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Wine Critic thru June 2023 @RobertParker Wine Advocate, mostly for Portugal, Greece, USA OFF of West Coast (like N.Y. and VA).
RECOVERED LAWYER! Good at movies, SF, politics, music and other things.
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Man does not live by Port alone. Especially in the summer. I am a well rounded drinker.
Although a nice Port tonic is fun. 😁
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Yes. A nice crisp cider or Vinho Verde. 😜 I mean, you asked.
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The problem is competitors don't seem compatible with each other. That is, I've heard some people wanting to move to Signal, but I don't think you can send a message to someone on WhatsApp from, say, Signal. I have a lot of foreign contacts due to my wine reviewing... I guess everybody can use texts
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That is how he posts the help wanted notices on LinkedIn isn't it? Isn't it pretty much a requirement? The hilarious part is that then they think they are the master race.
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I think the prior administration just proved that appeasement does not work. They will always bite the hand that is offered to them. For that matter, that's kind of the trend since the end of the Civil War.
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I don't miss Facebook at all, or Threads. In the Meta world, I kept Instagram, whose format seems a lot lower-key. Maybe that will go too.
I can't get rid of WhatsApp, but that's not really social media. However that's bigger than Facebook and insta combined, and so many foreign contacts use it...
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It is going to be an exciting draft. Everything is up in the air for the sixers!
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I hate to say it, but we're less than 6 months into this. It can get a lot worse.
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Well, we do have a rule called New York times v. Sullivan to prevent just that, regarding public figures suing for libel. It is not so clear the current Supreme Court will uphold it.
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You know, he's not an evil man. But he is not the man for this moment where we need Churchills with vision, ideas and courage, not Chamberlains. He needs to resign, at least his leadership position, and not run again,in 2028
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You win the comments section for today. This comes with no monetary prize but certainly appreciation and respect. 😃
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Don't drool in the glass, though. Pro tip😇
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Yep. That may take awhile! I do like my wines, and especially, my Barolos, with some age. They become so much more harmonious with some time if stored well.
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P.s. And there seems to be no way for ordinary users to report it. Even the original account owners report difficulty gaining control again over their content. TikTok is shameful in this regard.
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Cool. Something for another trip. As you might suspect, for Americans, driving in the UK on the other side of the road is a fear-inducing event. Not that I haven't done it. And I got a really good mnemonic tip from an Aussie. But I'd rather not. I don't even have a car at home!
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On the whole it seems well balanced. It's also deep and mouth-coating. It's a beauty that I liked a lot. 14.5%, over $100
#wine #barolo #piedmont #italy
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So, I have been to Bath. Enjoyed it. Lately I'm seeing that Somerset (which I believe is the broader region) has some interesting things I missed. I'd like to see Glastonbury, for instance on day. Is driving pretty much mandatory or can you make do with transit?
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You should see TikTok. People download vids from posters like @aaronparnas.bsky.social or @meidastouch.com or @davidpakman.bsky.social & then open accounts republishing stolen content. And there is no order to it. You may get a vid from 6 months back, reposted as if new. TikTok does nothing.
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Welcome
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He's one of the people who's supposed to give us answers. Always passing the buck. Never taking any action.
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Yes. (OK, wine journalist, but there were wine forums at the outset.) But later people got used to a "standard" created by companies like FB. Going back to basics confuses some. Bluesky requires a little more curating. There are rewards for doing so, but it's something to be learned, or re-learned.
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An estate that doesn't get enough attention due to location. The old vines bottling (100% Baga, unlike the regular Tinto) can be especially super, ages well. The winery is off in a corner instead of being in the heart of Bairrada. Some wind up overlooking it as a result, alas.
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Definitely keep to your health plans. Everyone has to do what is right for them.
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one way...take great wines intended to age and do a=b comparisons after 30 years. Alas, I'm not that patient,nor willing to waste so much great wine.😀But I'd think that longer under cork must make some difference. Whether better or enough better to justify the wait, may vary & not be an easy answer.
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Plane crash coming? Or in Musk's case, Tesla crash?
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I am sure Steve Bannon has been a dedicated student.
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Yeah, especially as I'm getting older, I get that 😉 but while one anecdote is not the final answer, I wasn't convinced the experience was the same with the speed up. Aging faster may not always mean aging as gracefully.
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Hmm. For tawny, might be better considering how rare they are and how pricey. Plus, they don't evolve very fast. for Vintage--I'd say no. Comparison once: The speed at which '94 Dow's VP aged in half compared to a full bottle was noticeably different, and kinda shocking. Wasn't to me an advantage
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I think there is some trend. Here (I'm not sure this is accurate; memory dims),but my recollection: this is purchased fruit & they don't have large stores of old Tawny. They probably don't have a lot of quantity, so this spreads it around. It's very practical on several levels.Price also seems less.
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This is a 500ml btw
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Good question. One answer I think is that if all local law enforcement is withdrawn, it lets Trump argue that he needs to send in troops to handle it since no one else is.
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a.co/d/hiCZO7a
There is a Kindle edition, but the Amazon search feature on this seems kinda wonky. In any event..
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Current pricing around $150-ish. For a fine 40, that's not so awful. #port #portugal #wine #tawny
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I go with stupid, but more than one thing can be true.🫠
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Squires are usually correct.
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They would fit well with the Weimar Republic
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Most will. It is how they think. But as I was on a bus I saw some news alert indicating that the majority of the national guard Trump mobilized in California hadn't reported to Los Angeles and weren't picking up the phone. If that's true, that's pretty big.
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Or worse.
bsky.app/profile/jona...
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Yes, I understand that. My inquiry goes only to whether there is a legal obligation to obey unidentified officers with no warrant. I wasn't a criminal lawyer, but seems like a pretty hard case for the government to win if someone flips them off and rides away. Anyone with contrary authority, cite?
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Heh. Yes, that is a fair point. Of course I was talking about legal obligations. But yeah, I guess these people might shoot at some point.
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If no ids, warrants, faces, etc--why are you obligated to obey them? They've made no lawful assertion of authority, have they?
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Reading "Nineteen Weeks" just now--it handles well-trod ground in a sense on the Battle of Britain, which I know well, but it does usefully spend some time reminding us how Hitler came to power and exploited crises. I also know that well, but the reminder is timely.
www.amazon.com/19-Weeks-Ame...
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On this side of the ocean, you'd be surprised at the number of people I've spoken to who are suddenly guarding their comments....
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I know 2028 is an eternity in politics, but the issue now seems to be: does he decide not to run, or does he flip to the GOP, despite protestations to the contrary? I can't believe he'll run as a Democrat again. Flipping to the GOP probably guarantees a loss.
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I'm sure this wouldn't have any relationship to becoming spectators.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I'm half joking.