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flwino posted:

Promises Made & Promises Kept

Remember these:  I will make the trains run on time!  He got elected

Another Guy:  I will make the country Great again, and improve economy!  He got elected.

First was Benito & second was Adolf

Putin’s poodle does have a lot of Benito in him. The ridiculous facial expressions, the crossing of his arms with his bottom lip sticking out and a sixth grade vocabulary. 

On a side note, bone spur Donnie would LOVE to dress up in military gear. 

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

We know, we know, I think most here understand exactly what type of person you are and what someone like you would love.

Trump judged by a more huge brain than his...

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

Been gone for a while.  Working full time sucks.  

mikemann, anyone who is not angry about the state of our country under the mushroom headed dotard is either clueless or complicit.  I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're clueless.  Good day to you, sir.

PH

Georgia on my mind.  Godspeed Ms. Abrams.  Brian Kemp is a racist hack.  Please, oh enlightened Trump supporters, tell me why this guy deserves to be Governor of the state of Georgia.  And the fact that he is not a black woman isn't a defensible reason in most of the country.  

TIA!!

PH

Darkness at 5:15 PM should be against the law.

PH

purplehaze posted:

Darkness at 5:15 PM should be against the law.

PH

I HATE it!

purplehaze posted:

Georgia on my mind.  Godspeed Ms. Abrams.  Brian Kemp is a racist hack.  Please, oh enlightened Trump supporters, tell me why this guy deserves to be Governor of the state of Georgia.  And the fact that he is not a black woman isn't a defensible reason in most of the country.  

TIA!!

PH

 

... because neither a woman or an African American! 

purplehaze posted:

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

Been gone for a while.  Working full time sucks.  

mikemann, anyone who is not angry about the state of our country under the mushroom headed dotard is either clueless or complicit.  I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're clueless.  Good day to you, sir.

 

PH

Laugh MF’ing out loud.

My brother indicated that he was in Israel visiting his daughter on Oct. 28, when Israel moved its clocks back 1 Hour to return to standard time. Thus, he got an "extra" hour of sleep. Then, he flew home, returning in time for this past weekend, when we moved our clocks back and he got another “extra” hour of sleep.

He should be well rested. 

wineart 2 posted:

purplehaze posted:

Darkness at 5:15 PM should be against the law.

PH

I HATE it!

It is in Florida.  However the Feds won't let us change to Nova Scotia time.

flwino posted:

wineart 2 posted:

purplehaze posted:

Darkness at 5:15 PM should be against the law.

PH

I HATE it!

It is in Florida.  However the Feds won't let us change to Nova Scotia time.

If I recall correctly when we lived in NYC all those years ago it would get dark by 4:30 in December.  Gets dark even earlier here.....

I recall my first Northern clock-back afternoon when I was a First Year in college at Brown.  4:30 and iI was in the Science Library which towers over Providence - watched the sun set and it get dark and I was flummoxed by what was happening.  Never recalled it getting dark so early in Alabama when I was growing up 

One more day before the storm
At the barricades of Freedom
When our ranks begin to form
Will you take your place with me?

One day to a new beginning
Raise the flag of freedom high!
There's a new world for the winning
There's a new world to be won
Do you hear the people sing?

One day more!

There is a reason why I want to move closer to the equator.

I saw a man at lunch today with a MAGA hat and a George Wallace button on. 

I rest my case! 

Even Fox News has pulled the Trump racist ad. Just think how offensive and racist Trump’s ad had to be for all of the Fox stations to pull the sickening racist ad.

wineismylife posted:

There is a reason why I want to move closer to the equator.

You mean the grass is greener in one of these countries - Colombia, Brazil, Congo, Republic of Congo (not sure the difference without using Google), Uganda, Gabon?  

doubled posted:

wineismylife posted:

There is a reason why I want to move closer to the equator.

You mean the grass is greener in one of these countries - Colombia, Brazil, Congo, Republic of Congo (not sure the difference without using Google), Uganda, Gabon?  

Maybe he wants to go to the Maldives? Would get boring for me after a while but I'm pretty sure my wife would be in heaven. 

robsutherland posted:

doubled posted:

wineismylife posted:

There is a reason why I want to move closer to the equator.

You mean the grass is greener in one of these countries - Colombia, Brazil, Congo, Republic of Congo (not sure the difference without using Google), Uganda, Gabon?  

Maybe he wants to go to the Maldives? Would get boring for me after a while but I'm pretty sure my wife would be in heaven. 

Singapore is right on the equator and is one of the nicest and most interesting cities on earth.  We visited it often when we lived in Asia and would continue to do so if it wasn't so far away!

About 26 hours from now we will get the first indications whether American voters give Trump and the Republicans a well-deserved knee to the nuts...… or not.  Something tells me it's gonna be a long night before know for sure.

bman posted:

About 26 hours from now we will get the first indications whether American voters give Trump and the Republicans a well-deserved knee to the nuts...… or not.  Something tells me it's gonna be a long night before know for sure.

