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by tim
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Our thoughts with Joel....
Replies: 10
Views: 381

Re: Our thoughts with Joel....

So sorry to hear this Joel. My sincere condolences.
by tim
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:48 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Recent BWE get-together in Bordeaux
Replies: 7
Views: 2830

Re: Recent BWE get-together in Bordeaux

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by tim
Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

I value BWE.

At work, we have a guiding principle of “assume positive intent.” I’d suggest that would be a good principle to apply here. Law is an adversarial system, wine shouldn’t be.
by tim
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 9681 days past
Replies: 13
Views: 7410

Re: 9681 days past

Happy Anniversary! great way to celebrate!
by tim
Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Trump likes to be fawned over but he doesn’t like to be upstaged. I doubt Vivek will get the VP nod. I am betting on Kari Lake.
by tim
Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:05 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: China
Replies: 17
Views: 6093

Re: China

I have some (many) experience with China despite never visiting there myself. A few observations: 1. Chinese people are extremely proud of their history and their place in the world. They don't want to be the US. They want to be China. 2. Chinese people tolerate their system of government, not becau...
by tim
Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

I'm curious: did they retry any of the hung jury trials?
by tim
Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Why are these prosecutions so important? Trump has been living in the world of facts don't matter for so long that he has become adept at ignoring the rules completely. For him, there are no rules, only power. Courts are different, they have rules. And criminal courts are different than civil courts...
by tim
Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Also, Jim, I completely agree with you about the political ramifications of this. There is no doubt that these prosecutions will motivate his base and drive voter turnout on the right. And I also agree that people are not equal under the law. Prosecutors have discretion about who they charge and whe...
by tim
Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

The man literally tried to overturn a Presidential election he lost. Do I think Clinton or Dubya committed crimes? Not in the same sense, no. And Trump committed many many many more crimes than the ones he was charged with. Fraud, sexual assault, bribery, the list is endless. Other countries are not...
by tim
Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:43 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

The mug shot needed to be taken to demonstrate that status does not put you above the law. I don't think the left is gloating at all. The left doesn't believe that Trump will be held accountable for his crimes. He will get away with it. Populism often comes at the expense of the law. The fact that G...
by tim
Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: COVID and wine - not a great combination
Replies: 29
Views: 15463

Re: COVID and wine - not a great combination

I got it. Didn't lose smell or taste. Just lost my voice and had a horrible cough (no fever).

But then got an inner ear infection a few weeks later that had me in bed for almost a week.
by tim
Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:42 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacation..
Replies: 64
Views: 16467

Re: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacati

Ugh. Talk about peer pressure, just bought a case. Which is the first case of wine I've purchased in... geez, a year at least? Maybe a couple years.

BWE, the site for wine purchase enabling.

And fwiw, $32.50 a bottle in France.
by tim
Fri Aug 11, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

If Trump is convicted (and I believe there is a high likelihood of that happening), he will not go to jail pending appeal. And the appeals process will take a long time.
by tim
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

The threat of a nuclear war was a threat to the planet and life as we know it, so the US would cease to exist. But I find Trump being re-elected to be far more likely than nuclear Armageddon is or was, even in the 60s (though I did not live through that time). His re-election would destroy the U.S. ...
by tim
Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:14 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

I am less confident than either of you. Trump represents the greatest threat to the survival of the US as it exists today since the Civil War. He weaponizes his followers in order to satisfy his narcissistic and authoritarian cravings and avoid consequences for violating laws. As for the case for co...
by tim
Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
Replies: 55
Views: 23459

Re: BWE in Manhattan….

Looks like a ton of fun!
by tim
Thu Aug 03, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Howard's article is mostly focused on the attack on the Capitol and how Trump's speech influenced it. I've always been a bit skeptical that the "fight" phrase was considered instigation. Elizabeth Warren used it in her speeches all the time, for example. But the indictment really centers a...
by tim
Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Sad news from Bartholomew Broadbent
Replies: 10
Views: 2168

Re: Sad news from Bartholomew Broadbent

How sad that we lose another legend. The only time I met him was on the 2005 trip as well. He was gracious and down to earth. RIP
by tim
Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:11 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Book Review: Bordeaux (David Peppercorn, 2nd Edition, 1991)
Replies: 9
Views: 1484

Re: Book Review: Bordeaux (David Peppercorn, 2nd Edition, 1991)

