Posted on 08/17/2023 11:35:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz
“the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages Control seized roughly 2,000 bottles of wine from Ocean Fathom and destroyed them”
Well, good news for the people that already bought some, it’s now a very rare vintage!
Ha.
But would be a crossover episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea where the Seaview finds them. The disgruntled passed over youngest son of the wine company owner takes over the flying sub and takes the stash to an island.
This will only get worse until people in mass starting saying NO, and meaning it. We are a long way off from that yet. A Loooooong way off.
Out of control government is out of control.
How about aging wine in the Hudson or East river? NY might pay you to dump some cases of wine there so they can get their tax $$$$ once you try to sell it
"We destroyed all 2,000 bottles of wine - one by one," Assistant Deputy Chief Mortimer Rebensaft-Schlurfer explained.
The 15 members of our Hazardous Waste Disposal Team had to set up a special room in which to destroy the wine. "It was a really long and thorough process, taking over two weeks before we were through," Rebensaft-Schlurfer said. The wine was first transferred into special cut-glass carafes and allowed to "breath" for a few minutes before then being poured into individual nosing glasses and goblets. Nearby tables were laden with trays heaped with cubes of cheese and chunks of bread to help the Waste Disposal Specialists to "cleanse their palates" between sips.
During the process, the team - composed of roughly the same number of male and female Specialists - would occasionally comment on the characteristics of the wine they were destroying: "An impudent little cabernet with a satiny texture and hints of blackberry, citrus, and oak that is in clear violation of Paragraph 14 of Article XII of Code 453 of the 1975 Environmental Preservation Act," remarked one Specialist. "It's a good thing that we are destroying it!"
"I'll drink to that!" shouted another Waste Disposal Specialist who had just uncorked his third bottle that evening.
"No, no! We're destroying the wine - not drinking it," insisted another.
"Hey, are you going to keep all of those breadsticks to yourself?!" argued another.
Regards,
“Tijuana’s crumbling wastewater system has suffered several pipeline breaks and other challenges over the last two years, a situation compounded by last winter’s heavy rains. Federal officials said that more than 33 billion gallons of sewage and chemical tainted water have flowed through the Tijuana River into San Diego so far this year.”
Seems like California has bigger worries than aging wine in the ocean.
One glass at a time...................
“If only we had more government and the bureaucrats had more authority over my life and business”
Said no one ever.
No.
There are three types of crime. Crimes against another human, crimes against property and what this is which is a process crime.
Unless they can show how this did actual damage to the area they need to have, at most, given them some paperwork to fill out and what ever fee they would have charged.
“With all the corruption in California, one really wonders how much actually was destroyed.”
It is being carefully destroyed on bottle at a time...
Stored safely for immanent destruction at multiple safe facilities.. Governors mansion, Nancy Pelosi’s residence.
Then there was one mass destruction event that happened. Executed and wintness by highly trained and experienced FDA staff on a charted Yacht at sunset on the bay.
This exclusive destruction of the wine was accompanied by and paired with the destruction: of ceviche, scallops wrapped in bacon, garlic shrimp and truffles and fois fras.
So sell the wine prior to aging it. Offer to “store” the wine for the customer and “store” it underwater.
True story
The crime was not paying off the right officials.
The entity designed to protect and serve us is now our worst enemy.
LOL!
Ten percent for the Big Guy.
Not Florida?
of course.
Liberalism, socialism, whatever they call it today breeds corruption, on purpose....................
shhhhhhhhh.....
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