Tag Archives: alcohol

Lots of folks think Rick Perry was hammered when he made the below speech, a portion of which I excerpted earlier today.

When Jeebus turned water into wine, that wine was totally non-alcoholic. And it is blasphemous for you to say otherwise. (Source)

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According to a just-released study, LGBT youth tend to take greater risks with their health than do their heterosexual counterparts. High school students who identify as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual are more likely than heterosexual students to smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs, and take part in violent and suicidal behaviors, a CDC survey shows. CDC researchers analyzed survey results …

After months of speculation, confirmation arrives today that the cast of Absolutely Fabulous will reunite for three new episodes. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley will reprise their roles as Patsy and Edina in three new episodes of the sitcom expected to begin filming later this year. The BBC said it was “putting the finishing touches to the deal” and is …

From a just-published report by the World Health Organization. The Economist sums things up: The biggest boozers are mostly found in Europe and in the former Soviet states. Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 litres each, nearly 2 litres more than the Czechs in second place. Over 10 litres of a Moldovan’s annual intake is reckoned to be …

Photographed at some bar somewhere.

Engadget explains how one now buys wine in Pennsylvania’s grocery stores: It’s illegal to sell alcohol in grocery stores in Pennsylvania, but it’s not illegal to install a vending machine that dispenses wine: as long as the user is asked to take a breathalyzer test, swipe their state issued ID or Driver License, and then show their mug to a …

The New York Liquor Authority has moved to ban Four Loko, the caffeinated high-alcohol malt liquor drink that became known to many of us when it was used in a vicious gay-bashing in the Bronx, where gang members forced one victim to guzzle ten cans as they beat him. The State Liquor Authority successfully pressured the state’s biggest beverage distributors …

It seems self-apparent to me, but a new study out of the UK declares that alcohol is the worst drug for society, based on the number of people whose lives it affects adversely. According to the study’s authors, governments should be focusing more on alcohol abuse than the war on drugs. The study involved 16 criteria, including a drug’s affects …

Self-serve wine fill-up stations have arrived in France’s supermarkets. BYOB.

Comedian Louis CK got his in-flight drunk on and went a little crazy on Twitter. Bravely, he has not (yet) deleted all the hilarious messiness about Sarah Palin, although the tweets in which he claimed to have blown 32 cops are now gone.

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)

Hello Montrealers, we’re planning a little JMG-meetup at Gotha Salon Bar on Amherst at 9PM on Friday (tomorrow.) I imagine the night will continue from there to far more debauched locales, but we’ll start with pretty. Hope to see you there!

Stand aside beer pong, because according to the British tabloid Daily Mail, drinking vodka through your eyeballs is some kind of fad in the UK. Even as drunken student antics go, it was, by any stretch of the imagination, a disturbing scene. Surrounded by cheering rugby players, applauded by fellow members of the university netball team, 19-year-old Melissa Fontaine tipped …

Santarchy reigned in NYC’s Washington Square this weekend as 33 Santas were busted for excessive public merriment. Via Gothamist: New York City’s open-container law prohibits boozing in any public place and can result in a $25 fine or five days in jail. One Gothamist commenter claimed this afternoon that some participants in Santacon — which also doubles as a canned …

Rex Wockner points us to this bit of holiday Americana. Wayne Spring shot off his mouth. And then a firing squad of Saints fans shot up his 60-inch flat screen – may it rest in pieces. The Louisiana man predicted a Washington Redskins’ victory over undefeated New Orleans last Sunday – and offered local fans a chance to blast his …

Looks like Ireland might lead the pack. Embiggen for better detail. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)