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  1. 35 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Exactly.  It’s a massive fuck up if he slaughters someone for simply holding up a sign - he definitely wants to punish anyone, even someone totally innocent, so it’s all set up.  

    Those behind the scenes wish he would act in silence but he can’t help himself.  For the 1000th time, this is all very bad, but we are still lucky there’s so many idiots in charge.  

    But I was told the adults were back in charge. 

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  2. 5 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

    I saw Chris Kluwe being very politically vocal on BlueSky, and thought "Wait the Vikings punter from back in the day when I cared about the NFL?" 

    Eve 6 is also a strong, occasionally political, bluesky follow.

    Kluwe has always been pretty outspoken. Basically banned himself from the NFL for agreeing with same-sex marriage and for calling out Mike Pfiefer for his use of slurs. 
     

    https://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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  3. 32 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

    Your name is not genetically coded to you at conception. It’s given based on variable social and personal factors. 

    I’ll debate you and say if there was a female that was good enough to play at the highest levels of the NBA that shit would be welcomed with open arms! I would fucking love it. But if a bunch of D3 men’s bench warmers decided to take their talents to WNBA?  Ugh, not so much. I agree if it’s not a physically demanding sport that both genders can compete at equal levels then have at it. 

    Holy fuck, this doesn't happen. 

  4. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    Good. There will still be some true Republicans in both the House and the Senate who won't sell out to the more extreme MAGAts. Hopefully they can hold the line and be Trump's guardrails for this term. The MAGAts will deride them and call them RINOs, but anyone who's been paying attention knows who the real RINOs are. 

    You think Thune has a backbone? That's cute

  5. On 9/16/2024 at 3:43 AM, squib said:

    @TxEX84 

    Thanks for the reminder. 

    I used to work in Berlin quite a bit. I'm a huge fan. The city has a grit that reminds me a somewhat of Chicago--just seems very real. 

    Here are some things I would hit up I you have time. 

    The East Side Gallery. This is outside and free. You can just walk along and enjoy. The are several sections that get repainted so only some is historic, but it is always interesting. My recollection is that artists have to submit a plan for approval and then they get a time frame on a section. It is different everytime I am there.  To get there probably best to just take the U to Warschauer Strause U stop. I think it is the last stop on that line. Neat old stop in a massive brick structure.

    In terms of public transportation, you generally don't scan in and out of turnstiles, etc. There is just an assumption that you have a pass. Don't get complacent though as everyonce in a while a transit officer will board a train car and ask to see everyone's pass. If you can't show yours, they will drag you off at the next stop. I don't know what happens to those people, but they always look pretty worried as the train pulls away. 

    Ok. Now I have a low-rent rec near the ESG and the Warschauer Strause stop.  The gallery is on the northside of the river. There is a bridge over the river just a bit east of the ESG. On the corner where you would turn south for the bridge is a guilty pleasure--Scheer's Schnitzel. It's a hole in the wall--basically a place that makes schnitzel and fries and that is about it. It's gritty, it's greasy, and it is fantastic. I have had schnitzel all over Germany and Austria, many at high end places like Figlmuller in Vienna. If I was told I could have only one more in my life, I would go get one from Scheer's served on a paper plate with a slice of lemon and one of their sauces from a squeeze bottle. I like the mayo/garlic one best, but many are good. 

    From there, you can walk across that bridge to the south to hit up several of my other Berlin favorites. The walk across the bridge is a bit disgusting--lots of little nooks for people to piss in, and this section of town is a bit bar-driven so prepare your nose.  The next stop down from Warschauer S is Schlesisches Tor U stop. You can ride the U if you want to skip the bridge stroll, but walking across the bridge gives you a good view of Molecule Men art installation that is in the river to the east. It's huge. You won't miss it. You can walk down to it on the southside of the river, but I am not sure it is any better up close--and that particular part of Berlin is sketchy--more on that later.  All that side, I would walk across the bridge. It is better than waiting on the U. 

    Now you are in a fun part of town that many locals go to for drinking and just being outside. Again, a bit gritty though. Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg--south. I have a few must do's here and one must avoid. 

