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National Ferment

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I ordered a Russian Imperial Stout kit a couple of months ago. I was waiting on brewing it until Trump assumed the presidency. Building on the prior batch of Vlad the Imperialer three years ago, I have named this rendition Vlad II: The Putinator: I Will Break You , given DT's posh treatment of this former KGB Russian Autocrat Putin who assassinates and imprisons his opponents. A strange world we are living in. ISIS has made Russia and the U.S. allies. A Trump and Putin Bromance, each probably playing another as a sucker underneath it all.   As an aside, I read the Koran over Christmas Vacation. Actually, much less violent than the Bible but it does appear to enlist the  faithful in God's War against the infidel. The Koran uses what is termed the "Royal We"  when Allah speaks of Himself, which is awfully odd considering its strong Monotheism. My thesis is that the  "We" language does seem to permit the faithful to spread Islam by force. Historically, we