And what will you be drinking b?

Bytown Rick posted:

bman posted:

About 26 hours from now we will get the first indications whether American voters give Trump and the Republicans a well-deserved knee to the nuts...… or not.  Something tells me it's gonna be a long night before know for sure.

And what will you be drinking b?

Probably 2001 Suduirat sauternes.  I've been jonesing for a sauternes for ages.

I"m at a function at the Albany Club with Steven Harper and Joe Oliver (previous Conservative Prime Minister and Minister of Finance). It will be an interesting place to be stuck to my phone!

robsutherland posted:

I"m at a function at the Albany Club with Steven Harper and Joe Oliver (previous Conservative Prime Minister and Minister of Finance). It will be an interesting place to be stuck to my phone!

If Harper is still there when the results seem clear, I'd love to know what he thinks.  Of course, Old Stoneface will likely not give anything away, and you may not even be able to get near him, especially on a night like that.

bman posted:

Bytown Rick posted:

bman posted:

About 26 hours from now we will get the first indications whether American voters give Trump and the Republicans a well-deserved knee to the nuts...… or not.  Something tells me it's gonna be a long night before know for sure.

And what will you be drinking b?

Probably 2001 Suduirat sauternes.  I've been jonesing for a sauternes for ages.

It will either be an older Port or a good vintage Champagne for me.  Let's compare notes when the evening is over, shall we?  

PH

5.39 and still light here although daylight is fading 

bman posted:

robsutherland posted:

I"m at a function at the Albany Club with Steven Harper and Joe Oliver (previous Conservative Prime Minister and Minister of Finance). It will be an interesting place to be stuck to my phone!

If Harper is still there when the results seem clear, I'd love to know what he thinks.  Of course, Old Stoneface will likely not give anything away, and you may not even be able to get near him, especially on a night like that.

Joe's my chairman. I don't think it's a very big crowd. We'll see! We don't share too much in way of political landscape...

bman posted:

Bytown Rick posted:

bman posted:

About 26 hours from now we will get the first indications whether American voters give Trump and the Republicans a well-deserved knee to the nuts...… or not.  Something tells me it's gonna be a long night before know for sure.

And what will you be drinking b?

Probably 2001 Suduirat sauternes.  I've been jonesing for a sauternes for ages.

??? You will be drinking much more than that! 

wineart 2 posted:

purplehaze posted:

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

Been gone for a while.  Working full time sucks.  

mikemann, anyone who is not angry about the state of our country under the mushroom headed dotard is either clueless or complicit.  I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're clueless.  Good day to you, sir.

 

PH

Laugh MF’ing out loud.

Why must you be so blatantly dishonest? Nobody thinks you’re laughing. Your obsessive anger and hate for our great President has completely consumed you. Call his supporters racist. That way you don’t have to accept all the good he’s done. Tell us how much you’re laughing. You have the credibility of the garbage that screwed this country for 8 years. I, on the other hand, am actually laughing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🤣

mikemann posted:

wineart 2 posted:

purplehaze posted:

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

Been gone for a while.  Working full time sucks.  

mikemann, anyone who is not angry about the state of our country under the mushroom headed dotard is either clueless or complicit.  I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're clueless.  Good day to you, sir.

 

PH

Laugh MF’ing out loud.

Why must you be so blatantly dishonest? Nobody thinks you’re laughing. Your obsessive anger and hate for our great President has completely consumed you. Call his supporters racist. That way you don’t have to accept all the good he’s done. Tell us how much you’re laughing. You have the credibility of the garbage that screwed this country for 8 years. I, on the other hand, am actually laughing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🤣

Hey, Mike, did you keep your George Wallace hats as well? 😎

Let me guess, you are so disappointed Fox pulled the racist ad Trump and your cult was so proud of? 

mikemann posted:

wineart 2 posted:

purplehaze posted:

mikemann posted:

I LOVE the way this country is going and I LOVE the intense anger here! 😘😘😘😘😘

Been gone for a while.  Working full time sucks.  

mikemann, anyone who is not angry about the state of our country under the mushroom headed dotard is either clueless or complicit.  I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're clueless.  Good day to you, sir.

 

PH

Laugh MF’ing out loud.

Why must you be so blatantly dishonest? Nobody thinks you’re laughing. Your obsessive anger and hate for our great President has completely consumed you. Call his supporters racist. That way you don’t have to accept all the good he’s done. Tell us how much you’re laughing. You have the credibility of the garbage that screwed this country for 8 years. I, on the other hand, am actually laughing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🤣

Which first growth are you opening to have with your rib eye and salad tomorrow night?

Green peppercorn sauce! 

