THE MORNING RANT: No, the Bud Light Debacle Will Not Be a Business School Case Study; It Was Elite MBA Indoctrination Put Into Practice

There is a trope going around that the Bud Light debacle will be a case study for future generations of MBA students. Many conservative writers whom I respect too much to call out by name have written some variation of the following:

“In the future, elite MBA programs will be teaching the case of Bud Light as an example of how to destroy a brand and alienate customers.”

With all due respect, no they won’t.

The actions that destroyed Bud Light were the actual implementation of what is being taught at our most prestigious business schools. The Anheuser Busch executives who destroyed Bud Light and caused immense financial damage to the company are all graduates of elite MBA programs.

Alissa Heinerscheid, the VP of Marketing at Anheuser Busch who hired female impersonator Dylan Mulvaney to be a face of Bud Light, has an MBA from Wharton.

Group Vice President Daniel Blake, who hired Ms. Heinerscheid to overhaul the customer base of Bud Light, has an MBA from the University of Virginia.

CEO Brendan Whitworth, who employed Blake and Heinerscheid to implement his vision for the company, obtained a Harvard MBA in 2008.

The MBA culture they reflect holds blue collar Americans in contempt. It doesn’t take an Ivy League MBA to mock and sneer at your loyal customers, but it certainly helps.

Overlooked in Ms. Heinerscheid’s famous insult of Bud Light’s customers as being “fratty” and not diverse, is the very explicit statement of hers that she had a “super clear mandate” from above to fix the demographic problem of the nation’s number one beer brand. Anheuser Busch’s executives, with their fancy MBAs, clearly disliked Bud Light’s customers, and told her to fix that problem.

“I had this super clear mandate. It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand. What does evolve and elevate mean? It means inclusivity… it means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different. And appeals to women and to men. And representation, isn’t it the heart of evolution? We had this hangover. I mean, Bud Light had been kind of a brand of fratty out of touch humor and it was really important that we had another approach.”

The great Victor Davis Hanson had an article at American Greatness a few days ago, which included this indictment of the destruction being wrought in corporate America by executives who were maleducated in prominent MBA programs.

By absorbing the MBA programs at the major universities, the Left ensures that the new corporate credentialed elite has never gotten its hands grubby or stained in the lower echelons of business, or worked its way up the long, grimy corporate ladder. Instead, unpolluted the new execs transition from their MBA courses in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and in environmental, social, and governance to the activist corporate boardroom.

No, MBA programs will not be teaching how Anheuser Busch’s woke executives sabotaged the nation’s number one beer, nor how AB turned its once loyal customers into angry former customers.

Instead, you can expect that the “lessons” that will be taught at our elite business schools going forward will be that:

• Bud Light was a brand with a problematic, non-diverse customer base.
• Bud Light’s destiny was decline and obsolescence due to the demographic inevitability of America’s deplorables being replaced by a rainbow of diverse persxns.
• Heinerscheid brilliantly and bravely tried to save the doomed brand, but it was just too late.
• Heinerscheid was victimized by the patriarchy who blamed her for the unsuccessful effort to save their doomed brand.

There have been conflicting reports in recent days about whether or not Blake and Heinerscheid were finally dismissed by AB, or whether they are still employed but “on leave.”

None of that matters so long as CEO Brendan Whitworth is still in charge. He is directly responsible for a left-wing 30-something with an elitist education being put in charge of the Bud Light brand. If that wasn’t his vision, his chain of command wouldn’t be hiring people like her. She did exactly what she was hired to do, and now she is taking the fall for doing her job.

Mr. Whitworth needs to resign in disgrace for the irreversible damage he has done to the Bud Light and Budweiser brands.

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By the way, the damage done by Brendan Whitworth and his merry band of toxic MBAs cannot be reversed. There has never been a mass-market beer brand that gave up market share, only to regain it later.

Without even discussing regional brands that were once widely popular before suffering a sales implosion (such as Jax, Stroh’s, or Heileman’s) there were several prominent national beer brands that were once the equivalent of today’s largest brands.

Falstaff was the 3rd largest brewer in the country in the mid-1960s, with over 5% national market share and 10 breweries scattered among several states. In fact, it was such brewing powerhouse that the state of Rhode Island tried to block its acquisition of Narragansett Brewing Company on antitrust grounds, in a case that reached the Supreme Court. When Falstaff started losing market share in the 1970s, it fell apart rapidly.

Schlitz was the 2nd largest brewer in the country as recently as the mid-1970s. As I wrote about recently when comparing Bud Light’s situation to Schlitz’s brand suicide, its management made some calamitous decisions that alienated its customers, after which Schlitz went into a death spiral.

Pabst was a major national brand that sold over 18 million barrels of beer in 1977. It went into a tailspin that it could never pull out of, and its annual sales dropped to less than 1 million barrels by the year 2000.

Anheuser Busch survived for decades as the nation’s largest brewer while most of its competitors perished, often as the result of awful management decisions. Brendan Whitworth has finally done what none of Budweiser’s competitors could ever do…he knocked his own company out of the top spot. Well done, Mr. Whitworth, your success is a tribute to your Harvard MBA.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 30, 2023 11:00 AM (ZVVGW)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

3 What a fag......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

4 He's afraid to go outside because Bud Light isn't standing by him.

Poor baby.

I'll know you're serious when you cut your dick off, asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Grain Belt, Schmidt, Rainier, Olympia, Buckhorn...

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:02 AM (OgrpQ)

6 Goooooooooood morning!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:02 AM (t0OGg)

7 BREAKING! More racism!

BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (FVME7)

8 “I had this super clear mandate. It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand. What does evolve and elevate mean? It means inclusivity… it means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different. And appeals to women and to men. And representation, isn’t it the heart of evolution? We had this hangover. I mean, Bud Light had been kind of a brand of fratty out of touch humor and it was really important that we had another approach.”

Nothing says inclusive like......a dude dressed as a girl prancing around like a 13 year old?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Tossing a drowning person an anvil.

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

10 The push for diversity at our large corporations is putting AWFL women onto boards and into the C-suite. They benefit more than Blacks, because of numbers. It's at the expense of white men.

Large companies are also tying senior bonuses to meeting ESG goals, not making money. That's at the expense of all of us.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (RqMSv)

11 The actions that destroyed Bud Light were the actual implementation of what is being taught at our most prestigious business schools. The Anheuser Busch executives who destroyed Bud Light and caused immense financial damage to the company are all graduates of elite MBA programs.
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Yes, but the *next* generation of elite programs might get to that position by paying attention to the abject failures and destruction wrought by the prior generation of elite programs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (t0OGg)

12 He's afraid to go outside because Bud Light isn't standing by him.

Poor baby.

I'll know you're serious when you cut your dick off, asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:01 AM

Just seeing and hearing that freak is disturbing. The more he stays in the house the better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM (Wnv9h)

13
Yes. I have joked around about it being a case study in economics, but this ain't 1985. Or even 2000, when I minored in econ. It might have been one, even then.

Not today. This is 2023. If you want to understand an American university, watch the classroom scene from the beginning of The Lives of Others, but where the stonefaced old spook is a wine-soaked Karen lecturing a room full of fat, wan, strangely attired he-shes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM (oINRc)

14 BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (FVME7)

So not only do we have to get into college on merit, we have to pay for it also? Ah, the participation trophy generation.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM (OgrpQ)

15 Bud Light will be rebranded at some point. The cans and bottles will change but the swill will be the same.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM (Q4IgG)

16 Sorry, 2002. I went to school in '02. Duh.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (oINRc)

17 Companies used to exist to make money, which we're now told is a bad thing. But what "making money" really means is that you found an efficient way to meet people's needs. When you do you create value and wealth, which is the true foundation for progress.

Too many companies now ignore meeting people's needs. Disney is an obvious example, but it's becoming rife, as this thread shows.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (RqMSv)

18 The name "Heinerscheid" still cracks me up. This can't be real.

Posted by: t-bird at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (CaJIi)

19 CEO Brendan Whitworth, who employed Blake and Heinerscheid to implement his vision for the company, obtained a Harvard MBA in 2008.
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"Brendan Whitworth" is such a WASPy name that it wouldn't surprise me to see it in a parody.

It makes me chuckle whenever I see it. A guy with a name like that should be talking turkey on a golf course and haggling over a tenth of a point on financing his factory expansion, not flogging woke ideology and destroying iconic companies.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (t0OGg)

20 7 BREAKING! More racism!

BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Just awesome. Now these destitute students can drink themselves into unconsciousness consuming free Bud Light .

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (9RRW+)

21 Grain Belt, Schmidt, Rainier, Olympia, Buckhorn...
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:02 AM (OgrpQ)

Olympia. Was that the shyte brewed from "artesian spring water?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

22 Top. Men.

Posted by: Zeera. 'We want fun and we wanna get wasted!' at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (lRgTq)

23 Grain Belt, Schmidt, Rainier, Olympia, Buckhorn...
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:02 AM

Omaha! Omaha!

Posted by: Peyton Manning at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Wnv9h)

24 The MBA culture they reflect holds blue collar Americans in contempt. It doesn’t take an Ivy League MBA to mock and sneer at your loyal customers, but it certainly helps.
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Contempt for blue collar workers is endemic in academia and in various parts of the wider culture. It's one of the reasons I like what Mike Rowe does.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (t0OGg)

25 The name "Heinerscheid" still cracks me up. This can't be real.
Posted by: t-bird at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (CaJIi)

Sink or swim.
Rain or shine.

Heinerscheid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

26 Bud Light will be rebranded at some point. The cans and bottles will change but the swill will be the same.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

"Just A Sip Isn't Gay!"

Catchy, no?

Posted by: Future MBA at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (CaJIi)

27 Sotomayor is a moron, she quoted Matthew Shepard case as a reason that they should not rule for the Web Designer
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

You mean the gay drug dealer who was killed for drugs?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (slgIg)

28 case of Bud Light

Sounds like a Mexican backyard bbq

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (tWFHZ)

29 It makes me chuckle whenever I see it. A guy with a name like that should be talking turkey on a golf course and haggling over a tenth of a point on financing his factory expansion, not flogging woke ideology and destroying iconic companies.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (t0OGg)

The one that gets me is "Beege Wellbourne." I have no idea who he is and I never will, but Ace links him periodically.

That's like a joke name from a Babylon Bee article.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (oINRc)

30 > Olympia. Was that the shyte brewed from "artesian spring water?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

No, that was Rainier.

Oly still sucked, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (Y6AXb)

31 Whitworth’s career progression just seems… strange? From the military to the CIA to…. Anheuser-Busch. That last step is not something I would’ve predicted. Does our IC intentionally “graduate” operatives and “place” them into the corporate world? With the big tech companies they do… why into a beer company??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (k5PtY)

32 So not only do we have to get into college on merit, we have to pay for it also? Ah, the participation trophy generation.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM

Oh, the huge manatee....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (Wnv9h)

33 By absorbing the MBA programs at the major universities, the Left ensures that the new corporate credentialed elite has never gotten its hands grubby or stained in the lower echelons of business, or worked its way up the long, grimy corporate ladder. Instead, unpolluted the new execs transition from their MBA courses in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and in environmental, social, and governance to the activist corporate boardroom.
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Sure, but this can be easily and accurately generalized.

Academia is the incubator and what has made the colonization and takeover of every institution possible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

34 Don't know about the rest of you folks but I am tiring mightily of the Butt Light saga. In any event, thanks for the thread, Buck.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (Xrfse)

35 Never been to business school but they don't teach disasters?

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (qnbfy)

36
Just seeing and hearing that freak is disturbing. The more he stays in the house the better.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:04 AM (Wnv9h)

Your point is valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

37 • Bud Light was a brand with a problematic, non-diverse customer base.
• Bud Light’s destiny was decline and obsolescence due to the demographic inevitability of America’s deplorables being replaced by a rainbow of diverse persxns.
• Heinerscheid brilliantly and bravely tried to save the doomed brand, but it was just too late.
• Heinerscheid was victimized by the patriarchy who blamed her for the unsuccessful effort to save their doomed brand.
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That would be a hot take, even for the current MBA programs.

I think they're more likely to loudly ignore it, but I suppose that they might go full idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

38 Mrs B has an MBA. She would not have been this stupid. Then again, she didn't go to one of those bullshit factories for her degree.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (VwHCD)

39 Went to a concert in Detroit last night. Mate had never been to Detroit before. Was stunned that it wasn't as post-apocalyptic as he expected. He did remark on the number of high-rise buildings with no lights on at all. But we didn't get shot or carjacked or addicted to fentanyl.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (CA+9j)

40 ...as recently as the mid-1970s

I realize that for many of us here, that phrase makes perfect sense but would it mean the same thing if stated "as recently as a half century ago?"

Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (nfrXX)

41 > 28 case of Bud Light

Guy to friend on phone: "Hey, come on over. We're having a ragin' party!"
Friend: "I'd love to, but I have a bad case of gonorrhea."
Guy: "Bring it on over. These dudes will drink anything."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Y6AXb)

42 "...Anheuser Busch’s executives, with their fancy MBAs, clearly disliked Bud Light’s customers..."

