• Amsterdam

    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to ALL on Wed Feb 14 02:01:24 2024
    Hello Everybody,

    Bill Maher called out several "liberal celebrities" who
    "swear they'll go if a Republican is elected" (and no one
    ever does). Here is his latest (updated) list -

    * Lena Dunham
    * Cher
    * Snoop Dogg
    * Bryan Cranston
    * Susan Sarandon
    * Whoopi Goldberg
    * Chelsea Handler
    * Barbra Streisand
    * Miley Cyrus
    * Eddie Griffin
    * George Lopez

    Bill Maher is also convinced Taylor Swift can 'swing the election'
    - without naming which candidate she will be supporting but a clear
    warning that MAGA people 'should be very careful' thus making sure
    the vote is not rigged in her favor (she is age 34, same as Kelce).

    But hey. This message is not about liberals who threaten to leave
    the USA if a Republican is elected - as those liberals are all talk
    and no action. Everybody nows that. Especially Madonna, who once
    threatened to blow up the White House, but was given a pass by the
    Secrat Service when convinced she was only like a virgin rather
    than the real thing.

    The question is, where would all these liberals go?
    What city would have them, or even consider having them?

    Bill Maher offered them all a bit of friendly advice -

    "And for your exile, if you do wind up in some comparatively
    luxurious place like Canada or Japan or the UK, not that they
    want you, at best you'll be trading a bunch of stuff you hate
    about this country for a bunch of stuff you'll soon hate about
    your new home. It took me only four days in Amsterdam to learn
    that while I admire Amsterdam, I don't want to live there! The
    buildings are cramped and shaped like needles, the food is awful,
    the TV is in a different language, it's wet and cold, the people
    are polite but cold, and they do a bunch of weird s---, the
    explanation for, according to my friend, was ‘Just remember,
    they’re high.'"
    ~ Bill Maher, talking about his experiences to Amsterdam

    There you go. Liberals have been warned. By the man himself.
    Better to go to Moscow, than to spend the rest of your days
    being high on Amsterdam.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Feb 14 08:26:08 2024
    There you go. Liberals have been warned. By the man himself.
    Better to go to Moscow, than to spend the rest of your days
    being high on Amsterdam.

    Why are you so quiet about Geert Wilders now?

    Your predicted shit not happening either?

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  • From Terry Roati@3:712/1321 to Ward Dossche on Thu Feb 15 11:20:24 2024

    In Australia, we have complusory voting so no bitching later as the majority spoke. We do have a preference voting system which 's pro's cand con's.

    Terry

    On Feb 14, 2024 08:55pm, Ward Dossche wrote to Kurt Weiske:

    Trump saying that if he lost the election "that's the last you'll hear KW>> from me" was the capper of all celebrity posturing.

    If Trump becomes the GOP-candidate for the Presidency, then the Republicans will lose, even if the candidate for the Democrats is a decaying corpse tied to a chair with tension straps.

    It amazes me that so few understand that he won the 2016 election merely because Democrats were so cock-sure of victory they didn't bother to
    vote. It's a bit like the Brexit where a majority of the Brits were against, but they didn't go to the polls.

    In 2020 the Democrat minded people did go vote, not because they
    thought Biden was such great idea but just to keep Trump out of office
    ... It simply will happen again ...

    Now if the Republicans would choose anyone else, they would win the Presidency.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Feb 15 03:04:02 2024
    Hello Kurt,

    Bill Maher called out several "liberal celebrities" who
    "swear they'll go if a Republican is elected" (and no one
    ever does). Here is his latest (updated) list -

    Trump saying that if he lost the election "that's the last you'll hear from
    me" was the capper of all celebrity posturing.

    Trump lost to a woman by over three million votes in 2016.
    Trump then went on to lose to a senile old man by over seven
    million votes in 2020. And now he says he wants to do it all
    over again, in a rematch with the same old coot he lost to
    last time. Maybe the both of them are senile having forgotten
    who and what they are.

    Maybe a better poll would be to see which sysops are moving to zone 2 if Trump is elected again.

    With Geert Wilders poised to take over as Prime Minister of
    the Netherlands, that might not be a wise move by some sysops.
    Especially Muslim sysops who own copies of the Quran. But we
    are talking about Trump, not the Quran (holy or not).

