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Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people

29 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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Trudy Busch Valentine (D) [2022 file photo].

Last night:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
Tonight, I enjoyed sharing a beer with members of @LIUNA42. I’m so proud that our campaign is powered by a strong commitment to union workers. I’ll always have your back and defend your right to fight for better wages and working conditions, because when unions fight workers win.
[….]
Laborers’ Local 42
9:15 PM · Sep 28, 2022

Yep.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

Previously:

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 23, 2022)

Stupid and self righteous

23 Friday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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beer, meta, pearl clutcher, right wingnut, troll

That’s no way to go through life.

As is usual, we’re don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post. But we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

When someone posts a comment here their email and IP addresses remain on the system as part of the record.

A troll took “offense” at beer.

She is proud to be part of a family that produces a drink that causes more heartbreak than anything besides drugs. I will not vote for her. This article shows how proud she is of the production of alcohol!

You were never going to vote for her.

Uh, so you’re not going to vote for Eric Schmitt (r), right? He posted yesterday about drinking beer rather than a warm non-alcohol Autumn beverage. Then there’s Brett Kavanaugh (r), you know, the guy who stated under oath before the U.S. Senate that he likes beer. Where are you on his lifetime appointment?

So, you’re not going to vote at all because of all the beer inundating the world.

Dumbass.

Previously:

I’m not ready to make nice (October 21, 2020)

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 23, 2022)

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again

23 Friday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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beer, Eric Schmitt, missouri, social media, Trudy Busch Valentine, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Last night in Kansas City:

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

Yesterday evening, from the guy who is apparently afraid to hold a beer:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
US Senate candidate, MO
While my opponent The Heiress Valentine is emailing people about the beginning of “Pumpkin Spice Latte” season — I’m here to remind Missourians it’s Busch Light camo can season. Enjoy!
[….]
5:57 PM · Sep 22, 2022

Also last night:

Trudy Busch Valentine @buschvalentine
US Senate candidate, MO
I got to spend tonight in Kansas City at Gaels Public House — an ice cold Busch Light is always better with friends.

I especially want to thank Senator @GregRazer and Derrick Bachman for their hospitality and their warm and gracious welcome.
7:02 PM · Sep 22, 2022

Heh.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo}.

Campaign Finance: Plant-based PAC

04 Tuesday May 2021

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Oops, wrong brand.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171159 05/04/2021 A Better Missouri Political Action Committee Anheuser-Busch Cos. One Busch Plaza St Louis MO 63118 5/4/2021 $34,500.00

[emphasis added]

Free sample are probably not an option. Just checking.

Previously:

Plant-based beer (April 26, 2021)

Plant-based beer

26 Monday Apr 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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beer, Larry Kudlow

“….’Speaking of stupid,’ he began. ‘America has to, get this, America has to stop eating meat, stop eating poultry and fish, seafood, eggs, dairy and animal-based fats. OK, got that? No burgers on July Fourth. No steaks on the barbecue. … So get ready. You can throw back a plant-based beer with your grilled Brussels sprouts and wave your American flag’….”

Is this a great country, or what?

At the U.S. Supreme Court reception after yesterday’s quickie swearing in ceremony…

07 Sunday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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beer, Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

The refreshing beverage of choice for Associate Supreme Court Justices everywhere…

“…Yes, we drank beer. I liked beer. Still like beer. We drank beer…”

Roy Blunt uses the GOP tax bill to give a Christmas present to his lobbyist son

04 Monday Dec 2017

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Andy Blunt, beer, Brewers, corruption, John McCain, Medicare, missouri, Roy Blunt, Tax bill, tax cuts

Most Americans, even conservative Americans whether or not they admit it, know that the big tax cut Christmas gift President Moron has promised will be delivered directly to the fat cats who support the GOP, while the gifts the GOP pretends to be giving most other Americans will metamorphose into gigantic lumps of coal either immediately or by 2027 when the crumbs tossed to the hoi polloi will vanish into the realm of Christmas past. The easy – and true – explanation is that the Republicans who preach fiscal responsibility were long ago purchased by the beneficiaries of a system that increases the growing inequality among Americans.

However, the extent to which some GOP pols are indulging in a little personal gift-giving on the side has been mostly ignored. As an article in The Intercept makes clear, some elected Republicans have used the tax cut baloney to enhance their or their families’ bottom lines – and one of the most notable examples is Missouri’s own always-on-the-take politician, Roy Blunt:

The tax plan before Congress, though sold as broad legislation to reduce rates and end favoritism in the tax code, contains targeted provisions designed to benefit special interest groups, many of which maintain close ties to senior Republican lawmakers.

Take the special tax cut for the alcohol industry hidden in the bill.

The tax cut legislation includes a provision that cuts taxes on beer, wine, and liquor produced or imported into the country, saving companies involved around $4.2 billion over 10 years. The provision mirrors language from the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, or S. 236, introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri and a member of the Senate GOP leadership team. (While the legislation does benefit craft, or small breweries, it extends the cuts to larger companies and the industry as a whole.)