    Under the U tracks and just a bit north of the Schlesisches Tor U stop is Burgermeister--maybe the best burgers on the planet. Now you may still have a bellyfull of Scheer's so just come back here after you are drunk--more on that in the next paragraph. But, stop here you must at some point. It seems that all of Berlin ends up at Burgermeister at some point late in the night. There are several Burgermesiters around Berlin, but this is the one to hit up. https://burgermeister.com/our-story/?lang=en

    This one is the OG--and the stall is an old public toilet. There are no tables to sit out--in fact it is outside. It is basically a stall under the U tracks. You order from a green shack then you wait for your order. There are little round tables you can stand at to eat with whatever other person is also standing there. Everyone just shares tables. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be hundreds of people there laughing and talking and enjoying great burgers and fries. The shack doesn't sell booze but there is a liquor store right across the street and you can buy a tallboy beer and walk back to the table while your burger is grilling. I have met people from all over the world sharing a table. One of my favorite encounters was with some guys from Galway. They had just gotten of the plane and said they always went there first thing to get burgers before going to clubs. (The Matrix is one of those famous Berlin clubs and is back across the bridge), When I told them all I knew about Galway (I had not been to Galway then; I have now) came from Steve Earle imploring about his Galway girl and what could he do cuz her hair was black and her eyes were blue. One of the guys laughed and said well move over a bit and you get to meet a Galway girl--a blackhaired/blue-eyed stunningly beautiful girl then walked up with the sack of burgers for her boyfriend and the other two guys at our little table. Anyway, get a burger from Burgermeister after you hit up my favorite beer spot in Berlin--next paragraph.

    There are great beer gardens around Berlin, but they all have the standard German beer choices. You won't see any if at all local craft beer at a beer garden. And Berlin and Germany has some good craft beer; you just have to search it out. My favorite of these hidden craft places is just a few blocks from Burgermeister. The place is small and fantastic: Hopfenreich, located on Wrangelstrause. http://hopfenreich.de/

    Great group of owners who are really into beer. It's not a big place but is comfortable and has inside and outside seating on a small residential street. The beer is great, the music is good and the taps/furniture are all really cool old repurposed industrial equipment and tools. The beer taps come out of a huge lathe, some of the tables still have vices and clamps attached. Just look around for cool stuff. I usually sit here for hours then go get a Burgermeister.   

    The other really cool venue near there is Markthalle Neun. This is the old market hall (#9) for the area. It is huge. https://markthalleneun.de/

    It is a great place to kill an hour or so and sample cheeses, breads, all kinds of food and other stuff depending on the day. In the summer on Thursday nights, they even bring in food trucks and it gets packed. Super fun. In the back left corner is a small beer nook--this place has great beer and one of the other places in Berlin to get some craft. Can't recommend Markthalle Neun highly enough. Maybe even get dinner there. There are lots of choices and it is fun. Communal tables--eat and then go to Hopfenreich. 

    There are other cool places in that neighborhood including a great icecream place that is also busy in the evenings. But you can just explore around. The one place to avoid though is Görlitzer Park .  This is a bad scene. Drug fiends and a bad crowd in general. When you have heard of bad shit going down in Berlin--people getting attacked by mobs and such--it likely happened here. I ended up walking though Gorli with my wife one Sunday afternoon,and it is the only time in all my travels around the world where I honestly thought we were in danger. We got surrounded by a group of about a dozen youngish punks, and I am not sure why they finally let us walk away. I have since seen numerous stories about that exact thing happening to people with terrible outcomes. Don't go over there. 

    Ok. I will add some more stuff in a bit. 

    Successful day in Berlin after a day on Museum Island. Didn’t go to the original Burgermeister because my wife didn’t want to sit outside because she was cold. Burger was still amazing. 

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  6. 12 hours ago, squib said:

    @TxEX84 

    Thanks for the reminder. 

    I used to work in Berlin quite a bit. I'm a huge fan. The city has a grit that reminds me a somewhat of Chicago--just seems very real. 

    Here are some things I would hit up I you have time. 

    The East Side Gallery. This is outside and free. You can just walk along and enjoy. The are several sections that get repainted so only some is historic, but it is always interesting. My recollection is that artists have to submit a plan for approval and then they get a time frame on a section. It is different everytime I am there.  To get there probably best to just take the U to Warschauer Strause U stop. I think it is the last stop on that line. Neat old stop in a massive brick structure.

    In terms of public transportation, you generally don't scan in and out of turnstiles, etc. There is just an assumption that you have a pass. Don't get complacent though as everyonce in a while a transit officer will board a train car and ask to see everyone's pass. If you can't show yours, they will drag you off at the next stop. I don't know what happens to those people, but they always look pretty worried as the train pulls away. 