Pretty amazing how the President's party annually gets hammered in the midterms. Only twice since 1910 has the incumbent's party won seats in the House and Senate. In the last 21 midterms, the President's party has lost an average of 30 seats in the House and 4 in the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...tes_midterm_election

Unfortunately the hour change won’t  make us 1 hour younger. Worthless 

robsutherland posted:

Green peppercorn sauce! 

Classic

Good night everyone! You've been a great audience

Thank you Robert!! 

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

it's snowing outside (better than snowing inside)

Just when I thought I was out, they keep pulling me back in . . . . to this thread.

love living where we can't count

It's better than living where you don't count... 

wineocd posted:

It's better than living where you don't count... 

Great come back 

After insulting the French over the weekend, and then again today upon return, Trump said:

“On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!”

Great....  we'll pay more for French wines.  Cheese next?

irwin posted:

After insulting the French over the weekend, and then again today upon return, Trump said:

“On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!”

Great....  we'll pay more for French wines.  Cheese next?

Not pasteurized would be good

irwin posted:

After insulting the French over the weekend, and then again today upon return, Trump said:

“On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!”

Great....  we'll pay more for French wines.  Cheese next?

According the several online resources, EU tariffs on US wine are $0.11 - $0.29 per bottle.  US tariffs are $0.05 - $0.14. 

haggis posted:

irwin posted:

After insulting the French over the weekend, and then again today upon return, Trump said:

“On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!”

Great....  we'll pay more for French wines.  Cheese next?

According the several online resources, EU tariffs on US wine are $0.11 - $0.29 per bottle.  US tariffs are $0.05 - $0.14. 

Must be fake news.  I'm sure Trump was well-briefed and in command of the facts.....

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

sunnylea57 posted:

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

Wow i've never heard of alpha flight either and this is a guy who's been collecting chris clairmont x-men comics for a long while.

g-man posted:

sunnylea57 posted:

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

Wow i've never heard of alpha flight either and this is a guy who's been collecting chris clairmont x-men comics for a long while.

They're like, Canadian X-Men, eh?

sunnylea57 posted:

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

About Alpha Flight or Howard the Duck?  

vint posted:

sunnylea57 posted:

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

About Alpha Flight or Howard the Duck?  

It would be sacrilegious to joke about Howard the Duck. 

vint posted:

sunnylea57 posted:

vint posted:

vincentric posted:

spo posted:

Were Canadians embarassed by Alpha Flight comics?

No.  Rob Ford? Probably. But then, hey, you have Trump.

I had to Google Alpha Flight comics.  Never heard of 'em...and this from a guy with a complete VF-VF+ set of Howard The Duck. 

You’re joking, right?

About Alpha Flight or Howard the Duck?  

HTD.

Because you do know my interest in HTD. Right? My original art collection? I’m selling my prime piece at auction tomorrow. Advance bidding is going well. Live auction is at 1 pm Eastern.

https://comics.HA.com/itm/orig...1976-/a/7192-91003.s

Little do they know.

https://www.cellartracker.com/forum/tm.asp?m=458191

mimik posted:

Little do they know.

https://www.cellartracker.com/forum/tm.asp?m=458191

Here's how this will conclude: "Thanks for the advice. I ended up buying some Meiomi Pinot."

sunnylea57 posted:

mimik posted:

Little do they know.

https://www.cellartracker.com/forum/tm.asp?m=458191

Here's how this will conclude: "Thanks for the advice. I ended up buying some Meiomi Pinot."

Exactly 

I apologize for those here who've been upset and angered by my posts.

The Old Man posted:

I apologize for those here who've been upset and angered by my posts.

Did you mean to apologize FOR those people?  (I think they can probably apologize for themselves if they feel an apology is warranted.)

Or did you intend to apologize TO those people?

The Old Man posted:

I apologize for those here who've been upset and angered by my posts.

Since when did you become Canadian ? -)

Don't know what you are referring to but you have always been a class act.

CIA says the Crown Prince ordered Khashoggi murder. ( what a shock) Will the orange dump believe his own CIA? 

Let the BS spin begin from the pathological lying dump... after all, it might be bad for business and we wouldn’t want a murder to interfere with business. 

Anyone have a forest rake for sale? 

I'd laugh with you, w+a, but it's so fkg sad.  He is very selective in how he responds to disasters, and for some reason it seems to be based on demographics. Go figure...

To even attempt to cast blame during this disaster that will likely cost 100s of lives is so crass.  Classless.  Boorish.  Inept.  Virtually Thoughtless.

Most of the forests around Paradise are Federal lands.  It will be interesting to see where the origin of these fires were.  Rakes...  

PH

seaquam posted:

The Old Man posted:

I apologize for those here who've been upset and angered by my posts.

Did you mean to apologize FOR those people?  (I think they can probably apologize for themselves if they feel an apology is warranted.)

Or did you intend to apologize TO those people?

Argh.  The second one; I used the wrong preposition. I'm turning in my grammar policeman badge.

Caught an iguana in my pool today

Saw rabbit footprints in the snow in our backyard last week.

