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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • The Democratic elites fucked it up and we’re seeing them kowtow and shift the Overton window in real time. All to chase the people they’ve effectively denigrated for the entire election cycle.

    The reality is that they’ll never learn. This is a near perfect repeat of other Democrat losses to Republicans over the last 50 years. The knee-jerk reactions we’re seeing (e.g. scapegoating trans people) are indelible without a wild paradigm shift of the core tenets of the party.

    Three drink bonus: My brain is trying to color in some takeaways from the early progressivism movement (which IIRC gave birth to elitist leftism), but it hasn’t really gelled yet.






  • As much as I’d love to convince you to drink some other cocktails, you’ve got a set of decent selections already. I’ll add and reiterate.

    Bourbon $25-$35 (depending on where you are assuming US) these are mixing price and all eminently sippable neat:

    • Wild Turkey 101
    • Elijah Craig Small batch
    • Buffalo Trace
    • Old Grand Dad Bottled in Bond

    Tennessee whiskey (like Jack Daniels but better and about the same price):

    • George Dickel

    Scotch $20-$25 It will hit the note for speyside drinkers and won’t break the bank:

    • Chivas 12yr

    Scotch $35-$50 cheap single malt you won’t mind sipping after the party:

    • Glenfiddich 12
    • Glenlivet 12
    • Bruichladdich Laddie

    Irish $55-$60 not big on Irish whiskey, but I always have a bottle for the ones who insist and Jameson is frat party trash:

    • Redbreast 12yr

    White Rum $20-$25

    • Plantation 3 stars
    • El Dorado 3yr

    If you feel like something with color and a bit bigger flavor,

    • Appleton Signature

    If I could beg you to step away from the amaretto, a boulevardier is a fine whiskey cocktail that can be adjusted easily to taste. Get you some campari and sweet (red) vermouth (carpano antica, cocchi di torino, or punt e mes) to go with the bourbon. I like a ratio of 2 bourbon to 1 campari and 1 vermouth.