The Kentucky Distillers Association - a trade group for companies that make booze there - warned that distillers faced a “crushing” $75,000,000.00 in taxes on their inventory this year, because the state charges tax on ageing barrels of spirits. I wonder who came up with that brilliant idea...
Anyway, Jim Beam (not the guy, the company) said it was assessing how it would use its workforce while it paused production and was in talks with its workers’ union. The company’s other operations in Kentucky, including another distillery and its bottling and warehouse plants, would remain open next year. Its visitor centre in Kentucky will also stay open. Jim Beam is owned by the Japanese 'drinks group' Suntory Global Spirits, which employs more than 6,000 people around the world, with more than 1,000 people across its sites in Kentucky. Known for its celebrated single malt whiskies, Suntory’s brands also include Haku vodka and Sipsmith gin, as well as soft drinks Orangina and Lucozade. It bought the maker of Jim Beam in 2014 for $16 billion, securing its status as one of the world’s biggest booze makers.
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The US Coast Guard is in "active pursuit" of a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month - one of them on Saturday. The move comes days after President Donald Trump said that he was ordering a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
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This GIF captures a moment from the classic 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon, "Rabbit Seasoning", featuring characters from the Looney Tunes series. The cartoon is part of the "Hunting Trilogy" directed by Chuck Jones, which also includes "Rabbit Fire".
The scene shows Bugs Bunny (disguised as a female rabbit) and Elmer Fudd sitting together, with Daffy Duck off-screen at this specific moment. The plot revolves around Bugs and Daffy tricking Elmer Fudd into shooting Daffy repeatedly by arguing over whose hunting season it is.
It is famous for the exchange where Bugs asks, "Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home?", to which Daffy replies, "Shoot him now!". Elmer Fudd is a bumbling hunter who serves as one of Bugs Bunny's primary antagonists in the series.
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Bill Clinton after the Clinton-Epstein Files release Friday
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I guess I shoulda read the rest of the story.
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There is no doubt that the drugs contributed to the Reiner murders and the doctor or doctors who prescribed the drugs need to be investigated, but the son is still responsible for the murders. After major surgery I had some painkillers that left me goofy though not to the point that this guy reached but I made it plain that I would never take these again after other surgeries. Doctors make tons of money from prescribing drugs and need to be held accountable when bad things happen.
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of states that have (or had) inventory taxes on businesses. One of my econ professors commented on train tracks to nowhere. Companies would load up their inventory onto train cars and haul it across state lines just to avoid the tax.
ReplyDeleteProperty taxes are bad enough. You only rent "your" house or land from the government. Inventory taxes change behavior. The are especially insidious for products that take a while to produce, such as whisky. Might be time to move the aging process out of Kentucky and into a tax friendly state. Plan so that on the day the tax is levied, there is no product in the state.