Thursday, August 23, 2012

White House Beer

This isn't news as such, but it is news to me.

Official White House beer.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The 100 or so guests who attended President Obama's Super Bowl party had a choice of beer to match their team loyalties. Steelers fans could chug a Yuengling from Pennsylvania. Packers backers could pick from a pale ale, amber ale and stout shipped from Hinterland Brewing in Green Bay, Wis. Those without a favorite could maintain their neutrality by quaffing the presidential home-brew, White House Honey Ale.

WASHINGTON POST

So, just what is going on that this is making the news now?

Beer Enthusiasts Seek Secret Recipe for White House Brew
Activists have filed a Freedom of Information Act Request and started an online petition to get access to critical information that serves the public interest: the recipe for the White House home-brewed beer.


The honey ale – brewed from honey from the White House beehive

Who knew the White House has beehives? Learn something new everyday.

ABC NEWS

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Gray Haired Little old Lady, HERO

The story of a robbery is just way to typical, but this one comes with a twist.

On Wednesday, five masked men poured into a jewelry store in a strip mall in Garden Grove, Calif., expecting to carry out  a simple smash and grab robbery.

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Russia Planning Life after Assad?

As the saying goes, there is a time to hold them, and a time to fold them.

Seems Russia is not certain of its ally, Bashar Assad in Syria and is moving forward. No one can blame them. I mean really. How would they benefit from sticking around?

Navy chief says Russia wants naval bases abroad



MOSCOW — Russia is talking to Cuba, Vietnam and the Indian Ocean island country of Seychelles about housing Russian navy ships, the nation’s navy chief said in remarks reported Friday.



Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov told the state RIA Novosti news agency that Russia is in talks about setting up maintenance and supply facilities for Russian ships in those countries but wouldn’t give any further details, the Associated Press reported.


Russia’s only existing naval base outside the Soviet Union is located in the Syrian port of Tartus. A squadron of Russian navy ships, including several assault ships carrying marines, is currently heading to Tartus in a show of support for a longtime ally whom Moscow protected from international sanctions and continued to supply with weapons.


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