Confidential Post to Spanky
 

There is nothing wrong with earning an honest living in America.

Better than the liberal free riders who suck off the teat of the nannystate FDR created through his lies.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Gratzie.

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I'm 50% Calabrese. Are there any good wines from Calabria? Where was Spank living back then?

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Probably. I will let you know. I had some good wines from a small winery in Piemontese. We shared a meal with the winemaker.

I shared this info privately with Ty in an effourt to court bi-partisan compromise and good will.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

I love Ty the way Gilbert Grape loves Arnie. It's just lately I'm spending way too much time talking Ty down off the metaphorical water towers he's always climbing.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

I actually lived in the hills above Florence and we were surrounded by Chianti wineries. Me and my friends took a tour at least three times a week (on the tour wine was free). So now I am partial to Chianti.

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What is with the Member's Only Jackets? Do they still make them? I had one of those in Junior High School and I am pushing forty. They seem to be the uniform for Eastern Europeans (and a lot of Germans), veterans of WWII and the Korean War, and by stereo salesmen (with the addition of a tie). Who is encouraging this uniform?

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They make wine in Texas, too, you know.

The Big Enchilada
 

What happened to the big fat baby Avatar? Whomever was using that one needs to bring it back. Otherwise I am going to have to grant the top spot to Beaker.

The Big Enchilada
 

How quickly the Serbian made you forget all about me.

I'll bring it back, but quid pro quo, baby.

The Big Enchilada
 

Don't do that, your globes get me excited.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Nothing accompanies a braised stripper's liver better...

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

That's insulting. Braising is a cooking method used for less tender cuts of meat.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

I love the product of the Sangiovese grape. Blended into Chianti or standing alone as pure Sangiovese. Super Tuscan indeed!

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Quality is a little spotty at this point but they are improving. I had some good Mexican wine this past winter.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

I had 2 pretty good California Pinots this week (Ollie, yes this is shocking, I know). A 2000 Husch and a 2002 Flowers from Cazadero California - wherever that is. They are not as fruity as the Oregon style, but smoother.

Legitimate Use of The Big Board (I think)
 

Hey, RT. So what is the deal with this first Vioxx verdict in Texas? $253 million? Tort reform hasn't passed there? What will that be chopped to on appeal?

Obligatory link.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

I like Sanford Pinot, amongst others. that is my rec to you today:D

Legitimate Use of The Big Board (I think)
 

I dont think this relates to Spanky and I do think that it is a cheap ploy to change the topic from the fact that the naysayers were wrong re: Spanky's ability to score on the Serb......but, whatever.


As for the Vioxx thing, were there allegations that the dead guy was abusing the stuff? those triathletes will pop any pill in furtherance of going faster. People tape motrin to their bikes to have a steady supply. Motrin combined with dehyrdration is bad for the liver or kidneys too.

Legitimate Use of The Big Board (I think)
 

The good people of Angleton have clearly weighed the situation and awarded accordingly. Seems like the justice system is working just as it was intended.

I'm reminded, though, of Judge Kent's musings on the friendliness of courts in Brazoria County.

party and bullshit
 

DId you all get the memo and so who's partaying down to teh Condor for Happy huor?

Spankmiester?! (BRing the SERb] clubbie?! Slavieyopoo!?!! i hear evryone will. be there.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Thanks. What year? We went to the winery last year, but thought that the pinot was meh. I remembered liking it in the past (based on a rec from the guy at Pete's on Eastlake - ykwim). We also went to Edna Valley on the same trip and thought the new vintage Pinot was also meh. So we bought some leftover older stuff.

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I think i have had the 2000 and maybe the 2001. I have also liked their Chard in the past. And yidkwym. Good store. My favourite place for the wine is Pike and Western.

Esquin is also good-very good to pick up something with some age on it.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Can ice wine be made from the Sangiovese grape?

Legitimate Use of The Big Board (I think)
 

So is drinking 2 bottles of wine every night. My mom says you can get pretty sloppy.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

It probably could be, but it would be like making kobe beef into hamburger. Stupid, pretentious, and ultimately, demonstrating a total lack of appreciation for the underlying product.

And before you say it, yes, Hank, I know, W-A-T-E-R. However, not every poster has your savoir faire and sophisiticated palate. It is those lesser souls to whom I direct my comments, in the hope that some day, we can all be just a tiny bit cooler.

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It wasn't a water moment, I was just trying to set up Penske for his favorite post subjects on each board- its his birthday!

Wonk. doesn't it have to get freezing to make ice wine. Can it even be made in California or Italy? I thought it was more Michigan or New York or German wine because it gets colder there.

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Yes, it does have to be freezing. However, Sangiovese are incredibly hardy grapes and travel well. Also, I may be mistaken, but I think that there are mountains in the Piedmont as well as in Northern California that get freezes.

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It makes me wonder if when the full weight of the left wing's capitulation to the enemies of freedom is brought to bare if America's end will be more like Brobeck's or the Brothers Coudert?

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This is not the PB. Back from wence you came, damnation!

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Me badd. Pardon.

Legitimate Use of The Big Board (I think)
 

Oui.

On Topic
 

Cantor Fitzgerald

On Topic
 

Sadly, you are correct. Even more sadly, we will have missed the warnings signs that WTC I, OK-City and 911 offered.

On Topic
 

But doesn't the posts re the Spank/Serbian story give you confidence that if we just continue with absolute confidence and ignore the "all-knowing" nay-sayers, eventually we will win out?

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Spanky's kavorka may be unique in his arena of battle. I am not sure if the RedStates possess it.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

FYI, I was reading Wine Enthusiast Magazine this weekend, and the 2002 Sanford & Benedict Pinot got a 93 rating and recommendation to cellar.

The 1999 and 1998 both got 94s and are drinkable (very!) now.

YMMV.

Confidential Post to Spanky
 

Why is that when we had drinks, you just stuck to the bottle of thunderbird in your dirty raincoat?

On Topic
 

It is amazing in how many areas of life where persistence and attrition win the day.