Culture Wars

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bud-light-permanently-lose-nearly-25-its-business-analysts

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After self-destructing in the name of signaling virtue, Bud Light is looking at a permanent loss of nearly 25% of its business, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Mitch Collett in a recent Barron's article.

"We believe recent underperformance implies a permanent reduction in ABI’s U.S. business," writes Collett, referring to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the parent company of Bud Light. "Our proprietary survey data suggests these headwinds are likely to fade even if we do not expect the U.S. business ever to fully recover from its current challenges."

Data gathered by Deutsche Bank suggests that 24% of Bud Light consumers no longer purchase the brand, while another 18% are buying less of it.

"Taken together, our survey data shows that Bud Light as a brand faces significant challenges—particularly with older consumers. However, we believe the forward-looking data sets imply that the challenges will at least partially fade," wrote Collett, who actually upgraded shares of AB InBev to "buy" from "hold," with a new price target of $65.92, up from $64.83.

That said, another analyst, Evercore's Robert Ottenstein, said Bud Light will "permanently lose" between 15 and 20% of its volume, after which "declines will resume at about the average rate of the prior 10 years."

 

 

Obvious caveat is that market analysts are no more prescient than monkeys throwing darts, but pretty obvious the Street has concerns. 

 

[sunday]

The Anheuser-Busch marketroids ultimately responsible of this fracas were NOT fired, allegedly...

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Anheuser-Busch DENIES claims it fired two top marketing executives responsible for Bud Light's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney campaign - and maintains pair are on 'leave of absence'

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Anheuser-Busch executives have seemingly denied reports the company fired two top marketing executives who were found responsible for Bud Light's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney campaign.

The Daily Caller reported on Tuesday that the beer giant officially fired Group Vice President of Marketing Daniel Blake and Bud Light Marketing Vice President Alissa Heinerscheid, citing text messages with an unknown regional marketing leader at the company.

Blake and Heinerscheid were said to be taking a 'leave of absence' amid backlash for their decision to feature the trans TikToker in a March Madness commercial.

And when approached by DailyMail.com earlier this month, a friend of Heinerscheid's said 'she's not supposed to talk about it, she can't.'

But in a statement to DailyMail.com, a spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch said they were still both on a 'leave of absence.'

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[sunday]

From 25:00 on there are some good points.

Bit related

 

Edited June 29, 2023 by sunday

[Skywalkre]

On 6/28/2023 at 1:01 PM, 17thfabn said:

Do you have a link to the story please? 

If the basics of the story are accurate he has an easy win coming his way along with a hefty retirement package courtesy of the local taxpayers (I imagine that's who'll pay out the money since it's a CC).

Edited June 29, 2023 by Skywalkre

[Murph]

Those who fired him should be in jail.  

[sunday]

On 6/28/2023 at 10:13 PM, Murph said:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/college-fired-biology-professor-teaching-sex-determined-chromosomes-x-y?intcmp=tw_fnc

https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-biology-professor-allegedly-fired-for-teaching-sex-is-determined-by-x-y-chromosomes/

https://thepostmillennial.com/biology-professor-fired-from-texas-college-after-saying-sex-is-determined-by-chromosomes

Another source

[Murph]

So true:  The kids: "Daddy how do you send a text on this thing?"

[Ivanhoe]

 

[sunday]

2 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

 

I am wondering if among the mounties in the funeral of Elizabeth II or in the coronation of Charles III were some of those mounted troopers that used to ride over demonstrators against Covid policies.

Anyway, soon there would be not much difference between Canadian police and, for instance, those English Army battalions posted to Ireland during the Irish famine to protect food exports.

[Murph]

Well. I give her a 4/10 as well.   Semi-safe for work

 

 

[Ssnake]

"Rate me!"

Gets rated.

"That was rude!"

 

If the dude had had a proper foundation in Greek Mythology, he would have instantly recognized that he can't win. At least he wasn't cornered by three potential furies.

[rmgill]

7 hours ago, Murph said:

So true:  The kids: "Daddy how do you send a text on this thing?"

 

[Allan W]

5 hours ago, sunday said:

I am wondering if among the mounties in the funeral of Elizabeth II or in the coronation of Charles III were some of those mounted troopers that used to ride over demonstrators against Covid policies.

Anyway, soon there would be not much difference between Canadian police and, for instance, those English Army battalions posted to Ireland during the Irish famine to protect food exports.

I can pretty much guarantee that they weren't.  Strangely enough, despite the name, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("the Mounties") do not have any operational mounted units.  There is the Musical Ride, which is where the escorts for the Queen's funeral and the King's coronation came from, but that is strictly a ceremonial unit and has no policing function.

I assume you are referring to the incident that took place in Ottawa where a female protester was allegedly stomped on by a horse.  That officer was from the mounted unit of the TPS, not the RCMP.  The incident was investigated by the Ontario Special Investigations Unit and it was determined that no serious incident had occurred.  She was bumped by a horse after getting too close, but by no stretch of the imagination was she ridden over nor was she  injured beyond a bruise or two.

Your second paragraph is simply gibberish.

[sunday]

6 hours ago, Allan W said:

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/woman-police-horse-truck-protest-ottawa-siu-1.6408118

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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a Monday press release the 49-year-old woman sustained a "strained shoulder" after she had an "interaction" with a Toronto Police Service mounted officer during the final weekend that protesters were occupying downtown streets. 

