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• US: IL: 11 bars accused of happy hour violations

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 156
  Link: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/12/08/bars_accused_of_happy_hour_violations By Steve Bauer CHAMPAIGN – Eleven Champaign campus bars face possible fines, license suspension or revocation for alleged "happy hour" violations of the city liquor ordinance. Champaign Mayor Jerry Schweighart, who ...
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• What triggered alleged killer? Man in Burlingame Kansas deaths had court dates scheduled

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 440
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink : http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-12-05/what_triggered_alleged_killer CJOnline » News » Local What triggered alleged killer?   RELATED STORIES Service held for shooting victims Man ...
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• What triggered alleged killer? Man in Burlingame Kansas deaths had court dates scheduled

  
  Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody..!! — Authority: 144
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink : http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-12-05/what_triggered_alleged_killer CJOnline » News » Local What triggered alleged killer?   RELATED STORIES Service held for shooting victims Man ...
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• From the Blogosphere: Repeal Day

  
  Mutineer Magazine — Authority: 128
  Repeal Day was this last Saturday, December 5. We would’ve posted about it, but we were too busy with our Repeal Day celebrations. Some bloggers must’ve planned ahead to get their posts up; here are a few that caught our eye.RepealDay.org is 100% Repeal Day awesomeness, complete with...
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• Women : The Secret Weapon of the Marijuana Reform Movement

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 559
  Art from Anne of Carversville.The secret to legal marijuana?It may just be womenBy Daniela Perdomo / December 6, 2009In September, ladymag Marieclaire ruffled some feathers when it published a piece about women who smoke weed. But its most interesting effect was not the "marijuana moms" chatter it unleashed, and ...
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• President Obama Promises Full Employment

  
  aid and comfort — Authority: 104
  For drug addict dealers, drug gangsters, cartels and their terrorist suppliers. That is the only full employment promise that authoritarian Barack Obama made; full employment for drug addict dealers, drug gangsters, police and prison guards. These are the people who have job security as long as drug ...
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• On the Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition, Let’s Not Repeat History

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  Prohibition, touted as “The Noble Experiment” in its time, criminalized the manufacturing, transportation, and sale of alcohol.  While the law did many things, there was one thing it could not accomplish.  It could not stop Americans from drinking.  As our country approaches the 76 th anniversary of the repeal ...
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• The End of an Error

  
  Easy and Elegant Life — Authority: 422
  May I suggest a Perfect Manhattan? 1 1/2 oz whisky (Canadian Club was the preferred) 1/4 oz. dry Vermouth 1/4 oz Vermouth rosso dashes of Angostura bitters stemmed cherry opt: twist of orange Despite what Nick Charles would have you believe, don’t shake this to a foxtrot, instead stir in a mixing glass filled with ...
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• A Reason to Celebrate Today

  
  Yours for Good Fermentables — Authority: 423
  On December 5, 1933, the State of Utah voted to approve the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. With that vote, the 18th Amendment —ignobly known as Prohibition— was repealed, and it was again legal in the United States to manufacture, distribute, and sell alcoholic beverages. It ...
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• Saturday Open Thread: Prohibition Edition

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  Today, in 1933, Prohibition was finally repealed: Tip your waitresses or bartenders even more today. Happy Repeal Day!
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• December 5, 1933: The Good Old Days are Back Again

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 740
  He was elected at the nadir of the worst depression in history; 25% of the workforce was unemployed, two million were homeless. Yet in the face of this, he made us an optimistic and far-reaching New Deal, creating among other programs a federal minimum wage, social security, and the FDIC. He pulled us out of dire ...
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• Repeal Day Question -- What If Prohibition Was Never Repealed?

  
  Asylum — Authority: 728
  Filed under: Humor , Booze , Nightlife , News , Weird Happy anniversary, everyone. Saturday marks the day Prohibition was repealed in America, 76 years ago. Prohibition was originally instituted under the idea that it would eliminate drunkenness, crime, poverty and insanity as well as save the country a ... ...
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• December 5 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 535
  On December 5: 63 BC  Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations . 1360 The French Franc was created. 1484   Pope Innocent VIII issued the Summis desiderantes , a papal bull that deputised Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in ...
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• 25 Magazine’s Prohibition Party

  
  25 Magazine — Authority: 134
                                    25 Magazine hosts prohibition party to celebrate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Repealing the 18th Amendment made drinking legal in the United States. Join 25 Magazine this Saturday as we come together and celebrate at the Local 16 on U ...
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• 25 Magazine’s Prohibition Party

  
  25 Magazine — Authority: 134
                                    25 Magazine hosts prohibition party to celebrate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Repealing the 18th Amendment made drinking legal in the United States. Join 25 Magazine this Saturday as we come together and celebrate at the Local 16 on U ...
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• Prohibition opens tomorrow, if you can find it

  
  Omnivore Atlanta — Authority: 476
  Prohibition is a new super elusive, upscale Buckhead lounge located on Andrews Square. It will be no easy feat finding or getting into the place.
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• Prohibition-Era Bowling Alley Unearthed in Queens

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  The new owner of a former garment factory building recently unearthed a pair of manually-operated bowling lanes in his basement. The lanes are in very good condition, considering it’s been many years since they’ve seen action. After research into the property, the owner believes the basement was a secret club ...
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• RP224: History in a Glass – New Orleans Cocktails

  
  ReMARKable Palate: A Food blog & Podcast from New York City Personal Chef Mark Tafoya — Authority: 113
  ReMARKable Palate #224: History in a Glass – New Orleans Cocktails Chef Mark visits the Museum of the American Cocktail , part of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum , for the History in a Glass seminar. Elizabeth Pierce led us through the history of New Orleans as told through the stories of 3 of it’s ...
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• Im a Controlled Alcoholic

  
  Look At It This Way — Authority: 99
  The other day I was having lunch with a psychologist friend who works with a Drug Rehabilitation agency. I had just ordered my usual 86 proof first course when my friend asked if I always drank in the middle of the day. Because I usually do, she concluded that I was a "Controlled Alcoholic." Where other people might ...
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• Marijuana To Control Alcohol Abuse

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 571
  A new research effort has a provocative outcome as University of California-Berkeley researchers suggest substituting cannabis for treatment of heavy alcohol abuse. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannabis users, finding that 40 percent used ...
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