Congratulations 🎉! As someone who bartended for 30 years in places from a neighborhood bar serving shots of Jager to a white tablecloth, black bow tie restaurant serving Brandy Alexanders with ice cream, it was a wonderful education in learning about people. Also I could pay for school and be at home days with my son. Truly a noble profession. Best of luck- make a million!
Hey Hooper, I've always seen (and made, actually) Paper Planes with bourbon. I was curious so I watched a video of Same Ross "explaining" the cocktail which basically just turned out to be an advertisement for Nonino. No mention of the brown spirit, in fact it gets poured from a decanter.
Also, what about the M.I.A. inspo?? That was always my favorite part of the drink, a nice little piece of trivia to tell someone while mixing their drink. :) Cheers!
Is there a particular definition of a speakeasy in the post-1933 era? The only one I went to was in the basement so you don't see anything when you walk in the front door. You had to go to another address to get a password to get in.
Grandma Bacon told me about the day before Prohibition took effect because that was the day she married Grandpa. Taverns were getting rid of their beer stocks and several bars in Pittsburgh were giving free beer to customers. She said it was wild. At midnight the remaining beer and spirits were dumped in the streets. Must have made the fish drunk...
"Most of the 33,000 pages of Epstein documents released by the DOJ already appear to be in the public domain says Ranking member of the Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia.
Another con. Another fake-out.
A coverup. They'll do ANYTHING to hide Trump's name."
You know what will help calm the storm over Trump's ties to Epstein? Releasing the unredacted Epstein files. Oh, and remember Maxwell's 2 perjury convictions?
"Rep. @khanna.house.gov reveals that only 3% of the documents given to the House Oversight Committee by the DOJ is new, and less than 1% of the Epstein files have been released."
Remember Fivehead Gaetz and his "proteges" who he venmoed scholarship bucks to? They got trashed so fast and furiously the feds just gave up charging him.
Just saw a clip this morning of Couchfucker claiming that CBO projections are often atrocious. That got me thinking - the times when a CBO projection was proven wrong is AFTER THE FACT. As it is, in my search for "times CBO projections were Wrong", All I saw were hits from biased right wing sites and "think tanks".How come Democrats or left-leaning think tanks are represented much in those whining about the CBO. Of the ones I looked at, most of the complaints were from those for whom the projections were too expensive or revenues too low - i.e., the same shit that Republicans have been pushing since before Reagan.
One would think Republicans would realize that they've "cried wolf" over the CBO all too often.
I'm watching "The Poseidon Adventure" (the original 1972 one) and, in the first half-hour, I always expect Leslie Nielsen to say or do something funny.
I was hoping someone—like the skeevy representative of the ship's new owner—would say something like, "Surely you blah blah blah..." but he didn't. Boo.
Agreed! I just love him soooooooooooooooo much. Seems like he does an entirely new set for each appearance, which I think is unheard of. And he’s so thoughtful and funny each time. ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so jealous!!! He’s not in my area to see live, and I probably can’t make it out even if he was, but I sent another Wonker some $ to see him next month.
I love him for posting his sets to YouTube so we all get to enjoy for free. He’s the best storyteller of my lifetime. For reals.
Gulf temps edging up, 81/31 plus. High giving way to a low, a storm coming from Africa may punch through below Cuba, but seems to be weakening as it travels... so far.
Cheese and rice. I read The Guardian this morning and I just want to go lay down and wait for the end.
I am SO TIRED of my fellow democrats undermining each other. And “Never Trump” Republicans profiting off their internet attacks and then cutting Democrats off at the knees when they finally fight back.
I checked the headlines at The Guardian (because I don’t trust the U.S. corporate media) when I woke up at 4:30 AM, and I had to nope the fuck out before even reading any of the articles.
I don’t think any of us here deserve the Mad King, but I feel you.
In re: The Republican Gestapo's illegal tactics. Just imagine what would happen if America's laws were enforced...
"Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov "
I'm reminded of the video of ICE getting towed while kidnapping someone and I can't help thinking this should happen more. Especially if they're using stolen plates, or even swapping plates for vehicles they own.
My very first dog as a kid was a German Shepard that was a failed show dog. Her name was Lady Juvenile Tavistock Whitlow. We called her Juvie.
She wouldn't stand still for judging so somehow someone knew someone who knew someone and we got her for free. Great family dog. She knew what she wanted, and it was not a life of ribbons and shows!