Clearly the result of MBA school. Ideology over bottom line.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Rbu5d)

43 None of that matters so long as CEO Brendan Whitworth is still in charge. He is directly responsible for a left-wing 30-something with an elitist education being put in charge of the Bud Light brand. If that wasn’t his vision, his chain of command wouldn’t be hiring people like her. She did exactly what she was hired to do, and now she is taking the fall for doing her job.
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Yup. All according to plan. The boss ain't the boss because he takes responsibility, he's the boss because he makes someone else take responsibility.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (t0OGg)

44 BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching

The amazing thing was that the educational establishment seemed to think that the Federal government could forgive a trillion dollars in student loans, and that the Federal student loan machine would just continue moving forward, generating billions for educational institutions without the slightest change or reform.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (2tUFv)

45 I have a feeling Ace will be on fire today......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

46 Or Lamont The Big Dummy, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

47 Oh, the huge manatee....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (Wnv9h)

You takin' to me? YOU TALKIN' TO MEEE??

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (PiwSw)

48 What I don't understand s why InBev hasn't canned Brandon Whitworth, who is obviously destroying the American branch of the company.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (7Q+sU)

49 But at least we don't have to see that transvestite everywhere any more.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (Rbu5d)

50 Never been to business school but they don't teach disasters?

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (qnbfy)

You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

51 They don't give two shits about losing money they only give a shit about forcing a change in behavior.

Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (IlL6s)

52 But we didn't get shot or carjacked or addicted to fentanyl.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (CA+9j)

It kills you LONG before addiction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

53 There's going to be a MASSIVE document dump today with everything else going on to distract.

Posted by: InZona at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (fHx2E)

54 Olympia. Was that the shyte brewed from "artesian spring water?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

Hell yes, I had a shirt as a kid that said "Artesian Search and Rescue Team". 10 year olds wearing beer shirts to school was a huge status symbol.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (OgrpQ)

55 I have a feeling Ace will be on fire today......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
---
We may have to create a new holiday:

Flaming Skull Friday!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (YIVH2)

56 Is Busch Gardens still affiliated with AB?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (HYNYo)

57 What'll you have? Pabst Blue Ribbon!

https://youtu.be/VQoghzFUT7g

Posted by: Great commercial at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (kjoOG)

58 Blackrock is admitting they are imploding the economy intentionally.

If they have any fiduciary duties this is illegal.

SCOTUS will have to weigh in.

Prior caselaw seems to req Blacrock to have some Fiduciary duty to someone.

But, I suspect Lawfare has gamed this out to the extent that Blackrock can argue otherwise. Sadly.

Roberts will have his say. Or the GOP donor class behind him will have their say. And decide the matter.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (Wo0AD)

59 time to expand the SC to 15. Biden and the Democratic Senate need to jam it through 13 would have precedent, there were 9 USSC justices because of 9 disctricts in the 1800s now there are 13 districts and we should have 13 justices

I LOVE my POTUS but disappointed to hear him repeat himself a couple times last night that he was not going to expand. Anxious to hear more from him as to why!?!?! We have a Supreme KKKourt!

Elections are coming.. The answer is MORE DEMOCRATS. I don’t think we have the numbers to expand the court. Fighting that battle in the run up to 2024, in light of what Joe has said, will only divide Democrats.

Sadly Biden is against expansion. We will have to wait for President Whitmer in 2029. She knows how to govern fearlessly, ruthlessly, unhesitatingly when she has majority control of the legislature.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

60 So Budwesier's day is done, and depending on how stupid AB and InBev continue to be, so might other brands under their umbrellas.

Oh well, we'll adapt and other companies will be happy to step up and take that market share away from them and sell beer to thirsty customers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (nRMeC)

61
You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

*Porsche Panamera has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Yesterday, this Whitworth character blamed the customer boycott for the layoffs he has to make. What a complete asshole.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (9RRW+)

63
Call Brendan Whitworth.

877 CRASH NOW

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (oINRc)

64 By the way, the damage done by Brendan Whitworth and his merry band of toxic MBAs cannot be reversed. There has never been a mass-market beer brand that gave up market share, only to regain it later.
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Bud Light's declines are permanent. It takes 30-60 days to change a habit. We're well past that threshold. Even when the root cause of this problem fades from memory, the changed habits will remain. This will feed into reduced shelf and cooler space in stores, which will help reinforce the trend. Contract renewals for sponsorships and exclusivity deals will get harder to negotiate and they will start losing some of them.

Bud Light won't vanish, I don't think, and I don't think ABI is going to go bankrupt over this. They are, however, going to be on a downward march for a long time and a shocking amount of enterprise value has been destroyed by the Gods of the Copybook Headings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (t0OGg)

65 When companies get huge, like Disney and In-Bev, they get insulated from competitive reality and start acting like government agencies.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (RqMSv)

66 So yeah, boycott all you want and show charts and graphs of how they're losing money. Activist shareholders don't give a shit.

Conservatives still living like its 1986 or 2019, it ain't.

Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (IlL6s)

67 What I don't understand s why InBev hasn't canned Brandon Whitworth, who is obviously destroying the American branch of the company.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (7Q+sU)

Wasn't he a CIA recruiter in the early 2000's, or at least it was on his LinkedIn profile. Probably why he's still there.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (OgrpQ)

68 Lamont of Clubs HQ?

Like the New Coke of Ye Olde Blogosphere.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (k1Qly)

69 > BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching

A mark of the sheer incompetence of the "Biden" administration is that they apparently didn't have a pre-written press release to cover this eventuality.

Nixon had two speeches pre-written for the moon landing, one for a success, and one in case the astronauts were killed.

But then, Nixon was competent. Overall, probably the most competent President of the last century (some of his underlings, not so much).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (Y6AXb)

70
The AB idiots forgot the first rule of marketing their product:

"The customer's always right."

The naturalfake School of Smart Business Stuff is open for business ABtards.

Sign up now!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (fb7jX)

71 What I don't understand s why InBev hasn't canned Brandon Whitworth, who is obviously destroying the American branch of the company.

Because the problem doesn't stop with Whitworth or at the US border.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (nfrXX)

72 In re 58

All parties downstream of Balckrock are protected from fiduciary claims and actually required to pursue Blackrocks desires.

Failure to do so is economically MORE injurious than not doing so.

Blackrock (et al) are the ones at the decision point.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (eQXMe)

73
Hell yes, I had a shirt as a kid that said "Artesian Search and Rescue Team". 10 year olds wearing beer shirts to school was a huge status symbol.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (OgrpQ)

I went on my 8th grade school trip and wore my "Grab a Heine" shirt. It had a can of Heineken on the front next to those words.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

74 Whitworth’s career progression just seems… strange? From the military to the CIA to…. Anheuser-Busch. That last step is not something I would’ve predicted. Does our IC intentionally “graduate” operatives and “place” them into the corporate world? With the big tech companies they do… why into a beer company??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (k5PtY)
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A staggering number of executives at major corporations have come from the IC. In some industries like Big Tech, the concentrations are so large that "it's coincidental" is a notion that beggars belief.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (t0OGg)

75 You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

*Porsche Panamera has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

It's on the drawing board for 2025

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (OgrpQ)

76

Fuckity!

Posted by: Trani Tilapiatwat at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (3Yj85)

77 "*Porsche Panamera has entered the chat."

Colleague has one. What an abomination

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (RqMSv)

78 You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

*Porsche Panamera has entered the chat.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Heh. I still shake my head when I see one of those on the road.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (AiZBA)

79 I'm perfectly fine with making Yeungling America's Beer.

Now they just need to expand into the 24 states that don't have its beer but this can be done.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (xxG/v)

80 Let’s go, Brendan!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (HYNYo)

81 I had this super clear mandate. It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand. What does evolve and elevate mean? It means inclusivity… it means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different. And appeals to women and to men. And representation, isn’t it the heart of evolution? We had this hangover. I mean, Bud Light had been kind of a brand of fratty out of touch humor and it was really important that we had another approach.

"and maps and such" - Alissa Heinerscheid, the VP of Marketing at Anheuser Busch, MBA from Wharton

She talks like a teen Valley Girl beauty pageant contestant and her shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (4I/2K)

82 Academia is the incubator and what has made the colonization and takeover of every institution possible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

And the media is the heat inside the incubator.

Posted by: ... at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (A/Njm)

83 Call Brendan Whitworth.

877 CRASH NOW
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (oINRc)

Early entry for Thread Winner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

84 27 Sotomayor is a moron, she quoted Matthew Shepard case as a reason that they should not rule for the Web Designer
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

You mean the gay drug dealer who was killed for drugs?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (slgIg)

Yes

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (dKiJG)

85 As predicted by Anne Applebaum and many others, with the failure of Prigozhin's attempted coup, complete chaos has descended on Russia.

Rioting and looting has spread to numerous cities across the country.

Oh, wait - did I say Russia?

I meant France.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (2tUFv)

86 But surely Bud Light's sales are more than compensated by their new trillions of granny customers!

Posted by: Beckoningchasm phone at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (GZqbV)

87 Jesus Christmas ... PRESIDENT WHITMER?!?!

I will never sleep again

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (XtvDn)

88 But then, Nixon was competent. Overall, probably the most competent President of the last century (some of his underlings, not so much).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (Y6AXb)

Clearly. Obviously.

But he was not good enough to avoid betrayal. Or balked at the actions history required of him.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (eQXMe)

89 You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

Well They Made it a Electric Car now

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (dKiJG)

90 Yesterday, this Whitworth character blamed the customer boycott for the layoffs he has to make. What a complete asshole.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (9RRW+)

Their blood is on your hands, Brendan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

91 SCOTUS also ruled for the web designer. There will be plenty of screeching over that!

Posted by: InZona at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (fHx2E)

92 So yeah, boycott all you want and show charts and graphs of how they're losing money. Activist shareholders don't give a shit.

Conservatives still living like its 1986 or 2019, it ain't.
Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:12 AM (IlL6s)
++++
It's a start. My position on this has been that nothing will meaningfully change until these people fear their customers more than they fear their internal activists and Woke Capital.

They don't yet. But the Tranheuser-Busch disaster is a big step toward getting there. The public (that is, the customer) has to take notice and keep doing it, but eventually the money becomes important enough to force change. We haven't won *anything* yet, but we are - perhaps - finally entering the battlefield.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (t0OGg)

93 When I was in San Diego, Pabst in the larger cans had become a hipster drink at bar concerts, never a profitable niche.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (EXyHK)

94
Heh. I still shake my head when I see one of those on the road.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (AiZBA)

It's hideous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

95 Nixon had two speeches pre-written for the moon landing, one for a success, and one in case the astronauts were killed.

Eisenhower famously had written a statement, to be used if the Normandy invasion failed.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (2tUFv)

96 51 They don't give two shits about losing money they only give a shit about forcing a change in behavior.

correct.

"nudge" wasn't working how do you like "force" and "make insane"?

they are going for it. the big push. once we are a full Corporatocracy with no real choices they will all be So Rich, and we will be So Poor. they don't care about "fiduciary duties" other than making this scenario come to fruition.

and they think they're quite close.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (XtvDn)

97
There has never been a mass-market beer brand that gave up market share, only to regain it later.

Tell us about it

-- Strohs

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Proud Member of Clan Fried for ... oh, 'bout Four Weeks Now at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (pNxlR)

98
• Heinerscheid brilliantly and bravely tried to save the doomed brand, but it was just too late.
• Heinerscheid was victimized by the patriarchy who blamed her for the unsuccessful effort to save their doomed brand.

---------

A martyr for the cause! There will be statues of her and Dylan Mulvaney french-kissing in every major city ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (+z+6a)

99
Never been to business school but they don't teach disasters?

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2023 11:08 AM

Been a long time ago for me but the companies were all pretty much predictable slow moving train wrecks - from 20/20 hindsight. I think Polaroid was one I had to study.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (enJYY)

100 SCOTUS also ruled for the web designer. There will be plenty of screeching over that!
Posted by: InZona at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (fHx2E)

But you still have to bake the f*cking cake.

Amazing.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

101 The Democrat Underground talking points go to show you that the Democrat party is largely driven by what the top wants AND what the base desires and that their Pols will be rewarded for delivering it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (rc3Z7)

102 Eisenhower famously had written a statement, to be used if the Normandy invasion failed.

um... wait what?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (XtvDn)

103 You can make your own beer, it's not that difficult.
The only drawback is your kitchen may smell like a brewery. Some would call that a bonus.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (MeG8a)

104 Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!

Posted by: Frank Booth at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (AJ2DX)

105 Colleague has one. What an abomination
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:14 AM (RqMSv)
++++
Only from the C pillar back.