    Ok. Now I have a low-rent rec near the ESG and the Warschauer Strause stop.  The gallery is on the northside of the river. There is a bridge over the river just a bit east of the ESG. On the corner where you would turn south for the bridge is a guilty pleasure--Scheer's Schnitzel. It's a hole in the wall--basically a place that makes schnitzel and fries and that is about it. It's gritty, it's greasy, and it is fantastic. I have had schnitzel all over Germany and Austria, many at high end places like Figlmuller in Vienna. If I was told I could have only one more in my life, I would go get one from Scheer's served on a paper plate with a slice of lemon and one of their sauces from a squeeze bottle. I like the mayo/garlic one best, but many are good. 

    From there, you can walk across that bridge to the south to hit up several of my other Berlin favorites. The walk across the bridge is a bit disgusting--lots of little nooks for people to piss in, and this section of town is a bit bar-driven so prepare your nose.  The next stop down from Warschauer S is Schlesisches Tor U stop. You can ride the U if you want to skip the bridge stroll, but walking across the bridge gives you a good view of Molecule Men art installation that is in the river to the east. It's huge. You won't miss it. You can walk down to it on the southside of the river, but I am not sure it is any better up close--and that particular part of Berlin is sketchy--more on that later.  All that side, I would walk across the bridge. It is better than waiting on the U. 

    Now you are in a fun part of town that many locals go to for drinking and just being outside. Again, a bit gritty though. Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg--south. I have a few must do's here and one must avoid. 

    Under the U tracks and just a bit north of the Schlesisches Tor U stop is Burgermeister--maybe the best burgers on the planet. Now you may still have a bellyfull of Scheer's so just come back here after you are drunk--more on that in the next paragraph. But, stop here you must at some point. It seems that all of Berlin ends up at Burgermeister at some point late in the night. There are several Burgermesiters around Berlin, but this is the one to hit up. https://burgermeister.com/our-story/?lang=en

    This one is the OG--and the stall is an old public toilet. There are no tables to sit out--in fact it is outside. It is basically a stall under the U tracks. You order from a green shack then you wait for your order. There are little round tables you can stand at to eat with whatever other person is also standing there. Everyone just shares tables. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be hundreds of people there laughing and talking and enjoying great burgers and fries. The shack doesn't sell booze but there is a liquor store right across the street and you can buy a tallboy beer and walk back to the table while your burger is grilling. I have met people from all over the world sharing a table. One of my favorite encounters was with some guys from Galway. They had just gotten of the plane and said they always went there first thing to get burgers before going to clubs. (The Matrix is one of those famous Berlin clubs and is back across the bridge), When I told them all I knew about Galway (I had not been to Galway then; I have now) came from Steve Earle imploring about his Galway girl and what could he do cuz her hair was black and her eyes were blue. One of the guys laughed and said well move over a bit and you get to meet a Galway girl--a blackhaired/blue-eyed stunningly beautiful girl then walked up with the sack of burgers for her boyfriend and the other two guys at our little table. Anyway, get a burger from Burgermeister after you hit up my favorite beer spot in Berlin--next paragraph.

    There are great beer gardens around Berlin, but they all have the standard German beer choices. You won't see any if at all local craft beer at a beer garden. And Berlin and Germany has some good craft beer; you just have to search it out. My favorite of these hidden craft places is just a few blocks from Burgermeister. The place is small and fantastic: Hopfenreich, located on Wrangelstrause. http://hopfenreich.de/

    Great group of owners who are really into beer. It's not a big place but is comfortable and has inside and outside seating on a small residential street. The beer is great, the music is good and the taps/furniture are all really cool old repurposed industrial equipment and tools. The beer taps come out of a huge lathe, some of the tables still have vices and clamps attached. Just look around for cool stuff. I usually sit here for hours then go get a Burgermeister.   

    The other really cool venue near there is Markthalle Neun. This is the old market hall (#9) for the area. It is huge. https://markthalleneun.de/

    It is a great place to kill an hour or so and sample cheeses, breads, all kinds of food and other stuff depending on the day. In the summer on Thursday nights, they even bring in food trucks and it gets packed. Super fun. In the back left corner is a small beer nook--this place has great beer and one of the other places in Berlin to get some craft. Can't recommend Markthalle Neun highly enough. Maybe even get dinner there. There are lots of choices and it is fun. Communal tables--eat and then go to Hopfenreich. 

