It's not the "neolibs" that revel in hypocrisy so much as it's the ****ing braindead morons.

Fair enough. As far as all the other comments go... "Neolib" is a term of my own creation. I use it to describe the leftist, liberal side of a debate in the very same way that neolibs use the term "neocon" to describe any/all conservatives. I'll make you a deal. I'll stop using 'neolib' as soon as liberals stop using 'neocon' as a generic epithet. Don't hold your breath.

We also deny that there's any kind of predisposition in America's left to be violent.

An old man and a black guy were beaten by left-wing AFL/CIO union thugs at health care debates. Bernadine Dorn & Micheal Ayers ring a bell? The Unibomber? The woman in this video? She's a left wing kook. The old guy that shot a bunch of people at that military museum? He was a left wing kook.

You may not want to admit this, but the left-wing of the US has a storied history of violence, intolerance, prejudice, and bigotry. The left isn't some bunch of snoots sitting around with a brandy snifter. They use guns, bombs, and violence just as much as the fringe right. It's a different brand of idiocy than what comes from - say - a bunch of skinheads, but that's no reason to pretend it doesn't exist.

while the American right (read Republicans, not Libertarians) think government should serve the interests of business first and foremost.

I'll disagree here. This is a NEOLIB (ha!) opinion that is skewed and incorrect. People on the right think federal government should be confined to its originally prescribed Constitutional duties (defense and some minor inter/intrastate regulation). That's all.

Soaking overnight in brandy is necessary!! This allows the alcohol to totally soak into the fruit bits. This is good because chickas like to eat the pieces of fruit, and, because of the alcohol, become free of conditioning preventing them from enjoying being female, enjoying males !! I LOVE Sangria!!

Pulled over to the river to take a rest
Pulled out a pair of pliers and pulled the bullet out of my chest
Fear and loathing across the country listening to my 8 track
I Reached behind the seat and grabbed a Kool from the pack
Long distance from my girl and I'm talking on the cellular
She said that she was sorry and I said yeah the hell you were
Check my rear view mirror check the gold tooth display
Check out the odometer and I was on my way
Cause I'm a high plains drifter the best that you can get
A strapped shoplifter a pirate on cassette
Bust a Travis Bickle when I feel that I'm getting pushed
Don't step to me or you're gonna get mushed
I'm Doing 120 plowing over mail boxes
Radar detector to tell me where the cops is
Spend another night at the Motel 6
It's five dollars extra get the porno flicks
Concoct a black and tan in my brandy snifter
I'm a kleptomaniac K-Mart shoplifter
Cash flow getting low so I had to pull a job
I found a nice place to visit but a better place to rob
I left my car outside and the engine still revvin'
Time to get busy at 7-Eleven
Then I went inside to make my withdrawal
I saw what he had had but I had to take it all


Knucklehead deli tried to gyp me on the price
So I clocked him off the turban with the bag of ice
Cause I'm mellow like Jell-O cool like lemonade
I made my getaway and I thought that I had it made
I feel like Steve McQueen a former movie star
Look in my rearview mirror seen a police car
Ballantine quarts with the puzzle on the cap
I couldn't help but notice I was caught in a speed trap
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry on the run from Dirty Harry
Stash the cash in the dash but my gun I did carry
I'm seeing blue and red flashing deep in the night
I got my alibi straight and I pulled over to the right
Cop knocked on my window and said Boy where's the fire
you've got a mailbox on your bumper and a bald front tire
Outta the car longhair your goose is cooked
Read me my rights fingerprinted and booked
Makin' like a D.T. driving a Gran Fury
Wherever I hang my hat's my home and my past is kind of blurry
Every dog will have its day and mine will be in front of a jury
I'm the High Plains Drifter and I'm never in a hurry
Read me my rights as if I didn't know this
Threw me in the tank with the drunk called Otis
With his five o' clock shadow he smelled of 3-day old beer
My man turned to me and said why are you here?
I said I'm charming and dashing I'm rental car bashing
Phony paper passing at Nix Check Cashing
I went before the judge he sent me to the Brooklyn House of D.
He said you behave son or we'll throw away the key
Harry Houdini'd out the cuffs I kicked the screw in the knee
Took the bailiff's wallet and went straight to O.T.B.
I had a good feeling easy come easy go
I bet on one horse to win and another to show
And sure enough that knak came in
Brought my ticket to the window and collected my win
Broke into my new car with a wire coat hanger
Hot wired hot wheeled and Suzy is a headbanger

