Shit Just Got Real

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 10/04/2019 at 11:43 • Filed to: None

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Single malt Scotch whisky exported to the United States is to be hit with an import tariff of 25%. The rate is set to come into effect from 18 October.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 11:48

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This kind of stuff is why we all need to vote E90/BM2 2020.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 11:50

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I saw that, I’m panic buying as we speak. HAUNS AFF MAH CRATUR YE MAWKIT BAS!

Ash78, voting early and often > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 11:52

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Unpopular opinion: Plenty of substitutes. Bourbon, Irish Whisky, etc.

I’m more worried about what happens when Trump discovers that Tequila comes from Mexico. Those bottles are phallic and probably want to rape our women.

Azrek > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 10/04/2019 at 11:54

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I want to be the Secretary of Energy! I will dress like a James Bond villain every day! 

Goggles Pizzano > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 10/04/2019 at 11:55

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25% on a few $100 bottles ain’t nothing to sneeze at. 2 weeks to do some research and make some potential long term choices isn’t very long. I’d be in a bit of panic myself.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Azrek 10/04/2019 at 11:56

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Will you be bringing your own Solex agitator or do we need to provide one?

E90M3 > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:05

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Yet no tariffs on Vodka, convince me there’s no collusion now.

Thomas Donohue > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:06

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Also includes single malts from N. Ireland, so Bushmills as well.

Also Irish cheeses and dairy (Kerry Gold, etc) , which happens to lump in Baileys Irish Cream (and other brands).

Not good.

Goggles Pizzano > E90M3 10/04/2019 at 12:09

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I cannot.

Thomas Donohue > Ash78, voting early and often 10/04/2019 at 12:09

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Irish Single malts from the North(UK) also included, aka Bushmills.

Plenty of other non-tariff   options, but not really substitutes.

Goggles Pizzano > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:11

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Did not know this.

Thomas Donohue > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:13

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I was just in Edinburgh, as well as the D ublin duty free in the last two weeks. I would have increased my purchases had I known this was coming.

Glad I got what I did.  25% not the end of the world, but damn.

Ash78, voting early and often > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:13

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Yep, I forgot Bushmills wasn’t Irish. That’s a good one.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:14

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Ah that’s Protestant whiskey, what about Jameson? 

AestheticsInMotion > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 10/04/2019 at 12:15

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Can I haz traffic planning director spot? I promise to a retrofit roundabouts every 10 meters on all highways

Thomas Donohue > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:20

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Here’s the beginning of the list.

Planes, and booze, literally three sentences away from each other . That..uhhhh...makes sense.  #airbustax

Azrek > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 10/04/2019 at 12:21

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I have 2. Is that enough? 

Thomas Donohue > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) 10/04/2019 at 12:23

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Jameson is made in Cork, in the Republic of Ireland, so no extra tariff (yet).

Liqueurs and cordials from the Republic were hit though.

HammerheadFistpunch > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:24

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They let me do Tariffs, without any subpoenas or investigations or anything. I do the best Tariffs, they’re always saying, people are saying “you do the best.....tariffs” and so I do. We are doing tariffs and its goina be great and everyone is going to love them.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:26

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I’m buying bottles of K ilchoman this weekend not to mention I’m also going to get some of my favou rite French bottles too.

Thomas Donohue > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:27

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Also, I don’t think Jameson makes a pure single malt anyway. Though the tariff says “Single malt and straight”

Straight might loop in anything old/good.

Khalbali > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:28

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Not Kerry gold!!!!! You can take my scotch but don't touch my butter.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:28

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But the Scots will pay for it!

/s

Better stock up.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:33

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Yeah I’m no Whiskey fanatic but I figured they weren’t exactly similar quality   

Goggles Pizzano > Future next gen S2000 owner 10/04/2019 at 12:33

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Maybe the scotch industry will pay . In the long term m aybe prices will go up in other countries to compensate for revenue losses. Just sayin’.

Goggles Pizzano > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 12:35

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Forgot to ask, what did you get? :-)x

Thomas Donohue > HammerheadFistpunch 10/04/2019 at 12:36

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This made me laugh in my time of crisis. Thank you!

I get that he doesn’t drink, but doesn’t the guy like cheese? I guess he only puts ‘mu rican cheese on his hamberders.

Thomas Donohue > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:47

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jimz > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 12:50

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we’re going to win a trade war with China by... uh, slapping tariffs on goods out of Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the UK?  

Thomas Donohue > Khalbali 10/04/2019 at 12:53

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Yeah, this house is big on the Kerry gold butter as well as the cheeses.

Textured Soy Protein > Future next gen S2000 owner 10/04/2019 at 12:53

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One of my favorite Kinja usernames is MakeMexicoPayForJohnWall .

Goggles Pizzano > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 13:04

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Arran is on my radar . Where I am the 18 is by far the cheapest 18 you can buy and has great reviews . Some weeks ago I picked up the Machrie Moor Cask Strength. Had a taste but not enough to form an opinion yet.

Thomas Donohue > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 13:11

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I tasted some Arran while over there, though it was later in the night after a few other ‘tastings’ but still made an impression . The 14yo was 35 pounds at the Airport (~$44 ?) so I said ‘yes, yes, please’.

DutchieDC2R > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 15:24

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Irish cheeses? ‘IRISH’ cheeses? I’m sorry, what? How about Dutch cheeses?

/s

I tea se, I tease.

Thomas Donohue > DutchieDC2R 10/04/2019 at 15:33

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How about ALL cheeses, unfortunately. ‘Cept ‘murican cheese on hamberders.

P retty much all cheese from these countries:

Section 8 – Products of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands , Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, or the United Kingdom described below are subject to additional import duties of 25 percent ad valorem:

Here’s the whole list. Appropriately titled ‘ Large Civil Aircraft’ ....

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/EU_Large_Civil_Aircraft_Final_Product_List.pdf

DutchieDC2R > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 15:39

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I read it. It's stupid, so right up the alley of your current government...

Poor_Sh > Goggles Pizzano 10/04/2019 at 18:26

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

RPM esq. > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 18:30

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So Jameson and Redbreast remain untouched since they’re from the Republic of Ireland, not the occupied northern counties , right?

Thomas Donohue > RPM esq. 10/04/2019 at 19:25

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Both are made in Cork, so the they are unaffected as of now.  A s far as I know Jameson doesn’t make any single malts (though the tariff says ‘ single malt and straight’ - whatever that means). Redbreast is a Single Pot Still, so it’s not really a Single Malt either.

(Northern Ireland is part of the UK, so it’s not ‘occupied’ though many use that term, along with a few others)

RPM esq. > Thomas Donohue 10/04/2019 at 19:34

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T hat’s an interesting distinction (as between single malt and single pot still), since the process is different but th e appeal to the consumer is somewhat similar (as opposed to blends) —and I have no idea what trade regulations make of relatively subtle distinctions like that. Thankfully hypothetical for now.

As to politics and geography, I know what I said, albeit at least half joking.

Thomas Donohue > RPM esq. 10/04/2019 at 19:36

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I hear ya on both accounts!