    To remind you once again (we are all getting senile in our
    old age) -

    Trump has never won an election to any office, being a two-time
    loser. Will he make it three in a row? Or will the USSC grant him
    a win, by recounting the votes amongst themselves, as they did
    in Bush v Gore (with GWB winning the election 5-4)?

    As can plainly be seen, Trump is right. He has been all along.
    Nobody wanted to believe him. And nobody (aside from a few MAGA
    fanatics) wants to believe him now. But it is all true. Trump
    is always right. Just like Il Duce.

    Now if only there were more sysops who could be found in Sicily ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Thu Feb 15 14:07:28 2024
    Hello Dan,

    Maybe a better poll would be to see which sysops are moving to
    zone 2 if Trump is elected again.

    The answer will be the same as with the celebrities. A few will say
    they are leaving, but none will actually do it.

    Except for Madonna, who already has a house in Portugal.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ward Dossche on Thu Feb 15 08:19:00 2024
    Ward Dossche wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    Trump saying that if he lost the election "that's the last you'll hear from me" was the capper of all celebrity posturing.

    If Trump becomes the GOP-candidate for the Presidency, then the Republicans will lose, even if the candidate for the Democrats is a decaying corpse tied to a chair with tension straps.

    You can add me to the list of liberals threatening to leave if Trump
    wins the presidency. My wife is an English citizen, and we've been
    talking about retiring in the UK. Might need to speed up the timetable
    given the current political scene.

    It amazes me that so few understand that he won the 2016 election
    merely because Democrats were so cock-sure of victory they didn't
    bother to vote.

    That was one hell of a lesson for some people.




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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Feb 15 08:20:00 2024
    Lee Lofaso wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Except for Madonna, who already has a house in Portugal.

    I wonder if she'll try to adopt a portugese accent, like she did when
    she moved to England.



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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Feb 15 22:16:36 2024
    Except for Madonna, who already has a house in Portugal.

    I wonder if she'll try to adopt a portugese accent, like she did when
    she moved to England.

    Madonna adopted a Portuguese accent when she moved to England? :-)

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Terry Roati on Fri Feb 16 02:05:08 2024
    Hello Terry,

    In Australia, we have complusory voting so no bitching later as the majority
    spoke. We do have a preference voting system which 's pro's cand con's.

    There is no compulsory voting in the USA (that I know of). Some
    states in the past did, but very few. And that was years ago. Some
    states and local municipalities use a ranked preference method of
    voting, but no national elections, as each state conducts its own
    election for congress/POTUS in the way it sees fit.

    There is no minimum voting age, as each state or municipality is
    free to set whatever age it wants to. Except for the guarantee that
    all 18-year-olds be allowed to vote in congressional and presidential elections.

    What that means is that even babies can vote in the USA.

    That is how 16-year-old kids won election to the Newark, New
    Jersey school board, writing rules for other students to follow.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Feb 16 02:05:14 2024
    Hello Kurt,

    Except for Madonna, who already has a house in Portugal.

    I wonder if she'll try to adopt a portugese accent, like she did when she moved to England.

    No worries. She did away with that boy toy, along with his house,
    almost two decades ago. Now the material girl has moved on to other
    things, such as completing the worldwide tour she started and had
    to restart before she got too old. Like a virgin, no more Guys
    for her ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Feb 16 02:05:20 2024
    Hello Kurt,

    Trump saying that if he lost the election "that's the last you'll hear
    from me" was the capper of all celebrity posturing.

    If Trump becomes the GOP-candidate for the Presidency, then the
    Republicans will lose, even if the candidate for the Democrats is a
    decaying corpse tied to a chair with tension straps.

    You can add me to the list of liberals threatening to leave if Trump
    wins the presidency.

    Talk is cheap. As noted by Bill Maher.

    My wife is an English citizen, and we've been
    talking about retiring in the UK.

    Might need to speed up the timetable given the current political scene.

    Not to worry. Joe has promised to finish the job.

    It amazes me that so few understand that he won the 2016 election
    merely because Democrats were so cock-sure of victory they didn't
    bother to vote.

    That was one hell of a lesson for some people.

    Hillary Clinton clocked Donald Trump by over 3 million votes.
    When Democrats found that was not enough, Joe Biden clocked him
    by over 7 million votes. And what happened next? Donald Trump
    claimed it was all rigged! And he has never shut up since!

