Beer Run: June 2009

Hey, folks! Here are bullet points, and then, beer.

BBC: Jimmy Carter is still a moron - Again, that's not the actual headline, but seriously, what's this guy's deal? President Bush is doing yard work, cuttin' stuff down, and touring around the lecture circuit like a real ex-president, while this jackass is pontificating to Israeli settlers and whining about the self-inflicted misery in Gaza? Jimmy Carter is a failure as a human being.

Guardian: Michael Sheen might be Bond baddie Blofeld - No clue who this Michael Sheen character is, but it would be very interesting if the next Bond flick featured a Blofeld reboot. For those of you who don't know, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (played by Donald Pleasance, Telly Savalas, Charles Gray during the course of the Connery, Lazenby, and Moore films) is James Bond's arch nemesis who ultimately served as the model for Dr. Evil.

Times: Crackdown suggests a fix in Iran election - Gee, ya think?

Michael Totten: Contentions Blog - Michael Totten is liveblogging the Iranian protests. I think it may be premature, but he's saying that this has turned into another Iranian revolution. Let's hope he's right. Check this link regularly for updates.

BBC: Will Iran's protests succeed?

AFP from last week: Iran army warns reformist candidate ahead of vote - Very interesting, and a story I didn't bother posting when it came out, but fringe candidate Mehdi Karroubi (not Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the guy who likely won the election) was accusing the Basij militia of election interference last week, and they were already threatening him. Very interesting in light of what's happened since.

Now Lebanon: Nasrallah's "concession" - Lebanese elections were held last week, in which Hezbollah's coalition was dealt a solid defeat by the pro-Western coalition. Given the Iranian developments, and considering that Hezbollah is basically nothing more than an Iranian proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's "concession speech" is interesting. The comments below the article are excellent.

Okay, the Fly was swamped last night, but I went and bought beer on Monday night with the rest of my groceries, and got Guinness last night since they were out of Guinness Stout at the first store I went to on Monday. So, here's the June beer run, moved up a week or so because I took a mixed sixer to a dinner last week.

Guinness Stout (by Guinness/Diageo Ireland)

Guinness Draught (by Guinness/Diageo Ireland)

Carlsberg Pilsner (by Carlsberg Group)

Honey Moon (by the Blue Moon Brewing Company)

Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat (by Samuel Adams/Boston Beer Company

Widmer Hefeweizen (by Widmer Brothers Brewery)

No real experimentation this time, these are all pretty tried and true beer favorites. The only beer of note is one that I've had before, I've gotten sixers of it once or twice since arriving here at VDS, and that's Carlsberg. I always figured that it was an English beer, but found out that it was Danish a few months back. This is the beer that a bunch of the guys had when my bosses took me out to the pub on my last day of work in England, 3rd September 2004. It's the only beer that I've ever intentionally chugged - nice and light, doesn't burn going down, and I like that. I don't plan on chugging this time around, though.

So, that's it for today. Have a good one, folks.