The Off Topic Topic

[Tamas]

Greek justice has declared that Golden Dawn is a criminal organization.

On what grounds??

IIRC as Syt mentioned they literally killed people.

[Eddie Teach]

They're witches. Burn them.

I feel like you missed the joke. ]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn

[Admiral Yi]

The Economist referred to Tokay as a "pudding wine."  Is this the British way of saying dessert wine?

[Richard Hakluyt]

The Economist referred to Tokay as a "pudding wine."  Is this the British way of saying dessert wine?

I use dessert wine myself and have never heard the other term till now. Speaking as a keyboard class warrior my suspicion is that "pudding wine" is a term used ironically by upper-middle class twats of the Tory persuasion who went to Oxford 

[merithyn]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/07/golden-dawn-leader-and-ex-mps-found-guilty-in-landmark-trial

That is not the Golden Dawn that I thought it was.

[merithyn]

I feel like you missed the joke. ]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn

THIS is the Golden Dawn I thought you guys were talking about.

[Sheilbh]

The Economist referred to Tokay as a "pudding wine."  Is this the British way of saying dessert wine?

I use dessert wine myself and have never heard the other term till now. Speaking as a keyboard class warrior my suspicion is that "pudding wine" is a term used ironically by upper-middle class twats of the Tory persuasion who went to Oxford 

Yes - the sort of people who have breakfast, lunch and supper

I've never heard pudding wine, but given that almost all Economist writers are 20-something Oxbridge graduates I agree, probably an affectation.

[celedhring]

I'm getting "Democrats abroad" ads. Internet scares me so much sometimes 

[The Minsky Moment]

The Economist referred to Tokay as a "pudding wine."  Is this the British way of saying dessert wine?

I use dessert wine myself and have never heard the other term till now. Speaking as a keyboard class warrior my suspicion is that "pudding wine" is a term used ironically by upper-middle class twats of the Tory persuasion who went to Oxford 

I used to read Decanter and I've read lots of wine books from UK based writers and I can't recall that terms ever being used.

[Eddie Teach]

I've read lots of wine books

Of course. 

[PDH]

I've read lots of wine books

Of course. 

Hey, on the Central Coast of California it is part of the basic K-12 curriculum.

[The Larch]

I can't believe how The Brain let this one slide. Apparently Katmai National Park runs every year a "Fat Bear Week" competition, so people can vote on its largest and roundest bear, and this year's winner has just been announced

747 soars past the competition as Katmai's new Fat Bear Week champion



Like all good things, Fat Bear Week has come to its inevitable end.

A week ago, 12 of Katmai National Park and Preserve's chunkiest chunks began a cutthroat competition. Now, after a single-elimination bracket allowed voters to choose their favorite pudgy predators, a single beefy brown bear reigns supreme.

In the end, it came down to two fearsome fatties, 32 Chunk and 747. But only one airplane-like unit came out on top.

"747 earned it," Katmai media ranger Naomi Boak said of the winner. "He is our biggest, fattest bear."

While 747 has been runner-up in years past, he's never ascended the throne. Some who work at the park say he may even be the largest bear they've ever witnessed.



As Fat Bear Week recedes into the past, the bears will climb into their dens and hunker down for the winter — their chances of survival only bolstered by their bulk.

For the next few weeks, however, they'll continue to eat, never truly feeling full, Boak said. But their metabolisms will slow and the bears will hide out for the rest of the winter in their dens, where they'll rely on their flab to get them through the next few months of hibernation.

As cases of COVID-19 continue to surge and an election season looks to be the nastiest yet, some might wish to be a bear for a few months, bellies full, only to wake when the days are longer and the sun warmer.

And by then, it'll be just about time for Fat Bear Week 2021.

Fat Bear Week 2020 contenders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyXTzVKKBc

Fat Bear Week Champion, 747: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=excCiQqjx10

[The Brain]

Mind. Blown.

[The Brain]

Lying in my bed drifting off to sleep recently I realized that Adrien Brody is named after the allied WW1 steel helmets (with a slight change of spelling to throw off the scent). Didn't get much sleep after that. Then just two days later I was reading a book about the Polish campaign in 1939 and Wladyslaw Szpilman was mentioned several times. I'm not religious, but there may be something out there. Call it spheres, God, whatever you want.

[Eddie Teach]

Why would God want you to think about Adrian Brody?