The US flag is ‘political’ ?
A firefighter was suspended for refusing to remove a US flag sticker from his locker.
From NBC Philadelphia:
A new department rule mandates that all stickers and statements – union, cartoon and political – be stripped from lockers after several offensive and racist images showed up in the firehouse.
I honestly don’t know how much more of this I can stand.
Booze of the Week
Manhattan
2 parts Whiskey (bourbon,rye,canadian)
1 part sweet vermouth
1 dash angostura bitters
1 cherry
Shaken with ice, strained into cocktail glass.
Variations:
“Perfect” Manhattan – replace the 1 part sweet vermouth with 1/2 parts of both sweet and dry vermouth. I’ve not tried this one yet, I hope to soon.
Play with the whiskey/vermouth ratio. Some like 3:1 whiskey:vermouth, some go the other direction with a 1:1. I’ve been doing 3:2 personally.
Splash a bit of cherry juice in as well. I’ve not done this yet, but I’ll try this one too. Alternatively, squeeze a cherry or two into the shaker before mixing.

