At odds with the politics of Troop-Respecting™️

Plus: Anheuser-Busch’s Four Loko-style failures!

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It’s been a while since we’ve discussed the very normal, very American tradition of Respecting the Troops™️ by selling and/or buying them alcohol. Lo, in this country’s infallible heartland, one state legislature is considering whether giving veterans discounts on booze is a good way to honor their service, or an illegal way to offer them easier access to an “addictive drug.”