Key GOP lawmakers maintain close ties to individuals connected to the booze industry.

Sen. Blunt’s son Andy Blunt is a registered lobbyist for MillerCoors, a brewing company that has worked to build support on Capitol Hill for the exact same targeted brewer tax cuts now included in the tax bill. …

For the record, Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain, whose wife’s fortune comes from Hensley Brewing and Sen. Ron Portman, who has close ties to a lobbying firm that represents the industry, are also implicated as per The Intercept. Might go a long way to explaining why McCain, who objected to the procedure used to concoct and attempt to force passage of the ill-fated Republican healthcare demolition effort, was far more obliging this time around. It seems that procedure can be damned as long as the sweeteners are liberally bestowed.

Meanwhile, back at the working folks’ ranch, the Community Oncology Alliance warned Congress that the tax cut bill will mandate a huge cut in Medicare spending:

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has warned that “pay-as-you-go” rules require a 4% sequester cut to Medicare to offset the deficit increases triggered in the current tax bill. This would double the ongoing 2% sequester cut to Medicare payments implemented when Congress was unable to solve the nation’s budget deficit in 2011.

Policymakers in Washington should note that blunt budget cutting gimmicks like the sequester cut backfire. They have terrible unintended consequences and do more harm than good for patients and taxpayers. According to the 2016 Community Oncology Practice Impact Report, in the five years since the last Medicare sequester went into effect, 91 cancer treatment clinics have closed and 130 independent community cancer practices, typically comprised of multiple treatment sites, have been forced to merge into hospitals.

Community oncology practices are where the majority of Americans with cancer are treated. Closing them creates problems with access to cancer care and consolidation into more expensive hospital systems, driving up costs for seniors with limited mobility and fixed incomes, as well as all taxpayers who fund Medicare. The actuarial firm Milliman found that the consolidation of independent community cancer practices with hospitals cost Medicare and taxpayers $2 billion in 2014 alone. In addition, Medicare beneficiaries responsible for the 20% copayment saw their bills rise by $500 million in that same year.

As a person suffering from chronic cancer, I owe my survival over the past few years to Medicare and my excellent Medicare supplement. Now, however, since the barbarians have stormed the gates of Washington and the looting has started, I can’t helping wondering how long it can last – which is another way of asking how long I can last. I also know that I’m not in the worst position among my fellow-suffers – who won’t have to worry about what is going to happen because there’s only one answer: treatment will definitely soon be put out of reach for them if this bill in finally enacted. It’ll be a grim December for lots of us.

But hey, we can be sure that it’ll be a jolly Christmas in the Blunt family home. Sen. Blunt will have contributed to a “major victory for hardworking Missourians,” by his own account. And he may not be entirely dishonest. Andy Blunt is a Missourian and I’m sure that it’s possible that he’s truly a hard-working lobbyist. And there are probably a few more like him.

Campaign Finance: it’s a wash

28 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000960 02/27/2014 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Anheuser-Bush One Bush Place St Louis MO 63118 2/27/2014 $7,500.00

[emphasis added]

That’s got to be considerably less than the average annual profits from beer consumption by party members, right?

Heh.

White House Petition: as American as mom and apple pie…

01 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Via National Public Radio:

Beer Drone Can Buzz The Skies No More, FAA Says

by Bill Chappell

January 30, 2014 8:15 PM

Lakemaid Beer is brewed in Stevens Point, Wis., and distributed to several states in the region. But it was a very local delivery that put the company out of favor with the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Minnesota-based company is receiving a flood of support and condolences after the FAA ruled that its beer delivery drone, which had only recently taken flight, had to be shut down….

A petition at the White House site:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Force the FAA to issue an Airworthiness Certificate for Beer Drones (BUAV’s).

The FAA has recently revoked authorization for a struggling small business to deliver its product via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. This innovative product-to-market technique allowed a small business to grow its brand and take advantage of a government-supported initiative to embrace UAV technology. The FAA has no standing to restrict the delivery of products by small businesses and choke economic growth.

Created: Jan 30, 2014

Issues: Economy, Small Business, Trade

Signatures needed by March 01, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 99,298

Total signatures on this petition 702

Buzzed is the operative word, isn’t it?

Campaign Finance: they'll always have all the money they need

26 Saturday May 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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beer, campaign finance, missouri, republicans

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C061621 05/25/2012 MO COLLEGE REPUBLICANS Gary Grewe 2533 Greenbriar Ridge Drive Saint Louis MO 63122 G. J. Grewe, Inc. Properties 5/25/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C000953 05/25/2012 MO REPUBLICAN PARTY Anheuser Busch Companies One Busch Place Saint Louis MO 63118 5/23/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

And a possible tune for their campaign soundtrack:

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