And this is how we know the EU is officially off its rocker — they’re considering a retaliatory bourbon tax.

Before we get too alarmist here, they’re also considering tariffs on dairy and orange juice, according to a report in the Financial Times:

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Beef Products Inc. (BPI) has reached a settlement agreement with ABC News.

The beef company sued ABC and reporter Jim Avila for defamation after the network aired an investigative segment in 2012 calling a filler product used in ground beef “pink slime.” The complaint alleged omission of facts in addition to food-libel.

BPI...

Among the trending news items this week is the tale of a freak accident that took the life of a French model and aspiring social media star.

From the Daily Mail:

A French fitness blogger has been killed by an exploding whipped cream dispenser which hit her in the chest, giving her a...

The theory of “consensus science reliability” seems to have taken another hit, as a new report has been released that asserts government-based dietary fat guidelines “have no evidence base”.

Publishing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Dr Zoë Harcombe of the Institute of Clinical Exercise and Health Science...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has accused Anheuser-Busch InBev of handing out incentives to retailers and bars in the state to push Budweiser beer over other brands. The Wall Street Journal reported:

The state’s Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has issued a report detailing investigators’ findings and set a June hearing in Boston on...

I asserted that the election of President Donald Trump was the beginning of a new era for Alpha Males.

Proof that my theory is holding true comes in the...

President Donald Trump made job creation a top priority for his administration.

But who could have known how sweet the results could be?

Germany’s iconic gummy bear will soon be “Made...

I love Cracker Barrel. They serve sweet tea, breakfast all day, have perfectly mediocre coffee, and they’re strategically located along major thoroughfares, making them an easy road trip stop.

But the scrumptious country store chain also fired Brad’s wife after eleven years of loyal service, and on Brad’s birthday no less…or...

There are many wonderous and amazing things to come out of The South and Waffle House is one of them. Sadly, co-founder Joe Rodgers passed away at the age of 97.

He began with now huge diner chain as a short-order cook in its first location in 1955.

Bloomberg reports:

Joe Rogers, who...

Fast food giant McDonald’s has lost a few customers and wants to win them back. Executives plan to expand the company’s “delivery, mobile and kiosk-ordering options as it looks to cut costs.” From CNBC:

“Through enhanced technology to elevate and modernize the customer experience, a focus on the quality and value of...

As I’ve blogged before, I hardly think that forfeiting decent paying jobs to machines is what the Raise the Wage! crowd had in mind when they began demanding a ridiculous $15 an hour to flip burgers.

I blogged about this back in 2014:

This is all basic economics, really. As costs of labor...

Wisconsinites who enjoy Kellygold Irish butter have been forced to venture across state lines to buy the gold foil packaged dairy goodness.

Butter protectionism in the Dairy State has made this foreign butter illegal.

An obscure regulation turns “ungraded butter” into contraband. Since Kerrygold isn’t produced in the good ole U.S. of...

Money well spent.

From aPlus:

Kraft Heinz announced on Wednesday that they’d be giving all of their salaried employees a paid day off rather than purchasing commercial ad time during the Super Bowl. All salaried employees – the decision does not impact factory workers – will have the Monday after the Super Bowl...

Fast food joint Wendy’s has a new social marketing strategy that’s both hilarious and effective. I mean, we’re blogging about it, right?

The strategy is simple — roast the dissent.

During my daily internetting yesterday, I saw this, which is seems to be tweet zero:

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Which fast food chains reign supreme?

Business Insider takes a look at which drive-through eateries have the most Four Square check-ins:

These are the most popular fast food restaurants in every state pic.twitter.com/g8S257Q56Y

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Australian-British comedian Tim Minchin once quipped, “It’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days.”

Therefore it is not surprising that in California, being the most unbalanced state in this great Union, someone was recently charged with Drinking Under the Influence…with caffeine as the only suspect.

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If you haven’t hoarded enough Reddi-wip to get you through Christmas, you might be out of luck.

America is in the midst of a nationwide whipped cream shortage.

The culprit isn’t the cream or anything dairy related, but a shortage of nitrous oxide.

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