I've never driven one, but from what I've heard, it's everything the Quattroporte was supposed to be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (t0OGg)

106 Is Busch Gardens still affiliated with AB?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (HYNYo)

I think InBev cut them loose.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (4I/2K)

107 "and one in case the astronauts were killed."

And they might have been if Neil Armstrong hadn't gone manual for the landing.

Armstrong was fantastically cool under pressure which saved him in previous crises. Like his Gemimi accelerating into a death spiral.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (RqMSv)

108 Well They Made it a Electric Car now

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (dKiJG)

It came back from the "Pintang"...took a while, we'll see how this pans out.

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (AwYPR)

109 Olde English 800, that is my brand.

I drink it by the bottle, 40, quart or can.....

Posted by: Eazy-E at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

110 Eisenhower famously had written a statement, to be used if the Normandy invasion failed.

ah sorry I assume he was like a General? b/c not Prez then? lol I am shaky on history stuff but ...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (XtvDn)

111 Prior caselaw seems to req Blacrock to have some Fiduciary duty to someone.

If they (and Vanguard, State Street, etc.) operate in concert to have their thumbs on the scale and have made their customers money in the past, I think they can argue they've just taken a novel and successful approach.

Lawyering exists to protect the criminals.

Posted by: t-bird at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (ptElO)

112 If A-B and other leftist corporate turds want to refuse to learn any lesson of a clear marketing at a crushing financial cost to them, then that's fine with me.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (yvHe0)

113 Bud Light might become the Kodak of the beer world.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (OgrpQ)

114 SC rules against the Studen Loan Bailout!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (t/2Uw)

115 "Eisenhower famously had written a statement, to be used if the Normandy invasion failed."

That's pretty standard for any President. The tradition goes back to Lincoln.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (MeG8a)

116 "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges"
=====================
John Roberts would like to revise this statement.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (uL2Yf)

117 Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!
Posted by: Frank Booth at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (AJ2DX)

I stopped drinking Heineken when they had homo Neil Patrick Harris tell me it was ok for one man to flip another man's meat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

118 um... wait what?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (XtvDn)
++++
Eisenhower wrote a speech that he would deliver in case D-Day failed, explaining the failure and taking responsibility for it.

Nixon had a speech that he was prepared to deliver if the Apollo 13 rescue effort failed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (t0OGg)

119 My educated and experienced guess is that Blake and Heinerscheid have not been fired. The excuse that Bud couldn't say fired is all bullshit. Those two still have their jobs and the "firing" was a con to get the distributors on board.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (17s+e)

120 As articulated in this Court, respondents’ claim and theory of standing are twofold: First, because the HEROES Act does not sub-stantively authorize the Plan, the Secretary was obligated to followtypical negotiated-rulemaking and notice-and-comment requirements.Second, if the Secretary had observed those procedures, respondents might have used those opportunities to convince him not only that pro-ceeding under the HEROES Act is unlawful, but also that he should instead adopt a different loan-forgiveness program under the HigherEducation Act of 1965 (HEA), and to make that program more gener-ous to respondents than the Plan. Respondents assert there is at leasta chance that this series of events will come to pass now
if this Court vacates the Plan.

Posted by: SMOD at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (RovqD)

121 But you still have to bake the f*cking cake.

Amazing.........

This opinion was very strong form, I think it also means you no longer have to bake the goddamn cake.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (FD5dr)

122 If they (and Vanguard, State Street, etc.) operate in concert to have their thumbs on the scale and have made their customers money in the past, I think they can argue they've just taken a novel and successful approach.

Lawyering exists to protect the criminals.
Posted by: t-bird at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (ptElO)

Yes. But Ford Motors was famously prevented from paying their workers more out of similar reasons to Blackrock's.

As I said, "Roberts" will decide.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (S35sk)

123 92 They don't yet. But the Tranheuser-Busch disaster is a big step toward getting there. The public (that is, the customer) has to take notice and keep doing it, but eventually the money becomes important enough to force change. We haven't won *anything* yet, but we are - perhaps - finally entering the battlefield.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:16 AM (t0OGg)

=========

That Bud Light felt like they needed to suddenly change messaging course with "Hey, you rubes are kind dumb, now drink our beer," ads that they probably just thought were charming tells us that there's an institutional effect already.

What that means in the longer run for InBev specifically and the intersection of corporations and woke capital in longer terms is still very much in the air.

Will corporations accept lowered stations in the marketplace just to keep their short term loans flowing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (LvTSG)

124 Oh. I'm late, Nevermind.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (t/2Uw)

125 "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that Bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."

Posted by: Ike at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (kjoOG)

126 You can make your own beer, it's not that difficult.
The only drawback is your kitchen may smell like a brewery. Some would call that a bonus.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (MeG8a)
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I don't drink beer, but I do enjoy the smell of boiling ingredients in my kitchen. The hops, the malt, and the yeast all have a nice aroma to them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (YIVH2)

127 That's pretty standard for any President. The tradition goes back to Lincoln.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (MeG8a)
++++
Except that he wasn't the president. But yeah. He was in charge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (t0OGg)

128 It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand.

There it is, a favorite word of the Left 'incredibly' and its variations. Why is it not believable? It's misuse of a word similar to the misuse of 'literally'.

Posted by: Ciampino - Be strict with this offense as a detergent to others at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (qfLjt)

129 um... wait what?

Eisenhower:

"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that Bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (2tUFv)

130
Sadly Biden is against expansion. We will have to wait for President Whitmer in 2029. She knows how to govern fearlessly, ruthlessly, unhesitatingly when she has majority control of the legislature.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

Is there anyone over there telling them to vote harder? I mean, while you're over there, what could it hurt?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (z+89e)

131 110 Eisenhower famously had written a statement, to be used if the Normandy invasion failed.

ah sorry I assume he was like a General? b/c not Prez then? lol I am shaky on history stuff but ...
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM

Yeah...something like that.

Posted by: Zombie Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe General Dwight Eisenhower at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (JCZqz)

132 Hold my beer...

Posted by: Bob Iger / Disney at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (f1kZG)

133 You know, Henry Ford II wanted to make the Mustang a 4 door?
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

My beloved 1969 Roadrunner was almost rolled out with the name "Lamancha" because of few chuckleheads at Plymouth. One dude at the company with brass balls intervened in the 11th hour and said uh.. no, I got a better idea. Good thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (VwHCD)

134 121 This opinion was very strong form, I think it also means you no longer have to bake the goddamn cake.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (FD5dr)

=========

"We will punish Christians anyway."
-Colorado

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (LvTSG)

135 There's a lot more damage to be done... business wise. Those wild-eyed MBA's being indoctrinated in universities are woke as fuck and ready to change the world. That's not going to change anytime soon.

It's already happening in every business sector.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (Q4IgG)

136 "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges"

The most hilariously stupid statement ever issued by a Supreme Court justice.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (2tUFv)

137
You can make your own beer, it's not that difficult.
The only drawback is your kitchen may smell like a brewery. Some would call that a bonus.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM

My son is no dummy, bought books, did a ton of research, even charts to match the content of water of a city like Denver/Coors. All the equipment all the knowledge.

Tasted like crap. Wanted to spit it out, but you know... son.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (enJYY)

138 Nothing says inclusive like......a dude dressed as a girl prancing around like a 13 year old?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah. Literally all they had to say was "We make beer that everyone else in the world makes fun of but you like it. Have another one." But they couldn't do that. They couldn't just be about THEIR fucking business.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (z99Zw)

139 Another beer company that went stupid and died is Stroh's. Once a Midwestern powerhouse and the source of a nine billion dollar family fortune. All of it lost in less than a decade through hubris and bad management.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (CA+9j)

140 The hops, the malt, and the yeast all have a nice aroma to them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (YIVH2)

Don't boil the yeast!!!

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (AwYPR)

141
Bud Light might become the Kodak of the beer world.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (OgrpQ)

Kodak was a weird case, in some ways. Part of Rochester was kind of a company town. Everyone on given blocks worked for Kodak, many employees invested to build those blocks in groups, and then fled together when it all went tits up.

As a result, a know a number of people from "Kodak families," because they moved to my old AO in a group, and once I knew one, I met others.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (oINRc)

142 This opinion was very strong form, I think it also means you no longer have to bake the goddamn cake.

agree it was another win!

so this session has been - to me - pretty damn good!

there are still very important things outstanding so we'll see but I'm very happy so far.

the postman/religious one is getting slept on - it's important too

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (XtvDn)

143 "It means inclusivity… it means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different."

The age of Bud Lightenment was brief, its heroes soon forgotten...

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (wBpKf)

144 Elections are coming.. The answer is MORE DEMOCRATS. I don’t think we have the numbers to expand the court. Fighting that battle in the run up to 2024, in light of what Joe has said, will only divide Democrats.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

======

This commenter is too aware of how the political system actually works. How he survives at DU, I have no idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (LvTSG)

145 If A-B and other leftist corporate turds want to refuse to learn any lesson of a clear marketing at a crushing financial cost to them, then that's fine with me.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 30, 2023 11:18 AM (yvHe0)

Ppl fail to understand the position CEOs etc etc find themselves in. Denial of financing is death and less bad than tranny beer implosion.

They have duties.

And yes CEOs are CEOs i know i know but still...

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (S35sk)

146 Justice delayed is justice denied. Not denied in this case.

New York gunman kills apartment resident, flees, trips over his drooping trousers, accidentally shoots himself ... dies.

-
If only they could grasp belt technology.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (FVME7)

147 Hold my beer...
Posted by: Bob Iger / Disney at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (f1kZG)
++++
If the projections hold up, 2023-2024 is going to be a catastrophe for Disney.

Enjoy the severely reduced value of your stock-based compensation, Bob.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (t0OGg)

148 Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!
Posted by: Frank Booth at June 30, 2023 11:17 AM (AJ2DX)

I stopped drinking Heineken when they had homo Neil Patrick Harris tell me it was ok for one man to flip another man's meat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
===

Heineken was very well named "skunk" beer. It smelled like shit and tasted terrible to me. At twice the price I never bought Heineken.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (17s+e)

149 "Mr. Whitworth needs to resign in disgrace for the irreversible damage he has done to the Bud Light and Budweiser brands."

How did this obnoxious prick get his job in the first place? His background is in paper-pushing for the Deep State. Yes, he has a fancy degree -- almost certainly arranged by the Deep State -- but he seems to have little actual business experience. Why put him in charge of the largest beer brand in the country??

It's not like he built it up from nothing. BL has been the #1 brand long before he took over. The company handed the reigns of a major, successful company to some inexperienced imbecile. Great job, guys!

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (iFTx/)

150 "here it is, a favorite word of the Left 'incredibly' and its variations. Why is it not believable? It's misuse of a word similar to the misuse of 'literally'.
Posted by: Ciampino"

Awesome.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (iayUP)

151
Tranheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth's weird announcement that he "takes responsibility" for the Bud Light disaster.

But, then doesn't resign or do anything to show responsibility and/or remorse.

Is the exact equivalent of:

"Yep, I did it. And guess who's still running this show and collecting big bucks...Me! And you can't do anything about it! Fuuuuuuuck you!"

Then, they wonder why his lame-ass statement didn't move the needle.

Maybe Bud Light's previous customer's aren't quite the fat, retarded, clumsy cave men* and women Whitworth and Co. thought they were.

*See current insulting Bud Light ad.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (fb7jX)

152 My beloved 1969 Roadrunner was almost rolled out with the name "Lamancha" because of few chuckleheads at Plymouth. One dude at the company with brass balls intervened in the 11th hour and said uh.. no, I got a better idea. Good thing.

holy shit Berserker that would have RUINED the song

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (XtvDn)

153 Remember GE was such a great company and flushed down the toliet,I feel Disney is going on the same track and they are slowly destroying the Parks as well and they what 2 movies make money Ant man was dragged over the finish line and Avatar the rest are flops and they will own Comcast for HULU and will have to pay out BILLIONS

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (dKiJG)

154 The hops, the malt, and the yeast all have a nice aroma to them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (YIVH2)

Don't boil the yeast!!!
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (AwYPR)
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You're correct! It's been a long time...Have to cool the wort down to the right temp before adding yeast...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (YIVH2)

155 Posted by: Trani Tilapiatwat at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM

I saw Trani Tilapiatwat open for Phish at the Garden in '89.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (Wnv9h)

156 Listen I am going to take a nap, wake me up when one of the left wing Judges actually doesn't vote like a commie bastard.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (pVWRI)

157 I think I ate a bug. Not on purpose. Do I get points for that?

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (iayUP)

158 Tasted like crap. Wanted to spit it out, but you know... son.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (enJYY)

If you wanted to brew your own...why would you want it to taste like Coors?

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (AwYPR)

159 I stopped drinking Heineken when they had homo Neil Patrick Harris tell me it was ok for one man to flip another man's meat.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

It is never OK to flip another man's meat. Or rub another man's rhubarb.

