Recipes

Tested and adjusted...
(brewed at least once and then tweaked)

Currently brewing...
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Planning...
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Guides
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(random detritus having absolutely nothing to do with mead)

"From capitalism to unchecked capitalism to hollow corporations to soulless corporations to savage capitalism to wars for profit to imperialism to a rapid decline in the middle class to economic disaster to imperialism to fascism..."

Redact the Constitution
Eviscerate the Bill of Rights
Punish dissent
Usurp the world's oil
Break laws at will
Lie, lie, lie, lie
Impugn the motives of patriots
Control the media
Avoid honest questions
Never break lockstep
Vindicate all cronies
Advance Christianity
Legislate fear
Undermine science
Embrace torture
Spread democracy by force

"Conservatives pride themselves on resisting change, which is as it should be. But intelligent deference to tradition and stability can evolve into intellectual sloth and moral fanaticism, as when conservatives simply decline to look up from dogma because the effort to raise their heads and reconsider is too great." - W. F. Buckley Jr.
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  • Prior to 1913 - 1/3 of US annual tax revenue comes from liquor taxes and no one in government entertained the idea of prohibition.
  • 1913 - National income tax created.
  • 1920 - National income tax now accounts for 2/3 of US annual tax revenue. Now that tax revenue sources have shifted, prohibition can be launched via the 18th amendment getting puritans and anti-liquor lobbies off the backs of politicians.
  • 1920 through 1930 - Organized crime, jail overcrowding, and corruption soar.
  • 1930 - The Great Depression hits.
  • 1932 - National income tax revenue is down by 60% and Washington is getting anxious about a substitute source of funds.
  • 1933 - Prohibition is repealed via the 21st amendment.
If the history of alcohol prohibition is a guide, drug prohibition will not end merely because there are many sound, sensible and humane reasons to end it. Instead, it will end only if and when Congress gets desperate for another revenue source.