Commentist Beer Barrel and Open Thread: Singled Out

Two of my favorite beers of all time are Lone Pint Yellow Rose, and Independence Gold Deluxe, and they have one thing in common: They were each brewed with just one hop variety, and one malt variety, part of a trend known as Single Malt and Single Hop (or SMaSH) brewing, a trend that’s begotten various other forms of single-hop brewing. We’ll get to that in a bit, but first I’ll tell you a bit more about the composition of these beers I love. For Gold Deluxe, a blonde ale that I’ve had exactly twice and that was sadly never brewed again, it was Japanese Sorachi Ace hops and the English winter barley malt Maris Otter. For Yellow Rose, probably the best IPA in all of Texas and a beer that thankfully remains extant, it’s Mosaic hops and… you know, I don’t actually know what malt Lone Pint uses, and I couldn’t find the answer anywhere. Probably some kind of American 2-row barley? In any case, both of these beers are perfectly crafted creations that make the most of their limited ingredients, consciously melding them into a perfect whole. And that’s why I’m here to say to breweries everywhere: Chill out putting single-hop beers on the shelves. Enough is enough.

“What the hell, snow?” you might be saying. “You like everything. You like (sours/IPAs/stouts/fizzy yellow beers/whatever the everloving shit a “gruit” is). What precisely the fuck is your problem with single-hop beers, of all things?”

Well, it’s like this: First of all, I think that if a brewery releases a beer for consumption, it should be good. That’s a fairly simple proposition, and I know it sounds obvious, but I want you to keep it in mind moving forward. Now, the SMaSH trend, and consequently the broader single-hop trend, as I understand it anyway, originated out of homebrewers’ sensible instinct to simplify their brewing. But there’s an additional, pedagogical reason for its popularity: You can learn a hell of a lot about what various hops and malts taste like from these sorts of beers, given a series of them. And so, various breweries are giving us, over and over again, a series. A series of SMaSH beers, a series of single-hop beers with the same malt profile, a series of single-hop beers with malts meant to match. Regrettably, series of this sort tend to self-perpetuate whether their individual beers are good or not, and so, more and more I’ve found myself trying beers that seem like unsuccessful experiments. And, hey, it’s in the nature of experiments that many will be unsuccessful. A failed experiment still generally moves its field forward. Thomas Edison had to test over 10,000 combinations of materials to invent the alkaline battery. But this is important: Thomas Edison never tried to sell any of the failed combinations as batteries.

Now, let me switch gears for a moment and talk about Green Flash Brewing Company, one of the many world-class breweries that calls San Diego home. Green Flash’s impact on the world of brewing, and in particular the world of hop-focused brewing, cannot be overstated. Their West Coast IPA arguably defines an entire (eponymous) regional style. Green Flash Imperial IPA… well, pretty much the same praise applies. Palate Wrecker is a genuine legend of the hops-race era. And Le Freak is, without question, the best Belgian-style IPA I have ever had. Green Flash is, without question, one of the breweries most responsible for my love of beer, and I’m telling you all of this because I’m about to say some very unkind things about one of their beers. It’s not their fault. It should have been Mikkeller, but suddenly, I can’t find them here. Oh well.

Green Flash Styrian Golding Single Hop Pale Ale is a figurative mouthful to say all at once. That’s a minor but additional point against single-hop beers: Most of them have names like this. Green Flash SGSHPA is also several literal mouthfuls of beer, but those mouthfuls are a bit on the disappointing side, for me. One of the things I like least about a hoppy beer is when it tastes dirty, and unfortunately there’s a fair bit of that going on here. Even more damningly, there’s just not very much beyond that. There’s a bit of what might be orange or grapefruit if it had the courage to really express itself. The overall feel is watery and weak. This isn’t horrible. It’s not painful to drink. It’s a worthwhile experiment. But, for me, the question is: Would this have been a good enough beer for a great brewery like Green Flash to sell as just another pale ale, without the “experimental” hook? To me, at least, the answer’s no.

lady snow’s on short-term injured reserve this week, but she’s eager to get back on the field. I know better than anyone that the Beer Barrel’s not the same without her; sorry for the inevitable drop in quality this week.

tl;dr: Showcasing a particular hop doesn’t make a beer good. Making a beer good makes a beer good.