    There are other cool places in that neighborhood including a great icecream place that is also busy in the evenings. But you can just explore around. The one place to avoid though is Görlitzer Park .  This is a bad scene. Drug fiends and a bad crowd in general. When you have heard of bad shit going down in Berlin--people getting attacked by mobs and such--it likely happened here. I ended up walking though Gorli with my wife one Sunday afternoon,and it is the only time in all my travels around the world where I honestly thought we were in danger. We got surrounded by a group of about a dozen youngish punks, and I am not sure why they finally let us walk away. I have since seen numerous stories about that exact thing happening to people with terrible outcomes. Don't go over there. 

    Ok. I will add some more stuff in a bit. 

    Leaving for Germany in two weeks, thanks for the tips. I've added Burgermeister and Hopfenriech to our lists since we already planned on going to the East Side Gallery. 

  7. 2 hours ago, TexArcher said:

    Why the fuck would Kim Jong Un want to have a conversation with the governor of the least important state in America?

    She wasn’t even Governor then! She was a junior Congresswoman. It’s such a stupid lie but it’s par for the course for her. All she does is lie. She campaigned to repeal the grocery tax and then did absolutely nothing. Her first campaign for Governor, she ran on having the most open and transparent governorship in SD history but she routinely denies state media’s interview requests and hides her use of the state plane because of…reasons. She’s the fucking worst. 

  8. 5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    South Dakota has low unemployment and high wages?  In this horrid economy?  Doesn’t have low crime too?

    All of her talk about economy and high wages is absolute bull shit. Our teachers are some of the lowest paid in the country, 49th to be exact. She keeps saying that our economy is the best in the country despite every source saying SD is barely even in the top half. 
     

    I hate her. 

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  9. 2 hours ago, The Dog said:

    Can't find the link but apparently she says the dog was killed to "protect her kids" and that it happened 20 years ago. The quote from the book also says that the kids asked where the dog was.

    Her oldest is 17.

    So the whole thing is probably a lie she made up to appeal to MAGA. It blew up in her face and now she's changing the lie rather than walk it back. 

    This part is not true. Her youngest is in college (I believe he is still in college) while the other two are out and worked on her campaign. Kristi even tried to get one of the daughters a real estate appraiser license the daughter wasn't qualified for. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-kristi-noem-south-dakota-cd98c18117ab97c598e3618d15e4aa8b 

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  10. 33 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    Well she’s got people right? Like, PR people? Who I assume would read it prior to being published.

    People in her office don’t tell her no. Her Press Secretary is awful and is currently on Twitter defending this. For reference, he went to Hillsdale and worked for Gym Jordan. 

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  11. On 2/19/2024 at 1:57 PM, Brisketexan said:

    It really is.  I've learned that there is a happy medium to be struck - we don't mind travel days, even a fair number of them, but you want to build an itinerary that lets you actually get into and absorb the experiences you're having.  E.g., we did a "Christmas market" trip to Germany and Denmark a couple years back.

    Started in Berlin, several days there (visited our son, enjoyed one of our favorite cities).

    Train to Lubeck (old Hanseatic town, really old Christmas market).  A couple of days there.

    Train down to Cologne (whoops, got on the wrong train, but it was also going to Cologne, ticket dude cut the dumb Americans some slack).  A couple of days in Cologne (we'd like to go back, another day would have been nice).

    Train down to Koblenz to spend the weekend with friends.  A couple of days with them, exploring the Rhein valley.

    Quick train to Frankfurt, short flight to Copenhagen.  2.5 days in Copenhagen, just relaxing and enjoying the place.  Still had a little Christmas market at Nyhaven.  Ate at the Torvehallern, great dinner at Host, walked the city parks in the snowfall.  Headed home.

    We hit lots of places, but gave ourselves time to truly BE in all of them.  So, think that through.  You don't want to hit everything you can imagine in one trip (you can't, and if you try, you'll just be miserable).

    We will be in Berlin for four days in early October after a few days in Munich. Hit me with any of your recs. 

  12. On 2/2/2024 at 11:45 AM, closetojumping said:

    When you're gone too long, what choice do you have? I was on a two week road trip with my family across parts of the west and midwest. On the 12th day, I broke down and took us to a "tex mex" restaurant in South Dakota that had billboards up for miles on the interstate. The chips and salsa weren't bad, so that made it worth it. I wouldn't send my worst enemy there unless they were desperate though.

    Was it Que Pasa in Rapid City? That place sucks

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