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I haven't written one of these posts in quite awhile, not because I forgot about the series but because this semester has been so busy that I haven't had much time to do much of anything at all, and especially rather trivial pursuits such as this. But since I'm watching the Chiefs-Pats, I might as well scribble some words down.
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., spoke on tariffs at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Cartersville, Georgia, earlier this month. A number of members of Congress headed out to breweries this summer, but not to quietly enjoy a beer.
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Mocha Java coffee, grab a seat by the pool, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads: a Discuss : The End is Near for the Economic Boom: Growth will slow. The bull market will expire.
In Tennessee's critical Senate race, it's the Democrat running as a free trader. Phil Bredesen, a former governor, poses in a whiskey distillery in a recent ad and slams President Donald Trump's tariffs: "They hurt our auto industry, our farmers, and Tennessee exports like Jack Daniel's."
In comments at odds with his home state's whiskey distillers, Kentucky's Republican governor is downplaying fears that the European Union's retaliatory tariffs could disrupt the booming market for the Bluegrass state's iconic bourbon industry. "There's always the potential for some type of impact, but I don't think it will be a tremendous impact," Gov. Matt Bevin said when asked about tariffs during a TV interview this week with Bloomberg.
The state of Virginia has about 90,000 milk cows on 615 dairy farms. The state ranks 24th in the country in terms of milk production and 14th in the number of licensed dairy operations.
Harley-Davidson, facing rising c... . CEO Joel Johnson checks the details on a roll of steel at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Baytown, Texas.
File - In this Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Mexican President Mexico Vicente Fox speaks at the CATO Institute in Washington. Former Mexican President Vincente Fox calls himself a soldier in the global cam... .
The National Institutes of Health is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, citing ethical problems. . FILE - In this Sept.
A day after MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews called out President Trump for "coming out like a kiss butt" in dealing with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, the liberal pundit reveled on Wednesday in comparing Republicans to North Korean soldiers and comments by Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker that GOPers are part of a "cult" for enthusiastically backing President. Not surprisingly, Matthews seemed a little confused about whether to make the Republican comparison to those who committed mass suicide in Jonestown by first ruling at 7:21 p.m. Eastern that "Corker's not exactly a bomb thrower and he's not comparing this guy to James Jones and drinking the kool-aid and cults and that's pretty deep."
Starbucks Corp's executive chairman is stepping down from the coffee company he helped transform into a global brand, and says public service may be in his future. Howard Schultz, 64, said he is considering many possibilities.
Starbucks Corp. says Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman this month of the coffee chain he joined more than 30 years ago. Schultz, who oversaw the transformation of Starbucks into a global chain with more than 28,000 locations, had left the CEO job at the company last year to focus on innovation and social impact projects.
President Donald Trump on Thursday imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, triggering immediate retaliation from U.S. allies and protests from American businesses and farmers.
U.S. TAKES ACTION AGAINST CANADIAN TRADE MEASURES THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST U.S. WINE May 29, 2018 Source: USDA news release U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer announced today that the Trump Administration has requested that the World Trade Organization establish a dispute settlement panel to examine unfair regulations governing the sale of wine in grocery stores in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The Office of the United States Trade Representative is challenging BC regulations that discriminate against U.S. and other imported wine by allowing only BC wine to be sold on regular grocery store shelves.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand is urging Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to help dairy farmers withstand an ongoing financial crisis by issuing emergency funds as soon as possible. “This is a crisis right in our own backyard and we need to solve it now,” Sen. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said during a conference call Tuesday.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is congratulated after the New York State Democratic Committee nominated her for re-election to the U.S. Senate on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, at the Labor Temple in Albany, N.Y. less Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is congratulated after the New York State Democratic Committee nominated her for re-election to the U.S. Senate on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, at the Labor Temple in Albany, N.Y. (Will ... more U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the federal government to help farmers stay afloat as they grapple with the financial and mental toll of low prices, changing consumer tastes, rising costs and an oversupply of milk.
The massive growth of the wine industry has led to a very real problem-wine monocultures that transform ecologically complex places such as the hills of Napa County into carefully manicured landscapes that leave no room for the wild. That a lot of wineries require hillsides makes this worse, as many species exist on a pretty strict elevation level.
Every single reader of this blog should read this amazing conversation about being black in public spaces. Jamelle Bouie, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Gene Demby, and Aisha Harris get at the heart of what being black means in performatively white spaces, such as at Starbucks.
A left-wing backlash against Starbucks is building after the coffee company included a Jewish group that recently criticized Women's March in its upcoming training sessions combating racial bias. The Anti-Defamation League , a mainstream Jewish civil rights organization, is one of several groups helping Starbucks conduct anti-bias training sessions.
Demonstrators occupy the Starbucks that has become the center of protests Monday, April 16, 2018, in Philadelphia. Starbucks wants to add training for store managers on "unconscious bias," CEO Kevin Johnson said Monday, as ... .