My sister got a bred border collie dog similarly, though hers was born with a defected foot so could never be shown. The breeder was going to put her down but a mutual friend applied to my sister. Think her name on the papers was like 4 or 5 names long, but we all called her Daisy
Well, I called her crazy daisy. Border collie after all. Sweetheart though
In many ways, they are not wrong. If viewed objectively from the outside, the Democrats have done very little that has made it to the widespread media. (Of course, the NYT is a big part of that problem) Many actual Democrats here bemoan the lack of spine and cojones shown by the current crop of Democratic "establishment" leadership.
But, as such, this is the usual propaganda ... like the crime rate in DC.
Yeah, it's just another sign that there's a hyooge medical team in continuous operation to keep him going. He probably died years ago and his corpse is running on nanobots, Gatorade, and Adderall.
Just finished the ribbon cutting. Service in 15. Drink questions here.
Hooper, I'm happy for you, that you found a felicitous home. No longer a drone. It sounds fabulous. All the best to you and the crew. Mazel tov!
Is there a Nobel Prize for mixology? There should be...
A good tip
Congratulations 🎉! As someone who bartended for 30 years in places from a neighborhood bar serving shots of Jager to a white tablecloth, black bow tie restaurant serving Brandy Alexanders with ice cream, it was a wonderful education in learning about people. Also I could pay for school and be at home days with my son. Truly a noble profession. Best of luck- make a million!
Good luck with the new endeavor.
Hey Hooper, I've always seen (and made, actually) Paper Planes with bourbon. I was curious so I watched a video of Same Ross "explaining" the cocktail which basically just turned out to be an advertisement for Nonino. No mention of the brown spirit, in fact it gets poured from a decanter.
Also, what about the M.I.A. inspo?? That was always my favorite part of the drink, a nice little piece of trivia to tell someone while mixing their drink. :) Cheers!
Congrats and good luck! 🍸🍹
Congratulations and sounds like some serious mixologist firepower.
Congratulations!
yay Hooper! Best of luck to ya!
Git 'er done!
Congratulations and good luck in your new venture! Salud!
Congrats! Do you make a Sex on the Beach there?
Sand is bad
Yes, yes, we all dislike Bolton and also dislike authoritarian abuses of law enforcement. Go away, bot, and take your buddy kelly with you.
Is there a particular definition of a speakeasy in the post-1933 era? The only one I went to was in the basement so you don't see anything when you walk in the front door. You had to go to another address to get a password to get in.
Grandma Bacon told me about the day before Prohibition took effect because that was the day she married Grandpa. Taverns were getting rid of their beer stocks and several bars in Pittsburgh were giving free beer to customers. She said it was wild. At midnight the remaining beer and spirits were dumped in the streets. Must have made the fish drunk...
Also stray dogs etc.
Thanks to you, Hooper, I enjoy hate drinking Malort. I would be having the Malort cocktail on the menu if I was at your bar tonight.
Every time someone brings up Malört I have to go watch that old unaired commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7s16ewP1RU&ab_channel=TheLoop
That’s fantastic. Thank you for the link.
That's good stuff. Like Indiana Jones' archeological rival Belloq, he grew up with it.
Congratulations on the new gig!
Looks like a very fine place you have there Hooper! I knew the you were not really the country club type.
Or the tiki bar type for long.
Henlo.
Budgie just woke up.
She feel "good" because she got lots of sleeps.
How are uu? :)
"No candy for you!" Bodega Caturday https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3lwzfyeskjk2p
Is trap.
"Convicted sex trafficker hoping for Presidential pardon claims known sex pest and serial rapist Donald Trump was not involved in Epstein’s crimes."
https://bsky.app/profile/hdgregg.bsky.social/post/3lx32ain7z22k
The only takeaway that matters:
"Ms. Maxwell, who has made it clear she wants to end her 20-year sentence early..."
Man, she is a snake, mentioning the emails between Musk and Epstein, and that Mossad contact wasn't deliberate. An evil opportunist.
She's a monster. And her fellow monster wants to free her.
Just hearing the bitch talk about the "masseuses" as if they had a fucking CHOICE OF WHERE THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY WERE DOING!
She deserved to do HARD TIME and not be in a cushy "Club Fed."
And a CHILD MOLESTER/PEDO has NO right to work release.
Whew! That's a relief!!
He’s clean': MAGA welcomes Maxwell testimony
Trump loyalists think Ghislaine Maxwell’s DOJ testimony will help calm the storm over Trump’s ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/maga-maxwell-testimony-00521094
She said she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong, and she didn’t see Epstein do anything wrong. Or anyone else doing anything wrong. 😑
And the MAGA sows will lick this runny shit up and savor it.
The Maxwell DOJ testimony is to the Epstein files the same thing the Bill Barr Bullshit was to the Muller report.
