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Budweiser’s “Bowtie” Can

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When you can’t make a better beer, I guess putting it in gimmicky packaging is the next best thing:

As someone who previously worked in structural package design (that’s basically bottles and cans, for you hotshots in automotive or furniture), I freely admit there’s a whole slew of products for which the aesthetics of the package design don’t really matter. I’d never buy a bottle of booze or can of beer because of the way the vessel was shaped, or how pretty the label was, for instance; I’d buy them because I want to drink what’s inside of them.

Agreed. So, why the “Bowtie” can?

It’s possible that the Bud marketing crew believes the new can shape will increase sales, enough to cover the cost of the new tooling. But the cynics in us can’t help but notice a glaring fact: Standard beer cans hold 12 ounces of brew. The bowtie can rings in at 11.3 ounces. Zero-point-seven ounces missing might not be enough for individual consumers to make a stink about, but multiplied by millions of cans, it’s sure to save Anheuser-Busch some serious coin.

I’m sure there’s a bit of engineering and slick tooling required to produce the cans. However, I’ll stick with Sam Adams…

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It’s funny because it’s true… Low Information Voters aren’t very good at geography

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More than likely, it’s Obama voters who are confusing Czech Republic with Chechnya:

Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack

19.04.2013 / 21:27

As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month. It was a stark reminder of the fact that any of us could be a victim of senseless violence anywhere at any moment.

As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect. The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities – the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation.

As the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman noted in his message to President Obama, the Czech Republic is an active and reliable partner of the United States in the fight against terrorism. We are determined to stand side by side with our allies in this respect, there is no doubt about that.

Petr Gandalovič
Ambassador of the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is one of my favorite countries I’ve visited and Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Pictures don’t do it justice.

St Charles Bridge Prague- Czech Republic

h/t Timmy….

News trying to shape public opinion: Routine of submitting to additional scrutiny is now “comforting”

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If WaPo writers think I should take “comfort” in subjecting myself to additional “scrutiny” then I think WaPo writers should take comfort in submitting their stories to the “Ministry of Truth” before being published. Just to be sure they are accurate…

Expect to see more people in uniform, a greater display of law enforcement firepower, added security in places where it had been relaxed and increased efforts to poke into backpacks and purses.

A day after an attack on an unlikely Boston target, hardly any place in Washington felt safe from aggression. It was a day when the numbing routine of submitting to scrutiny took on a comforting urgency.

Watchful armed guards were out in great numbers Tuesday at all of the places long perceived as possible targets: airports, Metro, monuments, museums and the various institutions of governance.

By wasting time subjecting everyone to additional “comforting scrutiny” the real threats are going to go unnoticed.

Better late than never: College fires professor who forced students to sign pledge to vote for Obama

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Now that we are stuck with the guy for ANOTHER four years…

Brevard Community College (BCC) has fired a professor after a school investigation concluded she required students to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election.

Brevard Community College has fired Professor Sharon Sweet who forced her students to sign this pledge.

The school’s spokesman John Glisch, said the Board of Trustees voted Wednesday morning to terminate mathematics professor Sharon Sweet with an overwhelming vote.

“The board voted 3-1, with one member absent, to dismiss professor Sweet,” Glisch told Campus Reform Wednesday afternoon.

“The termination took effect immediately, ending pay and benefits for Sweet who had been suspended with pay under provisions of the United Faculty of Florida collective bargaining agreement with the college, pending the board’s decision,” the school added in a press release.

In all seriousness, I hope this makes other goofy teachers think twice before pulling a stunt like this in the future.

Elites awarding fellow elites for shaping public opinion…. I mean for news coverage

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Via all the news that’s fit to print…

The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including two awards for its reporting on the actions of companies like Apple and Wal-Mart overseas, and another for an examination of the hidden wealth of the Chinese premier’s family.

At home, our beloved MSM is working overtime “shaping” public opinion by ignoring the gruesome murder trial of the abortion “doctor” Kermit Gosnell. The elites are afraid the gory details might compromise abortion “rights”.

The Tolerant Left: School District Requires Permission Slips To Hear Santorum Speak

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Grosse Pointe (Michigan) Public School System is in an uproar over Rick Santorum’s upcoming speech at Grosse Pointe South High School.

Rick Santorum’s speaking engagement at Grosse Pointe South High School is back on, after school officials say they reached a compromise to allow parents to choose whether to send their child to the April 24 event.

School officials on Monday had canceled the former presidential candidate’s scheduled speech to students, sparking a community uproar. The district announced at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday that parents will be sent an in-school permission form if they want their student to hear Santorum speak during an assembly at the school.

The reaction by the school district is unbelievable. By requiring parents OPT IN to allow their children attend Santorum’s appearance, they are treating his appearance in the same manner as having high school kids watch an “R” rated movie in class .

