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Friday, August 14. 2020Friday morning linksWhat Actually Happens to Bourbon Whiskey When It's Aged in Wine Casks and Rum Barrels? Brooks Brothers finds suitors to salvage brand in $325 million sale More questions than answers in ashes of Beirut THE COLLEGE DEATH SPIRAL, CHAPTER 2 No Reprieve: New Title IX Regulations Take Effect as Scheduled MacDonald: YouTube censored my talk on policing Seattle BLM Demand Peoples Money And Their Homes All In The Name Of Reparations… The Cities: Reports from those on the ground Forced Isolation May Be the Only Way to Stop Resurgence of Virus Good luck with that Dr. Fauci Confirms "No Reason We Can't Have In-Person Voting" VDH: Who or What Exactly Is Running Against Trump? Comments
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What Actually Happens to Bourbon Whiskey When It's Aged in Wine Casks and Rum Barrels?
It isn't Bourbon anymore. You are correct. Bourbon has few requirements, but one of them is that it be aged in new, charred oak barrels. Technically speaking the batches in the article were stored in new, charred oak barrels before being aged in additional barrels, but I'd argue it becomes something other than bourbon.
I bet "centralized facilities" sounds better in the original German.
Great info. I am also fnding what actually is running against trump??😁😁
If you haven't yet watched the Heather MacDonald video, you need to, it's very good. As she relates, it was at first taken down by YouTube, then put back up with a warning disclaimer that confronted the viewer and required them to agree that they are over 18 before viewing it.
Given the material, this was unwarranted, and now the video is back up with no warnings. YouTube plays the same games that Twitter and Facebook do: Hassle the conservatives. Since the underlying premise of social media is the cultivation of popularity, these platforms act to discourage people from posting their content by either removing it entirely, or by stripping out the number of followers, or by temporarily removing and then replacing content, thus issuing successive new versions and wiping out the 'viewing' statistics - a metric of popularity. These platforms perform the ultimate level of publishing control by deciding who is going to be allowed to be popular, and who isn't. Since revenue depends on views, this throttling serves the purpose of not only removing an author's means of generating income, but also their means of creating an online presence and expanding their brand. It will continue being used for political ends until it is stopped by legislation or until people get mad enough to take direct action. Are there any alternatives to YouTube?
By the way, some commenters who follow Dr Seheult and Medcram may not know that some of his videos were taken down and later restored. I never heard why; I'm guessing, emphasis on guessing, that the material removed was analysis of HCQ, which, BTW, he was discussing many weeks before Trump ever mentioned it. True or not, isn't it stunning that some YouTube boob felt called upon to censor a medial education site. A gun vlogger I follow also hosts his content on a site called FloatPlane which he describes as a combined YouTube+Patreon. It's more of a direct subscription video type service. There are no ads but there's also no search, suggestions, etc as a provided by YouTube.
Are there any alternatives to YouTube?
Yes, altcensored and bitchute. Unfortunately, Maggie's will not allow me to post the urls. Mac Donald's video is posted on altcensored. The title is "The Truth About Crime, Race, and Policing in America." So BLM et al want Americas houses and the 401Ks? Have I got that right?
They're owed, you see. They depend on the kindness of others, because they don't have any real job aside from looting. So they're owed houses and 401ks since looting isn't a sustainable, constant means of income.
Sure, they could just get real employment... but that's not as soul-satisfying or exciting as smashing into a store and stealing anything they could get their hands on. Love the snark from the Syracuse U Professor. As those of us with a Syracuse degree are wont to say, "cant spell sucks without SU". An SU online experience shouldn't cost more than SUNY charges for tuition.
The Democrats think that YOU should be forced to wear a mask 24/7/365 even in your home or while using zoom alone in a room. The irony is that all of the talking heads on TV and all of the Democrat little Eichmann's telling you this are not wearing masks. Almost no one on TV is wearing a mask the only exceptions being those who are doing it for virtue signaling and they take the mask off once they think the cameras are off them.
If a school, as recently in Florida, has a group of students without masks the media turns over all stones to find that as a result some of those students get covid-19. They don't know where or how the students became infected and it doesn't matter because people fill in the blank and conclude it is because of not wearing masks. This never happens if a masked group congregates and still some catch covid-19. Why? Wouldn't that be news? Probably because it would illustrate the ineffectiveness of masks. Sooner or later you are going to be required to wear masks and it will extend decades past the end of the covid-19 pandemic. You will comply.
Which brings up the next problem. The mask mandate will require enforcement. We will see citizens wrestled to the ground and arrested for failing to wear a mask; outside, in their house, while having sex, whatever! Is that OK with you. Are you all in on abusing those who think they still have free choice? I have to tell you that if I did nothing wrong and was abused/injured by the police and/or a judge and DA I would feel compelled to even the score. RE: THE COLLEGE DEATH SPIRAL
As movements mature and get bloated, arrogant, and nonsensical, there's bound to be a reckoning. Higher ed has reached its "Freebird" stage. "What Actually Happens to Bourbon Whiskey"
"“Up front the black cherry and chocolate flavors dominate, and then leather and toffee flavors of the bourbon come through..." This is pure BS. Made up by stringing supposedly desirable flavors into a sentence. What a load of effete crap. Definitely effete crap. I bought Angel's Envy for a Christmas present a few years ago -- the bourbon for my son-in-law, the pretty bottle for my daughter. It was good and I have no idea whether it was 'finished' or not.