She was among a group of protesters on Rideau Street in front of the Fairmont Château Laurier on the evening of Feb. 18 when mounted officers entered the crowd to create distance between protesters and police, the release said. 

A horse near the edge of the unit "contacted" a man and a woman, knocking them to the ground. Officers on foot surrounded the two — as did protesters — and the woman was helped to her feet, according to the SIU. 

Yes, those were not RCMP, but Toronto police, fair is fair.

There were English regiments posted to Ireland during the Irish Famine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1997/09/27/the-irish-famine-complicity-in-murder/5a155118-3620-4145-951e-0dc46933b84a/

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The food was shipped from ports in some of the worst famine-stricken areas of Ireland, and British regiments guarded the ports and graineries to guarantee British merchants and absentee landlords their "free-market" profits.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/24/opinion/l-irish-potato-famine-didn-t-just-happen-487995.html

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When in 1845, the potato blight, phytophthora infestans, finally spread to Ireland from America via Europe, the British Government responded by withdrawing troops from its empire and redeploying them to Ireland, 100,000 of them, to implement its food removal policy. The reason? The Times of London reported Sept. 31, 1845, "in England the two main meals of a working man's day now consists of potatoes."

The British 40th Regiment of Foot, which my grandfather joined in Abbeyleix in 1857, had been reassigned in early 1845 from Australian death-camp management to Ireland. Its new mission: removal of south County Galway's foodstuffs to the port of Galway for export.

The "famine" ended in 1849, when British troops stopped removing the food. While enough food to sustain 18 million people was being removed from Ireland, its population was reduced by more than 2.5 million, to 6.5 million.

https://www.historyireland.com/atlas-of-the-great-irish-famine/

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During the famine of 1741 the national government in Dublin felt obliged to close the ports to curtail food exports. After the Act of Union of 1800, when this limited democracy was abolished and full power was transferred to London, troops and police were tasked with keeping the ports open and ensuring that food exports to Britain continued unabated even though famine stalked the land. Surely credulity is being stretched to the limit if, after 160 years, the metaphorical excuse of ‘the jury being out’ in terms of apportioning responsibility and blame is still being employed?

https://theninthwavenovel.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/british-troop-strength-in-ireland-during-the-famine-2/

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Although exact figures are tough to come by, a conservative estimate of British troop strength during the Famine (not including local constabularies) is 100,000.  (In 1845-46, the British only maintained about 20,000 troops in the Punjab where they were fighting a Sikh army of 80,000!)

The 100,000 troops sent to Ireland were tasked with keeping a mostly impoverished population of 8 million in line – guarding food exports (enough food was being exported from Ireland to feed the starving if it had been kept in country); quelling food riots; and,  protecting the interests of landlords and landed.   Bear in mind that Ireland is roughly 32,000 square miles – the size of Indiana.  With the exception of a very small number of armed men intent on exacting revenge against landlords (like Major Mahon) who were seen as exploiting the Famine, British troops in Ireland faced a starving, rebellious populace who might riot for food, but posed no military threat.

Edited July 2, 2023 by sunday

[Rick]

10 hours ago, Allan W said:

I can pretty much guarantee that they weren't.  Strangely enough, despite the name, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("the Mounties") do not have any operational mounted units.  There is the Musical Ride, which is where the escorts for the Queen's funeral and the King's coronation came from, but that is strictly a ceremonial unit and has no policing function.

I assume you are referring to the incident that took place in Ottawa where a female protester was allegedly stomped on by a horse.  That officer was from the mounted unit of the TPS, not the RCMP.  The incident was investigated by the Ontario Special Investigations Unit and it was determined that no serious incident had occurred.  She was bumped by a horse after getting too close, but by no stretch of the imagination was she ridden over nor was she  injured beyond a bruise or two.

Your second paragraph is simply gibberish.

Out of curiosity, is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police a "national" police force?

[EchoFiveMike]

"We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.  In fact, we did everything exactly right, and should get paid a bonus."

GTFO with your bullshit.  S/F....Ken M

[sunday]

53 minutes ago, EchoFiveMike said:

"We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.  In fact, we did everything exactly right, and should get paid a bonus."

GTFO with your bullshit.  S/F....Ken M

More or less - they decided the injuries were not serious enough, so there was nothing to investigate.

[Allan W]

2 hours ago, Rick said:

Out of curiosity, is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police a "national" police force?

It's both a national and a local police force.  In all Provinces except for Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland, it is the provincial police force.  It also provides contracted policing to cities, with cities less than 15,000 paying 70% of the cost and cities over 15,000 paying 90% of the cost.  The federal government pays the balance.

[Murph]

     Can they be any more tone deaf?      Tranheiser Busch at their best!

[Murph]

I love videos like this.  Crook was DRT (Dead Right There):  You do not try and carjack undercover cops!  Darwin Award Winner!!!!!

 

 

[urbanoid]

I admire how quick his reactions was.

[JWB]

56 minutes ago, Murph said:

I love videos like this.  Crook was DRT (Dead Right There):  You do not try and carjack undercover cops!  Darwin Award Winner!!!!!

 

 

I wonder what that guy will say when he is in the joint.

[sunday]

 

[Murph]

8 hours ago, JWB said:

I wonder what that guy will say when he is in the joint.

He died, so he saved the taxpayers a lot of money.

[Murph]

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE HANDLED!  Professional, but taking No Trannie BS!