Beer - Warm Weather Whistle Wetter

skeeter1.

Posted to Etcetera on Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 07:21:13 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Try saying that headline five times fast!

Well, like it or not, summer is creeping up on us fast.

To me, that means beer!  The brandy, scotch, wine, bourbon, and so on that we warmed our bellies up with all winter long are going back on the shelf.

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How Many Shots? 21!

pO157.

Posted to Sport on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 04:51:29 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Jesse Drews died last month on his 21st birthday. Not from a heartbreaking disease that took from us a young man in his prime, but from alcohol poisoning. Mr. Drews was participating in a trend, drinking 21 shots of alcohol a 21st birthday.

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Alcohol -- The World's Drug of Choice

skeeter1.

Posted to Etcetera on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 12:20:10 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Just about everyone likes to mellow out with an alcoholic beverage from time-to-time.  There are just so many and life is too short.

Wine has always been popular and a very good accompaniment to a meal, but there are many other options.

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A Non-Emergency Fundraiser (Or, Why Ron Paul has no chance in hell) [Editorial]

pO157.

Posted to Etcetera on Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 10:02:36 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

I spent a good portion of my Friday evening at a fund raiser at some banquet hall. You know, the ones everybody gets guilted into going to, or possibly for the open bar serving only wine in a plastic cup or Canadian beer by the pitcher. The good thing is the evening allowed for lengthy introspection after which I realized a 3rd party candidate has little to no shot in this country for the foreseeable future.

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Indecent Proposal - The Fun Police -Vs- The Barflies' Book Of Bad Habits

pO157.

Posted to Legal on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 09:04:14 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

A suburb of St. Louis is responding to complaints of rowdy bar behavior by contemplating the banning of  all "indecent, profane or obscene language, songs, entertainment and literature" at bars.

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You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidewalk anymore

pO157.

Posted to Legal on Fri Sep 28, 2007 at 12:44:20 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

A US District judge ruled yesterday that a Michigan law requiring pedestrians under 21 to submit to breath testing without a warrant "is unconstitutional on its face because it is repugnant to the Fourth Amendment."

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A Prom's Proviso: Mandated Parental Training

pO157.

Posted to Business on Sat May 05, 2007 at 09:02:13 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

Every spring, like clockwork, thousands of high school students in the United States prepare to attend the prom. A good time, full of life changing experiences, is usually had by all, though there are times when it leads to trouble. Many school districts usually attempt to dissuade teens from letting the prom experience become deadly with graphic depictions of what happens when good proms go bad. However, one school district has turned the tables on who gets to sit through pre-prom education sessions by requiring all parents to go.

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All Drugs Are Dangerous, Even The Ones People Know And Love And Use Every Day

shane.

Posted to Politics on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 09:15:47 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

A study that was recently released in the UK under the direction of David Nutt, has called for a new framework for classifying drugs - a framework that classifies drugs based on "their actual risks to society" which would include adding alcohol and tobacco to the list of drugs needing regulated.

According to existing British drug policy, alcohol and tobacco are legal, while cannabis and ecstasy are illegal. "The current drug system is ill thought- out and arbitrary," said Nutt, referring to the practice of assigning drugs to three divisions, ostensibly based on the drugs' potential for harm. Tobacco causes 40 percent of all hospital illnesses, while alcohol is blamed for more than half of all visits to hospital emergency rooms. The substances also harm society in other ways, damaging families and occupying police services.

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Spring drink special

Steve Urkel.

Posted to Religion on Thu Mar 08, 2007 at 02:57:41 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Links are for soakers, drinks are for jokers, joints are for tokers, and cigs are for smokers.

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No Dogs! No Drinks! Or, No Service!

pO157.

Posted to Business on Sun Jan 14, 2007 at 10:39:52 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

The Metropolitan Airport Commission, in charge of Minneapolis-St. Paul International, is currently embroiled in a sticky situation with its taxi drivers. Recently, some drivers servicing the airport have begun refusing passengers who have alcohol among their baggage, or are traveling with dogs.

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Three Rivers, Three Colleges, And $3 Pitchers Of Beer Make A Deadly Combination.

MayorBob.

Posted to Etcetera on Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 02:27:08 PM EST. RSS.

Although the headline reads like the title of a Country & Western tune, it encapsulates the combination of circumstances which have a Wisconsin town looking for answers.  The question that La Crosse, Wisconsin city officials are trying to answer is what to do to prevent any further senseless deaths in their town?

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