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  2. Jim Beam closes its distillery for 2026. In Trump's America, even Bourbon is heading for the rocks In lore, America is motherhood and apple pie. Close behind is Bourbon — a whiskey that must be made in the US (among other things) to be so called. Its formulation dates back two centuries to the distilled corn mash spirit made in Bourbon County, KY. The whiskey is entwined with moonshining. Which, in turn, underpinned NASCAR's rise. It is as American as the flag. Yet in MAGA America, its sales are declining so badly that Jim Beam will shut down bourbon production at its Clermont, KY., distillery through 2026. That’s not great. However, this production shutdown is a useful symbol of America’s economic doldrums under Trump. MAGA apologists may try to blame the Jim Beam production cut on a general stagnation in distilled spirits sales. In 2024, after decades of significant growth, hard liquor sales volume declined. However, the dollar value of sales increased. In addition, market predictions indicate that liquor sales will grow slowly in the near term. So why is Jim Beam shuttering its main distillery for at least a year? So what’s the truth? The answer is bifurcated. Demand for Bourbon, specifically, has decreased. And Trump’s tariff policies have exacerbated the decline. We could call Jim Beam a victim of the Law of Unintended Consequences. The more direct would say the company FAFOed. The Herald put it thus: The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at home. In response, the industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons (an industry unit of measurement) or more than 28% through August, the lowest level since 2018. At the same time, exports have been curtailed to major trading partners; Canada has been boycotting American spirits since March in retaliation for President Trump’s ongoing trade war and U.S. whiskey sales to that country are down by more than 60% through October. Other Kentucky companies including Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey maker Brown-Forman also have announced layoffs or shorter pauses in production earlier in the year. Trump promised that his tariffs would increase American manufacturing. Jim Beam is proof that that promise had the honesty of a typical Trump promise.
  3. Wait. He gets OT and paid meals for posting in IPIHB? I need a new job.
  4. a horrible human being ....
  5. That sounds totally reliable and not fake at all. If you can’t trust andr3wsky on IG, who can you trust?
  6. In response to Nathan's tweet: I'm sorry, but that IS who they want him to be.
  7. Today
  8. someone school me, there isn't enough cattle to be processed ? why ?
  9. i'll guess that plant employees mostly brown latin people
  10. What was that? Please explain.
  11. Yeah, the Elway doc was fucking badass. Don’t want to post on the Netflix thread, too many fucking idiots that can’t spell NFL.
  12. I tried signing up again and it still shows me as expired
  13. Circular Firing Squad is a decent band name. Not great, but decent.
  14. They sink so fast you wouldn’t believe it. Sailors from some canal battle couldn’t believe how fast they go to the botttom.
  15. So when he does it anyway does everyone just throw their hands in the air and say “well he’s the boss so let’s head out to Illinois!”
  16. Promise me you'll take your required breaks and put in for any OT that's needed. Turn in any lunch receipts and we'll cover it.
  17. Bout tree-fiddy...
  18. Elvis

    Teardrop campers

  19. Elvis

    Getting old sucks

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  21. I heard she can defend herself by farting out a cloud of ink.
  22. I work in the chemical industry, and the number of men who have worked an extraordinary amount of overtime to afford their wife's desired lifestyle, only for her to file for divorce and get child support based on them pretty much working themselves to death is not insignificant. And then they are trapped into having to continue to work as much overtime as possible just to be able to pay child support. When the market invetitably goes to shit and overtime gets cut out they still have to somehow come up with the money to pay for the lifestyle that they provided when times were good. If our legal system was fair and balanced and weighed things equally, then I'd be right there with you, but the way it is currently set up isn't the ideal way that it exists in your mind.
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