Grade: One hop out of three.

make it snow is an alot of beer who’s had just an exhausting week and, despite the tone of this review, is even more grateful than usual for a beer. His disapproval of Green Flash Styrian Golding Single Hop Pale Ale didn’t keep him from drinking five of them while writing this review. You’ve got to be absolutely sure about something like this.

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Fronkenshteen

Sonofabitch! They JUST put Green Flash West Coast IPA on tap at the restaurant I cook for in the Shenandoah Valley. Small world. This review will come in very handy, I assure you. Thanks!

Sill Bimmons

Where in the Shenandoah Valley?

I lived in Harrisonburg as a young kid.

Fronkenshteen

No shit! I lived there from 1994-2011.
I’m in Woodstock now, about 30 miles north on the highway of death (I-81).

Sill Bimmons

1976-1985.

blaxabbath

Red Lobster has microbrews on tap?

packman_jon

Forgot my headphones at home and I’m still sleepy and feel like crap
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Every bull receives six liters of beer a day in order to expedite their fattening process. The beer is given to the animals directly from the bottles to prevent the liquid from losing its dilating power. All the steaks coming from these bulls end up in three or four specialized restaurants in Tokyo and New York.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I would think at some point the bulls stop giving a shit.

Sill Bimmons

The butchery at Restaurant Satou Sukiyaki, Kichijoji.

http://www.guide-restaurants-et-voyages-du-monde.com/images/restaurants/00618-satou/satou16b.jpg

Take off the last 2 zeroes and multiply by 5 to get the dollar price per pound.

It’s at least twice as much if you want to sit at a table upstairs.

Sill Bimmons

Everything you ever wanted to know about Japanese beef straight from the Japan National Tourism Organization:

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/attractions/dining/wagyu/brand.html

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Use choppy short steps and leverage your weight when dragging a body.

http://66.media.tumblr.com/c73062ac1a0655d1bb7b9157744242fd/tumblr_ngv551toEP1st5z40o3_250.gif

Unsurprised

Better yet, chop it up.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

This is in reference to get it to a place to chop it up.

Once again.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
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Brick Meathook

My goodness what a beautiful frame of film.

“The Asphalt Jungle” (1950), photographed by Harold Rosson ASC

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes; both are of excellent, meaningful composition, perfect lighting.

Cuntler

Buy. Damn you autocorrect.

Cuntler

No kidding. What channel is PAC 12 football on right now? Go Bruins!

Brick Meathook

Watching “The Asphalt Jungle” (1950), produced, directed, and co-written by John Huston.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Brick Meathook

La Dolce Vita?

Duchess

Soon we will have narrower field goals folks

Unsurprised

I would say that the easiest way to resolve the problem of buried balls is to put sensors into or beneath the turf. They’re cheap enough.

The problem is that the people responsible for the fields are idiots like Dan Snyder.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I imagine they would put the sensors in the pylons.

Unsurprised

For regular use in determining where the ball should be placed during the games. That’s a million times more important than this kicking shit.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Oh I could care less about the kicking data too. I’m mostly interested in the goal line stuff. I don’t think the first downs or other on field placement is going to be implemented for a long time.

blaxabbath

Oh how hard can it be to set a standard for field conditions?

http://i.imgur.com/1x6wu4M.gif

Unsurprised

It’s not something trivial like colluding to keep the salary cap low. Field conditions are desperately important concerns.

Wakezilla

How awesome is DFO?