America's Test Kitchen covered sangria -- here's an excerpt

Many people mistake sangria for an unruly collection of fruit awash in a sea of overly sweetened red wine. There's also the premade sangria sold in liquor stores, which is at once sugary, watery, and flavorless--a poor substitute for Hi-C.
The Goal

A robust, sweet-tart punch.
The Solution

Start with cheap red wine, which actually makes a better sangria than the expensive stuff. (Experts told us that the sugar and fruit called for in sangria throw off the balance of any wine used, so why spend a lot on something that was carefully crafted?)We experimented with untold varieties of fruit to put in our sangria and finally concluded that simpler is better. We preferred the straightforward tang of citrus in the form of oranges and lemons. And we discovered that the zest and pith as well as the fruit itself make an important contribution to flavor. Orange liqueur is standard in recipes for sangria, and after experimenting we found that here, as with the wine, cheaper was just fine, this time in the form of Triple Sec. Fortification with any other alcoholic beverage, from gin to port to brandy, simply gave the punch too much punch. What we wanted, and what we now had, was a light, refreshing, very drinkable drink.

Here's the recipe -- http://www.recipezaar.com/The-Best-Sangria-64855 . I haven't tried it yet, but it's on my list

I'm skeptical about a band named after coconut brandy.

>> ^BillOreilly:
Younglings, you forget that aside from all the health risks, smoking pot also leads to harder drugs. Legalize pot and you immediately have a much bigger market for crack, heroin, and meth. This country is in enough trouble as it is without going down that road.
And anyone who smokes pot is an immature piece of trash. Yup, I said it.


The only thing you got right is that smoking pot is a health risk. But then again, so is driving at 55 mph. Get your facts straight. Alcohol is more of a gateway drug than pot ever could be. Your stupidity and illogical deduction is absolutely mind-numbing; more so than smoking a joint could ever achieve. I actually feel dumber after having read your post. I put forth that we should enact a law against the incoherent ramblings of the older generation, who 1) cannot use their own faculties to critically think for themselves and 2) do nothing but use condescension as a means of artificially inflating their ego.

Time to go back to sleep, BillO. Here's some warm milk. (Shhh, I slipped some brandy in it for him.)

You're not going to garner any support unless you find something I did and include it. Here's to your cause -- mmm brandy. No Brandy, come back dear!

New Years Eve plus 2 ; After drinking our fill Wednesday night, I still have left a big bottle of red, bottle of white, Sam Adams, 2 brands of an IPA, Blue Moon, bottle of brandy, bottle of champagne, and a gently used bottle of Bourbon..

Anyone want to help me finish this off?

Happy New Year!

Ah, Ya ponimayo! I actually have a tremendous amount of pictures, some of them bring back things I would rather forget though! We spent most of the time completely in the wilderness miles and miles away from anything. The closest "town" Ust' Kuyga was extremely small and it was ~ 30 miles away one we were done hiking/boating/tractoring our way through the tundra. The mosquito populations are totally out of control there by the way. It would have been difficult to breathe for how saturated the air was with mosquitoes.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
i can't speak russian. i simply know how to say "HI MAMA, YES I ATE, ALOT, YES, YES, NO I DON'T NEED BRANDY, THANKYOU"



it's a great language but i find it very hard. lithuanian is easier because i hear it all the time. i would recommend just watching loads of russian movies withouth subtitles to get the rhythm, then it's easier to learn what you just saw.

i can't imagine how beautiful the things you have seen are. got photos?

pachimu is why (literally "done of what" i think) payetamu is therefore. patamushta is because.

ja nigavariu pa russky patamushta ja v litvie. i think that's right!


