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Neither Trump Nor Biden Drink Alcohol – The New York Times

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Neither Trump Nor Biden Drink Alcohol – The New York Times

“These are two intensely competitive men who made a judgment early in their careers that their path to success is going to be willing themselves into the positions they wanted,” said Evan Osnos, the author of a just-completed biography of Mr. Biden. “That did not leave much room for getting drunk.”

It has been nearly a century since temperance had much bearing on American politics. The Prohibition Era began 101 years ago with ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and ended in 1933 with its repeal.

“There was a time in American public life when character was associated with a level of sobriety,” said Tim Naftali, a presidential historian. “I think that disappeared with the end of Prohibition.”

An almost teetotaler at age 40 🍻

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These days I drink less and less alcohol. I never drink at home, and when I drink when I’m out with friends it’s usually just one beer and no more then two per day when camping — maybe a beer at lunch or dinner and one along the fire. But most of the time I just drink water or lemonade as it’s cheaper and healthier. Alcohol is poison, it makes you fat, and intoxication can be just plain dangerous. Hang overs in your forties is much less fun. So I drink much less alcohol.

Old Unopened Beer Car

Map: Gilman Lake

Mitchells Ponds

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As seen through the woods.

Sunday September 5, 2010 — Moose River Plains — Bear Pond Trail 🗺 — Beaver Lake 🗺 — Ice House Pond 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 1-30 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 123-131 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 30-40 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 41-61 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 64-74 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 71-123 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 80-110 🗺 — Moose River Plains Camping Area 80-111 🗺 — Moose River Plains Recreation Area 🗺 — Natural Rock Dam Trail 🗺
Map: Spy Lake

NPR

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The Fed holds interest rates steady but hints at one more rate hike : NPR

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, but signaled that it's open to additional rate hikes in the future, if necessary, to combat stubborn inflation.

"In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook," members of the Fed's rate-setting body said in a statement.

The central bank has already raised rates 11 times in the last 18 months, most recently in July. That's the most aggressive series of rate hikes since the early 1980s, and leaves the Fed's benchmark borrowing cost between 5.25 and 5.5%.