Constantly chasing three deer out of our backyard. Day and night. A buck, a doe and a fawn. 

Getting tired of them eating the bark off our trees.

Where's vinoevelo when you need him?

something about discharging a firearm in the City........  i see them when i bike behind your place too.

Is a cross bow a firearm? Compound bow? 

Ball peen hammer?

Sunnylea

https://www.amazon.ca/Plantsky...;keywords=plantskydd 

It stinks but it works.  

sunnylea57 posted:

Constantly chasing three deer out of our backyard. Day and night. A buck, a doe and a fawn. 

Getting tired of them eating the bark off our trees.

Where's vinoevelo when you need him?

I was going to say, get a dog. But I guess that doesn't always work out.

wineart 2 posted:

CIA says the Crown Prince ordered Khashoggi murder. ( what a shock) Will the orange dump believe his own CIA? 

Let the BS spin begin from the pathological lying dump... after all, it might be bad for business and we wouldn’t want a murder to interfere with business. 

Just to be clear. Our President likes the people who killed Khashoggi; and dislikes the people who killed Osama bin Laden. 

winetarelli posted:

wineart 2 posted:

CIA says the Crown Prince ordered Khashoggi murder. ( what a shock) Will the orange dump believe his own CIA? 

Let the BS spin begin from the pathological lying dump... after all, it might be bad for business and we wouldn’t want a murder to interfere with business. 

Just to be clear. Our President likes the people who killed Khashoggi; and dislikes the people who killed Osama bin Laden. 

That pretty much sums up the Orange Clown. 

On this day, I’m very thankful for Chief Justice John Roberts. 

wineart 2 posted:

On this day, I’m very thankful for Chief Justice John Roberts. 

As am I. However, I think we will find out soon if there are no Trump judges.

Hmm. Just realized at some point this week I surpassed 5,000 posts. Which is kinda lame, considering Sunnylea57 joined four years after I did and is already at 5,500. And his posts are considerably more intelligent and sober-sounding than most of mine.

vint posted:

Hmm. Just realized at some point this week I surpassed 5,000 posts. Which is kinda lame, considering Sunnylea57 joined four years after I did and is already at 5,500. And his posts are considerably more intelligent and sober-sounding than most of mine.

Not sure "sober-sounding" is a compliment on a wine forum.....

Quiet weekend.

You're a discerning poster, VinT.

I did the math and I've posted 2.74 times per day on average over the last 5 1/2 years. I need to get a life.

This place has become so stagnant.  Sad.

PH

After my experience posting wines from my phone over the weekend, it's a wonder why? 

Question from a total layman in this field? Would WS not increase revenue from increased impressions on the forums? Technically we are on the WS site and would show up in their stats to potential advertisers. 
in other words, would it not be in WS best interest to have an active and lively forum? 

Would be super if the writers would drop by and over some nuggets of wisdom.  Might pick up the pace.

All we need now is six folks to carry the casket when the site going really dead.  On it last legs now. 

There's currently more life on the Wine Spectator Forumites Unite group page on Facebook.

seaquam posted:

 

sunnylea57 posted:

There's currently more life on the Wine Spectator Forumites Unite group page on Facebook.

 ???   What’s “Facebook”?

 

isn't that the stock that stopped giving? 

mangiare posted:

seaquam posted:

 

sunnylea57 posted:

There's currently more life on the Wine Spectator Forumites Unite group page on Facebook.

 ???   What’s “Facebook”?

 

isn't that the stock that stopped giving? 

The market giveth and the market taketh away.

Although i may be one of the pallbearers...  the basic concept i've always followed w.r.t. forums is that, on an average basis, you get out of forums what you put into them.  

It's easy to be negative.  

post something good.  it will be good. 

vinoevelo posted:

Although i may be one of the pallbearers...  the basic concept i've always followed w.r.t. forums is that, on an average basis, you get out of forums what you put into them.  

It's easy to be negative.  

post something good.  it will be good. 

 

 

Amen to that. Let's quit being so negative about this place. It will ensure. 

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen.  I thought Caruana put up a hell of a fight, but, man he got smoked in the tiebreakers.

Norway forever

Why can't the thermostats of central heating units be powered by a 9V battery?

I love Paris when it sizzles. - Cole Porter

"April in Paris"

May in Rome.

Giulaini is bad at Twitter. 

This month has 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 5 Mondays. This happens once every 823 years. 

vint posted:

This month has 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 5 Mondays. This happens once every 823 years. 

Wow, thanks for pointing this out. Now I can be a fount of knowledge to my friends!

Interesting. How is that possible? A 31-day month is 4 weeks + 3 days long, which means those last three days are repeats of the first three days of the month. So if the month starts on a Saturday, there will be a fifth Sat/Sun/Mon at the end.

You would think that a 31-day month starting on a Saturday would occur more often than once every 823 years... especially considering that there are seven 31-day months in each calendar year. 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/money-bags/

Kudos to SunnyLea57 for rational thinking.