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Fri Feb 16 05:21:00 2024
    Hello Ward,

    Except for Madonna, who already has a house in Portugal.

    I wonder if she'll try to adopt a portugese accent, like she did when
    she moved to England.

    Madonna adopted a Portuguese accent when she moved to England? :-)

    One of her previous boy toys was Guy Richie.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Terry Roati@3:712/1321 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Feb 16 15:04:28 2024

    So the US has very smart babies :)

    Oz babies just eat, piss and shit.

    Terry


    On Feb 16, 2024 02:04am, Lee Lofaso wrote to Terry Roati:

    What that means is that even babies can vote in the USA.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ward Dossche on Fri Feb 16 06:44:00 2024
    Ward Dossche wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    Madonna adopted a Portuguese accent when she moved to England? :-)

    My daughter, who by birthright can claim British citizenship is already practicing her accent. It sounds a bit like Lindsay Lohan in The Parent
    Trap combined with Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. More exposure is needed.

    England is a fun town to house-shop in and pretty reasonable when you
    don't need to be within train distance to London.



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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Kurt Weiske on Sat Feb 17 23:04:44 2024
    England is a fun town to house-shop in and pretty reasonable when you
    don't need to be within train distance to London.

    Plus you can come visit and have a beer ...

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ward Dossche on Mon Feb 19 07:19:00 2024
    Ward Dossche wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    England is a fun town to house-shop in and pretty reasonable when you don't need to be within train distance to London.

    Plus you can come visit and have a beer ...

    I look forward to trading American wasserbiers and the Pacific
    coast IPAs oversaturating the market for a nice hand-pulled pint of
    bitters. Or a proper Guinness, not some simulacrum brewed in Canada and "imported" into the US.

    We're in dark days for beer over here. Even the cheap mexican beers that
    were like American beer but better and cheaper are trying to position themselves as "premium" beers.



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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Kurt Weiske on Tue Feb 20 10:44:42 2024
    I look forward to trading American wasserbiers and the Pacific
    coast IPAs oversaturating the market for a nice hand-pulled pint of bitters. Or a proper Guinness, not some simulacrum brewed in Canada and "imported" into the US.

    Those hand-pulled British 'beers' is probably why the English are so weird. I rate them higher than anything brewed in the Netherlands, the USA and for sure Canada. But not by that much.

    But a Guinness, now that is something else, especially the generically brewed in Ireland because they still use copper vats where-as the British Guinness (and the North American brewed at Coors) uses stainless steel (there is a taste difference). Once in Donegal Ireland I asked if they had Guinness on tap and I was nearly escorted out of the premisses.

    Alas, so you have never tasted the Trappist ales. I just drink the WestVleteren abbey's output. The friars there brew to sustain their monastic work ... not to make money ,,, and you need to pre-order and pre-pay. You need to be a registered customer, tell'm the make of the car you drive to pick-up the beer, the license-plate and the card used to pay. If any of these fail on pick-up day, you'll walk away empty-handed. These friars are not dumb, they control the market of their product,

    Tomorrow's an on-line sale ...

    https://www.trappistwestvleteren.be/en

    We're in dark days for beer over here. Even the cheap mexican beers that were like American beer but better and cheaper are trying to position themselves as "premium" beers.

    Just so you know Corona is no longer Mexican, but owned by a Belgian brewer. Perhaps that explains the better quality, but I think their clear-glass bottles are ridiculous.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ward Dossche on Tue Feb 20 08:50:00 2024
    Ward Dossche wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    Those hand-pulled British 'beers' is probably why the English are so weird. I rate them higher than anything brewed in the Netherlands, the
    USA and for sure Canada. But not by that much.

    Yes, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Before IPAs took over
    the beer scene in the US, Red Hook made a passable ESB, and my local
    pub (next door, great venue for BBS gettogethers in the '90s) had
    Fullers ESB on tap.

    https://shorturl.at/jlqK9

    At one point in the '90s, I worked for a gaming company with offices in Hamburg, Paris, London and San Francisco. Our quarterly IT meetings were
    a *lot* of fun, save for the fact that one of my colleagues garnered a
    taste for Anchor Steam beer, and they couldn't find it anywhere in
    Europe.

    We did drink it at Bloom's, a bar in San Francisco a stone's throw from
    the Anchor Brewery. I think they were the first stop off the truck, as
    Anchor just tasted better there.

    https://shorturl.at/oCERS



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