In reply to this comment by residue:
Haha, I can pick up most of that, but I'm missing a couple of those words from my vocabulary. I'm still new to the language and have only the basics..
Here's what I think you said:
You don't (something) speak russian (perhaps don't speak much russian) You only understand some words: hello, mom, ??, very, yes, yes, no (something), thanks

I'm also not sure what Pachymu is, but presumably that asks why I went to Yakutsk?

I was there for about a month doing research near Ust' Kuyga. It will be Alaska next summer, to the Bendeleben mountains...


In reply to this comment by MINK:
ja nimagu gavareet pa russky. ja prosta znaiu kak pagavareet PRIVYET MAMA, DA JA KUSHAL, OCHEN, DA, DA, NIET BRENDY NINADA, SPASEEBO.

etc

pachymu ty v yaktutski?


In reply to this comment by residue:
Zdrastvuite, Ochen priyatnah. Kak vue Pshvaieteu?

I can't spell this crap without a Rusky keyboard

I just got back from Yakutsk

In reply to this comment by MINK:
i sleep with a russian vote for me! i touched a real one!

check my diplomaterisation skillz:

privyet! ya gavriu pa rusky! tvoy brat eta bolshoy kon! holas amigos! nobombardoski america por favor senor putinski!

btw "trade missions" means "drinking wine in a foreign country while wearing a name badge". i know that because i am a diplomateriserer like i just said ^

i can't speak russian. i simply know how to say "HI MAMA, YES I ATE, ALOT, YES, YES, NO I DON'T NEED BRANDY, THANKYOU"



it's a great language but i find it very hard. lithuanian is easier because i hear it all the time. i would recommend just watching loads of russian movies withouth subtitles to get the rhythm, then it's easier to learn what you just saw.

i can't imagine how beautiful the things you have seen are. got photos?

pachimu is why (literally "done of what" i think) payetamu is therefore. patamushta is because.

ja nigavariu pa russky patamushta ja v litvie. i think that's right!


In reply to this comment by residue:
Haha, I can pick up most of that, but I'm missing a couple of those words from my vocabulary. I'm still new to the language and have only the basics..
Here's what I think you said:
You don't (something) speak russian (perhaps don't speak much russian) You only understand some words: hello, mom, ??, very, yes, yes, no (something), thanks

I'm also not sure what Pachymu is, but presumably that asks why I went to Yakutsk?

I was there for about a month doing research near Ust' Kuyga. It will be Alaska next summer, to the Bendeleben mountains...


In reply to this comment by MINK:
ja nimagu gavareet pa russky. ja prosta znaiu kak pagavareet PRIVYET MAMA, DA JA KUSHAL, OCHEN, DA, DA, NIET BRENDY NINADA, SPASEEBO.

etc

pachymu ty v yaktutski?


In reply to this comment by residue:
Zdrastvuite, Ochen priyatnah. Kak vue Pshvaieteu?

I can't spell this crap without a Rusky keyboard

I just got back from Yakutsk

In reply to this comment by MINK:
i sleep with a russian vote for me! i touched a real one!

check my diplomaterisation skillz:

privyet! ya gavriu pa rusky! tvoy brat eta bolshoy kon! holas amigos! nobombardoski america por favor senor putinski!

btw "trade missions" means "drinking wine in a foreign country while wearing a name badge". i know that because i am a diplomateriserer like i just said ^

I think after having a couple of bottles...I'm happy to go back to my bourbon or brandy.

Bourbon for hot Swampgirls, Brandy for cold ones

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On those special occasions, Arturo Fuentes and a nice brandy.

Unlimited submissions you say?

http://www.videosift.com/video/2-Unlimited-No-limit

http://www.videosift.com/video/Simply-Red-Fairground

http://www.videosift.com/video/Lighthouse-Family-Lifted

--
My cheese antidote
http://www.videosift.com/video/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Brandy-Youre-a-Fine-Girl

Not that I put much cred in the info either way, but I read "somewhere" that all the children in the audience were made to leave the auditorium for these, uh, "burlesque" performances and shots of kids hiding their eyes (why? kids don't have shame yet) were edited in later to make it seem worse.

And Brandi has a face like a catfish.