Pettifogger

Discomfort/"light" hostility is the most civil way to do what needs to be done. Of course, even that would be avoidable if leaders acted in the interest of their respective peoples.

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Will Portland’s political bent bother you?

When I was there the place seemed like a lite version of the other Portland.

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You can always find kindred spirits. My wife and I drank ended up drinking with three quietly MAGA guys who were probably all at least 30 years older than us in an empty Great Lost Bear for like 2 hours one afternoon. :lol: They sniffed us out.

Yeah I don't know about this one TBH (from a legal perspective, not a moral one).

Guys in wrestling consent to all sorts of things in reality, part of the game. I can see the argument that females haven't consented to it coming from a guy. But if it's stuff that is fairly common in both female and male versions of the sport, and you knew the wrestler was trans going into it, I have some sympathy for the legal argument.

If this type of thing is very foreign to actual female wrestling, then I would probably reconsider though.

Trump is used to having given himself 5 outs that he can claim victory on. I don't think he's been in that position a single time here, at least since the very early days. I think he waited for the Iranian people to react so we could wash our hands and say "we're giving it over to you" - and when that never developed, he's been listless since and between the Strait and the timing, it has been impossible to extricate ourselves

I think he was sold a bill of goods by Israel about what it would take to make that sort of effective uprising possible, hence the strain in the relationship since.

Like remaking things that don't fit like you expected or you want differently. It's pretty hassle-free.

For years people would have expected very different content from the title

Time flies

Yes. I have and still sometimes do.

I do most of my business shirts through PC. For casual stuff I've switched over to Peter Millar. Have a few jackets too. I've probably done 2-4 pairs of slacks there over the years but have never loved them. Not a quality or a sizing issue (they'll make it right) but I think pants are the hardest thing for me to dial in.

All the remake stuff is legit.

as much as is convenient

I don't like the NBA but I watch some of the Finals. I don't invest time in hockey but I watch some Stanley Cup

Always odd to me that people would intentionally and proudly swerve huge national or international events.

I'm not sure that's true, but I do think it does reflect some of the "code" in that community.

But what underlies a lot of this, is that these dynamics have only arisen and flourished because the majority source of force has intentionally tied their hands behind their back for the sake of civility, and in the most absurd cases, multiculturalism et al.

Youngish white men are the most capable destructive force in our culture. And they're the most demeaned contingent in our culture by our institutions. And yet, they're continuing to take it on the chin for the most part. This is also true for the far left and women - in that they're in an almost artificially protected position.

I'm not one who says "look out, that could change at any point" because it probably won't. Most of them are seeking careers, normalcy, spouses, families. Most of them have fully internalized right and wrong and aren't constantly battling the instinct to subjugate others. But is it nonetheless a bad idea to keep constantly poking that collective bear? Yeah, probably.

Depends on what you mean by good cup of coffee. If you think QT or McDonalds or Keurig is decent coffee, then your options are limitless and it's probably just a durability question.

If you mean better than that and are buying decent beans and grinding them, Moccamaster is pretty much made for that. It'll probably drop to 250 or so during Prime Day stuff. There are plenty of Moccamaster alternatives, but it's made in Europe, is simple, and is probably the standard in this class.

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