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Wednesday, November 16. 2016

Is It Over?


The election, that is.  I spent most of the night of the election laughing.  I wasn't sure what the proper response was.  I didn't vote for either candidate, so it mattered little to me.  Both have massive flaws, and I'm not sure one is worse than the other.  We'll agree to disagree, OK?  Now let's go have a beer and talk about other things.  I am enjoying the gnashing of teeth among the Progressive illiterati.


Problem is...McSorley's is closed! You'd think, after all this time, of all the beer halls in NYC, McSorley's would get a pass, right?  Nope.  Could this be the end of McSorley's?  Probably not, we're told.  I certainly hope not.


I guess even the king of dive bars has to take a dive once in a while.  I wonder how Joseph Mitchell would respond?

Posted by Bulldog in Food and Drink at 18:20 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Mitchell? Wonderful NYC writer and observer. I have a collection of his pieces. I think my Dad gave that book to me when I was living in the city.
#1 Bird Dog on 2016-11-16 18:21 (Reply)
Up In The Old Hotel?

Great stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172632/

I've heard Joe Gould's Secret is good, but a tad boring.
#1.1 Bulldog on 2016-11-16 19:48 (Reply)
Up In The Old Hotel?

Great stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172632/

I've heard Joe Gould's Secret is good, but a tad boring.
#1.2 Bulldog on 2016-11-16 19:49 (Reply)
No, it isn't over, not quite yet as far as a bunch of idjits believe.

While true, that here we can agree to disagree. Your lack of concern at having another Clinton as President is concerning as to your gravity. I'll not use that French word.

As to McSorley's, having read about the place, though I'll never visit, I do hope they survive.

There seems to be a difference of opinion between classes here, on MF. A natural thing I suppose.
#2 XRay on 2016-11-16 22:32 (Reply)
It isn't technically over until the electoral college has decided who will be the next president, which could be anyone.
Chances are slim they won't go vote their mandate, but it could happen, and the left is pushing very hard to achieve that (which might well include threats, bribes, who knows what, we don't know).

I don't believe there will be an armed insurrection of Trump supporters and libertarians when and if the EC crowns Hillary, but there will likely be more people moving off grid and digging their prepper caves.
#2.1 JTW on 2016-11-16 23:22 (Reply)
JTW: I don't believe there will be an armed insurrection of Trump supporters and libertarians when and if the EC crowns Hillary, but there will likely be more people moving off grid and digging their prepper caves.

It won't happen this time around, but the danger remains in a close Electoral College election where one or two electors could change the results. The system needs to be reformed, if not for a popular election, at least so that Electors are bound in fact, not just politically.

While insurrection would not be appropriate, if there were ever a time for active protest, then undoing an Electoral College majority would be one of them.
#2.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-17 11:03 (Reply)
In the Marines we didn't call them "dive bars". The proper name was: "slop chutes".
#3 oolioo (Link) on 2016-11-17 10:41 (Reply)
I love McSorleys. Great old place. Been there many times, got hammered, watched a ball game on the small TV, staggered off to do other things in the City. Not quite my home away from home but it's on my list and a short taxi ride from the financial district. Always a great place to go when somebody (sometimes me) says, "that was good, glad we're done. We should go get a beer."

Go there. Don't have "a" beer. Have at least several. They are a little on the small side but good quality, and that's how it's meant to be.
#4 Jablonski on 2016-11-17 18:01 (Reply)

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