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Archive for February 18th, 2013
Whiskey Rebellion
Maker’s Mark has yielded to the overwhelming criticism online and reversed their decision to water down the product in order to stretch out supply. That might mean shortages of Maker’s in the future. Luckily, there are plenty of other brands worth buying who never considered pulling such a sacrilege in the first place.
Presidents Can Kill Us Now
The president rarely mentions his expansive drone program and for a long time it wasn’t publicly acknowledged. So it wasn’t until last week in one of Obama’s Google+ hangouts did someone get to ask him if he believes he has the authority to kill an American on U.S. soil. He didn’t say “no.”
Huh?
Since the Die Hard franchise, and its catchphrase, have been absent from the screen for 12 years, a question arises: do the words “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker” still matter? And why did they resonate in the first place?
