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Friday, January 23, 2026



Looking In the Wrong Place, Pal

Looking In the Wrong Place, Pal
Let's open up the mailbag:

From: Damon
Message: That what not to wear list was OK until the gratuitous slam at National Review. That blew your credibility to hell. A closed mind is an inferior one, losers.

MB Response: (Removes finger from nerve.) Does that feel better? Anyhow, you came to a 1-month old site called "magnificent bastard" and expected credibility? Try wikipedia. And take off that pair of crocs!

POURCAST

BETA

Polar Vortex

  • 3 oz American rye whiskey
  • 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica)
  • 1/8 ounce Fernet Branca
  • 2 dashes Regans' Orange Bitters
  • 1/8 ounce yellow Chartreuse

Shake the whiskey, vermouth, Fernet Branca, and orange bitters. Swirl the yellow Chartreuse in a chilled martini glass and slowly pour in the arctic cold cocktail. Finish with an orange peel.

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