It’ll work. For the cult.
"Most of the 33,000 pages of Epstein documents released by the DOJ already appear to be in the public domain says Ranking member of the Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia.
Another con. Another fake-out.
A coverup. They'll do ANYTHING to hide Trump's name."
https://bsky.app/profile/isabelsantos.bsky.social/post/3lx2whyowqs2c
He will never be held accountable for anything he ever did.
He'll be gone soon, which is even better. But in the meantime, I'm all for ANYthing that will make his life miserable 24/7.
huh
A known liar who peddled in child sex saying she did not "see" him do anything untoward means he is clean?
Convicted perjurer says . .
Is it really testimony though? I mean, was this under oath?
Yeah, I thought it was a "private conversation" between her and Blanche. What, did she pinky-swear?
You know what will help calm the storm over Trump's ties to Epstein? Releasing the unredacted Epstein files. Oh, and remember Maxwell's 2 perjury convictions?
"Rep. @khanna.house.gov reveals that only 3% of the documents given to the House Oversight Committee by the DOJ is new, and less than 1% of the Epstein files have been released."
https://bsky.app/profile/theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social/post/3lx33ubvqzk2d
Ha, ha, ha! Good luck with that as more and more ACTUAL WITNESS TESTIMONY and investigative files are released.
They won't be believed because HOORS.
Remember Fivehead Gaetz and his "proteges" who he venmoed scholarship bucks to? They got trashed so fast and furiously the feds just gave up charging him.
Oh, and EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! plus fuck Ted Cruz!
Just saw a clip this morning of Couchfucker claiming that CBO projections are often atrocious. That got me thinking - the times when a CBO projection was proven wrong is AFTER THE FACT. As it is, in my search for "times CBO projections were Wrong", All I saw were hits from biased right wing sites and "think tanks".How come Democrats or left-leaning think tanks are represented much in those whining about the CBO. Of the ones I looked at, most of the complaints were from those for whom the projections were too expensive or revenues too low - i.e., the same shit that Republicans have been pushing since before Reagan.
One would think Republicans would realize that they've "cried wolf" over the CBO all too often.
Nah, they know it works.
Because the electorate has the attention span of a gnat on Adderall.
It's shameful and disgusting. This is a big part of why we can't have nice things. A democracy takes an engaged and intelligent populace.
We don't have that.
without the Adderall
Baby blep! c1907
https://bsky.app/profile/catsofyore.bsky.social/post/3lwttqr27u22r
I'm watching "The Poseidon Adventure" (the original 1972 one) and, in the first half-hour, I always expect Leslie Nielsen to say or do something funny.
Surely you’re not taking him seriously!
I was hoping someone—like the skeevy representative of the ship's new owner—would say something like, "Surely you blah blah blah..." but he didn't. Boo.
Because I love all y’all, have some Josh Johnson. Talking about a cat at about the 15-16 minute mark. Happy Caturday! 😺😺
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A72MVd4kdM
He is so wonderful!
His recent bit about Jillian Michaels was *chef’s kiss* perfect.
Agreed! I just love him soooooooooooooooo much. Seems like he does an entirely new set for each appearance, which I think is unheard of. And he’s so thoughtful and funny each time. ❤️❤️❤️
I got to see him live in Dayton and he is so quick and his story telling to build to the “joke” is absolutely perfect.
I’m so jealous!!! He’s not in my area to see live, and I probably can’t make it out even if he was, but I sent another Wonker some $ to see him next month.
I love him for posting his sets to YouTube so we all get to enjoy for free. He’s the best storyteller of my lifetime. For reals.
Gulf temps edging up, 81/31 plus. High giving way to a low, a storm coming from Africa may punch through below Cuba, but seems to be weakening as it travels... so far.
Wait until it hits the GULF OF RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES ...
Can we release the hounds on the convicted felon? I am sure he won't be able to outrun them.
Are you talking about the Gulf of Mexican Legends? XD
Cheese and rice. I read The Guardian this morning and I just want to go lay down and wait for the end.
I am SO TIRED of my fellow democrats undermining each other. And “Never Trump” Republicans profiting off their internet attacks and then cutting Democrats off at the knees when they finally fight back.
Maybe this country actually does deserve Trump.
I checked the headlines at The Guardian (because I don’t trust the U.S. corporate media) when I woke up at 4:30 AM, and I had to nope the fuck out before even reading any of the articles.
I don’t think any of us here deserve the Mad King, but I feel you.
yeah I don't got a lot of hope for 26
I gave up on hope. I was stupidly hopeful in 2016 and again in 2024. I'm sad about it but it's where I live now.