I went to Shannon Falls today because of Beerguy Rob’s picture of his dog with the falls in the background. My wife and I had a late lunch so we sorta skipped dinner. We’re both getting hungry, so, I’m making Covalent Blonde’s Amazing American Avocado Appies for a snack. Next weekend, assuming I’m not at the hospital (wife is due any second now), we’ll be making Yeah Right’s Gnocchi. We’ll be having a Gnocchi rally next weekend, folks.

Duchess

just glad I could add my sporadic columns to help you fall asleep at night.

Duchess

I like the Rock think he is charismatic as hell I watched Journey to the Center of the Earth 2 because of him… I just cannot stand Ballers.

herodotus450

I liked Ballers better the first time when it was called Arli$$. And by ‘like’ I mean ‘didn’t really like’.

Duchess

It’s like a show with the Rock, Rob Corddry, and Guss from Psych??? Sign me up

Oh its Entourage Football/Miami style? FUCK!!!!!!!!

Unsurprised

It’s more like Entourage. Arli$$ had some redeeming moments.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I got four minutes into it, then gave up.

Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

NEVER!

Unsurprised

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

How long is a growler of a good sour supposed to last? Asking for a friend.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Two maybe three.

Unsurprised

Hours?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Normally I’d say; “Can you wait until the joke unfolds, god damn it?” But this worked out even better.

Unsurprised

Who’s the real (joke) thread ender now?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Hours.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

So I shouldn’t finish it tonight?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Please see above “joke.”

Cuntler

Vacuumed sealed quality one or crappy brown bought at the brewery garbage canteen?

laserguru

After spending two nights on a motel bed I’m looking forward to sleeping in my own luxurious bed of luxury.
Nice to be home.

Brick Meathook

LARRY, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF VIETNAM?

laserguru

Stuck in my head the whole trip.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
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Don T

A judge from The Night Of was a defense attorney from Law and Order. That’s why casting directors don’t advice and consent.

laserguru

I think he was also on Oz. He’s the one who liked Miss Lucy or whatever that kids show was that all of the inmates watched.

Unsurprised

James Gandolfini was originally supposed to be the Turturro character. I’ll be frank—I can’t imagine Gandolfini as a Saul Goodmanesque slick-ass defense lawyer. Guys like Gandolfini and me don’t get to be that kind of lawyer.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
BrettFavresColonoscopy

Boulder: so safe you’ll feel guilty about leaving your house unlocked.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

IT IS NOT SAFE! I PERSONALLY HAVE WRECKED MY BIKE DURING DRUNKEN CRUISER RIDES!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

‘Charles in Charge’ actor calls Donald Trump “a man that I believe in”

Duchess

Well Buddy did go on to bring us BibleMan

Duchess

People are already spreading rumors that the Bears will go after Dreamboat 2: Garopo-boogaloo after the season.

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Ah yes. Soon football season will come along to remind me that the only think Chicagoans are dumber about than the Cubs is the Bears.

Duchess

People act like QB’s are like lords from the Game fo Thrones… He is from the Chicago area… King of the North, King of the North, KING OF THE NORTH!

Unsurprised

Oh, so that’s why Rodgers and Dreamboat turned Oakland-SF games into shootouts.

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I have the Yankees-Red Sox game on in the background and I’m thinking how stale and uninteresting this rivalry is now.

Horatio Cornblower

“His disapproval of Green Flash Styrian Golding Single Hop Pale Ale didn’t keep him from drinking five of them while writing this review.”

I don’t throw around the term ‘hero’ lightly…

Sill Bimmons

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herodotus450

Might want to delete that? Unless it’s some joke I don’t get.

Sill Bimmons

Trying. Don’t know how.

herodotus450

Tales have been told about an invisible edit button that some commentists have, next to the timestamp of their posts or thereabouts. Or take the advice of this NRA spokesraptor and get someone in charge to help
http://www.rrfirearms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Eddie-Eagle.jpg

Gratliff

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Keeping it sexy/deviant.

