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    10 Easy, Make-Ahead Punches for Labor Day Drinking

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    Food & WineSeptember 3, 2015
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    You’ve put in a lot of hard work this summer doing things like trekking out to the beach, hiking around lakes and eating every fried delicacy at the state fair, so kick off your shoes, grab a cocktail and relax this Labor Day! These ten refreshing party punches can all be made ahead of time, perfect for Labor Day entertaining.

    1. Po Po Punch

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    This citrusy, tiki-style punch features orange-spiced Ramazzotti Amaro (a bittersweet herbal Italian digestif) and homemade orange cordial.

    2. Tropical Honey Punch

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    "With this punch, I wanted to re-create classic tiki flavors," says bartender Erick Castro. "They highlight the botanicals in the gin and the playful funkiness you can only get from Jamaican rum." The drink's uncommon garnish—a pinch of cinnamon—accents the rum.

    3. Pomelder Prosecco Punch

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    This sweet-tart, aromatic punch gets a ton of flavor and a rosy hue from pomegranate juice that’s reduced to a syrup with fresh ginger and cardamom. St. Germain elderflower liqueur adds fragrant sweetness.

    4. Vinho Verde Punch

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    Fresh-tasting, young Vinho Verde from Portugal is the base for this cooling, cucumber-y punch.

    5. Vodka-Rose Punch

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    Padma Lakshmi says, "When I was a child, the only way I would drink milk—the unhomogenized kind you get in India—was if my granny swirled a couple of teaspoons of rose syrup into it. Today, I love the floral accent and the frilly pink tinge it gives mixed drinks."

    6. Sweet Lime-Ginger Rum Punch

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    This punch features sweet lime juice, dark rum, cilantro and ginger, which gives it a little spice.

    7. Mother's Ruin Punch

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    Classicist bartenders have resurrected the centuries-old ritual of the formal punch service. Here, a potent concoction is named after the old British slang for gin.

    8. Kill Devil Punch

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    Bartender Phil Ward is obsessed with traditional recipes, which he learns by heart (he has a photographic memory), then tweaks. He cools his Kill Devil Punch with a block of raspberry ice that releases berries into the bowl as it melts.

    9. Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch

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    This cooler is great for summer parties. Multiply each ingredient by the number of guests you're expecting, mix everything except the ginger beer and garnishes in a punch bowl and chill. Add a large block of ice (or ice cubes) and the ginger beer just before serving.

    10. Trailer Park Smash

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    Bartender Gui Jaroschy sweetens this rye and beer punch with an easy caraway syrup. For a cheeky garnish, he places two bottles of Miller High Life in the punch bowl.

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    ‘I Don’t Know:’ Biden Says He Hasn’t Asked What Hunter Did In Ukraine

    William: Just Lie! Former Secretary of State John Kerry claimed ignorance of Hunter Biden’s work with Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas conglomerate, on Sunday—despite evidence to the contrary from Obama administration officials and even his own stepson. Kerry, who recently endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid, was asked about the topic while campaigning with the former vice president in New Hampshire. In particular, Kerry was questioned if he knew about the younger Biden’s decision to join Burisma’s board of directors in 2014 and if he was “comfortable with the arrangement” as secretary of state. “I had no knowledge about any of that, none,” Kerry told reporters. “No.” When pressed, Kerry doubled down on the claim, going as far as to say he still knew nothing about the company, event though its at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. “What would I know about any—no. Why would I know about any company or any individual,” the former secretary of state asserted. “The answer is no. No communication, no nothing. I don’t know who they are. I don’t know what they were doing to this day, actually.” Kerry’s claim of ignorance, however, is undercut by former employees of his own State Department, the Obama administration, and even his own stepson. When Hunter Biden first joined Burisma’s board of directors in 2014, alarm bells were set off in both Washington, DC, and Europe. As Peter Schweizer detailed in his book Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, Hunter Biden secured the appointment, which paid as much as $83,000 per month, despite no background in the energy industry or Ukraine. His lack of experience, coupled with the fact that Joe Biden had just been made the Obama administration’s point man on Ukraine, immediately raised questions from ethics watchdogs about conflicts of interest. Adding to concerns is the fact that, at the time Hunter Biden joined Burisma—where he was paid as much as $83,000-per-month—the company was seen as actively courting western leaders to prevent further scrutiny of its business practices. The same month Hunter Biden was tapped for the group’s board, the United Kingdom froze accounts belonging to Burisma’s founder, Mykola Zlochevsky, under suspicion of money laundering. A Ukrainian official with strong ties to Zlochevsky admitted in October the only reason that Hunter Biden secured the appointment with Burisma was to “protect” the company from foreign scrutiny. The claim has credence given that at the time, Joe Biden, as the sitting vice president, was tasked with leading the Obama administration’s policy towards Ukraine in response to Russia’s invasion of Crimea. One of the people worried about the appearance of conflict of interest with the entire situation was Christopher Heinz, Kerry’s stepson who at the time was a partner in an investment firm with Hunter Biden. According to emails obtained by the Washington Examiner, Heinz rushed to play damage control with State Department officials only hours after Hunter Biden’s appointment. It is unclear what came of that correspondence, or if it was significant to formulating the official line taken by the Obama administration on Hunter Biden’s wheeling and dealing in Ukraine. As the Washington Free Beacon previously noted, both White House press secretary Jay Carney and State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki ducked questions when asked about the appointment the day it became public. In each case, reporters were told Hunter Biden was a “private citizen,” and any questions should be referred to then-Vice President Joe Biden’s office. Psaki’s official statement on the topic, in particular, makes it difficult to believe Kerry was unaware of the situation. As the official spokesperson for the Kerry-era State Department, Psaki’s comments would likely have required approval by either Kerry or his most senior aides. Further undermining Kerry’s claim to not know anything is the testimony of one of his top diplomats, offered to Congress as part of the impeachment inquiry. Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee in November, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent admitted he reached out to his superiors and the former vice president’s office about Hunter Biden’s work with Burisma in 2015. “I raised my concern that Hunter Biden’s status as a board member could create the perception of a conflict of interest,” Kent said.

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