When our side (ie, everyone to the left of Goebbels) spends more time fighting each other than the actual fascists, we gonna lose.
but at least we will have shown them! Let it comfort us in the gulags
In re: The Republican Gestapo's illegal tactics. Just imagine what would happen if America's laws were enforced...
"Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov "
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3lwywdthisk2x
I'm reminded of the video of ICE getting towed while kidnapping someone and I can't help thinking this should happen more. Especially if they're using stolen plates, or even swapping plates for vehicles they own.
I heard from a friend that towing companies were doing that in LA.
Wrong plates is a stolen car, right?
I think you have to operate off of that assumption.
I have a bottle of Rittenhouse Rye in the house now.
Kill it!
I am about to continue an ongoing project involving water damaged lumber. Basic highball: brown liquor and four parts water. Edibles FTW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDjCOho_sKw
Nice Time! It's dozens o' doxies!
'A miniature army of dachshunds descended on a care home to help a resident celebrate her 102nd birthday.'
Laurice Clark, who lives at Scarlet House in Stroud, Gloucestershire, loves the breed and used to show them at Crufts when she was younger.
The home put out an appeal for dachshund owners in the area to bring them along to her birthday tea party on Thursday as a special surprise.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c307l54nlrmo
Also too: The 2025 run of the Annual Corgi Derby, with the winner: Yapalong Cassidy!*
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c3wx71vyyg3o
*(not actually the winner)
too bad, yapalong cassidy is so much better a name than the usual pedigree canine name of like Lord Talonmight moonshifter tradesweat III of Sussex
My very first dog as a kid was a German Shepard that was a failed show dog. Her name was Lady Juvenile Tavistock Whitlow. We called her Juvie.
She wouldn't stand still for judging so somehow someone knew someone who knew someone and we got her for free. Great family dog. She knew what she wanted, and it was not a life of ribbons and shows!
Good girl!
My sister got a bred border collie dog similarly, though hers was born with a defected foot so could never be shown. The breeder was going to put her down but a mutual friend applied to my sister. Think her name on the papers was like 4 or 5 names long, but we all called her Daisy
Well, I called her crazy daisy. Border collie after all. Sweetheart though
"running running running like a constipated weiner dog"
~Weird Al
Oh no!
NYT declared the Democratic Party is on life support, if not dead!! Time to roll over and just die already!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-party-losing-ground-republlican-party-new-york-times_n_68a82a01e4b0c791dbab7be9
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”
Will Rogers
"NYT"
See, there's your problem, right there.
In many ways, they are not wrong. If viewed objectively from the outside, the Democrats have done very little that has made it to the widespread media. (Of course, the NYT is a big part of that problem) Many actual Democrats here bemoan the lack of spine and cojones shown by the current crop of Democratic "establishment" leadership.
But, as such, this is the usual propaganda ... like the crime rate in DC.
MSM declares the people they purposefully ignore entirely are not making it into the media
Ok, Boomer
Fetch me my fainting couch!
The Chicago Sun-Times weekend section used to lede the brief restaurant reviews with the quote "Ma, fetch me my eatin' pants"
I used to have drinkin' shoes, I get it!
Old pedo president finally has big hands. Hope they’re painful
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hand-makeup-raises-new-health-questions-after-cankles-concern/
Maybe it's that synthetic skin he just got Bobbie Brainworms to approve Medicare coverage for?
you know....
He's the president of the united states. Can they find no make up people who can do a better blending job than that?
Groom of the hand. Whar 'body man'?
No. See also, his lack of tailor. I get the feeling that he doesn't let anyone manage anything about his appearance.
From what I understand the Fetid Fascist is adamant about doing his hair and makeup HIMSELF.
And he's nailing it!
His makeup artist obviously HATES him.
it's to cover up bruising from an IV
Arm veins have collapsed from shooting up Adderall I just read on the Internet!
He did the "crush your knuckles handshake" thing with bad vlad and lost.
He got injected with plutonium I’m pretty sure. He looks and sounds awfule
Tragically, that makes sense.
Tragically?
Yeah, it's just another sign that there's a hyooge medical team in continuous operation to keep him going. He probably died years ago and his corpse is running on nanobots, Gatorade, and Adderall.
There's probably some Brawndo in the mix too.
Plants love it.
I think 'tragic' in that it's not something more immediately fatal
😈
"Death comes for us all, my lords. Even for kings he comes."
~ Sir Thomas More
Quotes like these, presumably public domain, ought to be used for ads and billboards.
Strongly agreed.
May it come for him SOON.
< we're waiting gif >
79-yrs-old, sick, and senile.