Sill Bimmons

“Vodka. That’s what they drink, isn’t it? Never water? On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason. Water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this earth’s surface is water. Why, do you realize that 70 percent of you is water? And as human beings, you need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids. Are you beginning to understand?”

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Back in high school, I had a history class assignment to write an analysis of this movie and Failsafe, which came out the same year.

Holy shit was Failsafe dark as hell.

laserguru

You’re going to have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.

Unsurprised

Anything so dark that Kubrick thought was so inherently dark and absurd that he decided “Fuck it. I’m making this a comedy.” must be grim.

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I want someone to drug Trump before his RNC speech just to see if he’ll go on a fifteen minute rant about how amazing his penis is.

On second thought, I’m not even sure anyone would have to drug him to get him to do that.

Sill Bimmons

I find comparisons between Trump and the Orange Julius to be highly offensive.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3096/3166707935_0714520247_z.jpg

Gratliff

Life seems pretty good for Joey Ryan and his kayfabe penis these days.

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I haven’t been that excited to have a woman hold my cock and balls since high school.

Gratliff

Angle makes it rough, but that’s actually Eva Angelina. He’s actually got a sponsorship deal with YouPorn now and the Dick Strong/Joey Ryan’s Dick Does Judo thing has been legally redubbed the YouPorn-plex.

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This is incredible.

Gratliff

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/20150520/5210599/joey-ryan-suplex-o.gif

He’s doing the Colt Cabana thing of creating his own brand in the indies. Joey Ryan is the internet in wrestler form. The above is his boobplex finisher. People get hurt when they give him a low blow. His penis has its own twitter account. His fiance, Candice LeRae wrestles men and does a ballsplex which should be easy to visualize. He proposed to her by shoot proposing to her in the ring in a match against her, and when she started crying, he physically forced her into a rollup pin so he could cheer while she was crying. On Lucha Undeground, he’s a California cop undercover as scumbag wrestler, Joey Ryan.

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All of this makes me want to once again indulge my dirty secret love of pro wrestling.

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I tend to forget that when I go to Cubs games, I’m among Cubs fans who tend to be dumber than a case of Old Style.

Today I was seated near a typical Chicago man: large, Chicago-accented, always slightly annoyed, and with tons of opinions about the Cubs. His worry about the Cubs? That they can’t beat front line starting pitchers. He mentioned Bumgarner, Strasburg, and Scherzer and said that the Cubs are screwed in a five game series against either the Giants or Nationals.

While the Cubs couldn’t beat Bumgarner or Strasburg, they absolutely trashed Scherzer for seven runs in April in a four-game sweep of the Nationals. They overcame Strasburg to force extras in a game they lost. They’d have won the three-game set against the Giants had they figured out how to hit Matt Cain.

I know you all stopped caring a while ago, but Cubs fans are fucking stupid and have memories that make goldfish seem like elephants.

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Oh! And the best part is that just a SINGLE DAY earlier the Cubs beat Yu Darvish who is definitely a front line starter.

If this team doesn’t cause me to blow all the blood vessels in my brain, its fans will.

King Hippo

PRO TIP: All teams have trouble beating ace starters, that’s whycome they’s ace starters.

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I know! But the Cubs actually have beaten aces this season. They’ve also been shutdown by someone named Jimmy Nelson.

It was just incredible to hear this big-gutted dope to make a point that was disproved literally 24 hours earlier.

Bloody Lethal

Gentleman, what a great Sunday for golf today. One of the most fun endings to a major I’ve seen in a long time. Stenson was simply unbeatable, even in the face of a relentless Phil Mickelson. The way they dueled and pulled away from the field, that’s just simply awesome tournament golf.

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Bloody Lethal

The old FIGJAM story!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It was nice to wake up to, though I didn’t get to see the finish.

laserguru

If Lefty hits that Eagle putt all bets are off.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

My airbnb hostess is sampling some of the beers I picked up today. Why doesn’t this shit happen when I’m single?!

King Hippo

Jelly Hippo? JELLY HIPPO!

