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rinselberg
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AUG 05, 05:35 PM
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| quote | The State Department is investigating the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey the Japanese government gave to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019, according to two people briefed on the inquiry and a document made public on Wednesday.
It was unclear whether Mr. Pompeo ever received the gift, as he was traveling in Saudi Arabia on June 24, 2019, the day that Japanese officials gave it to the State Department, according to a department filing on Wednesday in the Federal Register documenting gifts that senior American officials received in 2019. Such officials are often insulated by staff members who receive gifts and messages for them.
American officials can keep gifts that are less than $390. But if the officials want to keep gifts that are over that price, they must purchase them. According to the filing, the State Department said the bottle was appraised at $5,800.
The department also took the unusual step of noting that the whereabouts of the whiskey is unknown. Similar filings over the past two decades make no mention of any similar investigations. |
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The New York Times report continues from there.
"$5,800 Whiskey Bottle, a Gift From Japan to Pompeo, Is Missing, U.S. Says"
Michael S. Schmidt for the New York Times; August 4, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...o-japan-whiskey.html[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 08-05-2021).]
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Hudini
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AUG 05, 05:39 PM
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randye
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AUG 05, 06:38 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
The New York Times
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Oh Great..... Another piece of trash from the New York Slimes
Do you EVER actually READ the moronic, juvenile, nonsense that you post?
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The State Department is investigating the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey.....
The department also took the unusual step of noting that the whereabouts of the whiskey is unknown.
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WTF?
Was that "genius" piece "journalism" written by a high school student or just one of the usual mental cripples employed at the New York Slimes ?
YUP...that pile of propaganda trash came from the new boyfriend of one of your MSLSD chattering heads; the recently divorced, Nicolle Wallace who described herself this year as a "self-loathing former Republican"
Nothing says "I'm a Leftist divorcee mom " quite like despising yourself while being paid big money to spew propaganda on MSLSD and dating a New York Slimes propagandist, 13 years her junior and who also moonlights propagandizing on MSLSD with his crazy girlfriend.
No wonder these Marxist chuckleheads grab your attention so much.
Has it EVER ONCE occurred to you that the stupid things you think and believe are because of the stupid people and sources that you get your news propaganda and opinions from?[This message has been edited by randye (edited 08-06-2021).]
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AUG 05, 06:47 PM
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rinselberg
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AUG 06, 05:46 PM
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I think this could be it. I have no idea where it is, but I think this could be what they're looking for.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 08-06-2021).]
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AUG 06, 06:08 PM
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Japanese whiskey? Somebody probably threw it away.
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AUG 06, 07:39 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
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I think this could be it. I have no idea where it is, but I think this could be what they're looking for.
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I wouldn't even know what a $5,800 bottle of Whiskey would taste like.
I've had a 1963 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine ... maybe $1,000 a bottle? I've had mid 1990s Remy Martin Louie the 13th Cognac... now about ~$9,000 a bottle today, but I had it when it was only a couple years old (though aged)... so at the time probably only worth in today's money about $3,000. Still totally absurd... for a drink...
But I've never had whiskey that was worth more than what you'd buy at a cheap liquor store.
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AUG 06, 08:38 PM
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There is no food or drink on God's green earth that tastes as good as $5,000 feels.
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randye
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AUG 06, 09:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
There is no food or drink on God's green earth that tastes as good as $5,000 feels. |
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I cannot argue with that sentiment.
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