I bought Neal Martin's book, mostly because it is so difficult to find information on older vintages. He does a good job of describing the conditions of various vintages. However I was surprised at how few tasting notes he has for older wines. That would have added additional depth to the work.
by tim
Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Jean-Michel Cazes
Replies: 18
Views: 2250

Re: Jean-Michel Cazes

Found a couple more:

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by tim
Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Jean-Michel Cazes
Replies: 18
Views: 2250

Re: Jean-Michel Cazes

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by tim
Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Jean-Michel Cazes
Replies: 18
Views: 2250

Re: Jean-Michel Cazes

Wow, that is very sad. RIP.
by tim
Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Alex!
Replies: 17
Views: 3454

Re: Happy Birthday Alex!

Bon anniversaire Alex!!
by tim
Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Daniel Ellsberg dead at age 92. I met him back in February 1990 in an elevator in the defense ministry building in Moscow when I was the newly elected young mayor of Lewiston and a spy for the NSA. Those were heady days. I have heard from extremely confidential sources that you were not a spy for t...
by tim
Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:30 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

I think Trump is Biden's best bet to getting re-elected. I don't think he will win against other opponents.
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

I must admit it is frustrating constantly hearing how misunderstood and wonderful Trump voters are, and how awful those libtards are who are trying to take away all their freedom. The Fox News chyron says it all: WANNABE DICTATOR SPEAKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HAVING HIS POLITICAL RIVAL ARRESTED.
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Far worse, Trump and the GOP's efforts to circumvent democracy by taking control of state legislatures, getting zealots into ministerial election positions, the Kari Lake phenomenon, etc., etc. Also, just an observation, but I don't think Trump is behind the state legislatures, it is far too Machia...
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:31 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

On all of that, I am 110+% percent with you. I'm just disagreeing with you on the issue of prosecuting a candidate for the presidency during an election year on grounds that I don't believe warrant upending a heretofore successful democratic form of government over the past 250 years. So you are sa...
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:37 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Didn't answer the question, but that's okay. On the other subjects, I think you are targeting your disdain in the wrong direction. Republicans removing people from committees for political retribution. Attempts to impeach the head of DHS because they disagree with his policies. Holding the governmen...
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Starting with that greatest monster in human history, by the way, one Harry S. Truman. When I was in politics there would be the occasional reference to HST, because of my "plain spoken" approach to issues. And I would immediately shy away from and challenge it. Don't mention me in the sa...
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:11 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

George W. Bush and Richard Cheney oversaw the illegal waterboarding and other forms of torture of captives who TO THIS DAY, in this great self-proclaimed land of freedom and due process, have not had their cases litigated. He had the "honorable" Colin Powell LIE to the world about the exi...
by tim
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

I'm sorry, I can't equate this with the Nazi experience in 1930s Germany. Jimmy, I think you are misrepresenting 1930s Germany. I know a LOT of German people today. They are as nice as the Americans I know. I cannot imagine that somehow their disposition has gone through a dramatic change based on ...
by tim
Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Count me in as someone who has a visceral hatred/dislike for Trump. But it is not due to his politics, some of which I find distasteful and others I might even support. It is his character. He is the opposite of everything we should be teaching our children. And when those nice neighbors of JimHow d...
by tim
Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Trump didn't just innocently mishandle classified information. He deliberately concealed it and took steps through an intermediary to hide it from authorities, then purposely shared it with people who were not authorized to see it. Then he tried to cover it up. If it were purely negligence, I would ...
by tim
Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Also, I don't think my neighbors are Nazi sympathizers. They may not be Nazi sympathizers, but they sure do seem indoctrinated by the propaganda that is put out by the right wing media. Which is a big part of the problem. Facts don't matter anymore. All that matters is outrage based on your bubble ...
by tim
Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683665

Re: President Trump

Mark, Biden is being stage-managed? Little more than a puppet? That is about as far fetched as the moon landing being fake. Biden is the epitome of establishment politics. He operates in the same way that he did in the Senate and as VP. You may dislike him, and you can say that his age is interferin...
by tim
Mon May 22, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A royal Canadian wedding.
Replies: 39
Views: 21116

Re: A royal Canadian wedding.

Felicitations Nicolas et Marie-Claude!
by tim
Sun Mar 26, 2023 2:50 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE London 2023: Saturday Night
Replies: 17
Views: 1559

Re: BWE London 2023: Saturday Night

Back in Paris. All I can say is wow. Wow. Wow.