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Botany

(76,289 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2025, 06:38 PM 10 hrs ago

Tell me CBS isn't a propaganda outfit now? 60 minutes is going to have a spot about the KY Bourbon barrel [View all]

….. industry tonight but are they going to cover all the problems with that industry and
that major corn liquor such as Jim Beam are closing their operations in KY because
Trump’s tariffs and policies has caused real problems with the industry.

Cloudy future for bourbon has Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for a year

https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-war-west-trump-netanyahu-2ef7a55988b80813f6913c8c1835322b

Or maybe I’m just nuts?

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Tell me CBS isn't a propaganda outfit now? 60 minutes is going to have a spot about the KY Bourbon barrel [View all] Botany 10 hrs ago OP

Seems to be the wrong link? walkingman 9 hrs ago #1

I saw a commercial for that 60 Min piece during a football game and thought RockRaven 9 hrs ago #2

is there a connection between Kentucky bourbon and Netanyahu Skittles 9 hrs ago #3

I read somewhere that whiskey consumption has been dropping for a while. progressoid 9 hrs ago #4

My whiskey consumption has been increasing for a while. Aristus 8 hrs ago #7

Same here. progressoid 7 hrs ago #9

Something is going on. (nt) Paladin 9 hrs ago #5

It's the holidays and it is a rerun. Jacson6 8 hrs ago #6

They did that story years ago ITAL 8 hrs ago #8

You are correct. murielm99 6 hrs ago #10

All liquor sales are down. Bourbon is over produced Melon 4 hrs ago #11