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brown water

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  1. I've done ok. I'm now the CFO of a midsize company and been in management since the early 00s. I've had to let people go - sometimes because of their performance and sometimes because of broader corporate issues. In either case, I've always felt respecting the impacted person's dignity important enough to speak with them personally. I'll go out on a limb that their accomplishments likely fell short of some one ascending to a senior White House role. But paying a basic level of respect to someone who's life is being upended seemed appropriate. Among the many things I find fault with in the current administration, the lack of basic respect for personal dignity often rises near the top of the list. Both in its cowardly contrast to the blustering bravado and in its insensitivity to the impacted person and their families. tl/dr: fuck the chickenshit way djt handles business
  2. Jared?
  3. Pepsico/ Frito Lay running a campaign celebrating Hillary could do more to reverse America's obesity crisis than decades of public education and nutritional guidance.
  4. Regarding Nike's cost benefit analysis, my first thought was this is a bold move that might eat into shareholder value. Then I realized they'd upset trumpkins which, by the eyeball test, aren't the biggest consumers of fitness apparel or sporting goods. And when they do, their more likely in the Russell Athletic segment. Feels like a safer mover than initially perceived.
  5. Oh yeah. Well I might hit up Twin dollar days tomorrow.
  6. Vermouth upgrades are under appreciated. Dolins sweet is my go to. Cocchi Torino is a second but it's flavor is more like Carpano Antiqua which I find can be overpowering in Manhattans (but others generally regard it as the gold standard). Bonus on Dolins is most HEBs sell in a 375. Vermouth spoils so that helps limit the time a bottle is open. Cocchi Americano is my preferred dry vermouth. Yet to find a close second. Works great in martinis and perfect manhattans.
  7. The bonuses were accelerated because their value as a tax deduction was more under the higher 2017 rates than the lower 2018 rates. I’d bet many people didn’t get more they just got it earlier.
  8. “It's not a tragedy,” said Trump. “It was a tragedy because it was ambushed. I like like bases that weren’t ambushed.”
  9. Just change the job spec to require a HS degree or equivalent.
  10. One of the more incredible aspects of trumpism is the ability of one of the most privileged demographics in the world (white American men) being able to convince themselves their being collectively victimized and rallying around that notion.
  11. It's just sementics.
  12. Can speak from experience Twin in Kingwood is pretty meh. If your up for a drive go to Liquor Cabinet on Mills Branch. They've got at least 10 bottles of Harper 15 on the shelf and an ample supply of Balcones True Blue Cask Strength. Usually a few other interesting bottles as well. I stop by frequently and that's where I've stocked up on ECBP, RY10 and M10 in the last few months. And if you're making the trip also try Pascals on Northpark. They've got a solid collection as well and occasionally some 4RSB private selections from other stores or restaurants. Good luck
  13. Slocum’s Razor
  14. Gearing up the sleeping giant?
  15. TOTAL WHICH CUNT!!!
  16. Like most things it doesn’t have to be defined to be identifiable.
  17. Commie-dians in Cars Getting Coffee
  18. Probably pushing arc reactors for all the disabled vets.
  19. So we are fine as long as there is an example elsewhere that is as bad or worse. That's a hell of a standard. #Be Best Not Worst #Make America Great Again Not as Shitty as Iran
  20. Trump to Hispanic voters “we get you”
  21. Honest question. Assuming your correct that there’s less harm than some suggest, what is the potential benefit? And which of those standards best apply here? I generally fall in the camp of not restricting harmless activity. But this strikes me a something that should be restricted in part because I’m not seeing the potential benefit.
  22. This point may have already been made but.... Being angry, having ulterior motives and being wrong aren't the same thing. My kids do something almost daily that makes me angry and I address that because they need to do better and because I want what's best for them. Imagine escaping accountability because what you've done made someone angry. Utter nonsense.
  23. I bet that 4rsb is titties
  24. Just taste it every few days (assume the barrel has a spout). When I was using my small barrel I'd just save the empty bottles, taste as it aged and refill the bottles once it hit the preferred flavor. Also, after aging a few barrels, I switched from aging whiskey to aging cocktails (mainly Manhattans) and then switched back to aging whiskey. But in the second round it was more about a seasoned barrel than the charred oak (think high west YKY from vermouth aged barrels). Just a way to get a bit more mileage out of the barrel.
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