What is so objectionable about having a former United States Congressman, Senator and Presidential candidate speak at your school that would require a permission slip?

One of the two students responsible for arranging Santorum’s appearance said school officials cited Santorum’s conservative social views and concerns over student safety during the event.

Langston Bowens, an 18-year-old senior at Grosse Pointe South High School, said some teachers became angry Monday when Santorum’s appearance was announced. He said they sent video clips from Santorum’s speeches to the school’s principal and the district’s superintendent.

“The teachers called Santorum a bigot and a racist,” Bowens said. “They said he is controversial and shouldn’t speak in front of students.”

Those dreaded ‘conservative’ social views.

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Heaven forbid kids be allowed to hear someone stand up for traditional values…

Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs 2014 Winter Classic Sweaters Unveiled

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Very, very cool:

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And a few details regarding the 2014 NHL Winter Classic:

The Winter Classic is on again.

The Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will face each other Jan. 1, 2014 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The puck will drop at 1 p.m.

The two teams were scheduled to play this past January but the NHL lockout wiped out any possibility of that happening.

A record crowd of over 110,000 is expected to attend the game.

“I suppose this event is so big, we need to make the announcement twice,” said commissioner Gary Bettman, announcing the game Sunday morning at Joe Louis Arena.

Bettman also announced the Hockeytown Winter Festival — a weeklong series of events and games including two alumni games between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs, minor and junior league games, as well as high school and youth league games — will take place at Comerica Park.

Bettman expects over 250,000 fans to attend the events at Comerica Park and credited Red Wings owners Mike and Marian Ilitch for the downtown events.

Here’s a more detailed look at the Redwing Winter Classic Sweater:

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About the Sweaters via NHL.com:

Detroit will be wearing iconic red and antique white uniforms featuring a striping pattern and arch Detroit wordmark inspired by the late-1920s Detroit Cougars. The front crest on the jersey will feature an early iteration of the winged wheel from the late 1930s Red Wings.

There’s even a touch of the early 1980s Red Wings with the custom Detroit wordmark and the number system. Both are exclusive to the typeface worn by the Red Wings from 30 years ago.

The captain’s patch that will presumably be worn by Henrik Zetterberg will also pay homage to the team’s heritage and former captains.

Toronto’s uniforms will be royal blue and white and feature the distinct striping configuration inspired by the 1930s Maple Leafs. The front crest of the jersey will feature a distinct wordmark from the inaugural Maple Leafs’ logo, revealed in 1927. The neckline design is taken from the sweaters worn by the Leafs throughout the 1960s and the running stitch detail on the numbers is a tribute to the Leafs’ sweater from the mid-1950s.

Can’t wait…

District Judge Korman orders morning-after pill to go over the counter for girls of all ages

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U.S. District Judge Edward Korman passed down his edict that the “morning-after” pill be available over the counter without ID checks – and, for teens younger than 17.

“We are thrilled whenever there is further access to ensure women can have a baby when they want one and reduce the unintended pregnancy rate,” said Lori Lamerand, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan.

But others said they worry the ruling could expose girls to sexually transmitted diseases and erode parents’ abilities to protect their daughters.

In a tweet late in the day, the Michigan Catholic Conference called the opinion of U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in New York “complete disregard for children’s safety and parental rights.”

And earlier in the day, Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Pro Life Activities, said in a written statement that the pill “makes young adolescent girls more available to sexual predators.”

“The court’s action,” the statement continued, “undermines parents’ ability to protect their daughters from such exploitation and from the adverse effects of the drug itself.”

Truly frightening. A minor can’t purchase DayQuil yet purchasing abortion pills without question is perfectly fine?

This is social engineering at its worst. And people wonder why our society is swirling in an ever tighter circle around the drain.

NYT Columnist thinks Second Amendment needs ‘clarification’

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This would not end well:

Most Americans are committed to the Constitution and rely on the courts to adapt our antique highest law to modern technological and cultural developments. Many of us trust the judiciary to balance rights against the inevitable restrictions on them. But we are left with the awkward, irresolvable phrasing of the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Only anti-freedom Democrats rely on the courts to modify the Constitution. Conservatives understand that the Constitution is the framework for our government. furthermore, we understand the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution comprise our “Bill of Rights” that expressly limit what the Federal Government can do to a narrow focus and, in the process, protect our freedom.

Apparently super genius Zachary Elkins, author of the op-ed in question never read the Federalist Papers, where the Founders explain (in great detail) their reasoning behind every detail of the Constitution . For example, James Madison explains the reasoning behind the Second Amendment:

Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The Founders believed armed American Citizens need the ability to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. What is so hard about that to understand?

Roughly 129 years after the US Constitution was ratified another revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin, said this:

“One man with a gun can control 100 without one. ”

And most of us know how the Russian revolution and the subsequent Stalin regime worked out for the average Russian.

*h/t TTAG