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by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 232071
Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

In a normal country, this would be grounds for immediate disqualification of a candidate You mean like, officially, or just that no one should vote for that person? As quoted in this AP article, the Trump campaign says they didn't make the video: “This was not a campaign video, it was created by a ...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like
Replies: 1543
Views: 173384

Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like

Malört does offer packs of airplane bottles. That's what I bought last year in Chicago. I still have one left. It starts off with a bit of hoppy bitterness, with a bit of that sort of piney/citrus flavor, but any citrus notes quickly fade into a nearly pure bitterness. There's not the slightest hint...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Around the Rink
Topic: Non-Penguins NHL Games 2023-24
Replies: 1795
Views: 93814

Non-Penguins NHL Games 2023-24

Phooey. I root for maximum Oilers futility.

I hope the Stars give them a waffle stomping.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 9:41 pm
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Topic: Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like
Replies: 1543
Views: 173384

Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like

Okay, dammit, that Liber and Co. makes like five syrups I gotta go buy. Especially the Caramelized Fig Syrup.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 9:36 pm
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Topic: Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like
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Views: 173384

Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like

I'll keep my eye out for the Maggie's farm. Thanks. :thumb:
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 9:30 pm
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Topic: Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like
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Views: 173384

Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like

Did you make the orgeat, or buy it? Orgeat and falernum are two ingredients that I have not yet tried to incorporate into my mixology.

Most recently I picked up a bottle of Amaro Nonino and made some Paper Planes. Equal parts bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino, and lemon juice. Very nice.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 9:21 pm
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Topic: Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like
Replies: 1543
Views: 173384

Wine, Scotch, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and the like

It's a non-alcoholic syrup flavored predominantly with almonds, often with rose water or orange flower water. I just learned that it's pronounced "ohr-zsa" as in Zsa Zsa Gabor, and the "t" is silent. Huh. Anyway, it's used in a few famous cocktails, most notably the Mai Tai and the Japanese Cocktail.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 8:37 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

Tell you what. I'll listen to that if you buy the book.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 8:19 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 232071
Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

Ah yes a Koch founded think tank. Surely they will steer us in the right direction.

You should read this one first, so that you could actually recognize the fallacies in what you just said.

by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Cooking and Dining
Replies: 11538
Views: 923690

Cooking and Dining

I know people passionately love the stuff, but I've never liked the taste of Sriracha. It just doesn't taste good to me. I used to be into hot sauce a lot more when I was younger, but as my digestive system has aged, I don't do the super-spicy stuff so much any more. These days my hot sauce of choic...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

For more on this subject, a new book from Cato directly addresses the misconceptions about inflation, among other topics related to prices.

by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Randomness Dos
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Views: 4641723

Randomness Dos

by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

Also, events other than increasing the money supply cause inflation. Like the supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic and the Saudi's deciding to cut oil production. There's no question that food manufacturers have raised prices to increase profits. No, those events cause price increases, not ...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

"Inflation is the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time." Right, individual price increases is not 'inflation", but higher prices is like literally the definition of inflation. You don't get to just ignore why the price level is rising. I'm not. Businesses making price decisions on...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 4:04 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

Everyone wants the highest price for their goods and services. Would you turn down an offered raise because you don't want to be "greedy"? Would you sell your house for less than the market value because because you don't want to be "greedy"? Of course not. Corporations certainly raise prices, and o...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 3:27 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

A reminder: corporations do not cause inflation. Government monetary policy causes inflation, specifically the creation of new money from thin air. As Milton Friedman said, "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid inc...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 2:33 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events

I also agree with DG that it seems crazy that a country that's trying to have its own space program, to develop nuclear power (or maybe nuclear weapons), is building all sorts of advanced drone weapons (that it's selling to Russia), is trying to develop domestic fighter jets, etc. is flying its VIPs...
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 2:09 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

I would imagine there might have been a lot of "get-there-itis" pressure when it's the president of the country in the back of the aircraft. If so, the same sort of situation was a factor in the 2010 Smolensk air disaster that killed the president of Poland.
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: TIL
Replies: 1869
Views: 192952

TIL

TIL that the Japanese have a word that means "old person smell": kareishū (加齢臭). The kanji translate as something along the lines of "aging smelly."
by Shyster
Mon May 20, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Gardening/Maintenance Thread
Replies: 2020
Views: 201811

Gardening/Maintenance Thread

Got out my trenching shovel to clean out the tiny ditch I have on the uphill side of my property that channels rain water out to the street instead of turning my upper yard into a swamp. Toward the back of my house, there's a part where the hill up to my neighbor becomes too steep to mow, so it's ov...
by Shyster
Sun May 19, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 5AF Parenting Thread
Replies: 9069
Views: 620173

5AF Parenting Thread

I currently pay $112 per month for me and my one car.
by Shyster
Sun May 19, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: NFL
Replies: 43378
Views: 2340163

NFL

People did call for Hill to be cut in 2019.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootba ... m-for-life

Yeah, for him likely covering up child abuse, not for his fleet of baby mommas and illegitimate kids.
by Shyster
Sun May 19, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: Fantasy Sports
Topic: 5AF Fantasy F1 2024
Replies: 52
Views: 4798

5AF Fantasy F1 2024

Round 7 - Emilia-Romagna This race: Cbear3 - 40 dodint - 16 MR25 - 26 Shyster - 22 tifosi - 23 Gaucho - 17 Leaderboard: 1. Cbear3 - 274 2. dodint - 211 3. Shyster - 208 4. Gaucho - 174 5. tifosi - 153 6. MR25 - 136 First-Place Finishes: Cbear3 - 7 dodint - 1 MR25 - 0 Shyster - 1 tifosi - 0 Gaucho -...
by Shyster
Sun May 19, 2024 4:31 pm
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Topic: NFL
Replies: 43378
Views: 2340163

NFL

If Butker were some douchebag who treated women like Kleenex and had five kids with five different women, no one would blink an eye. Ain't no petition calling for Butker's former teammate Tyreek Hill to be fired even though Hill has 11 kids with five different women.
by Shyster
Sun May 19, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 232071
Views: 12991757

Politics And Current Events

I think it's safe to say that not all Iranians are concerned that their president might have been killed in a helicopter crash. https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1792239808284127277 https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1792242796281077763 Setting aside the politics and the hatred, I have to wonder what...