Posted by: That last one I learned from Jack Nicholson's Joker at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (AJ2DX)

160 I think Coors Light actually did a good job in advertising 'inclusively.'

One commercial has a black dude and a white dude sitting on a sofa in their living room kicking back, watching sports on TV and drinking Coors Light.

Another had a chick come home, do the girl bra removal under the shirt trick (needed bigger boobs, tho) and kicking back after a hard day at work and drinking a Coors Light.

Smart.....noncontroversial.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

161 7
'BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching'

SCOTUS reliably gives us bad news like the NC districting abomination right before good news like this.
It's like knowing you're going to win the lottery right after you smell a fart.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (yvHe0)

162 WHAS UUUUPPPPPPPP?

Posted by: Great Moments in Budweisers Ad History at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (1fuPU)

163 The hops, the malt, and the yeast all have a nice aroma to them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (YIVH2)

Don't boil the yeast!!!
Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (AwYPR)
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You're correct! It's been a long time...Have to cool the wort down to the right temp before adding yeast...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM

I really need to brew this fall. Maybe make some hard cider, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (Wnv9h)

164 {70} The AB idiots forgot the first rule of marketing their product:

"The customer's always right." ...

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:13 AM (fb7jX)

And even that first rule isn't always true, but I heard a great response to that as well:

"The customer may not always be right, but the customer is always the customer."

I always liked that one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (nRMeC)

165 It is iinteresting that the liberal judges feel no responsibility to actually cite case law or the constitution in their responses. Their "feelings" are all that matter.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (t/2Uw)

166 Well, some things take practice. You can't expect perfection with your first effort, even tho' it is possible.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (MeG8a)

167 Companies used to exist to make money, which we're now told is a bad thing. But what "making money" really means is that you found an efficient way to meet people's needs. When you do you create value and wealth, which is the true foundation for progress.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (RqMSv)

The thing is, not everyone can "find an efficient way to meet people's needs" so people who do so aren't inclusive. They're an -ist of some kind.

If anyone has a better life than anyone else - excluding me and my friends, of course - that's bad, and should be punished.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (z99Zw)

168 87...PRESIDENT WHITMER?!?!

I will never sleep again
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:15 AM (XtvDn)

the most assinine of all assinine coof restrictions was the "can't buy seeds at retail stores" during the spring of '20. She's an idiot, and a marxist wrecker.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (Rbu5d)

169 Dilly dilly

Posted by: Great Moments in Budweisers Ad History at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (1fuPU)

170 MBAs everywhere....we don't like the customers that buy or product. Let's through them over the rail for a niche group because we like that niche market.

PROFIT!

That's underpants gnome level thinking.

Well played. It's ironic because ivy league business schools are the frattiest bunch you will ever meet.

By fratty the mean convention middle class normies.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (eggM4)

171 None of that matters so long as CEO Brendan Whitworth is still in charge. He is directly responsible for a left-wing 30-something with an elitist education being put in charge of the Bud Light brand.

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Heard a radio interview a couple months ago with former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks, who made an interesting point about when he noticed that the wokeness began: about a decade ago they moved their marketing divisions from flyover country (IIRC, St. Louis and possibly outside of Atlanta where he worked) to New York City.

Shocker!

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (+z+6a)

172 168 the most assinine of all assinine coof restrictions was the "can't buy seeds at retail stores" during the spring of '20. She's an idiot, and a marxist wrecker.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (Rbu5d)

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And she easily won re-election because saying that a ballot box with only 10 pieces of paper in it doesn't have 1000 in it is racism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

173
It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand.

It was a "lost firearms and canoe" incident, only here they picked up every firearm in the canoe, emptied each one into the bottom of the canoe, and rode the "glub! glub!" all the way to the bottom.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Proud Member of Clan Fried for ... oh, 'bout Four Weeks Now at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (pNxlR)

174 When big companies recruited management trainees from English and History majors, this did not happen. All the real backstabbing and skullfucking has been done by what replaced humanities majors, the MBA's.

Those who squeal year after year about those awful Arts people? They're junior engineering apprentices who will never have P and E after their names, far enough down in the back benches of the bowels of their organizations that they never even see the people who have done this to them. But they sure do remember their resentments from decades ago. And do they ever sing!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (4PZHB)

175 Mr. Whitworth needs to resign in disgrace for the irreversible damage he has done to the Bud Light and Budweiser brands.

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Make Seppuku Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (+z+6a)

176 Listen I am going to take a nap, wake me up when one of the left wing Judges actually doesn't vote like a commie bastard.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM

Sleep well, Rip!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (Wnv9h)

177 My beloved 1969 Roadrunner was almost rolled out with the name "Lamancha" because of few chuckleheads at Plymouth. One dude at the company with brass balls intervened in the 11th hour and said uh.. no, I got a better idea. Good thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (VwHCD)

Love MOPAR, but sometimes those guys roll out some whack shit. Late 60's - 70's muscle is iconic. Guy down here has a 68 440 Dart GTS. Clean. But I love the B and E bodies the most.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (OgrpQ)

178 Today is International Asteroid Day.

I don't think dinosaurs celebrated this one.

Posted by: Gref at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (AMIL/)

179 147 Hold my beer...
Posted by: Bob Iger / Disney at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (f1kZG)
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If the projections hold up, 2023-2024 is going to be a catastrophe for Disney.

Enjoy the severely reduced value of your stock-based compensation, Bob.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (t0OGg)
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Iger is worth over $300M. He's 72. At this point, I doubt he cares at all about money. He's got more than he can spend in 10 lifetimes. He is much more interested in being fawned over by leftwing media, getting invited to all the right parties, etc. And obviously, he cares nothing about Disney's shareholders.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (iFTx/)

180 Tasted like crap. Wanted to spit it out, but you know... son.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:21 AM (enJYY)

Out of context this sounds...bad. Really really bad.

Posted by: Ew. Just, ew. at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (AJ2DX)

181 Real Men of Genius, these MBAs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (4I/2K)

182 It is iinteresting that the liberal judges feel no responsibility to actually cite case law or the constitution in their responses. Their "feelings" are all that matter.

Sotomayor was so into her feelings on the gay website ruling she contradicted herself, which Gorsuch mocked her for.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (FD5dr)

183 The Bud Wise Er frogs.

Posted by: Don't forget at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (kjoOG)

184 Ppl fail to understand the position CEOs etc etc find themselves in. Denial of financing is death and less bad than tranny beer implosion.

They have duties.

And yes CEOs are CEOs i know i know but still...
Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (S35sk)
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The CEOs are fools. If ABI had not undertaken this marketing effort or hired those who did it, they wouldn't have lost access to financing. But if they had repudiated the effort, they *would* have. It's a ratchet. Whatever you do in the name of Progressive Ideals can never ever be undone without punishment.

Now the core problem there is the open collusion and cartelization of the investment banks. That is illegal and those companies should be mercilessness fined and broken up over their blatant violation of antitrust law. They, of course, will not be.

The state-level actions from places like Texas, Florida, West Virginia and Oklahoma are an important front in this war, too, since they can force change extralegally, and least at some of these firms. That scope is too narrow at the moment, but it might - and should - expand.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

185 > If you wanted to brew your own...why would you want it to taste like Coors?

Indeed. It doesn't seem like it would be all that hard to add grain alcohol to club soda, then put in a few drops of yellow food coloring.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (Y6AXb)

186 My MBA case study was on Union Carbide and Bhopal. A bit more serious than the Imbev debacle, and certainly less of an own goal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (lTGtQ)

187 With the big tech companies they do… why into a beer company??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 30, 2023 11:07 AM (k5PtY)

1. Launder money.
2. Place more operative elsewhere with "reasonable" covers.
3. Launder money.
4. Destroy aspects of American business and society.
5. Launder money.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (z99Zw)

188 Listen I am going to take a nap, wake me up when one of the left wing Judges actually doesn't vote like a commie bastard.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (pVWRI)

So, you want that on your headstone?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (wBpKf)

189
Good explanations here about outside capital influencing decision making and speculations about why people are continuing to destroy this business.

Now what's needed is for some shareholders to come forth and sue the bastards. Personally.

Posted by: Auspex at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (j4U/Z)

190 Heard a radio interview a couple months ago with former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks, who made an interesting point about when he noticed that the wokeness began: about a decade ago they moved their marketing divisions from flyover country (IIRC, St. Louis and possibly outside of Atlanta where he worked) to New York City.

Shocker!
Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM

New York City?!!!!

Posted by: A bunch of dudes eating salsa at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (Wnv9h)

191 > Heineken was very well named "skunk" beer. It smelled like shit and tasted terrible to me. At twice the price I never bought Heineken.
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Molson would like a word...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)

192
If you wanted to brew your own...why would you want it to taste like Coors?

Posted by: BignJames at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM

That was the first 'for instance' that came to mind. Name a city with a brewery and the chart would give you the relative dirt, ph, etc of the water.

I had a cold Coors about 30 years ago and it was okay. Haven't tried it since.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (enJYY)

193 It's not like he built it up from nothing. BL has been the #1 brand long before he took over. The company handed the reigns of a major, successful company to some inexperienced imbecile. Great job, guys!

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:23 AM (iFTx/)

In the words of the Mandalorian...This is the way. There are countless examples of people stepping in to run companies that haven't got a frigging clue and no background in the field.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (VwHCD)

194
Heineken was very well named "skunk" beer. It smelled like shit and tasted terrible to me. At twice the price I never bought Heineken.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (17s+e)

Molson Golden says hello. I don't know why they insist on the green bottles. It lets in the wrong wavelengths of light and skunks the beer.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (z+89e)

195 Anheuser Busch survived for decades as the nation’s largest brewer while most of its competitors perished, often as the result of awful management decisions. Brendan Whitworth has finally done what none of Budweiser’s competitors could ever do…he knocked his own company out of the top spot. Well done, Mr. Whitworth, your success is a tribute to your Harvard MBA.

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In many ways, this too is the story of the Former USA.

/Another nice rant, Buck!

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (+z+6a)

196 Think of our workers!!!

Posted by: Let's Go Brandon Whitworth at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (1fuPU)

197 From the Art Thread: Alan Arkin dead. RIP
Posted by: WisRich at June 30, 2023

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He was one of the greats -- and at least in the start of his career, he had a sense of humor about himself. There was talk of an Oscar nomination after his star turn as evil Harry Roat Jr. in 1967's Wait Until Dark w/ Audrey Hepburn. Arkin waved that away. "Nobody gets an Oscar for terrorizing Audrey Hepburn!"

WUD was only his second or third film, after his appearance in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (J2vNu)

198
There was a common and very, very wrong assumption when I was younger. The assumption was "these millennials will get a reality check in the post-college world and they're going to be ill-prepared for a life in business."

Wrong, wrong, wrong. And I knew it was wrong at the time, because it was my cohort. The most monolithically, eagerly conformist people I've ever encountered. A generation of box-ticking dogs, running and salivating at the sound of a tinny, hollow bien pensant bell. They were never going to learn a lesson, but they had plenty of lessons in store for the rest of us.

These people were the future that's now our present. And G-d only knows what madness awaits us next, but I guarantee it will be even dumber.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (oINRc)

199 The student loan decision is a bit hard to find but this part seems to say the most relevant part ...

As articulated in this Court, respondents’ claim and theory of standing are twofold: First, because the HEROES Act does not sub-stantively authorize the Plan, the Secretary was obligated to follow typical negotiated-rulemaking and notice-and-comment requirements.

Posted by: SMOD at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (RovqD)

200 WHAS UUUUPPPPPPPP?
Posted by: Great Moments in Budweisers Ad History at June 30, 2023 11:24 AM (1fuPU)

Which brings back memories of THIS greatness.......

https://youtu.be/mPbzrhfjlmk

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

201 Heineken was very well named "skunk" beer. It smelled like shit and tasted terrible to me.

I wonder if this is like the cilantro thing where different people experience it very differently. I also can not stand the taste of Heinekin.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (nfrXX)

202 "truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different. And appeals to women and to men"

She means Women and Men, but both in one package.
The stupid, it BURNS!

Posted by: boynsea at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (cx155)

203 > Heineken was very well named "skunk" beer. It smelled like shit and tasted terrible to me.

Usually light-struck from 1) long shipping delays from The Netherlands and 2) green bottles, rather than dark brown.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (Y6AXb)

204 Iger is worth over $300M. He's 72. At this point, I doubt he cares at all about money. He's got more than he can spend in 10 lifetimes. He is much more interested in being fawned over by leftwing media, getting invited to all the right parties, etc. And obviously, he cares nothing about Disney's shareholders.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (iFTx/)
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Yup.

But that fawning is in short supply now. He's probably displeased about that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (t0OGg)

205 185 > If you wanted to brew your own...why would you want it to taste like Coors?

Indeed. It doesn't seem like it would be all that hard to add grain alcohol to club soda, then put in a few drops of yellow food coloring.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (Y6AXb)

Perhaps I can help?

