That’s the brutal math of roughly 65% of the national electorate identifying as white. If the Democratic Party writes off white women entirely (and thus our even small percentage of white men) we won’t be able to win anything meaningful for another generation.

Tamales are one of the many things in this world that prove God loves us.

This makes absolute sense.

Yup. Some people are jerks.  Happens.

It is a thing. Maybe a thing outside of your realm of experience, but a thing.

Same here.

Preach!

Funny - I usually get bacon so crisp you could use it as a prison shank.

So - Modified with “Round Egg” and replace the abominable sausage with more bacon, and I am there.

Truth. Also good on toast. And mixed into butter that is then melted on a steak.

Are bodega cats really a thing?

FWIW Georgetown shows Exorcist and Exorcist III every year as part of New Student Orientation.

Kosher Beef “Bacon” has been a thing for years.

Kevin, all of this is making me feel old. For in the long ago days of the late 1980s there was a place in DC that specialized in a deep dish pepperoni pizza that could unite everyone.

Dry Manhattan uses dry Vermouth (although I have never heard it called a Brooklyn), a regular Manhattan calls for sweet Vermouth, and a Perfect Manhattan calls for a mix of both sweet and dry vermouth.

Monster? No. Demi-Goddess of the Demi-Glace, possibly. although you still need to try some Teeling whiskey.

For the Irish now, wouldn’t you be wanting to drink some Teeling Whiskey? What with it being the sole Irish owned whiskey distillery in Ireland and the only whiskey distillery in Dublin’s fair city?

For a long time my go to “off registry” gift was a set of 4 Tiffany crystal dessert plates with an interlocking flower border. Could be ordered online, shipped, insured by Tiffany, no muss, no fuss, no weirdness. Bride gets a tiffany box to unwrap.

Have you had Midas Touch? https://beerconnoisseur.com/beer/midas-touch 

I can confirm that their Dublin facility is worth a trip.