This month has 5 Saturdays, 5 Mondays, and 5 Sundays, in that order.  This happens once every Conjunction of the Million Spheres.

Some facts are better left unchecked.  

When left unchecked, this thread eventually gets locked. 

vint posted:

Some facts are better left unchecked.  

Exactly!

Why destroy the romantic joy that only illusions and falsehoods can bring into our lives?  Once every 800 or so years sounds magical and special to me, sorta like the glass of 1990 Petrus that I'm going to have tonight.

Three day weekends  YEAH

If it smells like a fish and looks like a fish...

bumpkin didn't shake my hand either.

flwino posted:

bumpkin didn't shake my hand either.

Consider yourself fortunate! 

The orange felon is now quoting Geraldo Rivera for his defense!   Napa and his ilk must be so very proud.

Mueller and his team currently have 192 criminal charges against 36 people, 7 guilty pleas thus far, 3 people sentenced, one conviction in a trail and dozens of sealed indictments already filed and just yesterday Trump now tied directly to felonies. The good news, this is just the beginning for Trump and his troubles. 

Drain the swamp, hell the orange POS created his own swamp. I’m curious what the now ex- chief of staff told Mueller and his team recently? 

Looks as though people at Fox have started seeing the light in reference to the orange felon. Chris Wallace and the second most watched Fox show host Tucker Carlson are no longer drinking Trump’s pathological lies. 

Tick, tick, tick.

wineart 2 posted:

The orange felon is now quoting Geraldo Rivera for his defense!   Napa and his ilk must be so very proud.

Mueller and his team currently have 192 criminal charges against 36 people, 7 guilty pleas thus far, 3 people sentenced, one conviction in a trail and dozens of sealed indictments already filed and just yesterday Trump now tied directly to felonies. The good news, this is just the beginning for Trump and his troubles. 

Drain the swamp, hell the orange POS created his own swamp. I’m curious what the now ex- chief of staff told Mueller and his team recently? 

Looks as though people at Fox have started seeing the light in reference to the orange felon. Chris Wallace and the second most watched Fox show host Tucker Carlson are no longer drinking Trump’s pathological lies. 

Tick, tick, tick.

And the last adult in the room will now be gone by year-end.....

bman posted:

wineart 2 posted:

The orange felon is now quoting Geraldo Rivera for his defense!   Napa and his ilk must be so very proud.

Mueller and his team currently have 192 criminal charges against 36 people, 7 guilty pleas thus far, 3 people sentenced, one conviction in a trail and dozens of sealed indictments already filed and just yesterday Trump now tied directly to felonies. The good news, this is just the beginning for Trump and his troubles. 

Drain the swamp, hell the orange POS created his own swamp. I’m curious what the now ex- chief of staff told Mueller and his team recently? 

Looks as though people at Fox have started seeing the light in reference to the orange felon. Chris Wallace and the second most watched Fox show host Tucker Carlson are no longer drinking Trump’s pathological lies. 

Tick, tick, tick.

And the last adult in the room will now be gone by year-end.....

That is indeed a sobering thought.

The guy he wanted, quit.  So who next to join the felon squad

In hindsight it's pretty amazing just how the age of free flowing information has allowed the fake news machination to subvert almost half of this world towards fear mongering dictatorships in taking charge.

If i were going back for a PhD this would surely be an interesting topic to explore, that is if the free flow of information will inevitably lead to strongmen taking over.

Getting hired now at a high level job in the Trump administration is analogous to boarding the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.  At least, let's hope so.

irwin posted:

Getting hired now at a high level job in the Trump administration is analogous to boarding the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.  At least, let's hope so.

Interesting, indeed. My daughter has her Ph.D and is tenured. This very topic you raised is currently being discussed within her department. 

Geraldo will be the next chief of staff.  

doubled posted:

Geraldo will be the next chief of staff.  

Squire Sebastian Kiss the Girl Senator

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

Time’s Person of the Year. 😎

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

If that got him out of office today I’d be ok with it.

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

Even better:  Trump resigns thinking Pence pardons him, but Pence doesn't!

Doubtful though that any verdict would be reached before the next election.  I wonder if the Justice Department would allow any charges to be made public, much less allow a sitting President to even be charged.  Imagine if anything like that happened a few days or weeks out from election day? 

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

... then Pence defeated just like Ford! 😎

wineart 2 posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

... then Pence defeated just like Ford! 😎

Well, Pence added much to the reality WH shitshow today. Has there ever been such an uninformed president? 

Build the wall :-(

So they shut the gov down over 3.5 Billion     Too bad they didn't  build a wall near Norway and keep me and my ancestors out   

The earth is flat, I know this for a fact, I've seen the edge.

I see that romaine lettuce is back in the stores again.  It had fallen from grace for a bit due to some E Coli issues but has now been restored to its spot as the leading form of lettuce in the produce department.