Posted by: Donkey who drank too much water at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (N39Ws)

206 186 My MBA case study was on Union Carbide and Bhopal. A bit more serious than the Imbev debacle, and certainly less of an own goal.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (lTGtQ)

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We discussed New Coke, and I made the point about their focus groups.

Only 10% of the people in those groups said they were stop drinking Coke with the new formula. That 10% were also the most loyal Coke drinkers.

That the idea went past that focus group stage was an embarrassment. It was an effort seemingly designed to piss off its customer base.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (LvTSG)

207 I strongly suspect that this Whitworth fucknugget drinks dick

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

208 Is Lowenbrau still around? I always liked that one.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (HYNYo)

209 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (slgIg)

210 Does today's student loan decision affect accrued interest on the loans?

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (RqMSv)

211 51 They don't give two shits about losing money they only give a shit about forcing a change in behavior.

And they'll find out forcing a change in behavior will cost them a lot indeed and not just money.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (yvHe0)

212 209 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (slgIg)

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I have it on good authority that it's actually resistance to the Affordable Care Act.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (LvTSG)

213 AOC continues to demonstrate her ignorance of the law:

If SCOTUS was serious about their ludicrous “colorblindness” claims, they would have abolished legacy admissions, aka affirmative action for the privileged.

70% of Harvard’s legacy applicants are white. SCOTUS didn’t touch that - which would have impacted them and their patrons.

Uh, because no one has sued over legacy admissions yet, and it wasn't at issue in this case?

Feel free to find someone harmed by legacy admissions and sue, AOC.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (2tUFv)

214 > Does today's student loan decision affect accrued interest on the loans?

No interest accrued during the pauses.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (Y6AXb)

215 The student loan decision is a bit hard to find as the lawsuit was brought by persons wishing that the Plan actually allow for more relief, but this part seems to say the most relevant part ...

First, because the HEROES Act does not sub-stantively authorize the Plan, the Secretary was obligated to follow typical negotiated-rulemaking and notice-and-comment requirements.

Posted by: SMOD at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (RovqD)

216
Mulvaney barely rises to be a Z-level cosplayer. "Girlhood", my ass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Proud Member of Clan Fried for ... oh, 'bout Four Weeks Now at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (pNxlR)

217 The amazing thing was that the educational establishment seemed to think that the Federal government could forgive a trillion dollars in student loans, and that the Federal student loan machine would just continue moving forward, generating billions for educational institutions without the slightest change or reform.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (2tUFv)

So what SHOULD happen is that the trillion dollars is not forgiven, the money spigot is turned off, and every college administrator in America (possibly excluding Hillsdale) has to spend a week in a pillory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (z99Zw)

218 Today is International Asteroid Day.

I don't think dinosaurs celebrated this one.
Posted by: Gref at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (AMIL/)

My dad has those. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.

Posted by: Cousin Dale, Worm Farmer at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (4I/2K)

219 Schraederbrau. Full of stupid dick-swinging bravado and minerals.

Posted by: Breaking Brew at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (AJ2DX)

220 These people were the future that's now our present. And G-d only knows what madness awaits us next, but I guarantee it will be even dumber.

yeah YD I think about this a lot

I also think they were so incredibly enabled by their parents and their parents' friends, and that is coming to an end. like right now we get Millennials to mentor that are just so utterly clueless it's amazing. we've had some successes and they thank us.

will your gen come to Xers and actually listen? they can learn, I do believe that. they are clinging right now but reality will eventually hit even them.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (XtvDn)

221 > Uh, because no one has sued over legacy admissions yet

Also, "legacy" is not a race.

The Constitution forbids discrimination on the basis of race. It doesn't say jack shit about "legacies".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (Y6AXb)

222 I have a feeling Ace will be on fire today......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

Is he installing a new stove?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (z99Zw)

223 Now what's needed is for some shareholders to come forth and sue the bastards. Personally.
Posted by: Auspex at June 30, 2023 11:28 AM (j4U/Z)
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Hard trick given how much of these companies are owned by the same investment banks compelling them to go woke to retain access to favorable capital markets.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (t0OGg)

224 This years flu strain will be given a name and referred to as a pandemic.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (slgIg)

225 217 So what SHOULD happen is that the trillion dollars is not forgiven, the money spigot is turned off, and every college administrator in America (possibly excluding Hillsdale) has to spend a week in a pillory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (z99Zw)

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Make loans for college illegal.

Watch prices plummet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

226 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.

Video games, according to Macron.

He's demanding that social media censor videos of the rioting, of course.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

227 Companies used to exist to make money, which we're now told is a bad thing. But what "making money" really means is that you found an efficient way to meet people's needs. When you do you create value and wealth, which is the true foundation for progress.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:05 AM (RqMSv)
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Before the news media became Propaganda Press, it made money. Now it serves state interests and begs for gubmint handouts. Just so weird.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (8sV4J)

228 How does the SC justify the other debt forgiveness that occurred during the pandemic or the bailout of the banks, etc?!?!

college is only for rich white kids. Yhen you can open a business and discriminate against anyone you want!

Debt forgiveness that helps rich people is okay. Debt forgiveness that might prevent rich people from exploiting poor people is bad. GOP law.

Unreal! Biden should put a rule in place that student loan repayments should be 0.01% of a student’s income every ten years for 10,000 years. Make payments $5 a month.

Biden agreed not to extend student loans again? Was that really part of the debt agreement deal and why in God's name would he ever agree to that stupid shit?

If that's true I'm severely disappointed in him there was no reason to give in to the republicans on that point Or any point for that matter he held all the cards.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (JCZqz)

229 Is Lowenbrau still around? I always liked that one.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (HYNYo)

It made a bit of a comeback in the 2010's. AB relaunched it as niche for awhile. It's not around, but AB owns it still.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (OgrpQ)

230 So what SHOULD happen is that the trillion dollars is not forgiven, the money spigot is turned off, and every college administrator in America (possibly excluding Hillsdale) has to spend a week in a pillory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (z99Zw)

Just a week? OK but only if they get horsewhipped at least three times a day.

Posted by: That's letting them off easy at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (AJ2DX)

231 228 How does the SC justify the other debt forgiveness that occurred during the pandemic or the bailout of the banks, etc?!?!
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (JCZqz)

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Well, the small business loans were never meant to be paid back, but okay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (LvTSG)

232 No love for Shines Bock?

Posted by: Toad-O at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (cct0t)

233 206 186 My MBA case study was on Union Carbide and Bhopal. A bit more serious than the Imbev debacle, and certainly less of an own goal.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (lTGtQ)

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We discussed New Coke, and I made the point about their focus groups.

Only 10% of the people in those groups said they were stop drinking Coke with the new formula. That 10% were also the most loyal Coke drinkers.

That the idea went past that focus group stage was an embarrassment. It was an effort seemingly designed to piss off its customer base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:29 AM (LvTSG)
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Yes, but New Coke was also sabotaged by a small but highly vocal group of fake activists who were looking to get paid. It was a total AstroTurf operation, before there was a name for it. Prior to these interlopers, New Coke was actually doing fairly well.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

234 I heard that New Coke was developed because Pepsi tasted sweeter and was gaining share with younger people. And that the switch back let the company use fructose syrup for regular Coke instead of cane sugar.

They should have gone back to the original formula IYKWIM

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (RqMSv)

235 they are clinging right now but reality will eventually hit even them.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (XtvDn)
++++
The Millennials are a mega-generation that is sliding into major power now.

Reality will eventually intrude - it always does - but when that finally happens, it will be the result of a general catastrophe that hits everyone in the country if not the entire developed world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

236 224 This years flu strain will be given a name and referred to as a pandemic.

I see that as kind of a best-case scenario CAT

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (XtvDn)

237 The state-level actions from places like Texas, Florida, West Virginia and Oklahoma are an important front in this war, too, since they can force change extralegally, and least at some of these firms. That scope is too narrow at the moment, but it might - and should - expand.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

Yes. Again, I agree.

But I think you underestimate the extent and skill with which even well intentioned (in re making money) CEOs are under.

And yes the MBA programs are part of a pincer movement aling with Blackrock and ESG.

A CEO can theoretically hold the line for a time. Theoretically. But not practically.

And ofc many CEOs are globohomo by nature and training.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (S35sk)

238 Make loans for college illegal.

Watch prices plummet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM

I'm not sure how you get from A to B here, but I'm in the market for a new watch, so discounted prices would be great!

Posted by: Confused Moron at June 30, 2023 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

239 IIRC Walt Didley Corpse was worth almost 180% more just two years ago. I'm sure the wicked smahrt wall streeters think Didley Corpse is undervalued.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:34 AM (17s+e)

240 "Perhaps I can help?"

Posted by: Donkey who drank too much water

You, Donkey, owe me a keyboard.
(I nominate your post for thread winner.)

Posted by: boynsea at June 30, 2023 11:34 AM (cx155)

241 59
'The answer is MORE DEMOCRATS.'

The question is...Who should be forcibly neutered to show solidarity with transgenders?

Posted by: Carnak the Magnificent at June 30, 2023 11:34 AM (yvHe0)

242 ... A CEO can theoretically hold the line for a time. Theoretically. But not practically.

And ofc many CEOs are globohomo by nature and training.
Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM (S35sk)
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Any CEO that can't hold the line has no business being CEO but that is perhaps beside the point.

The number of CEOs that even *want* to hold the line is fairly small. As you mention, that pincer is real and a lot of the people in the C-Suites across the land are true believers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:35 AM (t0OGg)

243 I just watched TuCa VII. He says I'm not supposed to eat the garnish. I didn't know that! Well worth the watch.

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:35 AM (MvF+J)

244 Hey! I tried to get those loans forgiven. No kidding. A promise is a promise. Not that I promised anything.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at June 30, 2023 11:36 AM (iayUP)

245 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.

Why? There's like 20 black people in France and they all play for soccer teams (so they're ghey).

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:36 AM (ZGrMX)

246 SCOTUS celebrates the end of Pride month by striking down laws forcing Christians to participate in gay weddings.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 30, 2023 11:36 AM (CA+9j)

247 When do the riots start?

Posted by: Ziba at June 30, 2023 11:36 AM (4h9M3)

248 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.

Is that why the Armenians are burning the country down?

Makes sense.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

249 231 228 How does the SC justify the other debt forgiveness that occurred during the pandemic or the bailout of the banks, etc?!?!
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (JCZqz)
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Well, the small business loans were never meant to be paid back, but okay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:33 AM

A few DUers actually know the answer, but don't Iike. The rest just ignore it.

Pandemic forgiveness was done by Congress and not by EO. I don't agree with the decision but that's the justification. The court said the underlying administrative rules gave wiggle room for student loan modification but not forgiveness.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (JCZqz)

250 Make loans for college illegal.

Watch prices plummet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

Also, watch the wholesale clearing of non-productive leftard college bureaucratic positions.

Colleges won't have the extra cash to support them.

Can't do much about the tenured leftard profs unfortunately. Unless the state gov'ts eliminate tenure.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (fb7jX)

251 " Prior to these interlopers, New Coke was actually doing fairly well.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

? New Coke sucked. That's all there was to it.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (iayUP)

252 213 AOC continues to demonstrate her ignorance of the law:

If SCOTUS was serious about their ludicrous “colorblindness” claims, they would have abolished legacy admissions, aka affirmative action for the privileged.

70% of Harvard’s legacy applicants are white. SCOTUS didn’t touch that - which would have impacted them and their patrons.

Uh, because no one has sued over legacy admissions yet, and it wasn't at issue in this case?

Feel free to find someone harmed by legacy admissions and sue, AOC.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (2tUFv)
_____________

Only 70% of legacies are white? I would have thought it would be higher. And yes, you dumb cunt, legacy admissions are also bad. We want to scrap all the unfair favoritism at these institutions.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

253 >Unreal! Biden should put a rule in place that student loan repayments should be 0.01% of a student’s income every ten years for 10,000 years. Make payments $5 a month.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:32 AM (JCZqz)

These people want a king or dictator. WTF is wrong with them?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (gMRRb)

254 Schraederbrau. Full of stupid dick-swinging bravado and minerals.
Posted by: Breaking Brew at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (AJ2DX)

Here's to good friends, tonight is kinda special
The beer we'll pour
Must say something more somehow
So tonight, tonight, let it be Schraederbrau.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (4I/2K)

255 I remember Jax Beer. The brewery was right at the Miss. River edge of the French Quarter, only a few blocks from where I grew up. When we'd go out for an evening walk, the smell of hops permeated everything. In Golden, CO, I had flashbacks whiffing the Coors brewery; as you'd expect, it smelled just like Jax's.

The beer is gone. The building, as far as I know, is an upscale-ish touristy multi-story mall now. But I recall the old TV spots for the beer, written and performed by Mike Nichols and Elaine May:

https://tinyurl.com/3uycwrrc

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (J2vNu)

256 So what SHOULD happen is that the trillion dollars is not forgiven, the money spigot is turned off, and every college administrator in America (possibly excluding Hillsdale) has to spend a week in a pillory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (z99Zw)

Universities are largely hedge funds with vestigal schools attached.

