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Episode 24: The Supreme Court . . . Ah, Those Guys Are So Funny.
It is the night before Obama’s first State of the Union address and we choose to declare the end of the world as we know it. Who wouldn’t, what with recent Supreme Court decisions, recent Massachusetts elections, recent Obama policy announcements echoing those of his Presidential rival’s, and a recent and very boring NFL post season, that may show the sport for what it is, 11 minutes of action surrounded by commercials. I mean, what’s not to rant about?
We drink Blue Moon Brewing’s Full Moon Winter Ale while ranting.
Now, the key statement here is that we taped this the night before the State of the Union. So, a quick poll:
- We were way off base in our assertions
- We were correct as usual
- Screw polls, polling, and pollsters.
Feel free to use the comments to enter your choice.
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Episode 23: A Preponderance of Suck
Posted by Jim in Beers, Podcasts, Politics, health care on January 6, 2010
Well, as you can tell by the title we spend our time on this show looking back at 2009 and all the things our politicians accomplished. After a brutal 2008 and sweeping changes in the American leadership we expected a little more from 2009 than what we got. Was there any upside? Where’s the change? Where’s the beef? Where’s my beer?. . .
. . . here it is. A Baltic Thunder porter from Victory Brewing in Downington, PA.
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Episode 20: A Wee Dram
Posted by Jim in Podcasts, Whiskies, health care on November 29, 2009
No beer this week. In honor of our 20th episode, we break out some tiny glasses and pour some expensive single malt Whisky. The whisky of choice is McCarthy’s, distilled in a very small batch by Clear Creek Distillery here in Portland. A discussion on the finer points of Whisky ensues, though I’m sure we’re often wrong in what we say about said drink. And then . . . logically we transition and talk about the Swine flu. Brilliant stuff I tell ya.
Oh, and since we’re talkin, about the Scottish, single malt varieties, we do spell it Whisky. If we were talkin’ American or Canadian blendids, we’d spell it Whiskey. Just so you know.
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Episode 18: And the Nobel Prize for Health Care Reform Goes To . . .
Yup, we’re talking health care again. The smoke has cleared from this summer’s town hall meetings, and the progressive push for the Public Option is gaining a little strength, and bills are leaving committees. So it follows somehow that we might just be getting optimistic that the right thing may be done.
Calm down, we said “might.”
The beer for this episode is Loser by Elysian Brewing. Find one and play along.
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Episode 15: Health Care and The Screwed Pooch Rant
Posted by Jim in Beers, News, Podcasts, health care on August 29, 2009
We have failure in the posting of this podcast, as in forgetting to do so. Well, better late than never . . . maybe.
Anyway, we tidy up some from our previous discussion on Race and then transition into the current health care debate. And even though this is a few weeks late making it to air, thanks to everyone (except the crazies) being on vacation not much has changed since we taped it. So despite failure we somehow remain relevant. Also, we clock in at a mere 39 minutes! We win!!
The beer used in this episode was harmed. The unlucky victim was Elysian Brewing’s The Wise ESB.
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