I’m ok with “I Don’t Know.”

You like the song, dude, that’s all you had to say.

It would be difficult for you to maintain, I think, that defense of the Confederacy has not had some purchase in the modern conservative movement. In 2017, John Kelly, Trump’s Chief of Staff, called Robert E. Lee an honorable man and said that the Civil War was caused by a lack of compromise. We repeatedly hear people…

Do you change your grind between those? If you’re using a french press grind with a Chemex, you’re going to be disappointed, I think. I use a pretty small grind, near espresso, with my Chemex.

Right, this depends on the brewer you’re using. I have an electric kettle with a keep warm feature. I set it to 205, and it will reach that temp and keep it there. I also use a Chemex, which is slightly different from the V60, but the process would be the same. This is what I do:

You really need to try a light roast, not even a medium.  Make sure it’s as freshly roasted as possible.  My goal (though I often don’t get it) is to buy coffee that is no more than 3 days old.  Also, don’t buy out of a bin.  I don’t know how your local roaster does it, but if they’re storing a ton of coffee in a bin…

I use a Chemex, a 1:16 ratio (slightly more coffee), and brew at 205. I have thought about playing around with the temp, and I might give 195 a try to see if I notice a difference.

How far do you think he has gotten on this wall? Because he’s gotten zero.

Trump isn’t exactly winning this fight right now. So, I don’t know how you got the idea that he is steamrolling Dem leadership.

Counterpoint: Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a constitutional officer of the same stature as the President. One major problem we have right now is that Congress has abdicated many of its responsibilities for a long time, and that includes turning serious political issues into fucking…

At college games, it’s normally the marching band making some shapes on the field.  You’re drunk and they form themselves into Michigan, or whatever, and everyone goes “Ooooh, look at that upper peninsula.” Then they march off the field and everyone forgets about it.  No one cares, but what else are you going to do…

To be clear, as far as we know, this has happened once in the real world.

We’re super friendly with Saudi Arabia when that is pretty clearly against our national interest. The only reason we’re not super friendly with Iran is that they toppled our guy, the Shah, who spent his rule torturing his people. Our foreign policy is often a large subsidy to O&G.

So, what you’re saying is that all the foreign cars in the early 1990s also sucked.

There is no ideological content to the Democratic Party. It’s just a bunch of people working together. The party itself, by which I mean the actual institutions of decision-making within the organization, is worth fuck all. No one gives a shit about any of that or what those people believe. Any registered Democrat…

Is this really so bad?  There is always a trade off between passenger room and cargo room in SUVs.  In my opinion, too many manufacturers choose cargo room.  If you have small kids, like I do, you have to fit a car seat in the second row.  I am tall and need leg room to drive.  I have found that both the Mazda CX-9…

What’s wrong with repeatedly calling a stupid idea stupid?  

What are you basing your expectations on?  Dude built a single track tunnel.  This isn’t a thing.  It’s a useless hole in the ground.  

That’s kind of the point of the story.  The woman is suing.  

I’m a pancake guy, though I’m starting to enjoy making French toast. The problem with waffles is that they are hot and beautiful and crisp when you take them out of the waffle iron, but by the time you sit down to eat them, they’re just floppy bullshit food. Since I’m the one making the food, and serving them to my…