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Green Flash is harder to find in Chicago that a few other… less-independent San Diego beer brands. I’ll bet I can find them at Binny’s or Beer Temple.

Sill Bimmons

“Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”

BrettFavresColonoscopy

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Horatio Cornblower

Need more gorillas on that rocket

King Hippo

Methinks I woulda taken EVERYTHING in that bunker this fucking week.

July can GET FUCKED already. Every year, each July is worst than the last one. Just a rolling kick in the nuts.

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If the bunker has AC, I’ll join you.

herodotus450

Supposedly the original line was Dallas, not Vegas, prior to November 1963.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

David Dreier approves the Dallas gay bar selection.

Fronkenshteen

He even SAYS Dallas in that scene. Watch his lips. Must’ve edited Vegas in.

Gratliff

RNC starts tomorrow. Which speaker is going to go rogue and submarine the whole thing once they get on stage? I’m really hoping Ivanka turns face and buries her dad, and calls him out for being a creep and watching her through peepholes and shit.

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I hope she literally hits him with a folding chair.

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I’d like to expand on this. I want the RNC to become a full-on WWE PPV. I want cages; I want folding tables; I want interrupted speeches; I want razor-induced juicing; I want ladders and I want the candidacy awarded only to the only person with the balls to pluck it from a hook 50 feet above the convention floor.

And most of all, I want a hair-vs-hair match with our favorite human comb-over getting his whispy locks buzzed off in front of anyone willing to pay their cable company $59.95.

This *can* happen, people.

Gratliff

Angry Vince McMahon as president:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQkvLoXSapI

Unsurprised

I’m very, very disappointed that Vince McMahon won’t be speaking at the RNC.

His ex-wife ran for the Senate as a Republican in Connecticut and I cannot imagine McMahon being anything but a Republican. Just having the both of them onstage would be worth watching.

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Technically, Cruz counts as six or seven speakers when you count up the number of sentient lizard creatures that operate beneath his faux-flesh suit shell.

laserguru

I’ve got a TEE VEE recommendation.

The Night Of on HBO.

It’s a short run series and episode 2 is on tonight.
The first episode was tense, really well paced and the acting is excellent.
Give it a go to fill in your prestige TV gap now that everything else is on hiatus.

Sill Bimmons

Gonna try out Vice Principals later.

Horatio Cornblower

Not a big fan of McBride but if you have Goggins you have my attention.

laserguru

I admire your dedication to craft in drinking 5 beers just to be sure.

I wish Lady Snow a quick and complete recovery and hope she is able to make it back in time for a pennant run.

Great stuff as always.

King Hippo

And since this is open, here is Josh Marshall on the burning of Europe.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-is-not-the-natural-state-of-things

The last paragraph summarizes well what I am talking about when I say Donald Trump is not just a harmless clown (once voting time rolls around), though laughing at him is funner’n hayell (as Early Cuyler would say):

I believe generally in what Democrats believe in rather than what Republicans believe in. It informs almost everything I’ve written in almost twenty years as a professional writer about American politics. But both have been able to govern the country within a broad consensus of what we consider acceptable behavior. Trump represents something quite different. The kind of menace he represents is amplified by the rise of complacent instability and reckless behavior we see today in Europe, in the conflagration in the Middle East and the still distant but rising specter of great power confrontation on the borders of Russia and in East Asia. The belief that we can roll the dice with no consequences, that we can provoke and act out with no consequences is a dangerous illusion. We are indulging that illusion along with many other peoples across the globe. But there are consequences. They can come upon us suddenly, like a mugger in the dark and then multiply and spin out of control.

PLEAZ take your vote seriously, especially if you live in a state where the vote margin is predicted to be within 10 points either way. Even if you don’t like HillyBob at all. It really is important. The world is kinda extra fucked right now, and as entropy-friendly as I am…it’s really not fair to the innocents FOAR US to pour on accelerant.