My sons-in-law are awesome and they love me because I buy them bourbon and don't complain about cigar smoke. I don't remember their opinions, but one evening we 'tested' the three Belle Meade finishes, I think there was a slight and agreeable difference in the Madeira finish. Not a taste, but a fullness... umami... perhaps. Not enough of a difference to justify the price. Unlike the standard stereotype of female imbibers, I like whisky/whiskey straight up. No ice, no splash of branch water, the exception being Irish Coffee. Are there any alternatives to YouTube?
Yes, altcensored and bitchute. Unfortunately, Maggie's will not allow me to post the urls. I tried to post a video link to Praeger U. here the other day and Maggie's wouldn't let me do that either.
It is odd. I've often posted links successfully and I've posted some posts with somewhat involved "commands".
Sometimes I've had problems posting and making innocuous changes would fix it. It seems to be a punctuation thing. This time, I tried everything. The "Preview" function worked but nothing I did would allow any links or even the url (not made a link). "More questions than answers in ashes of Beirut"
"Ammonium nitrate has previously been used in large scale bombings. In the United States in 1995 the Murrah Federal Building was destroyed..." This is still not true. The FBI and the Clinton administration quickly swept this under the rug. Something destroyed the Murrah bldg but because of the extent of the damage it clearly wasn't ANFO parked many yards from the building. For some reason whatever really happened there was kept secret from Americans and I would like to know what happened and why it was lied about. re Forced Isolation May Be the Only Way to Stop Resurgence of Virus
If the "never let a crisis go to waste" crowd has their way, the general situation will be unchanged a year from now. Our ruling masters really seem to be enjoying the turmoil and hardship that they created for the little people. Kevin Clinesmith, Corrupt FBI Attorney Who Falsified Carter Page FISA Warrant, Expected To Plead Guilty
QUOTE: A top FBI lawyer who fabricated evidence in a federal spy warrant against Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page is expected to plead guilty to federal charges brought by U.S. Attorney John Durham. Kevin Clinesmith, who is expected to admit to deliberately fabricating evidence in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant application, used to spy on a former campaign affiliate of President Donald Trump, was a top attorney in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) and a key agency attorney under fired former FBI Director James Comey. https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/14/kevin-clinesmith-corrupt-fbi-attorney-who-falsified-carter-page-fisa-warrant-expected-to-plead-guilty/ Better than nothing, but I'd prefer to see his bosses go. He didn't do this on his own.
I don't suppose this will deter the fake news from continuing to lie about there being no evidence Trump was spied on. I am not terribly excited about this news. To me, it has the flavor of something that was released so as to calm down those who are anxious for something finally to happen. I hope I'm wrong and the optimistic side that is sure there will be lots of significant indictments that we've been waiting for will be assuaged.
Along this subject, I am a always puzzled by all the people who are waiting for Durham's report. I have no interest in a report. I want to see indictments not reports! Clinesmith has been the rat-in-the-trap for some time now because he altered key documents and falsified evidence. I would guess that McCabe will be the ringleader and there are probably a half-dozen others.
But I wouldn't be surprised if Comey, Wray and the senior leadership is found to be uninvolved in any conspiracy or obstruction. I say this because I know how the leadership of big organizations works. By the time decisions arrive at your desk, the decision is really already made - you're just the approving function for the Quality Management System. And nobody - nobody - in that position has the time to sift through all of the work that the team put together in order to arrive at that decision. It simply isn't done. Modern organizations rely on the integrity of the people down through the chain to get honest results. It's one of their biggest, exploitable weaknesses, and that exploitation in the Trump persecution has ruined the DOJ and FBI. Comey, Wray, and the rest have simply believed what was put in front of them, placing their faith in the system. Also it is worth noting that this was a deal between the DOJ and his lawyers. He pleads guilty to a single charge and then he and the Democrats can act as though he was not guilty of the other charges dropped in the deal. I bet you or I wouldn't get a sweetheart deal like that.
Some of the damage in Minnesota.
https://twitter.com/LouRaguse/status/1265995907536957440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265995907536957440%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbringmethenews.com%2Fminnesota-news%2Fa-list-of-the-buildings-damaged-looted-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul The college death spiral...cut off the cheap and easy to get government student loans and that will go a long way toward hauling out the educational trash.
Re: The College Death Spiral
“Many militant anti-fascists become involved in this form of activism because aspects of their identity are directly targeted by fascist violence; they are queer, transgender, gender non-conforming, people of color, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and certainly identified in ways that intersected across these categories. For them, anti-fascism was a means of ensuring their safety from a movement that threatens their very existence and venerates violence as the highest form of action. Even the Antifa activists who identify as cis heterosexual white males are the targets of fascist violence as ‘race’ and ‘gender’ traitors.” https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/fatherless-youths-and-antifa-rioters/ And here is why the Jews are in so much trouble. This guy thinks that he has the right to group Jews with homosexuals. He does not have that right. The point here being that nobody has the right to define themselves as being beyond criticism. That's what blacks and Jews and Homosexuals are trying to do. The problem is that most blacks, and many Jews, and all homosexuals are terrible people. Any rational person would be entirely correct to say that these groups are evil, mentally ill, and criminally insane. They really are. So public discussion of ending their existence is not only rational, it's a moral imperative. Saving the children from the clutches of these monsters is not fascism. It's Patriotism, and responsible Citizenship. Some people have no right to exist. I also love to make link and daily routine on Friday and also finding about what is going on Dr fauci. If you love Nepal then visit Nepali Blogger
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