You might call this “The fall and rise of  the romaine empire.”

wineart 2 posted:

wineart 2 posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

... then Pence defeated just like Ford! 😎

Well, Pence added much to the reality WH shitshow today...

 

A manila envelope taped to a beige wall.

And say what you will about Nancy Pelosi, but she totally owned Trump yesterday.

PH

purplehaze posted:

wineart 2 posted:

wineart 2 posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

... then Pence defeated just like Ford! 😎

Well, Pence added much to the reality WH shitshow today...

 

A manila envelope taped to a beige wall.

 

And say what you will about Nancy Pelosi, but she totally owned Trump yesterday.

PH

Yep. Trump lost at his own game. He was completely exposed as being clueless.

He also once again lied his ass off again and again and even Homeland Security was clueless with his BS claims. A fake reality dump.

irwin posted:

I see that romaine lettuce is back in the stores again.  It had fallen from grace for a bit due to some E Coli issues but has now been restored to its spot as the leading form of lettuce in the produce department.

You might call this “The fall and rise of  the romaine empire.”

Oh boy anything for a joke on Wednesday 

Trump caught playing with Pecker

billhike posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

If that got him out of office today I’d be ok with it.

sorry but Pence is way worse ideologically speaking than Trump.

mimik posted:

billhike posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

If that got him out of office today I’d be ok with it.

sorry but Pence is way worse ideologically speaking than Trump.

I don’t disagree but I’d rather have someone who actually believes in what he spews over the psychotic flip-flopper with the attention span of a crack baby and leadership ability of a roll of toilet paper. And trust me, I hate much of what Pence says he stands for. 

mimik posted:

billhike posted:

flwino posted:

trump resigns, Pence takes over and then pardons The buffoon.  Shades of Ford/Nixon

If that got him out of office today I’d be ok with it.

sorry but Pence is way worse ideologically speaking than Trump.

In the traditional sense, yes. But these are not traditional times. Racism, xenophobia, disregard for the law and lowercase “l” liberal democractic norms, scapegoating, willful ignorance, desire to be a tyrant, and pure transactional thinking could reasonably be said to be the core of Trump’s ideology.  Which makes his ideology worse. 

Last day in the office for 2018 - hallelujah  

So Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new trade agreement?  I'm sure that's what Trump voters had in mind when they were chanting Build that Wall at all of his rallies

patespo1 posted:

So Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new trade agreement?  I'm sure that's what Trump voters had in mind when they were chanting Build that Wall at all of his rallies

We are all paying for the wall, in addition to the tariff's

I’ve been hooked on Word Cookies, league play, lately.

doubled posted:

Geraldo will be the next chief of staff.  

Funny, my wife mentioned Jerry Springer.

mneeley490 posted:

doubled posted:

Geraldo will be the next chief of staff.  

Funny, my wife mentioned Jerry Springer.

Both would be very fitting.

Went to a Keg last night for a holiday event.  As we were being seated, I noticed a tabkle with three bottles of LdH cubillo - the light bulb goes off and i know what i'm ordering.  Get the wine list and cant find it.  Speak to the waiter who explained that table brought it themselves. 

"However, Sir, as I can see you are a man of refined tastes - may I re ccomend...." and he points to the Caymus Zin on the wine list.  Uhhh...nope... got anything with a bit more acidity?  "well... most certainly..."  and he points to the meimoi.  

We got the guigal cotes du rhone.  Pretty sure the waiter was dissapointed in his clearly incorrect assesment of me as a 'man of refined tastes'. 

vinoevelo posted:

Went to a Keg last night for a holiday event.  As we were being seated, I noticed a tabkle with three bottles of LdH cubillo - the light bulb goes off and i know what i'm ordering.  Get the wine list and cant find it.  Speak to the waiter who explained that table brought it themselves. 

 

"However, Sir, as I can see you are a man of refined tastes - may I re ccomend...." and he points to the Caymus Zin on the wine list.  Uhhh...nope... got anything with a bit more acidity?  "well... most certainly..."  and he points to the meimoi.  

We got the guigal cotes du rhone.  Pretty sure the waiter was dissapointed in his clearly incorrect assesment of me as a 'man of refined tastes'. 

My question is how you went to the Keg without your own bottle?! What a mistake to make!! ;-) 

vinoevelo posted:

Went to a Keg last night for a holiday event.  As we were being seated, I noticed a tabkle with three bottles of LdH cubillo - the light bulb goes off and i know what i'm ordering.  Get the wine list and cant find it.  Speak to the waiter who explained that table brought it themselves. 

 

"However, Sir, as I can see you are a man of refined tastes - may I re ccomend...." and he points to the Caymus Zin on the wine list.  Uhhh...nope... got anything with a bit more acidity?  "well... most certainly..."  and he points to the meimoi.  