END RANT

/hey fuck you it was much shorter this time at least

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This is one of the few ways to intellectualize Donald Trump without actually analyzing Trump himself. (Hint: Trump has no ideology and stands for nothing. Any attempt to attribute any meaningful ideology is to fall victim to a practiced con man’s con.)

It’s good to point out Americans take for granted political stability. Even when we had a disputed presidential election (2000), we didn’t have any bloodshed and society continued to function as usual. I don’t think Americans understand how uncommon that is elsewhere in the world.

King Hippo

this is TOTES FAIR!!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Also, you should check what’s up downballot in your district and try and use your voice that way. State legislatures are a YUGE deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Texas_redistricting

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Yes. This.

Leave the presidential vote blank if it suits you, but I’m betting your vote will be more meaningful in those state races and Texas is already far too red assed.

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So dreams of Texas turning purple are still years away?

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At the very least, Hillary has distanced herself from VCCLEA and admitted it was a mistake.

I strategically voted the last two presidential elections opting for a third party when I was pretty certain Obama would win. I might do the same thing this time around simply because the only situation in which Illinois is competitive is some bizarre word where we’re all fucked anyway.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

But you’ll vote for Duckworth for Senate, right?

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Yes and I say this knowing that Kirk really isn’t all that conservative (Duckworth isn’t all that liberal, but whatever) and I’m okay with some moderate Republicans. Illinois simply doesn’t elect the whackadoodle Republicans other states do.

But during the primary season he put out an ominous-looking attack ad against Duckworth highlighting she was okay with thousands of Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. That pissed me off sufficiently that his attempts to distance himself from Trump are too little too late. I think he knows he’s in deep trouble and I won’t care if he’s unseated.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

He’s also a perfect symbol for the modern Republican. You, he, and I all know he’s moderate, but when he saw the writing on the wall from the donor class, he ran to the right. Then he remembered the voters of IL prefer pragmatists, and he started rebelling against GOP leadership. Until the Republican party decides to be sane again, I’m all for voting them all out wherever it’s possible.

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Yes, definitely this.

If I thought he might vote with the Democrats on some issues, I’d be inclined to keep him. But since he won’t, I’m resorting to flipping his seat and hoping the disdain for Trump trickles down to those Senate races.

King Hippo

One other thing – HillyBob did just pledge that she will propose a Constitutonal amendment repealing Citizens United in the first 30 days of office. That should be pretty encouraging for 3rd party left-inclined folk.

Of course, said amendment has no chance, but it’s an important rhetorical step to take and a clear signal that her Supreme Court nominees will almost surely kick it into the dustbin of history (where it belongs).

And yes, I honestly do believe she learns from her mistakes. That’s an important general difference between women and men. 😀

/am repeatedly stupid man

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I like the gesture, but Christ, proposing a Constitutional amendment just sounds empty considering how maddeningly difficult that will be.

Gratliff

Lawrence Lessig was my guy at the start of this thing. I’m am highly cynical of her even attempting to make this happen. That being said, if she somehow pulls that miracle out, I’ll campaign for her myself in 4 years.

Gratliff

Lessig is a throwback to my digital rights activism hippy days back when I was in college. I used to preach to anyone I could find about the evils of the DMCA and the CTEA. It just so happens that his political agendas have matched up with mine over the years.

Unsurprised

Citizens United wouldn’t even be an issue if she had the goddamn sense to let that fucking movie die in obscurity where it belonged.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I can’t wait to tweet this at Green Flash

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I tweeted it first.

AND YOU DON’T EVEN FOLLOW ME BACK. WHY WON’T YOU LOVE ME?

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You must not be happy about Greece.

ballsofsteelandfury

I do love me the near-daily Greece updates. I always root for feeling good about Greece.

King Hippo

But beer with painkillers is AWESOMESAUCE!!

/though it does impair the ability to render a fair and impartial judgment, fair enough.

//GET WELL SOON WOO!!!