Sneakeater Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 To be serious for a minute, I also, personally, myself, have competing claims and resources. So if I have to choose between commercial enterprises like restaurants and the performing arts, it's going to be the performing arts. But I am struggling to see the moral justification for a governmental order that businesses cease doing business without a concommitant governmental relief plan. They managed that in France and Germany. Are we so much poorer than they are? (A: No. We're just afraid of taxation and governmental relief because it's "socialist". Fuck that.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 It's the fado. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve R. Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I'm sorry, did you just use "moral justification" and "government" in the same sentence? To be fair (well, sort of) the government did get dealt a pretty awful hand at a time when those running it (on almost every level) were the least likely folks to be able to handle it professionally. And, since hollywood snuck a post in between us, fado is exactly the wailing music needed as soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 1 minute ago, Steve R. said: I'm sorry, did you just use "moral justification" and "government" in the same sentence? I'm sorry, but that is exactly the kind of pseudosophisticated cynicism that got Trump elected and will keep him in power. You're better than that, Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve R. Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 "No, I'm not" .... wait, that's not what I meant. And, cynicism coupled with being politically active is not all that bad. And, as I'm fond of saying to those closest and dearest to me, Trump is a symptom & not the disease. Clearly a serious symptom requiring an ER (at the least), but... (and that's already too much politics for this board, right Admins?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Before this all gets expunged, I want to make clear that I totally agree with you re "symptom v. disease". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Correct. Please stop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve R. Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Ok. Sorry. It's all hollywood's fault. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THIS INTELLIGENTLY WITHOUT GETTING POLITICAL. If we're going to all get lobotomies together, I hope the Board will pay for them. My inadequate premium-priced medical insurance, which severely drains my resources without providing me a concomitant benefit, won't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AaronS Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 admin post: this is the kind of discussion we’re not supposed to get into. please stop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Gee the pepperoni rolls at Cozy Royale sure are kind of greasy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 1 hour ago, Sneakeater said: YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THIS INTELLIGENTLY WITHOUT GETTING POLITICAL. If we're going to all get lobotomies together, I hope the Board will pay for them. My inadequate premium-priced medical insurance, which severely drains my resources without providing me a concomitant benefit, won't. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 12 hours ago, Sneakeater said: Ernesto's Montgomery off East Broadway, where their seating is, is very quiet. So you don't get that I'm-eating-in-the-middle-of-a-crowded-sidewalk (or even worse, on-a-busy-street) feeling. The menu was only dumbed down a tiny little bit. And execution was most, although not all, of the way to where it was when they were operating full bore. So I'd recommend it. Amazingly, no visible rats. Oh yeah, the rats down here are pretty fucking smart. I mean, there's a junkie park across the street from Ernesto's, empty lots both next door (where feral cats are fed, which may help) and down the block (currently being used for outdoor Orthodox services, which may help), and major construction happening at the intersection of Clinton and E. Broadway. Let's just say, you were lucky. 11 hours ago, voyager said: @Sneakeater Whoever thought this would fly? I can't even handle ''let's take our Banh Mi to a romantic little park" in Paris. Oh, come on. We love taking a sandwich to any of the romantic little (or big) parks in Paris. Though not a banh mi. Our experience, as if anyone cares (to quote Sneak)...one meal outside; at Cafe Katja. Where everybody knows your name. Where Orchard Street is a hot mess. Where everybody wants to come over and say hello. Which, when trying to drink a beer and eat a pretzel, is really annoying. One and done, so far. The past Saturday we finally took a drive...yay us. Out to Floyd Bennet Field for driving lessons for Significant Eater. (I love Floyd Bennet Field!). I took the looong way home, and we stopped at New Park Pizza for lunch. 5 slices, eaten in the car. Now that's living! And with all due respect to Tom Waits, and speaking of a mug's game... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 8 hours ago, Sneakeater said: I don't have to go tomorrow as long as I know I can go in the end. Come on Mouthfuls. Given what ya'll pay for wine in the US, surely an EU golden visa is not completely out of reach? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Bonner Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 17 minutes ago, Behemoth said: Come on Mouthfuls. Given what ya'll pay for wine in the US, surely an EU golden visa is not completely out of reach? Perhaps your employer wants to start investing in esoteric natural wines as uncorrelated return streams to their real assets book? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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