We got the guigal cotes du rhone.  Pretty sure the waiter was dissapointed in his clearly incorrect assesment of me as a 'man of refined tastes'. 

Oh, these wine fetchers drive me nuts! Too often their pompous and placating attitudes are LOL funny. 

Just last week a wine fetcher hands me the wine list at a restaurant in Chicago and said, “ if you need any help with the wine list let me know.”  The freaking presumptive attitude just sets me off. I replied, “ is someone going to ask me if I need help with the dining menu as well?”  He looked puzzled.🙃

 That sounds like a very frustrating experience, but Innoway it is a little funny. 

Jared as Chief of Staff. OMG  Fox looking after the chicken coup

flwino posted:

Jared as Chief of Staff. OMG  Fox looking after the chicken coup

That actually makes some sense. Family probably the only ones who might be able to speak truth to him and the rest of the family infesting the place.

bman posted:

flwino posted:

Jared as Chief of Staff. OMG  Fox looking after the chicken coup

That actually makes some sense. Family probably the only ones who might be able to speak truth to him and the rest of the family infesting the place.

Except he's a candidate for the silver bracelets too. And now I'm seeing that even that clownish sycophant Chris Christie doesn't want the job either.

wineart 2 posted:

Just last week a wine fetcher hands me the wine list at a restaurant in Chicago and said, “ if you need any help with the wine list let me know.”  The freaking presumptive attitude just sets me off. I replied, “ is someone going to ask me if I need help with the dining menu as well?”  He looked puzzled.🙃

 

I hear you... but.  Consider that you are likely more wine savvy than 99.7% of the patrons at any venue that you visit  The offer of assistance, especially for a novice, might be appreciated.  I think the phrasing the Somm used could use some polish.   Something to the tune of, "If you have any questions, or if I can be of any service it would be my pleasure."  I've had reasonably good experiences with Somms of late.  Now, that "wine-fetcher," at Charlie Palmer came reasonably close to an ass kicking in November, but he came around with a little massaging.  

PH

purplehaze posted:

wineart 2 posted:

Just last week a wine fetcher hands me the wine list at a restaurant in Chicago and said, “ if you need any help with the wine list let me know.”  The freaking presumptive attitude just sets me off. I replied, “ is someone going to ask me if I need help with the dining menu as well?”  He looked puzzled.🙃

 

I hear you... but.  Consider that you are likely more wine savvy than 99.7% of the patrons at any venue that you visit  The offer of assistance, especially for a novice, might be appreciated.  I think the phrasing the Somm used could use some polish.   Something to the tune of, "If you have any questions, or if I can be of any service it would be my pleasure."  I've had reasonably good experiences with Somms of late.  Now, that "wine-fetcher," at Charlie Palmer came reasonably close to an ass kicking in November, but he came around with a little massaging.  

PH

Especially after you stood up to him and then we shared our wine with him! I'm pretty sure I heard him purring then..... 

I think it may have been more of an impotent growl, but whatever.     Sometimes, one must confront a bully.  There were too many alphas at the table for him to do anything but mewl like a whelp.  Until the next time we raise a glass, my diplomatic northern brother!

PH

purplehaze posted:

I think it may have been more of an impotent growl, but whatever.     Sometimes, one must confront a bully.  There were too many alphas at the table for him to do anything but mewl like a whelp.  Until the next time we raise a glass, my diplomatic northern brother!

PH

:-) 

Are "passionate" wine lovers all alphas?

purplehaze posted:

wineart 2 posted:

Just last week a wine fetcher hands me the wine list at a restaurant in Chicago and said, “ if you need any help with the wine list let me know.”  The freaking presumptive attitude just sets me off. I replied, “ is someone going to ask me if I need help with the dining menu as well?”  He looked puzzled.🙃

 

I hear you... but.  Consider that you are likely more wine savvy than 99.7% of the patrons at any venue that you visit  The offer of assistance, especially for a novice, might be appreciated.  I think the phrasing the Somm used could use some polish.   Something to the tune of, "If you have any questions, or if I can be of any service it would be my pleasure."  I've had reasonably good experiences with Somms of late.  Now, that "wine-fetcher," at Charlie Palmer came reasonably close to an ass kicking in November, but he came around with a little massaging.  

PH

A “ if you have any questions please let me know” is very different. A fair question with the dining menu as well. 

To makes matters worse, they didn’t have the Corton Charlemagne OR the Chablis I ordered. Grrr. The wine fetcher suggested a couple of Meursault wines. While I openly acknowledge Meursault has finally started toning down their oak and butter style of wine, I replied if that was the style I was looking for, I think Cali does it better. 🙃

I ended up finding a nice Beaujolais Blanc and another Chardonnay from Friuli Venezia Giulia that worked well. 

Here we go again,  yet one more of the swamp Trump created is leaving under investigation. Interior Secretary Zinke, out. 

I thought the Orange Pathological Lying president only hired the best. 

