You've Been Trumped!

[Stavros]

A few favorable trade deals with the States will make BREXIT look like a stroke of genius. (I wouldn't mind Beefeater gin coming down in price at my local liquor store)

Beefeater Gin? Either you are being sarcastic or that is one of the saddest things you have written when Ye Olde Englande has moved on to such finer things...

To be or not to be served with tonic? Surely that is the question
http://www.shakespearedistillery.com/stratford-gin/

[sukumvit boy]

I'm a gin drinker ,dry Martinis usually , and gin & tonic occasionally. I use Martini & Rossi or Noilly Pratt vermouth and Bombay Original Gin , not the Bombay Sapphire which I find too high in alcohol (94 proof here in the US vs 80 proof for the Bombay Original ) .
I've tried many other gins and also enjoy Dutch genever , like Boomsma.
The problem I am finding with some of these new 'artisanal' gins is that they have lost all subtlety , they are way over the top and too 'medicinal'.
The same thing is happening here in the States with hops in beer , IMHO. I always enjoyed a bitter ale , but in the 30-60 range IBU scale . I also appreciate 'hoppiness' in a beer such as citrus and pine notes from hops . But too much hops leads to bitterness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_(cocktail)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_m...ent#Bitterness

And the more I think about Trump the more I crave a drink !

[sukumvit boy]

[Stavros]

I'm a gin drinker ,dry Martinis usually , and gin & tonic occasionally. I use Martini & Rossi or Noilly Pratt vermouth and Bombay Original Gin , not the Bombay Sapphire which I find too high in alcohol (94 proof here in the US vs 80 proof for the Bombay Original ) .
I've tried many other gins and also enjoy Dutch genever , like Boomsma.
The problem I am finding with some of these new 'artisanal' gins is that they have lost all subtlety , they are way over the top and too 'medicinal'.
The same thing is happening here in the States with hops in beer , IMHO. I always enjoyed a bitter ale , but in the 30-60 range IBU scale . I also appreciate 'hoppiness' in a beer such as citrus and pine notes from hops . But too much hops leads to bitterness.
And the more I think about Trump the more I crave a drink !

By coincidence, this week's episode of the UK version of The Apprentice that aired last night tasked the remaining candidates to produce a new Gin, brand it and sell it to major retail outlets. The losing gin was coloured orange and called Colony Gin -hard to believe that two of the three people in the team are by family origin from the Raj but there you go just as the intention to reference India produced a label dominated by a map of Africa...(standard incompetence from the 'business leaders' you find on this comical show). The colour of the Gin was a big loser, as was the decision to use black pepper to make it spicy although there are spicy gins out there. The winning gin was called, please don' laugh Giin the two 'i's' representing the concept of sharing...
I think this mania for artisanal this and that may produce some outstanding products, but one of the two formidable shops in my town specialising in wine, beer and spirits now lists more than 65 artisanal Gins on its website.

I note that Donald J Trump remains a 50:50 shareholder in the profits of The Apprentice in the USA and that he will be listed as Executive Producer when Schwarzenegger adjudicates the new series that begins on January the 2nd. The lines between the Presidency and commercial profit are still not clear. Maybe he just doesn't care.

[Stavros]

Incoming Secretary of State for Energy Rick Perry makes a speech:
As Secretary of State for Energy I will do three things in my first 100 days. First, I shall rescind the USA's endorsement of the Paris Agreement. Second, I shall begin to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. Third, I shall....I shall...er...Ooops!

ps. I made that up.

[sukumvit boy]

Professor Allan Lichtmann of The American University in Washington DC, who has correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984 , predicts that Trump will be impeached by a Republican Congress, probably within the first year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...=.58b6a7f94df3

[broncofan]

Professor Allan Lichtmann of The American University in Washington DC, who has correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984 , predicts that Trump will be impeached by a Republican Congress, probably within the first year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...=.58b6a7f94df3

Political elections involve the prediction of behavior in a complex and dynamic system. I think there are some people who are better than chance at making predictions, but nobody who is even close to infallible. A lot of people claimed that Silver lost credibility in this last election but his model was closer to predicting a Trump win than anybody else. If he gave Trump a 30% chance of winning a Trump win is not an anomaly.

So Lichtman has predicted elections, but his underlying reasons why are dubious and his track record in a two party system since 1984 is not long enough to show unusual skill (compare this to Warren Buffett's 30% average annual returns over a 50 year period that some economists dubiously claim might be the result of chance). And if he's gotten everything right, that means he predicted a Bush win in 2000, which without caveats, does not show special powers of foresight.

I think Trump will commit impeachable acts within the first year of his presidency, but I'd be surprised if a Republican Congress impeaches him and the senate convicts him, which is required to remove him from power. Of course, I don't have the track record of Lichtman so take it with a grain of salt.

[trish]

He's already committing impeachable offenses, but there's no pressure to stop coming from the Republican Party.

Nevertheless...

Happy Holidays everyone.

[sukumvit boy]

Some presidential humor from The Capital Steps.
Happy holidays everyone !

[holzz]

people still bitching need to get over it.....or emigrate.