolutely NOT a racist in any fashion. He leads a group of African-American and Jewish kids every year to Israel as an educational event. (See,
https://www.ecyp.org/about-ecyp
His district is about 55% African American, but, due to Maryland's ridiculous gerrymandering, it also has lots of suburban white voters who re-elect Cong. Cummings by huge margins, year after year.
His decency and intelligence compares quite favorably with that of the rodent in chief.
Since when do U.S. representatives in Congress run cities? Idjit.
Nothing to be done says the only country in the world where random mass shootings occur with regularity.
Need FED laws re guns not state. Legal in NEV and illegal in CA. A$$hole laws
"Mitch McConnell is a man that knows less about Russia and Russian influence than even Donald Trump, and I know nothing."
Jesus... 
PH
purplehaze posted:"Mitch McConnell is a man that knows less about Russia and Russian influence than even Donald Trump, and I know nothing."
Jesus...
PH
Finally, something truthful from the talking yam.
It’s like they’re trying to lose.
So Obama is too conservative now?
thistlintom posted:So Obama is too conservative now?
Since he was a moderate, he clearly is too conservative for several running under the democratic flag. Not all, but several.
wineart 2 posted:thistlintom posted:So Obama is too conservative now?
Since he was a moderate, he clearly is too conservative for several running under the democratic flag. Not all, but several.
True but this is what happens when you have a polarizing figure in the white house. It brings out the more extreme elements of each party to the forefront although not all those in running I'd say are extreme and some who may be classified as such, have good points to make.
The apparent fact that the great majority of women's jeans for sale are ripped is proof of the end of our civilization.
The Old Man posted:The apparent fact that the great majority of women's jeans for sale are ripped is proof of the end of our civilization.
Yeah, I've never understood that fad. My mother would have been mortified if I had gone out in torn jeans. They went straight to cut-offs. And the prices they pay for those stupid designer tears!
Trump tweet re a Steve Bannon appearance on CNBC talking about trade:
"Nice to see that one of my best pupils is still a giant Trump fan. Steve joined me after I won the primaries, but I loved working with him!"
Who was whose "pupil" again?
Thoughts and prayers
In case you were wondering how the El Paso terrorist could have been radicalized in our country…
"This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!"
Trump - 10/29/18 [Speaking of the migrant caravan]
“We cannot allow all of these people to invade our country.”
Trump - 6/24/2018
"Some people call it an 'invasion.' It’s like an invasion."
Trump - 11/1/2018
"In El Paso, they have close to 2,000 murders right on the other side of the wall. And [in El Paso] they had 23 murders. It’s a lot of murders, but it’s not close to 2,000 murders right on the other side of the wall, in Mexico.
...
"we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people, and it’s unacceptable"
Trump - 2/15/2019
•••••
“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas… I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion."
-- From the manifesto of the El Paso Terrorist
But yes, let's keep worrying about Islamic terrorism as Trump-loving white men continue to slaughter at will....
Or he could have just been insane
arsenal4ever posted:Or he could have just been insane
Insane people walk outside and start shooting. Do insane people plan an attack and drive ten hours to shoot people?
bomba503 posted:arsenal4ever posted:Or he could have just been insane
Insane people walk outside and start shooting. Do insane people plan an attack and drive ten hours to shoot people?
“Insane” is tough. These White Supremacist terrorists are clearly mentally disturbed. Even most White Supremacists don’t behave the way they do. However, Right-wing White Nationalist terrorism is the primary terrorist threat we face today in the U.S.. And, beyond giving a woefully distorted view of mental illness, dismissing these terrorists as insane makes no more sense than dismissing members of ISIS or Al-Qaeda as insane.
Beyond this, other mass murderers, while sometimes emotionally or realistically untethered, have capacities for easy damage in this country that they simply do not have anywhere else in the Free World. Anyone who dedicates enormous amounts of time and effort into killing several random people anywhere in the Free World will likely be able to do it; but the ease and the likely meaning of “several” are different in the United States.
As many of you have probably heard, more people have been killed in mass shootings in the United States in the past week than American troops killed in Afghanistan in 2017 and 2018.
Let's be perfectly clear and honest regarding both shootings: they are both acts of terrorism, and the El Paso shooting was perpetrated by a white nationalist.
The fear, anger, and hate associated with these incidents has been tacitly encouraged by Donald J. Trump.
If [he] has any moral fortitude, at all, [he] will change his tone.
I won't hold my breath.
arsenal4ever posted:Or he could have just been insane
That would be the Racist-in-Chief's base of which you are one. How can you possible excuse a president, a PRESIDENT, who does the following:
"The El Paso attack prompted some critics to circulate a 3-month-old clip of a Trump rally at Panama City Beach, in the Florida Panhandle, at which the president mused aloud about how to stop migrants from crossing the southern border.
'Shoot ‘em!' shouted someone in the audience, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Trump smiled and shook his head. 'That’s only in the Panhandle you can get away with that statement,' he said." This is from the LA Times. I hope you get to see the video which is even more sickening as he stands there doing his Mussolini style mugging.
Today from the Pussy Grabber-in-Chief, "The nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy." It must have killed him to be forced to call out at least half his supporters.
But just keep looking the other way and making excuses like a good Trumpanzie.
No thinking person takes what the POTUS says seriously. He lies all the time. He's really poorly educated. (Yes, I know he has a degree from Wharton, but he favors tariffs?) He doesn't read books. He advocates love and not hate in today's speech? He's a master of attacking people, insulting them, hating them and giving them nicknames.
His base will understand that he's just making a speech required by the events, and that he is still the hater-in-chief.
bomba503 posted:arsenal4ever posted:Or he could have just been insane
Insane people walk outside and start shooting. Do insane people plan an attack and drive ten hours to shoot people?
Every country has insane people yet only in the US are there hundreds of mass shootings a year, averaging more than one a day so far this year. And only in the US is that rate of mass shootings increasing.
Going out on a limb here and wondering if it could possibly have anything to do with weak gun control legislation and a President that encourages his fellow Americans to hate each other and anyone not like them?
bman posted:bomba503 posted:arsenal4ever posted:Or he could have just been insane
Insane people walk outside and start shooting. Do insane people plan an attack and drive ten hours to shoot people?
Every country has insane people yet only in the US are there hundreds of mass shootings a year, averaging more than one a day so far this year. And only in the US is that rate of mass shootings increasing.
Going out on a limb here and wondering if it could possibly have anything to do with weak gun control legislation and a President that encourages his fellow Americans to hate each other and anyone not like them?
The Bigot-in-Chief is also trying to blame video games. Of course the US is the only country in the world where video games are big...huh?
At least he is ahead of the game today, offering condolences to Toledo ahead of time for when something happens there. He will always be the dumbest, most useless person in any room he occupies.
So, this popped up in my inbox this morning but is nowhere to be found in this thread. I wonder where the post went, and who he could be talking about! 
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That concept is too intricate for the Canadian fixated on our President.
It's our violent culture. Every house in Switzerland has a gun. Every house in Israel has a gun. Almost no gun crime in either place.
We have very little illiteracy in the US because we teach kids how to read. We have violence because we teach violence.