They should be seized by the State and the money paid out to those who diligently paid off the usurious loans.

The rest should be forgiven.

If the universities don't have enough the State should print USDs and give them to repayers who are short.

The economic boom would be world historic.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (S35sk)

257 It's gotten to the point that this bikini blonde would like to see widespread corporate bankruptcy despite the consequences that will have:
https://is.gd/TXW6xs

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (t0OGg)

258 251 " Prior to these interlopers, New Coke was actually doing fairly well.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

? New Coke sucked. That's all there was to it.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (iayUP)
___________

Well, no. Look it up if you don't believe me. Books have been written about it.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

259 When Gavin is the garnish, yeah, don't eat it.

Posted by: Ziba at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (4h9M3)

260 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (T4tVD)

261 >Only 70% of legacies are white? I would have thought it would be higher. And yes, you dumb cunt, legacy admissions are also bad. We want to scrap all the unfair favoritism at these institutions.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

I believe there was some sort of draft legislation regarding legacy admissions for colleges that accepted fed funding...with an exemption for HBCUs of course.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (gMRRb)

262 249 A few DUers actually know the answer, but don't Iike. The rest just ignore it.

Pandemic forgiveness was done by Congress and not by EO. I don't agree with the decision but that's the justification. The court said the underlying administrative rules gave wiggle room for student loan modification but not forgiveness.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (JCZqz)

==========

And I don't disagree that the government should stop giving money to corporations. I say...stop all of it. Every contractor, every arms manufacturer, and every "scientific investment" should be cut to zero. No more dollars for corporations.

Especially since the federal government has decided to stop actually protecting liberty in any way, shape or form.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (LvTSG)

263 Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard are the kings of index funds, which allow investors to efficiently diversify. So they're using other people's money but they wind up as the shareholders of record entitled to vote. At most public companies they have 20% or more of the vote, which can effective control.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (RqMSv)

264 This years flu strain will be given a name and referred to as a pandemic.

I see that as kind of a best-case scenario CAT
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I'm actually a little bit terrified of what huge evil thing they're planning to do for the 2024 election.

Posted by: Biergood at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (FQWHA)

265 Pandemic forgiveness was done by Congress and not by EO. I don't agree with the decision but that's the justification. The court said the underlying administrative rules gave wiggle room for student loan modification but not forgiveness.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
++++
It's just so *unfair* that we don't live in a dictatorship!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (t0OGg)

266 265 It's just so *unfair* that we don't live in a dictatorship!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:39 AM (t0OGg)

=========

Also, we had to defeat Trump because he was a dictator.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

267 I propose a change to the style guide - any major figure in the news who screws something up (possibly intentionally) and is a former (or rather, "former?") CIA, DHS, FBI, DOJ or similar official, have their three letter designation attached to their name, to reflect honesty in reporting of our new fascist system of government.

For example:
Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth (CIA)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (fs1hN)

268 BREAKING :
Supremes kick Old Man in Dick, Again.

Film at 11.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (MxBuR)

269 "BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against Biden on student loan forgiveness and CUE the screeching"

As long as they don't try to charge people for back interest for the last three years.

Or if they do, someone sues and the Supreme Court forbid the feds from pretending to be a bank. Since, y'know, they don't bother to follow any of the laws that actual bank have to.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (ou9hh)

270 " Prior to these interlopers, New Coke was actually doing fairly well.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

? New Coke sucked. That's all there was to it.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at June 30, 2023 11:37 AM (iayUP)

Isn't old Coke still called Coca Cola Classic?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

271 You are making the assumption that future MBA schools will be teaching the same stupid shit they teach now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (zxepI)

272 are we done with rulings for today?

the rest Monday I guess?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (XtvDn)

273 "Well, no. Look it up if you don't believe me. Books have been written about it.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

I was there. I had already been drinking Cokes for 29+ years at the time. It sucked.

I rarely drink Cokes anymore though some maybe they can bring New Coke back it it will be a roaring success and I won't care.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (iayUP)

274 I have a feeling Ace will be on fire today......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

Is he installing a new stove?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 30, 2023 11:31 AM (z99Zw)

I think that's against the law where he is!

Posted by: InZona at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (fHx2E)

275 >>" Prior to these interlopers, New Coke was actually doing fairly well.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

Crystal Pepsi was always dumber than New Coke.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (MxBuR)

276 Isn't old Coke still called Coca Cola Classic?

No, it's reverted back to just "Coke".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (ZGrMX)

277 272 are we done with rulings for today?

the rest Monday I guess?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (XtvDn)

=======

Yeah, they're done for today.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

278 It's gotten to the point that this bikini blonde would like to see widespread corporate bankruptcy despite the consequences that will have:
https://is.gd/TXW6xs
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (t0OGg)
-----------------------------------
She's my workout partner!

Posted by: Paul "Crossfit" Ryan at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (spCJP)

279 257 It's gotten to the point that this bikini blonde would like to see widespread corporate bankruptcy despite the consequences that will have:
https://is.gd/TXW6xs
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM

Finally! I'm not #1 anymore!!

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at June 30, 2023 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

280 No, it's reverted back to just "Coke".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (ZGrMX)
++++
Except on soda fountains/dispensers, oddly. On those, I see it labeled as "Original Taste." I noticed it last year, maybe.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:42 AM (t0OGg)

281 Over at CNN, they're always thinking. Here's a green energy proposal.

https://tinyurl.com/58skjzj8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 30, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

282 245 The French are really pissed at the SCOTUS affirmative action decision.

Why? There's like 20 black people in France and they all play for soccer teams (so they're ghey).
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:36 AM (ZGrMX)
____________

France is actually over-run with blacks and Muslims from its former colonies. Paris especially. Just go there and take a walk around, especially on the outskirts. It's a dirty little secret. The official tally is only 3-5M blacks, but since France is forbidden from keeping racial statistics, that number is almost certainly bullshit.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

283 Black Rock, State Street, Vanguard are doing all of this with yours, mine, and everyone's 401K money. Republicans could do a lot by outlawing that and making fiduciary laws have some teeth.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:42 AM (17s+e)

284 It's gotten to the point that this bikini blonde would like to see widespread corporate bankruptcy despite the consequences that will have:
https://is.gd/TXW6xs
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM (t0OGg)

Pls find us one like this who intends to conceptually refashion the Corporate form itself to prevent current abuses.

Bonus points if she is related genetically to Salazar.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (S35sk)

285
Interesting, Polaroid is still around. I woulda bet serious bucks they were completely dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (enJYY)

286 I can't imagine this kind of wokeness in an MBA education, but my top school MBA is from 30+ years ago. If we had any ideology it was that capitalism is like weather, this is what happens when a hot dry high pressure system meets a cool moist low pressure system.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (GzDfN)

287 > Yeah, they're done for today.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

I think they're done with opinions until October.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (Y6AXb)

288 Take a look at the roster at the next WEF. You won't just see the funds like BlackRock you will also see the major banks, virtually all of them

In many cases companies are being extorted to go along with the ESG crap or they lose access to funding and that spells doom.

It makes little to no sense that all these major corporations are going along with a movement by a loud but relatively tiny minority and against the wishes of their largest customers. Some might be true believers but the majority are doing it because they are being blackmailed.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (ZLI7S)

289 179 147 Hold my beer...
Posted by: Bob Iger / Disney at June 30, 2023 11:20 AM (f1kZG)
++++
If the projections hold up, 2023-2024 is going to be a catastrophe for Disney.

Enjoy the severely reduced value of your stock-based compensation, Bob.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:22 AM (t0OGg)
____________

Iger is worth over $300M. He's 72. At this point, I doubt he cares at all about money. He's got more than he can spend in 10 lifetimes. He is much more interested in being fawned over by leftwing media, getting invited to all the right parties, etc. And obviously, he cares nothing about Disney's shareholders.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:26 AM (iFTx/)

He's in "legacy' territory. Threaten that and see how he dances.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf A2E6, Easy 6 Titanium Enhanced at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (8C7+r)

290 Crystal Pepsi was always dumber than New Coke.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (MxBuR)

SNL did parody on Crystal Pepsi, Crystal Gravy. Back when SNL was actually funny.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (OgrpQ)

291 287 > Yeah, they're done for today.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

I think they're done with opinions until October.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (Y6AXb)

========

You're right. This is the end of the term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (LvTSG)

292 The kittens are out and playing.

Ciampino's Rescue kitties

https://is.gd/WQ5JcT
There's another photo update #100 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

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Posted by: Ciampino -- Be strict with this offense as a detergent to others at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (qfLjt)

293 Just In Time Trannies

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (cxHZm)

294 Found this linked at a Revolver article, kinda cool. Admiral Rickover's Seven Rules: https://tinyurl.com/4m4c8y9u

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (MvF+J)

295 273 "Well, no. Look it up if you don't believe me. Books have been written about it.
Posted by: Elric Blade"

I was there. I had already been drinking Cokes for 29+ years at the time. It sucked.

I rarely drink Cokes anymore though some maybe they can bring New Coke back it it will be a roaring success and I won't care.
Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023 11:40 AM (iayUP)
_________

You might have not liked it, but the massive outcry against NC was fake. It was astroturfed. There was even a north vs south angle. Again, you can look it up.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

296 "New Coke" would've been just fine if the dipshits didn't replace original Coke with it.

They now have Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke....blah blah blah. If they would've sold is as simply another type of Coke, winning.

But NOOOO......Muh EDUMACATION makes me SMAHTER!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

297 SCOTUS is on a roll this morning! I expect ace's next post will cover this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (i9ffA)

298 You're right. This is the end of the term.

???
wasn't there like a super important one regarding reining in bureaucracies making law?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (XtvDn)

299 Found this linked at a Revolver article, kinda cool. Admiral Rickover's Seven Rules: https://tinyurl.com/4m4c8y9u
Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (MvF+J)

Adm Rickover was so awesome dude. Good to see him getting some attention.

Posted by: Thesokorus at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (S35sk)

300 258 New Coke was just a blip on the KO chart.

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (MvF+J)

301
are we done with rulings for today?

the rest Monday I guess?
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I thought that all new SCOTUS rulings were announced by the last day of June (which is today).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Proud Member of Clan Fried for ... oh, 'bout Four Weeks Now at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (pNxlR)

302 Interesting, Polaroid is still around. I woulda bet serious bucks they were completely dead.

The Millennials weird "authenticity" fetish brought it back and keeps it going. Also probably that Outkast song.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

303 ...had a “super clear mandate” from above to fix the demographic problem of the nation’s number one beer brand.

Fix it? It wasn't broken. It was #1.
What these fools did was lose touch with their customer base. The beer aisle in every store in America is wide open. The market bought what the market wanted. They forgot that.
Dumb shits.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (e4fEA)

304 287 > Yeah, they're done for today.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

I think they're done with opinions until October.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:43 AM (Y6AXb)

=========

I was thinking that Loper v Raimondo would be argued this term, but it's due later this year, hence why I thought there was more for next week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

305 This will not be an MBA case study, unless we make it one. You are right, AB followed the conventional wisdom in 2023 corporate America, but it is up to us to change that. That is why it’s so important that the Bud Light brand not survive.

Posted by: Johnny Anditmightbeasin at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (kB4cQ)

306 “People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.” Press Conference, Office of the Speaker of the House (July 28, 2021).

Posted by: SMOD at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (RovqD)

307 298 You're right. This is the end of the term.

???
wasn't there like a super important one regarding reining in bureaucracies making law?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (XtvDn)

=======

Loper v Raimondo. It hasn't been argued yet. It's on the docket for October.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (LvTSG)

308
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:38 AM

No bikini blonde for me.

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Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (enJYY)

309 wasn't there like a super important one regarding reining in bureaucracies making law?

That decision was a while ago, and it did rein in the bureaucracies.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (ZGrMX)

310 299 Yes, I'll look for a biography.

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (MvF+J)

311 Found this linked at a Revolver article, kinda cool. Admiral Rickover's Seven Rules: https://tinyurl.com/4m4c8y9u
Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (MvF+J)

Piker.

Posted by: Special Agent Jethro Gibbs at June 30, 2023 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

312 Loper v Raimondo. It hasn't been argued yet. It's on the docket for October.

darn

ok well never mind then!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (XtvDn)

313 296 "New Coke" would've been just fine if the dipshits didn't replace original Coke with it.

They now have Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke....blah blah blah. If they would've sold is as simply another type of Coke, winning.

But NOOOO......Muh EDUMACATION makes me SMAHTER!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)
__________

At the time, marketers hadn't yet moved to the modern model of "10,000 different flavors of everything!"

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

314 The way scotusblog describes the purpose of Loper v Raimondo is this:

Issue: Whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (LvTSG)

315 So happy with the student loan one. I had nightmares that Roberts and one other justice would have gone against us on standing and allowed it to go forward.

It probably did put Dems over the top on some of these midterm races.