How great was it that it was Pelosi, who the pussy-grabber in chief and the Repubs used as the bogeywoman in their losing 2018 election, who showed what a nincompoop the racist in chief is? And yet a third of the country (and Napacat) somehow incomprehensibly still support this weak (he's afraid to even fire people in person) man/child.

I expect that 2019 will be only worse for Putin's Bitch, as the indictments strike closer and start confirming the crimes of his innermost circle.  The collateral damage from the resulting verbal diarrhea spewed by PB will unfortunately affect all of us.  He will continue to flap his jaws on Twitter, to the press and to world leaders, and the negative ramifications to our economy and world standing will hit our pocketbooks and overall collective safety.  

It's unbelievable that we have someone in the Oval Office that has "getting reelected" as their primary defense to avoiding prosecution for campaign finance violations........ 

wineart 2 posted:

Here we go again,  yet one more of the swamp Trump created is leaving under investigation. Interior Secretary Zinke, out. 

I thought the Orange Pathological Lying president only hired the best. 

"The Best" crooks

The Old Man posted:

How great was it that it was Pelosi, who the pussy-grabber in chief and the Repubs used as the bogeywoman in their losing 2018 election, who showed what a nincompoop the racist in chief is? And yet a third of the country (and Napacat) somehow incomprehensibly still support this weak (he's afraid to even fire people in person) man/child.

Many of the "old guard" of the GOP (Grabbers of Pu___s) party are affronted by women with either brains or guts.  I'm not a Nancy fancier, but she has experience and serious chops when it comes to maneuvering through our system.  The vision of him running out of the office and flinging his briefing papers across the room is delicious.  The time for his bluster and bravado is rapidly coming to a deserved end.  January 3 brings us all some balance.  Overdue.

PH

How’s your President doing? Mine’s doing friggin great! 🤗

mikemann posted:

How’s your President doing? Mine’s doing friggin great! 🤗

Who knew you were a Russian!  

mikemann posted:

How’s your President doing? Mine’s doing friggin great! 🤗

Yes, his sunshine happy attitude makes that clear. He's having the time of his life. Not a care in the world.

Tick, tick boom.

Hey Orange Conman, it is called the 4th Amendment, and it isn’t good news for you! 

The Orange Dump and all of his organizations are under investigation, AND the democratics come into office in a couple of weeks. 

Merriam Webster word of the year; JUSTICE. 😎

So, if you google idiot, a picture of Trump appears. Will googling justice soon show the orange man in handcuffs? 

Zachys zauction had some deals in it (handful of my lots won when for below low estimate). I have some explaining to do as I won a lot more lots than I was planning on winning.

NYT, really?!?!  WTF?

The orange conman and his Donald J Trump Foundation turns out to be a fraud of what has been described as “ shocking pattern of illegality “ and an “unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign.” What a shock! Trump and his family willfully breaking the law. Why I never...

We now have a sitting president and his family that have been banned from serving on any charitable or not for profit foundations. How very proud Napa and his ilk must be. 😎

The orange dump said he would be proud to shut the government down over his dumbass wall. Yet one more lie. 

Trump now will sign Chuck and Nancy’s proposed bill. 

The Clown probably realized the government won't pay him and his properties during a shutdown.

doubled posted:

The Clown probably realized the government won't pay him and his properties during a shutdown.

doubled posted:

The Clown probably realized the government won't pay him and his properties during a shutdown.

... he was told it would look bad for him to take his 16 day vacation while the government was shut down and people missing their income, so, screw the wall. 😂

New day, new set of pure lies from the orange dump. 

Time and time again we have Trump saying he had no business dealings ongoing with Russia during his campaign as he at the same time was speaking well of Putin and the need to ease sanctions against Russia and the need for better relations with Putin. We even have the orange dumps current lawyer and spin doctor saying this past Sunday Trump never signed any paperwork for a potential building in Russia. 

Oops, more lies on top of more lies. Trump did indeed sign a LOI during his campaign for the project, and details of his upfront cost were included, naming rights, development details and such were also included. Yet one more 100% lie and now two years of a cover up including this past Sunday when the execution of the LOI was denied. We now have the executed LOI with Trump’s signature. 

Drip, drip, drip. 

Yeah, but he totally defeated ISIS, bruh.

billhike posted:

Yeah, but he totally defeated ISIS, bruh.

He forgot to inform the pentagon of this as they disagree. Also, don’t overlook the arms sale to Turkey yesterday and how this plays into the Dump’s BS! 

“I know more about ISIS than the generals, believe me”

Remember that nugget? 

billhike posted:

“I know more about ISIS than the generals, believe me”

Remember that nugget? 

Oh yes, he is truly clinically delusional. That said, wait for more details of the arms deal struck yesterday and don’t let the orange dump change the narrative! 

The dump charges the SS for the golf carts that they have to use to protect him on the golf courses.  Also charges for the hotels used by them.  A real greedy SOB!