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1. Member
   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio…

   @ArizonaPatriot

   8:57 AM EST ⋅ Jan 21, 2020

   Spin (View Comment):

   Randy Webster (View Comment):

   Spin (View Comment):

   Well, normally I spell relief “R O L A I D S”. But sometimes I spell it “judging people I don’t know based on lies.” Other times I spell it “W H I S K Y”.

   If it were George Dickel, you’d spell it “whiskey.”

   Actually, I read recently that only Maker’s Mark refer to it as “whisky”, and all others have an E. I have not verified this myself other than to, at the time, look at my dwindling bottle of Maker’s and see if it indeed was spelled that way,

   According to Wikipedia (here), both spellings are generally acceptable, though some view “whisky” and “whiskey” as referring to slightly different things (based on “the style or origin of the spirit being described”).

   Wikipedia does report that “whiskey” is generally used in the US and Ireland, while “whisky” is generally used elsewhere (presumably in the Anglosphere).

   I contemplated a comment on Spin’s usage, but assumed that he was either: (1) gently proposing that he take the place of the dear departed Roger Scruton as our favorite English gentleman; or (2) offering an homage to our founder Rob Long’s two recent podcasts — the “Benignly Pompous” Ricochet podcast and the “Extreme Affectation” episode of GLoP.  :)

   It has always been an honour to know Spin.

2. Coolidge
   OccupantCDN

   @OccupantCDN

   10:50 AM EST ⋅ Jan 21, 2020

   Franco (View Comment):

   OccupantCDN (View Comment):

   Why? That’s a bit harsh. Bethany has a wider audience than we do. Many people are interested in what she thinks about the things she cares about.

   There is a wider audience out there (of I’ll admit mostly women) who care about the relationship of Brad and Jen. Its interesting that years later she can run into him, and be somewhat cordial and civil. I dont particularly care about Brad and Jen, but I think this is an important life lesson for women. Pretty boys are jerks. They’ll cheat on you, they’ll cheat on the one who they dump you for, and they’ll cheat on the next one too. Because they can. They can buy the cow, and still enjoy the field – to mix metaphors.

   Jen deserves better, Brad deserves a social disease. (not anything terrible, maybe start with something with a lot of burning and itching down there)

   And Brad has a much, much, much squared wider audience than Mrs. Mendel. If we are going by popularity then why the double-standard? By the way, do you know these people Brad and Jen? You talk as though you do. I don’t know either one myself. Like others here I didn’t get the reference, didn’t really know about their relationship, and was appalled to discover an A-list Hollywood billionaire celebrity cheated on poor little Jennifer Anniston, America’s girl next door.
   That was edifying about pretty boys. I didn’t know that. Here I am, a guy whose only seen female after female fall for, well, not just pretty boys, mostly very wealthy and successful men, ignoring guys like me. ( I guess they would call me a loser) Boy, can they ever cheat too! But it seems the lectures to females aren’t working very well are they? Jen could have married a guy like me, but noooo, she chose cheatin’ Brad! I woulda never cheated on her. Oh well…

   Talk about harsh, wishing a social disease that involves burning- I think that’s gonorrhea (sp?) – is like, really harsh. We just said this post shouldn’t be up on the main feed, not wishing any diseases on her or anyone. Sheesh.

   True, anyone who’s ever made a studio movie has a larger audience than all of us.

   I dont know anyone. I do remember the media sympathy for Jennifer Anniston when she got dumped by Brad, and the media joy when Angela Jolie also got cheated on and dumped. All the pretty boys that I know, treat women poorly.

   Social disease? I was thinking of something along the lines of crabs or jalapeno seeds. Yea its a lot harsh, but I meant it in jest, most people in Hollywood have spent their lives avoiding what they deserve.