Posted by: Blago at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (cOFom)

316
=========

I was thinking that Loper v Raimondo would be argued this term, but it's due later this year, hence why I thought there was more for next week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

I have it on good authority that Raimondo is a dick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

317 As long as InBev wants to feed this woke company, it'll be around. InBev is what needs to feel the pain.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (ynpvh)

318 The corporate elites don't believe they have done anything wrong, there is something wrong with the American people.
Democrats feel the same way, thats why they want open borders, to replace the evil, stupid, racist Americans. Problem for Tranhaeusher is the people replacing Americans won't drink their swill either, preferring imported beer.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (FjlUt)

319 314 The way scotusblog describes the purpose of Loper v Raimondo is this:

Issue: Whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

exactly this is the most important one

well we wait then!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (XtvDn)

320 "Tranheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth's weird announcement that he "takes responsibility" for the Bud Light disaster.

But, then doesn't resign or do anything to show responsibility and/or remorse."

Sounds like Hillary whenever she was trapped. Can't count the times I heard her say the words "I take full responsibility for..." knowing full well there would be no actual consequences or punishment, while he would appear brave and transparent to her idiot admirers.

Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (KrJTL)

321
The Millennials weird "authenticity" fetish brought it back and keeps it going. Also probably that Outkast song.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

I take your point, but I could see buying a Polaroid. At least that way, Eric Schmidt isn't harvesting my memories for ad-revenue so he can buy his next dystopian Further Future orgy suit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (oINRc)

322 Anyone celebrating with some Queensrÿche this weekend?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (a3Q+t)

323 I think I ate a bug. Not on purpose. Do I get points for that?
Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023

***
Newsmax has a documentary they run early in the a.m. about the coming plan to force us to kowtow to the global warming deal, including eating bugs. In it is a snippet of Nicole Kidman purporting to eat a bug or two. I suspect it might be real, as her facial expression, as good an actress as she is, does not display joy at the taste. She says, "It was good . . . it was like eating a hairy nut."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (J2vNu)

324 __________

At the time, marketers hadn't yet moved to the modern model of "10,000 different flavors of everything!"
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

The marketers at the time were f*cking imbeciles.

"We've been making this for 125 years and it's the best selling soft drink in the world."

"I KNOW!!!! Lets get RID of it!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

325 This years flu strain will be given a name and referred to as a pandemic.

Once again, I'm not going to participate in the insanity.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (Xrfse)

326 I still have all my MBA Statistic case study class papers I wrote ( on a manual type writer) . No wokeness in my classes . I don't know if it's the case today but 40 years ago my classes were filled with engineers trying to get their MBA because they weren't engineering at their job anymore. They were doing business management of engineering.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (cxHZm)

327 What I don't understand s why InBev hasn't canned Brandon Whitworth, who is obviously destroying the American branch of the company.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 30, 2023 11:10 AM (7Q+sU)

Maybe we can have an entire Whitworth thread...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (zxepI)

328 Anyone celebrating with some Queensrÿche this weekend?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (a3Q+t)

*sulks into the corner*

*assumes fetal position*

*shivers uncontrollably*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

329 The Rickover link comes from this Legal Insurrection (not Revolver, ooops) article by a USN sub captain regarding the Titan incident:
https://tinyurl.com/4j34d9rn

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (MvF+J)

330 302 Interesting, Polaroid is still around. I woulda bet serious bucks they were completely dead.

The Millennials weird "authenticity" fetish brought it back and keeps it going. Also probably that Outkast song.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)
___________

Early Gen Z too. They have this odd attraction to using cheapo cameras that develop the film into a physical print immediately, and then taking a pic of the print and posting THAT to social media. I don't get it.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

331 "She says, "It was good . . . it was like eating a hairy nut."

I'm not going to consider that an endorsement.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2023 11:50 AM (iayUP)

332 Issue: Whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

ATC said the earlier decision this year already invalidates Chevron, and Loper v Raimondo is a formality.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (ZGrMX)

333
I think they're done with opinions until October.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Thank the stars! It'll give Judge Jumanji three months to whip up some new batches of fractured metaphors and battered cliches for her next Magnus Opus opinion!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Proud Member of Clan Fried for ... oh, 'bout Four Weeks Now at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (pNxlR)

334 Most MBAs are worthless, elite school MBA convey an odd royalty to their owners which makes them worse. Disclosure note, my father and both kids have MBAs, two from prestige places. My Stygian labors were in engineering, so yes I am biased.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (oWBc3)

335 323 ...She says, "It was good . . . it was like eating a hairy nut."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:49 AM (J2vNu)

Enough about Tom Cruise...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (ynpvh)

336 ...“I had this super clear mandate. It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand. What does evolve and elevate mean? It means inclusivity… it means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different. And appeals to women and to men. And representation, isn’t it the heart of evolution? We had this hangover. I mean, Bud Light had been kind of a brand of fratty out of touch humor and it was really important that we had another approach.”

LOL inject this into my veins.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (SbC6h)

337 296 "New Coke" would've been just fine if the dipshits didn't replace original Coke with it.

They now have Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke....blah blah blah. If they would've sold is as simply another type of Coke, winning.

But NOOOO......Muh EDUMACATION makes me SMAHTER!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)
__________

At the time, marketers hadn't yet moved to the modern model of "10,000 different flavors of everything!"

Posted by: Elric Blade
===

When I studied marketing, branding was important. If you were Heinz you were known as the best ketchup and nothing else. You didn't dilute that top shelf position by having Heinz mustard, Heinz relish, Heinz mayonnaise, ... I still agree with that. It is stupid to dilute your top shelf brand.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (17s+e)

338 They make a Polaroid-type of camera again. I saw some kids taking pictures with it. No internet. Spits out a small color print in a few seconds. No idea who is the maker of it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (MeG8a)

339
Maybe it was the Art Garfunkel song about those nice bright colors
and the greens of summers that saved Polaroid.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:52 AM (enJYY)

340 At the time, marketers hadn't yet moved to the modern model of "10,000 different flavors of everything!"
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

Japan has doing doing "summer flavors" in their soft drinks, esp Coke for a long time.

But, mostly their flavors are pretty different than here in the US, where the flavors are always some kind of very sweet fruitish flavored additive.

In Japan, past examples have been Shiso Coke and Cucumber Coke.

The Japanese variations are usually pretty good as the flavoring is light and the sweetness remains the same or is slightly lower.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (fb7jX)

341 332 Issue: Whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

ATC said the earlier decision this year already invalidates Chevron, and Loper v Raimondo is a formality.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (ZGrMX)

========

I hope she's right.

I suspect that the anti-SCOTUS efforts over the past few months have been actually about this case, not the AA stuff. You kill Chevron, and you cut the legs out of administrative state power, opening it up to tens of thousands of potential lawsuits from every level of government from the people through the states to Congress itself saying that the executive's host of regulations are not explicitly allowed by statute.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

342 They make a Polaroid-type of camera again. I saw some kids taking pictures with it. No internet. Spits out a small color print in a few seconds. No idea who is the maker of it.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 11:51 AM (MeG8a)
++++
The only two that I'm aware of are Polaroid and Fujifilm.

The Fuji Instax makes a smaller print than a Polaroid, but the camera is more compact.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (t0OGg)

343 Maybe it was the Art Garfunkel song about those nice bright colors
and the greens of summers that saved Polaroid.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:52 AM (enJYY)

Momma? Don't take my Kodachrome away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

344 >>>It’s like we need to evolve and elevate this incredibly iconic brand.

She clearly does not know what "iconic" means.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (SbC6h)

345 >>Maybe it was the Art Garfunkel song about those nice bright colors
and the greens of summers that saved Polaroid.

That was Kodak / Kodachrome.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (MxBuR)

346 Yeah, but who would you want on the Wheaties box, Wil Thomas with his dick tucked or Riley Gaines showing her sixpack abs?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (4ZE6o)

347 KBJ came out as advertised, a weak legal mind and opinions based on liberal nonsense. She is Sotomayor 2.0. The disappointing one of the liberal bloc remains Kagan, she has obviously just started mailing it in. I had hopes she would evolve at least a little right over time as she isn't a common idiot like her "sisters" on the court.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (oWBc3)

348 Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (KrJTL)

Really? I never heard Hillary ever take responsibility. It was always ' What difference does it make now?' or claiming her signatures on damning documents weren't hers and done by autopen.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (cxHZm)

349 339
Maybe it was the Art Garfunkel song about those nice bright colors
and the greens of summers that saved Polaroid.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 11:52 AM (enJYY)

Kodak was a chemicals company that wouldn't embrace a digital future fast enough. After all, they spent all that $$$ on building up a chemical infrastructure for making film.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

350 Happy birthday to Thomas Sowell, 93 years old today.

I still want to live over on the alternate timeline where Professor Sowell was the first black President of the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (Y6AXb)

351 icon:
a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something: this iron-jawed icon of American manhood.

Let's ignore what it's representative of and make it representative of something wildly different!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (SbC6h)

352 JJ and Thomas Sowell share a Birthday?

Who knew?

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (MxBuR)

353 340 At the time, marketers hadn't yet moved to the modern model of "10,000 different flavors of everything!"
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

Japan has doing doing "summer flavors" in their soft drinks, esp Coke for a long time.

But, mostly their flavors are pretty different than here in the US, where the flavors are always some kind of very sweet fruitish flavored additive.

In Japan, past examples have been Shiso Coke and Cucumber Coke.

The Japanese variations are usually pretty good as the flavoring is light and the sweetness remains the same or is slightly lower.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (fb7jX)
____________

Now do Salt Cola . . . . LOL.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

354 Yeah, but who would you want on the Wheaties box, Wil Thomas with his dick tucked or Riley Gaines showing her sixpack abs?

Neither? Chicks shouldn't have sixpack abs.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (ZGrMX)

355 347 KBJ came out as advertised, a weak legal mind and opinions based on liberal nonsense. She is Sotomayor 2.0. The disappointing one of the liberal bloc remains Kagan, she has obviously just started mailing it in. I had hopes she would evolve at least a little right over time as she isn't a common idiot like her "sisters" on the court.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (oWBc3)

=======

Kagan is the smartest of them, but I would never expect her to turn conservative at any point. She's just going to weakly shake her head at the idiocy of her only compatriots on the court while signing off on opinions with weak reasoning because the only other option is to weaken those dissents with concurring dissents that make the actual dissents look idiotic, or vote against her own opinions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (LvTSG)

356 Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (oWBc3)

Kagan is a lesbian though right?

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (cxHZm)

357 348 Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:48 AM (KrJTL)

Really? I never heard Hillary ever take responsibility. It was always ' What difference does it make now?' or claiming her signatures on damning documents weren't hers and done by autopen.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (cxHZm)

"like wiped? With a clothe?"--Hillary

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (ynpvh)

358 350 Happy birthday to Thomas Sowell, 93 years old today.

I still want to live over on the alternate timeline where Professor Sowell was the first black President of the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (Y6AXb)

What a great idea!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (SbC6h)

359 350 Happy birthday to Thomas Sowell, 93 years old today.

I still want to live over on the alternate timeline where Professor Sowell was the first black President of the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (Y6AXb)

CIA would've taken him out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

360 Japan has doing doing "summer flavors" in their soft drinks, esp Coke for a long time.

The Japanese limited-time-of-year apple pie flavor KitKats are incredible. If they sold them in the US everyone would die of diabeetus.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (ZGrMX)

361 Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (oWBc3)

Kagan is a lesbian though right?
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (cxHZm)

I've always heard the dynamic duo referred to as "The Wise Latina and the Lickalotapus."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)

362 Porsche Panamera has entered the chat.

Remember Pontiac sold thousands of Azteks.

Posted by: DaveA at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (FhXTo)

363
I still want to live over on the alternate timeline where Professor Sowell was the first black President of the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:54 AM (Y6AXb)

America remains the moral and technological leader of the world, and blacks are solid middle-class citizens.

It's a boring timeline, but not a bad one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (oINRc)

364 Why do we need so many types of beer anyway? It would be much more efficient and equitable to have just one type, which would bring people together by sharing a common, govt. mandated lager.

Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (KrJTL)

365 362 Porsche Panamera has entered the chat.

Remember Pontiac sold thousands of Azteks.

Posted by: DaveA at June 30, 2023 11:56 AM (FhXTo)

Slavery, man. I demand reparations, as a descendant of Aztecs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (ynpvh)

366 > If you were Heinz you were known as the best ketchup and nothing else.

?????? Heinz became famous for "57 varieties". That was their thing, back in the day. They even have a special "57 sauce" to commemorate it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (Y6AXb)

367 Why do we need so many types of beer anyway? It would be much more efficient and equitable to have just one type, which would bring people together by sharing a common, govt. mandated lager.
Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (KrJTL)
++++
We need freedom from choice!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (t0OGg)

368 >>Kagan is a lesbian though right?

Let us just say...
She ain't Coach of the SCOTUS Softball Team for her stance on Stare Decisis.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (MxBuR)

369 They don't give two shits about losing money they only give a shit about forcing a change in behavior.

And they'll find out forcing a change in behavior will cost them a lot indeed and not just money.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 30, 2023 11:30 AM (yvHe0)
==
False. Why have all the forward facing Pride Month celebrations kind of faded into the background. Businesses are risk averse, especially the larger they get. A new risk has been introduced, and they are processing what it means to their fortunes. We've been focusing on INBev, but Target is in real trouble probably forcing a reorganization. They managed to piss off one of the most progressive customer bases out there. Kohl's who was in bad shape to start, moved their tranny stuff to hidden corners or totally out of the stores, but it is not going to be enough to save them bankruptcy, and unlike Target, they probably won't survive the process.

They are watching. No one wants to be the next one.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (UVyKP)

370 Why do we need so many types of beer anyway? It would be much more efficient and equitable to have just one type, which would bring people together by sharing a common, govt. mandated lager.
Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (KrJTL)

And just like that, a Bernie Sanders supporter was born.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

371 When I studied marketing, branding was important. If you were Heinz you were known as the best ketchup and nothing else. You didn't dilute that top shelf position by having Heinz mustard, Heinz relish, Heinz mayonnaise, ... I still agree with that. It is stupid to dilute your top shelf brand.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 30, 2023

***
Then why did they keep the "57 Varieties" slogan? Or did that vanish years ago? I normally buy the house brand of mustard and pickles at the grocery, or at the dollar store. The only time I might see a Heinz-labeled product is when I head out to eat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (J2vNu)

372 My DICK=ICONIC

When I die, I'm going to bronze it just like mom did my baby shoes.

Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

373 364 Why do we need so many types of beer anyway? It would be much more efficient and equitable to have just one type, which would bring people together by sharing a common, govt. mandated lager.

Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2023 11:57 AM (KrJTL)

it would be as hard to get as sand in the Sahara if the Gov't ran the sand business--paraphrased zombie Milton Friedman

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

374 >>Maybe it was the Art Garfunkel song about those nice bright colors
and the greens of summers that saved Polaroid.

That was Kodak / Kodachrome.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 11:53 AM (MxBuR)

And it was Paul Simon.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (GzDfN)

375
When I die, I'm going to bronze it just like mom did my baby shoes.

Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

Goldmember

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (gmo/4)

376 Olympia. Was that the shyte brewed from "artesian spring water?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

Yes. They had a huge ad campaign about The Artesians. Very clever.
Rainier was brewed in Seattle (spits).

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (e4fEA)

377 There definitely is Heinz mustard and relish.

Proof: https://www.heinz.com/products/

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (ZGrMX)

378 Kagan is a lesbian though right?
*
Let us just say...
She ain't Coach of the SCOTUS Softball Team for her stance on Stare Decisis.
Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023

***
Not to mention comfortable shoes and an "I-Hate-Men" haircut!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (J2vNu)

379 372 My DICK=ICONIC

When I die, I'm going to bronze it just like mom did my baby shoes.

Posted by: JROD at June 30, 2023 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

Better than doing that while alive, although I don't know how you would do it unless you were Zombie JROD.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (ynpvh)

380 Again, I want to know what's in the document dump today while everyone's distracted by SCOTUS decisions.

Posted by: InZona at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (fHx2E)

381 >>And it was Paul Simon.

Whom I have NOT seen naked.

Unlike the aforementioned Art Garfunkel.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 12:00 PM (MxBuR)

382 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 30, 2023 12:00 PM (X+Ku8)

383 ***
Not to mention comfortable shoes and an "I-Hate-Men" haircut!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 11:59 AM (J2vNu)

Well, when men's first inclination when getting a look at her is "ewww".......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

384 And she easily won re-election because saying that a ballot box with only 10 pieces of paper in it doesn't have 1000 in it is racism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

Detroit has not had an accurate voting in maybe 40 years. Their votes should not count until it is accurate.

Posted by: clutch at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (9UmRs)

385 I always thought Olympia beer had the most accurate tagline: "It's water."

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (X+Ku8)

386
Whom I have NOT seen naked.

Unlike the aforementioned Art Garfunkel.
Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 12:00 PM (MxBuR)

But the WANT is there......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

387 Then why did they keep the "57 Varieties" slogan? Or did that vanish years ago? I normally buy the house brand of mustard and pickles at the grocery, or at the dollar store. The only time I might see a Heinz-labeled product is when I head out to eat.

It's still in force, and Heinz makes a ton of stuff that isn't ketchup.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (ZGrMX)

388 What lessons will be taught will be determined by who wins the culture war .... America has to first wake up to the reality that our elites and China are actively at war with American (and Western) Liberty.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (Cus5s)

389 Arkin was hysterical in Grosse Pointe Blank . RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (/WhKw)

390
Thanks, now tonight I'll have a nightmare about garrett and Art Garfunkel taking naked Polaroid pictures of each other in the shower while singing 'Kodachrome'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (enJYY)

391 323 Newsmax has a documentary they run early in the a.m. about the coming plan to force us to kowtow to the global warming deal, including eating bugs.

during a recent trip, stopped in baker, ca. next to the cash register at the gas station were little snack boxes of a couple of varieties of variously flavored crispy crickets.

Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (sGtp+)

392 I was willowed a day ago on my joke

A black woman, a Hispanic woman and a lesbian walk into a bar . They sit and start complaining to each other how racist and Prejudice the country is and that minorities can't advance .

The bartender walks over and says ' Good afternoon Madam Justices. What can I get for you today? '

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (cxHZm)

393 Ace is Art Garfunkel?

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (nIRE6)

394 The Japanese limited-time-of-year apple pie flavor KitKats are incredible. If they sold them in the US everyone would die of diabeetus.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2023

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World Market has some kind of Japanese-labeled Kit Kat products in their stores. Lately there has been no English label on the shelf, so I don't know what they actually are aside from the Kit Kat logo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 30, 2023 12:02 PM (J2vNu)

395 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

396 nood

Posted by: gp's Pretense Of Detachment at June 30, 2023 12:04 PM (MvF+J)

397 Pop the Caramel off the top of a Twix bar and put it on a KitKat.

Why KitKat has never done this amazes me.

Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 12:04 PM (MxBuR)

398 When I was in Japan, I wanted to send Mom and Dad a gift. They both enjoyed taking pictures while on trips or at family gatherings. Every Jap camera you could imagine and I send them a Polaroid 440 with the case and accessories. PX had em on sale.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 30, 2023 12:04 PM (rLD7a)

399 "No, the Bud Light Debacle Will Not Be a Business School Case Study; It Was Elite MBA Indoctrination Put Into Practice"

The practice that was overturned yesterday in the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case was defended for generations by lawyers trained in elite law schools, that taught them that this was the right thing to do.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 30, 2023 12:04 PM (/iWhV)

400 Happy birthday to Thomas Sowell, 93 years old today.

Indeed. A great man.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 30, 2023 12:05 PM (Xrfse)

401 >>And it was Paul Simon.

Whom I have NOT seen naked.

Unlike the aforementioned Art Garfunkel.
Posted by: garrett at June 30, 2023 12:00 PM (MxBuR)

You win. Most famous I've seen naked is Paul Schaeffer.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2023 12:05 PM (GzDfN)

402 Kagan is the smartest of them, but I would never expect her to turn conservative at any point. She's just going to weakly shake her head at the idiocy of her only compatriots on the court while signing off on opinions with weak reasoning because the only other option is to weaken those dissents with concurring dissents that make the actual dissents look idiotic, or vote against her own opinions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 30, 2023 11:55 AM (LvTSG)
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She is also the most overtly political of the bunch having served in a democrat administration I believe. There was never any growth for her. The three witches are perhaps the least competent and qualified SCOTUS members in court history. As such, I am guessing they aren't that influential. Kagan probably can work on Robert's and perhaps Kavanaugh or Barrett. The recent voting rights cases perhaps show this. But otherwise, I doubt much.

She also is about as healthy as the wise Latina. Unfortunately for her, and for her friends and family, her seat probably becomes the next vacancy.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 30, 2023 12:05 PM (UVyKP)

403 I always thought Olympia beer had the most accurate tagline: "It's water."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 30, 2023 12:01 PM (X+Ku

Ha!
I got a tour of the brewery before it closed. Really interesting. And the tasting room afterwards was actually pretty good. Better than the bottled crap at the store.

Best beer EVAH? Hasenbrau from Augsburg Germany. Damn...nectar!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2023 12:05 PM (e4fEA)

404 Expect Brandon Whitworth to become the latest billionaire in the U.S. when AB-InBev fails. His MBA classes no doubt taught him about put options and short sales.

Posted by: Marooned at June 30, 2023 12:07 PM (kt8QE)

405 An acquaintance of mine runs a brewery in San Jose. I get invited to tours and such. It's a huge operation, tanks that are 2 or 3 stories tall.
He has his own label but he also brews for big outlets like Kirkland and Trader Joe's.
Everything is computer controlled. I don't drink much beer but I like his beer.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 30, 2023 12:08 PM (MeG8a)

406 Olympia. Was that the shyte brewed from "artesian spring water?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 30, 2023 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

Yes. They had a huge ad campaign about The Artesians. Very clever.
Rainier was brewed in Seattle (spits).
Posted by: Diogenes

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Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at June 30, 2023 12:09 PM (QvM0J)

407 All these people are playing with house money.

Posted by: PG at June 30, 2023 12:15 PM (84jHt)

408 Totally agree, they won't learn a thing from this. They will develop new secret ways to get "better" customers though.

Posted by: PJ at June 30, 2023 12:24 PM (G1dq6)

409 I've been brewing since the day after it became legal.
As you mess around through the various beer styles, you find out that making extremely light lager is a very difficult thing to do. Any little mistake gets amplified (unlike stout, which pleasantly hides a host of sins), and it goes skunk after it's bottled pretty easily too. Trying to make your own ultra lite quickly convinces you to stop making fun of the volume producers.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 30, 2023 12:25 PM (4PZHB)

410 So remember Ham's Stroh's. The thing is you get comfortable with a beer, you tend to drink it. But if something happens to make you uncomfortable, you can try something else, and pretty quickly find something else you like. And the thing is its really really easy to make and make well, and at scale its cheap, after you pay off the investment in materials manufacturing and distribution infrastructure. But if you piss off you customers, all the infrastructure and overhead can kick your ass good. They did a stupid stupid thing. They did it thinking it was smart. They got those ideas from MBA school and elite circles. THis is 100% right. They still think they are right. They wrong because customer service does not mean customer cultural re-education. Its fcuking clown world and its just getting started.

Posted by: Beer is a funny market - very competative at June 30, 2023 12:32 PM (sh1GZ)

411 • Bud Light was a brand with a problematic, non-diverse customer base.
• Bud Light’s destiny was decline and obsolescence due to the demographic inevitability of America’s deplorables being replaced by a rainbow of diverse persxns.
• Heinerscheid brilliantly and bravely tried to save the doomed brand, but it was just too late.
• Heinerscheid was victimized by the patriarchy who blamed her for the unsuccessful effort to save their doomed brand.

.....this is the MBA way of saying "she shouldn't have worn that short skirt"

Posted by: Joe at June 30, 2023 12:38 PM (kR/6y)

412 you find out that making extremely light lager is a very difficult thing to do.
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Well, honestly I never had any trouble with lagers, although I did tend to stick to heavier richer styles that I couldn't just go to the store and buy (really high alcohol content ales of various reddish to v. dark hues). You can get a banana like flavor in lighter ales which happens if you don't have a good yeast or there is a problem with the pitch temp, or you don't let it outgas enough, or let it sit on the gunk too long. And if the place were you ferment is a bit warmish you will get more of those fruity esters. Keep it below 70 F in the room and you'll do a lot better. So I guess, now that I typed it out, I agree with you, there is less leeway for error with a light ale.

Posted by: Beer is a funny market - very competative at June 30, 2023 12:39 PM (sh1GZ)

413 You can make your own beer, it's not that difficult.
The only drawback is your kitchen may smell like a brewery. Some would call that a bonus.
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Indeed. The biggest pain is probably bottling. Some people just transfer to a keg and store in a kegerator. Hoping to do that when i retire.

Posted by: Beer is a funny market - very competative at June 30, 2023 12:52 PM (sh1GZ)

414 Pretty sure the genius behind 'New Coke' is an MBA professor at Wharton. And the Pepsi guy who thought up 'Pepsi Points' that cost them a couple of million when they didn't come across with a Harrier jet is a professor at Harvard or Yale

Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 30, 2023 01:53 PM (8kMmX)

415 On that Bud trans bruhaha. I frequent a local truck stop two or three times a week. There have been 40 to 50 cases of Bud Lite in front of the counter for weeks. Today they were gone and in their place was 40 to 50 cases of Busch Lite. Gotta give Bud transers credit for persistence.

Posted by: Sergeant Major at June 30, 2023 08:08 PM (hM+Ep)

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